Briefing notes

As the City prepares its operating and capital budget for 2005, staff prepare briefing notes to provide details and clarification on various issues. These briefing notes are distributed during the meetings of the Budget Advisory Committee.

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2005 Capital and Operating Corporate Reports

Corporate Issues	Finance
Community and Neighbourhood Services	Agencies, Boards and Commissions
Works and Emergency Services	Consolidated Grants
Economic Development, Culture and Tourism	Community Partnership & Investment Program
Urban Development Services	Corporate Items
Coporate Services	Other

Corporate Issues

General:

• GST Rebate Process and the TTC  (February 10, 2005)

• System of Identifying and Monitoring Permanent and Temporary Positions in the Capital and Operating Budgets
  (February 13, 2005)
• Assessment Growth for 2005 Taxation  (January 26, 2005)
• Public Notice - User Fee Changes Proposed in the 2005 Operating Budget Requiring a 4-day Notice Period
  (January 17, 2005)
• Summary of 2005 Staff Recommended Approved Positions
  (January 13, 2005)
• Fringe Benefit Rate  (January 13, 2005)
• 2005 Gapping Analysis Revised  (January 10, 2005)
• 2005 Economic Factors (December 14, 2004)
• Municipal Act, 2001 - Notice Requirement for Changes to Fees and Charges (December 20, 2004)
• 2005 Gapping Analysis  (December 21, 2004)

• Capital Budget Issues - Definitions, Policies and Guidelines  (January 17, 2005)
• Carry-Forward Policy  (December 20 2004)

Community and Neighbourhood Services

General:

• Summary of Ontario Works Cost-sharing Pressures and Impact of Options to Reduce Administration Costs Related to Ontario Works  (February 4, 2005)
• Service Impacts of reducing the $72.3 million provincial cost-sharing shortfall from the 2005 City budget  (January 28, 2005)

• Mayor's Briefing note on BAC/Policy and Finance Committee (December 6, 2004)
  Report on Provincial/Municipal Cost-sharing Programs

• GTA Equalization   (January 17, 2005)
• Status of Social Assistance Stabilization Reserve Fund
  (December 22 2004)

Works and Emergency Services

Solid Waste Management<:

• Enhanced Sidewalk and Lane Way Collection of Litter REVISED  (January 13,2005)
• Disposal of Residue Material  (January 13,2005)
• Enhanced Sidewalk and Lane Way Collection of Litter
  (January 13,2005)
• Increase In Revenues From the Sale of Recyclable Materials
  (January 13,2005)
• New and Emerging Technologies for Residual Waste Mananagement  (January 13,2005)
• Reuse Centre - 2005 Capital Budget  (January 13,2005)
• Single Stream Materials Recovery Facility at 35 Vanley Crescent  (January 13,2005)
• Capital Project on Additional Source-Separated Organics Processing Capacity  (January 12,2005)
• Public Notice - Solid Waste Management User Fee Changes (December 17,2004)

• Car Free Day Funding Options  (January 27,2005)
• Traffic Studies and Investigations  (January 27,2005)
• Conversion of 12-Hr. Parking Limit in East District to Permit Parking  (January 26,2005)
• Flushing of Collector and Local Roads  (January 26,2005)
• Car Free Day Community Events - Funding  (January 14,2005)
• Publication Box Strategy - Financial Impact  (January 14,2005)
• Cycling  (December 23,2004)
• Licensing Cyclists and/or Bicycles  (December 23,2004)
• Light Emitting Diode (LED) City-Wide Conversion Program for Traffic Signal Lamps  (December 23,2004)
• Infrastructure Enhancement Projects  (December 23,2004)
• On-Street Permit Parking  (December 23,2004)
• Capital - Transit Use of Road Network  (December 15,2004)
• Operating - On-Street Permit & Residential Front Yard Parking Fees

• Analysis of Divisional Increases  (January 10,2005)
• Development Engineering - WES Costs for Development Review
  (December 17, 2004)

• Reschedule of Stations Related Projects  (November 2004)
• Fireboat Replacement Reserves  (November 30, 2004)
• Status of Project Readiness  (November 16, 2004)

• Cost Increase and JEPP funding for HUSAR Building project in the 2005 Emergency Management Capital program
  (December 21, 2004)

• Fleet Maintenance  (November 30, 2004)
• Salaries & Benefits Analysis  (November 29, 2004)
• Fire Vehicle Replacement  (November 22, 2004)

Economic Development, Culture & Toursim

Economic Development

• International Profile and Branding

• Year of Creativity

• Tourism Toronto Payment and Reallocation of $1.0 million

• Project Allocation Approvals  (January 28, 2005)

Urban Development Services
Urban Development Services:

• Clean and Beautiful City Budget  (January 28, 2005)
• Details of Reductions in New 2005 Civic Improvement Capital Projects  (January 27, 2005)
• Establishment of Reserve Fund under the Building Code Statute Law Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 124)
  (January 27, 2005)
• Staffing Requirement to Reduce Response Time to Matters Related to Waste, Litter & Debris, Graffiti and Long Grass and Weeds  (January 25, 2005)
• Proposed Increase in Planning Fees, February 1st, 2005
  (December 22, 2004)
• Implementation of the Building Code Statute Law Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill124) REVISED  (December 17, 2004)

• 2005-2014 Capital Works Program for the Waterfront Revitalization Initiative (January 18, 2005)

Corporate Services

City Clerk's Office:

• Contract Elections Revenues  (December 21, 2004)

• Request for Additional Cleaning Positions  (January 27, 2005)
• Transfer of Toronto Hydro Properties to the City
  (December 20, 2004)

• Additional Information on Year-to-year Changes in Fleet Management Services Budget and the Need for 2005 Budget Increase  (January 28, 2005)

• Conversion of Temporary Labour Relations Positions to Permanent Status  (December 17, 2004)

• Report on Staff Transfer from Service Improvement & Innovation to the '3-1-1' Project  (January 27, 2005)

Finance

Agencies, Boards & Commissions

Toronto Zoo:

• Capital and Operating Funding for Toronto Zoo
  (January 17, 2005)
• 2004 School Group Attendance  (January 14, 2005)
• Accreditation and State of Good Repair  (December 14, 2004)
• Improvements to Visitor Experience  (December 14, 2004)

• 2005 BAC Directions  (January 24, 2005)

• Update on the Toronto Police Services Approved Capital Project for Computerized Hand-held Parking Ticket Issuance Devices
  (December 20, 2004)

• Capital Repair Envelope Responsibility for City Theatres
  (January 15, 2005)

• Animal Service Revenue  (January 26, 2005)

• Inter-departmental Charges for Information & Technology
  (January 27, 2005)

Community Partnership & Investment Program

• Funding For Student Nutrition Program  (December 21, 2004)

Consolidated Grants

Corporate Items

Non-Program:

• Corporate Utilities Repsonse to BAC Decisions on January 31, 2005   (February 2, 2005)
• Corporate Utilities  (January 28, 2005)
• Background Information Regarding Parking Tag Revenues & Expenditures  (December 20, 2004)
• Woodbine Racetracks Slot Revenue  (December 15, 2004)
• Utilities - Economic/Inflation Factors  (December 6, 2004)

Other

Chief Administrator's Office:

• Papers, Reports, Research Items  (January 5, 2005)