The Council of the City of Toronto will be considering a proposal to pass by-laws to amend Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees, in order to adopt new user fees and changes to existing user fees that are proposed in the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget. The required by-laws will be before City Council at its meeting of April 15 and 16, 2010.
Attached to this notice are Appendices A, (PDF) '2010 Recommended User Fee Change' and B, (PDF) '2010 Recommended New User Fees' which set out the proposed new user fees and changes to existing user fees that are included in the operating budget. These user fees apply to a wide range of services and uses of City property.
To obtain additional information or to ask questions about a proposed user fee change or a new user fee, please contact the staff person identified in the Appendices as the Program Contact for the fee.
The Budget Committee of Toronto City Council will receive presentations from any person, or their counsel, agent or solicitor, who wishes to speak to the matter, on the following dates: Monday, March 1, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., and Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West.
To submit comments or make a presentation to the Budget Committee meeting on March 1 and 2, 2010, please contact the following City official no later than 12:00 p.m., February 26, 2010:
Merle MacDonald
City Clerk's Office
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
10th floor, West Tower
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Telephone: 416-392-7340
Fax: 416-392-1879
E-mail: buc@toronto.ca
Any comments received after the Committee meeting will be processed to Council.
The Budget Committee will make its final recommendations on March 26, 2010, which will be forwarded for Executive Committee's consideration at its special meeting on April 7, 2010 and to City Council at its meeting on April 15 and 16, 2010.
Further information:
If this matter is postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or considered at a subsequent Committee meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than the information on the subsequent Committee or Council agenda. Please contact the above noted City official or the Program Contact noted on the list of fees if you require notice in these cases.
Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Budget Committee: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.
The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.
The City videotapes committee and community council meetings. If you make a presentation to a committee or community council, the City will be videotaping you and City staff may make the video tapes available to the public.
If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk
s Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-392-5227.
Dated at the City of Toronto this 18th day of February, 2010.
Ulli S. Watkiss
City Clerk
