April 16, 1998
TO:Budget Committee
FROM:W. A Liczyk
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
SUBJECT:Payment of Association of Municipalities of Ontario 1998 Membership Fee
Purpose:
To obtain approval for payment of Association of Municipalities of Ontario 1998 membership fee.
Financial Implication:
Funds are provided in the Sundry at Large Account - Corporate Expenditures.
Recommendations:
That the Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer be authorized to pay 1998 membership for the Association of Municipalities
of Ontario in the amount of $68,532.33 in accordance with the stated formula for 1998 AMO membership fees as contained
in Appendix C.
Discussion:
The Budget Committee, at its meeting of April 3, 1998, recommended to restrict the amount of 1998 AMO membership
fees paid by the City of Toronto to the amount paid by the former Metro in 1997. The fee paid by Metro in 1997 amounted
to $14,139.25. Appendix A details the membership fees paid in 1997 by the former municipalities. In 1997 the Councils of
the former Cities of North York and Scarborough did not approve payment of AMO membership fees. The combined fees
billed in 1997 for all seven municipalities was $99,604.67. The combined fees paid in 1997 for five of the seven former
municipalities was $66,060.99. Previously the area municipalities were billed under the fee schedule for lower tier
municipalities while Metro was billed as an upper tier municipality. If the standard membership fee structure, for a separate
City as per Appendix C, was used for the City of Toronto, membership fees for 1998 would have been $68,532.33 based on
the 928,039 household reported by Metro in the 1996 Annual Financial Report.
AMO has billed the City for 1998 fees in the amount of $106,498.80, which is not based on households as in previous
years, but rather on the amount of property tax paid by AMO. The attached document from AMO, Appendix B, details the
reasons why AMO proposes not to invoice the City using the same fee structure as other Ontario municipalities. As the
letter indicates, the payment for the City would be reduced if the actual amount of property taxes paid by AMO is less than
estimated.
Contact:
Al Shultz-416 397-5240
Finance Department
W. A. Liczyk
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
ACS/maja
attachs.
Appendix A
City of Toronto
Schedule of AMO Membership Fees
Billed in 1997
