January 16, 1998
TO: Corporate Services Committee
FROM: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
SUBJECT: 1997 PARKING TAG ISSUANCE - DECEMBER
Recommendation:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Council Reference/Background History:
Metropolitan Council, at its meeting held on February 17 and 18, 1993, adopted Clause No. 1 of Report No. 9 of the Management Committee, as amended, approving the recommendation contained in the report of the Metropolitan Auditor entitled, "Review of Parking Issues", dated December 1992.
Metropolitan Council approved the following amendment to the Auditor's report as recommended by the Management Committee:
"that the Metropolitan Treasurer submit a monthly report to the Management Committee on the operational results of Parking Tag Operations regarding the number of tags issued and collected, staffing and expenditures and revenue and deviations thereof, together with a projected total year position."
Discussion:
This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the period ending December 31, 1997.
The following information is provided in the attached schedules:
Schedule 1 Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 1997;
Schedule 2 Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years;
Schedule 3 Cash Collected Against Receivables for the Years 1989-1996;
Schedule 4 Trial Request and Conviction Rate Details; and
Schedule 5 Summary of Expenditures for Parking Tag Operations
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
M. A. Brooks
392-8066
W. A. Liczyk
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
SCHEDULE 1
Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue
for 1997
The following schedule summarizes issuance activity in 1997. The schedule also includes a breakdown of issuance by enforcement category and provides information regarding parking tag revenue for 1997.
Tag Issuance:
Collection Rate
for 1997 Tag
Difference Tags Issuance by Month
Month 1997 1996 1997/96 Paid (as at December 31, 1997)
January 191,676 196,277 (4,601) 130,907 68.3%
February 205,918 223,498 (17,580) 140,442 68.2%
March 222,640 206,783 15,857 130,468 58.6%
April 223,027 211,585 11,442 169,134 75.8%
May 220,682 247,868 (27,186) 145,488 65.9%
June 209,397 203,001 6,396 135,257 64.5%
July 219,446 219,060 386 137,883 62.8%
August 201,078 211,326 (10,248) 123,680 61.5%
September 228,189 196,097 32,092 140,799 61.7%
October 236,903 235,510 1,393 141,462 59.7%
November 197,945 232,065 (34,120) 110,809 55.9%
December 213,245 192,108 21,137 86,427 40.5%
Total 2,570,146 2,575,178 (5,032) 1,592,756 62.0%
Revenue:
Revenue derived from parking tags issued to December 31, 1997, is $49,346,803. This is based on 2,570,146 tags issued, a collection rate of 80 per cent and an average tag payment rate of $24.00; the latter two factors reflecting prior year payment activity. 1997 tag revenue estimated to be derived to December 31, 1997 equals $50,000,000. Although issuance activity marginally exceeded projections, a slight reduction in the anticipated final collection rate (80% vs. 85%), results in a revenue shortfall of $653,197 or 1.3% of the budgeted revenue estimate.
Tag Issuance by Unit (to December 31, 1997):
Difference
1997 1996 97/96
Parking Enforcement Officers 2,255,927 2,261,411 (5,484)
Police Officers/Cadets 40,245 40,872 (627)
Special Constable 239,477 228,177 11,300
Other* 34,497 44,718 (10,221)
TOTAL 2,570,146 2,575,178 (5,032)
*Officer assignment not known by system as tickets issued before flyleaf details entered onto system.
SCHEDULE 2
Collection Rate Activity for Tags
Issued in Prior Years (1989-1996)
All tag issuance and collections statistics are for tags issued under Part II of the Provincial Offences Act introduced in September 1989.
Collection rate includes payments for fines paid directly to Metropolitan Toronto (including payments made on Parking Infraction Notices (tags) and Notices of Impending Conviction), payments received from the Notice of Fine and Due Date and payments from plate denial.
Collection Rate (to December 31, 1997)
Anticipated
Total Collec- Final
Year Tags Issued Tags Paid tion Rate Collection Rate
% %
1989 803,723 641,022 79.8 79.0
1990 3,144,174 2,346,476 74.6 75.2
1991 2,929,574 2,238,998 76.4 77.3
1992 2,639,282 1,909,861 72.4 72.3
1993 2,598,057 1,968,503 75.7 75.6
1994 2,481,123 1,936,372 78.0 80.0
1995 2,284,687 1,745,944 76.4 80.0
1996 2,575,178 1,882,756 73.1 80.0
SCHEDULE 3
PARKING TAG REVENUE ACCRUED
(1989-1996)
Accrual Balance
as of 01/01/97 Paid to 31/12/97 Balance
1989 $ (131.3) $ 57.8 $ (189.1)
1990 1,169.5 598.7 570.8
1991 1,168.6 388.1 780.5
1992 26.7 168.7 (142.0)
1993 420.3 245.2 175.1
Sub-Total 2,653.8 1,458.5 1,195.3
1994 2,265.4 453.9 1,811.5
1995 6,053.4 1,438.7 4,614.7
1996 19,148.0 8,246.3 10,901.7
Grand Total $ 30,120.6 $ 11,597.4 $ 18,523.2
1995 Costs $ 589.4 171.8 417.6
1996 Costs 1,654.5 877.0 777.5
1997
Revenue Paid
to date Against
($000s) Revenue Outstanding
$49,346,803 $36,259,178 73.5% $13,087,625
Tags Issued Tags Paid
2,570,146 1,592,756 62.0%
SCHEDULE 4
SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST AND COURT CONVICTION RATES
TRIAL RATE - 1997
% of Total
Tags Issued Actual #
January 2.3 4,575
February 2.4 4,910
March 2.3 4,480
April 2.2 5,541
May 1.9 4,166
June 2.0 3,991
July 2.0 4,296
August 2.0 3,909
September 2.0 4,477
October 1.9 4,538
November
December
N.B. Trial rates finalized 60 days following filing of ticket.
COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1997
Total on Docket Convicted Total Percentage Convicted
January 6,634 4,678 70.5
February 6,687 4,783 71.5
March 6,023 4,223 70.1
April 8,334 6,072 72.8
May 6,508 4,844 74.4
June 6,753 4,957 73.4
July 6,087 4,433 72.8
August 4,854 3,665 75.5
September 5,812 4,164 71.6
October 7,278 5,494 75.5
November 5,033 3,742 74.3
December 6,667 5,025 75.4
Total 76,670 56,080 73.1
N.B. The convictions shown involve parking tags issued approximately six months prior to month of trial.
SCHEDULE 5
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
Expenditure at
Budget December 31/97 Staff Complement
($000's)
$ 4,475.8 $ 4,254.2 60.3
