March 12, 1998
TO: Corporate Services Committee
FROM: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
SUBJECT: 1998 Parking Tag Issuance - January and February
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 February 28, 1998.
The following information is provided in the attached schedules:
Schedule 1 Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 1998;
Schedule 2 Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years;
Schedule 3 Parking Tag Receivables for the Years 1989-1997; and
Schedule 4 Trial Request and Conviction Rate Details.
Schedule 5 Summary of Expenditures for Parking Tag Operations
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Tony Veneziano
392-8353
W. A. Liczyk
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
SCHEDULE 1
Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue
for 1998
The following schedule summarizes issuance activity in 1998. The schedule also includes a breakdown of issuance by enforcement category and provides information regarding parking tag revenue for 1998.
Tag Issuance:
Collection Rate
for 1998 Tag
Difference Tags Issuance by Month
Month 1998 1997 1998/97 Paid (as at February 28, 1998)
January 198,043 191,676 6,367 112,824 57.0%
February 209,778 205,918 3,860 97,495 46.5%
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total 407,821 397,594 10,227 210,319 51.6%
Revenue:
Revenue derived from parking tags issued to February 28, 1998, is $7,634,409. This is based on 407,821 tags issued, a collection rate of 78 per cent and an average tag payment rate of $24.00; the latter two factors reflecting prior year payment activity. Of the $7,634,409 in revenue, $4,492,597 (58.8%) has been collected to the end of February.
Tag Issuance by Unit (to February 28, 1998):
Difference
1998 1997 98/97
Parking Enforcement Officers 361,041 347,869 13,172
Police Officers/Cadets 5,725 7,170 (1,445)
Special Constable 37,885 37,031 854
Other* 3,170 5,524 (2,354)
TOTAL 407,821 397,594 10,227
*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 (1989-1997)
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 the City of 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 February 28, 1998)
Anticipated
Total Collec- Final
Year Tags Issued Tags Paid tion Rate Collection Rate
% %
1989 803,723 641,324 79.8 79.0
1990 3,144,174 2,349,196 74.7 75.2
1991 2,929,574 2,240,681 76.5 77.3
1992 2,639,282 1,910,664 72.4 72.3
1993 2,598,057 1,969,942 75.8 75.6
1994 2,481,123 1,938,220 78.1 78.0
1995 2,284,687 1,748,520 76.5 78.0
1996 2,575,178 1,898,454 73.7 78.0
1997 2,570,146 1,692,551 65.8 78.0
SCHEDULE 3
PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1997
($000's)
A. Parking Infractions
Balance Balance
as at 01/01/98 Paid to 28/02/98 as at 28/02/98
1989 (189.1) 8.6 (197.7)
1990 570.8 81.0 489.8
1991 780.5 50.2 730.3
1992 (142.0) 23.1 (165.1)
1993 175.1 41.0 134.1
Sub-Total 1,195.3 203.9 991.4
1994 1,811.5 54.2 1,757.3
1995 4,614.7 79.3 4,535.4
1996 10,901.7 483.6 10,418.1
1997 11,904.1 2,973.5 8,930.6
Grand Total 30,427.3 3,794.5 26,632.8
B. Recovery of Court Costs
1995 417.6 13.5 404.1
1996 777.5 56.7 720.8
1997 1,303.5 199.1 1,104.4
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 2.1 4,136
December 2.0 4,332
* Not available as trial rates are finalized 60 days following filing of ticket.
COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1998
Total on Docket Convicted Total Percentage Convicted
January 6,657 4,771 71.7
February 6,569 4,892 74.5
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total 13,226 9,663 73.1
N.B. The convictions shown involve parking tags issued approximately six months prior to month of trial.
SCHEDULE 5
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
1998
Budget Request Gross Expenditure Staff Complement
(000's) (as at 02/28/98)
$ 4,518.0 $ 395.3 60.3
