August 12, 1998
To:Corporate Services Committee
From:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Subject:1998 Parking Tag Issuance - July
Purpose:
To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Financial Implications
Both the tag issuance rates and the collection rates identified in Schedule 1 indicate that the
estimated revenue target will be achieved. As well, it is estimated that these will be little or
no variance in 1998 expenditures for the Parking Tag Operations unit. However, as outlined
in Clause No. 33 or Report No. 9 of the Corporate Services Committee headed "Increased
Court Costs for Parking Tag Convictions" which was approved, as amended by Council at
its meeting on July 8, 9 and 10, 1998, the effect of the implementation of the $9.00 in
additional court costs is not known at this time. Negotiations are currently under way with
the Ministry of Transportation related to the cost sharing of the court costs and the recovery,
by the City, of all associated expenditures. The effect will not be felt until later in the year
and will be the subject of a further report.
Discussion:
This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the
period ending July 31, 1998.
The following information is provided in the attached schedules:
Schedule 1Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 1998;
Schedule 2Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years (1989-1997);
Schedule 3 Parking Tag Receivables (1989-1997);
Schedule 4Summary of Trial Request and Conviction Rates;
Schedule 5Summary of Expenditures for Parking Tag Operations; and
Schedule 6Parking Tags Issued by former Municipal By-Law Group.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Bryan Kerr
392-5880
W. A. Liczyk
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
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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
DifferenceTagsIssuance by Month
Month199819971998/97Paid(as at July 31, 1998)
January198,043191,6766,367125,60063.4%
February209,778205,9183,860133,20563.5%
March229,720222,6407,080142,58162.1%
April220,107223,027(2,920)137,69962.6%
May205,546220,682(15,136)123,14859.9%
June221,071209,39711,674127,18657.5%
July216,614219,446(2,832)88,68540.9%
August
September
October
November
December
Total1,500,8791,492,7868,093878,10458.5%
Revenue:
The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to July 31, 1998, is
$28,096,455. This estimate is based on 1,500,879 tags issued, a final 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 $28,096,455 in total estimated revenue, $19,655,914 has been
collected to the end of July.
Tag Issuance by Unit (to July 31, 1998):
Difference
1998199798/97
Parking Enforcement Officers1,320,2261,302,97817,248
Police Officers/Cadets16,91724,834(7,917)
Special Constable 147,977140,4857,492
Other* 15,759 24,489 (8,730)
TOTAL1,500,8791,492,7868,093
*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 July 31, 1998)
Budgeted
TotalFinal
YearTags IssuedTags PaidCollection RateCollection Rate
%%
1989803,723642,08179.979.0
19903,144,1742,356,71675.075.2
19912,929,5742,245,73676.777.3
19922,639,2821,912,98072.572.3
19932,598,0571,973,77576.075.6
19942,481,1231,943,04778.378.0
19952,284,6871,755,05476.878.0
19962,575,1781,921,69674.678.0
19972,570,1461,812,56170.578.0
SCHEDULE 3
PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1997
($000's)
A. Parking Infractions
BalanceBalance
as at 01/01/98Paid to 31/07/98as at 31/07/98
1989 (189.1) 32.0(221.1)
1990570.8307.9262.9
1991780.5201.7578.8
1992(142.0)88.8(230.8)
1993 175.1 151.2 23.9
Sub-Total1,195.3781.6413.7
19941,811.5195.11,616.4
19954,614.7291.94,322.8
199610,901.71,518.29,383.5
199711,904.76,718.35,186.4
Grand Total30,427.99,505.120,922.8
B. Recovery of Court Costs
1995 417.648.4369.2
1996 777.5138.1639.4
1997 1,303.5645.6657.9
2,498.6832.11,666.5
SCHEDULE 4
SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST AND COURT CONVICTION RATES
TRIAL RATE - 1998
% of Total
Tags IssuedActual #
January2.34,515
February 2.45,095
March2.65,857
April2.45,194
May2.44,863
June*
July*
August
September
October
November
December
* Not available as trial rates are finalized 60 days following filing of ticket.
COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1998
Total on DocketConvicted TotalPercentage Convicted
January6,6574,77171.7
February6,5694,89274.5
March6,4294,78474.4
April6,8205,08374.5
May6,0654,21269.4
June6,3384,67373.7
July5,8114,25173.2
August
September
October
November
December
Total 44,68932,66673.1
N.B. The convictions shown involve parking tags issued approximately six months prior to month of trial.
SCHEDULE 5
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
1998
Budget RequestGross ExpenditureStaff Complement
(as at 07/31/98)(as at 07/31/98)
$ 4,517.0$ 2,182.2 60.3
SCHEDULE 6
PARKING TAGS ISSUED BY FORMER MUNICIPAL BY-LAW GROUP
TorontoScarboroughEtobicokeEast YorkNorth YorkYorkMetroTOTALS
Jan '98134,9579,4169,6144,38119,9765,13910,418193,901
Feb '98133,0079,58410,6014,50018,8106,05123,119205,672
Mar '98144,77211,28211,3804,67522,4075,95224,729225,197
Apr '98142,7359,56511,5244,89216,1586,41624,458215,748
May '98134,6008,97611,0064,480 13,1755,71622,456200,409
June '98143,5069,74610,6134,52516,8585,88126,103217,232
July '98136,6958,4759,2424,36615,5616,36322,805203,507
Year to
Date970,27267,04473,98031,819122,94541,518154,0881,461,666*
Percentage
of Total66.38%4.59%5.06%2.18%8.41%2.84%10.54%100.00%
*NOTE:This total is lower than the total identified in Schedule 1 due to the fact that not all tags issued will have a
by-law code, eg. Tags paid the day of issuance.