September 16, 1998

To:Corporate Services Committee

From:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Subject:1998 Parking Tag Issuance - August

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 August 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 August 31, 1998)

January198,043191,6766,367128,36164.8%

February209,778205,9183,860136,79665.2%

March229,720222,6407,080145,11163.2%

April220,107223,027(2,920)138,36362.9%

May205,546220,682(15,136)128,52062.5%

June221,071209,39711,674134,59160.9%

July216,614219,446(2,832)125,95758.1%

August198,788201,078(2,290)90,87045.7%

September

October

November

December

Total1,699,6671,693,8645,8031,028,56960.5%

Revenue:

The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to August 31, 1998, is

$31,817,766. This estimate is based on 1,699,667 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 $31,817,766 in total estimated revenue, $23,220,298 has been collected to the end of August.

Tag Issuance by Unit (to August 31, 1998):

Difference

1998199798/97

Parking Enforcement Officers1,493,7141,480,85512,859

Police Officers/Cadets18,92727,922(8,995)

Special Constable 168,995158,56810,427

Other* 18,031 26,519 (8,488)

TOTAL1,699,6671,693,8645,803

*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 August 31, 1998)

Budgeted

TotalFinal

YearTags IssuedTags PaidCollection RateCollection Rate

%%

1989803,723642,25179.979.0

19903,144,1742,358,24975.075.2

19912,929,5742,246,88076.777.3

19922,639,2821,913,49972.572.3

19932,598,0571,974,29676.075.6

19942,481,1231,944,02678.478.0

19952,284,6871,756,23176.978.0

19962,575,1781,924,64274.778.0

19972,570,1461,832,44571.378.0

SCHEDULE 3

PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1997

($000's)

A. Parking Infractions

BalanceBalance

as at 01/01/98Paid to 31/08/98as at 31/08/98

1989 (189.1) 37.3(226.4)

1990570.8353.2217.6

1991780.5235.0545.5

1992(142.0)104.2(246.2)

1993 175.1 163.5 11.6

Sub-Total1,195.3893.2302.1

19941,811.5222.41,589.1

19954,614.7327.54,287.2

199610,901.71,607.29,294.5

199711,904.77,315.54,589.2

Grand Total30,427.910,365.820,062.1

B. Recovery of Court Costs

1995 417.654.8362.8

1996 777.5148.7628.8

1997 1,303.5721.6581.9

2,498.6925.11,573.5

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

June2.45,219

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

August5,0853,40366.9

September

October

November

December

Total 49,77436,06972.4

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 08/31/98)(as at 08/31/98)

$ 4,517.0$ 2,442.6 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

August '98131,0838,2619,5093,6221,5095,97920,646180,609

Year to

Date1,101,35575,30583,48935,441124,45447,497174,7341,642,275*

Percentage

of Total67.06%4.59%5.08%2.16%7.58%2.89%10.64%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.