June 3, 1999
To: Corporate Services Committee
From: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Subject: 1999 Parking Tag Issuance January to March 1999
Purpose:
To report on parking tag issuance and other key indicators for the first quarter of 1999.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Financial Implications
The 1999 estimates for Parking Tag Revenue are based on an annual issuance of 2.66 million parking tags, an overall payment rate of 78 percent and an average fine payment of $24.00. To the end of March, parking tag issuance was almost 97,000 less than the same period in 1998. Assuming the issuance rate for the remainder of 1999 will be the same as in 1998, a shortfall of approximately $1.8 million in 1999 parking tag revenues will be realized.
Council Background/Reference
At its meeting on May 11, 12 and 13, 1999, City Council adopted Clause No.1 of Report No. 5 of the Corporate Services Committee entitled "Review of Parking Tag Operations". Embodied in that clause was a recommendation that the Parking Tag Operations Unit of Finance, Revenue Services Division respond on the Status of Parking Issuance to the Corporate Services Committee on a quarterly basis rather than monthly. As well, it was recommended that the current report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer relating to parking tags be modified to include additional management information such as the total number of tags written, spoiled, available for collection, withdrawn, status of outstanding fines including those issued to out-of-province vehicles. Also requested was an analysis of any significant trends or problem areas.
Discussion:
This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the period ending March 31, 1999.
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The following information is provided in the attached schedules:
Schedule 1 Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue for 1999;
Schedule 2 Collection Rate Activity for Tags Issued in Prior Years (1989-1998);
Schedule 3 Parking Tag Receivables (1989-1998);
Schedule 4 Summary of Trial Request, Conviction Rates, and Review Activity;
Schedule 5 Summary of Expenditures for Parking Tag Operations; and
Schedule 6 Parking Tags Issued by former Municipal By-Law Group.
The additional statistical information requested by Council’s adoption of the Auditor’s report entitled "Review of Parking Tag Operations" will be provided in the second quarter report.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Bryan Kerr
Manager, Provincial and Parking Offences
392-5880
W. A. Liczyk
Chief Financial Officer
& Treasurer
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SCHEDULE 1
Monthly Tag Issuance, Collection Rate and Revenue
for 1999
The following schedule summarizes issuance activity in 1999. The schedule also includes a breakdown of issuance by enforcement category and provides information regarding parking tag revenue for 1999.
Tag Issuance:
Collection Rate
for 1999 Tag
Difference Tags Issuance by Month
Month 1999 1998 1999/98 Paid (as at March 31, 1999)
January 99,495 198,043 (98,548) 57,619 57.9%
February 199,485 209,778 (10,293) 118,129 59.2%
March 241,874 229,720 12,154 103,944 43.0%
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total 540,854 637,541 (96,687) 279,692 51.7%
Revenue:
The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to March 31, 1999, is
$10,124,787. This estimate is based on 540,854 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 $49,800,000 in total budgetted revenue, $6,283,221 has been collected to the end of March.
Tag Issuance by Unit (to March 31, 1999):
Difference
1999 1998 99/98
Parking Enforcement Officers 459,217 561,740 (102,523)
Police Officers/Cadets 5,689 8,674 (2,985)
Special Constable 68,262 62,242 6,020
Other* 7,686 4,885 2,801
TOTAL 540,854 637,541 (96,687)
*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 (1989-1998)
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 March 31, 1999)
Projected
Total Final
Year Tags Issued Tags Paid Collection Rate Collection Rate
% %
1989 803,723 643,118 80.0 79.0
1990 3,144,174 2,366,358 75.3 75.2
1991 2,929,574 2,252,190 76.9 77.3
1992 2,639,282 1,915,865 72.6 72.3
1993 2,598,057 1,977,936 76.1 75.6
1994 2,481,123 1,948,402 78.5 78.0
1995 2,284,687 1,761,856 77.1 78.0
1996 2,575,178 1,936,866 75.2 78.0
1997 2,570,146 1,908,954 74.3 78.0
1998 2,633,616 1,791,440 68.0 78.0
SCHEDULE 3
PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1998
($000's)
A. Parking Infractions
Balance Balance
as at 31/12/98 Paid to 31/03/99 as at 31/03/99
subject to revision
1989 (243.1) 9.2 (252.3)
1990 69.8 93.7 (23.9)
1991 445.4 60.2 385.2
1992 (289.5) 26.0 (315.5)
1993 (54.0) 38.4 (92.4)
Sub-Total (71.4) 227.5 (298.9)
1994 1,508.5 45.3 1,463.2
1995 4,177.0 49.3 4,127.7
1996 9,069.1 120.7 8,948.4
1997 2,991.6 690.1 2,301.5
1998 11,684.3 3,800.7 7,883.6
Grand Total 29,359.1 4,933.6 24,425.5
B. Recovery of Court Costs
1995 341.0 10.3 330.7
1996 599.2 14.4 584.8
1997 380.6 86.8 293.8
1998 1,287.4 371.1 916.3
2,608.2 482.6 2,125.6
SCHEDULE 4
SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST, COURT CONVICTION RATES
AND REVIEW ACTIVITY
TRIAL RATE - 1998 COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1999
% of Total Convicted Percentage
Tags Issued Actual # Total on Docket Total Convicted
January 3.4 3,385 6,393 4,208 65.8%
February 6,430 4,674 72.7%
March 7,214 5,147 71.3%
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TOTAL 20,037 14,029 70.0%
* Not available as trial rates are finalized 60 days following filing of ticket.
N.B. The convictions shown involve parking tags issued approximately six months prior to month of trial.
COURT REVIEW ACTIVITY
RE-OPENING STRIKINGS APPEALS EXTENSIONS MOTIONS
January 1,365 203 797 1,470 249
February 1,837 191 1,179 1,942 349
March 2,188 125 906 2,372 257
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TOTAL 5,390 519 2,882 5,784 855
SCHEDULE 5
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
1999
Budget Request Gross Expenditure Staff Complement
(as at 31/03/99) (as at 31/03/99)
$4,490.3 $ 59.3
(not yet approved) (not available)
