December 29, 1998

To:Corporate Services Committee

From:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Subject:1998 Parking Tag Issuance - November

Purpose:

To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that this report be received for information.

Financial Implications

It is projected that the issuance rate will exceed the budgeted amount by approximately 40,000 tags. This revised 1998 issuance rate and the 1998 collection rate identified in Schedule 1 along with issuance and collection data from prior years indicate that there will be a shortfall in parking fine revenue of approximately $1.0 million. There will also be a shortfall in parking tag court costs revenue of $300.0 thousand. It is estimated that there will be little or no variance in 1998 expenditures for the Parking Tag Operations unit.

Discussion:

This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the period ending November 30, 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, Conviction Rates, and Review Activity;

Schedule 5Summary of Expenditures for Parking Tag Operations; and

Schedule 6Parking Tags Issued by former Municipal By-Law Group.

Please note that Schedule 4 has been enhanced to include Court Review Activity in order to describe, more appropriately, the additional activities required by legislation.

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 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 November 30, 1998)

January198,043191,6766,367134,86868.1%

February209,778205,9183,860144,51968.8%

March229,720222,6407,080155,15267.5%

April220,107223,027(2,920)148,19067.3%

May205,546220,682(15,136)135,47065.9%

June221,071209,39711,674142,03664.2%

July216,614219,446(2,832)135,53562.5%

August198,788201,078(2,290)123,46162.1%

September229,645228,1891,456138,60160.3%

October249,939236,90313,036142,80557.1%

November237,670197,94539,72594,95340.0%

December

Total2,416,9212,356,90160,0201,495,59061.8%

Revenue:

The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to November 30, 1998, is $45,244,761. This estimate is based on 2,416,921 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 $45,244,761 in total estimated revenue, $34,033,112 has been collected to the end of November.

Tag Issuance by Unit (to November 30, 1998):

Difference

1998199798/97

Parking Enforcement Officers2,120,3832,071,28849,095

Police Officers/Cadets24,94637,065(12,119)

Special Constable 242,773217,80524,968

Other* 28,819 30,743 (1,924)

TOTAL2,416,9212,356,90160,020

*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 November 30, 1998)

Projected

TotalFinal

YearTags IssuedTags PaidCollection RateCollection Rate

%%

1989803,723642,66980.079.0

19903,144,1742,362,13475.175.2

19912,929,5742,249,37776.877.3

19922,639,2821,914,63472.572.3

19932,598,0571,976,04676.175.6

19942,481,1231,946,12178.478.0

19952,284,6871,759,29877.078.0

19962,575,1781,931,03775.078.0

19972,570,1461,874,76572.978.0

SCHEDULE 3

PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1997

($000's)

A. Parking Infractions

BalanceBalance

as at 01/01/98Paid to 30/11/98as at 30/11/98

1989 (189.1) 49.9(239.0)

1990570.8469.3101.5

1991780.5310.3470.2

1992(142.0)137.1(279.1)

1993 175.1 214.0 (38.9)

Sub-Total1,195.31,180.6 14.7

19941,811.5283.21,528.3

19954,614.7419.04,195.7

199610,901.71,800.79,101.0

199711,904.78,581.23,323.5

Grand Total30,427.912,264.718,163.2

B. Recovery of Court Costs

1995 417.671.5346.1

1996 777.5171.7605.8

1997 1,303.5881.5422.0

2,498.61,124.71,373.9

SCHEDULE 4

SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST, COURT CONVICTION RATES

AND REVIEW ACTIVITY

TRIAL RATE - 1998COURT CONVICTION RATE - 1998

% of TotalConvictedPercentage

Tags IssuedActual #Total on DocketTotalConvicted

January2.34,5156,6574,77171.7%

February 2.45,0956,5694,89274.5%

March2.65,8576,4294,78474.4%

April2.45,1946,8205,08374.5%

May2.44,8636,0654,21269.4%

June2.45,2196,3384,67373.7%

July2.24,8345,8114,25173.2%

August2.24,4055,0853,40366.9%

September2.35,2697,1985,03369.9%

October* 5,5763,94470.7%

November* 5,6304,11973.2%

December

TOTAL68,17849,16572.1%

* 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-OPENINGSTRIKINGSAPPEALSEXTENSIONSMOTIONS

January1,6001028911,143232

February1,4061629091,261346

March1,5411226451,022351

April1,8831381,1741,681307

May1,2041107481,440224

June1,7992131,0521,000285

July1,556958092,310210

August1,49951320960228

September1,5241541,4251,654233

October 1,4441224361,557171

November 1,5241027361,963228

December

TOTAL16,9801,3719,14515,9912,815

SCHEDULE 5

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES

1998

Budget RequestGross ExpenditureStaff Complement

(as at 30/11/98)(as at 30/11/98)

$ 4,517.0$ 3,641.7 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

Sept. '98 152,4919,31110,3004,06616,5155,85724,587223,127

Oct. '98168,36610,47010,3254,26915,8726,25727,784243,343

Nov. '98160,74710,0758,4123,75515,7006,21426,972231,875

Year to

Date1,582,959105,161112,52647,531172,54165,825254,0772,340,620*

Percentage

of Total67.63%4.49%4.81%2.03%7.37%2.81%10.86%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 prior to data entry.