January 8, 1999
To:Corporate Services Committee
From:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Subject:1998 Parking Tag Issuance - December
Purpose:
To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Financial Implications
The 1998 issuance rate has exceeded the budgeted amount by 73,616 tags. There were also 63,470 more tags issued in 1998
than in 1997. The 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 $0.7 million
and a reduction in parking tag costs 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 December 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, Conviction Rates, and Review Activity;
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
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 December 31, 1998)
January198,043191,6766,367136,84169.1%
February209,778205,9183,860146,88170.0%
March229,720222,6407,080157,91868.7%
April220,107223,027(2,920)150,96168.5%
May205,546220,682(15,136)138,28967.2%
June221,071209,39711,674146,01066.0%
July216,614219,446(2,832)137,53863.4%
August198,788201,078(2,290)124,40562.5%
September229,645228,1891,456142,64662.1%
October249,939236,90313,036151,60360.6%
November237,670197,94539,725138,24758.1%
December216,695 213,2453,45093,860 43.3%
Total2,633,6162,570,14663,4701,665,19963.2%
Revenue:
The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to December 31, 1998, is $49,301,292. This estimate is based
on 2,633,616 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 $49,301,292 in total estimated revenue, $38,166,414 has been
collected to the end of December.
Tag Issuance by Unit (to December 31, 1998):
Difference
1998199798/97
Parking Enforcement Officers2,306,8142,255,92750,887
Police Officers/Cadets26,67240,245(13,573)
Special Constable 266,578239,47727,101
Other* 33,552 34,497 (945)
TOTAL2,633,6162,570,14663,470
*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 December 31, 1998)
Projected
TotalFinal
YearTags IssuedTags PaidCollection RateCollection Rate
%%
1989803,723642,81580.079.0
19903,144,1742,363,28975.275.2
19912,929,5742,250,19876.877.3
19922,639,2821,914,99672.572.3
19932,598,0571,976,60176.175.6
19942,481,1231,946,80078.478.0
19952,284,6871,760,23877.078.0
19962,575,1781,932,89275.178.0
19972,570,1461,885,78773.378.0
SCHEDULE 3
PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1997
($000's)
A. Parking Infractions
BalanceBalance
as at 01/01/98Paid to 31/12/98as at 31/12/98
1989 (189.1) 54.0(243.1)
1990570.8501.069.8
1991780.5335.1445.4
1992(142.0)147.5(289.5)
1993 175.1 229.1 (54.0)
Sub-Total1,195.31,266.7(71.4)
19941,811.5303.01,508.5
19954,614.7437.74,177.0
199610,901.71,832.69,069.1
199711,904.78,913.12,991.6
Grand Total30,427.912,753.117,674.8
B. Recovery of Court Costs
1995 417.676.6341.0
1996 777.5178.3599.2
1997 1,303.5922.9380.6
2,498.61,177.81,320.8
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%
October2.35,6575,5763,94470.7%
November* 5,6304,11973.2%
December * 6,5354,62070.7%
TOTAL74,71353,78572.0%
* 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-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
December1,3252279102,112336
TOTAL18,3051,59810,05518,1033,151
SCHEDULE 5
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
1998
Budget RequestGross ExpenditureStaff Complement
(as at 31/12/98)(as at 31/12/98)
$ 4,517.0$ 4,117.6 60.3
(Not final)
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
Dec. '98142,6608,7748,8963,21821,4605,11222,480212,600
Year to
Date1,725,619113,935121,42250,749194,00170,937276,5572,553,220*
Percentage
of Total67.59%4.46%4.76%1.98%7.60%2.77%10.84%100.00%
*NOTE:If tag has a process status of "ZZ", the by-law code may not be data entered and will affect these statistics.