Community Policing Partnership (CPP)

Program Grant Agreement

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee recommends the adoption of the following report (January26,1999) from Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services:

Purpose:

This report provides the details related to the Community Policing Partnership (CPP) Program Grant, introduced by the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services, and its impact on the Toronto Police Service's (TPS') uniform staffing levels, and on the TPS' operating budget over the next several years.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

The CPP Program is a cost-sharing partnership between the Province of Ontario and the municipalities, designed to enhance community safety and increase police visibility by hiring approximately 1000 new uniformed front-line officers (as defined by the Province, and in the attached report) across the Province.

Entering into this program with the Province will provide the City of Toronto with grant funding to off-set some of the costs of the 193 new officers committed to by Council during 1998 Operating Budget deliberations.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

(1)Council enter into this agreement with the Province; and

(2)the Mayor of Toronto be granted authority to sign any documents related to the CPP Program agreement.

Background and Discussion:

The attached report, prepared for the January 28, 1999 Police Services Board meeting, describes the grant and its impact on the Service, in detail.

Conclusions:

The CPP grant funding will provide a relief to the Toronto Police Service's salary budget, and does not require the City to provide any more funding than what would be required to meet Council's commitment to hire an additional 193 officers. The grant provides only a 5-year relief for the extra 193 officers that Council has committed to. Service staff will begin discussions with City Treasury staff to determine how the City will fund these salary requirements after the grant funding ceases.

The Ontario government will be requiring signed agreements from the Police Services Board and from the City of Toronto. Many of the documents are required immediately, and cannot wait for regular Council meetings. It is requested that Council grant the Mayor the authority to sign all documents related to the CPP Program Grant Agreement, on behalf of the City of Toronto.

Entering into this agreement with the Province does not commit the City to any additional expenditures. Although it does commit the Municipality to match any funds provided by the Province, these expenditures must be incurred if the Service is to maintain its HR strategy.

Contact Names:

Angelo Cristofaro808-7113

Elizabeth Hewner808-7117

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(A copy of the attachment referred to in the foregoing report was forwarded to all Members of Council with the January 26, 1999, agenda of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and a copy thereof is also on file in the office of the City Clerk.)