Authority:Corporate Services Committee Report No. 7, Clause No. 7 as adopted by City of
Toronto Council on June 3, 4 and 5, 1998 and Corporate Services Committee Report No. 6,
Clause No. 28 as adopted by City of Toronto Council on June 9, 10 and 11, 1999
Enacted by Council:
CITY OF TORONTO
Bill No. 296
BY-LAW No. -1999
To amend further By-law No. 181-81
of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
respecting pensions and other benefits.
The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows:
1.(1)Section 1 of By-law No. 73-97 of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, a
by-law "To amend further By-law No. 181-81 respecting pensions and other benefits", as such
section was amended by By-law No. 149-97 of that Municipality, is further amended by
striking out the text "1996" at the end of subsection 32r(1) of said By-law No. 181-81 as
enacted by said subsection 1(1) and substituting therefor "1995".
(2)Subsection 2(1) of By-law No. 278-1998, a by-law "To amend further By-law No. 181-81
of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto respecting pensions and other benefits", is
amended by striking out the text "1997" at the end of subsection 32s(1) of said By-law No.
181-81 as thereby enacted and substituting therefor "1996".
2.Clause 1(1)(z) of By-law No. 181-81 of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto,
a by-law "To provide pensions and death benefits to members of the Metropolitan Police
Force", as such clause was re-enacted by By-law No. 86-89 of that Municipality, is amended
by adding immediately following subclause (ii) thereof the text "provided that this clause shall
apply with respect to a member and a person of the same sex only if the member has died on
or after the 5th day of June, 1998".
3.The said By-law No. 181-81, as heretofore amended, is further amended by adding thereto
the following section:
"General
Pensioner
Increase
(1999)
32t.(1)Save and except for those pensions increased pursuant to subsection (2), the
amount of pension payable under this By-law is hereby increased by 0.9 per cent. effective the
1st day of January, 1999, in respect of
(a)each pensioner in receipt of a pension; and
(b)each member entitled to a deferred pension under section 18 or a predecessor thereof,
on or before the 31st day of December, 1997.
Adjusted
Pensioner
Increases
(1999)
(2)Effective the 1st day of January, 1999, the amount of pension
(a)payable
(i)to each member in receipt of a pension; and
(ii)to each pensioner under section 17 or a predecessor thereof in respect of a deceased
member who died prior to retirement; and
which commenced on a date shown in Column I;
(b)payable to each pensioner under section 17 in respect of a deceased pensioner member
whose retirement commenced on a date shown in Column I;
(c)payable to each member entitled to a deferred pension under section 18 as a result of
termination of employment which took place after December 1, 1997, on a date shown in
Column I, treating any such termination which occurred on any day of a month other than the
first as if it had occurred on the first day of the next following month,
is hereby increased by the percentage set out opposite such date in Column II:
Column IColumn II
January 1, 19980.900 per cent.
February 1, 19980.825 per cent.
March 1, 19980.750 per cent.
April 1, 19980.675 per cent.
May 1, 19980.600 per cent.
June 1, 19980.525 per cent.
July 1, 19980.450 per cent.
August 1, 19980.375 per cent.
September 1, 19980.300 per cent.
October 1, 19980.225 per cent.
November 1, 19980.150 per cent.
December 1, 19980.075 per cent.
General
Pensioner
Increase
(2000)
(3)Save and except for those pensions increased pursuant to subsection (4), the
amount of pension payable under this By-law shall be increased effective the 1st day of
January, 2000, in respect of
(a)each pensioner in receipt of a pension; and
(b)each member entitled to a deferred pension under section 18 or a predecessor thereof,
on or before the 31st day of December, 1998, by the percentage increase, not in excess of 6 per
cent., in the Consumer Price Index for Canada (All Items) between September, 1998, and
September, 1999.
Adjusted
Pensioner
Increases
(2000)
(4)Effective the 1st day of January, 2000, there shall be increases in the amounts of
certain pensions in the manner described in subsection (2), as if that subsection had been
re-enacted with the following modifications:
(a)replacement of the text '1997' in the fourth line of clause (c) thereof with '1998';
(b)replacement of the two lines of text immediately following clause (c) thereof with 'is
hereby increased case by the percentage pension increase provided for in subsection (3)
multiplied by the adjustment factor set out opposite such date in Column II:'; and
(c)replacement of Columns I and II thereof with the following:
'Column IColumn II
January 1, 19991.0000
February 1, 19990.9167
March 1, 19990.8333
April 1, 19990.7500
May 1, 19990.6667
June 1, 19990.5833
July 1, 19990.5000
August 1, 19990.4167
September 1, 19990.3333
October 1, 19990.2500
November 1, 19990.1667
December 1, 19990.0833'. "
4.(1)Subsection 1(1) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th day of June,
1997.
(2)Subsection 1(2) and section 2 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of
June, 1998.
(3)Section 3 shall come into force on the date of enactment and passing of this by-law.
ENACTED AND PASSED by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the Members of
Council present and voting this day of June, A.D. 1999.
Mayor City Clerk
