January 18, 2000
To: Administration Committee
From: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Subject: 1999 Parking Tag Issuance to December - 4th Quarter
Purpose:
To report on the monthly parking enforcement and collection activities.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Financial Implications
Based on issuance of 2,546,102 parking tags up to December 31, 1999, the estimated total derived revenue is
$47,663,029.00 of which $37,809,831.00 has been collected to date. The budgeted derived revenue amount for the period
January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 is $50,300,000.00. This results in a revenue shortfall of $2,636,971 for 1999.
Discussion:
This report reflects parking enforcement and collection activities of the Corporation for the period ending December 31,
1999.
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; and
Schedule 5 Parking 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 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:
Difference Tags Amount Collection Rate
Month 1999 1998 1999/98 Paid Received (as at November 30/99)
January 98,443 198,043 (99,600) 68,362 $ 1,833,303 69.4%
February 198,530 209,778 (11,248) 141,777 3,420,262 71.4%
March 240,762 229,720 11,042 170,832 4,085,255 70.9%
April 212,202 220,107 (7,905) 145,668 3,413,430 68.6%
May 221,577 205,546 16,031 154,083 3,576,060 69.5%
June 224,544 221,071 3,473 153,730 3,544,493 68.4%
July 207,865 216,614 (8,749) 137,384 3,162,210 66.0%
August 218,359 198,788 19,571 141,606 3,232,825 64.8%
September 218,612 229,645 (11,033) 142,400 3,234,994 65.1%
October 218,143 249,939 (31,796) 137,410 3,092,100 62.9%
November 253,128 237,670 15,458 151,329 3,252,035 59.7%
December 233,937 216,695 17,242 99,975 1,962,864 42.7%
Total 2,546,102 2,633,616 (87,514) 1,644,556 37,809,831 64.5%
Revenue:
The estimated total revenue derived from parking tags issued to December 31, 1999, is
$47,663,029. This estimate is based on 2,546,102 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 $50,300,000 in total budgeted
revenue, $37,809,831 has been collected to the end of December.
Tag Issuance by Unit (to December 31, 1999):
Difference
1999 1998 99/98
Parking Enforcement Officers 2,281,205 2,306,814 (25,609)
Police Officers/Cadets 21,138 26,672 (5,534)
Special Constable 233,599 266,578 (32,979)
Other* 10,160 33,552 (23,392)
TOTAL 2,546,102 2,633,616 (87,514)
*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 December 31, 1999)
Projected
Total Final
Year Tags Issued Tags Paid Collection Rate Collection Rate
% %
1989 803,723 644,575 80.2 79.0
1990 3,144,174 2,378,470 75.6 75.2
1991 2,929,574 2,259,818 77.1 77.3
1992 2,639,282 1,919,637 72.7 72.3
1993 2,598,057 1,982,836 76.3 75.6
1994 2,481,123 1,955,371 78.8 78.0
1995 2,284,687 1,768,756 77.4 78.0
1996 2,575,178 1,949,645 75.7 78.0
1997 2,570,146 1,922,477 74.8 78.0
1998 2,633,616 1,953,340 74.2 78.0
SCHEDULE 3
PARKING TAG RECEIVABLES - 1989 to 1998
($000's)
A. Parking Infractions
Balance Balance
as at 01/01/99 Paid to 31/12/99 as at 31/12/99
1989 (243.1) 45.2 (288.3)
1990 69.8 409.0 (339.2)
1991 445.4 267.3 178.1
1992 (289.5) 115.9 (405.4)
1993 (54.0) 156.5 (210.5)
Sub-Total (71.4) 993.9 (1,065.3)
1994 1,508.5 201.9 1,306.6
1995 4,177.0 224.2 3,952.8
1996 9,069.1 395.6 8,673.5
1997 2,991.6 1,243.1 1,748.5
1998 11,681.6 9,001.1 2,680.5
Grand Total 29,356.4 12,059.8 17,296.6
B. Recovery of Court Costs
1995 341.0 45.1 295.9
1996 599.2 48.7 550.5
1997 380.6 173.1 207.5
1998 1,279.7 1,100.6 179.1
2,600.5 1,367.5 1,233.0
SCHEDULE 4
SUMMARY OF TRIAL REQUEST, COURT CONVICTION RATES
AND REVIEW ACTIVITY
TRIAL RATE - 1999 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 2.3 4,581 6,430 4,674 72.7%
March 2.4 5,696 7,214 5,147 71.3%
April 2.3 4,952 6,140 4,281 69.7%
May 2.3 5,078 5,559 4,013 72.2%
June 2.3 5,152 6,648 4,833 72.7%
July 2.3 4,847 5,069 3,751 74.0%
August 2.2 4,902 5,203 3,814 73.3%
September 2.3 5,023 6,431 4,757 74.0%
October 2.3 5.036 5,912 4,534 76.7%
November 5,156 3,731 72.4%
December 6,025 4,362 72.4%
TOTAL 48,652 72,180 52,105 72.2%
* 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 1,719 165 641 2,220 158
May 1,673 119 300 2,134 160
June 1,602 213 713 1,861 249
July 1,748 108 436 2,195 207
August 1,571 121 539 2,319 231
September 1,879 126 121 3,331 195
October 1,683 84 845 2,224 207
November 1,565 132 225 2,104 287
December 1,512 0 264 1,851 211
TOTAL 20,342 1,587 6,966 26,023 2,760
SCHEDULE 5
PARKING TAGS ISSUED BY FORMER MUNICIPAL BY-LAW GROUP
Toronto Scarborough Etobicoke East York North York York Metro TOTALS
Jan '99 57,681 4,588 4,416 1,622 11,089 2,177 15,266 96,839
Feb '99 126,337 9,256 9,985 3,502 18,439 6,070 22,458 196,047
Mar '99 153,536 11,056 11,272 4,309 22,860 6,646 26,757 236,436
Apr '99 138,561 9,688 10,067 3,862 16,712 6,027 23,676 208,593
May '99 147,040 9,694 11,463 4,007 16,218 6,025 23,089 217,536
June '99 154,674 8,170 10,065 3,824 15,326 6,019 23,810 221,888
July '99 141,183 8,405 8,621 3,705 14,148 5,655 23,363 205,080
August '99 151,117 9,214 8,218 3,676 12,858 5,742 24,420 215,245
Sept. '99 147,607 9,188 10,800 3,867 14,054 5,964 23,640 215,120
Oct. '99 145,374 9,354 10,679 4,369 12,868 6,145 26,003 214,792
Nov. '99 167,594 10,577 11,206 5,498 15,603 6,053 33,154 249,685
Dec. '99 146,412 10,017 11,146 3,990 22,488 5,738 31,285 231,076
Year to
Date 1,677,116 109,207 117,938 46,231 192,663 68,261 296,921 2,508,337
Percentage
of Total 66.87% 4.35% 4.70% 1.84% 7.68% 2.72% 11.84% 100.00%
*NOTE: If a tag is paid or withdrawn prior to data entry, the by-law code will not be data entered and will affect these statistics.
SCHEDULE 6
SUMMARY OF CANCELLATIONS & WITHDRAWALS
1999
Total Withdrawn
Tags /Stop Out-of- Drove
Month Captured Spoiled Illegible Process Province Away
January 90,721 1,613 2,849 8,873 4,875 3,977
February 198,001 2,397 3,784 11,534 8,929 3,322
March 235,579 2,652 3,242 11,971 9,518 2,448
April 223,760 2,936 3,741 12,046 10,517 3,442
May 209,459 2,079 3,250 12,891 11,429 3,280
June 223,602 1,916 2,916 13,793 13,986 3,950
July 218,661 1,121 1,830 11,437 14,012 4,073
August 206,005 950 1,853 11,569 17,948 3,815
September 215,754 849 1,483 10,673 14,390 3,939
October 223,238 834 2,089 10,591 14,450 4,703
November 250,353 723 2,313 10,828 14,012 4,377
December 243,669 537 2,146 10,765 10,212 4,541
TOTAL 2,538,802 31,496 136,970 136,970 144,278 45,867
