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Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act

Communications/Reports

The City Manager and Chief Financial Officer recommend that:

Program Recommendations:

CITIZEN CENTRED SERVICES - A

311 Customer Service Strategy

1.         City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for 311 Customer Strategy of $17.500 million gross and $9.272 million net, comprised of the following services:

Affordable Housing Office

2.         City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Affordable Housing Office of $3.223 million gross and $1.334 million net, comprised of the following services:

Children’s Services

3.         City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Children’s Services of $373.833 million gross and $70.776 million net, comprised of the following services:

4.         The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council’s decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Court Services

5.         City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Court Services of $52.080 million gross and ($10.082) million net revenue, comprised of the following services:

6.         The Director of Court Services continue to work with the Province and advocate to implement Bill 212 amendments available under the Good Government Act, 2009 by mid 2010 to reduce the requirement of police officers appearing at trials, improve public service access and to introduce other changes that can result in higher fine collection results.

Economic Development and Culture

7.         City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture of $35.914 million gross and $26.406 million net, comprised of the following services:

8.         The General Manager of Economic Development and Culture report to Budget Committee on a plan for managing Nathan Phillips Square by June 2010.

Emergency Medical Services

9.         City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Emergency Medical Services of $165.266 million gross and $65.647 million net, comprised of the following services:

10.       City Council request the Province to provide its full share of 100% funding for Emergency Medical Services’ Central Ambulance Communication Centre (CACC) and Systems Services.

11.       The General Manager of Emergency Medical Services negotiate with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to continue the EMS Nurses Initiative beyond March 2011 at 100% Provincial funding and to report back on the outcome during the 2011 budget process.

12.       The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council's decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Long-Term Care Homes & Services

13.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Long-Term Care Homes & Services of $220.626 million gross and $46.773 million net, comprised of the following services:

14.       Council approve the new Nutrition and Dietetic services enhancements as required by the Long-Term Care Homes Act Draft Regulation, ($0.803 million gross, $0 net), subject to Provincial funding.

15.       The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council's decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Parks, Forestry and Recreation

16.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Parks, Forestry and Recreation of $359.710 million gross and $259.836 million net, comprised of the following services:

17.       The General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation allocate available Welcome Policy funding by season, proportional to seasonal registration to a maximum of the budgeted Welcome Policy funding of $8.000 million.

18.       The General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation report, prior to the 2011 budget process, on a strategy for converting the Welcome Policy program from ‘program-based’ into ‘dollar-based’ subsidy.

19.       The General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation report early in 2011 on the development of a strategy for the equitable distribution of all recreation subsidies to children and youth, adults and seniors proportionate to the number of low income residents in each Ward.

20.       Parks, Forestry and Recreation review future impacts of capital projects on operating budgets and consider strategies, including optional models for service delivery, to mitigate future operating budget impacts.

21.       The information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council’s decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Shelter, Support & Housing Administration

22.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration of $854.333 million gross and $258.680 million net, comprised of the following services:

Social Development, Finance & Administration

23.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Social Development, Finance and Administration of $24.688 million gross and $13.272 million net, comprised of the following services:

Toronto Employment and Social Services

24.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Employment and Social Services of $1,358.108 million gross and $324.596 million net, comprised of the following services:

25.       The General Manager of Toronto Employment & Social Services report to Budget Committee at the 2010 Operating Budget wrap-up meeting on actual year-to-date Ontario Works monthly caseload, and any possible revisions to the 2010 recommended average monthly caseload estimate of 105,000.

CITIZEN CENTRED SERVICES - B

City Planning

26.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for City Planning of $36.182 million gross and $13.222 million net, comprised of the following service:

27.       City Planning’s Application Revenues for Community Planning and Committee of Adjustment applications be decreased by $1.429 million in 2010 based on application volume and application mix trends experienced from 2004 to 2009, showing a significant reduction in both volume and revenue per application beginning in 2007.

28.       The Deputy City Manager responsible for City Planning report back to the Budget Committee in 2010 on the results of the detailed review of development application costs and an approach to increasing community planning and development application process fees in the future to allow for full cost recovery of all City wide costs related to the processing of community planning and development applications.

Fire Services

29.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Fire Services of $371.741 million gross and $359.141 million net, comprised of the following services:

30.       These Analyst Briefing Notes for Fire Services’ 2010 Recommended Operating Budget be considered concurrently with the (February 2010) report from the Fire Chief and General Manager of Toronto Fire Services entitled “Change False Alarm By-law to allow Fire Services to Charge for attendance at all Nuisance and Malicious False Alarms”.

Municipal Licensing and Standards

31.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Municipal Licensing and Standards of $50.209 million gross and $19.226 million net, comprised of the following services:

Policy, Planning, Finance and Administration

32.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Policy, Planning, Finance and Administration (PPF&A) of $24.966 million gross and $12.014 million net, comprised of the following services:

33.       The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remains confidential until the outcome of Council’s decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Technical Services

34.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Technical Services of $67.682 million gross and $12.207 million net, comprised of the following services:

Toronto Building

35.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Building of $45.830 million gross and ($10.801) million net, comprised of the following service:

Toronto Environment Office

36.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Environment Office of $12.758 million gross and $3.372 million net, comprised of the following service:

Transportation Services

37.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Transportation Services of $285.660 million gross and $180.815 million net, comprised of the following services:

Waterfront Secretariat

38.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Waterfront Secretariat of $1.547 million gross and $0.957 million net, comprised of the following service:

39.       The Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Secretariat and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer report back to the Executive Committee on the updated Operating Budget Impacts of New Waterfront Infrastructure in time to inform the preparation of the 2011 Operating Budget.

INTERNAL SERVICES

Facilities and Real Estate

40.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Facilities and Real Estate of $169.629 million gross and $54.262 million net, comprised of the following services:

41.       The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council's decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Fleet Services

42.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Fleet Services of $47.292 million gross and $0.0 million net, comprised of the following services:

43.       Fleet Services continue to review the size of the City’s fleet inventory and report back with further budgetary savings for consideration with the 2011 budget process.

Information and Technology

44.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Information and Technology of $85.708 million gross and $61.524 million net, comprised of the following services:

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

45.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of $15.512 million gross and $8.928 million net, comprised of the following services:

Office of the Treasurer

46.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Office of the Treasurer $75.671 million gross and $29.482 million net, comprised of the following services:

City Manager’s Office

47.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the City Manager’s Office of $41.754 million gross and $37.079 million net, comprised of the following services:

48.       The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council's decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

OTHER CITY PROGRAMS

City Clerk’s Office

49.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the City Clerk’s Office of $60.164 million gross and $36.793 million net, comprised of the following services:

City Council

50.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for City Council of $20.453 million gross and $19.753 million net, comprised of the following services:

Legal Services

51.       City Council Approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Legal Services of $39.538 million gross and $19.993 million net, comprised of the following services:

Mayor’s Office

52.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Mayor’s Office of $2.561 million gross and net, comprised of the following service:

AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Arena Boards of Management

53.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Arena Boards of Management of $6.396 million gross and $(0.006) million net, comprised of the following services:

Association of Community Centres

54.       Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Association of Community Centres of $7.369 million gross and $6.180 million net, comprised of the following services:

55.       The Executive Director of Social Development and Administration, along with Financial Planning staff, and in consultation with the Executive Director of Applegrove Community Complex, undertake a review of operational sustainability of the Applegrove Community Complex, including strategies to address the 2011 budget targets before the 2011 Operating Budget process.

Exhibition Place

56.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Exhibition Place of $62.928 million gross and $0.026 million net, comprised of the following services:

57.       City Council approve amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 227, Schedule 14 and to the loan agreement dated January 12, 2009 between the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place and the City of Toronto, to revise the purpose of the “Exhibition Place Conference Centre Reserve Fund” to “Provides a source of funding for any shortfalls in loan payments to the City from Exhibition Place for the new conference centre or to support Exhibition Place’s operating shortfalls between 2010 and 2012, to a maximum of $0.900 million”.

Heritage Toronto

58.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto of $0.713 million gross and $0.366 million net, comprised of the following service:

Parking Tag Enforcement & Operations

59.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Parking Tag Enforcement & Operations of $54.620 million gross and $26.054 million net revenue, comprised of the following services:

60.       City Council request the Province to increase the regulated administration fee applied to defaulted parking tags and that the Province consider a revenue-sharing agreement with the City for the increased fee value.

61.       City staff work closely with and monitor the Province’s progress in drafting new regulations to the Provincial Offences Act to include changes that no longer require an officer to appear in court to give evidence at parking ticket trials.

62.       City staff report back on strategies and initiatives to mitigate expenditure increases and maintain revenues in time for the 2011 Operating Budget Process.

Theatres

63.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Theatres of $20.617 million gross and $3.488 million net, comprised of the following services:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

64.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto and Region Conservation Authority of $35.583 million gross and $7.298 million net, of which $4.207 million is a contribution from Toronto Water and $3.269 million is tax-supported, which is comprised of the following services:

65.       The information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council’s decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Toronto Atmospheric Fund

66.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Atmospheric Fund of $2.236 million gross and $0 million net, comprised of the following service:

67.       The Toronto Atmospheric Fund provide a quarterly variance report through 2010 to monitor investment income performance and third party fundraising activities.

Toronto Police Service

68.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for The Toronto Police Service of $953.844 million gross and $888.089 million net, comprised of the following service:

Toronto Police Services Board

69.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for The Toronto Police Services Board of $2.348 million gross and net, comprised of the following service:

70.       The Toronto Police Services Board, following consultation with the Chief of Police report to Budget Committee on March 5, 2010 with specific sustainable budget reductions and associated service impacts to accommodate a $5.901 million net reduction to the Toronto Police Service Budget from the 2010 Budget Request approved by the Toronto Police Services Board on January 28, 2010 to achieve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget of $953.844 million gross and $888.089 million net.

Toronto Public Health

71.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Public Health of $219.539 million gross and $44.162 million net, comprised of the following services:

72.       The information contained in confidential attachment 1 remain confidential until the outcome of Council's decision has been communicated to the Unions and affected staff.

Toronto Public Library

73.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Public Library of $180.373 million gross and $166.885 million net, comprised of the following service:

74. Toronto Library Board report to Budget Committee on March 5, 2010 with reduction options that are permanent, sustainable, and with identifiable service level impacts, to achieve the 1.8% increase over the 2009 Approved Budget.

75.       Toronto Library Board report to Budget Committee on the Special Sick Leave Pay-out cost estimates for 2010 resulting from the implementation of the new Illness or Injury Plan, once the financial impact is known.

Toronto Transit Commission

76.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the TTC of $1.371 billion gross and $429.804 million net, comprised of the following service:

77.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Wheel-Trans of $87.433 million gross and $82.676 million net, comprised of the following service:

78.       The Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission report to Budget Committee by June of 2010 on any adjustments to ridership projections or passenger revenue based on actual 2010 ridership and revenues to date, and that the TTC identify mitigation strategies including service changes if experience indicates lower than budgeted ridership in 2010;

79.        The information contained in Confidential Attachment II remain confidential until the outcome of Council's decision has been communicated to the Union and affected staff;

80.       The Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission report to Budget Committee in the Spring of 2010 with five-year ridership and service delivery plans for the TTC and Wheel-Trans that will include various options for a multi-year fare strategy;

81.       The Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission report back to the Budget Committee prior to the start of the 2011 Operating Budget process on the impact of the Health and Wellness Program on absenteeism and associated savings;

82.       The Chief General Manager of the TTC report back to Budget Committee prior to the start of the 2011 Operating Budget process on the impact of the Health and Safety Initiative and the Work Safe – Home Safe program;

83.       A long-term TTC subsidy receivable of $25.750 million be created, representing the value of expected future TTC accident claim expenses and a long-term Wheel-Trans subsidy receivable of $0.325 million be created representing the value of expected future Wheel-Trans accident claim expenses;

84.       The Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer continue discussions on partnering with the Province for permanent sustainable funding in order to return the TTC’s provincial funding share to 50%, as it was prior to downloading; and,

85.       The Chief General Manager of  the Toronto Transit Commission report back to Budget Committee by March 5, 2010 with the 2011 incremental impact of 2010 service efficiencies and program summary amounts by expenditure category which comprise Appendix D of the Analyst Notes.

Toronto Zoo

86.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Toronto Zoo of $44.940 million gross and $11.000 million net, comprised of the following services:

Yonge-Dundas Square

87.        City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Yonge-Dundas Square of $1.763 million gross and $0.544 million net, comprised of the following service:

NON-LEVY OPERATIONS

Toronto Parking Authority

88.      C ity Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for the Toronto Parking Authority of $68.735 million gross and ($55.685) million net, comprised of the following services:

89.       This Report be considered concurrently with the Income Sharing Agreement Renewal with the Toronto Parking Authority Report (February 2010) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and President of the Toronto Parking Authority.

CORPORATE ACCOUNTS

Community Partnership & Investment Program

90.       City Council approve the 2010 Recommended Operating Budget for Community Partnership and Investment Program of $45.441 million gross and $45.230 million net, comprised of the following services:

ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICES

Auditor General's Office

Integrity Commissioner

Lobbyist Registrar

Ombudsman

The Fire Chief and General Manager of Fire Services recommends that:

1.          Appendix B - Schedule 1, Fire Services of Chapter 441, Fees, of the Municipal Code be amended to require Owners to pay a fee of $350.00 per hour for each fire vehicle dispatched in response to the first and subsequent malicious false alarms, in respect of the same address, per year, and to require Owners to pay a fee of $350.00 per hour for each fire vehicle dispatched in response to the first and subsequent nuisance false alarms, in respect of the same address, per year.

2.         Authorization be given to add two positions; one Financial Analyst (TF0351) position at $93,610.00 (Salary & Benefits), one Accounting Assistant 2 (TF0113) position at $79,663.00 (Salary & Benefits) to the establishment, plus associated equipment and supplies of $6,000.00 for the two positions and additional mailing costs for the additional invoices of approximately $9,600.00 on an annual basis, for a total annual cost of approximately $188,873.00.

3.          The appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

The recommendation in this report is to charge for Fire’s attendance at all false alarms categorized as nuisance or malicious beginning in 2010. Fire Services currently charges for attendance for the second and subsequent nuisance false alarms in a two-month period and for the second and subsequent malicious false alarms in an annual period.

To deal with the issue requires updating Appendix B - Schedule 1, Fire Services of Chapter 441, Fees, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code identifying fees to be charged for nuisance and malicious alarms.  An administration fee of $350.00 per hour for each vehicle dispatched will be charged (based on the Ministry of Transportation schedule for emergency vehicle dispatched) when the following criteria are met:

1.         the first and subsequent malicious false alarms, for same address, per year, per fire vehicle dispatched, and

2.         the first and subsequent nuisance false alarms, for same address, per year, per fire vehicle dispatched.

The recommended action will increase Fire Services’ False Alarm Revenue in 2010. In 2008, Fire’s year-end revenue in this category was $4,955,600.00.  Fire’s 2009 false alarm revenue estimate was $5,269,400.00, with posted year-end revenue of $4,471,120.00, representing a shortfall of $798,280.00. The recommended change will more accurately align revenues with expenditures.

The analysis of call data indicates that there are potentially over 10,212 incidents that would become chargeable as a result of the by-law change. However, based on a previous change to the by-law in 2006, when the exemption was dropped from two to one incident before incurring a fee, slightly more than half of the projected revenue was realized, mainly based on building owners taking corrective action. 

The current annual workload of 3,277 invoices, the associated research and customer service volume is managed by 5 staff.  The associated workload on staff as a result of the additional invoicing of up to 10,212 charges, incident identification and address verification, managing additional complainant responses, and processing re-imbursements, will require adding two positions to the establishment; one Financial Analyst (TF0351)  position at $93,610.00 (Salary & Benefits), one Accounting Assistant 2 (TF0113) position at $79,663.00 (Salary & Benefits) to the establishment, plus associated equipment and supplies of $6,000.00 for the two positions and additional mailing costs for the additional invoices of approximately $9,600.00 on an annual basis for a total annualized cost of approximately $188,873.00.

In 2010, Fire Services is budgeting that implementation will occur by the end of the first quarter resulting in nine months of additional revenue of approximately $4,890,375.00 and staff costs for the two new positions of approximately $145,600.00.

There are no exemptions to the false alarm charges and records show that Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) accounted for approximately 2,100 or 14% of the total 14,932 in nuisance and malicious calls reported in 2008; TCHC has been billed for 1,265 of these calls that were the second and subsequent incidents under the current by-law provisions, meaning that the agency could incur a further $876,750.00 in additional charges if it experiences the same call volume in 2010.  TCHC will be required to develop strategies to mitigate the occurrence of false alarms.

The Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer has reviewed this report and agrees with the financial impact information.

The Toronto Police Services Board recommends to the Budget Committee that City Council approve a 2010 net Operating Budget request of $38.8 Million (M), a $2.5M or 6.8% increase over the 2009 net approved budget.

The purpose of this report is to provide the City of Toronto Budget Committee with the Toronto Police Service – Parking Enforcement Unit’s 2010 revised operating budget request.

The 2010 net operating budget request of $38.8M represents an increase of $2.5M (6.8%) over the approved 2009 net operating budget.

The Toronto Police Service’s 2010 operating budget request is $896.2M net ($961.8M gross).  This is an increase of $41.4M (4.8%) over the approved 2009 net operating budget of $854.8M.

A summary of the Toronto Police Service’s 2010 net operating budget request is provided in Table 1.  The 2010 cost-of-living increase, other salary obligations resulting from the collective agreements (e.g., reclassifications, increments), increased pension plan (OMERS) and statutory deductions such as Employment Insurance (EI), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), represent $35.9M or 87% of the 4.8% total year-to-year increase.  The remaining $5.5M increase (or 13% of the total increase) is required for expenses such as contributions to reserves, caretaking, maintenance, utilities, gasoline, clothing and other costs.

Advising that the Toronto Public Library Board, at its meeting on November 16, 2009, approved the following motion:

That the Toronto Public Library Board:

1.         adopt the 2010 Operating Budget request (Attachment 1) of $170.339 million net ($183.139 million gross), which has been provided to the City for discussion and consideration;

2.         adopt the 2010 Program Overview (Attachment 2), which has been provided to the City for discussion and consideration;

3.         adopt the principles of the Budget Reduction Framework provided on page 6 of the report;

4.         review the Preliminary Reduction Options to meet City targets provided on page 7 of the report, and provide guidance to staff; and

5.         authorize and direct the appropriate staff to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

Advising that the Toronto Transit Commission on December 16, 2009, considered Toronto Transit Commission Report No. 12 (December 16, 2009), entitled "2010 TTC Operating Budget", and forwarded the report to the Budget Committee for approval of Recommendation No. 4 in the report:

"4.        Forward this report to the City of Toronto requesting approval of:

a.         the required 2010 Transit Operating subsidy to the TTC;

b.         confirmation of the establishment of an additional long-term subsidy receivable in the amount of $17.6 million to cover post-retirement benefit non-cash expenses for 2010 consistent with previous accounting treatment approved by Council; and

c.         confirmation of the establishment of an additional long-term subsidy receivable in the amount of $25.8 million to cover accident claims non-cash expenses for 2010 consistent with previous accounting treatment approved by Council as noted in (b) above."

Advising that the Toronto Transit Commission on December 16, 2009 considered Toronto Transit Commission Report No. 13, entitled "2010 Wheel Trans Operating Budget", and forwarded the report to the Budget Committee for approval of Recommendation No. 5 of the report:

"5.        Forward this report to the City of Toronto requesting approval of:

a.         the City’s required 2010 Operating Subsidy for Wheel-Trans;

b.         confirmation of the establishment of an additional long-term subsidy receivable in the amount of $0.83 million to cover post-retirement benefit non-cash expenses for 2010 consistent with previous accounting treatment approved by Council;

c.         confirmation of the establishment of an additional long-term subsidy receivable in the amount of $325,000 to cover accident claims non-cash expenses for 2010 consistent with previous accounting treatment approved by Council; and

d.         the contribution of any 2009 net operating surplus to the TTC Stabilization Reserve Fund for utilization against the 2010 Operating Budget shortfall."