1999 Membership Fee - Association

of Municipalities of Ontario

The Corporate Services Committee recommends the adoption of the following report (January29, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer:

Purpose:

To obtain Council's approval to pay the 1999 membership fee for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

Financial Implications:

There are sufficient funds in the 1999 Interim Estimates to cover this expenditure.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that payment of the 1999 membership fee for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario be approved in the amount of $63,276.93.

Discussion:

The 1999 membership fees for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario have been calculated using a fee rate schedule that provided for a specific cost per household over a base of 20,000households. This differs from the process AMO used in 1998 to bill the City of Toronto whereby the Association was seeking a flat fee from the City. The 1999 fee schedule results in 1999membership fees for the City of Toronto of $63,276.93, representing a reduction of $36,327.94 from the 1998 fees of $99,604.87.

Accompanying this report is a copy of the Association's Bulletin detailing 1998 activities.

Conclusion:

The 1999 membership fees for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario be paid in the amount of $63,276.93.

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

A. C. Shultz

Director of Accounting Services

Finance Department

416 397-5240

(A copy of the attachment to the foregoing report, entitled "AMO - 1998 - A Year in Review", was forwarded to all Members of Council with the February 15, 1999, agenda of the Corporate Services Committee, and a copy thereof is also on file in the office of the City Clerk.)