DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
DEPUTATIONS.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.
1. STANDING COMMITTEE BRIEFINGS.
Mr. Barry Gutteridge,
Member of the Implementation Task Force.
General briefing regarding the programs and services under the responsibilities of the Emergency and Protective Services Committee.
2. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH FOR THE
METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE SERVICE.
Chair, Metro Toronto Police Services Board.
(December 15, 1997)
Advising that the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board on December 12, 1997, was in receipt of a report (November 18, 1997) from David J. Boothby, Chief of Police, embodying the following recommendations:
"That
(i) Subject to the approval by the City of Toronto Transition Team of the report titled Emergency and Protective Services: Radio Communication Systems recommending an integrated radio communication technology infrastructure for the new City of Toronto, the Police Services Board approve this urgent request for pre-budget approval in the amount of $5,000,000.00, along with the release of funds, from the new City Council for a replacement radio dispatch switch for Metro Police. Capital funds in the amount of $5,000,000.00 have been proposed in the 1998-2002 Capital Budget for this purchase; and
(ii) the Board forward this request to the Emergency and Protective Services Standing Committee for approval";
and that the Metro Toronto Police Services Board recommended that the Emergency and Protective Services Committee approve a request for pre-budget approval in the amount of $5.0 million along with the release of funds, from the new City Council for a replacement radio dispatch switch for the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service.
3. RESULTS OF THE METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE
ALARM COST RECOVERY PROGRAM.
Chair, Metro Toronto Police Services Board.
(December 15, 1997)
Advising that the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board on December 12, 1997, was in receipt of a report (October 27, 1997) from David J. Boothby, Chief of Police entitled "One Year Report on the Alarm Cost Recovery Initiative"; such report advising that in September 1996, the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service commenced a process of levying fees against Alarm Central Monitoring Stations when they called upon the police to respond to false alarms; that since the start of this process, the Service has faced a number of challenges, including a legal challenge to the by-law, and refusals to pay the invoiced fees; that the legal challenge put forth by the Canadian Alarms and Security Association (CANASA) has been abandoned and Central Monitoring Stations are now paying invoiced fees; that during the period of September 1996 to September 1997, the Service issued invoices totalling $2,122,248.79, for responding to 26,968 false alarm calls; that the Service has seen a significant reduction in alarm calls since the implementation of the cost recovery initiative; that over the last six months service demands and revenue levels have stabilized; that it is expected that revenue and service demands relating to false alarms will remain within 10-15 per cent of our current level for the next 12 months; that the revenue projection for 1998 is approximately $1.7 million; and that the Board recommended that the aforementioned report be received for information.
4. BY-LAW AMENDMENTS - SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
General Manager,
Metropolitan Licensing Commission.
(December 30, 1997)
Advising that the reports dated October 9, 1997, and November 6, 1997, from Amanda Ross, Metropolitan Licensing Commission's Prosecutions Officer regarding By-law Amendment to Section 3 of Schedule 11 - Sale of Tobacco to Persons Under Age and By-law Amendment to Section 2, Subsection 13 - Change in Enforcement Policy was before the Metropolitan Licensing Commission's Business meeting on November 21, 1997; and that the Commission approved the reports and requested that they be forwarded to Council for implementation; and that the Emergency and Protective Services Committee adopt the recommendations set out in this report.
ANY OTHER MATTERS.
