The Budget Committee:

1.         Requested the City Manager to submit to the Committee as soon as possible:

-           Briefing Note on impact of user fees;

-           Briefing Note on permanent and temporary positions; projected changes for 2011 and going back to 2008.

-           Chart on debt and debt financing going back to 1998 up to present.

-           Briefing Note on possible increase in development charges for Toronto Public Library to support the budget reductions; impact on cost of debt in the Capital Budget.

-           More information on why budgets for the Toronto Police Service and the Toronto Police Services Board are separate.

-           Cost of Boards of other Agencies, Boards and Commissions.

-           Briefing Note on account set-up fees across the City charged by City programs, including number of fees and revenues generated (with the intention to consider consolidating these).

-           Briefing Note on how the Toronto Environmental Office is funded and what the funding strategy is when the reserve is depleted; breakdown between the Toronto Environmental Office core office and other programs, gross expenditures and reserve draws.

-           Briefing note on provision of cleaning services in service areas such as Police Services; cost of providing service in a different way.

-           Briefing note on funding sources for capital positions.

2.         Requested that the User Fee changes for those Parks, Forestry and Recreation programs that have high usage be highlighted or in bold type as users of these programs will be impacted more by the increase.

3.         Requested the City Manager to provide a Corporate Confidential Briefing Note with a clear view of all position changes, which are vacant and which are currently occupied, including a table showing levy operations.