The Budget Committee:

1.         deferred the following motion to its wrap-up meeting on March 12, 2010:

City Planning

Moved by Councillor Mihevc that:

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning be requested to investigate and report, as part of the 2011 budget process, on possible funding strategies to support district heritage plans.

2.         requested staff to provide Briefing Notes to the wrap-up meeting on March 12, 2010:

Transportation Services

a.         The General Manager, Transportation Services provide a Briefing Note on:

i.          salt management;

ii.         the health of the winter maintenance reserve.

Fire Services

b.         The Fire Chief provide a Briefing Note on a breakdown of overtime in the Fire Services Division.

3.         deferred consideration of the report (February 11, 2010) from the Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services, entitled "Change False Alarm By-law to allow Fire Services to Charge for Attendance at all Nuisance and Malicious False Alarms" (BU66.1a) to the wrap-up meeting on March 12, 2010.

Submitting recommendations on the 2010 Operating Budget.  See Analyst Notes for all programs at the following address:

http://www.toronto.ca/budget2010/analystnotes_operating.htm

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.