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Budget Committee


Meeting No. 66   Contact Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Thursday, March 4, 2010
  Phone 416-392-7340
Start Time 9:30 AM
  E-mail buc@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 1, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Shelley Carroll  

BU66.1

ACTION

Deferred 

 

Ward: All 

2010 Operating Budget

Committee Recommendations

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.

Origin
(February 16, 2010) Report from City Manager and Chief Financial Officer
Summary

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

 

Background Information
City Planning
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27928.pdf)

Fire Services
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27929.pdf)

Municipal Licensing & Standards
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27930.pdf)

Policy, Planning, Finance & Administration
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27931.pdf)

Technical Services
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27932.pdf)

Toronto Building
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27933.pdf)

Toronto Environment Office
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27934.pdf)

Transportation Services
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27935.pdf)

Waterfront Secretariat
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27937.pdf)

Facilities & Real Estate
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27938.pdf)

Fleet Services
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27939.pdf)

Information & Technology
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27940.pdf)

Office of the Chief Financial Officer
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27941.pdf)

Officer of the Treasurer
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27942.pdf)

2010 Budget-Cluster B Presentation
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-28168.pdf)

2010 Budget-Internal Services Presentation
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-28169.pdf)

Motions
1 - Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Joe Mihevc (Carried)

That:

 

1.         consideration of the item and related material and the tabled motion be deferred to the wrap-up meeting on March 12, 2010;

 

2.         the requested Briefing Notes be submitted to the wrap-up meeting on March 12, 2010.


1a Change False Alarm By-law to allow Fire Services to Charge for Attendance at all Nuisance and Malicious False Alarms
Origin
(February 11, 2010) Report from the Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services
Summary

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.

Background Information
Report - Change False Alarm By-law to allow Fire Services to Charge for Attendance at all Nuisance and Malicious False Alarms
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-27668.pdf)


Thursday, March 4, 2010
Councillor Shelley Carroll, Chair, Budget Committee
Meeting Sessions
Session Date Session Type Start Time End Time Public or Closed Session
2010-03-04 Morning 9:35 AM 11:50 AM Public
Attendance
Members were present for some or all of the time period indicated.
Date and Time Quorum Members
2010-03-04
9:35 AM - 11:50 AM
(Public Session)
Present Present: Ainslie, Augimeri, Carroll (Chair), Heaps, Mihevc, Perks, Rae
Also present (non-members): Davis, Saundercook