Item - 2025.IE23.3
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Infrastructure and Environment Committee on July 10, 2025. The Infrastructure and Environment Committee has referred this item to an official or other body without making a decision. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the referral.
IE23.3 - Collection Options for District 2 and District Comparative Analysis
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Referred
- Wards:
- All
Confidential Attachment - This report is about labour relations or employee negotiations.
Committee Decision
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:
1. Referred the item to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, and the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to:
a. undertake the necessary due diligence to evaluate the feasibility of Option 1 and enabling works for the implementation of the Road Map in Attachment 2 to the report (June 23, 2025) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services; and
b. concurrently identify alternative options including the repurposing of the existing Ingram Yard and consideration of alternative locations, to ensure timelines in the Road Map are maintained and achievable and consistent with TransformTO,
and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with the necessary recommendations to evaluate Option 1 and the accompanying Road Map, based on the results of Part a and Part b above, with sufficient time for City Council to consider and provide necessary direction and include consideration of providing comparable or better service levels, waste diversion and cost control in the report.
Origin
Summary
The purpose of this staff report is to provide City Council with their directed review of the financial, regulatory, operational needs and other requirements necessary for the Solid Waste Management Services Division to be able to bring District 2 collection services in-house following the end of the next contracted service agreement on August 2, 2031.
Additionally, City Council requested a report back with an update on the comparison of service standards and metrics between districts for daytime, curbside waste collection, including:
a. diversion rates
b. customer counts
c. customer service reliability (311 Toronto)
d. liquidated damages
e. residents' satisfaction
f. contingency fees of previous contracts; and
g. waste contamination rates.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-256730.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Workforce Considerations for Implementing the Road Map to Deliver Curbside Collection Services in District 2 with City Staff
Attachment 2 - Road Map to Deliver Curbside Collection Services in District 2 with City Staff
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-256732.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/comm/communicationfile-194430.pdf
(July 10, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (IE.Supp)
Speakers
Emily J. Alfred , Toronto Environmental Alliance
Motions
That the motion by Councillor Fletcher be amended by replacing the word "support" to "evaluate".
Vote (Amend Motion) Jul-10-2025
| Result: Carried | Majority Required |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 5 | Members that voted Yes are Rachel Chernos Lin, Amber Morley, James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, Dianne Saxe |
| Total members that voted No: 2 | Members that voted No are Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher (Chair) |
| Total members that were Absent: 0 | Members that were absent are |
That the Infrastructure and Environment Committee:
1. Refer the item to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, and the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to:
a. undertake the necessary due diligence to evaluate the feasibility of Option 1 and enabling works for the implementation of the Road Map in Attachment 2; and
b. concurrently identify alternative options including the repurposing of the existing Ingram Yard and consideration of alternative locations, to ensure timelines in the Road Map are maintained and achievable and consistent with TransformTO,
and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with the necessary recommendations to support evaluate Option 1 and the accompanying Road Map, based on the results of Part a and Part b above, with sufficient time for City Council to consider and provide necessary direction and include consideration of providing comparable or better service levels, waste diversion and cost control in the report.
Vote (Refer Item) Jul-10-2025
| Result: Carried | Majority Required |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 6 | Members that voted Yes are Rachel Chernos Lin, Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher (Chair), Amber Morley, Anthony Perruzza, Dianne Saxe |
| Total members that voted No: 1 | Members that voted No are James Pasternak |
| Total members that were Absent: 0 | Members that were absent are |
That the Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to undertake all technical studies required to determine whether 50 Ingram Drive can and should be developed into a City operational yard suitable for District 2 solid waste collection, consistent with TransformTO or other appropriate City-use purposes.
2. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Executive Director, Employee Relations to engage with CUPE, Local 416 to address the considerations listed in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2025) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services.
3. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to report back to Infrastructure and Environment Committee, upon completion of parts 1 and 2 above, with recommendations on whether to bring District 2 solid waste collection in-house and, if so, on what conditions, consistent with TransformTO.
3a - Collection Options for District 2 and District Comparative Analysis
Origin
Summary
The purpose of this report is to advise that the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services will be submitting a report that provides the findings of a review of the collection options for District 2 and a district comparative analysis to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for its meeting on July 10, 2025.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-257102.pdf