Public
Notice
Proposed Amendments to
the City of Toronto Municipal Code for increases to the Solid Waste Management
Services (SWMS) rates and fees.
Notice is hereby given that City officials are
recommending to Toronto City Council the enactment of a by-law, effective
January 1, 2023, amending the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees
and Charges, and any other necessary Municipal Code Chapters as may be required
to increase the SWMS rates and fees by customer group as follows:
·
3.0% rate increase to properties that receive
Multi-Residential Front End Container and Multi-Residential Curbside collection
services;
·
3.0% rate increase to all Single Family Residential
and Residential Units Above Commercial (RUAC) properties;
·
3.0% increase in bag tags and bin purchases; and
·
3.0%
increase in Commercial; City Divisions, Agencies, Corporations and Schools.
As shown in Appendix A, the recommended interim increase in the Solid Waste Management Services 2023 rates and fee, effective January 1, 2023 are shown in the following link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-230209.pdf
The particulars of
the proposed interim 2023 Solid Waste Management Services rates and fees are
set out in the report to the Executive Committee of Toronto City Council from
the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Solid Waste
Management Services titled "2023 Interim Solid Waste Management Services
Rates and Fees" (the "Report")
City officials are
recommending the adoption of the proposed 2023 interim Solid Waste Management
Services rates and fees, effective January 1, 2023, in advance of the 2023 Tax
and Rate Supported Operating and Capital Budgets. The recommended interim Solid
Waste Management Services rates and fees are consistent with the financial
modeling and the rate increase requirements presented during the 2022 Budget
Process. These interim rates may be amended by City Council when the 2023 Rate
Supported Operating and Capital Budgets are approved.
The 3.0% interim
rate increase for 2023 is recommended to maintain the contribution to the Waste
Management Reserve fund in line with last year's forecast to finance future
capital investments.
At its meeting, to
be held in person and by video conference on December 6, 2022 at 1:30 p.m., or
as soon as possible thereafter, the Executive Committee will hear from any
person, or their counsel, agent or solicitor, who wishes to speak to the
matter. The meeting details are as
follows:
Date: December 6, 2022
Time: 1:30 p.m., or as
soon as possible thereafter
Location: By Video Conference
OR
Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor
100 Queen Street
West
To submit written comments
or register to make a presentation to the Executive Committee on December 6,
2022, please contact the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on December 5,
2022:
Email: exc@toronto.ca
Phone:
416-396-7287
Mail: Executive
Committee
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West, 10th Floor, West Tower
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Fax: 416-392-2980
Presentations will
be limited to 5 minutes per person, unless the Committee decides otherwise.
Any comments
received after the Executive Committee meetings will be forwarded to City
Council.
The Executive
Committee will make its recommendations on December 6, 2022, which will be forwarded for
consideration to City Council at its meeting on December 14, 2022.
While the Report
sets out the recommended rates and fee increases, the appropriate Committee may
change these recommendations.
Further, Toronto
City Council may adopt rates and fees that differ from the recommendations,
including rates and fees that are higher or lower than the rates and fees set
out in the Report, changes to rates and fees for which no change is
recommended, and may adopt additional new rates or fees.
The adopted rates and fees will be implemented through a
by-law that will amend the Municipal Code.
For further information concerning the Report, and the proposed rates
and fee increases, please contact John Oswald, Manager, Financial Planning
& Business Analysis, Solid Waste Management Services, Tel: (647) 466-4283,
E-Mail: John.Oswald@toronto.ca
To obtain or view a copy of the Report, please visit
Further information:
If this matter is
postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or considered at a
subsequent Committee meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than
the information on the subsequent Committee or Council agenda. Please contact the above noted City official
if you require notice in these cases.
Notice to people
writing and making presentations to Executive Committee:
The City of Toronto
Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto
to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to
City Council or its committees. The City collects this information to enable it
to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting
letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you
should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City
will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website.
The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it -
such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to
the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.
Many Committee, Board,
and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public
to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast.
Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available.
If you want to learn
more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City
Clerk's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or call
416-396-7287.
Closed Meeting
Requirements: If the Committee wants to meet in closed session (privately), a
Committee member must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the
Committee has to meet privately (City of Toronto Act, 2006).
Dated at the City
of Toronto this November 29, 2022.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk