Public Notice
Proposed Amendments to the City of Toronto
Municipal Code for Increases to the Water and Wastewater Consumption Rates and
Certain Water and Wastewater Service 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:
As shown
in Appendix A (LINK TO APPENDIX A OF EX1.3), the recommended interim
increases in the water and wastewater consumption rates for metered and flat
rate consumers, effective January 1, 2023, are as follows:
The proposed
interim increases to water and wastewater service fees, effective January 1,
2023, are shown in Appendix B (LINK TO APPENDIX B OF EX1.3).
City officials are recommending the adoption of
the proposed 2023 interim water and wastewater consumption rates and water and
wastewater service fees, effective January 1, 2023, in advance of the 2023 Tax
and Rate Supported Operating and Capital Budgets. The recommended interim water
and wastewater consumption rates 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,
City
officials are not recommending any other changes to any of the other water and wastewater rates and service fees outlined in the City of
Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges.
The
particulars of the proposed water and wastewater consumption rates and service
fee increases, 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, Toronto Water entitled "2023 Interim Water and Wastewater Consumption
Rates and Service Fees" (the "Report").
The Toronto Water Division of the City of
Toronto, which is fully funded from the water and wastewater consumption rates
and services fees, provides water and wastewater (WWW) services to the
consumers within the City, areas in Peel (wastewater services) and York Region
(water services). The City operates an extensive WWW infrastructure to deliver
clean water for consumption and to treat wastewater before it is returned to
Lake Ontario. The proposed interim water and wastewater consumption rate
increases will ensure that funding continues to be available to the City for
the continued provision of these water and wastewater services. The water and
wastewater service fee increases reflect the increased costs of providing those
specific services.
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 Boriana Varleva, Senior Financial Analyst, Revenue
Services, Telephone: 416-392-4949, Email: boriana.varleva@toronto.ca
To obtain or view a copy of the Report, please visit INSERT LINK TO ITEM EX1.3
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 on November 29, 2022.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk