Notice of Public Meeting

Proposed Changes to User Fees

Toronto City Council will be considering recommendations to pass by-laws to amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, so as to adopt the changes to existing user fees and the new user fees that are proposed in the Tabled 2023 Rate and Tax-supported Budget. The Mayor's proposed 2023 Rate and Tax-supported Budget will be considered by City Council on February 14, 2023.

The changes to existing user fees and new user fees that are proposed in the Tabled 2023 Rate and Tax-Supported Budget are noted in Appendices A and B to Briefing Note 8 - 2023 Operating Budget Briefing Note - User Fee Changes Included in the 2023 Budget attached as background documents to Item BU2.1 - 2023 Capital and Operating Budgets.

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.BU2.1

To obtain additional information or to ask questions about a recommended user fee change, please contact the staff person identified in the Tabled Budget Notes.

The Tabled 2023 Rate and Tax-supported Budget, is being considered by the Budget Committee for recommendation to the Mayor in accordance with the City of Toronto Act 2006, as recently amended. Members of the public can register to speak to the Budget Committee at one of the public meetings to be held on January 17 and 18, 2023.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 and Wednesday, January 18, 2023

In person as well as live web conferences will be available. Connection instructions will be provided to participants. Meetings will be streamed live and the links to watch the livestreams will be available at toronto.ca/council.

Date: January 17, 2023

Location: Committee Room 1, City Hall and by Video Conference

Times: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Date: January 17, 2023

Location: Council Chamber, North York Civic Centre and by Video Conference

Times: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Date: January 18, 2023

Location: Council Chamber, Scarborough Civic Centre and by Video Conference

Times: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Date: January 18, 2023

Location: Council Chamber, Etobicoke Civic Centre by Video Conference

Times: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Speak to the Committee

Register to speak to the Budget Committee by emailing buc@toronto.ca or calling 416-392-4666. Individuals may only make one presentation on either January 17 or January 18. Please register to speak by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 16. Registered public speakers will be provided with instructions on how to appear at the Committee meeting. The meeting will be streamed live online at toronto.ca/council.

Send your comments to the Budget Committee

Attention: Budget Committee

Email: buc@toronto.ca

Mail: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.,

10th floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

Any comments received after the Committee meetings will be forwarded to City Council.

Send a letter or email to Members of City Council

For contact information: Call 311 or 416-338-0TTY (0889) or visit toronto.ca/council

For more information on the 2022 budget visit toronto.ca/budget

Notice: Committee meetings are broadcast live over the Internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting, you will appear in the video.

The Budget Committee will make its final recommendations to the Mayor on January 24, 2023. The Mayor's Proposed Budget will be released by February 1, 2023 for consideration by City Council at its special meeting on February 14, 2023.

While the Tabled 2023 Rate and Tax-Supported Budget includes revenues from the recommended fees, the Toronto City Council may adopt rates that differ from them, including fees that are higher or lower, and may adopt new fees not contemplated in the tabled budget.

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 or the Program Contact noted on the list of fees if you require notice in these cases.

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Budget 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 by calling 416-392-4666.

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).

January 10, 2023

John D. Elvidge

City Clerk