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Open Letter

Year: 1936

Summary: Outlines the responsibilities for managing and auditing the budget within the municipal government.

Open Letter To His Worship The Mayor And Members Of The Board Of Control And City Council

Year: 1936

Summary: Objection to changing the fiscal year cycle from December 31 to December 15, which is related to the plan to change the election date to mid-December.

Thirty-Ninth Annual Report

Year: 1953

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1953. Topics of importance include metropolitan development, the Toronto Islands, research and information personnel, and the Civic Advisory Council. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

City Budget Facts Based Upon The Official Estimates Of The City Of Toronto

Year: 1919

Summary: City budget estimates and analysis for 1919, prepared for the purposes of encouraging citizen engagement with city council and budget matters.

To All Citizens And Taxpayers Of Toronto, We Wish For 1936

Year: 1936

Summary: An open letter to citizens, with hopes for a more balanced, a reduced tax burden, and vigorous planning to be made in the areas of sewage disposal, civic improvements, and slum clearances in 1936.

Open Letter Re Voting

Year: 1928

Summary: The Bureau suggests that low voter turnout could be improved by advancing all of the ideas about elections - longer terms, change of system, and the abolition of wards.

Signs Of The Times (For Civic Electors)

Year: 1933

Summary: Outlines questions that voters may put to candidates before the elections: specifically, with the budget in deficit, should it be balanced by cutting spending or should another approach be taken.

Bulletin: Proposal For An Improved System Of Local Government For The Windsor Metropolitan Area

Year: 1959

Summary: Describes changes in local government in Windsor and lessons for Toronto and the Metro process started in 1953.

Property Tax Exemptions- Erosion Of The Tax Base

Year: 1966

Summary: Calculation of the level of revenue lost due to property tax exemptions.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1946

Year: 1946

Summary: Provides estimated expenditures for the 1946 civic budget analyzed by the cost of main function to be met out by taxation. Notes an increase on charity and welfare spending. Suggests that Torontonians can do their part to cut costs by keeping the city clean.

Need Election Talk Be Just Talks?

Year: 1945

Summary: Highlights issues in upcoming elections. Encourages the city increase the amount of voters by increasing the importance of the electoral body in the conduct of city affairs. Suggests that longer terms may bring better quality candidates and promote continuity of policy.

First Things First

Year: 1933

Summary: Analysis of taxation figures from 1927-1932.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1946 Story No.3

Year: 1946

Summary: Provides details on estimated expenditures out of taxation and grants for the 1944 civic budget, analyzed according to object of expenditure. Outlines the need for more timely information about the budget prior to elections. Suggests staggered two to three year terms for city councillors.

Civic Financial Control Story No. 1

Year: 1927

Summary: Highlights the ways in which the city has financially controlled expenditures for civic services over the past ten years - including public services not administered by boards or commissions. Allowing for yearly fluctuations, the Bureau finds that Toronto produces a small surplus every year, and this is evidence of sound financial management.

The Prospects Of Equity In Property Assessment

Year: 1959

Summary: Suggests that assessment law and assessment practice should be modified to ensure equity in real property assessment.

Copy Of Open Letter, June 26, 1924. Reproduced For The Information Of Members Of The Bureau And Citizens Generally

Year: 1924

Summary: The Bureau is opposed to establishing a participatory pension fund for city civil servants before a review of the efficiency of the civil service is prepared.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1922 (Continued)

Year: 1922

Summary: Analysis of tax burden per capita and the proportion dedicated to education vs. other expenditure.

Seventeenth Annual Report Of The Toronto Bureau Of Municipal Research

Year: 1931

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1931. The importance of city planning is highlighted. The need to improve electoral and policy-making machinery is discussed. Reform of city government, departments, boards and administrations is suggested. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at end.

Monthly Letter To Men And Women: Election Issues

Year: 1946

Summary: This publication advocates a staggered 2-year council term.

Bureau Of Municipal Research Twenty-Ninth Annual Report

Year: 1943

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1943. Topics of importance include the role of supervision and the BMR, intergovernmental relations, educational institutions, voter turnout, and city budget and planning. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

Motor Accidents Within Your Limits Of The City Of Toronto For One Year Ending September 30Th, 1920, Resulted In 55 Deaths

Year: 1920

Summary: Statistics on motor mortality rates in Toronto. Special consideration is given to the high percentage of child fatalities as a result of motor accidents.

Unemployment Relief Fire Department Reorganization Accounting And Budget Reform Are Knocking At The Doors Of The Toronto City Administration Demanding Attention Forthwith.

Year: 1915

Summary: Summarizes progress in three major areas of concern: unemployment relief, fire department reorganization, and accounting and budget reform.

In 1918 How Much Are We Going To Raise, As A City, For Current Purposes?

Year: 1918

Summary: Outlines planned revenue sources for 1917, and intended expenditure on municipal services.

Citizens Control Of The Citizen's Business

Year: 1924

Summary: Argues that the tax burden is increasing while the ability of residents to pay is not, and the municipality is not being run efficiently enough.

Open Letter

Year: 1935

Summary: This Open Letter objects to raising tax rate and calls for finding other ways to reduce expenditure.

It Is Often Forgotten

Year: 1926

Summary: Reminds readers of the importance of voting for the Board of Education in light of the fact that education makes up about 35% of general taxation. Outlines the qualifications required for useful members, and discusses the main issues in the upcoming elections.

The City Of Toronto Proposes To Spend On Current Account During 1926 $28,190,117

Year: 1926

Summary: Notes that while civic budget estimates have improved, they are still are not sufficiently standardized between departments.

The Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Finance Of Toronto For 1938

Year: 1939

Summary: Outlines information on financial results of current operations, the results of funding direct relief, the city's record of tax collection since 1929, how tax money was spent in 1938, rehabilition of sub-standard housing, debt charges, and restriction of capital expenditures during the depression.

There Are Four Certain Ways Of Getting A Municipality Into Financial Difficulties

Year: 1918

Summary: Four conditions for municipal financial difficulties: overestimating revenue; underestimating expenditures; charging to capital account what should be paid from current revenues; and operating revenue producing departments at a loss.

In June 1926

Year: 1927

Summary: Summary of report of Commission on the civic service, showing that the lack of a pension fund and the multitude of high-ranking officials leads to a standstill in public service promotions. Claims that a pension fund would in fact increase efficiency and not increase costs as much as presumed because it would cut waste by enabling older workers to retire.

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