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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.

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.

City Of Toronto 1938 Budget Story No. 2 Budget Classification According To Main Objects Of Expenditures

Year: 1938

Summary: Provides a classification of expenditures in the 1938 Civic Budget. The Bureau notes that revenue now covers expenses but unemployment relief still poses a problem. The Bureau proposes that the city of Toronto pursue some of the advantages of the council-manager system, including the coordination of all services departments under a single department of Public Works with a single, unified administration, the adoption of staggered terms for council, and the election of city councillors by the city as a whole.

Open Letter

Year: 1938

Summary: In this Open Letter, The Bureau claims that proposed city legislation to change the calculations of sinking fund rates will actually reduce the city's ability to handle debt.

Open Letter: Budgets Before Elections

Year: 1948

Summary: Discusses presenting budget estimates prior to the elections, as an act of good governance and accountability.

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.

City Budget Facts Based Upon The Official Estimates Of The City Of Toronto Part 1

Year: 1920

Summary: City budget estimates for 1920. Analysis of revenues from publically owned utilities moved to a separate volume in 1920.

The 1929 City Budget Story No.3

Year: 1929

Summary: Hightlights the need for planning in the city's budget in order to ensure the most efficient use of taxpayer money,

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.

Bureau Open Letter

Year: 1933

Summary: An open letter to the mayor, the board of control, and city aldermen, highlighting the fact that expenditures appear to be falling behind revenues at a growing pace.

The City Estimates For 1917: Planned For An Expenditure Of $19,242,583.23

Year: 1917

Summary: Pie chart representing planned city expenditure out of taxation for 1917. Advocates voter turnout and citizen engagement.

City Of Toronto Budget Story No.2

Year: 1934

Summary: Poses queries as to the effects of the Depression on the city accounts and the use of deficits to cover for lost tax revenue.

How Public Revenues Should Be Divided

Year: 1937

Summary: The introduction of tax credits that will reduce income tax revenues must be balanced by a proper measure of increasing revenue from other sources and not only by an increase in property taxes.

How Civic Expenditures In Toronto May Be Reduced? Story No. 1

Year: 1936

Summary: The city budget should be balanced by reduced expenditure and not increased taxes, with unemployment payments bearing a heavy burden on the budget.

In A Discussion Of Civic Credit

Year: 1935

Summary: Highlights the fact that high direct unemployment relief payments are risking Toronto's good credit record. Suggests that those receiving unemployment relief be investigated or required to re-register, in order to determine that all those receiving relief are in fact eligible for it.

Toronto Budget For 1945 Current Revenue And Expenditure Where The Money Comes From And Where The Money Goes To Story No.1

Year: 1945

Summary: Outlines estimated revenues and expenditures in the 1945 civic budget. Observes that overhead has decreased but that administrative expenses have increased. Raises the question as to whether the 1945 takes into account the expense of much-needed improvement to pavement and sidewalks. Includes the findings of a Bureau of Municipal Research report on departmental regrouping.

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.

The City Budget For 1942

Year: 1942

Summary: Notes that budget figures for 1942 have not yet been released to the public as they should have been.

City Of Toronto 1938 Budget Story No.3

Year: 1938

Summary: Outlines city budget figures for 1938. Suggests a detailed administrative survey be made of all city departments and that a long term capital expenditures budget be established. Further goes on to note that the cost of government is on the rise, however costs in Health and Sanitation and general welfare are on the decline.

The 1931 Budget Of Current Revenues And Expenditures For The City Of Toronto Story No. 1

Year: 1931

Summary: Outlines the annual estimated net revenue and expenditure in the city of Toronto as detailed in the 1931 budget.

The City And The Deferred Payment Plan

Year: 1929

Summary: Highlights the the importance of muncipal and financial planning for the development of the city. Outlines some of the work that the Advisory City Planning Commission has undertaken since being appointed in 1928, which includes drawing up a physical plan for improvements to the city and determining the order and desirability of these improvements.

The 1927 Current City Budget Story No. 1

Year: 1927

Summary: Highlights the high per capita tax burden in Toronto, largely due to postponed Harbour and Radial payments. Urges taxpayers to vote every year, even when there are no pressing civic issues at stake - as control of taxation and expenditures is in itself a pressing civic issue.

Cities Differ Materially In The Extent Thoroughness And Administrative Grouping Of The Functions Performed And Services Rendered To Their Citizens

Year: 1925

Summary: Comparison of public expenditures on services and ordinary taxes in Toronto and Montreal. Also takes into account total municipal debt for each city.

Open Letter

Year: 1935

Summary: This Open Letter suggests that there are only two ways to balance the budget: increasing revenue or cutting spending.

The 1928 City Budget Story No. 1

Year: 1928

Summary: Outlines city budget expenditures for 1928. Highlights possible new assessment criteria, and what this might do to taxation rates per household. Argues that proposed changes to the tax basis must be studied carefully before they are implemented.

Open Letter

Year: 1936

Summary: The Annual Report of the Finance Commissioner should be studied by all citizens. There is a continued necessity to restrict capital expenditures, and borrow money only as required.

Civic Financial Control Story No. 2

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. Raises the question of taxing privately-owned utilities as a source of city revenue.

Civic Financial Control Story No. 3

Year: 1929

Summary: A scan of the city's debt management in 1917-1926, after which its estimates began to include more complete information. Notes Harbour and Radial deficits, while the TTC has been at an operating surplus each year. Also notes the encouraging news that the city has increased taxation in order to pay down Harbour and Radial deficits.

Open Letter To The Citizens Of Toronto Re Spending And Lending

Year: 1941

Summary: This open letter demands retrenchments in light of the war effort, and calls for expneditures on supplies and equipment to be reduced. Also calls for the size of the city government to be reduced.

The Toronto Current Civic Budget For 1942

Year: 1942

Summary: Provides an outline of revenues and expenditures for the civic budget of 1942. Notes the high level of debt payments. Questions how it can be claimed that there was adequate reduction of the tax burden.

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