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Bureau Of Municipal Research Twenty-Second Annual Report

Year: 1936

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1936. The chief concern of the Bureau is the balancing of the civic budget. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

Why Voters Should Exercise Their Civic Franchise In Electing Its City Council And School Boards

Year: 1944

Summary: Highlights the importance of voting in the upcoming municipal elections.

Metro Toronto: A Decade Later

Year: 1963

Summary: Appraises the first decade of Metropolitan Toronto's Municipal Council.

A Stitch In Time Saves Nine

Year: 1934

Summary: Outlines the city's deficits and credit rating coming out of the depression. Suggests that the city should lower the tax rate in order to "get off the backs" of taxpayers and businesses. Suggests cutting the wages of city workers and other ways of finding efficiencies.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1922 Story No.3

Year: 1922

Summary: Outlines per capita debt burden especially with regards to education, and warns that increasing public debt without population growth can curtail Toronto's borrowing power.

Bureau Of Municipal Research Twentieth Annual Report

Year: 1934

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1934. Topics of importance include civic administration reform, the city budget, taxation, welfare expenditures, and the need to reduce city departments. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

Citizens Control Of The Citizen's Business: City Budget Facts, 1915-1921

Year: 1915

Summary: A summary of city of Toronto budget expenditures for 1914 with draft estimates for the 1915 budget - includes information on expenditures, city revenue and debt, and includes a breakdown of average taxes paid by Toronto citizens. The publication aims to encourage taxpayer and citizen engagement with budgetary concerns.

1939 City Budget Story No.1

Year: 1939

Summary: Outlines civic budget estimates for 1939, including estimated revenues and expenditures. Discusses the tax rate, as well the ongoing capital project to improve the city's sewage system. Stresses the need for more rigid control of taxation and debt.

A Twelve Hour Working Day For School Buildings 300 Days In The Year Story No.3

Year: 1921

Summary: Details the work of Home and School associations throughout Toronto. Argues that Toronto needs a powerful Citizens' Educational Association to secure the fullest results of co-operation between the Home and School clubs and the fullest educational returns from expenditures on education.

Thirty-Seventh Annual Report

Year: 1951

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1951. Topics of importance include city finances and assessment legislation. Bureau expenditures, subscribers, and City of Toronto organizational charts.

When Is A Tax Rate Not A Tax Rate?

Year: 1915

Summary: $7.86 of per capita tax dollars were spent on Toronto's debt payments in 1914. Advocating decreasing expenditure and increasing revenue from sources other than taxation.

1943 City Budget Story No.3

Year: 1943

Summary: Analyzes main objects of expenditure such as salaries, wages, and other expenses for the 1943 civic budget. Notes that despite decrease in general expenditure, the salaries and wages bill of the civic service as increased. Recommends the amalgamation of certain city departments in order to increase efficiency.

Open Letter To His Worship Mayor William J. Stewart, Controllers And Aldermen

Year: 1933

Summary: Objection to the planned construction of Mt. Pleasant Bridge due to the municipality's deficit, claiming that such decisions should be part of a comprehensive plan and not made individually.

The 1928 City Budget Story No. 2

Year: 1928

Summary: Outlines features of the 1928 civic budget. Notes that per capita expenditure has declined, and that this is a very "wholesome" feature. However, special services have increased - represented by deficits of private industries which the city has recently taken on, such as the civic abbatoir.

The 1932 Budget Estimates Of The City Of Toronto Story No.3

Year: 1932

Summary: Outlines the figures related to the increase in municipal expenditure from 1916-1931, as well as figures on voter turnout and government personnel.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1922 Story No. 2

Year: 1922

Summary: Warns that public debt will increase unless some public works projects are delayed. Highlghts per capita debt burden especially with regards to education.

What Does The Financial Commissioner's Report For 1937 Tell The Stockholders In The Corporation?

Year: 1938

Summary: Summary of main points in 1937 Finance Commissioner's report. Outlines the financial results of current operations for 1937, results of funding direct relief, record of tax collections since 1928, the distribution of taxpayer dollars in 1937, how much Toronto owes, and how much Toronto could legally borrow.

Restraint Without Hardship: How Do We Know?

Year: 1976

Summary: Analysis of how provincial budget cuts affected social services in Ontario municipalities and the lack of sufficient information to account for spending on these issues.

1941 City Budget Story No. 2

Year: 1941

Summary: Provides classification for expenditures in the 1941 civic budget. Calls for tighter budget management on a monthly instead of annual basis. Suggests that a departmentalization survey take place at once.

1940 City Budget Story No.3

Year: 1940

Summary: Provides estimated expenditures for the 1940 civic budget analyzed by the cost of main function to be met out by taxation. Suggests that civic departments be reduced, and that a city planning committee be established to increase both economy and efficiency.

A Mill

Year: 1928

Summary: School tax mill rates.

When A Debt Is Not A Debt

Year: 1923

Summary: Call for restricting expenditure per capita and queries about the possibility of increasing city revenue. The answer to the question in the title - when it is paid.

Metro And Area Boards Of Education: Budget Ceilings Fracture A Fragile Compromise

Year: 1973

Summary: The education system is trying to address too many problems at once and therefore is not accomplishing any of the hoped for changes.

A Report On License, Permit And User Fees In Ontario

Year: 1964

Summary: A survey of license, permit, and user fees in Ontario - how and why these fees are charged, how these fees differ from taxes, how fees should be spent, the importance of fees as a municipal revenue source and some of the problems associated with the use of fees.

City Of Toronto Estimated Revenue And Expenditures For 1933 Out Of Taxation, Subsections, Other General Revenues And Proceeds From Sale Of Short Term Debentures For Unemployment Relief. Budget Story No. 3

Year: 1933

Summary: Tabulated comparison of estimated civic expenditures from 1928-1933, analyzed according to objects of expenditure, and comments.

Civic Reporting

Year: 1934

Summary: Need for accountability and more transparency in reporting on deficits.

A Dollar Saved In Purchasing Or Utilizing Supplies Is A Dollar Earned Wherewith Additional Civic Service Can Be Purchased Or Taxation Reduced

Year: 1914

Summary: Suggests that metropolitan government in Toronto should establish well-defined plans for the purchase, and use of departmental supplies.

Some Gains In Toronto Financial Administration 1914-1918

Year: 1919

Summary: Presents several comparisons which illustrate some of the gains made in methods of financial administration in Toronto from 1914-1918.

Open Letter: Strengthening The Board Of Education

Year: 1951

Summary: Analysis of Board of Education structure, authority and expenditure in light of public controversy about their current level of expenditure.

The Advisory City Planning Commission, On March 7Th, 1927 Made Its Report To The Municipal Government Of Toronto

Year: 1929

Summary: A report on the Planning Commission's report for to the Municipal Government of Ontario. The report stressed that downtown planning should take precedence, and that street improvements (extensions and widening) be undertaken as a 15 year programme. Includes a survey on the last page regarding city planning has been partially filled out.

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