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1942 City Budget Story No.3

Year: 1942

Summary: Analyzes main objects of expenditure such as salaries, wages, and other expenses for the 1942 civic budget. Highlights a need for more efficient provision of city services and allocation of whatever possible to the war effort including civic service workers. Questions whether or not further retrenchments and economies are possible.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1946

Year: 1946

Summary: A listing of Toronto City officials and personnel, including contact information

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1953

Year: 1953

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services.

Directory Of Municipal Governments 1968

Year: 1968

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto and suburban representatives. Now also including contact information for Children's Aid and Student Housing.

Bulletin: The Important Requirements For Municipal Office

Year: 1958

Summary: Describes the responsibilities and requirements of elected city officials.

Twenty Two Years Of Community Service 1914-1936

Year: 1936

Summary: Outlines the Bureau's mission statement and achievements from 1914-1936. Brief summary of the Bureau's influence on policy as well as praise from Bureau publication subscribers.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1922 Story No. 1

Year: 1922

Summary: Analysis of annual budget and optimism that some past failures will be corrected with better accountability and more accurate estimates.

The Bottomline

Year: 1977

Summary: A newsletter outlining the Bureau of Municipal Research\'s work and its influence on public policy. The newsletter cites occasions on which Bureau of Municipal Research recommendations had been adopted or Bureau studies had been mentioned by public policy-makers - eg. John Robarts endorsed Bureau recommendations that local government have more control over fire services. The BMR\'s recommendation that local government be taught in schools was adopted by the municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. Ontario legislature members cited Bureau work.

Public Transportation Planning--Making It Easier For The Elderly

Year: 1973

Summary: Argues that transportation planning must take into account social needs - such as accessibility to the elderly - and not only traffic volume.

Capital Workers Programming In Metro

Year: 1966

Summary: Presents data on capital expenditure in Toronto. Provides recommendations to improve capital works programming and debt management functions.

Open Letter: Voting Is An Opportunity

Year: 1954

Summary: Encouraging citizens to vote.

BMR In Review

Year: 1976

Summary: Listing of recently published studies, research in progress, and upcoming Bureau of Municipal Research events. Sample research topics include policing, housing, the media, and municipal pet licensing.

The 1933 Budget Estimates Of Current Revenues And Expenditures For The City Of Toronto Story No.1

Year: 1933

Summary: Provides estimates of annual revenues and expenditures and their equivalent in mills.

Preparation Of Its Citizens For Living And The Conservation Of Their Health

Year: 1918

Summary: This publication examines how the education system functioning and whether or not it is efficiently using its funding and achieving its goals.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1955

Year: 1955

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto representatives.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1954

Year: 1954

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. For the first time, includes listings for metro Toronto representatives.

City Of Toronto Estimated Revenue And Expenditures For 1933 Out Of Taxation, Educational Subsections, Other General Revenues And Estimated Proceeds Of The Issue Of Short Term Debentures For Unemployment Relief. Budget Story No. 2

Year: 1933

Summary: Povides a tabulated comparison of annual estimated expenditure from 1927-1933.

Are The Taxpayers Of Toronto Prepared To Support A Permanent Organisation For Direct Unemployment Relief Or Should We Now As A Sign Of Increasing Employment Become Evident

Year: 1934

Summary: Outlines the costs of welfare relief and raises the question of whether or not welfare relief should be continued after the depression ends. The advantages and disadvantages of several different relief systems are discussed.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1926

Year: 1926

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

Directory Of Municipal Governments 1969

Year: 1969

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto, suburban representatives, and children's aid.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1963

Year: 1963

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto and suburban representatives.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1927

Year: 1927

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1921

Year: 1921

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information.

Civic Budget Making Time

Year: 1938

Summary: The Bureau provides suggestions for ways to improve the efficiency of services and budget management - despite the fact that a draft budget was not available in time and public discussion on the budget was therefore limited. Some suggestions include coordinating health and welfare services, appointing a long-term planning committee, and increasing the length of terms for city council.

Twelve Years Of Community Service

Year: 1926

Summary: A summary of publications and achievements of the Bureau of Municipal Research from 1914-1926. Outlines Bureau mission statement and long-term goals to influence public policy. Detailed listing of Bureau publications and subscribers.

BMR In Review

Year: 1976

Summary: Listing of recently published studies, research in progress, and upcoming Bureau of Municipal Research events. Sample research topics include housing, citizen responsibility, policing, landlord-tenant rights, island airport, transportation, vandalism in schools.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1958

Year: 1958

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto representatives.

Toronto's 1945 Budget Story No. 2

Year: 1945

Summary: Provides estimated expenditures for the 1945 civic budget analyzed by the cost of main function to be met out by taxation. Questions whether city improvements that have been deferred during the war will increase taxation, and if this situation will be made worse by inflation.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1959

Year: 1959

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto representatives.

Submission To The Committee On Provincial Municipal Relations Of The Province Of Ontario

Year: 1952

Summary: A report summarizing the interactions between the provincial government of Ontario and the municipal government of Toronto, particularly in the areas of taxation and finance of public infrastructure and municipal services. The expansion of municipal franchise to those who do not own property is debated.

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