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The 1929 City Budget Story No. 1

Year: 1929

Summary: Highlights changes in mill rates for the different departments in the 1929 budget.

The Municipal Improvement Association As Well As The Bureau Of Municipal Research Evidently Intends To Mind Its Own Business

Year: 1914

Summary: Outlines the key issues for the Municipal Improvement Association for 1915, including: the financial system, civil service commission, fire department, purchasing department, and transportation commission.

Newsletter

Year: 1964

Summary: Scan of major elections issues

A Cooperative Means Of Self Help For Citizens Band Taxpayers

Year: 1940

Summary: Outlines the Bureau's mission statement, highlights press clippings, lists sample publications and outlines how to support the Bureau by becoming a subscriber.

BMR Annual Luncheon And Meeting Role Of Toronto In Industrial Policy

Year: 1980

Summary: Registration form for the Bureau's Annual Luncheon and seminar, May 16, 1980. Mayor John Sewell to speak on the role of Toronto in industrial development .

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.

Education In Citizenship - Story No. 2: The Making Of Citizens Through The Home, Through The School, Through The Community At Large

Year: 1919

Summary: Responses to Education in Citizenship Story No. 1 - Helping Citizens to Grow. Focuses on the cultivation of good citizenship at home, school, and in the community at large.

Report Special Tax Conference Report Of The Ontario Committee On Taxation

Year: 1968

Summary: Report of the Ontario Committee on Taxes with the joint participation of the Bureau of Municipal Research and the Canadian Tax foundation - compiles the papers presented at the Special Tax Conference. Papers and discussion concern federal, provincial and municipal taxes, property taxes, tax exemptions, school board finance, sales taxes, municipal debt, and taxes on certain industries

Should The Metro Chairman Be Directly Elected?

Year: 1975

Summary: Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of directly electing city mayors vs. selecting from the elected members of council.

If Civil Service Will Place A Premium On Ability, Eliminate Pull, Reward Merit In The Architect's Department, Why Not In All City Departments?

Year: 1914

Summary: Recommendations for civil service appointments based on merit, record, and classification/standardization of positions.

What Citizen Co-Operation Through A Bureau Of Municipal Research Has Done Elsewhere It Can Do In Toronto

Year: 1914

Summary: Outlines financial savings in Cincinnati as a result of citizen support of a Bureau Municipal Research. Argues that there is potential for similar change in Toronto.

Toronto's City Budget For 1945 Story No. 3

Year: 1945

Summary: Provides details on estimated expenditures out of taxation and grants for the 1945 civic budget, analyzed according to object of expenditure. Notes that "other expenses" which includes outlays on supplies increased by largest margin since 1933. Calls for civic budget figures to be shared with the general public before election day.

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.

Parties To Change The Introduction Of Political Parties In The 1969 Toronto Municipal Elections

Year: 1969

Summary: A collection of papers, examining and analyzing the role of party politics in municipal elections. Prompted by the introduction of political parties in the Metropolitan Toronto municipal elections of 1969 - and this election in particular is examined. All papers originally prepared for a meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association in 1970.

Toronto Grows Story No.3

Year: 1932

Summary: Argues that Toronto's budget must be balanced in order to affect the future growth of the city. Tabulates objects of expenditure and population vs. voter turnout figures.

Bulletin: The Important Requirements For Municipal Office

Year: 1958

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

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.

Effective Voting Story No. 3 - Voters' Leagues In Other Cities

Year: 1919

Summary: Summarizes the aim, membership, organization, and activities of Voters Leagues in Boston, Chicago, and Milwaukee, to demonstrate the benefit of such organizations.

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.

County Schools: The Effects Of The County School Takeover On One Ontario Township

Year: 1975

Summary: Survey of the Oro Township school system as an example of how the consolidation of the school system into larger units has affected education in the six years since it took place.

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.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1926

Year: 1926

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

Police Story No.2 Police Expenditure 1921 To 1936 And 1937 (Estimated) Actual And Relative

Year: 1937

Summary: Outlines the cost of police services, including the loss to society from the presence of crime, and the stagnant per capita spending on police services vs the rise in the spending on all other services.

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.

Open Letter

Year: 1930

Summary: Discusses the qualifications and requirements for utilities commissioners.

Can The Organisation Of The Municipal Government Of Toronto Be Improved?

Year: 1930

Summary: Examines possible changes to the election and city management structures and their implications. Raises the question of cutting down civic departments and establishing a centralized purchasing system. Stresses that the city must be run like a business in order to ensure maximum efficiency.

If You Have Votes Prepare To Use Them Now

Year: 1925

Summary: A call to vote and an urging to voters to adequately educate themselves on the issues in preparation.

Bulletin: Trends In Municipal Business Taxation

Year: 1962

Summary: Commercial taxpayers in Ontario pay a greater proportionate share of municipal taxes than other types of ratepayers. Statistical evidence shows that the difference in rates levied to residential and commercial taxpayers has increased.

How Many Councillors Does Metro Need? Some Relevant Factors

Year: 1961

Summary: Summarizes relevant factors which influence the number of councillors required to do the work of the Metropolitan Municipality.

"Economy"

Year: 1921

Summary: Advocates an economical approach to expenditure in Toronto.

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