THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF STRONG

2003 MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

INFORMATION PUBLICATION FOR TAXPAYERS

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Operating costs for governance and corporate management as a percentage of

total municipal operating costs               8.30 %

 

FIRE

Operating costs for fire services per $1,000 of assessment   $.52

 

POLICE

Operating costs for police services per household             $105.01

 

Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons                 11.59

 

Property crime rate per 1,000 persons      26.28

 

Total crime rate per 1,000 persons                 53.32

 

Number of youths charged per 1,000 youths       81.82

 

TRANSPORTATION

Operating costs for paved (hard top) roads per lane kilometre             $887.05

 

Operating costs for unpaved (loose top) roads per lane kilometre $917.61

 

Operating costs for winter maintenance of roadways per lane kilometre

maintained in the winter    $324.11

 

Percentage of paved lane kilometres where the condition is rated as

good to very good                  10 %

 

Percentage of winter event responses that met or exceeded locally

determined road maintenance standards    80 %

 

SOLID WASTE

Operating costs for solid waste disposal per household $99.48

 

Operating costs for solid waste diversion (recycling) per household $13.99

 

Number of days in the year when a Ministry of Environment compliance order

for remediation concerning an air or groundwater standard was in effect for

the municipality’s solid waste management facilities:

     Forest Lake Road            NIL

     Muskoka Road                    NIL

 

Percentage of residential solid waste diverted for recycling Tonnage information is not available.  In

                            total, 47.2 tons of material was recycled.

 

LAND USE PLANNING

Percentage of new development with final approval which is located

within settlement areas.         7.1 %

 

Number of new lots, blocks and/or units approved 14

 

Percentage of land designated for agricultural purposes which was preserved

and the number of hectares of land originally designated for agricultural     No designated agricultural land in the

purposes which was re-designated for other uses                            Official Plan.