THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF STRONG

2004 MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

INFORMATION PUBLICATION FOR TAXPAYERS

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Operating costs for governance and corporate management as a percentage of

total municipal operating costs                 7.3 %

 

FIRE

Operating costs for fire services per $1,000 of assessment   $.32

 

POLICE

Operating costs for police services per household             $119.89

 

Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons                 11.50

 

Property crime rate per 1,000 persons      19.17

 

Total crime rate per 1,000 persons                 40.64

 

Number of youths charged per 1,000 youths       27.27

 

TRANSPORTATION

Operating costs for paved (hard top) roads per lane kilometre          $1,136.98

 

Operating costs for unpaved (loose top) roads per lane kilometre          $1,959.02

 

Operating costs for winter maintenance of roadways per lane kilometre

maintained in the winter    $362.33

 

Percentage of paved lane kilometres where the condition is rated as

good to very good               10.3 %

 

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 $79.37

 

Operating costs for solid waste diversion (recycling) per household $11.04

 

Number of complaints received concerning the collection of garbage and

recycled materials per 1,000 households   NIL

 

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.

 

PARKS AND RECREATION

Operating costs for parks per person          NIL

 

Operating costs for recreation programs per person       $2.59

 

Operating costs for recreation facilities per person     $79.78

 

Total operating costs for parks, recreation programs and recreation facilities                                           $107,406

 

Total participant hours for recreation programs per 1,000 persons                                  1,958.59

 

Hectares of open space                                               5

 

Hectares of open space per 1,000 persons                                            3,680.98

 

Total kilometres of trails                                            17

 

Total kilometres of trails per 1,000 persons                                            13.04

 

Square metres of recreation facility space                                               2,554

 

Square metres of recreation facility space per 1,000 persons                                            1,889.57

 

LIBRARY SERVICES

Operating costs for libraries per person     $16.90

 

Operating costs for libraries per use             $1.60

 

Library uses per person       12.68

 

Electronic library uses as a percentage of total library uses                  41 %

 

Non-electronic library uses as a percentage of total library uses                  59 %

 

LAND USE PLANNING

Percentage of new development with final approval which is located

within settlement areas        16.7 %

 

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.