THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MACHAR

2006 MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

INFORMATION PUBLICATION FOR TAXPAYERS

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Operating costs for governance and corporate management as a percentage of

total municipal operating costs                                                                                                                   6.3 %

 

FIRE

Operating costs for fire services per $1,000 of assessment                                                                            $.31

 

POLICE

Operating costs for police services per person                                                                                           $72.63

 

Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                                                            2.56

 

Property crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                                                        17.90

 

Total crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                                                             23.02

 

Youth crime rate per 1,000 youths                                                                                                             33.33

 

TRANSPORTATION

Operating costs for paved (hard top) roads per lane kilometre                                                                $830.32

 

Operating costs for unpaved (loose top) roads per lane kilometre                                                        $1,674.75

 

Operating costs for winter maintenance of roadways per lane kilometre

maintained in the winter                                                                                                                         $670.88

 

Percentage of paved lane kilometres where the condition is rated as

good to very good                                                                                                                                     34.4 %

 

Percentage of winter event responses that met or exceeded locally

determined municipal service levels for road maintenance                                                                          100 %

 

SOLID WASTE

Operating costs for solid waste disposal per household                                                                             $159.01

 

Operating costs for solid waste diversion per household                                                                             $10.59

 

Number of complaints received concerning the collection of garbage and

recycled materials per 1,000 households                                                                                                        1.17

 

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 facility                                                                                        NIL

 

Percentage of residential solid waste diverted for recycling              Total solid waste tonnage information is not

                                                                                                             available.  101.94 tonnes of materials were

                                                                                                             diverted from the landfill site.

 

 

 

PARKS AND RECREATION

Operating costs for parks per person                                                                                                         $24.96

 

Operating costs for recreation programs per person                                                                                  $15.76

 

Operating costs for recreation facilities per person                                                                                 $102.27

 

Total operating costs for parks, recreation programs and recreation facilities

per person                                                                                                                                               $142.99

 

Total participant hours for recreation programs per 1,000 persons                                                        1,231.46

 

Hectares of open space (municipally owned)                                                                                                  256

 

Hectares of open space per 1,000 persons (municipally owned)                                                                327.37

 

Total kilometres of trails                                                                                                                                 43

 

Total kilometres of trails per 1,000 persons                                                                                               54.99

 

Square metres of indoor recreation facility space (municipally owned)                                                           941

 

Square metres of indoor recreation facility space per 1,000 persons (municipally owned)                       1,203.33

 

Square metres of outdoor recreation facility space (municipally owned) and                                                        

square metres of outdoor recreation facility space per 1,000 persons (municipally owned)                             NIL

 

 

LIBRARY SERVICES

Operating costs for libraries per person                                                                                                     $39.38

 

Operating costs for libraries per use                                                                                                             $3.94

 

Library uses per person                                                                                                                                 10.0

 

Electronic library uses as a percentage of total library uses                                                                           18 %

 

Non-electronic library uses as a percentage of total library uses                                                                    82 %

 

LAND USE PLANNING

Percentage of new development with final approval which is located

within settlement areas                                                                                                       No new development.

 

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.