THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF BURK’S FALLS

2002 MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

INFORMATION PUBLICATION FOR TAXPAYERS

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Operating costs for governance and corporate management as a percentage of

total municipal operating costs                                                                           7.84 %

 

FIRE

Operating costs for fire services per $1,000 of assessment                                       $.56

 

POLICE

Operating costs for police services per household                                               $326.51

 

Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                     32.79

 

Property crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                  49.18

 

Total crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                      148.71

 

Number of youths charged per 1,000 youths:

Youth population is not known.                                           22 youths charged in the year.

 

TRANSPORTATION

Operating costs for paved (hard top) roads per lane kilometre                            $3,086.80

 

Operating costs for unpaved (loose top) roads per lane kilometre                       $3,703.29

 

Operating costs for winter maintenance of roadways per lane kilometre

maintained in the winter                                                                                 $1,547.52

 

Percentage of paved lane kilometres where the condition is rated as

good to very good                                                                    No formal rating system.

 

Percentage of winter event responses that met or exceeded locally

determined road maintenance standards                                        No defined standards.

 

WASTEWATER

Operating costs for the collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater $891.95.  Of this, $366.81

per megalitre                                                                        relates to debt repayment.

 

Number of wastewater main backups per 100 kilometres of wastewater main                  5

 

Percentage of wastewater estimated to have by-passed treatment                              0%

 

STORM WATER

Operating costs for the collection, treatment and disposal of storm water Costs included in wastewater totals.

per kilometre of drainage system

 

DRINKING WATER

Operating costs for the treatment and distribution of drinking water

per megalitre                                                                                                   $486.89

 

Days when a boil water advisory issued by the Medical Officer of Health,

applicable to the municipal water supply, was in effect                                               NIL

 

Number of water main breaks per 100 kilometres of water distribution pipe                    20

 

SOLID WASTE

Operating costs for solid waste collection per household                                       $51.86

 

Operating costs for solid waste disposal per household                                        $30.55

 

Operating costs for solid waste diversion (recycling) per household                        $86.09

 

Average operating costs for collection, disposal and diversion per household         $168.50

 

Number of complaints received concerning the collection of garbage and

recycled materials per 1,000 households                                                                  NIL

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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:

     Site 1                                                                                                               NIL

 

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

                                                                                      total, 370 tons of material was recycled

                                                                                      for the landfill site.

 

LAND USE PLANNING

Percentage of new development with final approval which is located

within settlement areas.                                                      No development in the year.

 

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.