2004 Municipal Performance Measures

Operating costs for governance and corporate management as a percentage of

total municipal operating costs                                                                                                                                           6.6 %

Operating costs for fire services per $1,000 of assessment                                                                                              $.38

Operating costs for police services per household                                                                                                        $74.40

Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                                                                                     2.30

Property crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                                                                                   9.21

Total crime rate per 1,000 persons                                                                                                                                       29.92

Number of youths charged per 1,000 youths                                                                                                                       NIL

Operating costs for paved (hard top) roads per lane kilometre                                                                                 $1,286.77

Operating costs for unpaved (loose top) roads per lane kilometre                                                                           $1,870.64

Operating costs for winter maintenance of roadways per lane kilometre maintained in the winter                         $789.24                      

Percentage of paved lane kilometres where the condition is rated as good to very good                                          17.5 %

Operating costs for solid waste disposal per household                                                                                                  $85.96

Operating costs for solid waste diversion (recycling) per household                                                                             $28.91

Number of complaints received concerning the collection of garbage and recycled materials per 1,000 households  2.8

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                               Tonnage information is not available.

Operating costs for parks per person                                                                                                                                    $32.81

Operating costs for recreation programs per person                                                                                                           $5.74

Operating costs for recreation facilities per person                                                                                                           $34.16

Total operating costs for parks, recreation programs and recreation facilities                                                            $63,182

Total participant hours for recreation programs per 1,000 persons                                                                                 731.87

Hectares of open space                                                                                                                                                                 27

Hectares of open space per 1,000 persons                                                                                                                            31.07

Total kilometres of trails                                                                                                                                                             NIL

Square metres of recreation facility space                                                                                                                               200

Square metres of recreation facility space per 1,000 persons                                                                                          230.15

Operating costs for libraries per person                                                                                                                             $43.76

Operating costs for libraries per use                                                                                                                                     $4.88

Library uses per person                                                                                                                                                            8.97

Electronic library uses as a percentage of total library uses                                                                                             16 %

Non-electronic library uses as a percentage of total library uses                                                                                     84 %

Percentage of new development with final approval which is located within settlement areas         No defined settlement areas.

Percentage of land designated for agricultural purposes which was preserved and the number of hectares of land originally designated for agricultural purposes which was re-designated for other uses.               

No designated agricultural land in the Official Plan.