HomeMy WebLinkAboutADMIN-34-99 THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting: COUNCIL File # Aug- CcU
Date: NOVEMBER 8 1999 Res. # C,
Report #: ADMIN.34 - 99
Subject: CLARINGTON'S FUTURE PROSPECTS
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the following:
1. That Report ADMIN. 34 — 99 be received;
2. That the Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to retain Enid Slack Consulting
Inc. to assist staff for the purpose outlined in this report, with an upset limit of
$25,000 to be drawn from the Working Funds Reserve Account #2900-1-X; and
3. That the purchasing by-law be waived for this contract.
REPORT
1. Council received Report ADMIN. 8 — 98 on March 30 1998 in consideration of the
Municipality's future role under the Greater Toronto Services Board.
Recommendation #6 of that report stated:
"THAT the Chief Administrative Officer and the appropriate
staff be directed to commence the drafting of Terms of Reference
for the number of studies needed to be carried out to assist
Council in deciding how Clarington would function as a
Municipality should it decide to request permission from
the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to leave the
GTA and the GTSB as articulated in report ADMIN. 41-97".
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2. It is important that the Municipality be proactive about its future and be in a
position to be able to respond quickly in view of the evolving situation regarding
governance within the Region and the G.T.A. In this regard, it is important to
develop an independent base of information on the financial prospects of the
Municipality in the context of possible local government restructuring in the
future.
3. It is proposed that Enid Slack Consulting Inc. be retained to develop this base of
information with the assistance of staff. Ms Slack has previously worked for the
Municipality dealing with issues related to the Darlington Generating Station and
comes highly recommended by the Solicitor for this work. She has a wealth of
previous experience in municipal economic studies. Ms Slack's curriculum vitae
is attached. In light of her previous experience with the Municipality, it is
recommended that the purchasing by-law be waived.
4. The work to be undertaken by the consultant would be overseen by a Steering
Committee of Department Heads and the Chief Administrative Officer.
Respectfully submitted,
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Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
Att.
CURRICULUM'VITAE
Name: Naomi Enid Slack
Address: 214 King Street West, Suite 214
TORONTO, Ontario M5H 3S6
Telephone Numbers: (416) 348-0640 (business)
(416) 348-0641 (FAX)
eslack(a,neteom.ca(email)
F (416) 960-6052 (home)
Place and Date of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, May 3, 1951
Education:
Primary and Secondary Schools, Ottawa, Ontario
Honours B.A., York University(Glendon College),1972
M.A., University of Toronto, 1973
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1977
Academic Honours:
York University Entrance Scholarship, 1968-69
Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 1972-73
Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 1973-74
Central Mortgage and Housing Fellowship, 1974-75
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation Fellowship, 1976-77
Work Experience:
F Consultant, Enid Slack Consulting Inc., 1982-present
Lecturer,University of Toronto, 1980 -present
Research Associate,International Centre for Tax Studies, Faculty of Management,
University of Toronto, 1995 -present
Consultant, Public Finance, Ontario Economic Council, 1981-1984
Research Officer,Urban Affairs, Ontario Economic Council, 1977-81
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International Experience:
c Advisor on property taxation,Fiscal Analysis Office, funded by USAID,Kiev, Ukraine,
1998
Member, Canadian Urban Policy Mission to South Africa,funded by IDRC, 1996
Instructor for IRIS-Mongolia project in workshop on the Division of Responsibilities and
Revenues among Different Levels of Goyemnent, funded by USAID, Ulaan Baatar,
Mongolia, 1994
Instructor for ttte World Bank on Housing Economics to housing officials in China,
c Tongi University, Shanghai, 1988
Consultant to Colombian Mission on Intergovernmental Finance,Bogota, Colombia,
1980
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Appointments:
Research Director and Special Advisor to the Mayor's Task Force on Homelessness,
1998
Co-Chair, Learning Opportunities Grant Expert Panel, Ontario Ministry of Education and
Training, 1997
Member, Ontario Who Does What Panel on provincial-local responsibilities, 1996
Special Advisor, Greater Toronto Area Task Force, 1996
Member, B.C. Education Funding Review Panel, 1992
Experience as an Expert Witness:
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Witness on municipal finance before the Ontario Municipal Board in the Town of
Geraldton proposed annexation, 1993
Witness on education finance before the Ontario Divisional Court in the Ontario
Homebuilders' challenge of education development charges, 1992
Witness on the costs of rent review before the Commission of Inquiry into Residential
Tenancies, 1986
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Clients:
r Federal Government:
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Department of Communications
Department of Finance
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Provincial and Territorial Governments:
Department of Finance, Saskatchewan
F Government of the Northwest Territories
Ministry of Community and Social Services, Ontario
Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Ontario
Ministry of Education,British Columbia
Ministry of Education and Training, Ontario
Ministry of Housing, Ontario
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Ontario
Ministry of Municipalities, Culture and Housing,New Brunswick
Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario
Ministry of the Lnvironmcnt, Ontario
= Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services, Ontario
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, Ontario
Ontario Women's Directorate
Municipal Governments and School Boards:
City of Pembroke
City of Peterborough
City of Toronto,Planning and Development
City of Windsor
Constituent Assembly on Municipal Government System in Hamilton=Wentworth
District of Algoma
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
Region of York
Sudbury-Manitoulin District Social Services Administration Board
Town of Newcastle
Town of Newmarket
Township of Chapleau
Township of Oro-Medonte
Township of Temagami
Metropolitan Toronto School Board
F Ottawa Board of Education
Toronto Board of Education
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Agencies and Associations:
Association of Large School Boards of Ontario
Association of Municipalities of Ontario
Associations of Municipalities in New Brunswick
Canadian Film and Television Association
The Fair Rental Policy Organization of Ontario
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Niagara Home Builders'.Association
Ontario Home Builders Association
Ontario Waste Management Corporation
Power Workers'Union
Commissions and Task Forces:
Mayor's Task Force on Homelessness
Greater Toronto Area Task Force
Commission of Inquiry into Residential Tenancies
Commission on Local Government, Saskatchewan
Fair Tax Commission, Ontario
Research Institutions:
Canadian Real Estate Research Bureau
Canadian.-Tax Foundation
Canadian Urban Institute
Government and Competitiveness Project, Queen's University
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research(ICURR)
Ontario Economic Council
The Laurier Institute
Private Sector:
Bramalea Ltd./Centara Developments
Enbridge Consumers Gas
Development Charges Coalition
Great Lakes Power
Inco
Laidlaw Environmental Services Ltd,
McMillan-Bloedel
TransCanada Pipelines
f Union Gas .
Viking Rideau Corporation
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F International:
International Development Research Centre (1DRC)
IRIS Center at the University of Maryland at College Park
The World Bank
U.S. Agency for International Development(USAID)
Refereed Publications:
F Residential Property Tax Relief in Ontario (Toronto: University of Toronto Press for the
Ontario Economic Counci1, 1978)with R.M.Bird
'Local Fiscal Response to Intergovernmental Transfers:Review of Economics and
Statistics Vol. LXII,No. 3,August, 1980
'Can Property Taxes be Reformed? Reflections on the Ontario Experience.' Canadian
Public Administration Vol. 24,No. 3,Fall 1981 with R.M.Bird
'A Provincial Personal Income Tax Surcharge for Municipalities.' In D.W. Conklin(ed.)
A Separate Personal Income Tax for Ontario: Background Payers (Ontario Economic
Council, 1984)
Urban Public Finance in Canada (Toronto: Butterworths, 1983) with R.M. Bird
'The Design of Intergovernmental Transfers: The Case of Colombia' Government and
Policy Vol. 1, 1983,with R.M. Bird
'The Taxation of Northern Allowances' Canadian Tax Journal Vol. 31, No. 5,
September-October, 1983,with R.M.Bird
f 'Local Response to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: The Case of Colombia'Public
Finance Vol. XXXVM,No, 3, 1983,with R.M.Bird
'Ontario's Experience with Rent Regulation'In Arnett, R.J.Arnott and J.M. Mintz(eds.)
Policy Forum on Rent Controls in—Ontario(Queen's University: John Deutsch Institute for
the Study of Economic Policy), 1987
'Equalization: The Representative Tax System Revisited,' Canadian Tax Journal July-
August, 1990 with R.M. Bird
F 'Territorial Government Finance--The Yukon and the Northwest Territories,' Pwvin cial
Public Finances,Volume I,Provincial Surveys(Canadian Tax Foundation), 1991
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'Financing Urban Growth Through Development Charges,' Canadian Tax Journal Vol. 39,
Number S, 1991, with R.M. Bird
Urban Public Finance..in Canada(second edition) (Toronto:John Wiley and Sons, 1993)
with R.Bird
Business Property Taxation (Ottawa: Government and Competitiveness Project, Queen's
University, 1993)with H.Kitchen
'Finance and Governance: The Case of the Greater Toronto Area.'In Hobson,Paul and
France St.-Hilaire (eds)jrban Governance and Finance: A Case of Who Does What.
(Montreal: The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1997)
Other Reports and Studies:
'The Incidence of the Property Tax in Canada: A Review of the Literature.' A Report
prepared for the Tri-Level Task Force on Public Finance(Toronto: 1976) with R.M,
Bird
'Property Tax Reform and Educational Finance in Ontario.'A paper prepared for the
Commission on Declining School Enrolments in Ontario (Toronto: 1978)with R.M.
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Bird.
'An Analysis of the Situado Fiscal.' A paper prepared for the Colombian Mission on
Intergovernmental Finance(1980)
'The Impact of Cultural Activities on Ontario's Economy: A Quantitative Overview.' A
paper prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation(1980)
'Provincial-Municipal Grant Reform in Ontario.'In Bossons, J. M.Denny and E. Slack,
Municipal Fiscal Reform in Ontario: Property Taxes and Provincial Grants(Ontario
Economic Council, 1981)
'Manpower Needs for the Next Decade.' A paper prepared for the Toronto Board of
Education, (1982)
'Incentive Package for the Canadian Film Industry.' A study prepared for the Department
of Communications, (1982)with Econalysis Consulting Services Inc.
'Urban Finance and User Charges.'In Break, George (ed.) State and Local Finance: The
Pressures of the 80's (Madison:The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983)with R.M.Bird
c 'Rent Registry Altematives.'A paper prepared for the Commission of Inquiry into
Residential Tenancies, (1983) with S. Glied
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f' 'Tax Incentives for R and D,' A paper prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Industry and
Trade(1983)
'The Distributive Impact of Rent Regulation.'A Paper prepared for the Commission of
Inquiry into Residential Tenancies 0984) with D. Amborski
'The Personal Income Tax Treatment of Women.' A paper prepared for the Ontario
Women's Directorate(1984)
'The Impact of Federal-Provincial Transfers on provincial Revenues and Expenditures: A
i Review.' In Cook, G.,D. Conklin and T. Courchene(eds.) Ottawa and the Provinces:
The Distribution of Money and Power (Ontario Economic Council, 1985)with D.
Crocker
'The Implications of Federalism for Postsecondary Education.' Ontario Economic Council
(1985)
'Alternative Methods of Financing Education.' A paper prepared for the Toronto Board
of Education(198 5)
'Lump-Sum Grants and the Flypaper Effect: Is Thcre a Paradox?' A paper prepared for the
Ontario Economic Council (1985) with A. Athanassakos
'The Costs of Rent Review.'A paper prepared for the Commission of Inquiry into
Residential Tenancies (1986)
'The Impact of Property Tax Reform on Property Taxes and Educational Finance in the
City of Toronto.' A paper prepared for the Board of Education for the City of Toronto
(1986)
'The Implications for Educational Finance in Toronto of Implementing the Macdonald
Commission Recommendations and Property Tax Reform.'A paper prepared for the
Board of Education for the City of Toronto(1986)
'The Implications of the Implementation of the Macdonald Commission on Educational
Finance for ALSBO Boards: An Analysis.' (1986)with L. Feldman
'Social Gaming in Ontario:A Summary of the Issues.'A paper prepared for the Ministry
of Consumer and Commercial Relations (January, 1987)
'Municipal Infrastructure:Federal,Provincial and Municipal Co-operation.'In Federation
of Canadian Municipalities,Proceedings of the first Canadian Conference on Urban
Infrastructure(Edmonton: Sodanell Canada Inc., 1987)with D.Amborski
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F 'Franchising: A Survey of the Issues and Problems.' A paper prepared for the Ministry of
Consumer and Commercial Relations(April, 1987)
'The Roy Committee Report and the Ottawa Board of Education: An Analysis of the
Financial Impact,' (May, 1987)with L. Feldman
'The Impact of Tax Reform on Women.'A paper prepared for the Ontario Women's
Directorate(August, 1987)
'Tax Reform and Child Care.'A paper prepared for the Ministry of Community and
f Social Services (September, 1987)
'Tax Reform,Federal Transfers and Provincial Spending.'In Brooks,W Neil (ed.)The
Quest for Tax Reform(Toronto: Carswell, 1988)
'An Analysis of the Results and Implications of the City of Toronto Reassessment
Survey."A paper prepared for the City of Toronto Assessment Reform Worldng Group
(March, 1988)
'Reforming the Property Tax Base: Can it be DoneT A paper prepared for the Canadian
F Economics Association Mcctings (June, 1988)
'Issues in Municipal Finance in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.'A paper
prepared for the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Review (July, 1988)
'An Analysis of Expenditures and Revenues in the Regional Municipality of Niagara.'A
paper prepared for the Niagara Region Review Commission(October, 1988)
'Tax Incentives for Canadian Film and Television Productions.' A paper prepared for the
Canadian Film and Television Association (October, 1988)with J. Todd
r
'Formula Financing in the Northwest Territories: Demographic and Other Extensions.'A
paper prepared for Government of the Northwest Territories (May, 1989)with D.K.Foot
'Provincial-Municipal Equalization Grants: An Application to Ontario." A paper
prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs (June, 1989)
'An Analysis of Property Tax Relief Measures and Phase-in Mechanisms.'A paper
prepared for the Task Force on Reassessment in Metropolitan Toronto (August, 1989)
'Formula Financing, Fiscal Capacity and Fiscal Effort in the Northwest Territories,'A
paper prepared for the Department of Finance, Government of the Northwest Territories
(October, 1989)with R.M. Bird
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`An Analysis of Expenditures and Revenues in the Town of Newcastle' plus the design of
a number of studies of the community impact of the Darlington Nuclear station
(including a financial impact study) funded by the Community Impact Fund out of the
Community Impact Agreement between Ontario Hydro and the Town of Newcastle
(1990)
'An Economic Analysis of Development Charges in British Columbia and Ontario.'A
paper prepared for the Laurier Institute, Vancouver(March, 1990)
t' 'Identifying Beneficiaries of Water and Sewage Infrastructure and Examining Alternative
Financing and Administrative Arrangements.'A paper prepared in conjunction with
Apogee Research International,Ltd. for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment(1990)
'Development Charges: The Canadian Experience.'A paper prepared for the Committee
on Taxation,Resources and Economic Development(TRED), Cambridge,Mass.
(October, 1990)with R.M.Bird
'Financing Local Government in OECD Countries: The Role of Local Taxes and User
Charges.'In Owens, Jeffrey and Giorgio Panella(eds.) Local Government: An
x International Persne-c 've(Amsterdam:North-Holland Press, 1991)with R.M. Bird
'An Analysis of the Feasibility of Implementing Variable Mill Rates in Ontario.'A paper
prepared for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (March, 1991)
'Financing Local Government: The Delicate Balance between Financial Pressures and
Planning Principles.'A paper presented to a symposium on"Cities in the Nineties,"Rio
de Janeiro (March, 1991)
'The Public Financing of Recreation.'A paper prepared for the Ministry of Tourism and
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Recreation(April, 199 1)
'An Analysis of the Proposed Development Charges in the Town of Oakville.'A paper
prepared for the Development Charges Coalition(August, 1991)
'The Impact of Alternative Methods of Financing Education on the Metropolitan Toronto
School Board.' A paper prepared for the Metropolitan Toronto School Board(February,
1992)
'Local Government Finance: Principles and Issues.'A paper prepared for the lair Tax
Commission(March, 1992)with J. Bossons and H. Kitchen
'An Evaluation of Six Solid Waste Management Models.' A paper prepared for the
Ministry of the Environment(August, 1992)with V. Maclaren, C. Amrhein, P. Byer, and
M. Gertl er
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'Federal Expenditures on Recreation.' A paper prepared for the Ontario Ministry of
Tourism and Recreation(October 1992)
'Building Partnerships: A Finance System for Public Schools.'A paper prepared as a
member of the Education Funding Review panel,British Columbia(November 1992)
'Trends in Municipal Finance.'A paper prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing
r Corporation(March 1993)with H. Kitchen
'The Taxation of Non-Residential Property.'A paper prepared for the Ontario Fair Tax
Commission and the Government and Competitiveness Project(March 1993) with H.
Kitchen
'The Land Use Implications of Alternative Municipal Financial Tools: A Discussion
Paper'. A paper prepared for the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional
Research (December 1993)
'The Impact of Recent Provincial Initiatives on Municipal Governments in New
Brunswick.'A paper prepared for the municipal associations of New Brunswick
(February, 1994) with H. Kitchen
'Development Charges in Canadian Municipalities:An Analysis.'A paper prepared for
the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research(April, 1994)
'Non-Residential.Property Taxation and Competitive Advantage in the Greater Toronto
Area'A paper prepared for the Canadian Urban Institute (October, 1994)
'Principles of a Municipal Finance System.'A paper prepared for the Chief
F Administrative Officer's Department,Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (June, 1995)
'Options for Financing Local Government and Education.'A paper prepared for the
Government of the Northwest Territories (July, 1995)
'Property Assessment in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth.'A paper
prepared for the Constituent Assembly on the Municipal Government System in
Hamilton-Wentworth(July, 1995)
'Is There an Economic Crisis in the GTAT A paper prepared for the Greater Toronto Area
F. Task Force(August, 1995)
;The provision of Urban Infrastructure Services in Canada.' A paper prepared for the
World Bank(October, 1995)
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'Area or Value: An Evaluation of Assessment Alternatives,' A report prepared for the
Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (May, 1996)
'Financing Infrastructure: An Evaluation of Existing Research and Information Gaps.'A
report prepared for Canada Mortgage and Dousing Corporation(August, 1996)
'Averting a Fiscal Crisis in Toronto.'Policy Options, Vol. 17,No. 10,December 1996
'The Role of Property Taxes in Funding Education in Canada.' School Business Affairs.
Vol. 63,No, 2, February 1997
'Inter-Municipal Cooperation: Sharing of Expenditures and Revenues.' A paper prepared
for the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research(March 1997)
"An Overview of Property Taxation in Canada." A report prepared for the Department of
Finance, Ottawa(August, 1998)
F' `Property Tax in Ukraine: Third Attempt,' Budget and Fiscal Review, Second Quarter,
(August,1998)
"Report to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada on Federal
Payments in Lieu of Taxes," (October 1998)
Book Reviews:
Review of P,D. Groenewegen,The Taxable Capacity of Local Government in New South
Wales Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, Research Monograph 13,
_ Australian National University Press, Canberra 1976. In Finanzarchiv.Vol. 36,No. 3,
1978.
Review of G.B. Doern (ed.)How Ottawa Spends Your Tax Dollars:Federal Priorities.
1981 (Toronto; James Lorimer and Company, Publishers, 1981).In Canadian Public
Police Vol. 7, No. 4,Autumn 1981
Review of Douglas Auld and Harry Kitchen,The Supply of Government Services
(Vancouver: The Fraser Institute). In Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XVI,No. 1,March
1990
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