• New federal and provincial investments are a great start to building new communities – but infrastructure investments need to increase significantly for the long-term. [...] • Through a proposed Social and Economic Prosperity Review, AMO is calling on the provincial government to sit down with municipalities and work together on a joint review of municipal finance, including a detailed analysis of Ontario’s infrastructure investment and service delivery needs. [...] • Through AMO and municipal advocacy, the federal and provincial governments have announced a series of housing-enabling infrastructure grants to help meet provincial housing targets. [...] Water & Wastewater • AMO, in partnership with the Municipal Finance Officers Association (MFOA), released a backgrounder on municipal services corporations as municipalities look for different ways to finance and operate water and wastewater infrastructure • Municipal Services Corporations can offer some benefits, particularly for communities who want to increase borrowing capacity or work across. [...] Other Resources and Reports • 2021 FAO Review of Ontario Municipal Infrastructure • 2022 FAO Estimating Impact of Climate Change on Public Infrastructure in Ontario • Municipal Infrastructure Funding Overview • AMO-MFOA Water & Wastewater Municipal Service Corporation Backgrounder For more information: Brian Lambie, AMO Media Contact, 416-729-5425, lambie@redbrick.ca .
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- August 2024 1
- Context 1
- Growth climate change and aging infrastructure 1
- Ontario municipalities own infrastructure vital to 1
- AMO Position 1
- Ontario municipalities are facing massive infrastructure investments of up to 290 billion 1
- While municipalities own and manage more infrastructure than other levels of government 1
- The gap between revenues and needs is substantial. Ontario municipalities raise about 1
- 49.3 billion annually in own-source revenue to operate services and invest in infrastructure. 1
- Development charges DCs are a cost-recovery tool to help share the cost of growth. 1
- While Bill 185 restored some DC revenues it did not go far enough to help recover municipal costs related to new developments. 1
- DC funds can only be used to build the essential infrastructure that new development 1
- New federal and provincial investments are a great start to building new communities but 1
- Adapting infrastructure to make it more resilient to extreme weather further increases the 1
- Through a proposed AMO is calling on the 1
- Social and Economic Prosperity Review 1
- Key Facts Ontario municipalities manage 484 1
- Ontario municipalities are planning 1
- This includes costs to maintain repair 1
- Many of Ontarios systems were built between the 1950s and 1970s and must be renewed or 2
- Municipal governments have only a few revenue tools such as user fees property tax and 2
- Raising property tax or user fees are not the only answer. Such increases disproportionately 2
- Funding Programs 2
- AMO has helped secure key funding programs such as the longstanding Ontario Community 2
- Through AMO and municipal advocacy the federal and provincial governments have 2
- Development Charges DCs 2
- DCs are a targeted cost-recovery tool not a tax. Funds must be tied to specific projects that 2
- DCs are an investment in our communities to ensure they remain vibrant and livable. While Bill 185 partially restored cuts to development charges made earlier in Bill 23 AMO 2
- Water Wastewater 2
- AMO in partnership with the Municipal Finance Officers Association MFOA released a 2
- Municipal Services Corporations can offer some benefits particularly for communities who 2
- Other Resources and Reports 2
- For more information 2
- Brian Lambie AMO Media Contact 416-729-5425 lambieredbrick.ca 2
