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MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM (MPMP)

The Municipal Performance Measurement Program was introduced for the 2000 reporting year. Under this program, municipalities are required to collect specific data on nine core service areas that includes water, wastewater, solid-waste management, land-use planning, local-government administration, roads, transit, fire and police.

The municipality submits this data to the province and reports the results to their taxpayers either through direct mail, the property tax bill, ads in local newspapers or posted on their web site. The data collected will measure the efficiency (cost) and effectiveness (quality) of local service delivery and will allow the municipality to compare their own performances from year to year and in relation to other municipalities. There are certain factors though, such as population, geography, age of infrastructure and accounting practices that influence the reported results and cause differences in the data from municipality to municipality.

For detailed 2010 Performance Measures information, please click here

Service Improvements for year 2010

TOWNSHIP OF WHITEWATER REGION
MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MEASURERS REPORT

         
EFFICIENCY   YEAR YEAR  
         
DEPARTMENT COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
         
General Government % of Budget 16.4% 15.60% Increased by 0.80%
         
Protection COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
Fire Per $1000 Assessment $0.54 $0.65 Decreased by $0.11
Police Per person $100.86 $92.97 Increased by $7.89
         
Roadways COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
Paved Per paved lane KM $550.70 $632.00 Decreased by $81.30
Unpaved Per unpaved lane KM $1,846.19 $1,775.63 Increased by $70.56
Winter Control Per lane KM winter maintained $861.69 $858.50 Increased by $3.19
Winter Event Responses   52 53 Decreased by 1
         
Water COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
Waste Water – Treatment & Disposal Per megalitres $530.96 $457.95 Increased by $73.01
Drinking Water – Treatment & Disposal Per megalitres $N/A $N/A  
         
Solid Waste COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
Garbage Collection Per Household $56.48 $53.30 Increased by $3.18
Garbage Disposal Per Household $67.49 $67.71 Decreased by $0.22
Solid Waste Diversion Per Household $29.14 $29.51 Decreased by $0.37
Solid Waste Management Per Household $153.10 $150.51 Increased by $2.59
         
Parks & Recreation COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
Parks Per Person $12.02 $12.38 Decreased by $0.36
Recreation Programs & Facilities Per Person $40.97 $39.75 Increased by $1.22
         
Library Services COST PER UNIT 2010 2009 EFFICIENCY +/-
Library Services Per Person $18.16 $17.46 Increased by $0.70
Library Services Per Library Use $1.53 $1.65 Decreased by $0.12
         
         
EFFECTIVENESS   YEAR YEAR  
DEPARTMENT   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Police        
Violent Crime Total # of Actual Incidents 25 20 Increased by 5
Property Crime Total # of Actual Incidents 83 80 Increased by 3
Crime Rate for Other crimes Total # of Actual Incidents 9 19 Decreased by 10
Total crimes per 1,000 persons Total # of Actual Incidents 117 119 Decreased by 2
Youths Crimes Total # of Actual Incidents 8 Not available No comparison info.
         
Fire   2010 2009  
Residential Structural Fires Per 1000 Households 6 21 Decreased by 15
         
Roadways   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Adequacy of Roads Number of paved Lane KM rated good 134 59 Increased by 75
Winter control Number of winter events that met standards 100% 100% No change
         
Waste Water   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Waste Water Connections Number of Backed up connections 1 3 Decreased by 2
Bypasses Treatment Megalitres of Untreated wastewater NA 35.210 Not available
         
Water   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Water Breaks Number of Water breaks 5 13 Decreased by 8
         
Solid Waste   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Diversion of Solid Waste Tonnes of waste diverted 444 441 Increased by 3
         
Library   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Library uses Per population 70,162 63,757 Increased by 6,405
Library uses Per person 11.884 10.601 Increased by 1.283
         
Recreation & Parks Fac.   2010 2009 EFFECTIVENESS +/-
Participating Hours Registered Programs 840 840 No Change
Total hours for drop-in   100 100 No Change
Participating hours for Rec Programs   990 990 No Change

A comparison of 2008 and 2009 Performance Measures is archived here
A comparison of 2007 and 2008 Performance Measures is archived here
A comparison of 2006 and 2007 Performance Measures is archived here
A comparison of 2005 and 2006 Performance Measures is archived here
The 2004 Performance Measures are archived here
The 2003 Performance Measures are archived here
The 2002 Performance Measures are archived here (PDF)
A comparison of 2002 and 2003 Performance Measures is available here (PDF)