2007 PERFORMANCE MEASURES -  with COMPARISONS

        2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
General Government            
Operating cost for general government as a             
  percentage of total municipal operating costs.   1.50% 1.70% 1.60% 2.10% 2.10%
Fire Services            
Operating costs for fire services per $ 1,000 of     $     0.42 $0.50 $0.52 0.36 0.41
  assessment            
Police Services            
Operating costs for police services per household-2005 per person   297.28 $326.29 $142.69 137.48 106.35
Violent crime rate per 1000 persons   5.60 5.30 1.977 3.194 2.52
Property crime rate per 1000 persons   16.01 14.29 6.844 15.513 9.486
Crime rate for other offences excluding traffic per 1000 persons   19.21 16.21 8.365 1.977 2.075
Total crime rate per 1,000 persons   40.82 35.79 17.186 20.684 14.08
Youths charged per 1,000 youths     13.43 2.116 4.762  
Roadways              
Operating costs for paved (hard top) roads per lane             
  kilometre   $355.67 $383.71 $408.05 491.75 745.03
Operating costs for unpaved (loose top) roads per            
  lane kilometre   $549.91 $515.69 $531.67 591.23 649.23
Operating costs for winter control maintenance of             
  roadways per lane kilometre   $508.14 $528.60 $228.62 246.34 368.43
Percentage of paved lane kilometres where condition            
  is rated as good to very good   87.72% 90.60% 67.60% 67.6 64.7
Percentage of winter event responses that met or            
  exceeded municipal road maintenance standards   100.00% 100% 94.70% 97.2 98
Transit                
Operating costs for conventional transit per regular            
  service passenger trip   N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Number of conventional transit passenger trips per             
  person in the service area in a year   N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wastewater              
Operating costs for collection, treatment, and            
  disposal of wastewater per megalitre (Integrated)   $485.53 $528.50 $547.77 499.61 536.75
Operating costs for collection of wastewater per km            
  of wastewater main   $7,312.87 $5,177.63 $5,044.63 5488.6 4175.63
Operating costs for the treatment and disposal of            
  wastewater per megalitre   $136.87 $148.98 $153.77 140.84 232.78
Number of sewer-main backups per 100 kilometres of            
  sewer line in the year   0.00 2.6316