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Parks and Recreation Funding Allocation
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2025-07-23 · Toronto City Council · received
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City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, received Administrative Inquiry IA32.1 from Josh Matlow, Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, regarding Parks and Recreation Funding Allocation, and Answer IA32.1a from the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, for information.
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Councillor Josh Matlow, Ward 12, St. Paul's, has submitted the following Administrative Inquiry: I am submitting this Administrative Inquiry under Municipal Code section 27-7.11 to seek information regarding the allocation of $2 million in Parks and Recreation funding. In February 2024, City Council passed the annual budget for 2024, which included an additional $2 million annualized for the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division (now Parks and Recreation) to advance the Mayor's stated goal of providing more opportunities for youth.
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Question 1: How have these allocated funds been spent to advance the Mayor's stated priorities? The Mayor's specific direction was to invest in more community-driven, locally-developed youth programming for priority neighbourhoods, including allocating funds for more community creation workers to design and run programs, more employment and skill-building programs, and better priority access for local residents to programs. Question 2: What positions have been created and hired for to assist with these programs? Have any front-line unionized community recreation workers been hired? My understanding is that a hiring call was put out and that candidates were screened and offered interviews, at which point the process ceased. Question 3: How have local communities been consulted for the development of any additional programming? Are there any records from those consultations?
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