This program has been established by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to provide a method of comparison from one municipality to another on specified services.
M.P.M.P. is a performance measurement and reporting system that promotes local government transparency and accountability. It also provides municipalities with useful data to make informed municipal service level decisions while optimizing available resources.
All Ontario municipalities are required to report M.P.M.P. efficiency and effectiveness measures for services provided by their municipality, the following are example areas that are to be reported on an annual basis:
- drinking water
- fire services
- land use planning
- local government
- parks and recreation
- police
- roads
- solid waste
- storm water
- wastewater