Toronto City Council has voted to approve contracts for CUPE Locals 79 and 416, officially putting an end to the strike that halted childcare, garbage collection and most other municipal services for six weeks.

Following a lengthy debate, council voted 21 in favour, 17 against the contracts which were ratified by the unions' membership earlier this week. The contract includes wage increases of 1.75 per cent 2 per cent and 2.25 per cent between 2009 and 2011.

The controversial paid sick day bank will be phased out for new hires.

Debate in council chambers got off to a rough start after councillors David Shiner and Peter Milczyn said they were facing conflict of interest. Their relatives are CUPE members. They wanted council to hold two separate votes, one to approve the deal for inside workers, and a separate for outside workers.

Councillors ended up voting for both the contracts separately. Both passed with the same number of votes. Find out how your councillor voted.

David Miller says the agreement will save the city $140 million over the next few years.

Away from city hall, garbage collectors were back on the streets early Friday morning, clearing out the trash from overflowing garbage bins after they - and other outside workers - ratified the latest settlement Thursday. Workers will clean up until 1 a.m. tonight, and will resume at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. The dumpsites are being cleaned and are expected to be all cleaned up by Sunday.

After members of CUPE Local 416 ratified the new deal, the City of Toronto announced when various services will resume.

Residents and businesses will have to wait until Tuesday for curbside collection to get underway, the city says, and they'll be allowed to put out unlimited amounts of trash for the next four weeks (or two collection cycles).

The temporary dump sites will be cleaned up by Sunday night, the city says.

A handful of councillors calling themselves the Responsible Government Group held a news conference Thursday and had asked their colleagues to join them in voting down this deal.

During the press conference announcing the city's plans, Mayor David Miller wasted no time before responding to council members threatening to vote against ratifying the contract.

Miller says he is disappointed by their actions and they should know better. He said if council did not vote in favour of the agreement, the city could have expected the strike to drag on for some time yet.

Below is a list of services that will resume Friday.

* opening the City's employment and social services offices

* opening the City's parks, pools, forestry and recreation programs

* resumption of public health services

* resumption of municipal licensing and standards which includes issuance of licences and inspections

* resuming housing and shelter programs, and;

* conducting development reviews, City planning and approvals, committee of adjustment hearings

Residents are asked to follow their garbage and recycle calendar schedule as they normally would. Five temporary dump sites will remain open to drop off trash for residents who have to wait a week for pick-up because they're on the recycle schedule this week.

The dump sites are:

* Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Arena -- 580 Finch Ave. W., in parking lot. Access continues to be available from Finch Avenue while repair work continues to the sinkholes west of this location.

* Villiers St. Paved roadway between Saulter St. and Cherry St.

* Centennial Arena Community Centre -- 1967 Ellesmere Rd. Enter from Dolly Varden Blvd., south of Ellesmere Avenue.

* Wilket Creek / Sunnybrook Park -- 1132 Leslie St. Enter from Leslie St. just north of Eglinton Ave. E. Proceed to southern-most parking lot.

* Scarborough Arena Gardens -- 75 Birchmount Rd., in parking lot.

Ferry service will resume service to the island on the weekend. Some splash pads and pools will be open by Tuesday, with the rest opening by Aug. 8.

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