HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 7669/18The.. Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No. 7669/18
Being a by-law to authorize the temporary
borrowing of monies to meet the current and
capital expenditures of the City of Pickering
for the year 2019.:
Whereas Section 407(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, provides that the Council of the City
of Pickering may by by-law authorize the Mayor and Treasurer of the City to borrow
from time to time by way of promissory note such sums as the Council may deem
necessary to meet, until the taxes for the current year are collected and other" revenues.
are received, the current expenditures of the City for the year, including the amounts
required for principal and interest falling due within the year upon any debt of the City,.
and the sums required by law to be provided by the Council for any local' board of the
City;
Whereas Section 407(2) limits the total of such borrowings to not exceed. 50 per cent of
the estimated annual revenues from January 1 to September -30, 2019 and 25 per cent
thereafter;
Whereas' it is deemed necessary by the said Council to borrow the sum of fifty-six
million dollars ($56,000,000) to meet, until the taxes for the current year are received,
the current expenditures .of the City for the year 2019, including the amounts and sums
aforesaid;
Whereas the said sum of fifty-six million dollars ($56,000,000) plus any similar
borrowings that have not been repaid, is less than 50 per cent of the total amount of the
estimated revenues of the City from January 1 to September 30 as set forth in the
estimates adopted by the Council for the year 2018 exclusive of revenues derivable
from the sale of assets, borrowings or issues of debentures or from a surplus including
arrears of levies, and twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000) is less than 25 per cent
of the estimated revenues thereafter;
Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, provides that if a municipality has by by-law approved
an undertaking to be financed in whole or in part by incurring long-term debt, the
Council may by by-law authorize temporary borrowing to meet expenditures made in
connection with the undertaking; and;
Whereas it is deemed necessary by the Council to borrow the sum of fifty-one million
dollars ($51,000,000) to meet the capital expenditures approved by Council.
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Now therefore the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows
1 The Mayor and. Director, Finance & Treasurer of the City of Pickering are hereby
authorized to borrow from time to time by way of promissory notes a sum or sums
not exceeding fifty-six million dollars ($56,000,000) to meet, until the levies for the
year 2019 are received, the current expenditures of the City for such year, including
the amounts required for principal and interest falling due within the year upon any
debt of the City for the period January 1 to September 30, 2019 inclusive and
twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000) thereafter until December 31, 2019
2. The Mayor and Director, Finance & Treasurer of the. City of Pickering are hereby
authorized to borrow from time to time by way of promissoy notes a Sum or sums
not exceeding fifty-one million dollars ($51,000,000) to meet the capital expenditures
as approved by Council of the City including the amounts required for principal and
interest.
3. Any promissory, notes made under the authority of this by-law shall be sealed and
signed in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act, 2001,and may, be
countersigned in writing by the Manager, Accounting Services of the Corporation in
accordance with the provisions of the said Act:
4' This By=law shall come into effect on the first day of January, 2019.
By-law passed this 10th day of December, 2018:
Debbie Shields, City Clerk