HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 7800/20The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No.7800/20
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 2021.
Whereas Section 407(1) of the Municipa/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, and 25 per cent
thereafter;
Whereas it is deemed necessary by the said Council to borrow the sum of fifty-five
miHion dollars ($55,000,000) to meet, until t.he taxes for the current year are received,
the current expenditures of the City for the year 2021, including the amounts and sums
aforesaid;
Whereas the said sum of fifty-five million dollars ($55,000,000) 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 2020 exclusive of revenues derivable
from the sale of assets, borrowings or issues of debentures or from a surplus including
arrears of levies, and twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) 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 sixty-three million
dollars ($63,000,000) 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-five
million dollars ($55,000,000) to meet, until the levies for the year 2021 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, 2021 inclusive and twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) thereafter until
December 31, 2021.
2. The Mayor an.d 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 sixty-three
million dollars ($63,000,000) 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.
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4. This By-law shall come into effect on the first day of January, 2021.
By-law passed this 14th day of December, 2020.