HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 7233/12 The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No.7233/12
Being a by-law to authorize the issuance of
debentures in the amount $1,475,000 for the
Architectural Services for the new Operations
Centre in the City of Pickering
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Whereas Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, provides that a lower-tier
municipality may pass by-laws respecting matters within the spheres of jurisdiction
described in that Section; and,
Whereas Subsection 401(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, provides that a
municipality may incur a debt for municipal purposes, whether by borrowing money or in
any other way; and,
Whereas Subsection 401(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, provides that a
lower-tier municipality in a regional municipality does not have the power to issue
debentures; and,
Whereas The Regional Municipality of Durham has the sole authority to issue
debentures for the purposes of its lower-tier municipalities including The Corporation of
the City of Pickering (the "City"); and,
Whereas the Tender for the Architectural Services for the new Operations Centre has
been tendered and will be awarded during the summer recess of Council; and
Whereas Council of the City wishes to proceed with debentures financing prior to the
awarding process for the Architectural Services for the new Operations Centre; and,
Whereas before the Council of the City authorizes the issuance of debentures for the
Architectural Services for the new Operations Centre, the Council of the City had the
Treasurer update the City's Annual Repayment Limit, the Treasurer calculated the
estimated annual amount payable in respect of such project and determined that such
annual amount would not cause the City to exceed the updated limit and, therefore,
Ontario Municipal Board approval was not required prior to City Council's authorization -
as per Section 401 of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, and the regulations made
there under;
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By=law No. 7233/12 •
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation Of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1. That the City proceed with the debentures issue in the,amount of$1,475,000 for the
Architectural Services for the new Operations Centre;
2. That the sum of$1,475,000 be financed by the issue of debentures by The
Regional Municipality of Durham over a period not to exceed twenty years;
- 1. That the funds to repay the principal and interest of the debentures be provided for
in the annual.Current Budget for the City commencing in 2013 and continuing
thereafter until the loan is repaid.
By-law passed this 9th day of July, 2012.
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David Ry. , M. or
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Debbie Shields, City Clerk , �'
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