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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 6922/08 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY.LAW NO. 6922/08 Being a by-law to authorize the Supply & Delivery of Heavy Rescue Vehicle in the City of Pickering and the issuance of debentures therefor in the amount of $440,000. 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 Council of the City wishes to proceed in respect of the Supply & Delivery of Heavy Rescue Vehicle; and, WHEREAS before authorizing the project to proceed in respect of the Supply & Delivery of Heavy Rescue Vehicle on the date hereof 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 is not required as per Section 401 of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, and the regulations made thereunder; AND WHEREAS after determining that Ontario Municipal Board approval is not required, the Council of the City approved Report OES 42-08 on the date hereof and awarded Quotation 0-67-2008 for the. Supply & Delivery of the Heavy Rescue Vehicle project. NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOllOWS: 1; That the City proceed with the project referred to as "Supply & Delivery of Heavy Rescue Vehicle"; CORP0223-07/01 BY-LAW NO. 6922/08 Page 2 2. That the estimated costs of the project in the amount.of $592,100 befinanced as follows: a) That the sum of $440,000 be financed by the issue of debentures by The Regional Municipality of Durham over a period not to exceedten (10) years; b) That the sum of $150,000 be funded by a contribution from the Ontario Power Generation (OPG); c) That the sum of $2,100 be funded from the 2008 Current Budget; 3. 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 2009 and continuing thereafter until the loan is repaid. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 15th day of December, 2008. ~ David Ryan, . .. .. l Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk