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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-lAW NO. 6732/07
Being a by-law to confirm the authorization of the issuance
of debentures in the amount of $930,000 for the Addition to
Fire Services Division Headquarters project in the City of
Pickering.
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 approved Report OES 27-06 at its meeting of
September 11, 2006 pursuant to Resolution 121/06 and awarded Tender T-14-2006
for the Addition to Fire Services Division Headquarters project at that meeting; and,
WHEREAS the Council of the City is proceeding with the Addition to Fire Services
Division Headquarters project in the City of Pickering; and,
AND WHEREAS before the Council of the City authorized the Addition to Fire Services
Division Headquarters project in the City of Pickering, 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
thereunder.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND ITS IS HEREBY ENACTED AS A BY-lAW
OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING AS FOllOWS:
1. That the estimated costs of the Addition to Fire Services Division Headquarters
project in the amount of $1 ,347,000 be financed asfollows:
a) That the sum of $930,000 be financed by the issue of debentures by The
Regional Municipality of Durham over a period not to exceed twenty (20) years;
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b) That the sum of $417,000 be funded from the Development Charges Reserve
Fund;
2. 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 2007 and continuing
thereafter until the loan is repaid.
By-law read a first, second and third time and finally passed the 5th day of February,
2007.
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Debi A. Bentley, City Clerk