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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 6820/07 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING - BY-LAW NO. 6820/07 Being a by-law to authorize the temporary borrowing of moneys to meet the current and capital expenditures of the City of Pickering for the year 2008. 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 Municipality 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 Municipality for the year, including the amounts required for principal and interest falling due within the year upon any debt of the Municipality, and the sums required by-law to be provided by the Council for any local board of the Municipality; and, WHEREAS Section 407(2) limits the total of such borrowings to not exceed 50 per cent of the estimated annual revenues from January 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008 and 25 per cent thereafter; and, '-. WHEREAS it is deemed necessary by the said Council to borrow the sum of twenty nine million seven hundred thousand dollars ($29,700,000) to meet, until the taxes for the current year are received, the current expenditures of the Municipality for the year 2008, including the amounts and sums aforesaid; and, WHEREAS the said sum of twenty nine million seven hundred thousand dollars ($29,700,000) 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 Municipality from January 1 to September 30 as set forth in the estimates adopted by the said Council for the year 2007 exclusive of revenues derivable from the sale of assets, borrowings or issues of debentures or from a surplus including arrears of levies and $14,800,000 is less than 25 per cent thereafter; and, 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 said Council to borrow the sum of nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000) to meet the capital expenditures approved by Council. NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: -- By-law No. 6820/07 Page 2 - 1. The Mayor and 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 twenty nine million seven hundred thousand dollars ($29,700,000) to meet, until the levies for the year 2008 are received, the current expenditures of the Municipality for such year, including the amounts required for principal and interest falling due within the year upon any debt of the Municipality for the period January 1, 2008 to September 30,2008 inclusive and $14,800,000 thereafter until December 31,2008. 2. The Mayor and 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 in all the sum of nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000) to meet the capital expenditures as approved by Council, of the Municipality 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 2008. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 17th day of December, 2007. -- ~~'d) _wtl~ Debi Wilcox, City Clerk ~