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3530 A Bylaw to authorize certain capital works of the corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg.Lower-tier By-law The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg (Ongoing Projects) THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG BY-LAW NO 3530 A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN CAPITAL WORKS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG (THE "MUNICIPALITY"); TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDS CORPORATION ("OILC") FOR FINANCING SUCH WORKS AND CERTAIN OTHER ONGOING WORKS; TO AUTHORIZE TEMPORARY BORROWING FROM OILC TO MEET EXPENDITURES MADE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH WORKS; AND TO AUTHORIZE LONG TERM BORROWING FOR SUCH WORKS THROUGH THE ISSUE OF DEBENTURES BY THE COUNTY OF OXFORD (THE "UPPER-TIER MUNICIPALITY") TO OILC WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001 (Ontario), as amended, (the "Act") provides that a municipal power shall be exercised by by-law unless the municipality is specifically authorized to do otherwise; AND WHEREAS the Council of the Lower-tier Municipality has passed the by- laws enumerated in column (1) of Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this By- law ("Schedule "A") authorizing the ongoing capital works described in column (2) of Schedule "A" (individually, a "Project", collectively, the "Projects") in the amount of the respective estimated expenditure set out in column (3) of Schedule "A"; AND WHEREAS before the Council of the Lower-tier Municipality approved each Project, in accordance with section 4 of Ontario Regulation 403/02, the Council of the Lower-tier Municipality had its Treasurer update its most recent annual debt and financial obligation limit received from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (as so updated, the "Prior Updated Limit"), and, on the basis of the authorized expenditure for each Project as set out in column (3) of Schedule "A" (referred to hereinafter as the "Authorized Expenditure" for each such Project) the Treasurer calculated the estimated annual amount payable in respect of each Project and determined that the estimated annual amount payable in respect of each Project does not exceed the Prior Updated Limit, and accordingly the approval of the Ontario Municipal Board under the Ontario Municipal Board Act (Ontario), as amended, was not required before any such Project was authorized by Council; AND WHEREAS subsection 405(1) of the Act provides that a municipality may authorize temporary borrowing to meet expenditures made in connection with a work to be financed in whole or in part by the issue of debentures if, (a) the municipality is an upper-tier municipality, a lower-tier municipality in a county or a single-tier municipality and it has approved the issue of debentures for the work; _ 2 - Lower-tier By-lawThe Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg (Ongoing Projects) (b) the municipality is a lower-tier municipality in a regional municipality and it has approved the work and the upper-tier municipality has approved the issue of debentures for the work; or (c) the municipality has approved the issue of debentures for another municipality or a school board under section 404; AND WHEREAS subsection 403(1) of the Act provides that a by-law of an upper-tier municipality authorizing the issuing of debentures for the purposes or joint purposes of one or more of its lower-tier municipalities may require those lower-tier municipalities to make payments in each year to the upper-tier municipality in the amounts and on the dates specified in the by-law; AND WHEREAS subsection 401(1) of the Act provides that a municipality may incur a debt for municipal purposes, whether by borrowing money or in any other way, and may issue debentures and prescribed financial instruments and enter prescribed financial agreements for or in relation to the debt; AND WHEREAS subsection 401(3) of the Act provides that a lower-tier municipality in a regional municipality does not have the power to issue debentures and accordingly the Lower-tier Municipality intends that the Upper-tier Municipality will issue debentures in respect of the Projects and will request that the Upper-tier Municipality do so; AND WHEREAS the Act also provides that a municipality shall authorize long term borrowing by the issue of debentures or through another municipality under section 403 or 404 of the Act and subsection 403(7) of the Act provides that all debentures issued under a by-law passed by an upper-tier municipality under section 403 are direct, joint and several obligations of the upper-tier municipality and its lower-tier municipalities; AND WHEREAS OILC has invited Ontario municipalities desirous of obtaining temporary and long term debt financing in order to meet capital expenditures incurred after December 31, 2003 in connection with eligible capital projects to make application to OILC for such financing by completing and submitting an application in the form provided by OILC; AND WHEREAS the Lower-tier Municipality requested the Upper-tier Municipality to issue debentures for the Projects and in this connection the Upper-tier Municipality and the Lower-tier Municipality submitted an Application (hereinafter the "Application") to OILC to request financing in order to meet capital expenditures incurred after December 31, 2003 in connection with the Projects (the "Project Expenditures") by way of long term borrowing pursuant to section 403 of the Act through the issue of debentures to OILC and by way of temporary borrowing pursuant to section 405 of the Act; AND WHEREAS OILC has accepted and has approved such Application; AND WHEREAS the Upper-tier Municipality has agreed to issue debentures for the Projects to OILC in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $641,000 (the . 3 - Lower-tier By-law The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg (Ongoing Projects) "Debentures"); and OILC has indicated that pending the issue of the Debentures it will provide financing by way of temporary advances to the Lower-tier Municipality in respect of the Projects; AND WHEREAS the Lower-tier Municipality will enter into a financing agreement with OILC pursuant to the terms of which OILC will provide temporary advances to the Lower-tier Municipality in respect of the Projects; NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Council of the Lower-tier Municipality hereby confirms, ratifies and approves the completion by the Treasurer of the Application and the submission by such authorized official of the Application, to OILC, in cooperation with the Upper-tier Municipality, for the financing of the Projects by way of temporary borrowing from OILC, pending the issue of Debentures, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $641,000, substantially in the form of Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming part of this By-law, with such changes thereon as such authorized official approved. 2. The Mayor and the Treasurer are hereby authorized to negotiate and enter into, execute and deliver for and on behalf of the Lower-tier Municipality a financing agreement (a "Financing Agreement") with OILC that provides for temporary borrowing from OILC in respect of the Projects on such terms and conditions as such authorized officials may approve, such execution and delivery to be conclusive evidence of such approval. 3. The Mayor and/or the Treasurer are hereby authorized, pending the substantial completion of a Project or as otherwise agreed with OILC, to make temporary borrowings pursuant to section 405 of the Act in respect of such Project, on the terms and conditions provided in the Financing Agreement and on such other terms and conditions as such authorized officials may agree, and to sign such evidence of indebtedness as OILC may require (a "Note"); and the Treasurer is authorized to sign such certifications as OILC may require in connection with such borrowings in respect of the Projects; provided that the amount of borrowings allocated to any Project does not exceed the Authorized Expenditure for such Project and does not exceed the loan amount set out in column (4) of Schedule "A" in respect of such Project as appropriate. 4. In accordance with the provisions of section 25 of the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation Act, 2011 (Ontario), as security for the payment by the Lower- tier Municipality of any indebtedness of the Lower-tier Municipality to OILC incurred under the Note, and as security for the payment by the Lower-tier Municipality of any indebtedness of the Lower-tier Municipality to the Upper-tierMunicipality in respect <?f Pel?enture§ i§§vetf fpr any Prpject?, the Lgw^r-tier Municipality is hereby authorized to agree in writing with OILC that the Minister of Finance is entitled to deduct from money appropriated by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for payment to the Lower-tier Municipality, or from money . 4 - Lower-tier By-taw The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg (Ongoing Projects) appropriated by the Assembly for payment to the Lower-tier Municipality in respect of specified matters, amounts not exceeding the amounts that the Lower- tier Municipality fails to pay to OILC on account of the outstanding indebtedness evidenced by the Note issued by the Lower-tier Municipality to OILC and on account of the outstanding indebtedness evidenced by Debentures issued by the Upper-tier Municipality to OILC for any Projects, and to pay such amounts to OILC from the consolidated revenue fund. 5. For purposes of meeting the obligations of the Lower-tier Municipality in respect of the Note and any Debentures issued by the Upper-tier Municipality to OILC for any Projects, the Lower-tier Municipality shall provide for raising in each year as part of the general lower-tier levy the amounts of principal and interest payable in each year under the Note or any such Debentures, to the extent that the amounts have not been provided for by any other available source including other taxes or fees or charges imposed on persons or property by a by-law of any municipality. 6. (a) The Mayor and/or the Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute and deliver the Note, the Mayor and the Treasurer are hereby authorized to enter into, execute and deliver the Financing Agreement, the Clerk and Treasurer are hereby severally authorized to generally do all things and to execute all other documents and papers in the name of the Lower-tier Municipality in order to perform the obligations of the Lower-tier Municipality under the Financing Agreement and the Note, and the Treasurer is authorized to affix the Lower-tier Municipality's municipal seal to any such documents and papers. (b) The proceeds realized in respect of the Note after providing for the expenses related to its execution and delivery, if any, shall be apportioned and applied to the respective Projects and to no other purpose except as permitted by the Act. 7. This By-law takes effect on the day of passing. ENACTED AND PASSED this 8th day of August, A.D. 2011. . 5 - Lower-tier By-law The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg (Ongoing Projects) 0) By-Law Number/ Project Number 3512/#71 Schedule "A" to By-Law Number 3530 (Ongoing Projects) (2) Description of Capital Work Fire truck (3) Estimated Expenditure (4) Loan Amount $641,000 $641,000 . 5 - Lower-tier By-law The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg (Ongoing Projects) Schedule "B" to By-Law Number 3530 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION Application ID: R9455 Application Submit Date: Program Year: A. GENERAL INFORMATION - Borrowing Municipality Name: The County of Oxford Address: P.O. Box 1614 21 Reeve Street Name of Treasurer(or Lynn Buchner equivalent): Telephone Number: 519.539.9800 x 3007 Email: lbuchner@oxfordcounty.ca GENERAL INFORMATION - Lower Tier Municipality Name: Tillsonburg T Address: 200 Broadway Name of Treasurer(or Darrell Eddington equivalent): ID: 32000 City: Woodstock Postal Code: N4S 3Y7 Title: Treasurer Fax No.: 519.421.4713 ID: 32004 City: Tillsonburg Postal Code N4G 5A7 Title: Director of Finance Fax No.: 519.842.9431Telephone Number: 519.842.6428 x3251 Email: deddington@tillsonburg.ca B. CONTACT INFORMATION Questions regarding the information contained in the application form should be addressed to: Name: Lynn Buchner Telephone: 519.539.9800 x3007 Title: Treasurer Fax No.: 519.421.4713 Page 1 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION Email: lbuchner@oxfordcounty.ca C. PROJECT SUMMARY INFORMATION No. Project Name Category Type Loan Amount 1 Fire Pumper/Tanker Truck 2011 Municipal Other Fire $641,000.00 Infrastructure Total Loan Amount $641,000.00 Page 2 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION Project Details - Municipal Other Infrastructure Project Name Fire Pumper/Tanker Truck 2011 Category Municipal Other Infrastructure Construction Start Date Aug-09-2010 Construction End Date May-31 -2011 Please indicate the type of infrastructure project. Please select only one. [7) Fire D Police Q Ambulance G Administration D Others Please indicate below if any aspect of the project pertains to: Energy Conservation: QYes [7] No The Municipal Eco Challenge Fund (MECF) is a three year, $20 million grant and $200 million loan initiative to help municipalities reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from their infrastructure. Please indicate whether the loan is for a project that will reduce energy consumption or GHG emissions from amunicipally-owned facility (building, arena, etc.). D Yes 0 No Is this project also being considered for an MECF grant? QVes 0 No Please provide : An estimate of the reduction in energy consumption or GHG emissions as a result of the project. or A short description of the energy conservation benefits. Page 3 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION Address of the project: Type of work (e.g. new construction, renovation of existing facilities, redevelopment, deferred maintenance, etc.): Description of the project: 90 Concession Street, Tillsonburg fire truck replacement new fire pumper/tanker truck Additional comments: What is the life span of the project in years? (i.e. the physical asset) |20 Please identify your Ministry contact (If applicable) Ministry: Contact Name: Contact Phone: Page 4 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION Project Information Project Name Fire Pumper/Tanker Truck 2011 Category Municipal Other Infrastructure Project Cost (A) $641,000.00 Project Funding/Financing List existing and expected Funding/Financing sources for the project (eg. Reserves, other cash on hand, approved grants, etc.). Source/Description Timing Amount Total Amount (B) $0.00 OIPC Loan Amount (A-B) $641,000.00 Please enter your long-term borrowing requirements including the estimated date the funds are required. Only include long-term borrowing in this section. If you anticipate that you will require short-term financing during the construction phase of the project, the information will be gathered as part of the Financing Agreement. Estimated Date Required Amount Term (in years) Type Sep-01-2011 $641,000.00 15 Serial Total Long-Term Financing $641,000.00 Page 5 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION D. DEBT AND REPAYMENT SUMMARY Financial Information Returns (FIR) Please be aware that OIPC will be unable to complete the processing of your application until you have filed your most current FIR with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. If you have not filed your FIR, you should submit your application to OIPC and send your FIR to MMAH as soon as possible. ARL Please provide a copy of the Borrower's most recent ARL issued by MMAH. Existing Borrowing: Please provide the following details on the existing debt, including capital leases and unsecured debt. Loan # LoanPurpose InitialAmountBorrowed AmountOutstanding as per Most Recent Audited Financials AnnualInterestRate (%) DateBorrowed(mm/dd/yyyy) MaturityYear Summary of Existing Pledges, Conditions, Covenants PaymentType PeriodicAmountPayable Payment Frequency Please elaborate on re-financing plans and options for any existing "interest only" debt, if applicable Existing Encumbrances: Does the Borrower have any existing liens, pledges and any other encumbrances on existing assets? D Yes 0 No If yes, please provide details: Page 6 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION OIPC Loan Repayment Information Please indicate the source(s) of revenue you plan to use to repay the OIPC Loan. Source Contribution to OIPC Loan Payments (%) Taxation User Fees Service Charges Development Charges Connection Fees Subsidies Other Total 100.00 0.00 100.00 Description of Other Source Audited Financial Statements A copy of the most recent audited financial statements must be attached with this loan application. Page 7 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION E. LITIGATION Is there any litigation threatened or existing which would affect any projects or substantially impair the Borrower's ability to pay debt service costs on its general obligation indebtedness? Please indicate Yes or No. n Yes 0 No Please complete the Certificate of Litigation template found under the Forms menu. F. NON-REPAYMENT OF LOANS OR DEBENTURES In the last 10 years has the Borrower ever failed to make a loan or debenture repayment on time to any lender, including to the Provincial Government? If yes, please provide details. If necessary, attach details. G. PROVINCIAL GRANTS AS SECURITY Pursuant to OIPC's enabling legislation, the Minister of Finance may deduct funds from provincial grants to the Borrower appropriated by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for payment to OIPC to satisfy any outstanding unpaid amounts owed by the Borrower to OIPC. H. ATTACHMENTS Please ensure all required documents are submitted with the signed application. OIPC requires originals as noted below to be mailed or couriered. Also, please retain a copy of all documents submitted to OIPC for your records. • Loan Application Signature Page signed and dated by the appropriate individual (original to be submitted) • Certified and sealed copy of OIPC template By-Law authorizing project borrowing and applying 1 a loan (original with seal) • Certificate of Treasurer Regarding Litigation using the OIPC template (original, signed & sealed) • Updated Certified Annual Repayment Limit Calculation (original) • OMB approval if exceeding debt repayment limit, if applicable • Capital Plan if applicable • Project management letter Page 8 of 9 ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION (OIPC) LOAN APPLICATION 0 I acknowledge and agree that all of the above referenced documents must be submitted in the form required by OIPC and understand that the application will not be processed until such documents have been fully completed and received by Infrastructure Ontario. Please note: OIPC retains the right to request and review any additional information or documents at itsdiscretion. 0 I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Project Management and Best Practices Reporting Requirements Confidential Information OIPC is an institution to which the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Ontario) applies. Information and supporting documents submitted by the Borrower to process the loan application will be kept secure and confidential, subject to any applicable laws or rules of a court or tribunal having jurisdiction. Page 9 of 9