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REPORT
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Date:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Monday April 14, 2008 Resolution #:GP?l-t9'(;O-68'
Meeting:
Report #: FND-010-08
File#:
By-law #:
Subject:
2008 MUNICIPAL ROAD AND BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report FND-010-08 be received;
2. THAT the Municipality confirms that the $1,913,794 allocated to the Municipality of
Clarington by the Province of Ontario will be used for municipal road and bridge
capital investments needs;
3. THAT the Municipality agrees to provide a final summary report detailing
expenditures, use of provincial funding and outcomes received and acknowledges
that the Ministry of Transportation may request an independent audit of the project;
4. THAT the Municipality of Clarington acknowledges that any funds intended for the
project that are not used in accordance with the rehabilitation of municipal roads and
bridge capital investment needs or the terms of the grant funding will be returned to
the Ministry in accordance with the terms of the grant funding;
5. THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign any necessary by-laws to receive
this funding;
6. THAT this report be copied to Jim Bradley, Minister of Transportation; and
7. THAT Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, Jim Bradley, Minister of Transportation
and John O'Toole, MPP Durham, be thanked for this much needed funding for
infrastructure for the Municipality of Clarington.
Submitted by:
Nancy 1: ylor, ,B.A., CA,
Director of FinancefTreasurer
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Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer.
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REPORT NO.: FND-010-08
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BACKGROUND:
1.0 The 2008 Ontario Budget announced that the Province would provide $400
million for municipal roads and bridges capital investment needs outside of
Toronto.
1.1 In a letter dated March 31,2008 (Attachment "AU), the Municipality of Clarington
received notification that it has been approved to receive funds in the amount of
$1,913,794 towards municipal road and bridge capital investment needs.
1.2 A condition of the funding as outlined in the attached letter includes a council
resolution acknowledging certain conditions. The purpose of this report is to
comply with this request by the April 30, 2008 deadline.
CONCLUSION:
2.0 It is recommended that the general conditions be agreed to by Council in order to
secure the one-time provincial funding. A further report will be forthcoming to
Council to authorize the projects to be undertaken.
Attachments:
Attachment "AU - letter from Ministry of Transportation
Interested Parties:
Jim Bradley, Minister
Ministry of Transportation
Office of the Minister
Ferguson Block, 3rd Floor
77 Wellesley 51. West
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1Z8
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOW MANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-4169
Ministry of
Transportation
Office of the Minister
Ferguson Block, 3rd Floor
77 Wellesley SI. West
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1Z8
416327-9200
www.mto.gov.on.ca
Ministere des
Transports
Bureau du mjnistre
Edifice Ferguson, 38 etage
77, rue Wellesley ouest
Toronto (Ontario)
M7A 1Z8
416 327-9200
www.mto.gov.on.ca
Attachment "A"
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Ontario
MAR 3 1 2008
His Worship Jim Abernethy
Mayor
Municipality of Glarington
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, Ontario
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Dear Mayor Abernethy:
Re: 2008 Municipal Road and Bridge Infrastructure Investment
As announced in the 2008 Provincial Budget, I am pleased to advise you that the Municipality of
Glarington has been approved to receive funds in the amount of $1,913,794 towards your
municipal road and bridge capital investment needs.
Addressing municipal road and bridge capital investment needs is an important part of
maintaining and improving the province's transportation network, economic success and
Ontarians' quality of life. To this end, the approved funds will be transferred to you by June 30,
2008, at which time the province will also provide details on reporting requirements and other
accountability related requirements. These requirements will include as a minimum a
description of the types of eligible expenditures for which the funding is intended, and
requirement for a final report on how the funds were used. In addition, the province reserves
audit rights to ensure that funds were used for the purpose intended and to recover funds if it is
determined that they were not used, or will not be used for the intended purpose.
The province also requests the following additional information:
>> An authorizing bylaw/council resolution from the Municipality of Glarington which should be
dated no later than April 30, 2008. The bylaw/council resolution should reference:
. That the $1,913,794 allocated to the Municipality of Glarington by the province will be
used for municipal road and bridge capital investment needs;
. That a final summary report detailing expenditures, use of provincial funding, and
outcomes achieved shall be submitted to the ministry and the ministry may request an
independent audit of the project; and
. Any funds intended for the project that are not used in accordance with rehabilitation of
municipal road and bridge capital investment needs or the terms outlined above will be
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MUIJICIPAUTY OF CLARINGTON
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Please acknowledge your receipt of this letter by signing and returning the enclosed duplicate
copy of this letter to Steve Naylor, Director, Finance Branch, 6th Floor, 301 St. Paul Street, St.
Catha rines, ON L2R 7R4, Fax (905) 704-2515 by April 30 to initiate payment processing. If you
anticipate any issues or concerns with meeting any of the above-noted dates, please advise as
soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
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Jim Bradley
Minister
c: Bruce McCuaig, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transportation
John O'Toole, MPP, Durham
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