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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 168 Kin. Healthcare Reserve e e e e THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE KBT BY-LAW NO. 2005 -168 BEING A BYLAW TO ESTABLISH RESERVE FUNDS (Tax Mitigation Reserve Fund, Kincardine Health Care Reserve Fund) WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001, 5.0. 2001, Chapter 25, Section 417 provides that a municipality may establish and maintain a reserve fund for any purpose for which it has authority to spend funds; AND WHEREAS the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine wishes to establish new reserve funds; NOW THEREFORE the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine ENACTS as follows: 1. That the following reserve funds be established: "Tax Mitigation Reserve Fund" This reserve fund shall be used to accumulate monies to be used to mitigate what would otherwise be an unusually high increase in the year over year tax rate. The increase in the tax rate would generally be the result of, but is not limited to, a single year unusually large operating or capital expenditure requirement and/or substantial reductions in revenues. "Kincardine Healthcare Reserve Fund" This reserve fund shall be used to accumulate monies to provide for the healthcare needs of the residents of the municipality. It is intended to fund capital building and equipment requirements of facilities for the benefit of all residents of the Municipality of Kincardine as well as expenditures related to the attraction and retention of doctors servicing the needs of all residents within the Municipality of Kincardine. 2. If Council should deem it advisable, they may by by-law, reallocate any monies in the reserve funds in Section 1 to be spent, pledged or applied to a purpose other than for which the reserve fund was established. 3. This by-law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage. This by-law may be cited as the "Tax Mitigation, Kincardine Healthcare Reserve Funds By-law". 4. READ a FIRST, SECOND and THIRD time and DEEMED TO BE PASSED this 19th day of October, 2005. ß1~. æ ~ Mayor . Clerk