THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL
 
BY-LAW NUMBER 16-2009
 

A by-law to delegate to each lower-tier municipality the authority to pass a by-law establishing tax ratios and setting out a method by which the portion of Regional levies that will be raised in each lower-tier municipality can be determined.


WHEREAS the Regional Municipality of Peel has the authority pursuant to section 310 of the Municipal Act, 2001 as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") to delegate to the lower-tier municipalities the authority to establish tax ratios within the lower-tier municipality for both lower-tier municipal and regional purposes;

AND WHEREAS the Act requires that such a by-law must set out the portion of the general regional levy and any special regional levy that will be raised in each lower-tier municipality or a method by which the portion can be determined;

AND WHEREAS the Regional Municipality of Peel has by Resolution adopted on February 12, 2002 directed that a by-law to delegate the authority to establish tax ratios and to set out a method by which the portion of regional levies that will be raised in each lower-tier municipality can be determined;
NOW THEREFORE the Regional Municipality of Peel enacts as follows:

  1. That the authority to pass a by-law establishing the tax ratios for both lower tier and upper tier purposes for the year 2009 within each of the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon is hereby delegated to the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon, respectively.

  2. That the portion of the general upper tier levy and of the special upper tier levies of The Regional Municipality of Peel that will be raised in each of the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon be determined by the method set out in Schedule "A" hereto.

  3. That Schedule "A" attached hereto is hereby enacted and forms an integral part of this by-law.


READ THREE TIMES AND PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL this 12th day of February 12, 2009


J. Payne
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Deputy Clerk

C. Corbasson
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Acting Regional Chair


Schedule "A" to
By-law Number 16- 2009

In order to apportion the Region of Peel's 2009 upper tier levies among the lower-tier municipalities of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon, the following plan shall apply:

1.
The amount of the general upper tier levy sufficient for the payment of the estimated expenditures adopted for waste management purposes shall be apportioned according to each lower-tier municipality's share of estimated 2009 tonnage amounts, as adjusted to take into account the difference between the prior year estimated and actual tonnage amounts;
1.1
"tonnage amounts" means tonnage of waste generated within the lower-tier municipality and disposed of or otherwise dealt with by the Region's waste management system;
2.
The amount of the special upper tier levy sufficient for the payment of the estimated expenditures adopted for Peel Regional Police shall be apportioned in its entirety between Mississauga and Brampton according to the ratio of their total 2009 assessments for 2009 taxation of the land in each municipality that is rateable for municipal purposes, with the assessment of each class of property being weighted using the prescribed transition ratio for that class;
2.1
The amount of the special upper tier levy sufficient for the payment of the estimated expenditures adopted for Ontario Provincial Police shall be apportioned in its entirety to Caledon;
3.
The amount of the general upper tier levy sufficient for the payment of all other estimated expenditures adopted shall be apportioned among the three lower-tier municipalities according to the ratio of the total assessments for 2009 of the land in each municipality that is rateable for municipal purposes, with the assessment of each class of property being weighted using the prescribed transition ratio for that class.