THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAIRD

BEING A BY-LAW to authorize entering into a Municipal Funding administrative Agreement with The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) for the administration of the Canada Community-Building Fund

WHEREAS Section 9 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended, provides that a municipality has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person for the purpose of exercising its authority under this or any other Act;

AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), and the City of Toronto are signatories to the Administrative Agreement on the Canada Community-Building Fund effective April 1, 2024 (the “Administrative Agreement”), which governs the transfer and use of the Canada Community-Building Fund (“CCBF”) in Ontario;

AND WHEREAS AMO is responsible for the administration of CCBF funding made available to all Municipalities in Ontario, except the City of Toronto, under the Administrative Agreement, and will therefore undertake (and require the Recipient to undertake) certain activities as set out in this Agreement;

AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Laird deems it desirable and necessary to enter into an Administrative Agreement with AMO to access CCBF funding;

NOW THEREFORE Council of the Corporation of the Township of Laird hereby enacts as follows:

1. That Schedule “A” – Municipal Funding Administrative Agreement between The Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Corporation of the Township of Laird attached hereto, forms part of this by-law.
2. That the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the Agreement on behalf of the Corporation.
3. That this by-law shall take force and effect upon the passage hereof.