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1. PURPOSE
Utility Board.
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BIRCH HILLS, No. 460
BYLAW NO. 02/2000
A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT. WITH OTHER MUNICIPAL-
ITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD PUSUANT TO
SECTION 228.1 OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY ACT, 1989.
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Birch Hills, No. 460 in the
Province in Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
The purpose of this bylaw is to enable the Council to enter an
agreement with neighbouring municipalities to establish a Public
2. MUNICIPAL MEMBERSHIP ON PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD
City of Melfort
3. TERMS OF AGREEMENT
Certified a true copy of Bylaw
02/2000 adopted by resolution
of Council this 14th day of June,
2000.
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(a) The Rural Municipality of Birch Hills No. 460 is hereby
~ authorized to createa public utility board in conjunction
with the following municipalities:
R.M. of Star City, No. 428
R.M. of Kinistino, No. 459
R.M. of Flett's Springs, No. 429
R.M. of Invergordon, No. 430
R.M. of Willow Creek, No. 458
(b) The public utility board created pursuant to subsection 2(a)
shall be known as the Melfort Rural Pipeline Association.
The terms of the agreement are defined in the Corporate Bylaw of
the Melfort Rural Pipeline Association, which is identified as
Exhibit "A" and is attached to and forms part of this bylaw.
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Exhibit “A” to BYLAW NO, 1-2004
Amended March 23, 2015
CORPORATE BYAW
MELFORT RURAL PIPELINE ASSOCIATION
DEFINITIONS
In this bylaw:
(a) “Act” means The Rural Municipality Act, 1989, as amended from time to time,
and in the case of such amendment, any references to the bylaws of the Public
Utility Board shall be read as referring to amended provisions.
(b) “Public Utility Board” means the Melfort Rural Pipeline Association, a body
corporate created pursuant to Section 228.1 of the Act by joint agreement of the
following municipalities:
R.M. of Star City No. 428
R.M. of Kinistino No. 459
R.M. of Invergordon No. 430
R.M. of Flett’s Springs No. 429
R.M. of Willow Creek No. 458
R.M. of Tisdale No. 427
R.M. of Connaught No. 457
R.M. of Tisdale No. 427
R.M. of Birch Hills No. 460
City of Melfort
(c) “Board” means the board of the public utility board.
(d) “Member” and “member municipalities” means a rural municipality or urban
municipality involved in the agreement establishing the public utility board.
(e) “Subscribers” means persons who subscribe to receive the benefit of the public
utility.
BUSINESS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD
qd) Fiscal Year
(a) The fiscal year of the public utility board shall be the calendar year.
(b) The annual meeting of the subscribers of the public utility board shall be held not
later that 90 days following January 1 of each year. Written notice shall be
mailed to each subscriber at least 15 days prior to the meeting.
(2) Signing Officers
(a) Contracts, documents or other instruments requiring execution by the public
utility board shall be signed on behalf of the public utility board by two persons,
one of which shall be secretary-treasurer and one of the Chairman or Vice-
Chairman.
(3) Borrowing Powers
The Board may:
(a) borrow money on the credit of the public utility board;
(b) pledge debt obligations of the public utility board;
(c) mortgage, pledge or otherwise create a secured inter i
se, plec est in all or any propert
the public utility board owned or subsequently acquired, to secure any debt vot
obligations of the public utility board,
(4)
(5)
Delegation of Powers
The public utility board shall have all the powers conferred on the Council or a
Municipality by Section 226 to 240, not including Section 236.
Investing Powers
The Board shall:
(a) maintain an operating account of $100,000.00 subject to revision by the Board from
time to time;
(b) make investments to a capital operating investment of any surplus funds in (a) that
the Board deems prudent.
Capital Replacement Reserve Fund
The Board may from time to time invest surplus funds from on-going operations into a
Capital Replacement Reserve Fund.
The purpose of this fund will be to finance major capital expenditures on repairs or
replacements not already covered by routine maintenance and replacement programs,
AUDITORS
The board shall appoint an auditor pursuant to subsection 69(2) of the Act.
BOARD MEMBERSHIP
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(2)
To establish the initial utility board the Councils shall appoint a total of cleven (11)
members, representative of participating areas, to serve on the Board until the first annual
meeting to be held in 1995.
Following the initial establishment of the Board, the subscribers shall annually elect a
maximum of eleven (11) Board members who shall constitute the board. Six (6)
members to be appointed for a two (2) year term and five (5) members to be appointed
for an initial one (1) year term and thereafter, appointments will be made after two (2)
years.
BOARD DUTIES AND POWERS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a) The Board shall, when a subscriber chooses to pay his/her allocation over a period of
years, collect from such subscribers $300 in advance. The Board shall pass a bylaw setting
out the procedure covering the collection of unpaid subscriber allocations or construction
cost, along with amounts to be collected annually, either including interest or by adding of
interest in the payments, as may be determined by Resolution of the Board at intervals.
(b) All utility Board bylaws and amendments to be sent to all member
municipalities when passed by Utility Board.
(c) Subscribers collection levy notices shall be forwarded to the municipality
where the Subscriber resides prior to December 3 1 annually, regarding
subscribers who are in arrears, of any funds payable to the Utility Board and the
same shall be added to the property taxes of that subscriber under the provisions
of The Rural Municipality Act, 1989.
Board Appointment
The Board shall annually appoint:
(a) a chairman and vice-chairman from among their number; and
(b) a secretary-treasurer who may, but need not be, a representative
(c) such other employees as it deems necessary.
Chairman Duties
The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board which he is present.
(4)
(5)
(6)
Vice-Chairman Duties
The Vice-Chairman, in the absence of the chairman, shall discharge the duties of
the chairman.
Secretary-Treasurer Duties
The Secretary-Treasurer shall:
(a) attend and keep minutes of all meetings of the board;
(b) have charge of the seal, if any, of the public utility board:
(c) conduct the correspondence and have charge of all financial corporate
records, books, papers and documents of the public utility board;
(d) perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are incidental
to the office or as may be required, from time to time, by the board.
Bonding
The public utility board may provide for security or fidelty bonding and insurance
coverage as deemed necessary.
BYLAW AND RULES
The Board may:
(a)
(b)
enact, amend, repeal or replace bylaws, other than the corporate bylaw, and
make rules, not inconsistent with the corporate bylaw or the Act, governing the
management of the public utility board and for the carrying out of the provisions of this bylaw.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This bylaw becomes effective on March 23, 2015.