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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BIRCH HILLS NO. 460
BYLAW NO. 15-2024
A BYLAW OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BIRCH HILLS NO. 460 (the
“Municipality”) FOR THE SUPPLY OF POTABLE WATER BY THE NCRPA INC.
Purpose
WHEREAS on June 11, 1999, Council passed Bylaw No. 2/99 to form a Public Utility
Board through a municipal corporation known as the “North Central Rural Pipeline
Association” in conjunction with the following municipalities:
Rural Municipality of Hoodoo No. 401
Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402
Rural Municipality of St. Louis No. 431
Rural Municipality of Invergordon No. 430
Rural Municipality of Birch Hills No. 460
Resort Village of Wakaw Lake
AND WHEREAS the NCRPA has reorganized as a not-for-profit, membership
corporation, known as the “North Central Rural Pipeline Association Inc.” formed
pursuant to the Non-profit Corporations Act, 2022, to continue the supply of potable
water as a public utility, pursuant to Section 8 (1)(j) and Division 3 of The Municipalities
Act;
NOW THEREFORE this Bylaw is to enter into an agreement with the “North Central (9:
Rural Pipeline Association Inc.” to continue providing a public utility service for the
supply of potable water within the Municipality, and to make consequential amendments; FS ; Ss
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Birch Hills No. 460 in the Province of
Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
Citation
1. This Bylaw may be cited as the “RM of Birch Hills Water Utility Bylaw
No, 15- 2024”;
Definitions
2. In this bylaw, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this
paragraph:
a. “Municipality” means the Rural Municipality of Birch Hills No. 460
b. “The Municipalities Act” or the “Act” means The Municipalities Act,
c.M-36.1, SS 2005 as amended;
c. “NCRPA” means the North Central Rural Pipeline Association, the former
municipal corporation;
d. “NCRPA Inc.” means the North Central Rural Pipeline Association Inc., a
not-for-profit, membership corporation established as a controlled
corporation pursuant to Division 3 of The Municipalities Act;
e, “Subscribers” means the individuals who have subscribed to receive potable
water from the NCRPA Inc.
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f. “Water System” means the water distribution pipeline which is operated and
maintained by the North Central Rural Pipeline Association Inc., and
includes all equipment, machinery, pumping system, and facilities of any
kind that are part of, or relate to the provision of water to subscribers located
in the Municipality.
Applicability
3.
This Bylaw applies to all persons in the Municipality.
Agreement with the NCRPA Inc.
4,
10.
11,
Pursuant to s. 23(1) and (2), of The Municipalities Act, the Municipality may
provide a public utility service in all or part of the Municipality by “... agreement
with any person.”, and to “... grant a right to a person to provide a public utility
service in all or part of the Municipality for not more than 30 years.”.
The Municipality agrees to become a member of the NCRPA Ince. in accordance
with the Bylaw No. 1, 2024 of the NCRPA Inc. as amended from time to time by
the board of directors of the NCRPA Inc., for the purpose of providing a public
utility service for potable water service within the Municipality.
The NCRPA Inc. and the Municipality may enter into any additional agreement or
agreements to govern the rights and obligations of the parties in respect of the
public utility service provided by the NCRPA Inc. in the Municipality.
Bylaw No. 1, 2024 of the NCRPA Inc. is hereby approved by the Municipality and
attached to this bylaw as Appendix A.
Bylaw No. 5-2024 of the NCRPA Inc. is hereby approved by the Municipality and
attached to this bylaw as Appendix B.
All of the actions taken by the NCRPA Inc. during the reorganization from a
municipal corporation to the not-for-profit corporation are ratified and approved.
Pursuant to s. 33(2)(b) of the Act, the Municipality hereby delegates to the NCRPA
Inc. all of the powers conferred on the council by sections 23 to 32 of the Act in
connection with providing the public utility service of the NCRPA Inc. for potable
water in the Municipality within the area of the municipality served by the NCRPA
Inc.
For the purpose of s. 23(2) of the Act, the area of the municipality for which the
NCRPA Ine. is granted the right to provide the public utility service for potable
water:
a. Where the NCRPA Inc. is the sole provider of a public utility service for
potable water in the Municipality, is the entire municipality,
b. Where the NCRPA Inc. is not the sole provider of a public utility service
for potable water in the Municipality, is the area required to service the
subscribers of the NCRPA Inc., including the infrastructure for such
service, as may be shown on the records of the NCRPA Inc., and as may be
amended from time to time by the NCRPA Inc.
Transitional
12.
13,
This Bylaw comes into force when passed by the council of the Municipality.
Upon coming into force of this Bylaw:
a. the Municipality hereby delegates to the NCRPA Inc. all responsibility for
providing the public utility service for potable water supply to Subscribers,
within the Municipality;
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b, The NCRPA Inc. shall inherit all of the rights and obligations of the
NCRPA:
i. To receive payments for accounts receivable in respect of water use,
arrears, fines, penalties, interest, etc., payable to the former NCRPA;
ii. To pay accounts payable that are outstanding for the NCRPA;
iii. All obligations and liabilities in respect of any employees of the
NCRPA, including for holiday pay, payroll taxes and deductions,
etc.;
Cc, All of the assets and liabilities of the NCRPA shall be transferred to and
assumed by the NCRPA Inc.;
d. Water users of the former NCRPA shall have a 90 day grace period from
the date of coming into force of this Bylaw, to enter into a Subscriber
Agreement with the NCRPA Ine, failing which the water connection may
be locked out and disconnected, provided that the said water users of the
former NCRPA shall remain liable to the NCRPA Inc. for all levies for
charges, fees, water use, etc.
e. Excluding the agreements the former NCRPA had with water users of the
former NCRPA, all of the obligations and contracts where the NCRPA is a
party shall be assumed by the NCRPA Inc.
Repeal
14. | Upon coming into force of this Bylaw, Bylaw 2/99 creating the North Central
Rural Pipeline Association and any amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
Read three times and adopted this C day of Queen Gur 2024.
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NORTH CENTRAL RURAL PIPELINE ASSOCIATION INC.
the “Corporation”
a Public Utility;
Not for Profit Membership Corporation
CORPORATE BYLAW No. 1, 2024
BEING A BYLAW OF THE NORTH CENTRAL RURAL PIPELINE ASSOCIATION INC. FOR
THE SUPPLY AND MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL WATER UTILITY SERVICES IN
MEMBER MUNICIPALITIES IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
WHEREAS Section 23 of The Municipalities Act c. M-36., as amended, provides that a
municipality may provide a public utility service directly, through a controlled corporation, or by
agreement with any person;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation was formed in 1999 as a Municipal Corporation, to provide
water utility services to certain Rural Municipalities, the subscriber base has expanded to now
include eight member municipalities:
AND WHEREAS the Corporation has re-organized and registered as a not-for-profit corporation
pursuant to The Non-Profit Corporations Act, 2022; OO
NOW THEREFORE Bylaw 3,1999 enacted by the Corporation before the reorganization Is
revoked and replaced by this Bylaw 1, 2024; AF.
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 in this Bylaw:
a) “Act” means The Municipalities Act, 2006, c. M-36.1 S.S. 2005, as amended.
b) “Annual Meeting” means the Annual Meeting of Members and Subscribers of the
Corporation:
c) "Corporation" means the North Central Rural Pipeline Association Inc., a not-for-
profit corporation duly registered pursuant to the The Non-Profit Corporations Act,
2022, and is a controlled corporation established pursuant to Section 23(1) of the
Act:
d) “Board” and “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation;
e) “Member” means any Municipality that has enacted a bylaw, and entered into an
agreement with the Corporation pursuant to s. 23 of the Act, and includes the
following:
i) A Municipality;
ii) A Municipal District;
iii) Any other Person or entity that is designated by the Corporation as a Member;
f) | “Municipality”; has the definition as contained in the Act, and includes a “Municipal
District", and “Other Municipality” as defined in the Act;
g) "Subscriber" means a person, family, group, organization or corporation who has
entered into an Agreement with the Utility, and who has a water connection with the
Utility. Where more than one person, group, organization, or corporation shares a
single water connection, all those persons, groups, organizations, or corporations
sharing a water connection shall collectively be considered a single Subscriber;
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3.3
3.4
h) “Utility” means the Corporation;
i) “Water User" means persons who receive the benefit of the public utility provided
by the Corporation, and includes a tenant of a Subscriber,
MEMBERS
There shall be one class of member for the corporation:
a) Class “A” Members:
i) Each Member is a Class "A" member;
ii) Each Class “A” member shall be entitled to appoint one person to sit as a
director on the board of directors;
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of a minimum of 5 and maximum of eleven (11)
directors comprised of:
a) Amaximum of one (1) director appointed by each Member;
b) The Administrator of the Corporation who shall hold a seat on the board of directors
ex officio;
Appointment of directors by Members:
a) Each Member may, by ordinary resolution, appoint a person to the board of
directors;
b) A director appointed by a Member may be removed at any time by ordinary
resolution of the Member that appointed that director;
c) Appointments of directors by Members shall be made not less than 7 days prior to
the start of the term for which the appointee will hold office:
d) Where a director fails to complete their term of office for any reason, the Member
that appointed that director may appoint a replacement director to hold office for the
remainder of the exiting director's term of office;
Voting rights:
a) Each director appointed by a Member, shall have one (1) vote at meetings of the
board of directors;
b) The Administrator shall have a vote only when there is a tie from the votes of the
directors;
A quorum of the board shall be 50% of the directors appointed, plus one.
QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS AND TERM OF OFFICE
Ail directors must meet the following qualifications and restrictions:
a) Every director shall meet the requirements to not be disqualified from being a
director in accordance with s. 9.5 of The Non-profit Corporations Act, 2022;
b) Not be an Auditor or solicitor of the Utility;
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4.3
6.2
c) Not be an employee of the Utility;
d) Every director shall serve for a term of two (2) years,
Notice will be provided to a Member if the director appointed by that Member misses any
meeting without prior notice.
In order to maintain continuity of expertise and experience on the board of directors, in
the event there is an unequal number of directors whose terms of office end in even and
odd years, the board may by ordinary resolution:
a) Accept the unequal number of terms of office ending in even and odd years; OR
b) Modify the ending dates of the terms of office in any manner as determined by the
board of directors.
ANNUAL MEETING
Annual Meeting:
The Annual Meeting shall be held no later than 210 days after the fiscal year of the
Corporation as determined by the board of directors.
b) Notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given to all Subscribers and Members at
least 30 days prior to the meeting or published by way of at least two notices in one
local newspaper or via electronic notice at least two weeks prior to the date set for
the meeting.
c) A quorum of the board shall be 50% of the directors plus one;
d) Subscribers shall have a voice but not a vote at the Annual Meeting;
e) Failure of any Subscriber or any Member to receive notice of the Annual Meeting
shall not invalidate that meeting;
a)
BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION
Establishment and Purpose:
a) The Corporation is a Not for Profit corporation, established as a Public Utility Board
and controlled corporation pursuant to s. 23 of the Act;
Financial
a) Fiscal Year
i) | The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the period commencing on January
1 and ending on December 31 in the same year.
b) Signing Officers
i) Contracts, documents, or other instruments requiring execution by the
Corporation shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by two persons, one
of which will be the Administrato and the other shall be either the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman
ii) The Board may appoint up to two additional directors as signing officers for
the Corporation, under such conditions as the Board may, by ordinary
resolution, determine;
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7.2
7.3
iii) Any appointment as a signing officer ceases immediately when an appointee
ceases to be a director of the Corporation;
Powers of the Corporation and the Board of Directors
a) Borrowing Powers
|) The Corporation may:
1. Barrow money on the credit of the Corporation;
2, Pledge debt obligations of the Corporation;
3. Mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a secured interest
in all or any property of the Corporation owned or subsequently
acquired, to secure any debt obligations of the Corporation.
b) Auditors
i) | The Board shall provide for an annual audit of its books, records and accounts
and shall appoint an auditor who is a member in good standing of an
accounting profession.
c) Enacting Additional Bylaws
i) |The Corporation may pass additional bylaws concerning the business and
management of the Corporation in furtherance of its mandate to provide a
water utility service to Member municipalities.
d) The Corporation shall have the powers enumerated in Division 3 of the
Municipalities Act (ss. 23 through 32);
BOARD APPOINTMENTS
The First Meeting of Directors shall be held on such date as determined by the board of
directors, which shall not be greater than 30 days after the year end of the Corporation;
At the first meeting of Directors:
a) The Directors shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among the board of directors;
b) All directors shall sign the Oath of Office as per Schedule “B";
c) Sign the Public disclosure statement as per “Schedule “C";
Officers’ Duties:
a) The Chair shall preside at all regular meetings of the Board;
b) The Vice-Chair, in the absence of the Chair, shall discharge the duties of the Chair.
c) The Administrator shall:
i) Attend and keep minutes of all meetings of the public utility;
ii) | Have charge of the seal of the public utility;
iii) Conduct the correspondence and have charge of all financial corporate
records, books, papers, and documents of the public utility;
iv) 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;
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v) Distribute regular meeting agendas and approved minutes to the Members as
soon as possible following a Board Meeting.
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8. INSURANCE AND BONDING
8.1 The Corporation shall provide for security or fidelity bonding and insurance coverage,
including Directors and Officers liability as deemed necessary.
9. DISSOLUTION
9.1 In the event that the Corporation is dissolved, the minister may establish In the (@
regulations the manner in which any surplus is to be distributed to persons to whom the A 4.
public utility service is supplied; and any liabilities of the public utility are to be adjusted ;
and settled, If, on the dissolution of a public utility, there are insufficient realizable
assets to satisfy its liabilities, the Minister may establish in the regulations made by the
Minister, a charge to be imposed on persons to whom the public utility service is suppled
to satisfy the utility's indebtedness and associated expenses and the method of
enforcing the payment of the charge. SLi 0n 2 | Mm 4
10, TRANSITIONAL
10.1. Upon the coming into force of this bylaw, the directors appointed under the previous
provisions, shall continue as directors until the end of their respective terms as though
this bylaw had not been passed;
11. EFFECTIVE DATE
11.1. This bylaw comes into effect on the date It is approved by ordinary resolution, by all of
the respective councils of the Members.
Date of approval by the Board of the North Central Rural Pipeline Association Inc.:
Date: Wa BEC IC, WEY Pers Aw“ Dee, 0.
Name: Abana a 9 tla.
Date of coming Into force (upon approval by all Member municipalities):
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Date: mee /0, 224 Per: Cy ans Naw bute
Name: Cutherine Maur bewi(h
Title: Arline tratol
BYLAW NO, 5, 2024
A BYLAW OF THE NORTH CENTRAL RURAL PIPELINE ASSOCIATION INC,
TO AMEND CORPORATE BYLAW NO. 1, 2024
The BOARD of the North Central Rural Pipeline Association Inc, in the Province of
Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
AND WHEREAS the Corporation was formed in 1999 as a Municipal
Corporation, to provide water utility services to certain Rural Municipalities, the
subscriber base has expanded to now include eight member municipalities;
Removing the text:
AND WHEREAS the Corporation
Replacing the text:
AND WHEREAS a Corporation
NOW THEREFORE Bylaw 3,1999 enacted by the Corporation before the
reorganization is revoked and replaced by this Bylaw 1, 2024 is removed.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 |) Is hereby amended as follows:
“Water User” means a person or persons who were receiving potable water from
the former municipal corporation known as the North Central Rural Pipeline
Association and includes a tenant of the Subscriber
TRANSITIONAL
Adding the following:
10.2 All water users that wish to continue to receive potable water service from
the Corporation shall become a subscriber of the Corporation within 90 days of
the Effective Date as defined in Section 11 of this Bylaw.
10,3 Any water user that fails to become a subscriber of the Corporation in
accordance with paragraph 10.2 hereof, shall be subject to disconnecting thelr
water service at any time after the expiry of the 90-day period.
EFFECTIVE DATE
11.1 — Amending the wording approved by ordinary resolution to approved by
Bylaw.
Date of the approval by the Board of the North Central al Pipeline Association Inc,
Per, (_/ trrwe 4 aA.
Name: Donald Kolla
Title; Chairman
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Per: (’ if J? tb
Name: Catherine’ Mazurkewich
Title: Administrator
Date of coming into force (upon approval by all Member municipalities)
Per:
Name:
Title: