Part II - Enacted First Nations Legislation

Decision Information

Decision Content

Ministre des_· Relatio_ris Couronne-Aµto·chtones·

Minister of Crown~lndigenous Relations

Ottawa: Canada K~ A .OH4

I, Minister of Crown:.fndigenous Relations, HEREBY APPROVE, pursuant to section g3-of the lljdian Act; the following by-Jaw hiade _by the Westbank First Nation, ·in the-Province of British Colur_r,pia, at a ~e~ting helQo n the-4th day of October 2021.

Westbank First N~ti~m -I~ N_o·.09 and No.10 Development Services Vehicle Lease, .Purchase Proj_ect Capital 'Expendit~re B,y-law No. :21-1x,-0s

Dated.-at Ottawa, Ontario, this ,q~ day of N o..,<'--.....-~ 2021.

Cana... da , ~

Now· THEREFORE, the Council of the Westbank First-Nation hereby· enacts the following by-law; SHORT TITLE

l. This By-:-Iaw may be cited for all purposes as the IR No ;Q9 and No. l Q Development Services Vehicle Lease Purchase Project Capital Expenditure By--law No_..21-TX~OS.

EXPENDITURE AUJ1-IORIZATION

2. The W:estbank Fitst Nation hereby acknowledges that it is in the best interests of all community ~nd band members of the Westbank First Nation to proceed with the Development ServkesVehicle Lease Purchase Proj~ct as suminarizedin Schedule ''A" to this :By-law. 3. The. West.bank First Nation hereby approves the expenditure of not rriore·than Seventy Four Thousand Tl:rree Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($74,319;00) from the Contingency Fund.for the purposes of Development Services Vehicle Leases PI.Jfch.ase Project {the '"Project Funds"). 4. The.·westbankFirstNation also authorizes"the expenditure of all or a portion of the Project Funds tg acquire all ~uch lands, easements, rights-of-way, licences, permits, rights and.authorities·as-may be required or desirable for or in connecth;,i1 with the IR No.09 and No.10. Pevelopm~nt Services Vehicle Leases· Purchases Project. 5, Any of the ProjectF11nds not expended on.the IR No.09 No.10 DeveJopment Services V¢hicle Leases Purchases Project or incidental c.osts related thereto, wilL be reimbursed to ari.d_.deposit.ed. in the CoJ::Lti~gency' Fund upon completion of the IR No.09 and Ncd.0 Developn1entServices Vehicle Leases'Purchases Project.

WESTBANK FIRST NATION IR NO.09 IR NO.10 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES VEHICLE LEASES PURCHASE PROJECT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY:.LAW·No. . ·21-TX-05

To authorize the expenditure ofa maximum of Seventy Four Thousand Three Hundred and Ninet~e.n Dollars ($74,319.00)from·money raised pursuant to section 83(1) oft he Indian Act~ for the purpose of completing the Development. Services Vehicle Le~ses Purchase Projec;:t within the Tsinstikepfutn Indian Reserve N o.09 and No. l O. WHEREAS:

A. Pursuant to Section 83(1) oftheindianActand the Westbank First Nation's inherent right· of self-gqvernment~ the Westbank First Nation has enac;ted .the We stbank First Nation Property Taxation By-law, 95.;TX-08 (the "T=-xation By-.law");

B. In accordance with section 12(3)(m) oftheTaxation By,.Iaw, the Westbank First Natioi1 annually deposit;:; Ten ( 10%) pen;ent of 811llual gross· taxes in income contingency fund (the "Contingency Fund") to be used frorn time to time for $Uch capital projects as may be authorized by separate by-law; C. In ac~mrdance with section4.4 ofthe WFN Expenditure By~law 1995,,,.all surplus monies remaining in the·Taxation·Fund at the end.of the Piscal Yeur specified in, the Expenditure By-law Annual Budget Schedule may be transferred foto the Stabilization Fund.,. and may b~ applied tpwards the operation and administration costs for the next Fiscal Year, overruns on existing Capital projects ot for any other contingencies, (the ''St11bilization Fund"); ·

D. Westbatik First Nation deems itdesirdble and in the·hest iriterestofthe community members tQ. advance funds tq. comp] ete the Development Services Vehicle, Lease Purchases Project on Tsinstikeptum Jndiart Reserve No.09 and No.10.

E. The West bank First Nation has concluded the total cost of Development Services Lease. Pu1·chase of the on Tsinstikeptum Indian Reserve No.09 and No.10 to be not more than Seventy Four Thousand Thre.e Hundred and Nineteen Dollars $74,319.00 as outlined in Sche.dule ~"A" to this By-law.

------------------·-··-···-·----·---···-·--··-·--·-···---·-·-····-··---·--······· .....

EFFECTIVE

6, This By-law comes into full force and effectupcm approvalby the Minister of Jndigenous Affairs and N orthem Development Canada.

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED AND AGREED:

That this By--law, entitled the "Ill N o.09 and No.10 ·P roject By-law No21-TX-05;' has been read for thefirst, second {if required), third and final time by the Council ofthe Westbartk First Nation at dtily convened council meetings.

Read a first time by the Council ofWestbank First Nation at a duly convened. meeting held on the 20111 day of September, 2021. · Exempt from a .second reading pursuant to section 60.9 of the Westbank First Nation Constitution. · Read a third time, and enacted as a WestbaiikLaw, by Council of tl)e Westbank Ffrst Nation at a duly convened meeting held on th~ 4h day of Octo~ er, 2021 .

~ Counc~xander Councillor Fernanda Alexander .. . .

. Coun&llbrJordanCoble

. .

-~ Councillor Lon'ie Hogaboam

SCHEDULE "A"

Bl:J]jGET.FOR PROPOSED IRN0,09 ~1J.d No,10 Development Servic~s VehicleLeases Purch?.se .P roiect:U~TX"!os· PWS.5 003 0 2017 Chevrolet Silverado Vtil.#.l<JC4KYEY4JFi1.2i28. . ·P W-5500~.Z 2017 ChevrQlet Silverado Vin#lGC4KYEY3JFiD8698 Bugineering Tiuck2017 Chevl'oletColorado Vin#l GCGTBEN4Jl l04640 .,· .. Contingency fee (5%) Tcital_ Cost- . .. ....:... '~~ . (52.8%) of total. cost . .. ·-•.

COST .:-FUNJ)INGSOURCE

$ :~7,960.00 WFN,Local -Government Servicea 27,960.00

14,_860.00

3,539,00 "$ 74~3H,~00. WFN. LGS Ill 9, 10 .. '$ 140,574.00 W.

, .

UTDCC , . FN,.LG. S, U.T. DCC

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.