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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX <br />BY -LAW NUMBER 16 -2003 <br />A BY -LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF <br />AGREEMENTS RELATIVE TO TENDERED CONTRACTS <br />FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OR <br />SUPPLY OF MATERIALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION <br />AND MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS AND <br />BRIDGES. <br />WHEREAS Section 5(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25 as <br />amended, states that the powers of a municipality shall be exercised by its <br />council; <br />AND WHEREAS Section 5(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25 as <br />amended, states that a municipal power shall be exercised by by -law; <br />AND WHEREAS Section 44 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, e.25 <br />as amended, directs that the municipality that has jurisdiction over a highway <br />or bridge shall keep it in a state of repair that is reasonable in the <br />circumstances, including the character and location of the highway or bridge; <br />AND WHEREAS funds for the 2003 County Road Construction Program <br />were approved in the 2003 Essex County Estimates which were adopted on <br />March 19` 2003 and confirmed by By -law No. 15 -2003, adopted on April <br />16 2003; <br />AND WHEREAS the 2003 County Road Construction Program was approved <br />by County Council on April 16', 2003; <br />AND WHEREAS maintenance and construction contracts are awarded in <br />accordance with Sections 68 to 72 of By -law No. 01 -99, being a by -law to <br />provide rules governing the order and proceedings of the Council of the <br />Corporation of the County of Essex; <br />NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex <br />enacts as follows: <br />1. THAT the Warden and the Clerk be and they are hereby <br />authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Corporation of <br />the County of Essex, agreements relative to tendered contracts for <br />the construction and maintenance or supply of materials for the <br />construction and maintenance of County roads and bridges, and <br />that the acts of said Officers of this Corporation who may have <br />already executed and delivered the said Agreements are hereby <br />ratified and confirmed as the acts of this Corporation. <br />