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22-13 - Transfer Payment Agreement Community Paramedicine ProgramCOUNTY OF ELGIN By -Law No. 22-13 "BEING A BY-LAW TO APPROVE A TRANSFER PAYMENT AGREEMENT WITH HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF LONG-TERM CARE TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE FOR LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAM AND, FURTHER THERETO, TO AUTHORIZE THE WARDEN AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO EXECUTE THE SAID TRANSFER PAYMENT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF ELGIN COUNTY" WHEREAS Section 5(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended, grants municipal power to exercise its capacities, rights, powers, and privileges by by- law; AND WHEREAS Section 8(1) of the said Act also confers broad authority to municipalities to govern its affairs as it considers appropriate; AND WHEREAS Section 9 of the said Act also confers upon a municipality the right, power, and privileges of a natural person for the purpose of exercising its authority under that or any other Act, which right, power, and privileges include the authority to enter into and execute agreements; AND WHEREAS Section 11(1) of the said Act also authorizes the Corporation of the County of Elgin, as an upper -tier municipality, to provide a service or thing that is considered necessary or desirable to the public; AND WHEREAS Section 11(2) of the said Act further authorizes the Corporation of the County of Elgin, as an upper -tier municipality, to pass by-laws respecting the health, safety, and well-being of persons; AND WHEREAS the Government of Ontario ("Ontario") has established and funded the Community Paramedicine for Long -Term Care Program as a provincial program designed, to support the provision of community -based health care where paramedics use their education and expertise in community -based, non -emergency care roles, outside their emergency response and ambulance transport roles; AND WHEREAS Elgin County has applied for financial support from the Ministry of Long -Term Care to fund the implementation of a Community Paramedicine for Long - Term Care Program with the goal of providing additional care for seniors in their own homes before admission into long-term care, and Ontario has approved the said Project for financial support to a maximum contribution of $4,480,300; AND WHEREAS a condition for receipt and use of such financial support requires Elgin County, as a recipient of funding, to enter into a written Transfer Payment Agreement with Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Long -Term Care; AND WHEREAS Elgin County Council is satisfied that it is in the best interests of and advisable for the Municipality to enter into the said Transfer Payment Agreement to secure access to the financial support granted therein. NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the County of Elgin enacts as follows: 1. THAT the proposed Transfer Payment Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Long -Term Care and the Corporation of the County of Elgin in respect of the financial support to fund the implementation of a Community Paramedicine for Long -Term Care Program be and same is hereby approved for execution. 2. THAT on the advice and direction of the County Solicitor, the Warden and Chief Administrative Officer be authorized and directed to enter into and execute the proposed Transfer Payment Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Long -Term Care and the Corporation of the County of Elgin in respect of the financial support to fund the implementation of a Community Paramedicine for Long -Term Care Program. 3. THAT this By -Law shall become effective once signed by the Warden and Chief Administrative Officer for the County of Elgin and, further thereto, that the Transfer Payment Agreement contemplated herein shall become effective once executed by all Parties thereto. READ A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022. Julie G nyou, Mary French, Chief Administrative Officer. Warden.