Order of Lieutenant Governor in Council
14. Subject to sections 17 and 18 but despite any other Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order, upon the recommendation of the Minister, (a) give effect to agreements of party municipalities in respect of the resolution of an intermunicipal boundary issue or an intermunicipal boundary-related issue; or (b) where the Minister has referred one or more issues to the Municipal Board under clause 13(e), give effect to or vary the recommendations of the Municipal Board, and any such order may provide for one or more of the following: 1. The annexation of the whole or any part or parts of a party municipality to another party municipality. 2. The amalgamation of a party municipality with one or more party municipalities. 3. A requirement for joint approval by party municipalities of any subsequent application for an annexation or amalgamation. 4. The adoption by any party municipality of an official plan or amendments thereto or the passage of a restricted area by-law or amendments thereto, but the plan or amendments thereto adopted or the by-law or amending by-laws passed are subject to the approval under the Planning Act of the Minister or of the Municipal Board, as the case may be. 5. A requirement for joint approval of any subsequent amendments to official plans or restricted area by-laws of any party municipality passed under the Planning Act. 6. The level or apportionment of expenditures incurred in respect of any joint municipal service or any service provided by a joint local board. 7. Special provision for the assessment of real property and the preparation of assessment rolls in respect of annexed or amalgamated areas. 8. The provision of any service by one party municipality or local board thereof to the whole or any part or parts of any other party municipality or local board thereof, the rates, prices and charges in respect of the service, the manner in which and upon what lands or rateable property the cost of the service is to be levied and raised and the manner in which and upon what lands or rateable property the liabilities in respect of service previously provided by any party municipality are to be discharged. 9. The continuation or otherwise of the official plan or by-laws in annexed or amalgamated areas. 10. The requirement for and the methods of arbitration with respect to any issue. 11. The adjustment of assets and liabilities as between any party municipalities or local boards thereof, including unpaid taxes and the right to collect such taxes. 12. The creation, amalgamation and dissolution of any local boards of party municipalities and provision for the adjustment of assets and liabilities of such local boards. 13. The establishment of special areas within any party municipality that are to be subject to special rates and charges, including the adjustment of the rights, claims, liabilities and obligations of the ratepayers of any such areas and the extent to which the liabilities of any party municipality shall be discharged by the imposition of rates upon the rateable property in such areas. 14. The payment of money or the transfer of real property from any party municipality or local board thereof to any other party municipality or local board thereof including the payment of compensating grants by any party municipality or local board thereof to any other party municipality or local board. 15. The composition and term of office of the council of any party municipality or of any local board thereof. 15.1 The number of votes the members of the council of any party municipality or of any local board thereof shall have on that council or local board and the number of votes may vary between members on the same council or local board. 16. The division or redivision of any party municipality into wards. 17. The holding of elections in part or all of any party municipality, the qualifications of candidates and electors, the preparation of polling lists, the fixing of nomination day, the fixing of days for first meetings of councils and local boards and for such other matters as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary to provide for the effective administration of any party municipality or of any local board thereof. 18. The change in status of any party municipality. 19. The authority for any party municipality to use, acquire or service land located in another party municipality. 20. The deeming of agreements in respect of the matters mentioned in paragraphs 6, 8 and 14 to be matters within the meaning of subsection 147 (2) of the Municipal Act. 21. The level at which payment may be made to a party municipality by any ministry under any program of that ministry. 22. The transitional protection of employees of party municipalities and local boards thereof. 23. Where the holder of an operating licence under the Public Vehicles Act is adversely affected, the payment of compensation by a party municipality to the holder of the licence in respect of such adverse effect. 24. The exercise, or the withholding of the exercise, by any party municipality of its powers under any general or special Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.49, s. 14; 1991, c. 15, s. 40; 1994, c. 23, s. 67.