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HomeMy WebLinkAbout50-93 Ordinance ~- ~ " ~tf;'i-_--_- r [17 " ~-~_".~_"''"-'~"''''''_~;__~.~V_~_~.,~_~ . I , ORDINANCE NO. ~O -93 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $4,800,000 NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM BY CONSTRUCTING AN ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK AND WATER MAINS AND INSTALLING FIRE HYDRANTS, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ",,".' WHEREAS, the Director of Finance as fiscal officer of the City has certified that the estimated life or period of usefulness of the improvement described in Section 1 is at least five 'fears, the maximum maturity of the bonds described in Section 1 is forty years, and the maximum maturity of the Notes described in Section 3, to be issued in anticipation of the bonds, is twenty years; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Dublin, Franklin, Union and Delaware Counties, Ohio, that: Sect ion l. It is necessary to issue bonds of this City in the aggre- gate principal amount of $4,800,000 (the Bonds) for the purpose of improving the municipal water system by constructing an elevated water storage tank and water mains and install ing fire hydrants, together with all necessary appurtenances. Section 2. The Bonds shall be dated approximately March 1, 1994, shall bear interest at the now estimated rate of 6% per year, payable semiannually until the principal amount is paid, and are estimated to mature in twenty annual principal installments that are substantially equal, Section 3. It is necessary to issue and this Council determines that notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4,800,000 (the Notes) shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds, The Notes shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 6% per year (computed on a 360-day per year basis), payable at maturity and until the principal amount is paid or payment is provided for. If requested by the original purchaser, the Notes may provide that, in the event the City does not payor make provision for payment at maturity of the debt charges on the Notes, the principal amount of the Notes shall bear interest at a different rate or rates not to exceed 10% per year from the maturity date until the City pays or makes provision to pay that principal amount. The rate or rates of interest on the Notes shall be determined by the Director of Finance in the certificate awarding the Notes in accordance with Section 6 of this ordinance. Section 4. The debt charges on the Notes shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, or in Federal Reserve funds of the United States of America if so requested by the original purchaser, and shall be payable, without deduction for services of the City's paying agent, at either or both of, as determined by the Director of Finance, the office of Bank One, Columbus, N.A. , Columbus, Ohio, or at the principal office of a bank or trust company requested by the orig inal purchaser of the Notes, provided that such request shall be approved by the Dfrector of Finance after determining that the payment at that bank or trust company will not endanger the funds or securities of the City and that proper procedures and safeguards are available for that purpose, The Notes shall be dated their date of issuance and shall mature nine months from their date, provided that the Director of Finance may, if it is determined to be necessary or advisable to the sale of the Notes, establish a maturity date that is up to seven days less than nine months from the date of issuance by setting forth that maturity date in the certificate of award. Section 5. The Notes shall be signed by the City Manager and Director of Finance, in the name of the City and in their official capacities, provided that one of those signatures may be a facsimile. The Notes shall be issued in the denominations and numbers as requested by the original purchaser and approved by the Director of Finance; provided, however, that no Note shall be issued in a denomination less than $100,000 or be exchangeable for other Notes in denominations less than $100,000, The entire principal amount may be '.'__,"_~~~~="~"=,h."'~'~"~~"'~'. ~ '." . IL~ ~-!7 l'-~ , '1IiiWolJ!l ; , , represented by a single Note. The Notes shall not have coupons attached, shall be numbered as determined by the Director of Finance and shall express upon their faces the purpose, in summary terms, for which they are issued and that they are issued pursuant to this ordinance. Section 6. The Notes shall be sold at not less than par at private sale by the Director of Finance in accordance with law and the provisions of this ordinance, The Director of Finance shall sign the certificate of award referred to in Sections 3 and 4 evidencing that sale, cause the Notes to be prepared, and have the Notes signed and delivered, together with a true transcript of proceedings with reference to the issuance of the Notes if requested by the original purchaser, to the original purchaser upon payment of ,""",,, the purchase price. The City Manager, the Director of Finance, the Clerk of Council and other City officials, as appropriate, are each authorized and directed to sign any transcript certificates, financial statements and other documents and instruments and to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Ordinance, The Director of Finance is authorized, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the City, to combine this issue of Notes with one or more other note issues of the City into a consolidated note issue pursuant to Section 133. 30(B) of the Revised Code. Section 7. The proceeds from the sale of the Notes, except any premium and accrued interest, shall be paid into the proper fund or funds and those proceeds are appropriated and shall be used for the purpose for which the Notes are being issued. Any portion of those proceeds representing pre- mium and accrued interest shall be paid into the Bond Retirement Fund. Section 8. The par value to be received from the sale of the Bonds or of any renewal notes and any excess funds resulting from the issuance of the Notes shall, to the extent necessary, be used to pay the debt charges on the Notes at maturity and are pledged for that purpose. Section 9. During the year or years in which the Notes are out- standing, there shall be levied on all the taxable property in the City, in addition to all other taxes, the same tax that would have been levied if the Bonds had been issued without the prior issuance of the Notes. The tax shall be within the ten-mill limitation imposed by law, shall be and is ordered computed, certified, levied and extended upon the tax duplicate and collected by the same officers, in the same manner, and at the same time that taxes for general purposes for each of those years are certified, levied, extended and collected, and shall be placed before and in preference to all other items and for the full amount thereof. The proceeds of the tax levy shall be placed in the Bond Retirement Fund, which is irrevocably pledged for the payment of the debt charges on the Notes or the Bonds when and as the same fall due, In each year to the extent the income from the City's waterworks system is available for the payment of the debt charges on the Notes and Bonds and is appropriated for that purpose, the amount of the tax shall be reduced by the amount of the income so available and appropriated. Section 10. The City covenants that it will use, and will restrict the use and investment of, the proceeds of the Notes in such manner and to such extent as may be necessary so that (a) the Notes will not (i) constitute private activity bonds, arbitrage bonds or hedge bonds under Sections 141, 148 or 149 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) or (ii) be treated other than as bonds to which Section 103(a) of the Code applies, and (b) the interest on the Notes will not be treated as an item of tax preference under Section 57 of the Code. The City further covenants that (a) it will take or cause to be taken such actions that may be required of it for the interest on the Notes to be and remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, (b) it ~~ will not take or authorize to be taken any actions that would adversely affect that exclusion, and (c) it, or persons acting for it, will, among other acts of compliance, (i) apply the proceeds of the Notes to the governmental purpose of the borrowing, (ii) restrict the yield on investment property, ( ii i) make timely and adequate payments to the federal government, (iv) maintain books and records and make calculations and reports and (v) refrain from certain uses of those proceeds, and, as applicable, of property financed with such proceeds, all in such manner and to the extent necessary to assure such exclu- sion of that interest under the Code. - 2 - '_"~'"",'_._"_ "__..~ ..."u '_'U _. _;^",~,~;~~".~",~ ~~ ""'"'~-- ~", , . , The Notes are hereby designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In that connection, the City hereby represents and covenants that it., together with all its subordinate entities or entities that issue obligations on its behalf, or on behalf of which it issues obligations, in or during the calendar year in which the Notes are issued, (i) have not issued and will not issue tax-exempt obligations designated as "qual if ied tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, including the Notes, in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000, and (ii) have not issued, do not reasonably anticipate issuing, and will not issue, tax-exempt obligations (including the Notes, but excluding obligations, other than qual if ied 501(c)(3) bonds as defined in Section 145 of the Code, that are private activity bonds as defined in Section < 141 of the Code and excluding refunding obligations that are not advance - refunding obligations as defined in Section 149(d)(5) of the Code) in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000, unless the City first obtains a written opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel that such designation or issuance, as applicable, will not adversely affect the status of the Notes as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" . Further, the City repr.esents and covenants that, during any time or in any manner as might affect the status of the Notes as "qualified tax-exempt obligations", it has not formed or participated in the formation of, or benefited from or availed itself of, any entity in order to avoid the purposes of subparagraph (C) or (D) of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, and will not form, participate in the formation of, or benefit from or avail itself of, any such entity. The City further represents that the Notes are not being issued as part of a direct or indirect composite issue that combines issues or lots of tax-exempt obligations of different issuers. The Director of Finance, as the fiscal officer, or any other officer of the City having responsibility for issuance of the Notes is hereby authorized (a) to make or effect any election, selection, designation, choice, consent, approval, or waiver on behalf of the City with respect to the Notes as the City is permitted to or required to make or give under the federal income tax laws, including, without limitation thereto, any of the elections provided for in Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the Code or available under Section 148 of the Code, for the purpose of assuring, enhancing or protecting favorable tax treatment or status of the Notes or interest thereon or assisting compliance with requirements for that purpose, reducing the burden or expense of such compliance, reducing the rebate amount or payments or penalties, or making payments of special amounts in lieu of making computations to determine, or paying, excess earnings as rebate, or obviating those amounts or payments, as determined by that officer, which action shall be in writing and signed by the officer, (b) to take any and all other actions, make or obtain calculations, make payments, and make or give reports, covenants and certifications of and on behalf of the City, as may be appropriate to assure the exclusion of interest from gross income and the intended tax status of the Notes, and (c) to give one or more appropriate certificates of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings for the Notes, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding the amount and use of all the proceeds of the Notes, the facts, circumstances and estimates on which they are based, and other facts and circumstances relevant to the tax treatment of the interest on and the tax status of the Notes. Section 11. The Clerk of Council is directed to deliver a certified copy of this ordinance to the County Auditors of Franklin, Union and Delaware Counties. Section 12. This Council determines that all acts and conditions necessary to be done or performed by the City or to have been met precedent to and in the issuing of the Notes in order to make them legal, valid and binding P"" general obligations of the City have been performed and have been met, or will at the time of delivery of the Notes have been performed and have been met, in >~ regular and due form as required by law; that the full faith and credit and general property taxing power (as described in Section 9) of the City are pledged for the timely payment of the debt charges on the Notes; and that no statutory or constitutional limi tat ion of indebtedness or taxation will have been exceeded in the issuance of the Notes. Section 13. This Counc il finds and determines that all formal actions of this Counc il concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were taken in an open meeting of this Council and that all delibera- tions of this Council and of any committees that resulted in those formal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with the law. - 3 - ~.- .......... -'li<l- .....- ~ '\r ,,,",, . -, Section 14. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City, and for the further reason that this ordinance is required to be immediately effective in order to issue and sell the Notes, which is necessary to award construction contracts and begin construction of the improvements described in Section 1 at the earliest possible time to provide improved water service and fire protection at the earliest possible time and thereby improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City; wherefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage. ~ , Slg~ - /~ Pres' 1ng Offi~er / / \--...........- Attest: ~~ ~ June 2, Clerk of Council Passed: 1993 Effective: June 17, 1993 I hereby certify that copies of "'Is Ord1nance/ResoliAiuII were ~sted In the City of Dub!;n in accordance with Semon 731.25 of the 01110 ReVIsed Code. ~~ (lp,rk of (nunr.:!. OllbPn. OhIo -, - - 4 - ,.-; . Ii ~ ~ ....,.....'''''''..... . ,~_ ,'_'.~ ..J.~,_,~'"~""'" .~.~ ,,' - ~."-'-',.;'..~.."~'"""",..~._..~,~.~. __ ",,;''-~C'-~''''''~'"-'='-'~''''''~'='_ , - . FISCAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE To the Council of the City of Dublin, Ohio: As fiscal officer of the City of Dublin, I certify in connection with your proposed issue of $4,800,000 notes (the Notes), to be issued in anticipa- tion of the issuance of bonds (the Bonds) for the purpose of improving the ,filii!"" municipal water system by constructing an elevated water storage tank and water mains and install ing fire hydrants, together with all necessary appurtenances (the improvement), that: ~~"". l. The estimated life or period of usefulness of the improvement is at least five years. 2. The estimated maximum maturity of the Bonds, calculated in accordance with Section 133.20 of the Revised Code, is forty years. If notes in anticipation of the Bonds are outstanding later than the last day of December of the fifth year following the year of issuance of the original issue of notes, the period in excess of those five years shall be deducted from that maximum maturity of the Bonds. 3. The maximum maturity of the Notes is twenty years. Dated: June 7, 1993 b~F~~~ City of Dublin, Ohio ~ ~