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018-92 Ordinance ~ c..... ~' 1 :i~ .' ilinn,' .... .. " ORDINANCE NO. 18 -92 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $300,000 NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AT THE COFFMAN PARK MUNICIPAL COMPLEX FOR THE CONDUCT OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW POLICE FACILITY, I"" AND ACQUIRING REAL ESTATE AND INTERESTS IN REAL ESTATE AND MAKING SITE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ..... DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, at the election held on May 8, 1990, on the question of issuing bonds of the City in the amount of $7,000,000 for the purpose stated in Section 1 and of levying taxes outside of the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII of the Ohio Constitution to pay the debt charges on those bonds, the requisite majority of those voting on the question voted in favor of it; and WHEREAS, this Council has determined to issue notes in anticipation of the issuance of a portion of those bonds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 58-91 passed August 19, 1991, notes in anticipation of bonds in the amount of $300,000, dated September 6, 1991, were issued for the purpose stated in Section 1, to mature on April 15, 1992 (the Outstanding Notes); and WHEREAS, this Council finds and determines that the City should retire the Outstanding Notes with the proceeds of the Notes described in Section 3; and WHEREAS, this Council has requested that the Director of Finance, as ,..., fiscal officer, cert ify the estimated life or period of usefulness of the improvement described in Section 1 and the estimated maximum maturity of the \.... Bonds described in Section 1 and the Notes described in Section 3, to be issued in anticipation of the bonds; and WHEREAS, the Director of Finance as fiscal officer of this City has certifIed to this Council that the estimated life or period of usefulness of the improvement described in Section 1 is at least five years, the estimated maximum maturity of the Bonds described in Section 1 is twenty years, and the maximum maturity of the Notes described in Section 3, to be issued in anticipation of the bonds, is September 6, 2011 ; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Dublin, Franklin, Union and Delaware Counties, Ohio, that: Section 1. It is necessary to issue bonds of this City in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000 (the Bonds) for the purpose of paying costs of providing additional facilities at the Coffman Park Municipal Complex for the conduct of municipal government operations by constructing, furnishing and equipping a new police facility, and acquiring real estate and interests in real estate and making site improvements thereon. Section 2. The Bonds shall be dated approximately October 1, 1992, shall bear interest at the now estimated rate of 7% 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 $300,000 (the Notes) shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds and to retire the Outstanding Notes. The Notes shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 7% per year (computed on a 360-day per year basis), payable at maturity and unt 11 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 ~_.,' ~-""",,-,~~',~-,""-',,-~~-,~. ".. _, ... M . "~'_>".~.,~"""",,- ~~""""" "";; - , '-:',' '.:'",",k'-:_ 'j l.a-':il,:'"" . . - 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 F'ederal 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 Director 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 the date of issuance and shall mature not earlier than six months or later than nine months from the date of issuance with the Director of Finance to establish a specific maturity date which, in her judgment, is most advisable to the sale of the Notes and with that specific maturity date set forth 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 if the Notes are combined pursuant to Section 6 of this Ordinance with one or more other note issues into a consolidated issue with a principal amount of $1,000,000 or more or otherwise treated for purposes of SEC Rule 15c2-12 (17 C.F.R. 240.15c2-12) as an issue with an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or more, 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 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 Counc il 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 premium 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 add i tion 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 unl imited as to amount or rate, 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 - 2 - . .~,,o.-"~"~"~~"'""""""'"""".''''''''''""''""'C~='''''''''''".-'-''= ""'" ~ r ~' ,'," L "I ','~- ::r L'liljl.i.li, . . ~ . . 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. To the extent necessary, the debt charges on the Bonds shall be paid from municipal income taxes lawfully available therefor under the constitution and laws of the State of Ohio; and the City hereby covenants, subject and pursuant to such authority, including particularly Sections 133.05(B)(7) and 5705.51(A)(5) and (D), Revised Code, to appropriate annually from such municipal income taxes 'f"""" such amount as is necessary to meet such annual debt charges. Nothing in this section in any way diminishes the irrevocable pledge of the full faith and "- credit and general property taxing power of the City to the prompt payment of the debt charges on the Bonds. 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) canst itute 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, and (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, (1i) restrict the yield on investment property, (iil) 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 exclusion of that interest under the Code. '-'" The City hereby represents that the Outstanding Notes were designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" pursuant to Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. The City hereby covenants that it will redeem the Outstanding Notes from proceeds of, and within 90 days after issuance of, the Notes, and represents that all other conditions are met for treating the Notes as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" and as not to be taken into account under subparagraph (D) of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, without necessity for further designation, by reason of subparagraph (D)(ii) of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. Further, the City represents 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. Each covenant made in this section with respect to the Notes is also made with respect to all issues any portion of the debt service on which is paid from proceeds of the Notes (and, if different, the original issue and any refunding issues in a series of refundings) , to the extent such compliance is - necessary to assure exclusion of interest on the Notes from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and the officers identified above are authorized to take actions with respect to those issues as they are authorized in this - section to take with respect to the Notes. The Director of Finance, as the fiscal officer, or any other officer of the City having respons i bi! i ty 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 - 3 - ~ ..'--""",-''''''''''",""",_,~~.~~--'-''''~~=,~.,,..>.., .' . . 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 cert if icat ions of and on behaJf of the City, as may be appropriate to assure the exclusion of interest from gross income and the r- intended tax status of the Notes, and (c) to give one or more appropriate f 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 I!. The Clerk of Counc il is directed to deliver a certified copy of this ordinance to the County Auditors of Franklin, Delaware and Union Counties. Section 12. This Counc il 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 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 limit at. 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 Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ~ ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its conunittees that resulted in those formal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with ........, the law. .. Section 14. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the inunediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare of this City and for the furt.her reason t.hat. t.his ordinance is required to be inunediately effective in order to issue and sell the Notes which is necessary to enable the City to timely retire the Outstanding Notes and thereby preserve its credit; wherefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect inunediately upon its passage. Sl~~ ~ Pre' lng Officer Attest: a~ @' (!~~ Clerk of Council Passed: March 16, 1992 I, a-r~, {!. ~ Clerk of Counell, hereby certify that the forego'ng is a true copy of Ordinailce/RoLlilt:l:lm No. I f - C;...:< ""'*"- Effective: March 16, 1992 duly adopted by the Council of the City of Dublin, Ohio, on the J (., L ."" day of 7n 4A~ , / qt:7 ;.L ....,.. ~{!. (~ Clerk of Council, Dublin, Ohio I '-by ctrtify thot co . en, 01 f)Jblin in ~ pIes of this Ord'no Vi cordcmce with . ' nCl ~tfNq Section 731 2S ""'I pOSftd ~ "J . of the Ghio R' n the Oart .' eVISId Codt. ., COurrcil , Du6lin, 06i0 - 4 -