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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-OR-24ORDINANCE NO. 2004-OR-24 WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville ("City") hereby finds that an emergency existed for the borrowing of money with which to meet the expenses of said City that will be incurred in 2004 to be paid from the City General Fund of said City, which expenses must be met prior to the receipt of the final settlement and distribution of taxes for the year 2003, collectible in the year 2004 and thereafter, and WHEREAS. the Clerk-Treasurer has presented to the Common Council a recommendation that the City issue a temporary loan in the amount of $7,000,000 for the City General Fund in the amounts and subject to the Terms hereinafter set forth: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana ("City"), that the City issue a temporary loan for and on behalf of the City General Fund in the aggregate amount of $7,000,000 be extended. The loans shall be used for meeting expenses of the City included in the regular budget and appropriations adopted for the year 2004. which expenses must be met prior to the receipt of the final settlement and distribution of taxes for the year 2004. Such temporary loan shall be evidenced by warrants of the City dated as of the date of delivery thereof, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 6% per annum (the exact rate to be determined by negotiation conducted by the Clerk-Treasurer), which interest shall be payable at the time of the final pa.,anent of the principal of said warrants and said warrants shall mature and be payable as follows: FUND TOTAL MATURING General $7,000.000 December 31, 2004 Interest shall be calculated on a 366 day basis. A sufficient amount of the revenues of the City to be derived from the City General Fund levy is hereby appropriated and pledged for the payment of the principal amount of said warrants to be issued at maturity on account of the taxes for the year 2003, collectible in the year 2004 and thereafter, and a sufficient amount of the revenues of the City to be derived from such Fund is hereby appropriated and pledged for the payment of interesr on said warrants at maturity. The Clerk-Treasurer of said City is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal amount of the warrant of the tax revenues of each fund and the interest on the warrants from the designated Fund upon the presentation thereof at or after maturity. The warrants will be delivered on or about May 20, 2004. Said warrants shall be signed by the Mayor and the seal of the City shall be affixed thereto and attested by the signature of the Clerk-Treasurer of the City. Said warrants shall be payable at the office of Clerk-Treasurer of the City. Said warrants shall, on the face thereof, indicate that it is issued for the City General Fund and payable out of the respective Fund's revenues. Said warrants shall be issued in substantially the following form, all blanks to be properly filled in prior to delivery, to-wit: NO. STATE OF INDIANA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COUNTY OF CLARK CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA TEMPORARY LOAN WARRANT GENERAL FUND FOR VALUE RECEIVED, The City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, will pay to at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, Clark County, Indiana, on December 31, 2004, m the extent drawn hereunder the maximum sum of Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) with interest thereon, at the rate of % per annum, computed from the date of each draw to the date of repayment, calculated (~n a 366-day basis. Draws upon this warrant shall be made upon five days' written notice and shall be noted upon this warrant. Multiple draws and repaymems may be made under this warrant provided that the outstanding principal balance may at no time exceed $7,000,000. This warrant evidences a temporary loan aggegating Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) authorized by Ordinance passed and adopted by the Common Council of Jeffersonville, Indiana on April 19, 2004, and in accordance with Indiana Code, Article 36, Title 4, Chapter 6, and all other acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan for the General Fund of said City. This warrant ~s issued in anticipation of the tax levy made for the General Fund in the year 2003, collectible in the year 2004 and thereafter, which tax levy is now in the course of collection and to the payment of the principal amount and the interest thereon, of the revenues to be derived from the General Fund levy, a sufficient amount of the revenues to be derived from the General Fund levy has been and is hereby appropriated and pledged. This temporary loan warrants from the Tax Exempt Series have been designated as a qualified obligation pursuant to Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is hereby certified that in the execution of this warrant, all provisions of the Constitution and the Statutes of the State of Indiana relating thereto have been complied with, that the General Fund tax levy from the proceeds from which the principal amount of and interest thereon this warrant is payable, together with other revenues in that Fund, are valid and legal levies: and that said City will reserve a sufficient amount in the General Fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on these warrants. 1N WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, has caused this warrant to be signed in its name by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk-Treasurer as of the 20th day of May, 2004. Mayor City of Jeffersonville, Indiana INDIANA Attest: Clerk-Treasurer City of Jeffersonville, Indiana Date Amount Drawn or Repaid Outstanding Balance *** End of Form of Warrant*** The Clerk-Treasurer of the City is hereby authorized and directed to have said warrants prepared in the form herein provided and the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby directed to negotiate the delivery of the warrant extension and expansion. The Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate the sale and the delivery of the wan'ants with a financial institution pursuant to the terms of this ordinance. Upon the letting of the loan by the bid committee, the Mayor and Clerk-Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to execute said warrants in the form herein provided, and the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to deliver said warrants when so executed on or about May 20, 2004. to the respective purchaser or purchasers thereof, upon payment by said purchaser or purchasers of the purchase price for such warrants, together with the interest, if any, accruing from the date of said warrants to the date of delivery. In order to preserve the exclusion of interest on the tax exempt series of warrants from gross income for Federal income tax purposes and as an inducement to purchasers of the warrants, the City represents, covenants and agrees that: a. No person or entity, other than the City or another governmental unit, will use proceeds of the warrants or property financed by the warrant proceeds other than the City or another governmental unit will own property financed by warrant proceeds or will have actual or beneficial use of such property pursuant to a lease, a management or incentive payment contract or to any other type or arrangement that differentiates that person's or entity's use of such property from the use by the public at large. b. No warrant proceeds will be loaned to any entity or person. No warrant proceeds will be transferred, directly or indirectly, or deemed transferred to a nongovernmental person in any manner that would in substance constitute a loan of the warrant proceeds. c. The City will, to the extent necessary to preserve the exclusion of int~est on the warrants from gross income for federal income tax purposes, rebate all required arbitrage profits on warrant proceeds or other monies treated as warrant proceeds to the federal government as provided in Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and will set aside such monies in a Rebate Account to be held by the Clerk-Treasurer in trust for such purpose. d. The City will file an information report with the Internal Revenue Service as required by Section 149 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. e. The City will not take any action nor fail to take any action with respect to the warrants that would result in the loss of the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the warrants pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as existing on the date of issuance of the warrants, nor will the City act in any other manner which would adversely affect such exclusion. The City represents that tax-exempt obligations issued by or on behalf of it and any entity subordinate to it in the calendar year 2004 will not exceed $10,000,000 and that there are no entities to which it is subordinate. The City will designate the warrants as qualified obligations ['or purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, relating to the disallowance of 100% of the deduction for interest expense allocable to tax-exempt obligations acquired after August 7, 1986. *** End of Ordinance *** Adopted this lq. day of ~(~, ~L ,2004. CITY OF JEFFERS~'~ COMMON CO~ }residing Officer Attest: PRESENTED by me to the Mayor of the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, upon this ,._2.0- day of_ ~xc~'\ ._, 2004. Clerk-T~easurer S1GNED AND APPROVED by me upon tinsc~q_ d~ Mayor City of Jeffersonvifile ,2004. INDY 1349783vl -40-