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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-OR-16ORDINANCE NO. ~-~/f-/~ An Ordinance to amend Sec. 3 of Ordinance No. 69-OR-12, entitled "An Ordinance concerning the construction by the City of Jeffersonvitle, In- diana, of improvements and extensions to its sew- age works, the zssuance of additional revenue bonds to provide funds for application on the cost thereof, the collection, segregation and distribution of the revenues of said works, the safeguarding of the interests of the holders of said bonds, and other matters connected therewith" WHEREAS, the Common Council has heretofore, on July 14, 1969, adopted Ordinance No. 69-0R-12, which ordinance, among other things, authorized the issuance of bonds of the City designated "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 1969," and the pub- lic sale of the same bearing interest at a rate or rates not exceeding slx and one-half per cent (6-1/2%) per annum (the exact rate or rates to be determined by bidding); and WHEREAS, the Council now finds that, due to deteriora- tion of the municipal bond market since such time, the market- ability of said bonds at such maximum interest rate is ques- tionable; and WHEREAS, the Common Council finds that said ordinance should be amended to increase the maximum interest rate author- ized for such bonds to seven per cent (7%) per annum; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA: Section 1. That Sec. 3 of ordinance No. 69-OR-12, en- titled "An Ordinance concerning the construction by the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, of improvements and extensions to its sewage works, the issuance of additional revenue bonds to provide funds for application on the cost thereof, %he collec- tion, segregation and distribution of the revenues of said works, the safeguarding of the interests of the holders of said bonds, and other matters connected therewith," adopted by the Common Council on July 14, 1969, be and the same is here- by amended to read as follows: Sec. 3. The City of Jeffersonville shall issue its sewage works revenue bonds in the amount of One Million One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($1,110,000) for the purpose of procuring funds to be applied on the cost of said works, as defined in Sec. 1 of said Act. Said bonds shall be issued in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), numbered conse- cutively from 1 upwards, dated as of June 1, 1969, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not ex- ceeding seven per'cent (7%) per annum, payable on the first days of June and December in each year, beginning on December 1, 1969. Such interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to said bonds. Both bonds and interest coupons shall be payable in law- ful money of the United States of America, at Tke Clark County State Bank, in the City of Jefferson- ville, Indiana, or, at the option of the holder, at the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, and such bonds shall mature serially in numerical order on December 1 in the years and amounts as follows: - 2 - Year Amount 1984 $ 5,00U 1985 5,000 1986 10,000 1987 10,000 1988 15,000 1989 30,000 1990 30,000 1991 35,000 1992 35,000 1993 40,000 1994 40,000 1995 40,000 Year Amount 1996 $45,000 1997 45,000 1998 50,000 1999 50,000 2000 55,000 2001 60 000 2002 60 000 2003 65 2004 70 2005 70 2006 75 2007 85 2008 85 000 000 000 000 000 ,000 Sec. 2. That the bond forms, when printed, be revised to reflect the existence of this amendatory ordinance. Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and ef- fect from and after its passage and signing by the Mayor. Passed and adopted by the Common Council of the City , PreSiding O~cer A%te st: Cle~-Treas~er ville on the .~ . day of hour of .7~~ ~. M. Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Jefferson- ~~-~ , 1969, at the Cle~Trea~urer day This ordinance approved and signed by me on the ~ · 1969, at~he hour of ~ '/~.M.