File #: O-474-23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 8/29/2023 In control: Public Utilities Department
On agenda: 9/26/2023 Final action: 9/26/2023
Title: Authorizing the Department of Public Utilities to apply for, accept, and enter into a cooperative agreement between the City of Toledo and the Ohio Water Development Authority for the refinancing of the outstanding principal balance of the City's Sewerage System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2013, issued in the original principal amount of $13,620,000, the proceeds of which were used for the purpose of refunding prior bonds of the City issued for the purposes of paying costs of various capital improvements to the City's sewer supply, storage and distribution system, and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Audio: Agenda Review 9/5/2023, 2. Video: City Council 9/12/2023, 3. Video: City Council 9/26/2023
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DPU041113 OWDA Sewerage Refinancing Loan
Utilities Administration
Ed Moore (x1845)
Revised

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Authorizing the Department of Public Utilities to apply for, accept, and enter into a cooperative agreement between the City of Toledo and the Ohio Water Development Authority for the refinancing of the outstanding principal balance of the City's Sewerage System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2013, issued in the original principal amount of $13,620,000, the proceeds of which were used for the purpose of refunding prior bonds of the City issued for the purposes of paying costs of various capital improvements to the City's sewer supply, storage and distribution system, and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City (hereinafter referred to as the "LGA" or the "City") is authorized under Article XVIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Charter of the City to: (a) own and operate the public utility referred to as the Sewerage System (the "Utility"); (b) borrow money for the purpose of paying costs of improvements to the Utility and refunding outstanding obligations previously issued for that purpose; and (c) issue bonds secured by a pledge of and lien on the Net Revenues of the Utility. By Ordinance No. 347-84, passed May 15, 1984, this Council authorized an Indenture of Mortgage dated as of June 1, 1984 (the "Original Indenture") to secure sewer system revenue bonds issued by the City. The Original Indenture was amended and restated effective as of June 1, 2003 as provided in the Amended and Restated Indenture (Fifth Supplemental Indenture), under authority of Ordinance No. 251-03 passed by this Council on April 15, 2003 (the Original Indenture, as amended by the Amended and Restated Indenture and as further amended to date, is referred to herein as the "Indenture").
The City has previously issued its $13,620,000 Sewerage System Revenue Bonds, Series 2018 to refund a portion of the outstanding sewerage system revenue bonds, to...

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