File #: O-448-23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 8/2/2023 In control: Finance Department
On agenda: 9/12/2023 Final action: 9/12/2023
Title: Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum principal amount of $4,725,000 for the purpose of refunding for debt charges savings certain of the City's outstanding Street Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A (Tax-Exempt Bonds), dated September 12, 2013; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Audio: Agenda Review 9/5/2023, 2. Video: City Council 9/12/2023
Label
GOBondsRefSIRB2013A
Finance
Melanie Campbell (x1252)/Jamie Takacs (x1468)
Revised

Title
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum principal amount of $4,725,000 for the purpose of refunding for debt charges savings certain of the City's outstanding Street Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A (Tax-Exempt Bonds), dated September 12, 2013; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This is one of a series of ordinances that authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds the City plans to issue in November 2023.

This Ordinance authorizes the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum principal amount of $4,725,000 to refund for debt charges savings certain prior bonds that had been issued for the purpose stated in Section 2 and other purpose. With the issuance of the bonds authorized by this Ordinance and the retirement of the prior bonds issued in 2013, the City's outstanding debt will not be increased. The bonds authorized by this Ordinance will be sold only if interest rates available on the sale date will provide satisfactory debt charges savings to the City, over and above all additional expenses of sale of the bonds and the refunding of the prior bonds. The bonds will be subject to statutory direct debt limits and the statutory and constitutional indirect debt limitation.

Pursuant to Ordinance Nos. 333-13 and 334-13, each passed on July 9, 213, there were issued $13,644,991.50 Street Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A (Tax-Exempt Bonds), dated September 12, 2013 (the Series 2013 Bonds), for the purpose stated in Section 2 and other purposes, which Series 2012 Bonds are currently outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $4,961,422.50 and will mature on December 1 in the years 2023 through 2028 (collectively, the Outstanding Bonds).

This Council finds and determines that it is necessary and in the best interest of the City to refund all or a portion of the Outstanding Bonds maturing...

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