O-861-94 11/22/94ORDINANCE No. 861
AN ORDINANCE providing for the issue of $790,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series
1994, of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties,
Illinois.
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois (the
"Village "), is a municipal corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of
Illinois, and is now operating under the provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, and all
laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto (the "Municipal Code "); and
WHEREAS, the Village has outstanding an Installment Contract, dated January 16,
1991, by and between the Village and Policchio Brothers Co., Mokena, Illinois (the
"Installment Contract "), and assigned to Heritage Bank of Lemont
(now known as NBD
Bank), Lemont, Illinois, entered into for the purpose of improving the Village Hall; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village (the "Board ") has
determined that it is necessary and desirable to refund the installments of principal and
interest due on and after December 1, 1994, on the Installment Contract P
through the
issuance of alternate bonds of the Village (the "Refunding "); and
WHEREAS, the Installment Contract is more fully described in the Escrow Agreement
referred to in Section 11 hereof and is presently outstanding and unpaid and is a binding and
subsisting legal obligation of the Village; and g
WHEREAS, the cost of the Refunding is $790,000 and there are insufficient funds
on
hand and lawfully available to pay such cost; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of the Refunding and in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Debt Reform Act of the State of
roll.
MINUTES of the special public meeting of the President and Board
of Trustees of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will
Counties, Illinois, held at 418 Main Street, Lemont, Illinois, in said
Village at 6:15 o'clock P.M., on the 2nd day of November, 1994.
The President called the meeting to order and directed the Village Clerk to call the
Upon the roll being called, the following Trustees answered present:
Buschman, Chin, Latz, Markiewicz, Rimbo
The following Trustees were absent from the meeting: Schobert
The President announced that the next item of business before the President and Board
of Trustees was the proposed issuance of $790,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds
(Alternate Revenue Source), Series 1994, for the purpose of refunding the outstanding
Installment Contract, dated January 16, 1991, between the Village and Policchio Brothers
Co., Mokena, Illinois, and assigned to Heritage Bank of Lemont (now known as NBD Bank),
Lemont, Illinois. Following a discussion of said refunding and the issuance of bonds
therefor, Trustee Markiewicz presented and the Village Clerk read in full an
ordinance as follows:
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Illinois, as amended (the "Act"), the Board is authorized to issue alternate bonds, being
general obligation bonds payable from (i) the principal proceeds received by the Village
from time to time from the issuance of its general obligation bonds or notes to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including Section 8 -5 -16 of the Municipal Code, and (ii) such other
funds of the Village lawfully available and annually appropriated for such purpose (the
sources described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as the
"Pledged Revenues"), as provided by the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Refunding constitutes a lawful corporate purpose within the meaning
of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Board, on the 26th day of September, 1994, adopted Ordinance
Number 857 (the "Authorizing Ordinance"), authorizing the issuance of alternate bonds in
an amount not to exceed $800,000 for the Refunding; and
WHEREAS, on the 28th day of September, 1994, the Authorizing Ordinance, together
with a notice in the statutory form, was published in the Southtown Economist, a newspaper
of general circulation in the Village, and an affidavit evidencing the publication of the
Authorizing Ordinance and said notice have heretofore been presented to the Board and
made a part of the permanent records of the Village; and
WHEREAS, more than thirty (30) days have expired from the date of publication of
the Authorizing Ordinance and said notice, and no petition with the requisite number of
valid signatures thereon was filed with the Village Clerk requesting that the question of the
issuance of such bonds for the Refunding be submitted to referendum; and
WHEREAS, the Board is now authorized to issue alternate bonds to the amount of
$800,000 in accordance with the provisions of the Act to pay the costs of the Refunding, and
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the Board hereby determines that it is necessary and desirable that there be issued at this
time $790,000 of the bonds so authorized; and
WHEREAS, the alternate bonds to be issued pursuant to this ordinance will be payable
from the Pledged Revenues and the Pledged Taxes (as hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS, the Board hereby determines that the Pledged Revenues will provide in
each year, an amount not less than 1.25 times debt service of the alternate bonds proposed to
be issued; and
WHEREAS, such determination of the sufficiency of the Pledged Revenues is supported
by reference to a Feasibility Report (the "Report ") prepared by Flatland, Thomas &
Company, Northfield, Illinois ("Flatland"):
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of Preambles. The Board hereby finds that all of the
recitals contained in the preambles to this ordinance are full, true and correct and does
incorporate them into this ordinance by this reference.
Section 2. Authorization. It is hereby found and determined that the Village has
been authorized by the Act to borrow the sum of $800,000 upon the credit of the Village
and as evidence of such indebtedness to issue alternate bonds, being general obligation bonds
payable from the Pledged Revenues as provided by the Act, to said amount, the proceeds of
said bonds to be used for the Refunding, and it is necessary and for the best interests of the
Village that there be issued at this time $790,000 of the bonds so authorized. The Board
hereby accepts and approves the Report, and it is hereby found and determined that Flatland
is a feasibility analyst having a national reputation for expertise in such matters as the
Report.
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Section 3. Bond Details. There be borrowed on the credit of and for and on
behalf of the Village the sum of $790,000 for the purposes aforesaid; and that alternate
bonds of the Village (the "Bonds ") shall be issued in said amount and shall be designated
"General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series 1994." The
Bonds shall be dated November 1, 1994, and shall also bear the date of authentication, shall
be in fully registered form, shall be in denominations of $5,000 each and authorized integral
multiples thereof (but no single Bond shall represent installments of principal maturing on
more than one date), shall be numbered 1 and upward, and the Bonds shall become due and
payable serially (without option of prior redemption) on December 1 of each of the years, in
the amounts and bearing interest per annum as follows:
YEAR OF PRINCIPAL RATE OF
MATEY AMOUNT INTEREST
1995 $ 95,000 4.85%
1996 100,000 5.20%
1997 105,000 5.40%
1998 110,000 5.65%
1999 120,000 5.80%
2000 125,000 5.90%
2001 135,000 6.00%
The Bonds shall bear interest from their date or from the most recent interest
payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, until the principal
amount of the Bonds is paid, such interest (computed upon the basis of a 360 -day year of
twelve 30 -day months) being payable on December 1 of each year, commencing on
December 1, 1995. Interest on each Bond shall be paid by check or draft of Amalgamated
Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, as paying agent (the "Paying Agent"), payable upon
presentation in lawful money of the United States of America, to the person in whose name
such Bond is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next
preceding the interest payment date. The principal of the Bonds shall be payable in lawful
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money of the United States of America at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying
Agent.
The Bonds shall be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of the President and
shall be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Village Clerk, and the seal of the
Village shall be affixed thereto or printed thereon, and in case any officer whose signature
shall appear on any Bond shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Bond,
such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such
officer had remained in office until delivery.
All Bonds shall have thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinafter set forth duly executed by Municipal Services Corporation, Wheaton, Illinois, as
bond registrar (the "Bond Registrar"), as authenticating agent of the Village for the Bonds
and showing the date of authentication. No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any
purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under this ordinance unless and until such
certificate of authentication shall have been duly executed by the Bond Registrar by manual
signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any such Bond shall be conclusive
evidence that such Bond has been authenticated and delivered under this ordinance. The
certificate of authentication on any Bond shall be deemed to have been executed by the Bond
Registrar if signed by an authorized officer of the Bond Registrar, but it shall not be
necessary that the same officer sign the certificate of authentication on all of the Bonds
issued hereunder.
Section 4. Registration of Bonds; Persons Treated as Owners. The Village shall
cause books (the "Bond Register ") for the registration and for the transfer of the Bonds as
provided in this ordinance to be kept at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, which is
hereby constituted and appointed the registrar of the Village for the Bonds. The Village is
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authorized to prepare, and the Bond Registrar shall keep custody of, multiple Bond blanks
executed by the Village for use in the transfer and exchange of Bonds.
Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond at the principal office of the Bond Registrar
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of s '
transfer in
form satisfactory to the Bond Registrar and duly executed by, the registered owner
or his
Bond Registrar shall
duly authorized in writing, the Village shall execute and the Bo l
l
authenticate, date and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully
denominations, for a like
Bond or Bonds of the same maturity of authorized e
e
aggregate principal amount. Any fully registered Bond or Bonds may be exchanged at said
office of the Bond Registrar for a like aggregate principal amount of Bond or Bonds maturity of other authorized denominations. The execution by the s of the
registered Bond shall constitute full and due authorization of such Village of any fully
uch Bond and the Bond
Registrar shall thereby be authorized to authenticate, date and deliver such Bond, the principal amount of outstanding Bonds of each maturity authenticated
Bond Registrar shall not exceed the authorized principal y thenticated by the
P amount of Bonds for such maturity
less previous retirements.
The Bond Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Bond during beginning at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month g the
any interest payment date on such Bond and ending on such interest th next preceding
g interest payment date.
The person in whose name any Bond shall be registered shall be deemed and re
as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of the principal regarded
any Bond shall be made only to or upon the order of the registered P pal of or interest on
owner thereof or his
legal representative. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so y and discharge
paid.
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No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Bonds, but the
Village or the Bond Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange
of Bonds.
Section S. Form of Bond. The Bonds shall be in substantially the following form;
provided, however, that if the text of the Bond is to be printed in its entirety on the front
side of the Bond, then paragraph [2] and the legend, "See Reverse Side for Additional
Provisions ", shall be omitted and paragraphs [6] through [10] shall be inserted immediately
after paragraph [1]:
REGISTERED REGISTERED
NO. $
(Form of Bond - Front Side)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTIES OF COOK, DUPAGE AND WILL
VILLAGE OF LEMONT
GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND
(ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE), SERIES 1994
:See Reverse Side :
:for Additional .
:Provisions
Interest Maturity Dated
Rate: % Date: December 1, Date: November 1, 1994 CUSIP
Registered Owner:
Principal Amount:
[1] KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the Village of Lemont, Cook,
DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois (the "Village "), hereby acknowledges itself to owe and
for value received promises to pay to the Registered Owner identified above, or registered
assigns as hereinafter provided, on the Maturity Date identified above, the Principal Amount
identified above and to pay interest (computed on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30-
day months) on such Principal Amount from the date of this Bond or from the most recent
interest payment date to which interest has been paid at the Interest Rate per annum set forth
above on December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 1995, until said Principal
Amount is paid. Principal of this Bond is payable in lawful money of the United States of
America at the principal corporate trust office of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, as paying agent (the "Paying Agent"). Payment of the installments of interest shall
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be made to the Registered Owner hereof as shown on the registration books of the Village
maintained by Municipal Services Corporation, Wheaton, Illinois, as bond registrar (the
"Bond Registrar" ), at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding
each interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft of the Paying Agent, payable
upon presentation in lawful money of the United States of America, mailed to the address of
such Registered Owner as it appears on such registration books or at such other address
furnished in writing by such Registered Owner to the Bond Registrar.
[2] Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Bond set forth on the
reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if
set forth at this place.
[3] It is hereby certified and recited that all conditions, acts and things required by
law to exist or to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond did exist, have
happened, been done and performed in regular and due form and time as required by law;
that the indebtedness of the Village, including the issue of Bonds of which this is one, does
not exceed any limitation imposed by law; and that provision has been made for the
collection of the Pledged Revenues and the Pledged Taxes to pay the interest hereon as it
falls due and also to pay and discharge the principal hereof at maturity.
[4] This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Bond Registrar.
[5] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will
Counties, Illinois, by its President and Board of Trustees, has caused this Bond to be signed
by the manual or duly authorized facsimile signature of the President, and to be attested by
the manual or duly authorized facsimile signature of the Village Clerk, and has caused the
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seal of the Village to be affixed hereto or printed h- - . ■ , all as of the Dated Date identified
4 imiaki/ .4-.. .
IF1- Preside
above.
Attest:
(SEAL)
Village Clerk
Date of Authentication: , 19
CER I IFICATE
OF
AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Bonds described in
the within mentioned ordinance and is one of
the General Obligation Refunding Bonds
(Alternate Revenue Source), Series 1994, of
the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and
Will Counties, Illinois.
Municipal Services Corporation,
as Bond Registrar
By
Authorized Officer
[6]
Bond Registrar:
Municipal Services Corporation
Wheaton, Illinois
Paying Agent:
Amalgamated Bank of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
[Form of Bond - Reverse Side]
Village of Lemont
Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois
General Obligation Refunding Bond
(Alternate Revenue Source), Series 1994
This Bond is one of a series of Bonds issued by the Village pursuant to the
Local Government Debt Reform Act of the State of Illinois, as amended (the "Act"), and the
Illinois Municipal Code, as amended (the "Code"), for the purpose of refunding the
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outstanding Installment Contract, dated January 16, 1991, by and between the Village and
Policchio Brothers Co., Mokena, Illinois, and assigned to Heritage Bank of Lemont (now
known as NBD Bank), Lemont, Illinois, and is authorized by an authorizing ordinance
adopted by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village (the "Board ") on the 26th day
of September, 1994, and by a more complete bond ordinance adopted by the Board on the
2nd day of November, 1994 (the "Bond Ordinance"), in all respects as provided by law.
[7] The Bonds are payable (a) from the principal proceeds received by the Village
from time to time from the issuance of its general obligation bonds or notes to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including Section 8 -5 -16 of the Code, and such other funds of the
Village lawfully available and annually appropriated for such purpose (the "Pledged
Revenues ") and (b) from ad valorem taxes levied against all of the taxable property in the
Village without limitation as to rate or amount (the "Pledged Taxes"), all in accordance with
the provisions of the Act and the Code. For the prompt payment of this Bond, both
principal and interest at maturity, the full faith, credit and resources of the Village are
hereby irrevocably pledged.
[8] This Bond is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof in person or by his
attorney duly authorized in writing at the principal office of the Bond Registrar in Wheaton,
Illinois, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges
provided in the Bond Ordinance, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond. Upon
such transfer a new Bond or Bonds of authorized denominations of the same maturity and
for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange
therefor.
[9] The Bonds are issued in fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000
each or authorized integral multiples thereof. This Bond may be exchanged at the principal
office of the Bond Registrar for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the of other authorized denominations, upon the terms set forth in the Bond a same
The Bond Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange Ordinance.
ange any Bond during the
period beginning at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next re
any interest payment date and ending at the opening of business on such interest payment p c in
date.
[10] The Village and the Bond Registrar may deem and treat the Registered
hereof as the absolute owner hereof for the g Owner
purpose of receiving payment of or on account
of principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes and neither
nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. the Village
(ASSIGNMENT)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Name and Address of Assignee)
the within Bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
attorney
to transfer the said Bond on the books kept for registration thereof with in the premises, ith full power of
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
owner as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every p of the registered wi
y
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, articular, without
Section 6. Sale of Bonds. The Bonds hereby authorized shall be executed provided as soon after the passage hereof as may be, and d as in this
thereupon be deposited
with the Treasurer who receives the taxes of the Village, and be by said Treasurer delivered
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to Bernardi Securities, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, the purchaser thereof (the "Purchaser"), upon
receipt of the purchase price therefor, the same being $777,755 plus accrued interest to date
of delivery. The contract for the sale of the Bonds heretofore entered into (the "Purchase
Contract ") is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, it being hereby found and
determined that the Bonds have been sold at such price and bear interest at such rates that
neither the true interest cost (yield) nor the net interest rate received upon such sale exceed
the maximum rate otherwise authorized by Illinois law and that the Purchase Contract is in
the best interests of the Village and that no person holding any office of the Village either by
election or appointment, is in any manner interested, either directly or indirectly, in his own
name or in the name of any other person, association, trust or corporation, in the Purchase
Contract.
The use by the Purchaser of any Preliminary Official Statement and any final Official
Statement relating to the Bonds and before the Board at the time of the adoption hereof is
hereby ratified, approved and authorized; the execution and delivery of said final Official
Statement is hereby authorized; and the officers of the Board are hereby authorized to take
any action as may be required on the part of the Village to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Contract, this Ordinance, said Preliminary Official Statement,
said final Official Statement and the Bonds.
Section 7. Alternate Revenue Source; Appropriation; Additional Obligations; Tax
Levy. For the purpose of providing funds required to pay the interest on the Bonds
promptly when and as the same falls due, and to pay and discharge the principal thereof at
maturity, the Village covenants and agrees with the purchasers and the owners of the Bonds
that the Village will issue its general obligation bonds or notes from time to time to the
fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 8 -5 -16 of the Municipal Code, and deposit
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the principal proceeds thereof, together with such other funds of the Village as may be
lawfully and annually appropriated for such purpose (collectively, the "Pledged Revenues"),
into the Bond Fund, as hereinafter defined. The Pledged Revenues are hereby pledged to the
payment of the Bonds and the Board covenants and agrees to provide for, appropriate,
collect and apply the Pledged Revenues to the payment of the Bonds and the provision of not
less than an additional .25 times debt service thereon.
The Village is authorized to issue from time to time additional obligations payable
from the Pledged Revenues as permitted by law and to determine the lien priority of any
such obligations.
For the purpose of providing additional funds to pay the principal of and interest on
the Bonds, there is hereby levied upon all of the taxable property within the Village, in the
years for which any of the Bonds are outstanding, a direct annual tax for each of the years
while the Bonds or any of them are outstanding, in amounts sufficient for that purpose, and
there be and there hereby is levied upon all of the taxable property in the Village the
following direct annual taxes (the "Pledged Taxes"):
FOR THE YEAR
A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THE SUM OF:
1994 $142,804.79
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
$139,520.00
$139,320.00
$138,650.00
$142,435.00
$140,475.00
$143,100.00
for principal and interest to and
including December 1, 1995
for principal and interest
for principal and interest
for principal and interest
for principal and interest
for principal and interest
for principal and interest
Interest or principal coming due at any time when there are insufficient funds on hand
from the Pledged Taxes to pay the same shall be paid promptly when due from current
funds on hand in advance of the collection of the Pledged Taxes herein levied; and when the
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Pledged Taxes shall have been collected, reimbursement shall be made to said funds in the
amount so advanced.
The Village covenants and agrees with the purchasers and the owners of the Bonds
that so long as any of the Bonds remain outstanding, the Village will take no action or fail to
take any action which in any way would adversely affect the ability of the Village to collect
the Pledged Revenues or to levy and collect the Pledged Taxes. The Village and its officers
will comply with all present and future applicable laws in order to assure that the Pledged
Revenues will be available and that the Pledged Taxes will be levied, extended and collected
as provided herein and deposited in the Bond Fund.
Section 8. Filing with County Clerk. After this ordinance becomes effective, a
copy hereof, certified by the Village Clerk, shall be filed with the County Clerks of The
Counties of Cook, DuPage and Will, Illinois (the "County Clerks "); and the County Clerks
shall in and for each of the years required, ascertain the rate percent required to produce the
aggregate Pledged Taxes hereinbefore provided to be levied in each of said years; and the
County Clerks shall extend the same for collection on the tax books in connection with other
taxes levied in said years in and by the Village for general corporate purposes of the Village;
and in said years the Pledged Taxes shall be levied and collected by and for and on behalf of
the Village in like manner as taxes for corporate purposes of the Village for said years are
levied and collected, and in addition to and in excess of all other taxes.
Section 9. Abatement of Pledged Taxes. Whenever funds are or will be available
to pay any principal of or interest on the Bonds when due, so as to enable the abatement of
the Pledged Taxes levied for the same, the Board or the officers of the Village acting with
proper authority, shall direct the abatement of the Pledged Taxes by the amount of Pledged
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Revenues available or to be available, and proper notification of such abatement shall be
filed with each of the County Clerks, in a timely manner to effect such abatement.
Section 10. Bond Fund. There is hereby established a special fund of the Village
known as the Alternate Bond and Interest Fund of 1994 (the "Bond Fund "). The Pledged
Revenues and the Pledged Taxes shall be set aside as collected and be deposited into the Bond
Fund, which is a trust fund established for the purpose of carrying out the covenants, terms
and conditions imposed upon the Village by this ordinance. The Bonds are secured by a
pledge of all of the moneys on deposit in the Bond Fund, and such pledge is irrevocable until
the Bonds have been paid in full or until the obligations of the Village are discharged under
this ordinance.
Section 11. Appropriation of Bond Proceeds. Accrued interest received on the
delivery of the Bonds is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying first interest due on
the Bonds and is hereby ordered deposited into the Bond Fund. Simultaneously with the
delivery of the Bonds, the principal proceeds of the sale thereof, together with such funds of
the Village as may be necessary, shall either be used for payment of the expenses of issuing
the Bonds, or be deposited in escrow pursuant to an Escrow Agreement to be hereafter
authorized by the Board for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on the
Installment Contract as such become due.
Section 12. Non- Arbitrage and Tax- Exemption. One purpose of this Section is to
set forth various facts regarding the Bonds and to establish the expectations of the Board and
the Village as to future events regarding the Bonds and the use of Bond proceeds. The
certifications, covenants and representations contained herein and at the time of the Closing
are made on behalf of the Village for the benefit of the owners from time to time of the
Bonds. In addition to providing the certifications, covenants and representations contained
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herein the Village covenants not to take any action that would cause interest on the Bonds to
become includable in the gross income of the holders thereof for federal income tax
purposes. The Board and the Village certify, covenant and represent as follows:
1.1 Definitions. In addition to such other words and terms used and defined
in this Ordinance, the following words and terms used in this Section shall have the
following meanings unless, in either case, the context or use clearly indicates another -
or different meaning is intended:
"Bond Counsel" means Chapman and Cutler or any other nationally recognized
firm of attorneys experienced in the field of municipal bonds whose opinions are
generally accepted by purchasers of municipal bonds.
"Closing" means the first date on which the Village is receiving the purchase
price for the Bonds.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Commingled Fund" means any fund or account containing both Gross Proceeds
and an amount in excess of $25,000 that are not Gross Proceeds if the amounts in the
fund or account are invested and accounted for, collectively, without regard to the
source of funds deposited in the fund or account. An open -ended regulated investment
company under Section 851 of the Code is not a commingled fund.
"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly through others, of either
of the following discretionary and non - ministerial rights or powers over another
entity:
(a) to approve and to remove without cause a controlling portion of
the governing body of a Controlled Entity; or
(b) to require the use of funds or assets of a Controlled Entity for any
purpose.
"Controlled Entity" means any entity or one of a group of entities that is subject
to Control by a Controlling Entity or group of Controlling Entities.
"Controlled Group" means a group of entities directly or indirectly subject to
Control by the same entity or group of entities, including the entity that has the
Control of the other entities.
"Controlling Entity" means any entity or one of a group of entities directly or
indirectly having Control of any entities or group of entities.
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"Costs of Issuance" means the costs of issuing the Bonds, including
underwriters' discount and legal fees.
"De minimis Amount of Original Issue Discount or Premium" means (a) any
original issue discount or premium that does not exceed two percent of the stated
redemption price at maturity of the Bonds plus (b) any original issue premium that is
attributable exclusively to reasonable underwriter's compensation.
"Escrow Account" means the account established pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement. -
"Escrow Agent" means Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, as
escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement.
"Escrow Agreement" means the agreement between the Escrow Agent and the
Village providing for the deposit in trust of certain Government Securities for the
purpose of refunding in advance of maturity the Prior Bonds.
"External Commingled Fund" means a Commingled Fund in which the Village
and all members of the same Controlled Group as the Village own, in the aggregate,
not more than ten percent of the beneficial interests.
"GIC" means (a) any investment that has specifically negotiated withdrawal or
reinvestment provisions and a specifically negotiated interest rate and (b) any
agreement to supply investments on two or more future dates (e.g., a forward supply
contract).
"Government Securities" means the obligations held and to be held under the
Escrow Agreement.
"Gross Proceeds" means amounts in the Bond Fund and the Escrow Account.
"Placed -in- Service" means the date on which, based on all facts and
circumstances (a) a facility has reached a degree of completion that would permit its
operation at substantially its design level and (b) the facility is, in fact, in operation at
such level.
"Prior Bond Fund" means the fund or funds, if any, established in connection
with the issuance of the Prior Bonds to pay the debt service on the Prior Bonds.
"Prior Bond Proceeds" means amounts actually or constructively received from
the sale of the Refunded Bonds, including (a) amounts used to pay underwriters'
discount or compensation and accrued interest, other than accrued interest for a
period not greater than one year before the Refunded Bonds were issued but only if it
is to be paid within one year after the Refunded Bonds were issued and (b) amounts
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derived from the sale of any right that is part of the terms of a Refunded Bond or is
otherwise associated with a Refunded Bond (e.g., a redemption right).
"Prior Bonds" means the Village's outstanding Installment Contract being
refunded by the Bonds, as more particularly described in the preambles hereof.
"Prior Project" means the facilities financed, directly or indirectly with the
proceeds of the Prior Bonds.
"Qualified Administrative Costs of Investments" means (a) reasonable, direct -
administrative costs (other than carrying costs) such as separately stated brokerage or
selling commissions (other than a broker's commission paid on behalf of either the
Village or the provider of a GIC to the extent such commission exceeds the present
value of annual payments equal to 0.05 percent of the weighted average amount
reasonably expected to be invested each year of the term of the GIC; for this purpose,
present value is computed using the taxable discount rate used to compute the
commission or, if not readily ascertainable, a reasonable taxable discount rate), but
not legal and accounting fees, recordkeeping, custody and similar costs; (b) all
administrative costs, direct or indirect, incurred by a publicly offered regulated
investment company or an External Commingled Fund; or (c) in the case of purpose
investments, costs or expenses paid directly to purchase, carry, sell or retire the
investment and costs of issuing, carrying, or repaying the Bonds, and any placement
agent fee or underwriter's discount.
"Qualified Tax Exempt Obligations" means (a) any obligation described in
Section 103(a) of the Code, the interest on which is excludable from gross income of
the owner thereof for federal income tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference
for purposes of the alternative minimum tax imposed by Section 55 of the Code; (b)
an interest in a regulated investment company to the extent that at least ninety -five
percent of the income to the holder of the interest is interest which is excludable from
gross income under Section 103 of the Code of any owner thereof for federal income
tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference for purposes of the alternative
minimum tax imposed by Section 55 of the Code; and (c) certificates of indebtedness
issued by the United States Treasury pursuant to the Demand Deposit State and Local
Government Series program described in 31 C.F.R. part 344.
"Rebate Fund" means the fund, if any, identified and defined in paragraph 4.1
herein.
"Rebate Provisions" means the rebate requirements contained in Section 148(f)
of the Code and in the Regulations.
"Refunded Bonds" means those certain installments of the Prior Bonds due on
and after December 1, 1994, being refunded by the Bonds.
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"Regulations" means United States Treasury Regulations dealing with the tax -
exempt bond provisions of the Code.
"Reimbursed Expenditures" means amounts, if any, used from Sale Proceeds
and investment earnings thereon to reimburse the Village for an expenditure paid
prior to Closing.
"Sale Proceeds" means amounts actually or constructively received from the
sale of the Bonds, including (a) amounts used to pay underwriters' discount or
compensation and accrued interest, other than accrued interest for a period not greater
than one year before Closing but only if it is to be paid within one year after Closing
and (b) amounts derived from the sale of any right that is part of the terms of a Bond
or is otherwise associated with a Bond (e.g., a redemption right).
"Sale Proceeds Funds" means the funds containing amounts derived by the sale
of the Bonds or investment earnings thereon.
"Transferred Proceeds" means Prior Bond Proceeds, plus investment earnings
thereon, which have not been spent prior to the date principal on the Refunded Bonds
is discharged by the Bonds.
"Yield" means that discount rate which when used in computing the present
value of all payments of principal and interest paid and to be paid on an obligation
(using semiannual compounding on the basis of a 360 -day year) produces an amount
equal to the obligation's purchase price (or in the case of the Bonds, the issue price as
established in paragraph 5.1 hereof), including accrued interest.
"Yield Reduction Payment" means a rebate payment or any other amount paid
to the United States in the same manner as rebate amounts are required to be paid or
at such other time or in such manner as the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe
that will be treated as a reduction in Yield of an investment under the Regulations.
2.1. Purpose of the Bonds. The Bonds are being issued to refund in advance
of maturity the Refunded Bonds in a prudent manner consistent with the revenue
needs of the Village. A breakdown of the sources and uses of funds is set forth in the
preceding Section of this Ordinance. At least 75% of the costs financed with Sale
Proceeds and investment earnings thereon are expected to be used with respect to
property owned by a government unit or a Section 501(c)(3) organization.
2.2. Bond Fund Investment. The investment earnings on the Bond Fund will
be spent to pay interest on the Bonds, or to the extent permitted by law, investment
earnings on amounts in the Bond Fund will be commingled with substantial revenues
from the governmental operations of the Village, and the earnings are reasonably
expected to be spent for governmental purposes within six months of the date earned.
Except to pay the Refunded Bonds, no proceeds of the Bonds will be used more than
30 days after the date of issue of the Bonds for the purpose of paying any principal or
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interest on any issue of bonds, notes, certificates or warrants or on any installment
contract or other obligation of the Village or for the purpose of replacing any funds
of the Village used for such purpose.
2.3. Reimbursement. None of the Sale Proceeds or investment earnings
thereon will be used for Reimbursed Expenditures.
2.4. Working Capital. All amounts in the Sale Proceeds Funds will be used,
directly or indirectly, to pay principal of, interest on and redemption premium on (if
any) the Refunded Bonds, other than the following:
(a) payments of interest on the Bonds for the period commencing at
Closing and ending on the date one year after the date on which the Prior
Project is Placed -in- Service;
(b) Costs of Issuance and Qualified Administrative Costs of
Investments;
(c) payments of rebate or Yield Reduction Payments made to the
United States under the Regulations; and
(d) principal of or interest on the Bonds paid from unexpected excess
Sale Proceeds and investment earnings thereon.
2.5. Consequences of Contrary Expenditure. The Village acknowledges that if
amounts in the Sale Proceeds Funds and investment earnings thereon are spent other
than as permitted by paragraph 2.4 hereof, a like amount of then available funds of
the Village will be treated as unspent Sale Proceeds.
2.6. Investment of Bond Proceeds. No portion of the Bonds is being issued
solely for the purpose of investing a portion of Sale Proceeds or investment earnings
thereon at a Yield higher than the Yield on the Bonds.
2.7. No Grants. None of the Sale Proceeds or investment earnings thereon
will be used to make grants to any person.
2.8. Hedges. Neither the Village nor any member of the same Controlled
Group as the Village has entered into or expects to enter into any hedge (e.g., an
interest rate swap, interest rate cap, futures contract, forward contract or an option)
with respect to the Bonds or the Prior Bonds. The Village acknowledges that any such
hedge could affect the calculation of Bond Yield under the Regulations, and that the
Internal Revenue Service could recalculate Bond Yield if the failure account for the
hedge fails to clearly reflect the economic substance of the transaction.
2.9. Abusive Transactions. Neither the Village nor any member of the same
Controlled Group as the Village has employed a device or entered into any
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arrangements or understandings in connection with the issuance of the Bonds or the
advance refunding of the Refunded Bonds, or in connection with any transaction or
series of transactions related to the issuance of the Bonds or the advance refunding of
the Refunded Bonds, to obtain a material financial advantage based on arbitrage.
Neither the Village nor any member of the same Controlled Group as the Village will
realize any material financial advantage based on arbitrage in connection with the
issuance of the Bonds or the advance refunding of the Refunded Bonds, or in
connection with any transaction or series of transactions related to the issuance of the
Bonds or the advance refunding of the Refunded Bonds. In particular, neither the
Village nor any member of the same Controlled Group as the Village will receive a
rebate or credit resulting from any payments having been made in connection with the
issuance of the Bonds or the advance refunding of the Refunded Bonds.
3.1. Use of Proceeds. (a) The use of the Sale Proceeds and investment
earnings thereon and the funds held under this Ordinance at the time of Closing are
described in the preceding Section of this Ordinance.
(b) Only the funds and accounts described in said Section will be funded at
Closing. There are no other funds or accounts created under this Ordinance.
(c) Principal of and interest on the Bonds will be paid from the Bond Fund.
(d) Any Costs of Issuance incurred in connection with the Bonds to be paid
by the Village will be paid at the time of Closing.
3.2. Purpose of Bond Fund. The Bond Fund will be used primarily to achieve
a proper matching of revenues and earnings with principal and interest payments on
the Bonds in each bond year. It is expected that the Bond Fund will be depleted at
least once a year, except for a reasonable carry over amount not to exceed the greater
of (a) the earnings on the investment of moneys in the Bond Fund for the immediately
preceding bond year or (b) 1 /12th of the principal and interest payments on the Bonds
for the immediately preceding bond year.
3.3. The Prior Bonds. (a) As of the earlier of (i) the time of the Closing or
(ii) the date three years after the Prior Bonds were issued, all Prior Bond Proceeds,
including investment earnings thereon, were completely spent.
(b) As of the date hereof, no Prior Bond Proceeds or money or property of
any kind (including cash) is on deposit in any fund or account, regardless of where
held or the source thereof, with respect to the Prior Bonds or any credit enhancement
or liquidity device relating to the foregoing, or is otherwise restricted to pay the
Village's obligations other than amounts on deposit in the Escrow Account.
(c) The Prior Bond Fund was used primarily to achieve a proper matching of
revenues and earnings with principal and interest payments on the Prior Bonds in each
bond year. The Prior Bond Fund was depleted at least once a year, except for a
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reasonable carry over amount not to exceed the greater of (i) the earnings on the
investment of moneys in such account for the immediately preceding bond year or (ii)
one - twelfth (1 /12th) of the principal and interest payments on the Prior Bonds and the
other bonds secured by such account for the immediately preceding bond year.
(d) At the time the Prior Bonds were issued, the Village reasonably expected
to spend at least 85% of the proceeds (including investment earnings) of the Prior
Bonds to be used for non - refunding purposes for such purposes within three years of
the date the Prior Bonds were issued and such proceeds were so spent. Not more than
50% of the proceeds of the Prior Bonds to be used for non - refunding purposes was
invested in investments having a substantially guaranteed Yield for four years or
more.
(e) The Refunded Bonds subject to redemption prior to maturity will be
called on the first optional redemption date of the Refunded Bonds.
(f) The Refunded Bonds do not include any advance refunding obligations.
3.4. The Escrow Account. (a) The Escrow Account will be funded at
Closing.
(b) The uninvested cash and anticipated receipts from the Government
Securities on deposit in the Escrow Account, without regard to any reinvestment
thereof, will be sufficient to pay, when due, principal and interest on the Refunded
Bonds as such become due and payable and to redeem the outstanding principal
amount of the Refunded Bonds on the first optional redemption date of the Refunded
Bonds, at the applicable redemption price thereof.
(c) Any moneys remaining on deposit in the Escrow Account upon the final
disbursement of funds sufficient to pay principal and interest of the Refunded Bonds
shall be transferred by the Escrow Agent to the Bond Fund to be used to pay interest
on the Bonds.
3.5. No Other Gross Proceeds. (a) Except for the Bond Fund and except for
investment earnings that have been commingled as described in paragraph 2.2 and any
credit enhancement or liquidity device related to the Bonds, after the issuance of the
Bonds, neither the Village nor any member of the same Controlled Group as the
Village has or will have any property, including cash or securities that constitutes:
(i) Sale Proceeds;
(ii) amounts in any fund and account with respect to the Bonds (other
than the Rebate Fund);
(iii) Transferred Proceeds;
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(iv) amounts that have a sufficiently direct nexus to the Bonds or to the
governmental purpose of the Bonds to conclude that the amounts would have
been used for that governmental purpose if the Bonds were not used or to be
used for that governmental purpose (the mere availability or preliminary
earmarking of such amounts for a governmental purpose, however, does not
itself establish such a sufficient nexus);
(v) amounts in a debt service fund, redemption fund, reserve fund,
replacement fund or any similar fund to the extent reasonably expected to be
used directly or indirectly to pay principal of or interest on the Bonds or any
amounts for which there is provided, directly or indirectly, a reasonable
assurance that the amount will be available to pay principal of or interest on the
Bonds or any obligations under any credit enhancement or liquidity device with
respect to the Bonds, even if the Village encounters financial difficulties;
(vi) any amounts held pursuant to any agreement (such as an agreement
to maintain certain levels of types of assets) made for the benefit of the
Bondholders or any credit enhancement provider, including any liquidity device
or negative pledge (any amount pledged to pay principal of or interest on an
issue held under an agreement to maintain the amount at a particular level for
the direct or indirect benefit of Bondholders or a guarantor of the bonds); or
(vii) amounts actually or constructively received from the investment
and reinvestment of the amounts described in (i) or (ii) above.
(b) No compensating balance, liquidity account, negative pledge of property
held for investment purposes or similar arrangement exists with respect to, in any
way, the Bonds or any credit enhancement or liquidity device related to the Bonds.
(c) The term of the Bonds is not longer than is reasonably necessary for the
governmental purposes of the Bonds. The average reasonably expected remaining
economic life of the Prior Project is at least twenty years. The weighted average
maturity of the Bonds does not exceed seven years and does not exceed 120 percent of
the average reasonably expected economic life of the Prior Project. The maturity
schedule of the Bonds (the "Principal Payment Schedule ") is based on an analysis of
revenues expected to be available to pay debt service on the Bonds. The Principal
Payment Schedule is not more rapid (i.e., having a lower average maturity) because a
more rapid schedule would place an undue burden on tax rates and cause such rates to
be increased beyond prudent levels, and would have been inconsistent with the
governmental purpose of the Bonds as set forth in paragraph 2.1 hereof.
4.1. Rebate Fund. The Village is hereby authorized to create and establish a
special fund to be known as the Rebate Fund (the "Rebate Fund"), which, if created,
shall be continuously held, invested, expended and accounted for in accordance with
this Ordinance. Moneys in the Rebate Fund shall not be considered moneys held for
the benefit of the Bondholders. Except as provided in the Regulations, moneys in the
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Rebate Fund (including earnings and deposits therein) shall be held in trust for
payment to the United States as required by the Rebate Provisions and by the
Regulations and as contemplated under the provisions of this Ordinance.
4.2. Compliance with Rebate Provisions. The Village covenants to take such
actions and make, or cause to be made, all calculations, transfers and payments that
may be necessary to comply with the Rebate Provisions applicable to the Bonds. The
Village will make, or cause to be made, rebate payments with respect to the Bonds in
accordance with law.
4.3. Records. The Village agrees to keep and retain or cause to be kept and
retained until six years after the Bonds are paid in full adequate records with respect
to the investment of all Gross Proceeds and amounts in the Rebate Fund. Such records
shall include: (a) purchase price; (b) purchase date; (c) type of investment; (d)
accrued interest paid; (e) interest rate; (f) principal amount; (g) maturity date; (h)
interest payment date; (i) date of liquidation; and (j) receipt upon liquidation.
If any investment becomes Gross Proceeds on a date other than the date such
investment is purchased, the records required to be kept shall include the fair market
value of such investment on the date it becomes Gross Proceeds. If any investment is
retained after the date the last Bond is retired, the records required to be kept shall
include the fair market value of such investment on the date the last Bond is retired.
Amounts or investments will be segregated whenever necessary to maintain these
records.
4.4. Fair Market Value; Certificates of Deposit and Investment Agreements.
In making investments of Gross Proceeds, the Village shall take into account prudent
investment standards including the date on which moneys to be invested may be
needed. The Village shall provide that all amounts which constitute Gross Proceeds
and any amounts in the Rebate Fund shall be invested at all times to the greatest extent
practicable in investments permitted under this Ordinance, and no amounts may be
held as cash or be invested in zero Yield investments other than obligations of the
United States purchased directly from the United States; provided, however, that in
the event moneys cannot be invested, other than as provided in this sentence, due to
the denomination, price or availability of investments, such amounts shall be invested
in an interest bearing deposit account of a bank with a Yield not less than that paid to
the general public or held uninvested (but uninvested amounts shall be held to the
minimum amount necessary).
For purposes of determining the purchase price of investments (for either yield
restriction or rebate purposes), Gross Proceeds and any amounts in the Rebate Fund
that are invested in certificates of deposit or in GICs shall be invested only in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Investments in certificates of deposit of banks or savings and loan
associations that have a fixed interest rate, fixed payment schedules and
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substantial penalties for early withdrawal shall be made only if either (i) the
Yield on the certificate of deposit (A) is not less than the Yield on reasonably
comparable direct obligations of the United States and (B) is not less than the
highest Yield that is published or posted by the provider to be currently
available from the provider on reasonably comparable certificates of deposit
offered to the public or (ii) the investment is an investment in a GIC and
qualifies under paragraph (b) below.
(b) Investments in GICs shall be made only if
(i) a bona fide solicitation is made for a specified GIC and at
least three bona fide bids from different providers that have no material
financial interest in the Bonds (e.g., as underwriters or brokers) are
received;
(ii) the highest - yielding GIC for which a qualifying bid is made
(determined net of broker's fees) is in fact purchased;
(iii) the Yield on the GIC (determined net of broker's fees) is not
less than the Yield then available from the provider on reasonably
comparable GICs, if any, offered to other persons from a source of funds
other than Gross Proceeds of tax- exempt obligations;
(iv) the determination of the terms of the GIC takes into account
as a significant factor the Village's reasonably expected drawdown
schedule for the amounts to be invested, except for amounts deposited in
the Bond Fund;
(v) the terms of the GIC, including collateral security
requirements, are reasonable; and
(vi) the obligor on the GIC certifies the administrative costs that
it is paying or expects to pay to third parties in connection with the GIC.
Moneys to be rebated to the United States shall be invested to mature on or
prior to the anticipated rebate payment date. All investments made with Gross
Proceeds or amounts in the Rebate Fund shall be bought and sold at fair market value.
The fair market value of an investment is the price at which a willing buyer would
purchase the investment from a willing seller in a bona fide, arm's length transaction.
Except for investments specifically described in this section and United States
Treasury obligations that are purchased directly from the United States Treasury, only
investments that are traded on an established securities market, within the meaning of
regulations promulgated under Section 1273 of the Code, will be purchased with
Gross Proceeds. In general, an "established securities market" includes: (i) property
that is listed on a national securities exchange, an interdealer quotation system or
certain foreign exchanges; (ii) property that is traded on a Commodities Futures
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Trading Commission designated board of trade or an interbank market; (iii) property
that appears on a quotation medium; and (iv) property for which price quotations are
readily available from dealers and brokers. A debt instrument is not treated as traded
on an established market solely because it is convertible into property which is so
traded.
An investment of Gross Proceeds in an External Commingled Fund shall be
made only to the extent that such investment is made without an intent to reduce the
amount to be rebated to the United States Government or to create a smaller profit or
a larger loss than would have resulted if the transaction had been at arm's length and
had the rebate or Yield restriction requirements not been relevant to the Village. An
investment of Gross Proceeds shall be made in a Commingled Fund other than an
External Commingled Fund only if the investments made by such Commingled Fund
satisfy the provisions of this paragraph.
4.5. Arbitrage Elections. The Village hereby waives its right to invest Sale
Proceeds of the Bonds and investment earnings thereon in the Escrow Account in
investments with Yields higher than Bond Yield. The President and Village Treasurer
are both hereby authorized to execute one or more elections regarding certain matters
with respect to arbitrage.
4.6. Small Issuer Exception. The Village is a governmental unit that has the
power to impose a tax or to cause another entity to impose a tax of general
applicability that, when collected, may be used for the governmental purposes of the
Village. The power to impose such tax is not contingent on approval by another
governmental unit; a tax of general applicability is one that is not limited to a small
number of persons. The Village is not subject to Control by any other governmental
unit or political subdivision. None of the Bonds is or will be a "private activity bond"
(as defined in Section 141 of the Code). Ninety -five percent or more of the Sale
Proceeds will be used for local governmental activities of the Village. Neither the
Village, any entity that issues tax - exempt bonds on behalf of the Village nor any entity
subject to Control by the Village will issue, during the calendar year 1994, any tax -
exempt bonds in an aggregate face amount in excess of $5,000,000. As used herein,
(a) "tax- exempt bonds" means obligations of any kind, the interest on which is
excludable from gross income of the holders or owners thereof for federal income tax
purposes pursuant to Section 103 of the Code but not including "private activity
bonds" (as defined in Section 141 of the Code) and (b) "aggregate face amount"
means, if an issue has more than a De minimis Amount of Original Issue Discount or
Premium, the issue price of the issue and otherwise means the face amount of the
issue. As of the date hereof, no tax - exempt bonds or other obligations (other than the
Bonds) have been issued by the Village, any entity that issues tax - exempt bonds on
behalf of the Village or any entity subject to Control by the Village during the
calendar year 1994. The Village does not reasonably expect that it, any entity that
issues tax- exempt bonds on behalf of the Village or any entity subject to Control by
the Village (including but not limited to the Village) will issue any such tax- exempt
bonds or other obligations within calendar year 1994. Therefore, subject to
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compliance with all the terms and provisions hereof, the Village is excepted from the
required rebate of arbitrage profits on the Bonds under Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the
Code and from the terms and provisions of this Ordinance that need only be complied
with if the Village is subject to the arbitrage rebate requirement.
5.1. Issue Price. For purposes of determining the Yield on the Bonds, the
purchase price of the Bonds is equal to the first offering price at which the Purchaser
sold at least ten percent of each maturity of the Bonds or is equal to par, plus accrued
interest, if the Purchaser does not intend to resell the Bonds.
5.2. Yield Limits. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c), all Gross
Proceeds shall be invested at market prices and at a Yield (after taking into account
any Yield Reduction Payments) not in excess of the Yield on the Bonds.
(b) The following may be invested without Yield restriction:
(i) amounts invested in Qualified Tax Exempt Obligations (to the
extent permitted by the Municipal Code and this Ordinance);
(ii) amounts in the Rebate Fund;
(iii) amounts on deposit in the Bond Fund (except for capitalized
interest) that have not been on deposit under the Ordinance for more than 13
months, so long as the Bond Fund continues to qualify as a bona fide debt
service fund as described in paragraph 3.2 hereof;
(iv) all amounts other than Sale Proceeds for the first 30 days after they
become Gross Proceeds; and
(v) all amounts derived from the investment of Sale Proceeds and
investment earnings thereon (except for investments in the Escrow Account) for
a period of one year from the date received.
(c) An amount not to exceed the lesser of $100,000 or five percent of the
Sale Proceeds may be invested without regard to Yield restriction.
(d) Except for an amount not to exceed the lesser of $100,000 or five percent
of Prior Bond Proceeds, the Village acknowledges that all Prior Bond Proceeds must
be invested at market prices and at a Yield not in excess of the Yield on the Prior
Bonds (plus, to the extent applicable, for amounts in any related project or
construction fund, 1 /8th of one percent).
5.3. Continuing Nature of Yield Limits. Except as provided in
paragraph 7.6, once moneys are subject to the Yield limits of paragraph 5.2 hereof,
such moneys remain Yield restricted until they cease to be Gross Proceeds.
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5.4. Federal Guarantees. Except for investments meeting the requirements of
paragraph 5.2(b) hereof and except for investments in the Escrow Account,
investments of Gross Proceeds shall not be made in (a) investments constituting
obligations of or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the United States (except
obligations of the United States Treasury, obligations guaranteed by the Federal
Housing Administration, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association,
the Student Loan Marketing Association, any guarantee by the Bonneville Power
Authority pursuant to the Northwest Power Act (16 U.S.C. 839d) as in effect on the
date of enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984, or investments in obligations issued
pursuant to Section 21B(d)(3) of the Federal Home Loan Bank, as amended (e.g.,
Refcorp Strips)); or (b) federally insured deposits or accounts (as defined in
Section 149(b)(4)(B) of the Code). No portion of the payment of principal or interest
on the Bonds or any other credit enhancement or liquidity device relating to the
foregoing is or will be guaranteed, directly or indirectly (in whole or in part), by the
United States (or any agency or instrumentality thereof). No portion of the Gross
Proceeds has been or will be used to make loans the payment of principal or interest
with respect to which is or will be guaranteed (in whole or in part) by the United
States (or any agency or instrumentality thereof).
5.5. Escrow Yield. The Yield on the Government Securities purchased with
Sale Proceeds of the Bonds, taking into account any Transferred Proceeds, not greater
than 5.657, which is less than the Yield of 5.659 on the Bonds.
6.1. Payment and Use Tests. (a) No more than five percent of the proceeds
of each issue of the Prior Bonds and investment earnings thereon were used, directly
or indirectly, in whole or in part, in any activity carried on by any person other than
a state or local governmental unit.
(b) The payment of more than five percent of the principal of or the interest
on each issue of the Prior Bonds or the Bonds considered separately were not and will
not be, directly or indirectly (i) secured by any interest in (A) property used or to be
used in any activity carried on by any person other than a state or local governmental
unit or (B) payments in respect of such property or (ii) on a present value basis,
derived from payments (whether or not by or to the Village) in respect of property,
or borrowed money, used or to be used in any activity carried on by any person other
than a state or local governmental unit.
(c) No more than five percent of the proceeds of each issue of the Prior
Bonds and investment earnings thereon were used, and no more than five percent of
the Sale Proceeds of the Bonds and investment earnings thereon will be used, directly
or indirectly, to make or finance loans to any persons.
(d) No users of the Prior Project other than state or local governmental units
has or will use more than five percent of such facilities, considered separately, on any
basis other than the same basis as the general public; and no person other than a state
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or local governmental unit has been or will be users of more than five percent of any
Prior Project as a result of (i) ownership, (ii) actual or beneficial use pursuant to a
lease or a management, service, incentive payment or output contract, or (iii) any
other similar arrangement, agreement or understanding, whether written or oral.
6.2. U.S. Form 8038 -G. The information contained in the Information
Return for Tax - Exempt Governmental Obligations, Form 8038 -G, is true and
complete. The Village will file Form 8038 -G (and all other required information
reporting forms) in a timely manner.
7.1. Termination; Interest of Village in Rebate Fund. The terms and
provisions set forth in this Section shall terminate at the later of (a) 75 days after the
Bonds have been fully paid and retired or (b) the date on which all amounts remaining
on deposit in the Rebate Fund, if any, shall have been paid to or upon the order of the
United States and any other payments required to satisfy the Rebate Provisions of the
Code have been made to the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions of paragraph 4.3 hereof shall not terminate until the sixth anniversary of
the date the Bonds are fully paid and retired.
7.2. No Common Plan of Financing. Since a date that is 15 days prior to the
date of sale of the Bonds by the Village to the Purchaser, neither the Village nor any
member of the same Controlled Group as the Village has sold or delivered any
obligations other than the Bonds that are reasonably expected to be paid out of
substantially the same source of funds as the Bonds. Neither the Village nor any
member of the same Controlled Group as the Village will sell or deliver within 15
days after the date hereof any obligations other than the Bonds that are reasonably
expected to be paid out of substantially the same source of funds as the Bonds. No
obligation other than the Bonds were sold on the same date as the Bonds, are being
issued on the date of the Closing and were or are being offered pursuant to a single
offering document.
7.3. No Sale of the Prior Project. No acquisition or improvement made as a
Material Part of the Prior Project has been or is expected to be sold or otherwise
disposed of in whole or in part prior to the last maturity of the Bonds. "Material
Part" means (i) land, or (ii) any improvement, or (iii) personal property or fixtures in
excess of that which is expected to be sold, traded in or discarded upon wearing out or
becoming obsolete.
7.4. Bank Qualification. (a) The Village hereby designates each of the Bonds
as a "qualified tax - exempt obligation" for the purposes and within the meaning of
Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In support of such designation, the Village hereby
certifies that (i) none of the Bonds will be at anytime a "private activity bond" (as
defined in Section 141 of the Code) other than a "qualified 501(c)(3) bond" (as
defined in Section 145 of the Code), (ii) as of the date hereof, the Village has not
issued any tax - exempt obligations of any kind in calendar year 1994 other than the
Bonds nor have any tax- exempt obligations of any kind been issued on behalf of the
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Village and (iii) not more than $10,000,000 of obligations of any kind (including the
Bonds) issued by or on behalf of the Village during calendar year 1994 will be
designated for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code.
(b) The Village is not subject to Control by any entity, and there are no
entities subject to Control by the Village.
(c) On the date hereof, the Village does not reasonably anticipate that for
calendar year 1994 it will issue any Section 265 Tax - Exempt Obligations (other than
the Bonds), or that any Section 265 Tax - Exempt Obligations will be issued on behalf
of it. "Section 265 Tax - Exempt Obligations" are obligations the interest on which is
excludable from gross income of the owners thereof under Section 103 of the Code,
except for private activity bonds other than qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, both as defined
in Section 141 of the Code. The Village will not issue or permit the issuance on
behalf of it or by any entity subject to Control by the Village (which may hereafter
come into existence) of Section 265 Tax - Exempt Obligations (including the Bonds)
that exceed the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 during calendar year 1994 unless it
first obtains an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such issuance will not
adversely affect the treatment of the Bonds as "qualified tax- exempt obligations" for
the purposes and within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code.
7.5. Future Events. The Village acknowledges that any changes in facts or
expectations from those set forth herein may result in different Yield restrictions or
rebate requirements from those set forth herein. Such changes in facts or expectations
might include, but are not in any respect whatsoever limited to, moneys or
investments being pledged or otherwise set aside for payment of principal of or
interest on the Bonds, amounts being derived from the sale of any right that is part of
the terms of a Bond or is otherwise associated with a Bond (e.g., a redemption right)
or the Village entering into any agreement to maintain certain levels of types of assets
for the benefit of a holder of a bond or any credit enhancement with respect to the
Bonds. The Village shall promptly contact Bond Counsel if such changes do occur.
7.6. Permitted Changes; Opinion of Bond Counsel. The Yield restrictions
contained in paragraph 5.2 or any other restriction or covenant contained herein need
not be observed or may be changed if the Village receives an opinion of Bond Counsel
to the effect that such nonobservance or change will not result in the loss of any
exemption for the purpose of federal income taxation to which interest on the Bonds is
otherwise entitled.
7.7. Excess Proceeds. Gross Proceeds of the Bonds and investment earnings
thereon and all unspent Prior Bond Proceeds as of the date of Closing and investment
earnings thereon do not exceed by more than one percent of the Sale Proceeds of the
Bonds the amount that will be used for:
Bonds;
(i) payment of principal of or interest or call premium on the Refunded
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(ii) payment of pre- issuance accrued interest on the Bonds and interest on the
Bonds that accrues for a period up to the completion date of any capital project for
which the prior issue was issued, plus one year;
(iii) payment of cost of issuance of the Bonds;
(iv) payment of administrative costs allocable to repaying the Refunded
Bonds, carrying and repaying the Bonds or investments of the Bonds;
(v) Prior Bond Proceeds that will be used or maintained for the -
governmental purpose of the Refunded Bonds;
(vi) interest on purpose investments; and
(vii) amounts that will be used or maintained for the governmental purpose of
the Bonds.
7.8. Successors and Assigns. The terms, provisions, covenants and conditions
of this Section shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of the Board and the Village.
7.9. Expectations. The Board has reviewed the facts, estimates and
circumstances in existence on the date of issuance of the Bonds. Such facts, estimates
and circumstances, together with the expectations of the Village as to future events,
are set forth in summary form in this Section. Such facts and estimates are true and
are not incomplete in any material respect. On the basis of the facts and estimates
contained herein, the Village has adopted the expectations contained herein. On the
basis of such facts, estimates, circumstances and expectations, it is not expected that the
Sale Proceeds or any other moneys or property will be used in a manner that will
cause the Bonds to be arbitrage bonds within the meaning of the Rebate Provisions and
the Regulations. Such expectations are reasonable and there are no other facts,
estimates and circumstances that would materially change such expectations.
The Village also agrees and covenants with the purchasers and holders of the Bonds
from time to time outstanding that, to the extent possible under Illinois law, it will comply
with whatever federal tax law is adopted in the future which applies to the Bonds and affects
the tax- exempt status of the Bonds.
The Board hereby authorizes the officials of the Village responsible for issuing the
Bonds, the same being the President and Village Treasurer, to make such further covenants
and certifications as may be necessary to assure that the use thereof will not cause the Bonds
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to be arbitrage bonds and to assure that the interest in the Bonds will be exempt from federal
income taxation. In connection therewith, the Village and the Board further agree: (a)
through their officers, to make such further specific covenants, representations as shall be
truthful, and assurances as may be necessary or advisable; (b) to consult with counsel
approving the Bonds and to comply with such advice as may be given; (c) to pay to the
United States, as necessary, such sums of money representing required rebates of excess
arbitrage profits relating to the Bonds; (d) to file such forms, statements, and supporting
documents as may be required and in a timely manner; and (e) if deemed necessary or
advisable by their officers, to employ and pay fiscal agents, financial advisors, attorneys, and
other persons to assist the Village in such compliance.
Section 13. Registered Form. The Village recognizes that Section 149(a) of the
Code requires the Bonds to be issued and to remain in fully registered form in order that
interest thereon is exempt from federal income taxation under laws in force at the time the
Bonds are delivered. In this connection, the Village agrees that it will not take any action to
permit the Bonds to be issued in, or converted into, bearer or coupon form.
Section 14. List of Bondholders. The Bond Registrar shall maintain a list of the
names and addresses of the holders of all Bonds and upon any transfer shall add the name
and address of the new Bondholder and eliminate the name and address of the transferor
Bondholder.
Section 15. Duties of Bond Registrar. If requested by the Bond Registrar, the
President and Village Clerk are authorized to execute the Bond Registrar's standard form of
agreement between the Village and the Bond Registrar with respect to the obligations and
duties of the Bond Registrar hereunder which may include the following:
(a) to act as bond registrar, authenticating agent, paying agent and transfer
agent as provided herein;
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(b) to maintain a list of Bondholders as set forth herein and to furnish such
list to the Village upon request, but otherwise to keep such list confidential;
(c) to cancel and /or destroy Bonds which have been paid at maturity or
submitted for exchange or transfer;
(d) to furnish the Village at least annually a certificate with respect to Bonds
cancelled and/or destroyed; and
(e) to furnish the Village at least annually an audit confirmation of Bonds
paid, Bonds outstanding and payments made with respect to interest on the Bonds.
Section 16. Provisions a Contract. The provisions of this ordinance shall constitute
a contract between the Village and the owners of the outstanding Bonds. All covenants
relating to the Bonds and the conditions and obligations imposed by Section 15 of the Act are
enforceable by any holder of the Bonds affected, any taxpayer of the Village and the People
of the State of Illinois acting through the Attorney General or any designee.
Section 17. Severability. If any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance
shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability
of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of
this ordinance.
Section 18. Repeal. All ordinances, resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
forthwith upon its adoption.
Adopted November 2, 1994.
AYES: Buschman, Chin, Latz, Markiewicz, Rimbo
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: Schobert
ovember 2, 1994.
Attest:
Village Clerk, Board of Trustees
sident
Recorded in the Village Records on November 2, 1994.
Trustee Latz moved and Trustee Buschman
seconded the motion that said ordinance as presented and read by the Village Clerk be
adopted.
After a full discussion thereof, the President directed that the roll be called for a vote
upon the motion to adopt said ordinance as read.
Upon the roll being called, the following Trustees voted AYE:
Buschman, Chin, Latz, Markiewicz, Rimbo. Schobert absent.
and the following Trustees voted NAY: 0
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried and said ordinance adopted,
approved and signed the same in open meeting and directed the Village Clerk to record the
same in full in the records of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont,
Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, which was done.
Other business not pertinent to the adoption of said ordinance was duly transacted at
said meeting.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting was adjourned.
rn
Village Clerk
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
CERTIFICATION OF MINUTES
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Village
Clerk of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois (the "Village"),
and as such official am the keeper of the records and files of the President and Board of the -
Trustees of the Village (the "Board").
I further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete transcript of that
portion of the minutes of the meeting of the Board held on the 2nd day of November, 1994,
insofar as the same relates to the adoption of Ordinance No. 861 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE providing for the issue of $790,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series
1994, of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties,
Illinois.
a true, correct and complete copy of which said ordinance as adopted at said meeting appears
in the foregoing transcript of the minutes of said meeting.
I do further certify that the deliberations of the Board on the adoption of said
ordinance were conducted openly, that the vote on the adoption of said ordinance was taken
openly, that said meeting was held at a specified time and place convenient to the public, that
notice of said meeting was duly given to all of the news media requesting such notice, that
said meeting was called and held in strict compliance with the provisions of the Open
Meetings Act of the State of Illinois, as amended, and with the provisions of the Illinois
Municipal Code, as amended, and that the Board has complied with all of the provisions of
said Act and said Code and with all of the procedural rules of the Board.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my official signature and seal of the Village,
this 2nd day of November, 1994.
(SEAL)
Y/i7,hicreee,,,
Village Clerk
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
FILING CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting County
Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, and as such official I do further certify that on the day _
of November, 1994, there was filed in my office a duly certified copy of Ordinance No.
861 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE providing for the issue of $790,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series
1994, of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties,
Illinois.
duly adopted by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont, Cook,
DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, on the 2nd day of November, 1994, and that the same
has been deposited in the official files and records of my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
I hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of said
County, this day of November, 1994.
County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois
(SEAL)
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS
COUNTY OF DUPAGE )
FILING CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting County
Clerk of DuPage County, Illinois, and as such official I do further certify that on the
day of November, 1994, there was filed in my office a duly certified copy of Ordinance No.
&6 t entitled:
AN ORDINANCE providing for the issue of $790,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series
1994, of the Village of Lemont, DuPage, DuPage and Will
Counties, Illinois.
duly adopted by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont, Cook,
DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, on the 2nd day of November, 1994, and that the same
has been deposited in the official files and records of my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of said
County, this day of November, 1994.
County Clerk of DuPage County, Illinois
(SEAL)
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS
COUNTY OF WILL )
FILING CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting County
Clerk of Will County, Illinois, and as such official I do further certify that on the day _
of November, 1994, there was filed in my office a duly certified copy of Ordinance No.
$ (9 f entitled:
AN ORDINANCE providing for the issue of $790,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series
1994, of the Village of Lemont, Will, DuPage and Will Counties,
Illinois.
duly adopted by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont, Cook,
DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, on the 2nd day of November, 1994, and that the same
has been deposited in the official files and records of my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of said
County, this day of November, 1994.
County Clerk of Will County, Illinois
(SEAL)
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF COOK
) SS
)
SPECIAL MEETING CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Village
Clerk of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois (the "Village "), _
and as such official I do further certify as follows:
1. That on the 31st day of October , 1994, a special meeting (the
"Meeting ") of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village (the "Corporate
Authorities ") was called for the 2nd day of November, 1994, by the President or any
three members of the Corporate Authorities by giving notice thereof in writing, in
accordance with the proceedings of the Corporate Authorities providing for the call
and notice of special meetings (the "Board Notice").
2. That the Board Notice, including the agenda for the Meeting, was served
upon all of the members of the Corporate Authorities by personal service
(i.e. personal service or mail), not less than 24 hours before the Meeting.
The Lemont Reporter, Lemont Metropolitan, Daily Southtown,
3. That Joliet Herald, Town Talk /Shopper, Chicago Tribune Same
being all of the news media that have filed a request for such notice of special
meetings of the Corporate Authorities were also given the Board Notice in the same
manner as was given to said members of the Corporate Authorities.
4. That attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true, correct and complete copy of
the Board Notice.
5. That on the 1st day of November , 1994, public notice of
the Meeting, stating the time and place of, and including the agenda for, the Meeting,
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was posted at 418 Main Street, Lemont, Illinois, the same being the principal office of
the Corporate Authorities (the "Public Notice").
6. That on said day the Public Notice was also supplied to the news media
listed in paragraph 3 hereof.
7. That attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, correct and complete copy of
the Public Notice.
8. That the Meeting was duly called, noticed and held in strict compliance
with all of the provisions of the Open Meetings Act of the State of Illinois, as
amended, the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and the ordinances, resolutions,
rules, regulations and proceedings of the Corporate Authorities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of the
Village, this 2nd day of November , 1994.
[SEAL]
[Attach Exhibits 1 and 2]
Village Clerk