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Section 5. That such notc~s shall be executed by the Mayor and <br />Director of Finance and bear the seal of the corporation. They shall be <br />payable at tile office of tile Director of Finance, City Hall, Lakewood, Ohio, <br />and shall express upon their faces the purpose for which they are issued <br />and that they are issued pursuant to this ordinance. <br /> <br /> Section 6. Subject to the rejection of said notes by the Director <br />of Finance for investment in the Bond Retirement Fund, said notes shall be <br />sold at the par value thereof by the Director of Finance at an interest rate <br />or rates not exceeding that specified in Section 4 of this ordinance and in <br />accordance with the best interests and welfare of the City; and the Director of <br />Finance is hereby authorized and directed to deliver said notes, when executed, <br />to 'the original purchaser or purchasers thereof upon payment of the purchase <br />price. The proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the proper fund and used <br />for the purpose for which said notes are being issued under the provisions of <br />this ordinance. <br /> <br /> The City hereby covenants that it will restrict the use of the pro- <br />ceeds of the notes in such manner and to such extent, if any, as may be necessary, <br />after taking into account reasonable expectations at the time of note issuance, <br />so that they will not constitute arbitrage bonds under Section 103(c) of the <br />Internal Revenue Code and the regulations prescribed under that section. The <br />Director of Finance as fiscal officer or any other officer, iacluding the Clerk <br />of Council, having responsibility with respect to the issuance of thes~ notes <br />is authorized and directed to give an appropriate certificate on behalf of the <br />City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings, setting forth the facts, <br />estimates and circumstances and reasonable expectations pertaining to said Sec- <br />tion 103(~) and regulations thereunder. <br /> <br /> Section 7. Said notes shall be the full general obligations of the <br />City of Lakewood and the full faith, credit and revenue of said City are hereby <br />pledged for the prompt payment of the same. The par value to be received from <br />the sale of the bonds anticipated by'said notes and any excess funds resulting <br />from the issuance of said notes shall, to the extent necessary, be used only for <br />the retirement of said notes at maturity, together with the interest thereon, <br />and is hereby pledged for such purpose. <br /> <br /> Sectio~'~ b. ~urzng ti~e y~ars while such notes run, there shall Oe <br />levied on all the taxable property in the City of Lakewood, iu addition to <br />all other taxes, a direct tax annually not less than that which would have <br />been levied if bonds had been issued without the prior issue of such notes. <br />Said tax shall be and is hereby ordered computed, certified, levied and <br />extended upon the tax duplicate and collected by the same officers, in the <br />same manner and at the same time that taxes for general purposes of each of <br />said years are certified, extended and colle~ted~ Said tax shall be placed <br />before and in preference to all other items and 'for the full amount thereof. <br />The funds derived from said tax levies hersby required shall be placed in a <br />separate and distinct fund which, together with the interest collected on the <br />same shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal and interest <br />of said notes or the bonds in anticipation of which they are issued, when and <br />as the same falls due. <br /> <br /> Section 9. It is hereby determined and recited that all acts, <br />conditions and things necessary to be done precedent to and in the issuing <br />of said notes in order to make them legal, valid and binding obligations <br />of the City of Lakewood, have been done and performed in regular and due <br />form as required by law; and that no limitation of indebtedness or taxation, <br />either statutory or constitutional, will have been exceeded in the issuance of <br />said notes. <br /> <br /> Section 10. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward a <br />certified copy of this ordinance to the County Auditor. <br /> <br /> <br />