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<br />interest and sinking fund tax required by Section 11 of Article XII of the
<br />Constitution of Ohio,
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<br />SECTION 8 Said tax shall be and is hereby ordered computed,
<br />certified, levied and extended upon the tax duplicate and collec,ted by the saine
<br />officers, in the same manner and at the same time that taxes for general purposes
<br />for each of said years are certified, extended and collected; Said tax shall be
<br />placed before and inpteference to all other items and for the full amount
<br />théreof. The funds derived from said tax levy hereby required shall be'placed
<br />in a separate and distinct fund, which, together with the: interest collected on
<br />the same (other than such interest as may be required to be rebated to the
<br />federal government), shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the princi-
<br />pal of and interest on said Bonds when and as the same fall due
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<br />SECTION 9 It is hereby determined that all acts, conditions and
<br />things necessary to be done precedent to and in and for the issuing of said Bonds
<br />in order to make them legal, valid and binding obligations of the City have been
<br />performed in regular and due form as required by law; that the full faith, credit
<br />and revenue of said City shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged for the
<br />prompt payment of the principal and interest thereof at maturity; and that no
<br />limitation of indebtedness or taxation, either statutory or constitutional, will
<br />be exceeded in issuin& said Bonds,
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<br />SECTION 10 The City covenants that it will restrict the use of the
<br />proceeds of said Bonds in such manner and to such extent, if any, as may be
<br />necessary so that the Bonds will not constitute arbitrage bonds under Section 148
<br />of the Intérnal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), The Fiscal
<br />Officer, as the fiscal office-r, or any other officer of the City having
<br />responsibility for the issuance of the Bonds shall give an appropriate
<br />certificate of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings for the
<br />Bonds, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the Ci~y regarding the amount
<br />and use of all the proceeds of the Bonds, the facts, circumstances and estimates
<br />on which they are based, and other facts and circumstances relevant to the tax
<br />treatment of the interest on the Bonds.
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<br />The City further covenants that it (a) will take or cause to be taken
<br />such actions that may be required of it for the- interest on the Bonds to be and
<br />remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and (b) will
<br />not take or authorize to be taken any actions that- would adversely affect that
<br />exclusion, and that it, or persons acting for it'; will, among other acts of
<br />compliance, ~(i) apply the proceeds of the Bonds to the goverrtmentalpurpose of
<br />the borrowin~, (ii) restrict the yield on investment property acquired with those
<br />proceeds, (iii) make timely rebate payments to the fe-deral government,
<br />(iv) maintain books and records and make calculations and reports, and
<br />(v) refrain from certain uses of those proceeds, all irtsuch manner and to the
<br />extent necessary to assure such exclusion of that interest under the Code. The
<br />Fiscal Officer and other appropriate officers are authorized and directed to take
<br />any and all actions, make calculations and rebate payments, and make or give
<br />reports and certifications, as may be appropriate to assure such exclusion of
<br />that interest
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<br />SECTION 11. The Fiscal Officer, as fiscal officer of the City, is
<br />hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this ordinance to the County
<br />Auditor.
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<br />SECTION 12. It is found and determined that all formal actions of
<br />this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were
<br />adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this
<br />Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were
<br />in meetings open to the public, in compliance with, all legal requirements,
<br />including the City's Charter and Codified Ordinances
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<br />SECTION 13. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency
<br />measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property,
<br />health, safety and welfare in the City for the reasons set forth and defined in
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