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interest and sinking fund tax required by Section 11 of Article XII of the <br />Constitution of Ohio. <br /> <br /> SECTION 8. Said tax shall be and is hereby ordered computed, <br />certified, levied and extended upon the tax duplicate and collected by the same <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 in preference to all other items and for the full amount <br />thereof. 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. <br /> <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 issuing said Bonds. <br /> <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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The Fiscal <br />Officer, as the fiscal officer, 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, settinf forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding the amount <br />and use of all the proceeds of t'he 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. <br /> <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 governmental purpose of <br />the borrowing, (ii) restrict the yield on investment property acquired with those <br />proceeds, (iii) make timely rebate payments to the federal government, <br />(iv) maintain books and records and make calculations and reports, and <br />(v) refrain from certain uses of those proceeds, all in such 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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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 <br /> <br />-7- <br /> <br /> <br />