05-97 Motorized Equip Bond $78,000

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ORDINANCE NO. 5- 97 PLACED ON 1st Readkng 6 Referred FINANCE CMTE on 3/17/97. PLACED ON /nd Reading 4/7/97. By: Boscia, Corrigan, Flannery, George, Roth, Seelie, Smith tO AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to provide tbr the issuance of $78,000 1997 Motorized Equipment Bond Anticipation Notes of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds for the purpose of acquiring motorized equipment for various departments of the City. WHEREAS, the Fiscal Officer has certified to this Council that the estimated life of the improvements hereinafter mentioned is at least five (5) years and has further certified the maximum maturity of the hereinafter mentioned bonds is five (5) years and that the maximum maturity of notes issued in anticipation of said bonds is ten (I0) years from the date of issuance of the original notes; and WHEREAS, this ordinance is an emergency measure which is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the further reason that the immediate issuance and sale of the notes herein authorized is necessary to provide funds for the equipment urgently needed to protect the safety a~d health of the citizens of the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Section 1. It is hereby declared necessary to issue bonds of the City of Lakewood in the principal mount of $78,000 for the purpose of acquiring motorized equipment for various departments of the City. Section 2. Said bonds shall be dated approximately May 1, 1998, shall bear interest at the estimated rate of five per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, until the principai sum is paid, and shall mature in such five (5) annual principal installments after their issuance that the total principal and interest payments in any year in which principai is payable is substantially equal. Section 3. It is hereby determined that notes (hereinafter called the "Notes") in the principal amount of $78,000 shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of said bonds for the above-described purpose. The Notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum interest rate often per eenmm 00%) per annum¢ as may be fixed by the Fiscal Officer in her certificate awarding the Notes, such interest to be payable at maturity, with provision, if requested by the purchaser, that, in the event of default, the same shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum interest rate often per centura (10%) per annum until the principal sum is paid; shall be dated their date of issuance and shall matum-ona date between nine fnonths and one year from such date, as determined by the Fiscal Officer; shall not be subject to redemption by the City at any time prior to maturity; and shall be payable as to both principal and interest at the office of the Fiscal Officer of the City, or at banks or trust companies, as determined by the Fiscal Officer, without deduction for exchange, collection or service charge. "Fiscal Officer" as used in this ordinance means the City's Director of Finance, Assistant Director of Finance, Acting Director of Finance or Director of Public Works. Section 4. Pursuant to Section 133.30(B), Ohio Revised Code, the Fiscal Officer may combine the Notes with other notes into a single consolidated issue of notes for purposes of their sale as a single issue, to be designated "Various Purpose General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 1997"; such notes shall contain a summary statement of purposes encompassing the purpose for which the Notes are issued; shall state that' they are issued pursuant to this ordinance; shall be issued in such numbers and denominations as may be requested by the original purchaser, and shall be executed by the Mayor and Fiscal Ot~cer, provided that one of such signatures may be a facsimile signature. Section 5. The Notes shall be sold at not less than the par value thereof in a manner determined by the Fiscal Officer to the purchaser offering the lowest interest cost to the City at an interest rate not exceeding that specified in Section 3 of this ordinance after