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PLACED ON 1sT READING & REFERRRED
<br /> TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 3/18/02
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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 99-02 By:
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<br />Corrigan, Dunn, FitzGerald, George
<br /> Roth, Seelie, Skindell
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<br /> AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to provide for the issuance of $2,785,000
<br />Sanitary Sewer Improvement Bond Anticipation Notes of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, in
<br />anticipation of the issuance of bonds for the purp. ose of improving sanitary sewers and the City's
<br />wastewater treatment plant.
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Fiscal Officer has certified to this Council that the estimated life
<br />of the.. acquisition hereinafter mentioned is at least five (5) years and has further certified the
<br />maximum maturity of the hereinafter mentioned bonds is forty (40) years and that the maximum
<br />maturity of notes issued in anticipation of said bonds is twenty (20) years from the date -of
<br />issuance of the original notes; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto
<br />determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect
<br />at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE HI, SECTION 10 and 13 of the SECOND
<br />AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the
<br />immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the daily
<br />operation of municipal departments in that the immediate issuance and sale of the notes herein
<br />authorized is necessary to provide funds for the construction of the improvements urgently
<br />needed to protect the health and safety of the citizens of the City;
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Lakewood, Cuyahoga
<br />County, Ohio:
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<br /> Section 1. It is hereby declared necessary to issue bonds of the City of Lakewood
<br />in the principal mount of $2,785,000 for the purpose of improving sanitary, sewers and the
<br />City's wastewater treatment plant.
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<br /> Section 2. Said bonds shall be dated approximately May 1, 2003, shall bear
<br />interest at the estimated. , rate of five per centare (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, until the
<br />principal sum is paid, and shall mature in such twenty (20) annual principal installments after
<br />their issuance that the total prindipal and interest payments in any year in which principal is
<br />payable is substantially equal.
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<br /> Section 3. It is hereby determined that notes (hereinafter called the "Notes") in
<br />the principal amount of $2,785,000 shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of said bonds
<br />for the above-described purpose. The Notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the
<br />maximum interest rate of six per centare (6%) per annum, as may be fixed by the Fiscal Officer
<br />in her certificate awarding the Notes, such interest to be payable at maturity, with provision, if
<br />requested by the purchaser, that, in the event of default, the same shall bear interest at a rate not
<br />exceeding the maximum interest rate often per cenmm (10%) per annum until thc principal sum
<br />is paid; shall be dated their date of issuance and shall mature on a date between nine months and
<br />one year from such date, as determined by the Fiscal Officer; shall not be subject to redemption
<br />by the City at any time prior to maturity; and shall be payable as to both princ!pal and interest at
<br />the office of the Fiscal Officer of tho City, or at banks or trust companies, as determined by the
<br />· Fiscal Officer, without deduction for exchange, collection or service charge. "Fiscal Officer" as
<br />used in this ordinance means the City's Director of Finance.
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<br /> Section 4. Pursuant to Section 133.30(B), Ohio Revised Code, the Fiscal Officer
<br />may combine the Notes with other notes into a single consolidated issue of notes for purposes of
<br />their sale as a single issue, to be designated "Various Purpose General Obligation Bond
<br />'~mti¢ipation Notes, Series 2002"; such notes shall contain a summary statement of purposes
<br />encompassing the purpose for which the Notes are issued; shall state that they are issued
<br />pursuant to this ordinance; shall be issued in such numbers and denominations as may be
<br />requested by the original purchaser; and shall be executed by the Mayor and Fiscal Officer,
<br />provided that one of such signatures may be a facsimile signature.
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<br /> The Notes, pursuant to the terms set forth below, may also be issued to a
<br />Depository (as hereinafter defined) for use in a book-entry system (as hereinafter defined). The
<br />Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed, to the extent necessary or required, to
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