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The Director of Finance is also hereby authorized and directed, to the extent necessary or required, to enter into any agreements detemrined necessary in connection with the book entry system for the Notes, after determining that the signing thereof will not endanger the funds or securities of the City. SECTION 6: Award and Sale of the Notes. (a) To the Original Purchaser. The Notes shall be sold by the Director of Finance at Private sale at a purchase price not less than par, as determined in the Certificate of Award, and in accordance with law and the provisions of this Ordinance. The Director of Finance shall sign the Certificate of Award referred to in Section 3 specifying the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued, the interest rate the Notes shall bear, the final purchase price of the Notes and certain other final terms of the Notes and evidencing that sale, cause the Notes to be prepared, and have the Notes signed and delivered, together with a true transcript of proceedings with reference to the issuance of the Notes if requested by the Original Purchaser, to the Original Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price. The Mayor, the Director of Finance, the Director of Law, the Clerk of Council and other City officials, as appropriate, are each authorized and directed to sign any transcript certificates, financial statements and other documents and instruments and to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Ordinance. The Director of Finance is authorized, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the City, to combine the issue of Notes with one or more other unvoted general obligation bond anticipation note issues of the City into a consolidated note issue pursuant to Section 133.30(B) of the Revised Code. (b) Note Purchase Agreement. If the Director of Finance and the Original Purchaser determine to use a Note Purchase Agreement, then the Mayor and the Director of Finance shall sign and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the City, the Note Purchase Agreement between the City and the Original Purchaser (the Note Purchase Agreement), which Note Purchase Agreement shall be in substantially the form that has previously been used by the City for the sale of its bond anticipation notes, providing for the sale to, and the purchase by, the Original Purchaser of the Notes. The Note Purchase Agreement is approved, together with any changes or amendments that are not inconsistent with this Ordinance and not substantially adverse to the City and that are approved by the Director of Finance on behalf of the City, all of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the signing of the Note Purchase Agreement or amendments thereto. (c) Application for Rating, Financing Costs. The Director of Finance is authorized to request a rating for the Notes from one or more nationally -recognized rating agencies in connection with the sale and issuance of the Notes. The expenditure of the amounts necessary to secure those rating(s) and to pay the other financing costs (as defined in Section 133.01 of the Revised Code) in connection with the Notes is authorized and approved, and the Director of Finance is authorized to provide for the payment of any such amounts and costs from the proceeds of the Notes to the extent available and otherwise from any other funds lawfully available that are appropriated or shall be appropriated for that purpose. (d) Ohio Market Access Program. If the Director of Finance determines in the Certificate of Award for it to be in the best interest of and financially advantageous to the City, the City shall participate in the Treasurer of State's Ohio Market Access Program. 4-