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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.03.31 - 21704Miscellaneous Resolution No. 93042 March 18, 1993 BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE CHARLES E. PALMER, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: DRAIN COMMISSIONER -- RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $2,700,000 OAKLAND COUNTY REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1993 -C (PAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR) TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 185, Public Acts of Michigan, 1957, as .flended, the Townships of Oxford, Orion, Avon (now the City of Rochester Hills) and Oakland and the Villages of Oxford and Lake Orion (hereinafter referred to as the "Municipalities") and the County of Oakland (the "County") have entered into the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System Paint Creek Interceptor Contract dated as of January 15, 1969 (said contract as revised hereinafter referred to as the "Contract"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Contract the County has issued its Oakland County Sewage Disposal Bonds - Clinton-Oakland System Paint Creek Interceptor dated as of November 1, 1970 (the "Prior Bonds") in the original principal amount of $5,340,000 to defray the cost of the Clinton-Oakland System Sewage Disposal System Paint Creek Interceptor to serve the Municipalities; and WHE• , the Prior Bonds were issued in anticipation of payments to be made to the County by the Municipalities pursuant to the Contract; and WHE , the Prior Bonds remain outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $2,600,000, mature in various principal amounts on May 1 in the years 1993 through 2003 and bear interest at . tes per annum which vary from 6.70% to 7.00%; and WHEREAS, Chapter VI of Act No. 202, Public Acts of Michigan, 1943, as amended ("Act 202") authorizes the County to refund all or any part of its funded indebtedness; and WHEREAS, the County Drain Commissioner as County Agency, (the "County Agency") has recommended that this resolution be adopted in order to effect the refunding of the Prior Bonds maturing in the years 1994 through 2003, and this Board of Commissioners has determined that it is in the best interest of the Municipalities and the County that such refunding be undertaken. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND: 1. AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS - PURPOSE. Bonds of the County of Oakland, aggregating the principal sum of not to exceed Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,700,000) (the "Refunding Bonds") shall be issued and sold pursuant to the provisions of Act 202, and other applicable statutory provisions, for the purpose of refunding the Prior Bonds maturing in the years 1994 through 2003. 2. BOND DETAILS. The Refunding Bonds shall be designated "Oakland County Refunding Bonds, Series 1993-C (Paint Creek Interceptor)"; shall be dated as of such date as shall be approved by the County Agency at the time of sale; shall be numbered from 1 upwards; shall be fully registered; shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof not exceeding the aggregate principal amount for each maturity at the option of the purchaser thereof; shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 8% per annum to be determined upon the sale thereof payable on such dates as shall be determined by the County Agency at the time of sale; and shall mature on such dates and in such years as shall be determined by the County Agency at the time of sale. 3. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The principal of and interest on the Refunding Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. Principal shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of the Refunding Bonds to the bond registrar and paying agent as they severally mature. Interest shall be paid to the registered owner of each bond as shown on the registration books at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month preceding the month in which the interest payment is due. Interest shall be paid when due by check or,draft drawn upon and mailed by the bond registrar and paying agent to the registered owner at the registered address. 4. PRIOR REDEMPTION. The Refunding Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the County Agency at the time of sale. 5. BOND REGIST'. AND PAYING AGENT. The County Treasurer shall designate, and may enter into an agreement with, a bond registrar and paying agent for the Refunding Bonds which shall be a bank or trust company located in the State of Michigan which is qualified to act in such capacity under the laws of the United States of America or the State of Michigan. The County Treasurer from time to time as required may designate a similarly qualified successor bond registrar and paying agent. 6. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF BONDS. The Refunding Bonds shall be executed in the name of the County by the facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk and authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized representative of the bond registrar and paying agent, and the seal of the County (or a facsimile thereof) shall be impressed or imprinted on the Refunding Bonds. After the Refunding Bonds have been executed and authenticated for delivery to the original purchaser thereof, they shall be delivered by the County Treasurer to the purchaser upon receipt of the purchase price. Additional Refunding Bonds bearing the facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk and upon which the seal of the County (or a facsimile thereof) is impressed or imprinted may be delivered to the bond registrar and paying agent for authentication and delivery in connection with the exchange or transfer of the Refunding Bonds. The bond registrar and paying agent shall indicate on each Refunding Bond the date of its authentication. 7. EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF BONDS. Any Refunding Bond, upon surrender thereof to the bond registrar and paying agent with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the bond registrar and paying agent duly executed by the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney, at the option of the registered owner thereof, may be exchanged for Refunding Bonds of any other authorized denominations of the same aggregate principal amount and maturity date and bearing the same rate of interest as the surrendered Refunding Bond. Each Refunding Bond shall be transferable only upon the books of the County, which shall be kept for that purpose by the bond registrar and paying agent, upon surrender of such Refunding Bond together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the bond registrar and paying agent duly executed by the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney. Upon the exchange or transfer of any Refunding Bond, the bond registrar and paying agent on behalf of the County shall cancel the surrendered Refunding Bond and shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee a new Refunding Bond or Bonds of any authorized denomination of the s. w- aggregate principal amount and maturity date and bearing the same rate of interest as the surrendered Refunding Bond. If, at the time the bond registrar and paying agent authenticates and delivers a new Refunding Bond pursuant to this section, payment of interest on the Refunding Bonds is in default, the bond registrar and paying agent shall endorse upon the new Refunding Bond the following: "Payment of interest on this bond is in default. The last date to which interest has been paid is ." The County and the bond registrar and paying agent may deem and treat the person in whose name any Rofunding Bond shall be registered upon the books of the County as the absolute owner of such Refunding Bond, whether such Refunding Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and interest on such Refunding Bond and for all other purposes, and all payments made to any such registered owner, or upon his order, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this resolution shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Refunding Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, and neither the County nor the bond registrar and paying agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The County agrees to indemnify and save the bond registrar and paying agent harmless from and against any and all loss, cost, charge, expense, judgment or liability incurred by it, acting in good faith and without negligence hereunder, in so treating such registered owner. For every exchange or transfer of Refunding Bonds, the County or the bond registrar and paying agent may make a charge sufficient to reimburse it for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer, which sum or sums shall be paid by the person requesting such exchange or transfer as a condition precedent to the exercise of the privilege of making such exchange or transfer. The bond registrar and paying agent shall not be required to transfer or exchange Refunding Bonds or portions of Refunding Bonds which have been selected for redemption. 8. FORM OF BONDS. The Refunding Bonds shall be in substantially the following form: INTEREST TURITY DATE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE CUSIP TE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF OAKLAND OAKLAND COUNTY REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 1993-C (PAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR) Registered Owner Principal Amount The County of Oakland, State of Michigan (the "County"), acknowledges itself indebted to, and for value received hereby promises to pay to, the Registered Owner identified above, or registered assigns, the Principal Amount set forth above on the Maturity Date specified above, unless redeemed prior thereto as hereinafter provided, upon presentation and surrender of this bond at the bond registrar and paying agent, or at such successor bond registrar and paying agent as may be designated pursuant to the Resolution, and to pay to the Registered Owner, as shown on the registration books at the close of business on the 15th day of the calendar month preceding the month in which an interest payment is due, by check or draft drawn upon and mailed by the bond registrar and paying agent by first class mail postage prepaid to the Registered Owner at the registered address, interest on such Principal Amount from , 1993 or such later date through which interest has been paid until the County's obligation with respect to the payment of such Principal Amount is discharged, at the rate per ann specified above. Interest is payable on the first days of and in each year, commencing on , 19 . Principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America. ;This bond is one of a series of bonds aggregating the principil si. of Thousand Dollars ($ ) issued by the County under and pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and Statutes of Michigan (especially Act No. 202, Public Acts of 1943, as nended) and a resolution adopted by the Board of Co .issioners of the County (the "Resolution") for the purpose of refunding all of the outstanding Oakland County Sewage Disposal Bonds - Clinton-Oakland System - Paint Creek Interceptor. The bonds of this series are issued in anticipation of, and the principal of and interest on the bonds are payable from, moneys to be received by the County from the Townships of Oxford, Orion and Oakland, the Villages of Oxford and Lake Orion, and the City of Rochester Hills (formerly the Township of Avon) (the "Municipalities") in payment of their respective obligations under a certain contract dated January 15, 1969 among the County and the Municipalities. The full faith and credit of each Municipality have been pledged for the making of its share of such payments. As additional security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds of this series the full faith and credit of the County are hereby pledged. Taxes imposed by the Municipalities and the County are not subject to limitation as to rate or amount. This bond is transferable, as provided in the Resolution, only upon the books of the County kept for that purpose by the bond registrar and paying agent, upon the surrender of this bond together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the bond registrar and paying agent duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Upon the exchange or transfer of this bond a new bond or bonds of any authorized denomination, in the same aggregate principal amount and of the same interest rate and maturity, shall be authenticated and delivered to the transferee in exchange therefor as provided in the Resolution, and upon payment of the charges, if any, therein provided. Bonds so authenticated and delivered shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof not exceeding the aggregate principal amount for each maturity. The bond registrar and paying agent shall not be required to transfer or exchange bonds or portions of bonds which have been selected for redemption. Bonds maturing prior to , are not subject to redemption prior to maturity. Bonds maturing on and after , are subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the County, in such order as shall be determined by the County, on any one or more interest payment dates on and after Bonds of a denomination greater than $5,000 may be redeemed in part in amounts of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. If less than all of the bonds maturing in any year are to be redeemed, the bonds of portions of bonds to be rede-ned shall be selected by lot. The redemption price shall bw the par value of the bond or portion of the bond called to be redeemed plus interest to the date fixed for redemption and a premium as follows: 1 COUNTY OF 0 (SEAL) By: Chairman, Board of Commissioners • By: County Clerk of the par value if called for redemption on or after , but prior to of the par value if called for redemption on or after but prior to of the par value if called for redemption on or after , but prior to Not less than thirty days notice of redemption shall be given to the registered owners of bonds called to be redeemed by mail to each registered owner at the registered address. Bonds or portions of bonds called for redemption shall not bear interest on and after the date fixed for redemption, provided funds are on hand with the bond registrar and paying agent to redeem the same. It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds of this series, existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the total indebtedness of the County, including the series of bonds of which this bond is one, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of Oakland, Michigan, by its Board of Commissioners, has caused this bond to be executed in its name by facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be impressed or imprinted hereon. This bond shall not be valid unless the Certificite of Authentication has been manually executed by an authorized representative of the bond registrar and paying agent. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This bond is one of the bonds described in the within mentioned Resolution. Bond Registrar and Paying Agent By: Author zed Representative AUTHENTICATION DATE: ASSIG NT For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (please print o name, address and taxpayer identification n u 'er of transferee) the within bond and all rights thereunder and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the within bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Signature Guaranteed: .-Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligibl guarantor institution participating in a Securities Transfer Asociation recognized signature guarantee progr . 31 9. SECURITY. The Refunding Bonds shall be issued in anticipation of payments to be made by the Municipalities pursuant to the Contract. The Refunding Bonds shall be secured primarily by the full faith and credit pledges made by the Municipalities in the Contract. As additional and secondary security, the full faith and credit of the County are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Refunding Bonds as the same shall become due. If a Municipality shall fail to make its payments to the County in amounts which are sufficient to pay its share of the principal of and interest on the Refunding Bonds as the same shall become due, then an amount sufficient to pay the deficiency shall be advanced from the general fund of the County. 10. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FUND. There has been established for the Prior Bonds a Principal and Interest Fund which shall be kept in a separate bank account. From the proceeds of the sale of the Refunding Bonds there shall be set aside in the Principal and Interest Fund any premium and accrued interest received from the purchasers at the time of delivery of the same. All payments received from the Municipalities pursuant to the Contract are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Refunding Bonds and expenses incidental thereto and as received shall be placed in the Principal and Interest Fund. The County Treasurer shall transfer moneys in the Principal and Interest Fund to the bond registrar and paying agent for the Refunding Bonds as necessary for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Refunding Bonds. 11. DEFEAS• CE. In the event cash or direct obli- gations of the United States or obligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United States, or a combination thereof, the principal of and interest on which, without reinvestment, come due at times and in .Hounts sufficient to pay, at maturity or irrevocable call for earlier optional redemption, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all or any portion of the Refunding Bonds, shall have been deposited in trust, this Bond Resolution shall be defeased iith respect to such Refunding Bonds, and the owners of those Refunding Bonds shall have no further rights under this Bond Resolutione- except to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Refunding Bonds from the cash or ,s- rities deposited in trust and the interest and gains thereon -And to tr -lsfer and exchange the Refunding Bond - as provided herein. 12. PA - -NT OF ISSUANCE EXPENSES - ESCROW F •. The remainder of the proceeds of the Refunding Bonds shall be used to pay the issuance e =nser of the Refunding Bonds and to establish an escrow fund for the Prior Bonds maturing in the years 1994 through 2003. After the issuance e o=nses have been paid or provided for the remaining proceeds shall be used to establish an -9- escrow fund (the "Escrow Fund") consisting of cash and investments in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which arn unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America or other obligations the principal of and interest on which are fully secured by the foregoing and used to pay ths principal of, interest on and redemption premiums on the Prior Bonds maturing in the year 1994 through 2003. The Escrow Fund shall be held by a trustee (the "Trustee") in trust pursuant to an escrow agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") which irrevocably shall direct the Trustee to take all necessary steps to call the Prior Bonds maturing in the years 1994 through 2003 for redemption at such time as shall be determined in the Escrow Agreement. The County Treasurer is authorized to select the Trustee and enter into the Escrow Agreement on behalf of the County. The •lounts held in the Escrow Fund shall be such that the cash and the investments and the income received thereon will be sufficient without reinvestment to pay the principal of, interest on and redemption premiums on the Prior Bonds maturing in the years 1994 through 2003 when due at maturity or call for redemption as required by the Escrow Agreement. 13. APPROVAL OF DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. The issuance and sale of the Refunding Bonds shall be subject to permission being granted therefor by the Department of Treasury of the State of Michigan and the County Agency hereby is authorized and directed to make application to the Department of Treasury for permission to issue and sell the Refunding Bonds as provided by the terms of this resolution. 14. SALE ISSUANCE DELIVERY T". SFER AND EXCHANGE OF BONDS. The County Agency is authorized to determine the principal amount of the Refunding Bonds to be sold and to prescribe the form of the notice of sale for the Refunding Bonds. The County Agency is authorized to sell the Refunding Bonds in accordance.with the laws of this state snd to do all things necessary to effectuate the sale, issuance, delivery, transfer and exchengs of the Refunding Bonds in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. 15. REPLACEMENT OF BONDS. Upon receipt by the County Treasurer of proof of ownership of an unmatured Refunding Bond, of satisfactory evidence that the bond has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken and of security or indthi.. ity which complies with applicable law and is satisfactory to the County Treasurer, the County Treasurer may authorize the bond registrar and paying agent to deliver a new executed Refunding Bond to replace the Refunding Bond lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken in compliance with applicable law. In the svent an outstanding matured Refunding Bond is lost, apparently destroysd or wrongfully taken, the County Treasurer msy suthorie , -1 0- the bond registrar and paying agent to pay the Refunding Bond without presentation upon the receipt of the same documentation required for the delivery of a replacement Refunding Bond. The bond registrar and paying agent, for each new Refunding Bond delivered or paid without presentation as provided above, shall require the payment of expenses, including counsel fees, which may be incurred by the bond registrar and paying agent and the County in the premises. Any Refunding Bond delivered pursuant the provisions of this Section 15 in lieu of any Refunding Bond lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken shall be of the same form and tenor and be secured in the same manner as the Refunding Bond in substitution for which such Refunding Bond was delivered. 16. TAX COVENANT. The County covenants to comply with all applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended necessary to assure that the interest on the Refunding Bonds will be and will remain excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. The County Agency, the County Treasurer and other appropriate County officials are authorized to do all things necessary (including the making of such covenants of the County as shall be appropriate) to assure that the interest on the Refunding Bonds will be and will remain excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. 17. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. The County Agency is authorized to cause the preparation of an official statement for the Refunding Bonds for purpose of enabling compliance with Rule 15c2-12 issued under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Rule") and to do all other things necessary to enable compliance with the Rule. After the award of the Refunding Bonds, the County will provide copies of a "final official statement" (as defined in paragraph (e)(3) of the Rule) on a timely basis and in reasonable quantity as requested by the purchasers to enable the purchasers to comply with paragraph (b)(4) of the Rule and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. 18. CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS. All resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as they may be in conflict herewith are hereby re -inded. Mr. Chai Committee, I move son, on behalf of the Planning and Building adoption of the foregoing resolution. JAE/09007/0248/DS9/2 , -11-- April 1, 1993 FISCAL NOTE (Misc. #93042) BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, JOHN P. MCCULLOCH, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: DRAIN COMMISSIONER -- RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $ 2,700,000 OAKLAND COUNTY REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1993-C (PAIN - CREEK INTERCEPTOR) MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93042 To The Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule XI-G of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution #93042 and finds: 1) The resolution authorizes the issuance of refunding bonds with the County pledging its full faith and credit as the secondary obligator. 2) The amount of refunding is being reduced from an estimate of $2,700,000 to $1,635,000 due to reserves available for the Village of Oxford, Village of Lake Orion, the City of Rochester Hills, Orion Township, Oxford Township and Oakland Township. 3) The aggregate principal amount is not to exceed $1,635,000 at an interest rate not to exceed 8%. 4) The previous bonds were issued with a principal amount of $5,340,000 at an average net interest rate of 6.76%. 5) The statutory limit for County debt is $2,814,075,876 (10% of 1992 State Equalized Value). As of February 28, 1993, the outstanding debt is $352,559,474.84 or approximately 1.3% of the S.E.V. This refunding will not increase the amount of outstanding debt. 6) No financial impact to county funds is anticipated. • FINANCE CCMITTEE V NANC\DRAIN\BONDREFU.FN Resolution #93042 April 1, 1993 Moved by Palmer supported by Jensen the resolution be adopted. AYES: Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Price, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Aaron, Crake, Douglas, Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Miltner. (24) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 1,1993 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 1st day of Apn , 1993. Lyn D. Allen, County Clerk