HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2022.03.10 - 35337BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
March 10, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-058
Sponsored By: William Miller III
IN RE: Water Resources Commissioner - Resolution Authorize Oakland County City of Pontiac Water
Supply System Bonds
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has determined that it is necessary to acquire, construct, and install
water supply system improvements and facilities to improve the County's City of Pontiac Water Supply System
(the "System") to be financed through the issuance of one or more series of bonds in the aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $5,000,000 pursuant to the provisions of Act 34, Public Acts of Michigan, 2001, as
amended ("Act 34"), as hereinafter described (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has determined to sell the bonds in one or more series (the "Bonds")
in a private negotiated sale to the Michigan Finance Authority (the "Authority") as authorized by Act 227,
Public Acts of Michigan, 1985, as amended ("Act 227"), in order to enable the Authority to provide assistance
with respect to the Project from the proceeds of the State of Michigan Drinking Water Revolving Fund.
WHEREAS the statutory limit for County debt is $8,478,454,848 (10% of State Equalized Value). As of
January 1, 2022, the total pledged debt is $642,548,290 or approximately 0.75786% of the S.E.V.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS —PURPOSE. The Bonds of the County aggregating the principal sum
to be determined by the County Water Resources Commissioner, acting as County Agency for the
County (the "County Agency"), but not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) shall be issued and
sold in one or more series for the purpose of defraying the cost of the Project, including the cost of
issuing the Bonds. The Project shall consist of the replacement of lead water service lines and
improvements to related facilities as well as all work necessary and incidental to these improvements,
including without limitation the restoration of property, streets, rights -of -way, and easements affected by
the improvements.
BOND DETAILS. The Bonds shall be designated "City of Pontiac Water Supply System Bonds, Series
2022," or as otherwise designated by the County Agency at the time of sale of the Bonds; shall be dated
the date of delivery thereof, shall be numbered from 1 upwards; shall be fully registered; shall be in any
denomination not exceeding the aggregate principal amount for each maturity at the option of the
bondholder (provided, however, that so long as the Bonds are registered in the name of the Authority,
the Bonds may be in the form of a single bond in a denomination equal to the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Bonds, with an exhibit attached thereto that identifies the annual maturities for
the Bonds, and references herein to the "Bonds" shall mean that single bond registered in the name of
the Authority); shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 3.00% as determined by the County
Agency from the date of delivery of the various principal installments as hereinafter described, payable
on such dates as shall be determined by the County Agency; and shall mature on such dates and in such
principal amounts as shall be determined by the County Agency; provided, however, that the final
maturity of the Bonds shall not be more than 30 years after the date that the Bonds are delivered to the
initial purchaser thereof.
The Bonds are expected to be delivered to the Authority as the initial purchaser thereof in installments equal
to the amounts advanced from time to time by the Authority to the County pursuant to the Purchase Contract
and the Supplemental Agreement (each as hereinafter defined).
1. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. So long as the Bonds are owned by the
Authority, the Bonds are payable as to principal, redemption premium, if any, and interest at U.S. Bank
Trust Company, National Association, or at such other place as shall be designated in writing to the
County by the Authority (the "Authority's Depository"). So long as the Authority is the owner of the
Bonds, the County agrees that it will deposit with the Authority's Depository payments of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds in immediately available funds by 12:00 noon at least five
business days prior to the date on which any such payment is due, whether by maturity, redemption or
otherwise. If the Bonds are not registered in the name of the Authority, the principal of and premium, if
any, on the Bonds are payable upon the surrender thereof at the office of the bond registrar and paying
agent and the interest is payable by check or draft mailed by the bond registrar and paying agent to the
registered owner of the Bonds at the address appearing on the registration books of the County kept by
the bond registrar and paying agent as of the 15th day of the month preceding the month in which an
interest payment is due.
2. PRIOR REDEMPTION. The Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the form of Bonds contained in section 7 hereof.
3. BOND REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT. Until a successor is appointed by the Board of
Commissioners, the County Treasurer shall act as bond registrar and paying agent.
4. EXECUTION. AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF BONDS. The Bonds shall be executed in
the name of the County by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Chairperson of the Board of
Commissioners and the County Clerk and authenticated by the manual signature of the bond registrar
and paying agent or an authorized representative of the bond registrar and paying agent. After the
Bonds have been executed and authenticated for delivery to the Authority as the original purchaser
thereof, they shall be delivered by the County Treasurer to the purchaser upon receipt of the purchase
price or upon compliance with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Contract. Additional Bonds
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners and the
County Clerk may be delivered to the bond registrar and paying agent for authentication and delivery in
connection with the exchange or transfer of Bonds. The bond registrar and paying agent shall indicate
on each Bond the date of its authentication.
5. FORM OF BONDS. The Bonds shall be in substantially the following form, with such changes thereto
as are necessary to conform to any order of the County Agency issued in accordance with this
Resolution:
(FORM OF DWRF BOND)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
CITY OF PONTIAC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM BOND, SERIES 2022
INTEREST RATE MATURITY DATE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
% See Exhibit A .2022
Registered Owner: Michigan Finance Authority
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 or so much thereof as shall have been advanced to the County pursuant to a Purchase
Contract between the County and the Michigan Finance Authority (the "Authority") and a Supplemental
Agreement by and among the County, the Authority and the State of Michigan acting through the Department
of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy on the maturity dates and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto, unless redeemed prior thereto as hereinafter provided, the final payment to be made upon
presentation and surrender of this bond at the office of the County Treasurer, County of Oakland, State of
Michigan, the bond registrar and paying agent, or at such successor bond registrar and paying agent as may be
designated pursuant to the Resolution (as hereinafter defined), 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 mailed by the bond registrar and paying agent by first class
mail postage prepaid to the Registered Owner at the registered address, interest at the rate per annum specified
above on such Principal Amount, to the extent advanced to the County pursuant to the Purchase Contract and
the Supplemental Agreement and not forgiven pursuant to the related Order of Approval issued by the Michigan
Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, until the County's obligation with respect to the payment
of such Principal Amount is discharged. Interest is payable on the first day of and in each
year, commencing on 1, 202. Principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United
States of America.
In the event of a default in the payment of principal or interest hereon when due, whether at maturity,
by redemption or otherwise, the amount of such default shall bear interest (the "additional interest") at a rate
equal to the rate of interest that is two percent above the Authority's cost of providing funds (as determined by
the Authority) to make payment on the bonds of the Authority issued to provide funds to purchase this bond but
in no event in excess of the maximum rate of interest permitted by law. The additional interest shall continue to
accrue until the Authority has been fully reimbursed for all costs incurred by the Authority (as determined by
the Authority) as a consequence of the County's default. Such additional interest shall be payable on the interest
payment date following demand of the Authority. In the event that (for reasons other than the default in the
payment of any municipal obligation purchased by the Authority) the investment of amounts in the reserve
account established by the Authority for the bonds of the Authority issued to provide funds to purchase this
bond fails to provide sufficient available funds (together with any other funds that may be made available for
such purpose) to pay the interest on outstanding bonds of the Authority issued to fund such account, the County
shall and hereby agrees to pay on demand only the County's pro rata share (as determined by the Authority) of
such deficiency as additional interest on this bond.
During the time funds are being drawn down by the County under this bond, the Authority periodically
will provide the County a statement showing the amount of principal that has been advanced and the date of
each advance, which statement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the reported information; provided that
no failure on the part of the Authority to provide such a statement or to reflect a disbursement or the correct
amount of a disbursement shall relieve the County of its obligation to repay the outstanding principal amount
actually advanced, all accrued interest thereon, and any other amount payable with respect thereto in accordance
with the terms of this bond.
This bond is issued by the County under and pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution
and Statutes of Michigan (especially Act No. 34, Public Acts of 2001, as amended) and a bond authorizing
resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County (the "Resolution") and an order of the Water
Resources Commissioner of the County, as County Agency, for the purpose of defraying part of the cost of
acquiring, constructing, and installing water supply system facilities to improve the County's City of Pontiac
Water Supply System (the "System").
The County has authorized the net revenues derived from users of the System to be used to pay the
principal of and interest on this bond when due. In addition, the County has irrevocably pledged its full faith
and credit for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on this bond as the same become due. In the
event and to the extent that the net revenues derived from users of the System are not sufficient to pay the
principal of and interest on this bond, such principal and interest are payable as a first budget obligation of the
County from its general funds. The ability of the County to raise such funds is subject to applicable statutory
and constitutional limitations on the taxing power of the County. The amount of taxes necessary to pay the
principal of and interest on this bond, together with the taxes levied for the same year, shall not exceed the limit
authorized by law.
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 any
denomination not exceeding the aggregate principal amount for each maturity.
The bond registrar and paying agent shall not be required to transfer or exchange this bond or any
portion of this bond that has been selected for redemption.
This bond is subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the County and with the prior
written consent of and upon such terms as may be required by the Authority. That portion of the bond called for
redemption shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, provided funds are on hand with the bond
registrar and paying agent to redeem the same.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond, so long as the Authority is the owner of this bond, (a)
this bond is payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National
Association, or at such other place as shall be designated in writing to the County by the Authority (the
"Authority's Depository"); (b) the County agrees that it will deposit with the Authority's Depository payments
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this bond in immediately available funds by 12:00 noon at
least five business days prior to the date on which any such payment is due whether by maturity, redemption or
otherwise; in the event that the Authority's Depository has not received the County's deposit by 12:00 noon on
the scheduled day, the County shall immediately pay to the Authority as invoiced by the Authority an amount to
recover the Authority's administrative costs and lost investment earnings attributable to that late payment; and
(c) written notice of any redemption of this bond shall be given by the County and received by the Authority's
Depository at least 40 days prior to the date on which redemption is to be made.
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 this bond, 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 this bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of Oakland, State of Michigan, by its Board of Commissioners,
has caused this bond to be executed in its name by the manual or facsimile signatures of its Chairperson of the
Board of Commissioners and County Clerk. This bond shall not be valid unless the Certificate of
Authentication has been manually executed by the bond registrar and paying agent or an authorized
representative of the bond registrar and paying agent.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
an
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
:
And:
Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners
County Clerk
This bond is one of the bonds described in the within -mentioned Resolution.
Treasurer, County of Oakland
Bond Registrar and Paying Agent
AUTHENTICATION DATE:
ASSIGNMENT
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(please print
or type name, address and taxpayer identification number of transferee) the within bond and all rights
thereunder and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
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 eligible guarantor institution participating in a Securities
Transfer Association recognized signature guarantee program.
EXHIBIT A
The principal amounts and maturity dates applicable to the bond to which this Exhibit A is attached are
as follows:
MATURITY DATE PRINCIPAL MATURITY
Based on the schedule provided above unless revised as provided in this paragraph, repayment of the Principal
Amount shall be made according to such schedule until the full Principal Amount disbursed to the County is
repaid; provided, however, that the County shall have no obligation to repay any serial principal installment for
which the County did not receive a disbursement of Principal Amount by the date such serial principal
installment is due. In the event the Order of Approval issued by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes,
and Energy (the "Order") approves a principal amount of assistance less than the amount of this Bond, the
Authority shall only disburse principal up to the amount stated in the Order. In the event (1) that the payment
schedule described above provides for payment of a total principal amount greater than the amount of assistance
approved by the Order, (2) that less than the principal amount of assistance approved by the Order is disbursed
to the County by the Authority or (3) of prepayment of the Bond, the Authority shall prepare a new payment
schedule that shall be effective upon receipt by the County.
(END OF BOND FORM)
8. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FUND. There shall be established for the Bonds a Principal and Interest
Fund which shall be accounted for separately and shall be used only to retire the Bonds. From the proceeds of
the sale of the Bonds there shall be set aside in the Principal and Interest Fund any premium and accrued
interest received from the purchaser of the Bonds at the time of delivery of the Bonds. All payments made by
the County pursuant to section 11 hereof are pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds
and expenses incidental thereto and as received shall be placed in the Principal and Interest Fund to be used to
pay the principal and interest on the Bonds.
9. CONSTRUCTION FUND. The remainder of the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds as received from time to
time shall be set aside in a construction fund and used solely to defray the cost of acquisition, construction and
installation of the Project. Any unexpended balance of the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds remaining in the
construction fund after completion of the Project shall be deposited in the Principal and Interest Fund
established in section 8 hereof.
10. SALE. ISSUANCE. DELIVERY. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BONDS. The Bonds shall be sold
at a private, negotiated sale to the Authority, as authorized by Act 227. It is hereby determined that this method
of sale is in the best interests of the County and is calculated to provide the County with the lowest cost of
borrowing money. The sale shall be made pursuant to the terms and conditions to be set forth in a Purchase
Contract (the "Purchase Contract") and a Supplemental Agreement (the "Supplemental Agreement"). The
County Agency is authorized to execute and deliver the Supplemental Agreement and the Purchase Contract in
such forms as shall be approved by the County Agency, with such approval to be evidenced by the County
Agency's signature thereon. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution, the Bonds shall be initially
sold to the Authority as one bond, numbered 1, in the full aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. The
County Agency is authorized to execute one or more written orders (i) containing the determinations that the
County Agency is authorized to make as provided in this Resolution and (ii) making such changes in the
provisions of the Bonds or this Resolution to comply with the requirements of the Authority or otherwise to
enable the Bonds to be sold to the Authority. In addition, the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners, the
Clerk, the Treasurer, the County Agency and other County employees and officials are authorized to execute
and deliver to the Authority the Issuer's Certificate and any such certificates and documents as the Authority or
bond counsel shall require and to do all other things necessary to effectuate the sale, issuance, delivery, transfer
and exchange of the Bonds in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution.
11. SECURITY. The net revenues derived from the users of the System have previously been pledged for the
payment of principal and interest on the County's City of Pontiac Water Supply System Bond, Series 2016A,
the City of Pontiac Water Supply System Bond, Series 2015A, City of Pontiac Water Supply System Bond,
Series 2015B, the City of Pontiac Water Supply System Improvements Bonds, Series 2014 and the City of
Pontiac's Water Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010 (collectively, the "Prior Bonds"), in accordance
with the provisions of the City of Pontiac Water Supply System Contract dated as of April 19, 2012 between the
County and the City of Pontiac, and are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds on
a parity basis with the Prior Bonds. The Bonds shall also be limited tax general obligations of the County. The
full faith and credit of the County are pledged for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the
Bonds as the same shall become due. Each year the County shall be obligated, as a first budget obligation, to
advance moneys from its general funds or to levy ad valorem property taxes on all taxable property within its
corporate boundaries to pay such principal and interest as the same become due in the event and to the extent
that the net revenues derived from the users of the System are not sufficient to make such payment. The ability
of the County to raise funds to pay such amounts is subject to applicable constitutional and statutory limitations
on the taxing power of the County. Nothing in this section 11 shall preclude the County from issuing revenue
bonds pursuant to Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended, or additional bonds pursuant to Act 34 to
pay the costs of further improvements to the System and pledging the net revenues derived from the users of the
System for the payment of such bonds on a parity basis with the Prior Bonds and the Bonds.
12. ESTIMATES OF PERIOD OF USEFULNESS AND COST. The estimated period of usefulness of the
Project is hereby determined to be not less than thirty (30) years and upwards, and the plans for and estimated
cost of the Project in the amount of not less than $5,000,000 are hereby approved and adopted.
13, EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF BONDS. Any Bond, at the option of the registered owner thereof and
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,
may be exchanged for 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 Bond.
Each 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 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 Bond, the bond registrar and paying agent on behalf of the County shall
cancel the surrendered Bond and shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee a new Bond or Bonds of any
authorized denomination of the same aggregate principal amount and maturity date and bearing the same rate of
interest as the surrendered Bond. If, at the time the bond registrar and paying agent authenticates and delivers a
new Bond pursuant to this section, payment of interest on the Bond is in default, the bond registrar and paying
agent shall endorse upon the new Bond the following: "Payment of interest on this bond is in default. The last
date to which interest has been paid is (insert applicable date)."
The County and the bond registrar and paying agent may deem and treat the person in whose name any Bond
shall be registered upon the books of the County as the absolute owner of such Bond, whether such Bond shall
be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and interest on such 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 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 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 Bonds or portions of Bonds
which have been selected for redemption.
14. TAX COVENANT. The Bonds are not expected to be issued as bonds the interest on which is excludable
from gross income for federal income tax purposes ("Tax -Exempt Bonds") under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"). If any of the Bonds are issued as Tax -Exempt Bonds, the County covenants to
comply with all requirements of the Code necessary to assure that the interest on the Bonds will be and will
remain excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. The County Agency, the County
Treasurer, the County Clerk and other appropriate County officials are authorized to do all things necessary to
assure that the interest on the Bonds will be and will remain excludable from gross income for federal income
tax purposes.
15. DEFEASANCE. In the event cash or direct obligations 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 amounts sufficient to pay, at maturity or irrevocable
call for earlier optional redemption, the principal of and interest on a series of the Bonds, shall have been
deposited in trust, this Resolution shall be defeased and the owners of such series of Bonds shall have no further
rights under this Resolution except to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such series of Bonds
from the cash or securities deposited in trust and the interest and gains thereon and to transfer and exchange
such series of Bonds as provided herein.
16. REPLACEMENT OF BONDS. Upon receipt by the County Treasurer of proof of ownership of an
unmatured Bond, of satisfactory evidence that the Bond has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken
and of security or indemnity 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 Bond to replace
the Bond lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken in compliance with applicable law. In the event an
outstanding matured Bond is lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, the County Treasurer may
authorize the bond registrar and paying agent to pay the Bond without presentation upon the receipt of the same
documentation required for the delivery of a replacement Bond. The Bond registrar and paying agent, for each
new 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 Bond delivered pursuant the provisions of this section in lieu of any Bond lost, apparently
destroyed or wrongfully taken shall be of the same form and tenor and be secured in the same manner as the
Bond in substitution for which such bond was delivered.
17. APPROVAL OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY — EXCEPTION FROM PRIOR
APPROVAL. The issuance and sale of the Bonds shall be subject to the County obtaining qualified status or
prior approval from the Department of Treasury of the State of Michigan pursuant to Act 34, Public Acts of
Michigan, 2001, as amended ("Act 34"), and, if necessary, the County Treasurer and County Agency are each
hereby authorized and directed to make application to the Department of Treasury for approval to issue and sell
the Bonds as provided by the terms of this Resolution and by Act 34. The County Treasurer and County
Agency are authorized to pay any filing fees required in connection with obtaining qualified status or prior
approval from the Department of Treasury. The County Treasurer and County Agency are further authorized to
request such waivers of the requirements of the Department of Treasury or Act 34 as necessary or desirable in
connection with the sale of the Bonds.
18. CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS. All resolutions and parts of resolutions, insofar as they are in conflict
herewith, are rescinded.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: William Miller III.
6Zd Date: March 10, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
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Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds Date: March 21, 2022
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-03-02 Economic Development & Infrastructure - recommend and forward to Finance
2022-03-02 Finance - recommend to Board
2022-03-10 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Penny Luebs seconded by Commissioner Charles Cavell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Authorize Oakland County City of Pontiac Water Supply System Bonds.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Philip
Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller
IIl, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert
Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (20)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
The Motion Passed.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2022-03-02 memo to accompany resolution authorizing bonds
2. 2022-03-02 Map of Project Area
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 March 10, 2022, 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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds
Form DC-001
OAKLANDCOUNTY MEMORANDUM
WATERTERRESOURCES COMMISSIONER
TO: William Miller, Chairperson
Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee
FROM: Sid Lockhart, P.E., Deputy & Special Projects Manager
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE OAKLAND COUNTY CITY OF PONTIAC WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEM BONDS — DRINKING WATER (DWRF)
DATE: March 2, 2022
This memorandum is similar to the previous memo considered by the Committee because the
accompanying resolution is the companion to the prior resolution regarding the intent to issue bonds.
The resolution now before the Committee seeks authorization of the bonds to help finance the cost of
replacing lead water service lines and improvements to related facilities as well as all work necessary
and incidental to these improvements.
As was stated in my previous memo, the City of Pontiac is in urgent need of improvements to the
water supply system facilities which is currently owned by Oakland County with Water Resources
Commissioner Jim Nash acting as the County's Agent. Additionally, improvements are needed to
promote the health and welfare of the residents served by the water supply system facilities which
also would benefit the County and its residents.
Bonds will be secured by revenues of the System and the County's full faith and credit pledge. It is
anticipated that the County will advance all or a portion of the costs of the project prior to the issuance
of the bonds and that system fund advances would be repaid from proceeds of the bonds. It further is
expected that the $5 million loan principle will be forgiven at the conclusion of the project through the
State's Water Infrastructure Fund Transfer Act, also referred to as" Booker" funds.
These limited tax general obligation bonds would be issued in one or more series in the aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $5 million. That amount is expected to be sufficient to finance a
portion of eligible construction project costs and the County can reasonably expect to seek
reimbursement for its advances to the project as anticipated by the accompanying resolution.
I offer the accompanying resolution and respectfully request its adoption.
Presenters: Sid Lockhart, P.E., Deputy and Special Projects Manager Phone: 248-858-1082
Amy Ploof, P.E., Chief Engineer Phone: 248-452-2271
Eric McGlothlin, Esq., Dickinson Wright, PLLC Phone: 248-433-7566
Steven A. Burke, CFA, MFCI, LLC Phone: 313-782-3011
OAKLAND COUNTY WATER RESOURCES COMMISSIONER
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PROJECT: DWSRF Service Line Replacements
Summary
1,000 services to be replaced as part
of DWSRF Program
$ 5,000 funded (on average)per
replacement
$5.0 M total DWSRF funded
Project Map
Number of Replacements
In project
Total DWSRF
Year
In City
Total
area
Funded
2021*
324
24
348
Not eligible
2022
316
32
348
348
2023
280
68
348
348
2024
266
82
_348
304
2025
253
95
348
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Description and notes
Grant funding through the DWSRF program is limited to $5,000 (on average) for service line replacements
(construction costs only) up to $5 million.
The service line replacement program has been broken up into three (3) densely populated lead service line
areas to correspond with planned water infratructure improvement programs in the areas shown on the above
project map.
Additional replacements to meet the annual goal of 348 service line replacements will be from strategically
selected areas throughout the City.
The water infrastructure improvement programs were developed to remove lead service lines in the first year of
the program and replace the water main in the following year.
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