RESOLUTION NO. 07039
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND AWARDING THE SALE
OF $2,950,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION PROMISSORY NOTES;
PROVIDING THE FORM OF THE NOTES; AND
LEVYING A TAX IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Village Board hereby finds and determines that it is necessary, desirable and in the best interest of the Village of Suamico, Brown County, Wisconsin (the "Village") to raise funds for the purpose of paying the costs of 2007 and 2008 Capital Improvement Projects including street reconstruction, acquisition of fire equipment, land acquisition and a public works/public safety building facility study (the "Project");
WHEREAS, pursuant to a preliminary resolution adopted on October 1, 2007, the Village’s financial advisor, Ehlers and Associates, Inc. prepared and distributed an Official Notice of Sale and an Official Statement offering $2,950,000 of the Village’s general obligation promissory notes for public sale on November 19, 2007;
WHEREAS, sealed bid proposals were received as summarized on Exhibit D attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the bid proposal submitted by Bankers’ Bank, Madison, Wisconsin, fully complies with the bid requirements set forth in the Official Notice of Sale and is deemed to be the most advantageous to the Village. A copy of said bid is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Board of the Village that:
Section 1. Ratification. The Official Notice of Sale and other offering material prepared and circulated by Ehlers & Associates, Inc. are hereby ratified and approved.
Section 2. Authorization and Award of the Notes. For the purpose of paying the cost of the Project, there shall be borrowed pursuant to Section 67.12(12) of the Wisconsin Statutes, the principal sum of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,950,000) and general obligation promissory notes shall be issued to evidence such indebtedness. The bid proposal of Bankers’ Bank, Madison, Wisconsin, (the "Purchaser") is hereby accepted, said proposal offering to purchase the $2,950,000 Village of Suamico General Obligation Promissory Notes (the "Notes") for the sum of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($2,941,150.00), plus accrued interest to the date of delivery, resulting in a net interest cost of SEVEN HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($703,947.50) and a true interest rate of 3.7595%. The Notes bear interest as follows:
|
Year of Maturity |
Principal Amount |
Interest Rate |
|
2008 |
$100,000 | 3.450% |
|
2009 |
100,000 | 3.450 |
|
2010 |
100,000 | 3.500 |
|
2011 |
200,000 | 3.550 |
|
2012 |
250,000 | 3.600 |
|
2013 |
300,000 | 3.625 |
|
2014 |
400,000 | 3.650 |
|
2015 |
500,000 | 3.700 |
|
2016 |
500,000 | 3.750 |
|
2017 |
500,000 | 3.800 |
Section 3. Terms of the Notes. The Notes shall be designated "General Obligation Promissory Notes"; shall be dated December 5, 2007; shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof; and shall mature serially on April 1 of each year, in the years and principal amounts as set forth above. Interest is payable commencing on April 1, 2008 and semi-annually thereafter on October 1 and April 1 of each year.
Section 4. Designation of Purchaser as Agent. The Village hereby designates the Purchaser as its agent for purposes of distributing the Final Official Statement relating to the Notes to any participating underwriter in compliance with Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section 5. Redemption Provisions. At the option of the Village, the Notes maturing on April 1, 2015 and thereafter shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity on April 1, 2014 or on any date thereafter. Said Notes shall be redeemable as a whole or in part, from maturities selected by the Village and within each maturity by lot, at the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.
Section 6. Form of the Notes. The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be executed and delivered in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 7. Direct Annual Irrepealable Tax Levy. For the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the Notes as the same becomes due, the full faith, credit and resources of the Village are hereby irrevocably pledged and a direct annual irrepealable tax is hereby levied upon all taxable property of the Village. Said direct annual irrepealable tax shall be levied in the years and amounts as follows:
|
Levy Year |
Amount |
Levy Year |
Amount |
|
|
2007 |
$187,260.00 |
2012 |
$376,287.50 | |
|
2008 |
203,050.00 |
2013 |
463,550.00 | |
|
2009 |
199,575.00 |
2014 |
547,000.00 | |
|
2010 |
294,275.00 |
2015 |
528,375.00 | |
|
2011 |
336,225.00 |
2016 |
509,500.00 |
The aforesaid direct annual irrepealable tax hereby levied shall be collected in addition to all other taxes and in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes of the Village levied in said years are collected. So long as any part of the principal of or interest on the Notes remains unpaid, the tax herein above levied shall be and continues irrepealable except that the amount of tax carried onto the tax roll may be reduced in any year by the amount of any surplus in the Debt Service Fund Account created herein.
Section 8. Debt Service Fund Account. There is hereby established in the Village treasury a fund account separate and distinct from every other Village fund or account designated "Debt Service Fund Account for $2,950,000 Village of Suamico General Obligation Promissory Notes, dated December 5, 2007". There shall be deposited in said fund account any premium plus accrued interest paid on the Notes at the time of delivery to the Purchaser, all money raised by taxation pursuant to Section 7 hereof and all other sums as may be necessary to pay interest on the Notes when the same shall become due and to retire the Notes at their respective maturity dates. Said fund account shall be used for the sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the Notes and shall be maintained for such purpose until such indebtedness is fully paid or otherwise extinguished.
Section 9. Segregated Borrowed Money Fund. The proceeds of the Notes (the "Note Proceeds") (other than any premium and accrued interest which must be paid at the time of the delivery of the Notes into the Debt Service Fund Account created above) shall be deposited into an account separate and distinct from all other funds and be disbursed solely for the purposes for which borrowed or for the payment for the principal of and the interest on the Notes.
Section 10. Arbitrage Covenant. The Village shall not take any action with respect to the Note Proceeds which, if such action had been reasonably expected to have been taken, or had been deliberately and intentionally taken on the date of the delivery of and payment for the Notes (the "Closing"), would cause the Notes to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and any income tax regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Regulations").
The Note Proceeds may be temporarily invested in legal investments until needed, provided however, that the Village hereby covenants and agrees that so long as the Notes remain outstanding, moneys on deposit in any fund or account created or maintained in connection with the Notes, whether such moneys were derived from the Note Proceeds or from any other source, will not be used or invested in a manner which would cause the Notes to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of the Code or Regulations.
The Village Clerk, or other officer of the Village charged with responsibility for issuing the Notes, shall provide an appropriate certificate of the Village, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the Village regarding the amount and use of the Note Proceeds and the facts and estimates on which such expectations are based, all as of the Closing.
Section 11. Additional Tax Covenants; Small Issuer Exemption from Rebate; Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligation Status. The Village hereby further covenants and agrees that it will take all necessary steps and perform all obligations required by the Code and Regulations (whether prior to or subsequent to the issuance of the Notes) to assure that the Notes are obligations described in Section 103(a) of the Code, the interest on which is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, throughout their term. The Village Clerk or other officer of the Village charged with the responsibility of issuing the Notes, shall provide an appropriate certificate of the Village as of the Closing, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings, certifying that it can and covenanting that it will comply with the provisions of the Code and Regulations.
Further, it is the intent of the Village to take all reasonable and lawful actions to comply with any new tax laws enacted so that the Notes will continue to be obligations described in Section 103(a) of the Code, the interest on which is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes.
In accordance with Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code, the Village covenants that it is a governmental unit with general taxing powers; that the Notes are not "private activity bonds" as defined in Section 141 of the Code; that ninety-five percent (95%) or more of the net proceeds of the Notes are to be used for local governmental activities of the Village; and that the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt obligations (other than "private activity bonds") issued by the Village, including all subordinate entities of the Village, during calendar year 2007 will not exceed $5,000,000. If for any reason the Village did not qualify for the small issuer exemption or any other exemption from the rebate requirements of the Code, the Village covenants that it would take all necessary steps to comply with such requirements.
The Village hereby designates the Notes to be "qualified tax-exempt obligations" pursuant to the provisions of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code and in support of such designation, the Village Clerk or other officer of the Village charged with the responsibility for issuing the Notes, shall provide an appropriate certificate of the Village, all as of the Closing.
Section 12. Persons Treated as Owners; Transfer of Notes. The fiscal agent appointed in Section 15 hereof shall keep books for the registration and for the transfer of the Notes. The person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and payment of either principal or interest on any Note shall be made only to the registered owner thereof. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
Any Note may be transferred by the registered owner thereof by surrender of the Note at the office of said fiscal agent, duly endorsed for the transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Upon such transfer, said fiscal agent shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Note or Notes of a like aggregate principal amount, series and maturity and said fiscal agent shall record the name of each transferee in the registration book. No registration shall be made to bearer. Said fiscal agent shall cancel any Note surrendered for transfer.
The Village shall cooperate in any such transfer, and the Village President and Village Clerk are authorized to execute any new Note or Notes necessary to effect any such transfer.
The 15th day of each calendar month next preceding each interest payment date shall be the record date for the Notes. Payment of interest on the Notes on any interest payment date shall be made to the registered owners of the Notes as they appear on the registration book of the Village maintained by said fiscal agent at the close of business on the corresponding record date.
Section 13. Utilization of The Depository Trust Company Book-Entry-Only-System. In order to make the Notes eligible for the services provided by The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC"), the Village has heretofore agreed to the applicable provisions set forth in the DTC Blanket Issuer Letter of Representation and the Village Clerk has executed such Letter of Representation and delivered it to the DTC on behalf of the Village.
Section 14. Execution of the Notes. The Notes shall be issued in typewritten form, one Note for each maturity, executed on behalf of the Village by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Village President and Village Clerk (except that one of the foregoing signatures shall be manual), sealed with its official or corporate seal, if any, and delivered to the Purchaser upon payment to the Village of the purchase price thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of delivery. In the event that either of the officers whose signatures appear on the Notes shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of the Notes, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes to the same extent as if they had remained in office until such delivery. The aforesaid officers are hereby authorized to do all acts and execute and deliver all documents as may be necessary and convenient to effectuate the Closing.
Section 15. Payment of the Notes; Fiscal Agent. The principal of and interest on the Notes shall be paid by Associated Trust Company, National Association, Green Bay, Wisconsin, which is hereby appointed as the Village’s registrar and fiscal agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 67.10(2), Wisconsin Statutes (the "Fiscal Agent"). The Fiscal Agency Agreement between the Village and the Fiscal Agent shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 16. Continuing Disclosure. The Village hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of its Continuing Disclosure Certificate, which the Village will execute and deliver on the Closing Date. Any Noteholder may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the Issuer to comply with its obligations under this Section.
Section 17. Conflicting Resolutions; Severability; Effective Date. All prior resolutions, rules or other actions of the Village or any parts thereof in conflict with the provisions hereof shall be, and the same are, hereby rescinded insofar as the same may so conflict. In the event that any one or more provisions hereof shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provisions hereof. The foregoing shall take effect immediately upon adoption and approval in the manner provided by law.
Adopted this 19th day of November, 2007.
Beth Sheedy,
Village President
ATTEST:
Bonnie Swan,
Village Clerk
(SEAL)
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