HomeMy WebLinkAboutRefunding of Outstanding Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2006, 2007B in the Principal Amount not to Exceed $28,000,000 ORDINANCE No . 10406-15
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana
November 23, 20 15
Attest: LA City Clerk
JOHN VOORDE
Attest: j A`_____ President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
November 24, 20 15
1215&LL / City Clerk
JOHN VOORD
Approved and signed by me N e.. t 20 is
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ORDINANCE NO. t °t °(J ti
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA CONCERNING THE REFUNDING OF OUTSTANDING SEWAGE WORKS
REVENUE BONDS OF 2006, SEWAGE WORKS REVENUE BONDS OF 2007,AND
SEWAGE WORKS REVENUE BONDS OF 2007B, EACH ISSUED TO FINANCE
CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE WORKS
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
REVENUE BONDS FOR SUCH PURPOSE IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ($28,000,000); APPROPRIATING
MONEYS FROM THE RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR SUCH BONDS (#653);
ADDRESSING OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH; AND REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
The City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City"), presently owns and operates a sewage
works by and through its Board of Public Works (the `Board") for the collection and treatment
of sewage and other wastes (the "Sewage Works," "Works" or "works"), pursuant to the
provisions of Indiana Code 36-9-23, as amended (the"Act").
The Common Council of the City (the "Common Council" or "Council") previously
found in its Ordinance No. 9672-06 adopted by the Council on April 11, 2006, as amended by
Ordinance No. 9767-07 adopted by the Council on June 25, 2007 (collectively, the "2006
Ordinance"), that certain improvements to said works were necessary; and that plans,
specifications and estimates had been prepared and filed by the engineers employed by the City
for the acquisition and construction of said improvements (as described more fully in the 2006
Ordinance) in connection with the issuance of the 2006 Bonds (as defined below) (the "2006
Project"), which plans and specifications or other pertinent information were in a timely fashion
submitted to all government authorities having jurisdiction thereover, particularly the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management ("IDEM"), and were approved by the aforesaid
government authorities.
The Council previously found pursuant to the 2006 Ordinance that certain additional
improvements to said works were necessary; and that plans, specifications and estimates had
been prepared and filed by the engineers employed by the City for the acquisition and
construction of said improvements (as described more fully in the 2006 Ordinance) in connection
with the issuance of the 2007 Bonds (as defined below) (the "2007 Project") and the 2007B
Bonds (as defined below) (the "2007B Project"), which plans and specifications or other
pertinent information were in a timely fashion submitted to all government authorities having
jurisdiction thereover, particularly IDEM, and were approved by the aforesaid government
authorities.
Pursuant to the 2006 Ordinance, the City issued its (i) "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of
2006" (the "2006 Bonds"), now outstanding in the amount of $5,740,000, and having a final
maturity of December 1, 2026, (ii) "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2007" (the "2007
Bonds"), now outstanding in the amount of $12,320,000, and having a final maturity of
December 1, 2027; and (iii) "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2007B" (the "2007B Bonds"),
now outstanding in the amount of$12,280,000, and having a final maturity of December 1, 2027.
The Council has determined, after being duly advised, that it is beneficial to refund each
of the 2006 Bonds, 2007 Bonds and the 2007B Bonds (collectively, the "Refunded Bonds") to
enable the City to obtain a reduction in interest payments and effect a savings to the City (the
"Refunding") and hereby authorizes the same by issuance of the 2015 Bonds (as described
herein)under the provisions of the Act.
The Council finds that there are now outstanding bonds issued on account of the Works
and payable out of the revenues therefrom designated as the "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of
2009" (the "2009 Bonds"), authorized by Ordinance No. 9951-09 adopted by the Council on
August 10, 2009, as amended by Ordinance No. 9971-09 adopted by the Council on October 26,
2009 (collectively, the "2009 Ordinance"), which are now outstanding in the amount of
$2,592,825, and mature on December 1, 2028.
The Council finds that there are now outstanding bonds issued on account of the Works
and payable out of the revenues therefrom designated as the "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of
2010" (the "2010 Bonds"), authorized by Ordinance No. 10052-10 adopted by the Council on
November 8, 2010 (the "2010 Ordinance"), which are now outstanding in the amount of
$7,905,000, and mature on December 1, 2030.
The Council finds that there are now outstanding bonds issued on account of the Works
and payable out of the revenues therefrom designated as the "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of
2011" (the "2011 Bonds"), authorized by Ordinance No. 10118-11 adopted by the Council on
September 12, 2011 (the "2011 Ordinance"), which are now outstanding in the amount of
$19,040,000, and mature on December 1, 2031.
The Council finds that there are now outstanding bonds issued on account of the Works
and payable out of the revenues therefrom designated as the "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of
2012" (the "2012 Bonds"), authorized by Ordinance No. 10189-12 adopted by the Council on
October 8, 2012 (the "2012 Ordinance"), which are now outstanding in the amount of
$22,965,000, and mature on December 31, 2032.
The Council finds that there are now outstanding bonds issued on account of the Works
and payable out of the revenues therefrom designated as the "Sewage Works Refunding Revenue
Bonds of 2013" (the "2013 Bonds" and with the 2009 Bonds, 2010 Bonds, 2011 Bonds, and the
2012 Bonds, the "Prior Bonds"), authorized by Ordinance No. 10226-13 adopted by the Council
on April 8, 2013 (the "2013 Ordinance" and with the 2009 Ordinance, the 2010 Ordinance, the
2011 Ordinance, and the 2012 Ordinance, the "Prior Ordinances"), which are now outstanding in
the amount of$11,855,000, and mature on December 1, 2024.
The Prior Bonds constitute a first charge upon the Net Revenues (as hereinafter defined).
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The Prior Ordinances permit the issuance of additional revenue bonds ranking on a
parity basis with the Prior Bonds for the purpose of financing the complete or partial
refunding of any of the Prior Bonds, so long as certain conditions are met. Crowe Horwath
LLP, Financial Advisor to the City (the "Financial Advisor"), has been employed by the Board
for the purpose of analyzing the records and finances of the Sewage Works, and has
submitted preliminary evidence and findings demonstrating compliance with the conditions
set forth in the Prior Ordinances for the issuance of additional revenue bonds payable out of the
revenues of the Sewage Works and ranking on a parity with the Prior Bonds.
The remaining portion of the cost of the Refunding shall be paid through an
additional appropriation from the Reserve Account (defined herein) (City's Fund No. 653).
The City desires to authorize the issuance of a bond anticipation note or notes hereunder,
if necessary, payable from the proceeds of the revenue bonds authorized herein (the `BANS"),
and to authorize the refunding of said BANs, if issued.
The Council now finds that all conditions precedent to the adoption of an ordinance
authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds and BANs have been complied with in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Act.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Refunding the 2006 Bonds, 2007 Bonds and 2007B Bonds. The
Council hereby determines, after being duly advised, that it is beneficial to refund the Refunded
Bonds to enable the City to obtain a reduction in interest payments and effect a savings to the
City. The City may proceed with the Refunding, the costs of which are not expected to exceed
$250,000, without further authorization from the Council. The terms "works" and "utility" and
other like terms where used in this Ordinance shall be construed to mean and include all
structures and property of the City's sewage works utility. The 2006 Project, 2007 Project and
2007B Project have all been constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications
heretofore mentioned, which plans and specifications have previously been approved. A portion
of the cost of the Refunding will be paid with the proceeds of the 2015 Bonds to be issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance and the Act. The City may also use other legally
available funds on hand to pay for the remainder of the cost of the Refunding, including the
Additional Appropriation (defined herein).
SECTION 2. Authorization of Obligations.
(a) The City shall issue its "Sewage Works Refunding Revenue Bonds of
2015" or such other designation as the Executive (as defined below) or the Fiscal Officer (as
defined below) shall determine at the time of issuance of any series of bonds (the "2015 Bonds"),
in one or more series (as designated by the City, a "Series"), in an original principal amount not
to exceed Twenty-Eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000) (the "Authorized Amount"), as
negotiable, fully registered bonds, for the purpose of procuring funds to be applied to the costs of
the Refunding, and all incidental expenses incurred in connection therewith (all of which are
deemed to be a part of the Refunding), and the costs of selling and issuing the 2015 Bonds. The
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City reasonably expects to reimburse expenditures for the Refunding with the proceeds of the
2015 Bonds and this constitutes a declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures under
Treas. Reg. 1.150-2(e) and Indiana Code 5-1-14-6(c). The 2015 Bonds shall rank on parity for
all purposes with the Prior Bonds.
The 2015 Bonds shall be issued in denominations of Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000) or any integral multiple thereof, or if issued as a private placement in denominations of
$100,000 with integral multiples of$1,000 thereafter, numbered consecutively from 1 upward,
and dated the date of delivery. The 2015 Bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding
three percent (3.00%) per annum, and interest shall be payable semiannually on June 1 and
December 1 in each year, with the beginning date of interest payments being finally determined
by the Mayor as the executive of the City (the "Executive") and the Controller as the fiscal
officer of the City, or any acting, assistant or deputy controller of the City (the "Fiscal Officer"),
with the advice of the City's financial advisor, as evidenced by delivery of the executed initial
issue of the 2015 Bonds to the Registrar for authentication. Interest on the BANs and the 2015
Bonds shall be calculated according to a 360-day calendar year containing twelve 30-day
months. The 2015 Bonds shall mature on December 1 of each year beginning in the year and in
such amounts as is deemed appropriate by the Executive and the Fiscal Officer, with the advice
of the City's financial advisor, as evidenced by delivery of the executed initial issue of the 2015
Bonds to the Registrar for authentication, and over a period ending not later than December 1,
2027.
All or a portion of the 2015 Bonds may be aggregated into and issued as one or
more term bonds. The term bonds will be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption with
sinking fund payments and final maturities corresponding to the serial maturities described .
above. Sinking fund payments shall be applied to retire a portion of the term bonds as though it
were a redemption of serial bonds and, if more than one term bond of any maturity is
outstanding, redemption of such maturity shall be made by lot. Sinking fund redemption
payments shall be made in a principal amount equal to such serial maturities, plus accrued
interest to the redemption date, but without premium or penalty. For all purposes of this
Ordinance, such mandatory sinking fund redemption payments shall be deemed to be required
payments of principal which mature on the date of such sinking fund payments. Appropriate
changes shall be made in the definitive form of 2015 Bonds, relative to the form of 2015 Bonds
contained in this Ordinance, to reflect any mandatory sinking fund redemption terms.
(b) The City shall issue, if necessary, BANs for the purpose of procuring
interim financing for the Refunding. Any such issuance shall be in accord with the provisions of
Section 25 of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. Pledge of Net Revenues; Payment of Principal and Interest. The 2015
Bonds and any bonds ranking on a parity therewith, as to principal, premium and interest, shall
be payable from and are hereby secured by an irrevocable pledge of and shall constitute a charge
upon all the Net Revenues, herein defined as the gross revenues of the Sewage Works after
deduction only for payment of the reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance but
not including depreciation and payments in lieu of taxes (the "Net Revenues") of the Sewage
Works of the City, which bonds constitute a first charge on said Net Revenues. The City shall
not be obligated to pay said bonds or the interest or premium, if any, thereon except from the Net
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Revenues of the Works, and said bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City within
the meaning of the provisions and limitations of the constitution of the State of Indiana.
All payments of interest on the 2015 Bonds shall be paid by check mailed one business
day prior to the interest payment date to the registered owners thereof as of the fifteenth (15th)
day of the month preceding the interest payment date (the "Record Date") at the addresses as
they appear on the registration and transfer books of the City kept for that purpose by the
Registrar (the "Registration Record") or at such other address as is provided to the Paying Agent
in writing by such registered owner. Each registered owner of$1,000,000 or more in principal
amount of 2015 Bonds shall be entitled to receive interest payments by wire transfer by
providing written wire instructions to the Paying Agent before the Record Date for any payment.
All principal payments and premium payments, if any, on the 2015 Bonds shall be made upon
surrender thereof at the principal office of the Paying Agent, in any U.S. coin or currency which
on the date of such payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, or
in the case of a registered owner of$1,000,000 or more in principal amount of 2015 Bonds, by
wire transfer on the due date upon written direction of such owner provided at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the maturity date or redemption date.
Interest on 2015 Bonds shall be payable from the interest payment date to which interest
has been paid next preceding the authentication date thereof unless such 2015 Bonds are
authenticated after the Record Date for an interest payment date and on or before such interest
payment date in which case they shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless
authenticated on or before the Record Date for the first interest payment date, in which case they
shall bear interest from the original date, until the principal shall be fully paid.
SECTION 4. Transfer and Exchange of Bonds. Each 2015 Bond shall be transferable
or exchangeable only upon the Registration Record, by the registered owner thereof in writing,
or by the registered owner's attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of such 2015
Bond together with a written instrument of transfer or exchange satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by the registered owner or such attorney, and thereupon a new fully registered 2015
Bond or Bonds in the same aggregate principal amount, and of the same maturity, shall be
executed and delivered in the names of the transferee or transferees or the registered owner, as
the case may be, in exchange therefor. The costs of such transfer or exchange shall be borne by
the City except for any tax or governmental charge required to be paid with respect to the
transfer or exchange, which taxes or governmental charges are payable by the person requesting
such transfer or exchange. The City, the Registrar and the Paying Agent may treat and consider
the persons in whose names such 2015 Bonds are registered as the absolute owners thereof for all
purposes including for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal
thereof and interest and premium, if any, due thereon.
In the event any 2015 Bond is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the City may execute
and the Registrar may authenticate a new bond of like date, maturity and denomination as that
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, which new bond shall be marked in a manner to distinguish it
from the bond for which it was issued, provided that, in the case of any mutilated bond, such
mutilated bond shall first be surrendered to the Registrar, and in the case of any lost, stolen or
destroyed bond there shall be first furnished to the Registrar evidence of such loss, theft or
destruction satisfactory to the Fiscal Officer and the Registrar, together with indemnity
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satisfactory to them. In the event any such bond shall have matured, instead of issuing a
duplicate bond, the City and the Registrar may, upon receiving indemnity satisfactory to them,
pay the same without surrender thereof. The City and the Registrar may charge the owner of
such 2015 Bond with their reasonable fees and expenses in this connection. Any 2015 Bond
issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed an original, substitute contractual obligation of
the City, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed 2015 Bond shall be found at any time, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance, equally and proportionately with any and all
other 2015 Bonds issued hereunder.
SECTION 5. Registrar and Paving Agent. The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized to
appoint a qualified financial institution to serve as Registrar and Paying Agent for the 2015
Bonds (together with any successor, the "Registrar" or"Paying Agent"). The Registrar is hereby
charged with the responsibility of authenticating the 2015 Bonds, and shall keep and maintain
the Registration Record at its office. The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized to enter into such
agreements or understandings with such institution as will enable the institution to perform the
services required of a Registrar and Paying Agent. The Fiscal Officer is further authorized to
pay such fees and the institution may charge for the services it provides as Registrar and Paying
Agent and such fees may be paid from the Sinking Fund established to pay the principal of and
interest on the 2015 Bonds as fiscal agency charges.
The Registrar and Paying Agent may at any time resign as Registrar and Paying Agent by
giving thirty (30) days written notice to the City and by first-class mail to each registered owner
of the 2015 Bonds then outstanding, and such resignation will take effect at the end of such thirty
(30) days or upon the earlier appointment of a successor Registrar and Paying Agent by the City.
Such notice to the City may be served personally or sent by first-class or registered mail. The
Registrar and Paying Agent may be removed at any time as Registrar and Paying Agent by the
City, in which event the City may appoint a successor Registrar and Paying Agent. The City
shall notify each registered owner of the 2015 Bonds then outstanding by first-class mail of the
removal of the Registrar and Paying Agent. Notices to the registered owners of the 2015 Bonds
shall be deemed to be given when mailed by first-class mail to the addresses of such registered
owners as they appear on the Registration Record. Any predecessor Registrar and Paying Agent
shall deliver all the 2015 Bonds, cash or investments related thereto in its possession and the
Registration Record to the successor Registrar and Paying Agent.
As to the BANs, the Fiscal Officer shall serve as Registrar and Paying Agent and is
hereby charged with the duties of Registrar and Paying Agent.
SECTION 6. Terms of Redemption. The 2015 Bonds may be made redeemable at the
option of the City on thirty (30) days' notice, in whole or in part, in any order of maturities
selected by the City and by lot within a maturity, on dates and with premiums and other terms, as
finally determined by the Executive with the advice of the City's financial advisor, as evidenced
by delivery of the executed initial issue of the 2015 Bonds to the Registrar for authentication.
Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first-class mail to the address of each registered
owner of a 2015 Bond to be redeemed as shown on the Registration Record not more than sixty
(60) days and not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption except to the
extent such redemption notice is waived by owners of 2015 Bonds redeemed, provided,however,
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that failure to give such notice by mailing, or any defect therein, with respect to any 2015 Bond
shall not affect the validity of any proceedings for the redemption of any other 2015 Bonds. The
notice shall specify the date and place of redemption, the redemption price and the CUSIP
numbers of the 2015 Bonds called for redemption. The place of redemption may be determined
by the City. Interest on the 2015 Bonds so called for redemption shall cease on the redemption
date fixed in such notice if sufficient funds are available at the place of redemption to pay the
redemption price on the date so named, and thereafter, such 2015 Bonds shall no longer be
protected by this Ordinance and shall not be deemed to be outstanding hereunder, and the holders
thereof shall have the right only to receive the redemption price.
All 2015 Bonds which have been redeemed shall be canceled and shall not be reissued;
provided, however, that one or more new registered bonds shall be issued for the unredeemed
portion of any 2015 Bond without charge to the holder thereof.
No later than the date fixed for redemption, funds shall be deposited with the Paying
Agent or another paying agent to pay, and such agent is hereby authorized and directed to apply
such funds to the payment of, the 2015 Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption,
including accrued interest thereon to the redemption date. No payment shall be made upon any
2015 Bond or portion thereof called for redemption until such 2015 Bond shall have been
delivered for payment or cancellation or the Registrar shall have received the items required by
this Ordinance with respect to any mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed bond.
The BANs are prepayable by the City, in whole or in part, at any time upon seven (7)
days' notice to the owner of the BANs, without any premium.
SECTION 7. Execution and Negotiability. The 2015 Bonds shall be signed in the
name of the City by the manual or facsimile signature of the Executive and attested by the
manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk,who also shall affix the seal of the City manually
or shall have the seal imprinted or impressed thereon by facsimile or other means. In case any
officer whose signature or facsimile signature appears thereon shall cease to be such officer
before the delivery of the 2015 Bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient
for all purposes as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery.
The 2015 Bonds shall also be authenticated by the manual signature of the Registrar, and
no 2015 Bond shall be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication thereon has been so executed.
The 2015 Bonds shall have all of the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments
under the laws of the State of Indiana, subject to the provisions for registration herein.
SECTION 8. Authorization for Book-Entry System. The 2015 Bonds may, in
compliance with all applicable laws, initially be issued and held in book-entry form on the books
of the central depository system, The Depository Trust Company, its successors, or any
successor central depository system appointed by the City from time to time (the "Clearing
Agency"), without physical distribution of bonds to the purchasers. The following provisions of
this Section apply in such event.
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One definitive 2015 Bond of each maturity shall be delivered to the Clearing Agency (or
its agent) and held in its custody. The City and Registrar may, in connection herewith, do or
perform or cause to be done or performed any acts or things not adverse to the rights of the
holders of the 2015 Bonds as are necessary or appropriate to accomplish or recognize such
book-entry form 2015 Bonds.
During any time that the 2015 Bonds are held in book-entry form on the books of a
Clearing Agency, (1) any such 2015 Bond may be registered upon Registration Record in the
name of such Clearing Agency, or any nominee thereof, including Cede & Co.; (2) the Clearing
Agency in whose name such 2015 Bond is so registered shall be, and the City and the Registrar
and Paying Agent may deem and treat such Clearing Agency as, the absolute owner and holder
of such 2015 Bond for all purposes of this Ordinance, including, without limitation, the receiving
of payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on such 2015 Bond, the
receiving of notice and the giving of consent; (3) neither the City nor the Registrar or Paying
Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation hereunder to any direct or indirect participant,
within the meaning of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of such
Clearing Agency, or any person on behalf of which, or otherwise in respect of which, any such
participant holds any interest in any 2015 Bond, including, without limitation, any responsibility
or obligation hereunder to maintain accurate records of any interest in any 2015 Bond or any
responsibility or obligation hereunder with respect to the receiving of payment of principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on any 2015 Bond, the receiving of notice or the giving of consent;
and (4) the Clearing Agency is not required to present any 2015 Bond called for partial
redemption, if any, prior to receiving payment so long as the Registrar and Paying Agent and the
Clearing Agency have agreed to the method for noting such partial redemption.
If either the City receives notice from the Clearing Agency which is currently the
registered owner of the 2015 Bonds to the effect that such Clearing Agency is unable or
unwilling to discharge its responsibility as a Clearing Agency for the 2015 Bonds, or the City
elects to discontinue its use of such Clearing Agency as a Clearing Agency for the 2015 Bonds,
then the City and the Registrar and Paying Agent each shall do or perform or cause to be done or
performed all acts or things, not adverse to the rights of the holders of the 2015 Bonds, as are
necessary or appropriate to discontinue use of such Clearing Agency as a Clearing Agency for
the 2015 Bonds and to transfer the ownership of each of the 2015 Bonds to such person or
persons, including any other Clearing Agency, as the holder of the 2015 Bonds may direct in
accordance with this Ordinance. Any expenses of such discontinuance and transfer, including
expenses of printing new certificates to evidence the 2015 Bonds, shall be paid by the City.
During any time that the 2015 Bonds are held in book-entry form on the books of a
Clearing Agency, the Registrar shall be entitled to request and rely upon a certificate or other
written representation from the Clearing Agency or any participant or indirect participant with
respect to the identity of any beneficial owner of the 2015 Bonds as of a record date selected by
the Registrar. For purposes of determining whether the consent, advice, direction or demand of a
registered owner of a 2015 Bond has been obtained, the Registrar shall be entitled to treat the
beneficial owners of the 2015 Bonds as the bondholders and any consent, request, direction,
approval, objection or other instrument of such beneficial owner may be obtained in the fashion
described in this Ordinance.
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During any time that the 2015 Bonds are held in book-entry form on the books of a
Clearing Agency, the Executive, the Fiscal Officer and/or the Registrar are authorized to execute
and deliver a Letter of Representations agreement with the Clearing Agency, or a Blanket Issuer
Letter of Representations, and the provisions of any such Letter of Representations or any
successor agreement shall control on the matters set forth therein. The Registrar, by accepting
the duties of Registrar under this Ordinance, agrees that it will (i) undertake the duties of agent
required thereby and that those duties to be undertaken by either the agent or the issuer shall be
the responsibility of the Registrar, and (ii) comply with all requirements of the Clearing Agency,
including without limitation same day funds settlement payment procedures. Further, during any
time that the 2015 Bonds are held in book-entry form, the provisions of Section 8 of this
Ordinance shall control over conflicting provisions in any other section of this Ordinance.
SECTION 9. Form of 2015 Bonds. The form and tenor of the 2015 Bonds shall be
substantially as set forth in Appendix A hereto, all blanks to be filled in properly and all
necessary additions and deletions to be made prior to delivery thereof.
SECTION 10. Sale of Bonds.
(a) The Fiscal Officer is authorized to negotiate the sale of the 2015 Bonds at
an interest rate or rates not exceeding three percent (3.00%) per annum. The Executive and the
Fiscal Officer are hereby authorized to (i) execute a purchase agreement with the purchaser, and
(ii) sell such 2015 Bonds upon such terms as are acceptable to the Executive and the Fiscal
Officer consistent with the terms of this Ordinance. The final form of the purchase contract shall
be determined by the Executive and Fiscal Officer, upon advice of the City's Bond Counsel and
Financial Advisor and the Executive and Fiscal Officer are hereby authorized and directed to
complete, execute and attest the same on behalf of the City so long as its provisions are
consistent with this Ordinance.
(b) The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized to appoint one or more financial
institutions to serve as Escrow Trustee (each an "Escrow Trustee") for the Refunded Bonds in
accordance with the terms of one or more escrow agreements to be entered into between the City
and the Escrow Trustee (collectively, the "Escrow Agreement"). The Executive and the Fiscal
Officer are hereby authorized and directed to complete, execute and attest the same on behalf of
the City so long as its provisions are consistent with this Ordinance.
(c) The execution, by either the Executive, Fiscal Officer, or the purchaser, of
a subscription for investments of proceeds of the 2015 Bonds to be held under the Escrow
Agreement in a manner consistent with this Ordinance is hereby approved.
(d) Distribution of an Official Statement (Preliminary and Final), if necessary,
when and if prepared by the Financial Advisor, on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized and
approved, and the Executive is authorized and directed to execute the Official Statement on
behalf of the City in a form consistent with this Ordinance. The Executive or the Fiscal Officer is
authorized to deem the Preliminary Official Statement as "final" for purposes of Rule 15c2-12
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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(e) After the 2015 Bonds have been properly sold and executed, the Fiscal
Officer shall receive from the purchasers payment for the 2015 Bonds and shall provide for
delivery of the 2015 Bonds to the purchasers.
(f) The 2015 Bonds, as and to the extent paid for and delivered to the
purchaser shall be the binding special revenue obligations of the City, payable out of the Net
Revenues. The proper officers of the City are hereby directed to sell the 2015 Bonds to the
purchaser, to draw all proper and necessary warrants, and to do whatever acts and things which
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Ordinance.
(g) The Executive and the Fiscal Officer each are hereby authorized to deem
final an official statement with respect to the 2015 Bonds, as of its date, in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 15c2-12 of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended (the
"SEC Rule"), subject to completion as permitted by the SEC Rule, and the City further
authorizes the distribution of the deemed final official statement, and the execution, delivery and
distribution of such document as further modified and amended with the approval of the
Executive or the Fiscal Officer in the form of a final official statement.
(h) In order to assist any underwriter of the 2015 Bonds in complying with
paragraph (b)(5) of the SEC Rule by undertaking to make available appropriate disclosure about
the City and the 2015 Bonds to participants in the municipal securities market, the City hereby
covenants, agrees and undertakes, in accordance with the SEC Rule, unless excluded from the
applicability of the SEC Rule or otherwise exempted from the provisions of paragraph (b)(5) of
the SEC Rule, that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the continuing
disclosure contract. "Continuing disclosure contract" shall mean that certain continuing
disclosure contract executed by the City and dated the date of issuance of the 2015 Bonds, as
originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof. The execution and delivery by the City of the continuing disclosure contract, and the
performance by the City of its obligations thereunder by or through any employee or agent of the
City, are hereby approved, and the City shall comply with and carry out the terms thereof
(i) The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized and directed to obtain a legal
opinion as to the validity of the 2015 Bonds from Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and to furnish such
opinion to the purchasers of the 2015 Bonds or to cause a copy of said legal opinion to be printed
on each 2015 Bond. The cost of such opinion shall be paid out of the proceeds of the 2015
Bonds.
a) In connection with the sale of the 2015 Bonds, the Executive and the
Fiscal Officer each are authorized to take such actions and to execute and deliver such
agreements and instruments as they deem advisable to obtain a rating and/or to obtain bond
insurance for the 2015 Bonds, and the taking of such actions and the execution and delivery of
such agreements and instruments are hereby approved.
SECTION 11. Use of Proceeds. The accrued interest received at the time of
delivery of the 2015 Bonds, if any, and premium, if any, shall be deposited in the Bond and
Interest Account of the Sinking Fund (as hereafter defined) and applied to payments on the 2015
Bonds on the first interest payment date. An amount of proceeds from the sale of the 2015
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Bonds may be deposited to the 2015 Subaccount, if any, of the Reserve Account, for the 2015
Bonds and applied as described below as determined by the Fiscal Officer. An amount of
proceeds from the sale of the 2015 Bonds equal to the estimated costs of issuance of the 2015
Bonds and other fees and charges associated with the issuance of the 2015 Bonds, including the
premium for any bond insurance obtained for the 2015 Bonds, shall be deposited into a fund of
the utility hereby created and designated as "City of South Bend, Indiana Sewage Works 2015
Costs of Issuance Fund" (the "Costs of Issuance Fund"). The proceeds deposited in the Costs of
Issuance Fund, together with all investment earnings thereon, shall be expended only for the
purpose of paying the costs of issuance of the 2015 Bonds and other fees and charges associated
with the issuance of the 2015 Bonds, including the premium for any bond insurance obtained for
the 2015 Bonds. The remaining proceeds from the sale of the 2015 Bonds shall be deposited into
a fund of the utility hereby created and designated as "City of South Bend, Indiana Sewage
Works 2015 Refunding Fund" (the "Refunding Fund"). The proceeds deposited in the
Refunding Fund, together with all investment earnings thereon, shall be expended only for the
purpose of paying the costs of the Refunding.
SECTION 12. Revenue Fund. All revenues derived from the operation of the
Sewage Works and from the collection of sewage rates and charges shall be deposited in the
Sewage Works Revenue Fund (the "Revenue Fund"), as set forth in the Prior Ordinances and
continued hereby, and such revenues shall be segregated and kept separate and apart from all
other funds and bank accounts of the City. Out of said revenues the proper and reasonable
expenses of operation, repair and maintenance of the Sewage Works shall be paid, the principal
and interest of all bonds and fiscal agency charges of bank paying agents shall be paid, and the
costs of replacements, extensions, additions and improvements shall be paid as hereinafter
provided.
SECTION 13. Operation and Maintenance Fund. On the last day of each
calendar month there shall be credited from the Revenue Fund to the Sewage Works Operations
and Maintenance Fund (the "Operations Fund"), as set forth in the Prior Ordinances and
continued hereby, a sufficient amount of the revenues of the Sewage Works so that the balance
in said fund shall be sufficient to pay the expenses of operation, repair and maintenance for the
then next succeeding two calendar months. The moneys credited to this fund shall be used for
the payment of the reasonable and proper operation, repair and maintenance expenses of the
Sewage Works on a day-to-day basis, but none of such moneys in such fund shall be used for
deprecation, replacements, improvements, extensions or additions. Any balance in the
Operations Fund in excess of the expected expenses of operation, repair and maintenance for the
then next succeeding month may be transferred to the Sinking Fund referred to below if
necessary to prevent a default in payment of principal or interest on outstanding bonds.
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SECTION 14. Sewage Works Sinking Fund.
(a) There shall be deposited from the Revenue Fund into the Sewage Works
Sinking Fund (the "Sinking Fund") previously established and continued hereby for the payment
of the interest on and principal of revenue bonds which by their terms are payable from the Net
Revenues of the Sewage Works, and the payment of any fiscal agency charges in connection
with the payment of such bonds and interest thereon, a sufficient amount of the Net Revenues of
said Sewage Works to meet the requirements of the Bond and Interest Account (the "Bond and
Interest Account") and the Reserve Account (the "Reserve Account") previously established and
continued hereby in said Sinking Fund. Such payments shall continue until the balance in the
Bond and Interest Account, plus the balance in the Reserve Account, equals the principal of and
interest on all of the then outstanding bonds of the Sewage Works to the final maturity thereof.
(b) Bond and Interest Account. There shall be transferred, on or before the
last day of each calendar month, from the Revenue Fund and credited to the Bond and Interest
Account, an amount equal to the sum of one-sixth (1/6) of the interest on all then outstanding
bonds of the Sewage Works payable on the then next succeeding Interest Payment Date, and
one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount of principal payable on all then outstanding bonds of the
Sewage Works payable on the then next succeeding principal payment date, until the amount of
interest and principal payable on the next succeeding respective interest and principal payment
dates shall have been so credited; provided that such fractional amounts shall be appropriately
increased, if necessary, to provide for the first interest and first principal payments on the 2015
Bonds. There shall similarly be credited to the Bond and Interest Account any amount necessary
to pay the bank fiscal agency charges, if any, for paying the principal of and interest on
outstanding bonds of the Sewage Works as the same become payable. The City shall, from the
sums deposited in the Sinking Fund and credited to the Bond and Interest Account, remit
promptly to the registered owners of the outstanding bonds of the Sewage Works or to the bank
fiscal agency sufficient moneys to pay the principal and interest on the due dates thereof together
with the amount of any bank fiscal agency charges.
(c) Reserve Account.
(i) For purposes of this Section 14(c), the term "Bonds" means the
2015 Bonds issued hereunder and any and all bonds ranking on a parity with the 2015
Bonds issued hereunder (including the Prior Bonds) which are (i) now outstanding or
issued in the future by the City and (ii) which are payable from the Net Revenues of the
Sewage Works.
(ii) The Reserve Account (excluding any subaccounts established for
any of the Bonds (each, a "Subaccount", and collectively, the "Subaccounts")) shall
constitute the margin for safety and as protection against default in the payment of
principal of and interest on the Bonds (excluding any Bonds for which a Subaccount was
established), and the moneys in the Reserve Account (excluding any Subaccounts) shall
be used to pay current principal and interest on the Bonds (excluding any Bonds for
which a Subaccount was established) to the extent that moneys in the Bond and Interest
Account are insufficient for that purpose.
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(iii) The City may, upon the issuance of the 2015 Bonds, establish
within the Reserve Account a subaccount for the 2015 Bonds ("2015 Subaccount"). The
2015 Subaccount shall constitute the margin for safety and as protection against default
in the payment of principal of and interest on the 2015 Bonds, and the moneys in such
2015 Subaccount shall be used to pay current principal and interest on the 2015 Bonds to
the extent that moneys in the Bond and Interest Account are insufficient for that purpose.
(iv) No amounts in the 2015 Subaccount shall be available to pay any
principal of or interest or redemption premium, if any, on any Bonds, except the 2015
Bonds.
(v) The balance to be maintained in the 2015 Subaccount shall equal
but not exceed an amount (the "Reserve Requirement") equal to the least of (i) the
maximum annual debt service on the 2015 Bonds, (ii) one hundred twenty-five percent
(125%) of average annual debt service on the 2015 Bonds, or (iii) ten percent (10%) of
the proceeds of the 2015 Bonds.
(vi) If the 2015 Subaccount is established, and the initial deposit into
the 2015 Subaccount does not equal the Reserve Requirement, or if no deposit is made,
the City shall deposit a sum of Net Revenues into the 2015 Subaccount on the last day of
each calendar month until the balance equals the Reserve Requirement. The monthly
deposits shall be equal in amount and sufficient to accumulate the Reserve Requirement
within five (5) years of the date of delivery of the 2015 Bonds.
(vii) Any deficiency in the balance maintained in the 2015 Subaccount
shall be made up from the next available Net Revenues remaining after credits into the
Bond and Interest Account. Any moneys in the 2015 Subaccount in excess of the
Reserve Requirement shall either be transferred to the Sewage Works Improvement Fund
(as described herein) or be used for the purchase of outstanding bonds or installments of
principal of fully registered bonds at a price not exceeding par and accrued interest, and
redemption premium, if any.
(viii) As an alternative to holding cash funds in the 2015 Subaccount,the
City, with the advice of the Financial Advisor and the City's bond counsel, may satisfy
all or any part of its obligation to maintain any amount in the 2015 Subaccount by
depositing a Credit Facility (as defined below) therein, provided that such deposit does
not adversely affect any then existing rating on the 2015 Bonds. A "Credit Facility" is
hereby defined as a letter of credit, liquidity facility, insurance policy or comparable
instrument furnished by a bank, insurance company, financial institution or other entity
pursuant to a reimbursement agreement or similar instrument between such entity and the
City. As long as any such Credit Facility is in full force and effect, any valuation of the
2015 Subaccount shall treat the maximum amount available under such Credit Facility as
its value. To the extent that any 2015 Bonds are insured, and the Credit Facility is not
being provided by the insurer of such 2015 Bonds, such insurance policy shall be subject
to the insurer's prior written consent. The Mayor and the Controller are hereby
authorized to obtain such a Credit Facility for each series of 2015 Bonds being sold, and
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are authorized to enter into any agreements with such Credit Facility provider that they
deem necessary with the advice of the Financial Advisor.
(ix) Prior to applying any funds held in any debt service reserve
accounts securing any obligations payable out of the revenues of the sewage works of the
City to the payment of such obligation, the City shall cause all funds held in the Sinking
Fund (or any like fund or account from which debt service has been structured to be paid)
to be applied in full before any such reserve accounts are so applied.
SECTION 15. Sewage Works Improvement Fund. On the first day of each
calendar month after the 2015 Bonds are issued, after meeting the requirements for operation,
repair, and maintenance and the Sinking Fund, all available net revenues shall be credited to the
Sewage Works Improvement Fund as set forth in the Prior Ordinances and continued hereby.
Said fund shall be used for improvements, replacements, additions and extensions of the Sewage
Works. Moneys in the Sewage Works Improvement Fund shall be transferred to the Sinking
Fund if necessary to prevent a default in the payment of principal of and interest on the then
outstanding bonds or if necessary to eliminate any deficiencies in credits to or minimum balance
in the Reserve Account of the Sinking Fund.
SECTION 16. Investment of Funds. The moneys in any of such funds or
accounts shall be invested in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana relating to the
depositing, holding, securing or investing of public funds, and in accordance with the arbitrage
certificate delivered at the time of delivery of any bonds payable from such funds and accounts.
All revenues derived from the operation of the Sewage Works and from the collection of
sewage rates and charges and from the investment of moneys in the funds herein created shall be
segregated and kept separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the City. No moneys
derived from the revenues of the Sewage Works (including investment income) shall be
transferred to the general fund of the City or be used for any purpose not connected with the
Sewage Works if such transfer or use would interfere with the flow of funds set forth herein.
Investment income from such funds and accounts shall, except as otherwise provided
herein, be treated as revenues of the Sewage Works, and shall be used as provided in this
Ordinance.
SECTION 17. Financial Records and Accounts. The City shall keep proper
records and books of account, separate from all of its other records and accounts, in which
complete and correct entries shall be made showing all revenues received on account of the
operation of the utility and all disbursements made therefrom and all transactions relating to the
utility. The City shall maintain on file the audited financial statements of the utility prepared by
the State Board of Accounts. There shall be furnished, upon written request, to any owner of the
2015 Bonds, the most recent copy of the audited financial statements of the utility prepared by
the State Board of Accounts. Copies of all such statements and reports shall be kept on file in
the office of the Fiscal Officer.
SECTION 18. Rate Covenant. The City shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, establish, maintain and collect just and equitable rates and charges for the use of and the
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services rendered by said Sewage Works,to be paid by the owner of each and every lot,parcel of
real estate or building that is connected with and uses said Sewage Works by or through any part
of the sewage system of the City, or that in any way uses or is served by such Works. Such rates
or charges shall be sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses
of operation, repair and maintenance of the Works, for depreciation and improvement, and for
the payment of the sums required to be paid into the Sinking Fund. Such rates or charges shall,
if necessary, be changed and readjusted from time to time so that the revenues therefrom shall
always be sufficient to meet the expenses of operation, repair and maintenance, depreciation and
improvement, and the requirements of the Sinking Fund; and such rates or charges shall be in an
amount sufficient in each year to produce Net Revenues at least equal to 1.1 times the greater of
the average annual debt service on the Prior Bonds, the 2015 Bonds and all bonds on a parity
therewith or the debt service payable during the next succeeding twelve calendar months on the
Prior Bonds, the 2015 Bonds and all bonds on a parity therewith. For these purposes, the interest
rate on variable rate debt shall be assumed to be the average interest rate thereon in the preceding
calendar year.
SECTION 19. Defeasance. If, when the 2015 Bonds or a portion thereof shall
have become due and payable in accordance with their terms or shall have been duly called for
redemption or irrevocable instructions to call the 2015 Bonds or a portion thereof for redemption
shall have been given, and the whole amount of the principal, premium, if any, and the interest
so due and payable upon such 2015 Bonds or any portion thereof then outstanding shall be paid,
or (i) cash, (ii) direct non-callable obligations of(including obligations issued or held in book-
entry form on the books of) the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the principal of and the interest
on which when due without reinvestment will provide sufficient money, or (iii) any combination
of the foregoing, shall be held irrevocably in trust for such purpose, and provision shall also be
made for paying all fees and expenses for the payment, then and in that case the 2015 Bonds or
such designated portion thereof shall no longer be deemed outstanding or secured by this
Ordinance or entitled to the pledge of the Net Revenues.
SECTION 20. Additional Bonds. The City reserves the right to authorize and
issue additional bonds, payable out of the revenue of its Sewage Works, ranking on a parity with
the 2015 Bonds for the purpose of financing the cost of future additions, extensions and
improvements to the Sewage Works or to provide for a complete or partial refunding of the 2015
Bonds or other bonds payable out of the revenues of the Sewage Works, subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The interest on and principal of all bonds payable from the revenues of the
Sewage Works shall have been paid to date in accordance with the terms thereof, provided, this
condition shall be deemed satisfied if any required amount is to be provided from the proceeds of
the parity bonds or other funds of the City.
(b) All required deposits to the Sinking Fund shall have been made in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(c) The Net Revenues of the Sewage Works in the fiscal year immediately
preceding the issuance of any such bonds ranking on a parity with the 2015 Bonds shall be not
less than one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the maximum annual interest and principal
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requirements of the then outstanding 2015 Bonds, any then outstanding parity bonds and the
additional parity bonds proposed to be issued; or, prior to the issuance of said parity bonds, the
sewage rates and charges shall be increased sufficiently so that said increased rates and charges
applied to the previous fiscal year's operations would have produced Net Revenues for said year
equal to not less than one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the maximum annual interest
and principal requirements of the then outstanding 2015 Bonds, any then outstanding parity
bonds and the additional parity bonds proposed to be issued. For purposes of this subsection, the
records of the Sewage Works shall be analyzed and all showings shall be prepared by a certified
public accountant or independent financial advisor employed by the City for that purpose.
(d) The principal of the additional parity bonds shall be payable annually on
December 1 and the interest shall be payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 during the
periods in which principal and interest are payable.
SECTION 21. Further Covenants of the City. For the purpose of further
safeguarding the interests of the holders of the 2015 Bonds, it is specifically provided as follows:
(a) The City shall at all times maintain its Sewage Works in good condition
and operate the same in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost.
(b) So long as any of the 2015 Bonds are outstanding, the City shall maintain
insurance on the insurable parts of the Works of a kind and in an amount such as would normally
be carried by private companies engaged in a similar type of business. All insurance shall be
placed with responsible insurance companies qualified to do business under the laws of the State
of Indiana. In addition to or in lieu of the foregoing, the City may provide for coverage on all or
part of the Works comparable to that described above through a self-insurance program.
Insurance proceeds shall be used in replacing or repairing the property destroyed or damaged; or
if not used for that purpose shall be treated and applied as Net Revenues of the Works.
(c) So long as any of the 2015 Bonds are outstanding, the City shall not
mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber such Works, or any part thereof, nor shall it sell, lease
or otherwise dispose of any portion thereof except replace equipment which may become worn
out or obsolete or other property not required for proper operation and maintenance of the
Works.
(d) So long as any Prior Bonds are held by the Indiana Finance Authority (the
"Authority") and remain outstanding: (i) the City shall not mortgage, pledge or otherwise
encumber such Works, or any part thereof, nor shall it sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any
portion thereof except replace equipment which may become worn out or obsolete or other
property not required for proper operation and maintenance of the Works, without the prior
written consent of the Authority, and (ii) the City shall not borrow any money, enter into any
contract or agreement or incur any other liabilities in connection with the Sewage Works, other
than for normal operating expenditures, without the prior written consent of the Authority if such
undertaking would involve, commit, or use the revenues of the Sewage Works.
(e) Except as provided in Section 20 hereof, so long as any of the 2015 Bonds
are outstanding, no additional bonds or other obligations pledging any portion of the revenues of
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the Sewage Works shall be authorized, executed, or issued by the City except such as shall be
made subordinate and junior in all respects to the 2015 Bonds, unless all of the 2015 Bonds are
redeemed, retired, or defeased coincidentally with the delivery of such additional bonds or other
obligations.
(1) The City shall take all action or proceedings necessary and proper to
require connection of all property where liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil, or industrial
waste is produced with available sanitary sewers. The City shall, insofar as possible, cause all
such sanitary sewers to be connected with the Sewage Works.
(g) This Ordinance shall not be repealed or amended in any respect which will
adversely affect the rights of the owners of any 2015 Bonds, nor shall the Common Council
adopt any law, ordinance or resolution which in any way adversely affects the rights of such
owners so long as any of said bonds or the interest thereon remains unpaid.
(h) The provisions of this Ordinance shall be construed to create a trust in the
proceeds of the sale of the 2015 Bonds for the uses and purposes herein set forth. The provisions
of this Ordinance shall also be.construed to create a trust in the portion of the Net Revenues
herein directed to be set apart and paid into the Sinking Fund and for the uses and purposes of
said Fund as set forth in this Ordinance. The owners of the 2015 Bonds shall have all of the
rights, remedies and privileges set forth under the Act in the event of default in the payment of
the principal of or interest on any of the 2015 Bonds or in the event of default with respect to any
of the provisions of this Ordinance or the Act.
SECTION 22. Amendments With Consent of Bondholders. Subject to the
terms and provisions contained in this section, and not otherwise, the owners of not less than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) in aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Bonds then
outstanding shall have the right, from time to time, anything contained in this Ordinance to the
contrary notwithstanding, to consent to and approve the adoption by the City of such ordinance
or ordinances supplemental hereto as shall be deemed necessary or desirable by the City for the
purpose of modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding in any particular any of the
terms or provisions contained in this Ordinance, or in any supplemental ordinance; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall permit or be construed as permitting:
(a) An extension of the maturity of the principal of or interest or premium, if
any, on any 2015 Bond or an advancement of the earliest redemption date on any 2015 Bond; or
(b) A reduction in the principal amount of any 2015 Bond or the redemption
premium or the rate of interest thereon, or a change in the monetary medium in which such
amounts are payable; or
(c) The creation of a lien upon or a pledge of the revenues of the Sewage
Works ranking prior to the pledge thereof created by this Ordinance; or
(d) A preference or priority of any 2015 Bond or 2015 Bonds over any other
2015 Bond or 2015 Bonds; or
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(e) A reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Bonds required
for consent to such supplemental ordinance.
If the City shall desire to obtain any such consent, it shall cause the Registrar to mail a
notice, postage prepaid, to the addresses appearing on the registration books held by the
Registrar. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed supplemental ordinance
and shall state that a copy thereof is on file at the office of the Registrar for inspection by all
owners of the 2015 Bonds. The Registrar shall not, however, be subject to any liability to any
owners of the 2015 Bonds by reason of its failure to mail such notice, and any such failure shall
not affect the validity of such supplemental ordinance when consented to and approved as herein
provided.
Whenever at any time within one year after the date of the mailing of such notice, the
City shall receive any instrument or instruments purporting to be executed by the owners of the
2015 Bonds of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66-2/3%) in aggregate principal
amount of the 2015 Bonds then outstanding, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the
proposed supplemental ordinance described in such notice, and shall specifically consent to and
approve the adoption thereof in substantially the form of the copy thereof referred to in such
notice as on file with the Registrar, thereupon, but not otherwise, the City may adopt such
supplemental ordinance in substantially such form, without liability or responsibility to any
owners of the 2015 Bonds, whether or not such owners shall have consented thereto.
No owner of any 2015 Bond shall have any right to object to the adoption of such
supplemental ordinance or to object to any of the terms and provisions contained therein or the
operation thereof, or in any manner to question the propriety of the adoption thereof, or to enjoin
or restrain the City or its officers from adopting the same, or from taking any action pursuant to
the provisions thereof. Upon the adoption of any supplemental ordinance pursuant to the
provisions of this section, this Ordinance shall be, and shall be deemed, modified and amended
in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Ordinance of
the City and all owners of 2015 Bonds then outstanding, shall thereafter be determined exercised
and enforced in accordance with this Ordinance, subject in all respects to such modifications and
amendments. Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Ordinance,
the rights and obligations of the City and of the owners of the 2015 Bonds, and the terms and
provisions of the 2015 Bonds and this Ordinance, or any supplemental ordinance, may be
modified or altered in any respect with the consent of the City and the consent of the owners of
all the 2015 Bonds then outstanding.
SECTION 23. Amendments Without Consent of Bondholders. Without notice
to or consent of the owners of the 2015 Bonds, the City may, from time to time and at any time,
adopt such ordinances supplemental hereto as shall not be inconsistent with the terms and
provisions hereof(which supplemental ordinances shall thereafter form a part hereof),
(a) to cure any ambiguity or formal defect or omission in this Ordinance or in
any supplemental ordinance; or
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(b) to grant to or confer upon the owners of the 2015 Bonds any additional
rights, remedies, powers, authority or security that may lawfully be granted to or conferred upon
the owners of the 2015 Bonds; or
(c) to procure a rating on the 2015 Bonds from a nationally recognized
securities rating agency designated in such supplemental ordinance, if such supplemental
ordinance will not adversely affect the owners of the 2015 Bonds; or
(d) to make any other change which is not to the prejudice of the owners of
the 2015 Bonds; or
(e) to provide for the refunding or advance refunding of the 2015 Bonds.
SECTION 24. Tax Matters. In order to preserve the exclusion of interest on the
2015 Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes and as an inducement to
purchasers of the 2015 Bonds, the City represents, covenants and agrees that:
(a) No person or entity, other than the City or another state or local
governmental unit, will use proceeds of the 2015 Bonds or property financed by the 2015 Bond
proceeds other than as a member of the general public. No person or entity other than the City or
another state or local governmental unit will own property financed by 2015 Bond proceeds or
will have actual or beneficial use of such property pursuant to a lease, a management or incentive
payment contract, an arrangement such as take-or-pay or output contract, or any other type of
arrangement that differentiates that person's or entity's use of such property from the use by the
public at large.
(b) No 2015 Bond proceeds will be loaned to any entity or person other than a
state or local governmental unit. No 2015 Bond proceeds will be transferred, directly or
indirectly, or deemed transferred to a non-governmental person in any manner that would in
substance constitute a loan of the 2015 Bond proceeds.
(c) The City will not take any action or fail to take any action with respect to
the 2015 Bonds that would result in the loss of the exclusion from gross income for federal
income tax purposes of interest on the 2015 Bonds pursuant to Section 103 of the Code, and the
regulations thereunder as applicable to the 2015 Bonds, including, without limitation, the taking
of such action as is necessary to rebate or cause to be rebated arbitrage profits on 2015 Bond
proceeds or other monies treated as 2015 Bond proceeds to the federal government as provided
in Section 148 of the Code, and will set aside such monies, which may be paid from investment
income on funds and accounts notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, in trust for
such purposes.
(d) The City will file an information report on Form 8038-G with the Internal
Revenue Service as required by Section 149 of the Code.
(e) The City will not make any investment or do any other act or thing during
the period that any 2015 Bond is outstanding hereunder which would cause any 2015 Bond to be
an "arbitrage bond" within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code and the regulations
thereunder as applicable to the 2015 Bonds.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance, the foregoing covenants and
authorizations (the "Tax Sections") which are designed to preserve the exclusion of interest on
the 2015 Bonds from gross income under federal law (the "Tax Exemption") need not be
complied with to the extent the City receives an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel
that compliance with such Tax Section is unnecessary to preserve the Tax Exemption.
SECTION 25. Issuance of BANs; Other Actions.
(a) The City, having satisfied all the statutory requirements for the issuance of
the 2015 Bonds, has the authority to elect to issue a bond anticipation note or notes, repayable
from the proceeds received from the sale of the 2015 Bonds (defined herein as the "BANs").
This Council hereby authorizes the issuance and sale of the BANs pursuant to I.C. §5-1-14-5 in
one or more series, ranking on a parity with each other, in original aggregate principal amount
not to exceed Fourteen Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,900,000) to provide
interim financing until permanent financing becomes available and to pay for costs of issuing the
BANs, and the BANs also may fund capitalized interest thereon. The designation of the BANs
shall be "City of South Bend, Indiana Sewage Works Bond Anticipation Note of 20_". The
BANs shall be issued in fully registered form in denominations of Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000), or integral multiples thereof, shall be originally dated the date of delivery, shall be
numbered consecutively from 1 upward, shall mature not more than five (5) years from the date
of issuance, may be renewed or extended from time to time, over a period not exceeding five (5)
years from the date of the original issuance of the BANs,in accord with I.C. §5-1.1-5, shall be
prepayable on twenty-one (21) days' notice in whole or in part in any authorized denomination
without premium or penalty, shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five percent (5%) per
annum, and shall be sold at a discount not exceeding ninety-nine percent (99%) of the principal
amount thereof. Interest on the BANs shall be payable at maturity. It shall not be necessary for
the City to repeat the procedures for the issuance of the 2015 Bonds as the procedures followed
before the issuance of the BANs are for all purposes sufficient to authorize the issuance of the
2015 Bonds and to use proceeds thereof to repay the BANs.
The principal of the BANs herein authorized is payable solely from proceeds received
from the sale of the 2015 Bonds, and the interest thereon may be paid from such proceeds or
from the Net Revenues or a combination thereof, and the proceeds received by the City from the
sale of the 2015 Bonds and such Net Revenues are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of
the principal of and interest on the BANs. The Executive is hereby authorized to determine the
form of the BANs and to execute the BANs, the Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized to have the
BANs prepared, and to attest to the BANs and affix the seal the City or cause a facsimile of the
seal of the City to be imprinted or impressed on the BANs. The Fiscal Officer is hereby
authorized and directed to obtain the legal opinion as to the validity of the BANs from Barnes &
Thornburg LLP. After the BANs shall have been properly executed, the Fiscal Officer shall be
authorized to receive from the purchaser thereof payment for the BANs and to provide for
delivery of the BANs to the purchaser. The City may receive payment for the BANs in
installments. Proceeds received from the sale of the BANs shall be deposited in the funds set
forth in Section 11 of this Ordinance. The Fiscal Officer is authorized to sell the BANs to any
investor, and to work with the investor to facilitate the sale of the BANs. In any case any officer
whose signature or a facsimile signature appears on the BANs shall cease to be such officer
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before delivery of the BANs, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all
purposes as if such officer had remained in office until delivery of the BANs.
Upon execution of the BANs by the Executive and attestation thereof by the City Clerk,
the BANs shall constitute the legal,valid and binding obligations of the City.
No action shall be taken that would impair the exclusion from gross income of interest on
the BANs provided by the Code. In furtherance of the foregoing, the provisions of Section 24 of
this Ordinance shall apply to the BANs in the same manner as they apply to the 2015 Bonds.
The BANs shall be subject to transfer or exchange in the same manner as the 2015
Bonds, as described in Section 4 of this Ordinance, and to amendment in the same manner as the
2015 Bonds, as described in Sections 22 and 23 of this Ordinance.
The Executive and the Fiscal Officer each are authorized and directed to execute a
purchase agreement with respect to the BANs in such form or substance as they shall approve.
As an alternative to any terms of the BANs set forth above and to the method of sale referred to
above, the Fiscal Officer may negotiate the sale to the Indiana Finance Authority or the Indiana
Bond Bank upon such terms as are acceptable to the Executive and the Fiscal Officer and as are
authorized by law for such sale, and the Executive and the Fiscal Officer each are authorized to
execute a purchase agreement with the Indiana Finance Authority or the Indiana Bond Bank
reflecting such terms.
(b) The Executive and the Fiscal Officer may take such other actions or
deliver such other certificates and documents needed for the Refunding or the financing as they
deem necessary or desirable in connection therewith.
SECTION 26. Rate Ordinance. The rates and charges of the Works are set forth
or described in Ordinance No. 10290-14 adopted by the Council on February 10, 2014. Such
ordinance is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in full at this place, two copies of
which are on file and available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk pursuant to
I.C. §36-1-5-4.
SECTION 27. Non-Business Days. If the date of making any payment or the
last date for performance of any act or the exercising of any right, as provided in this Ordinance,
shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the City or the jurisdiction in
which the Registrar or Paying Agent is located are typically closed, such payment may be made
or act performed or right exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday or a day on
which such banking institutions are typically closed, with the same force and effect as if done on
the nominal date provided in this Ordinance, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such
nominal date.
SECTION 28. No Conflict. The Council hereby finds and determines that the
adoption of this Ordinance and the issuance of the 2015 Bonds are in compliance with the Prior
Ordinances. The Prior Ordinances shall remain in full force and effect. All ordinances and
resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith, except the Prior Ordinances, are to the extent
of such conflict hereby repealed. None of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be construed to
adversely affect the rights of the owners of any bonds ranking on parity with the 2015 Bonds.
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SECTION 29. Severability. If any section, paragraph or provision of this
Ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or
unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 30. Interpretation. Unless the context or laws clearly require
otherwise, references herein to statutes or other laws include the same as modified, supplemented
or superseded from time to time.
SECTION 31. Effectiveness. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and compliance with the procedures required by law.
SECTION 32. Credit Facility. The Executive and the Fiscal Officer, on behalf
of the City, are hereby authorized to obtain a Credit Facility as set forth in Section 14 herein.
The Executive and the Fiscal Officer, on behalf of the City, are also authorized to enter into an
agreement with the Credit Facility Issuer for the Credit Facility (the "Credit Facility
Agreement") and negotiate the terms of the Credit Facility Agreement, with the advice of the
City's financial advisor and nationally recognized bond counsel. The Executive and the Fiscal
Officer, on behalf of the City, are also authorized to execute any and all other documents
required to obtain the Credit Facility. The City hereby agrees that:
(a) If the sewage works fails to pay any Credit Facility Costs in accordance
with the requirements set forth above, the Credit Facility Issuer shall be entitled to exercise any
and all remedies available at law or under the authorized documents other than (i) acceleration of
the maturity of the 2015 Bonds or (ii) remedies which would adversely affect the owners of the
2015 Bonds.
(b) This Ordinance shall not be discharged and the 2015 Bonds defeased until
all Credit Facility Costs owing to the Credit Facility Issuer shall have been paid in full.
(c) The Credit Facility Issuer is granted a security interest (subordinate to that
of the owners of the 2015 Bonds) in all revenues and collateral pledged as security for the 2015
Bonds, for the repayment of the Credit Facility Costs.
(d) No additional bonds payable from the Net Revenues will be issued
without the Credit Facility Issuer's prior written consent as long as Credit Facility Costs are past
due and still owing to the Credit Facility Issuer.
(e) This Ordinance shall not be modified or amended, except as provided in
Section 23 herein, without the prior written consent of the Credit Facility Issuer.
The Credit Facility Issuer shall be provided with written notice of the resignation or removal of
the Registrar and Paying Agent and the appointment of a successor thereto and of the issuance of
additional indebtedness of the City's sewage works at such address as may be specified, from
time to time,by the Credit Facility Issuer.
SECTION 33. Payment on Bonds in the Event of Default. In the event
available moneys are insufficient to pay debt service on the 2015 Bonds and bonds ranking on
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parity with the 2015 Bonds when due, available moneys shall be applied, after payment of all
costs and expenses associated therewith, to the 2015 Bonds and any such parity bonds as
follows: to the payment to the persons entitled thereto of all unpaid installments of interest then
due on, and the unpaid principal of,the 2015 Bonds and any such parity bonds, including interest
on any past due principal of any 2015 Bond or such parity bonds at the rate borne by such 2015
Bond or such parity bonds, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest and
the due dates of such principal and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full
any particular installment of interest or maturity of principal, then to such payment ratably,
according to the amounts so due, to the persons entitled thereto, without any discrimination or
privilege or any preference of or priority of interest over principal or principal over interest.
During the continuance of any default in the payment of either principal of or interest or
premium on any 2015 Bonds or bonds ranking on parity with the 2015 Bonds, no payment shall
be made with respect to any subordinate obligations issued pursuant to Section 21(e). Moneys
available for payment to holders of such subordinate obligations shall, in the event of an
insufficient amount being available to pay all debt service with respect to the subordinate
obligations when due, be applied to the subordinate obligations in accordance with the sequence
and other terms set forth above with respect to payments regarding 2015 Bonds and such parity
bonds unless otherwise provided in the ordinance authorizing the subordinate obligations.
SECTION 34. Additional Appropriation. In order to provide a portion of the
financing for the Refunding that will not be paid for from the proceeds of the 2015 Bonds, the
Council hereby makes an additional appropriation in an amount not to exceed Three Million Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,200,000) from the Reserve Account (City Fund No. 653) (the
"Additional Appropriation"), which sum shall be transferred to the Refunding Fund to pay for
the remainder of the costs of the Refunding.
SECTION 35. Actions and Agreements. Each of the Executive, the Fiscal
Officer and any other officer or employee of the City is hereby authorized and directed to
execute any instruments or agreements or take any other actions necessary or desirable to effect
the transactions contemplated by this Ordinance, such necessity or desirability to be conclusively
evidenced by the execution of such instruments or agreements or the taking of such action.
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SECTION 36. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage by the Common Council and approval by the PIP ��F
Member of the Common Council
Attest:
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City Clerk
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,Indiana on the Z"t 4k day of
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TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND:
Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred:
BILL NO.
71-15 A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, CONCERNING THE
REFUNDING OF OUTSTANDING SEWAGE WORKS
REVENUE BONDS OF 2006, SEWAGE WORKS REVENUE
BONDS OF 2007, AND SEWAGE WORKS REVENUE
BONDS OF 2007B, EACH ISSUED TO FINANCE
CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
MUNICIPAL SEWAGE WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
REVENUE BONDS FOR SUCH PURPOSE IN THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS ($28,000,000); APPROPRIATING
MONIES FROM THE RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR SUCH
BONDS (#653); ADDRESSING OTHER MATTERS
CONNECTED THEREWITH; AND REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion,
this bill is being recommended to the full Council with a favorable
recommendation.
This bill was heard by the Utilities Committee.
Karen L. White
Chairperson, Committee of the Whole
APPENDIX A
FORM OF 2015 BOND
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
SEWAGE WORKS REVENUE REFUNDING BOND OF 20[ ]
Interest Maturity Original Authentication
Rate Date Date Date CUSIP No.
, 20_ , 2013 , 2013
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL SUM: Dollars ($ )
The City of South Bend, in St. Joseph, County, State of Indiana (the "City"), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner set forth above, solely out of the
special revenue fund hereinafter referred to, the Principal Sum set forth above on the Maturity
Date set forth above (unless this bond be subject to and be called for redemption prior to
maturity as hereafter provided), and to pay interest thereon until the Principal Sum shall be fully
paid at the Interest Rate per annum specified above from the interest payment date to which
interest has been paid next preceding the Authentication Date of this bond unless this bond is
authenticated after the fifteenth day of the month preceding the interest payment date (the
"Record Date") and on or before such interest payment date in which case it shall bear interest
from such interest payment date, or unless this bond is authenticated on or before
, 20_, in which case it shall bear interest from the Original Date, which interest
is payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on 1,
20_. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months.
[The principal of and premium, if any, on this bond are payable at the principal office of
(the "Registrar" or "Paying Agent"), in , Indiana.] All
payments of interest on this bond shall be paid by check mailed one business day prior to the
interest payment date to the Registered Owner as of the Record Date at the address as it appears
on the registration books kept by the Registrar or at such other address as is provided to the
Paying Agent in writing by the Registered Owner. Each Registered Owner of $1,000,000 or
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more in principal amount of bonds shall be entitled to receive interest payments by wire transfer
by providing written wire instructions to the Paying Agent before the Record Date for any
payment. All payments of principal of, and premium, if any, on this bond shall be made upon
surrender thereof at the principal office of the Paying Agent, in any U.S. coin or currency which
on the date of such payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, or
in the case of a Registered Owner of$1,000,000 or more in principal amount of the Bonds (as
hereinafter defined), by wire transfer on the due date upon written direction of such owner
provided at least fifteen(15) days prior to the maturity date or redemption date.
THIS BOND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY
WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, AND THE CITY SHALL NOT BE
OBLIGATED TO PAY THIS BOND OR THE INTEREST THEREON EXCEPT FROM THE
SPECIAL FUND, ENTITLED "SEWAGE WORKS SINKING FUND" AS DESCRIBED
HEREIN, PROVIDED FROM THE NET REVENUES OF THE CITY'S SEWAGE WORKS
UTILITY.
It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions and things required to be done
precedent to and in the execution, issuance and delivery of this bond have been done and
performed in regular and due form as provided by law.
This bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized representative of the Registrar.
This bond is one of an authorized issue of bonds of the City of South Bend, Indiana, of
like date, tenor and effect, except as to denomination, numbering, rates of interest, redemption
terms and dates of maturity, aggregating
Dollars ($ ), numbered consecutively from 1 upward (the "Bonds"), issued for the
purpose of providing funds to be applied to the cost of refunding the outstanding (i) City of
South Bend, Indiana Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2006 (ii) City of South Bend, Indiana
Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2007, and (iii) City of South Bend, Indiana Sewage Works
Revenue Bonds of 2007B (collectively, the "Refunding"), to refund interim notes issued in
anticipation of the Bonds, if any, and to pay incidental expenses and costs of issuance of the
Bonds. This bond is issued pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the Common Council of said
City on the day of , 2015, entitled "An Ordinance of the Common Council of the
City of South Bend, Indiana, Concerning the Refunding of Outstanding Sewage Works Revenue
Bonds of 2006, Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2007, and Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of
2007B, Each Issued to Finance Construction of Improvements to the Municipal Sewage Works
of the City of South Bend, Indiana; Authorizing the Issuance of Revenue Bonds for such Purpose
in the Principal Amount not to exceed Twenty-Eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000);
Appropriating Moneys from the Reserve Account for Such Bonds (#653); Addressing Other
Matters Connected Therewith; and Repealing Ordinances Inconsistent Herewith" (the
"Ordinance"), and in accordance with the provisions of Indiana law, including without limitation
Indiana Code 36-9-23, and other applicable laws, as amended (the "Act"), all as more
particularly described in the Ordinance. The owner of this bond, by the acceptance hereof,
agrees to all the terms and provisions contained in the Ordinance and the Act.
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the Ordinance, the principal of and interest on
(i) this bond and all other bonds of this issue, (ii) all Prior Bonds (as defined in the Ordinance),
which Prior Bonds are on a parity with this bond and all other bonds of this issue, and (iii) all
bonds hereafter issued on a parity with this bond and all other bonds of this issue, are payable
solely from the Sewage Works Sinking Fund, as described in the Ordinance, to be provided from
the Net Revenues (defined as the gross revenues of the Sewage Works of the City after deduction
only for the payment of the reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance but not
including depreciation and payments in lieu of taxes). This bond and the issue of which it is a
part, together with the Prior Bonds and any parity bonds hereafter issued constitute a first charge
against said Net Revenues.
The City irrevocably pledges the entire Net Revenues of said Sewage Works to the
prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized by the Ordinance, of
which this is one, and any bonds ranking on a parity therewith (including the Prior Bonds),to the
extent necessary for that purpose, and covenants that it will cause to be fixed, maintained and
collected such rates and charges for service rendered by said Sewage Works as are sufficient in
each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair and
maintenance of said Sewage Works, to provide for proper depreciation and for the payment of
the sums required to be paid into said Sewage Works Sinking Fund under the provisions of the
Ordinance. In the event the City or the proper officers thereof shall fail or refuse to so fix,
maintain and collect such rates or charges, or if there be a default in payment of the interest on or
principal of this bond, the owner of this bond shall have all of the rights and remedies provided
for under Indiana law.
The City covenants that for so long as the Bonds and any bonds issued on a parity
therewith, including the Prior Bonds, remain outstanding it will set aside and pay into the
Sinking Fund a sufficient amount of the Net Revenues for the payment of(a)the principal of and
interest on all bonds which by their terms are payable from the Net Revenues, as such principal
and interest shall fall due and (b) the necessary fiscal agency charges for paying bonds. Such
required payments shall constitute a first charge upon all the Net Revenues. Reference is made
to the Ordinance for a more complete statement of the revenues from which and conditions under
which this bond is payable, a statement of the conditions on which obligations may hereafter be
issued on parity with this bond, the manner in which the Ordinance may be amended and the
general covenants and provisions pursuant to which this bond has been issued.
This bond is subject to defeasance prior to payment or redemption as provided in the
Ordinance.
If this bond shall not be presented for payment or redemption on the date fixed therefor,
the City may deposit in trust with the Paying Agent or another paying agent, an amount
sufficient to pay such bond or the redemption price, as the case may be, and thereafter the
Registered Owner shall look only to the funds so deposited in trust for payment and the City
shall have no further obligation or liability in respect thereto.
This bond is transferable or exchangeable only upon the registration record kept for that
purpose at the office of the Registrar by the Registered Owner in person, or by his attorney duly
authorized in writing, upon surrender of this bond together with a written instrument of transfer
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or exchange satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Registered Owner or such
attorney, and thereupon a new fully registered bond or bonds in the same aggregate principal
amount, and of the same maturity, shall be executed and delivered in the name of the transferee
or transferees or the Registered Owner, as the case may be, in exchange therefor. This bond may
be transferred or exchanged without cost to the Registered Owner except for any tax or
governmental charge required to be paid with respect to the transfer or exchange. The City, the
Registrar, the Paying Agent and any other registrar or paying agent for this bond may treat and
consider the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all
purposes including for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal
hereof and interest and premium, if any, due hereon.
The bonds maturing on any maturity date are issuable only in the denomination of$5,000
or any integral multiple thereof.
[A Continuing Disclosure Contract from the City to each registered owner or holder
of any bond, dated as of the date of initial issuance of the Bonds (the "Contract"), has been
executed by the City, a copy of which is available from the City and the terms of which are
incorporated herein by this reference. The Contract contains certain promises of the City
to each registered owner or holder of any Bond, including a promise to provide certain
continuing disclosure. By its payment for and acceptance of this bond, the registered
owner or holder of this bond assents to the Contract and to the exchange of such payment
and acceptance for such promises.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, has
caused this bond to be executed in its corporate name by the manual or facsimile signature of the
Mayor, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, imprinted or impressed by any means and
attested manually or by facsimile by its Clerk.
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
By:
Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST
Clerk
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REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
It is hereby certified that this bond is one of the bonds described in the within-mentioned
Ordinance duly authenticated by the Registrar.
as Registrar
By
Authorized Representative
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this bond, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN. COM. as tenants in common
TEN. ENT. as tenants by the entireties
JT. TEN. as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
UNIF. TRAN.
MN. ACT Custodian
(Cust.) (Minor)
under Uniform Transfer to Minors Act of
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used although not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address and Social Security or
Other Identifying Number) $ principal amount (must be a multiple of $1,000) of the
within bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
, attorney to transfer the within bond on the books kept for the
registration thereof with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Dated:
NOTICE: The Signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name as it appears on the face
of the within bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed
by an eligible guarantor institution participating
in a Securities Transfer Association recognized
signature guarantee program.
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
November 4, 2015
Mr.Tim Scott
President, South Bend Common Council
4d'Floor County-City Building
227 W.Jefferson Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601
Re: 2015 Sewage Works Refunding Bond Ordinance
Dear Council President Scott:
The attached Bond Ordinance approves the refunding of all of the City's outstanding 2006,2007 and 2007B
Sewage Works Bonds. Piper Jaffray, the City's placement agent,anticipates a reduction in the current 4.45%
average interest rate to approximately 2.25%. Per their preliminary analysis,this should create a gross interest
cost savings of approximately$3 million and a net present value savings of approximately$1.7 million. Piper
Jaffray also expects that the refunding bonds will be sold to a bank and that no debt service reserve for the bonds
will be required.As such, funds in the City's existing common debt service reserve will be freed up to be used on
the refunding. By applying the excess funds in the existing debt service reserve to the refunding,the Refunding
Bonds may be structured with a final payment of December 1,2025; a pay-off one year earlier than the
December 1,2026 final maturity of the 2006 Bonds and two years earlier than the existing December 1, 2027
final maturity of the 2007 bonds being refunded.
This bill is submitted for 1st read filing with the Common Council for the council meeting on November 9,2015;
2"d reading,public hearing and 3rd reading at the council meeting on November 23, 2015.
I will be available to discuss this bill at the appropriate sessions of the Personnel and Finance Committee and
other meetings of the South Bend Common Council. The City's bond counsel and financial advisor will also be
available to answer questions regarding this ordinance.
Respectively submitted,
Fired
Jo Murphy
City Controller
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