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BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR YEAR 2000 SEWER SYSTEM
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN AND BY THE BOROUGH OF
CARTERET, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY,
APPROPRIATING $3,600,000 THEREFORE AND AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF $3,428,500 BONDS OR NOTES OF THE BOROUGH TO
FINANCE PART OF THE COST THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF
CARTERET, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY (not less than
two-thirds of all members thereof affirmatively concurring) AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The improvement described in Section 3 of this bond ordinance is hereby
authorized to be undertaken by the Borough of Carteret, New Jersey. For the
improvement or purpose described in Section 3, there is hereby appropriated the sum of
$3,600,000, including the sum of $171,500 as down payment required by the Local Bond
Law. The down payment is now available from the Reserve for Sewer Improvements.
Section 2. In order to finance the cost of the improvement or purpose not covered by
application of the down payment, negotiable bonds am hereby authorized to be issued in
the principal amount of $3,428,500 pursuant to the Local Bond Law. In anticipation of
the issuance of the bonds, negotiable bond anticipation notes are hereby authorized to be
issued pursuant to and within the limitations proscribed by the Local Bond Law.
Section 3. (a) The improvement hereby authorized and the purpose for the financing of
which the bonds are to be issued is the Borougb's Year 2000 Sewer System Capital
Improvement Program consisting of the renovation and rehabilitation of the Dorothy
Street Pump Station, the Roosevelt Avenue Pump Station and the Harrison Avenue Pump
Station, the improvement of the storm water system in the Hill District, in the Sabo/Pinho
area and in the Columbus School area, the demolition of the old wastewater treatment
-- plant, system-wide major capital repairs and preliminary planning work with respect to
future capital improvements, including acquisition and installation of all materials and
equipment necessary therefore and all work necessary therefore or incidental thereto.
(b) The estimated maximum amount of bonds or notes to be issued for the
improvement or purpose is as stated in Section 2 hereof.
(c) The estimated cost of the improvement or purpose is equal to the amount
of the appropriation herein made therefore.
Section 4. All bond anticipation notes issued hereunder shall mature at such times as
may be determined by the Chief Financial Officer; provided that no note shall mature
later than one year from its date. The notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates and be
in such form as may be determined by the Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial
Officer shall determine all matters in connection with notes issued pursuant to this
ordinance, and the Chief Financial Officer's signature upon the notes shall be conclusive
evidence as to all such determinations. All notes issued hereunder may be renewed from
time to time subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:2-8(a). The Chief Financial
Officer is hereby authorized to sell part or all of the notes from time to time at public or
private sale and to deliver them to the purchasers thereof upon receipt of payment of the
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purchase price plus accrued interest from their dates to the date of delivery thereof. The
Chief Financial Officer is directed to report in writing to the governing body at the
meeting next succeeding the date when any sale or delivery of the notes pursuant to this
ordinance is made. Such report must include the amount, the description, the interest rate
and the maturity schedule of the notes sold, the price obtained and the name of the
purchaser.
Section 5. The capital budget of the Borough of Carteret is hereby amended to conform
with the provisions of this ordinance to the extent of any inconsistency herewith. The
resolution in the form promulgated by the Local Finance Board showing full detail of the
amended capital budget and capital program as approved by the Director of the Division
of Local Government Services is on file with the Clerk and is available there for public
inspection.
Section 6. The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited as
stated:
(a) The improvement or purpose described in Section 3 of this bond ordinance
is not a current expense. It is an improvement or purpose that the Borough may lawfully
undertake, and no part of the cost thereof has been or shall be specially assessed on
property specially benefited thereby.
(b) The period of usefulness of the improvement or purpose within the
limitations of the Local Bond Law, according to the reasonable life thereof computed
from the date of the bonds authorized by this ordinance, is 40 years.
(c) The Supplemental Debt Statement required by the Local Bond Law has
been duly prepared and filed in the office of the Clerk, and a complete executed duplicate
thereof has been filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government
Services in the Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey. Such
statement shows that the gross debt of the Borough as defined in the Local Bond Law is
increased by the authorization of the bonds and notes provided in this bond ordinance by
$3,428,500, and the obligations authorized herein will be within all debt limitation
proscribed by that Law.
(d) An aggregate amount not exceeding $900,000 for items of expense listed
in and permitted under N.J.S.A. 40A:2-20 is included in the estimated cost indicated
herein for the purpose of improvement.
Section 7. Any grant moneys received for the purpose described in Section 3 hereof shall
be applied either to direct payment of the cost of the improvement or to payment of the
obligations issued pursuant to this ordinance. The amount of obligations authorized but
not issued hereunder shall be reduced to the extent that such funds am so used.
Section 8. The Chief Financial Officer of the Borough is hereby authorized to prepare
and to update from time to time as necessary a financial disclosure document to be
distributed in connection with the sale of obligations of the Borough and to execute such
disclosure document on behalf of the Borough. The Chief Financial Officer is further
authorized to enter into the appropriate undertaking to provide secondary market
disclosure on behalf of the Borough pursuant to Rule 15c212 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Rule") for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners of
obligations of the Borough and to amend such undertaking from time to time ~n
connection with any change in law, or interpretation thereof, provided such undertaking
is and continues to be, in the opinion of a nationally recognized bond counsel, consistent
with the requirements of the Rule. In the event that the Borough fails to comply with its
undertaking, the Borough shall not be liable for any monetary damages, and the remedy
shall be limited to specific performance of the undertaking.
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Section 9. The full faith and credit of the Borough are hereby pledged to the punctual
payment of the principal of and the interest on the obligations authorized by this bond
ordinance. The obligations shall be direct, unlimited obligations of the Borough, and the
Borough shall be obligated to levy ad valorem taxes upon all the taxable real property
within the Borough for the payment of the obligations and the interest thereon without
limitations of rate or amount.
Section 10. This bond ordinance shall take effect 20 days after the first publication
thereof after final adoption, as provided by the Local Bond Law.
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Adnptcd on first reading of the Council of the Borough of Carteret, N.J., on Jol~ 27 ~ 2~
Adopted on second reading after hearing on ~ A~t 29. 2~
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