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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1994-06 Bondsi ORDINANCE NO. 1994 -6 An Ordinance of the City of Greencastle authorizing the issuance of sewage works revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of certain additions, extensions and improvements to the municipal sewage works of said City, providing for the safeguarding of thg interests of the owners of said bonds, other matters connected therewith, including the issuance of notes in anticipation of bonds, and repealing ordinances inconsistent herewith WHEREAS, the City of Greencastle, Indiana (the "City ") has heretofore established, constructed and financed a municipal sewage works and now owns and operates the sewage works pursuant to IC 36 -9 -23, and other applicable laws; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City now finds that certain improvements, additions and extensions to said works are necessary; and that plans, specifications and estimates have been prepared and filed by the engineers employed by the City for the construction of said i improvements and extensions, as more fully described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Project "), which plans and specifications have been or will be approved by said Common Council and by all governmental authorities having jurisdiction, including, particularly, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management; and WHEREAS, the City has obtained engineer's estimates of the costs for the construction of said Project; that on the basis of said estimates, the maximum estimated cost of the Project, as defined in IC 36 -9 -23 and IC 36 -9 -1, including incidental expenses, is in the amount of $1,975,000; and WHEREAS, the Common Council finds that a Department of Commerce grant in the estimated amount of $335,000 will be available to apply toward the Project and that the remainder of the cost of the Project should be financed by the issuance of sewage works revenue " bonds, payable solely out of the Net Revenues, as hereinafter defined, of the City's sewage works, and, if necessary, bond anticipation notes ( "BANs "); and WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued certain Sewage Works Refunding Revenue Bonds of 1991, dated February 1, 1991 ( "1991, Bonds "), now outstanding in the amount of $675,000, and maturing annually over a period ending January 1, 2001, which 1991 Bonds constitute a first charge upon the Net Revenues of the sewage works; and WHEREAS, the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the now outstanding 1991 Bonds permits the issuance of additional bonds ranking on a parity with said 1991 Bonds provided that certain conditions can be met, and the City finds that the finances of said sewage works will enable the City to meet the conditions for the issuance of additional parity bonds and that, accordingly, the revenue bonds authorized herein shall constitute a first charge on the Net " Revenues of the sewage works on a parity with the now outstanding 1991 Bonds; and WHEREAS, the bonds to be issued pursuant to this ordinance are to be issued subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Indiana, including, without limitation, IC 36 -9 -23, as in effect on the issue date of the bonds issued hereunder (the "Act "), and the terms and restrictions of this ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City desires to authorize the issuance of BANs hereunder, if necessary, payable solely from the proceeds of the sewage works revenue bonds issued to finance the aforementioned costs of the Project and to authorize the refunding of said BANs, if issued; and WHEREAS, the Common 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 provisions of the Act; " D -2 " NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENCASTLE THAT: Sec. 1. Issuance of Bonds The City proceed with the construction of the Project in accordance with the cost estimates, and the plans apd specifications heretofore prepared and filed by the consulting engineers employed by the City, which cost estimates, plans and specifications are by reference made a part of this ordinance as fully as if the same were attached hereto and incorporated herein and two copies of which are now on file in the office of the Clerk- Treasurer of the City and are open for public inspection pursuant to IC 36- 1 -5 -4, that the cost of construction of said Project shall not exceed the sum of $1,975,000, plus investment earnings on the bond and BAN proceeds, without further authorization from this Common Council. The terms "sewage works," "sewage works system," "system," "works," and other like terms where " used in this ordinance shall be construed to mean and include the existing sewage works system and all real estate and equipment used in connection therewith and appurtenances thereto, and all extensions, additions, and improvements thereto and replacements thereof now or at any time hereafter constructed or acquired. The Project shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications heretofore mentioned, which plans and specifications are hereby approved. Said Project shall be constructed and the bonds herein authorized shall be issued pursuant to and in accordance with the Act. Sec. 2. (a) The City shall issue, if necessary, its BANS for the purpose of procuring interim financing to apply to the cost of said Project. The City shall issue its BANS in an amount not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($1,660,000) to be designated "Sewage Works Bond Anticipation Notes." Said BANS shall be numbered 0 D -3 ® consecutively from I upward, shall be in multiples of $1,000, shall be dated as of the date of delivery thereof, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 7% per annum (the exact rate or rates to be determined through negotiations with the purchaser of the BANS) payable upon maturity. The BANS will mature one year after their date of delivery. The BANS are subject to renewal or extension at an interest rate or rates not to exceed 7% per annum (the exact rate or rates to be negotiated with the purchaser of the BANS). The term of the BANS and all renewal BANS may not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the initial BANS. The BANS shall be registered in the name of the purchasers thereof. The BANS shall be issued pursuant to IC 5- 1.5 -8 -6.1 if sold to the Indiana Bond Bank or pursuant to IC 5- 1 -14 -5 if sold to any other purchaser. The principal of and interest on the BANS shall be payable solely from the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to and in the manner • prescribed by the Act. The revenue bonds will be payable solely out of and constitute a first charge against the Net Revenues (herein defined as gross revenues of the sewage works of the City after deduction only for the payment of the reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance) of the sewage works of the City, on a parity with the 1991 Bonds. (b) The City shall issue its "Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 199_, to be completed with the year in which the bonds are issued (the "Bonds ") in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,660,000 for the purpose of procuring funds to be applied on the cost of the Project, the payment of costs of issuance, refunding the BANS, if issued, and all other costs related to the Project. The Bonds shall be sold at a price not less than 98.5% of the par value thereof, shall be issued in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each or integral multiples thereof, D -4 " numbered consecutively from 1 upward, dated as of the first day of the month in which they are sold and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 8.5 % per annum (the exact rate or rates to be determined by bidding) payable semiannually on January I and July I in each year. commencing on January 1, 1995. The Bonds shall mature annually. or shall be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption if term bonds are issued, on January 1 of each year, commencing on January 1, 1995 and ending no later than January 1, 2020 and in such amounts as will result in as level annual debt service as practicable with 55,000 denominations and taking into account the annual debt service requirements of the 1991 Bonds. All or a portion of the Bonds may be issued as one or more term bonds, upon election of the successful bidder. Such term bonds shall have a stated maturity or maturities of January 1, in the years as determined by the successful bidder, but in no event later than the last serial " maturity date of the bonds as determined in the above paragraph. The term bonds shall be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption and final payment(s) at maturity at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, on principal payment dates which are hereinafter determined in accordance with the above paragraph. Sec. 3. Registrar and Paying Aunt The Clerk- Treasurer is herebv authorized to contract with a qualified financial institution to serve as Registrar and Paving Agent for the Bonds (the "Registrar" or "Paying Agent "). The Registrar is hereby charged with the responsibility of authenticating the Bonds. The Clerk- Treasurer is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements or understandings with the Registrar as will enable the institution to perform the services required of a registrar and paying agent. The Clerk - Treasurer is further authorized to pay such fees as the Registrar may charge for the services it provides as Registrar 0 MDMDF9.W?5 - 5 - " and Paying Agent and such fees may be paid from the Sewage Works Sinking Fund established to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds as fiscal agency charges. As to the BANS, the Clerk- Treasurer shall serve as Registrar and Paying Agent and is hereby charged with the duties of Registrar and Paying Agent. The principal of the Bonds shall be payable at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent. All payments of interest on the Bonds shall be paid by check, mailed one business day prior to the interest payment date to the registered owners thereof as the names appear as of the fifteenth day of the month preceding the interest payment date (the "Record Date ") and at the addresses as they appear on the registration books kept by the Registrar or at such other address as is provided to the Paying Agent in writing by such registered owner. All payments on the Bonds shall be made in any coin or currency of the United States of America. " which on the date of such payment, shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Each Bond shall be transferable or exchangeable only upon the books of the City kept for that purpose at the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar by the registered owner in person, or by its attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of such Bond together with a written instrument of transfer or exchange satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the registered owner, or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new fully registered Bond or Bonds in an authorized 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. 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 " rDMDFs.wrs - 6 - " to the transfer or exchange, which taxes or governmental charges are payable by the person requesting such transfer or exchange. The City, Registrar and Paving Agent for the Bonds may treat and consider the person in whose name such Bonds are registered as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes including for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of. the principal thereof and interest due thereon. The Registrar and Paving Agent may at any time resign as Registrar and Paying Agent upon giving 30 days' notice in writing to the City and by first class mail to each registered owner of the Bonds then outstanding, and such resignation will take effect at the end of such 30 day period or upon the earlier appointment of a successor registrar and paving agent by the City. Any such notice to the City may be served personally or sent by registered mail. The Registrar and Paving 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 Bonds then outstanding by first class mail of the removal of the Registrar and Paving Agent. Notices to the registered owners of the Bonds shall be deemed to be given when mailed by first class mail to the addresses of such registered owners as thev appear on the registration books kept by the Registrar. Upon the appointment of anv successor registrar and paving agent by the City, the Clerk - Treasurer is authorized and directed to enter into such agreements and understandings with such successor registrar and paying agent as will enable the institution to perform the services required of a registrar and paying agent for the Bonds. The Clerk- Treasurer is further authorized to pay such fees as the successor registrar and paving agent may charge for the services it provides as registrar and paving agent and such fees may be paid from the Sewage 0 IDDMDF9.WP5 - 7 - " Works Sinking Fund continued in Section 15 hereof. Any predecessor registrar and paying agent shall deliver all of the Bonds and any cash or investments in its possession with respect thereto, together with the registration books, to the successor registrar and paying agent. Interest on the Bonds shall be payable from the interest payment date to which interest has been paid next preceding the authentication date of the Bonds unless the Bonds are authenticated after the Record Date and on or before such interest payment date in which case they shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless the Bonds are authenticated on or before the Record Date preceding the first interest payment date, in which case they shall bear interest from the original date until the principal shall be fully paid. Sec. 4. Redemption of BANS and Bonds (a) The BANS are prepayable by the City, in whole or in part, at any time upon 7 days' notice to the owner of the BANS without any " premium. (b) The Bonds of this issue maturing on and after January 1, 2006, are redeemable at the option of the City on January 1, 2005, or any date thereafter, on thirty (30) days' notice. in whole or in part, in inverse order of maturity and by lot within a maturity, at face value. together with the following premiums: 2% if redeemed on January 1, 2005, or thereafter on or before December 31, 2005; 1 % if redeemed on January 1, 2006, or thereafter on or before December 31, 2006; 0% if redeemed on January 1, 2007, or thereafter prior to maturity; plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. (c) If any Bond is issued as a term bond, the Paying Agent shall credit against the " mandatory sinking fund requirement for the Bonds maturing as term bonds, and corresponding IDMDF9.WP5 - 8 - " mandatory redemption obligation, in the order determined by the City, any Bonds maturing as term bonds which have previously been redeemed (otherwise than as a result of a previous mandatory redemption requirement) or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation or purchased for cancellation by the Paying Agent and not theretofore applied as a credit against any redemption obligation. Each Bond maturing as a term bond so delivered or cancelled shall be credited by the Paying Agent at 100% of the principal amount thereof against the mandatory sinking fund obligation on such mandatory sinking fund date, and any excess of such amount shall be credited on future redemption obligations, and the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed by operation of the mandatory sinking fund requirement shall be accordingly reduced: provided, however, the Paying Agent shall credit only such Bonds maturing as term bonds to the extent received on or before forty -tive (45) days preceding the applicable mandatory " redemption date as stated above. Each Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) principal amount shall be considered a separate bond for purposes of optional and mandatory redemption. If some Bonds are to be redeemed by optional redemption and mandatory sinking fund redemption on the same date, the Registrar shall select by lot the Bonds for optional redemption before selecting the Bonds by lot for the mandatory sinking fund redemption. (d) In either case, notice of such redemption shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption by mail unless the notice is waived by the registered owner of a Bond. Such notice shall be mailed to the address of the registered owners as shown on the registration records of the City as of the date which is forty -five (45) days prior to such redemption date. The notice shall specify the date and place of redemption and sufficient rDD08DP9.WP5 - 9 - identification of the Bonds called for redemption. The place of redemption shall be determined by the City. Interest on the Bonds so called for redemption shall cease on the redemption date fixed in such notice if sufficient funds are available at the principal office of the Paying Agent to pay the redemption price on the date so named. Coincidentally with the payment of the redemption price, the Bonds so called for redemption shall be surrendered for cancellation. Sec. 5. Execution and Neeotiability Each of the BANs and Bonds shall be executed in the name of the City by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Clerk - Treasurer, and the seal of the City shall be affixed. imprinted or impressed to or on each of the BANS and Bonds manually, by facsimile or anv other means; and these officials. by the execution of a Signature and No Litigation Certificate. shall adopt as and for their own proper signatures the facsimile signatures appearing on the • Bonds or BANS. In case any officer whose signature or facsimile signature appears on the Bonds or BANS shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds or BANS, the signature of such officer shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until such deliverv. The BANs and 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. The Bonds shall also be authenticated by the manual signature of the Registrar, and no Bond shall be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication thereon has been so executed. IDD09DF9.WP3 - 10- Sec. 6. Form of Bonds The form and tenor of the Bonds shall be substantially as follows, all blanks to be filled in properly prior to delivery; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF PUTNAM Interest Maturity Original Authentication Rate Date Date Date CUSIP CITY OF GREENCASTLE SEWAGE WORKS REVENUE BOND OF 199 40 REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL SUM: The City of Greencastle, in Putnam County, State of Indiana, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner named above or registered assigns, 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 hereinafter provided), and to pay interest hereon at the Interest Rate per annum stated 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 an interest payment 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 December 15, 1994, in which case it shall bear interest from the Original Date, until the principal is paid, which interest is payable semiannually on the first days of January and July in each year, beginning on January 1, 1995. The principal of this bond is payable at the principal office of (the "Registrar" or "Paying Agent "), in the City of 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 hereof as of the fifteenth day of the month preceding such interest payment 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. All payments on the bond shall be made in any coin mo08oF9.wr5 - 11 - ® or currency of the United States of America, which on the dates of such payment, shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. THE CITY SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY THIS BOND OR THE INTEREST HEREON EXCEPT FROM THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED SPECIAL FUND, AND NEITHER THIS BOND NOR THE ISSUE OF WHICH IT IS A PART SHALL IN ANY RESPECT CONSTITUTE A CORPORATE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY WITHIN THE PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. The City has designated the bonds as qualified tax- exempt bonds to qualify the bonds for the $10,000,000 exception from the provisions of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to the disallowance of the deduction for interest expense allocable to tax - exempt obligations. The terms and provisions of this bond are continued on the reverse side hereof and such terms and provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. It is hereby certified arid recited that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the execution, issuance and delivery of this bond have been done and performed in regular and due form as provided by law. This bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized representative of the Registrar. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Greencastle, in Putnam County, Indiana, has caused this bond to be executed in its corporate name by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, imprinted or impressed by any means and attested manually or by facsimile by its Clerk- Treasurer. CITY OF GREENCASTLE, INDIANA M Mayor [SEAL] Attest: IDMDe9.wr5 - 12 - " Clerk- Treasurer REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This bond is one of the bonds described in the within - mentioned Ordinance. as Registrar C Authorized Representative (To be printed on Reverse Side) This bond is one of an authorized issue of bonds of the City of Greencastle, of like date, tenor and effect, except as to rates of interest and dates of maturity; aggregating Dollars ($ ) ; numbered consecutively from O 1 up; issued for the purpose of providing funds to be applied on the cost of additions, extensions and improvements to the City's sewage works (the "Project "), [funding a reserve for the Bonds,] [to refund interim notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds] and to pay issuance expenses. This bond is issued pursuant to an Ordinance adopted by the Common Council of said City on the day of 199_, entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Greencastle authorizing the issuance of sewage works revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of certain additions, extensions and improvements to the municipal sewage works of said City, providing for the safeguarding of the interests of the owners of said bonds, other matters connected therewith, including the issuance of notes in anticipation of bonds, and repealing ordinances inconsistent herewith" (the "Ordinance "), and in accordance with the provisions of Indiana law, including without limitation Indiana Code 36 -9 -23 as in effect on the date of delivery of the bonds of this issue (the "Act "), the proceeds of which bonds are to be applied to the costs of the Project, [the payment of notes issued in anticipation of the bonds,] [funding a reserve] and expenses incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the Ordinance, the principal of and interest on this bond and all other bonds of said issue, and any bonds hereafter issued on a panty therewith are payable solely from the Sewage Works Sinking Fund continued by the Ordinance (the "Sinking Fund ") to be provided from the Net Revenues (herein 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) of the sewage works of the City. The payment of this bond ranks on a panty with the payment of the 1991 Bonds (as defined in the Ordinance). F LJ mD081) MPS - 13 - ® The City of Greencastle irrevocably pledges the entire Net Revenues of the 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 1991 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 services rendered by the utility as are sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance of the sewage works and for the payment of the sums required to be paid into the Sinking Fund under the provisions of the Act and the Ordinance. If 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 the 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 in the Act, including the right to have a receiver appointed to administer the works and to charge and collect rates sufficient to provide for the payment of this bond and the interest hereon. The City of Greencastle further covenants that it will set aside and pay into its Sinking Fund monthly, as available, or more often if necessary, a sufficient amount of the Net Revenues of the works for payment of (a) the interest on all bonds which by their terms are payable from the revenues of the sewage works, as such interest shall fall due, (b) the necessary fiscal agencv charges for paying bonds and interest, (c) the principal of all bonds which by their terms are payable from the revenues of the sewage works, as such principal shall fall due, and (d) an additional amount as a margin of safety to maintain the debt service reserve required by the Ordinance. Such required payments shall constitute a first charge upon all the Net Revenues of 0 the sewage works on a parity with the aforementioned 1991 Bonds. The bonds of this issue maturing on and after January 1, 2006, are redeemable at the option of the City on January 1, 2005, or any date thereafter, on thirty (30) days' notice, in whole or in part, in inverse order of maturity and by lot within a maturity, at face value, together with the following premiums: 2 % if redeemed on January 1, 2005, or thereafter on or before December 31, 2005; 1% if redeemed on January 1, 2006, or thereafter on or before December 31, 2006; 0% if redeemed on January 1, 2007, or thereafter prior to maturity; plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. [The bonds maturing on January 1, _ are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption prior to maturity, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, on January 1 in the years and amounts set forth below: Year Amount WD08DF9.WP5 - 14- * * Final Maturity] Each Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) principal amount shall be considered a separate bond for purposes of optional [and mandatory] redemption. [If some bonds are to be redeemed by optional redemption and mandatory sinking fund redemption on the same date, the Registrar shall select by lot the bonds for optional redemption before selecting the bonds by lot for the mandatory sinking fund redemption.] Notice of such redemption shall be mailed to the address of the registered owner as shown on the registration records of the City, as of the date which is forty -five (45) days prior to such redemption date, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption unless the notice is waived by the registered owner of this bond. The notice shall specify the date and place of redemption and sufficient identification of the bonds called for redemption. The place of redemption may be determined by the City. Interest on the 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. If this bond shall not be presented for payment or redemption on the date fixed therefor, the City may deposit in trust with its depository bank 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 with said bank for payment and the City shall have no further obligation or liability in respect thereto. This bond is transferable or exchangeable only upon the books of the City kept for that purpose at the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar by the registered owner hereof in person, or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of this bond together with a written instrument of transfer or exchange satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the registered owner, or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new fully registered bond or bonds in an authorized aggregate principal amount and of the same maturity, shall be executed and delivered in the name of the transferee or transferees or to the registered owner, as the case may be, in exchange therefor. This bond may be transferred without cost to the registered owner except for any tax or governmental charge required to be paid with respect to the transfer. 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 due hereon. This bond is subject to defeasance prior to redemption or payment as provided in the Ordinance referred to herein. THE OWNER OF THIS BOND, BY THE ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, HEREBY AGREES TO ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE. The Ordinance may be amended without the consent of the owners of the mn08oe9.wr5 - 15 - e bonds as provided in the Ordinance if the Common Council determines, in its sole discretion, that the amendment shall not adversely affect the rights of any of the owners of the bonds. The bonds maturing in any one year are issuable only in fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto this bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints , attorney, to transfer the within bond in the books kept for the registration thereof with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: E NOTICE: ignature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution participating in a Securities Transfer Association recognized signature guarantee program. NOTICE: T e 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. -16- Sec. 7. Authorization for Preparation and Sale of the BANS and the Bonds• Insurance The Clerk - Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to have the BANs and the Bonds prepared, and the Mayor and Clerk- Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest the BANS and the Bonds in the form and manner provided herein. The Clerk- Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to deliver the BANS and the Bonds to the respective purchasers thereof. At the time of delivery of the BANS and the Bonds, the Clerk- Treasurer shall collect the full amount which the respective purchasers have agreed to pay therefor, which amount shall not be less than 99.5% of the face value of said BANS and 98.5% of the face value of said Bonds, as the case may be. The Bonds, when fully paid for and delivered to the purchaser, shall be the binding special revenue obligations of the City payable out of the Net Revenues of the sewage works, on a parity with the 1991 Bonds. The proper officers of the City are hereby directed to sell the Bonds, 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. Distribution of an Official Statement prepared by H. J. Umbaugh & Associates on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized and approved and the Mayor and Clerk - Treasurer are authorized and directed to execute the Official Statement on behalf of the City in a form consistent with this ordinance. The Mayor and Clerk- Treasurer are hereby authorized to designate the Official Statement as "nearly final" for purposes of Rule 15c2 -12 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the event the financial advisor to the City certifies to the City that it would be economically advantageous for the City to obtain a municipal bond insurance policy for the ® Bonds, the City hereby authorizes the purchase of such an insurance policy. The acquisition of MD08DF9.WP5 - 17 - a municipal bond insurance policy is hereby deemed economically advantageous in the event the difference between the present value cost of (a) the total debt service on the Bonds if issued without municipal bond insurance and (b) the total debt service on the Bonds if issued with municipal bond insurance, is greater than the cost of the premium on the municipal bond insurance policy. Sec. 8. Bond Sale Notice Prior to the sale of said Bonds, the Clerk- Treasurer shall cause to be published either (i) a notice of bond sale in the Greencastle Banner - Graphic the only newspaper published in the City of Greencastle, Indiana, two times, at least one week apart, the First publication made at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the sale and the second publication being made at least three (3) days before the date of the sale, or (ii) a notice of intent to sell in the Greencastle Banner- Graphic and The Indianapolis Commercial all in accordance ® with IC 5 -1 -11 and IC 5 -3 -1. A notice of sale may also be published one time in The Indianapolis Commercial and a summary notice may also be published in The Bond Buyer in New York, New York. The notice shall state the character and amount of the Bonds, the maximum rate of interest thereon, the terms and conditions upon which bids will be received and the sale made, and such other information as the Clerk - Treasurer and the attorneys employed by the City shall deem advisable and any summary notice may contain any information deemed so advisable. The notice may provide, among other things, that each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or a financial surety bond in an amount equal to I% of the principal amount of the Bonds described in the notice to guarantee performance on the part of the bidder. If a financial surety bond is used, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such bond in the State of Indiana, and such bond must be submitted to the City prior L MMDP9.WP3 - 18 - " to the opening of the bids. The financial surety bond must identify each bidder whose good faith deposit is guaranteed by such financial surety bond. If the Bonds are awarded to a bidder utilizing a financial surety bond, then that purchaser is required to submit to the City a certified or cashier's check (or wire transfer such amount as instructed by the City) not later than 3:30 p.m. (Greencastle Time) on the next business day following the award. In the event the successful bidder shall fail or refuse to accept delivery of the Bonds and pay for the same as soon as the Bonds are ready for delivery, or at the time fixed in the notice of sale, then said check and the proceeds thereof shall be the property of the City and shall be considered as its liquidated damages on account of such default. Bidders for said Bonds will be required to name the rate or rates of interest which the Bonds are to bear, not exceeding the maximum rate hereinbefore fixed, and such interest rate or rates shall be in multiples of one -eight (1/8) or one- twentieth (1/20) of one percent (1 %). The rate bid on a maturity shall be equal to or greater than the rate bid on the immediately preceding maturity. No conditional bid or bid for less than 98.5% of the face amount of the Bonds will be considered. The opinion of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, bond counsel of Indianapolis, Indiana, approving the legality of said Bonds, will be furnished to the purchaser at the expense of the City. The Bonds shall be awarded by the Clerk- Treasurer to the best bidder who has submitted his bid in accordance with the terms of this ordinance, IC 5 -1 -11 and the notice of sale. The best bidder will be the one who offers the lowest net interest cost to the City, to be determined by computing the total interest on all of the Bonds to their maturities and adding thereto the discount bid, if any, and deducting the premium bid, if any. The right to reject any and all bids shall be reserved. If an acceptable bid is not received on the date of sale, the sale may be O IDMDF9.WP5 - 19 - ® continued from day to day thereafter without further advertisement for a period of thirty (30) days, during which time no bid which is lower than the best bid received at the time of the advertised sale will be considered. Sec. 9. Use of Proceeds and Costs of Issuance The proceeds from the sale of the Bonds, to the extent not used to refund BANS, and BAN proceeds shall be deposited in a bank or banks which are legally designated depositories for the funds of the City, in a special account or accounts to be designated as "City of Greencastle, Sewage Works Construction Account" (the "Construction Account "). All funds deposited to the credit of the Sewage Works Sinking Fund or the Construction Account shall be deposited, held, secured or invested in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana relating to the depositing, holding, securing or investing of public funds, including particularly IC 5 -13, as amended and supplemental. The funds in the Construction Account shall be expended only for the purpose of paying the cost of the Project, refunding the BANS, if issued, or as otherwise required by the Act or for the expenses of issuance of the Bonds. The cost of obtaining the legal services of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, shall be considered as a part of the cost of the Project on account of which the BANS and Bonds are issued. Any balance or balances remaining unexpended in such special account or accounts after completion of the Project, which are not required to meet unpaid obligations incurred in connection with such Project, shall either (1) be paid into the Sinking Fund and used solely for the purposes of said Sinking Fund or (2) be used for the same purpose or type of project for which the Bonds were originally issued, all in accordance with IC 5 -1 -13, as amended and supplemented. mo08nF9.WP5 -20 - Sec. 10. Accrued Interest The accrued interest received at the time of delivery of the Bonds, if any, and premium, if any, shall be deposited in the Sewage Works Sinking Fund continued in Section 15. Sec. 11. 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 sewage works and all disbursements made therefrom and all transactions relating to the utility. There shall be furnished to the insurer, if any, and, upon request, to any owner of the Bonds, within thirty (30) days of their receipt by the City, the most recent 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 Clerk- Treasurer. Any owner of the Bonds shall have the right ® at all reasonable times to inspect the sewage works system and the records, accounts and data of the Citv. Sec. 12. Pledge of Net Revenues The interest on and the principal of the Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, and any bonds hereafter issued on a parity therewith, shall constitute a first charge on all the Net Revenues, on a parity with the 1991 Bonds, and such Net Revenues are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the interest on and principal of such Bonds, to the extent necessary for that purpose. Sec. 13. Revenue Fund All revenues derived from the operation of the sewage works and from the collection of sewer rates and charges shall be deposited in the Revenue Fund, hereby continued, and segregated and deposited as set forth in this ordinance. Of these revenues the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance of the works shall be r� MDD8DF9.%P5 - 21 - paid, the principal and interest of all bonds and fiscal agency charges of registrars or paying agents shall be paid, and the costs of replacements. extensions. additions and improvements shall be paid. Sec. 14. Operation and Maintenance Fund There is hereby continued a fund known as the "Operation and Maintenance Fund ". On the last day of each calendar month. revenues of the sewage works shall be transferred from the Revenue Fund to the Operation and Maintenance Fund. The balance maintained in this 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. Any monies in said Fund may be transferred to the Sewage Works Sinking Fund if necessary to prevent a default in the ® payment of principal of or interest on the outstanding bonds of the sewage works. Sec. 15. Sewage Works Sinking Fund (a) There is hereby continued a special fund designated the "Sewage Works Sinking Fund" (herein, "Sewage Works Sinking Fund" or "Sinking Fund ") for the payment of the principal of and interest on all outstanding 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 bonds. There shall be set aside and deposited in the Sinking Fund, as available, and as hereinafter provided, a sufficient amount of the Net Revenues of the sewage works to meet the requirements of the Bond and Interest Account and Reserve Account hereby continued in the Sinking Fund. Such payments shall continue until the balances in the Bond and Interest Account and the Reserve IDMDFV.vms - 22 - Account equal the principal of and interest on all of the then outstanding bonds of the sewage works to their final maturity. (b) Bond and Interest Account There is hereby continued, within the Sinking Fund. the Bond and Interest Account. There shall be credited on the last day of each calendar month from the Revenue Fund to the Bond and Interest Account an amount of the Net Revenues equal to (i) at least one -sixth (1/6) of the interest on all then outstanding bonds payable on the then next succeeding interest payment date and (ii) at least one - twelfth (1/12) of the principal of all then outstanding bonds payable on the then next succeeding principal payment date, until the amount of interest and principal payable on the then next succeeding respective interest and principal payment dates shall have been so credited. There shall similarly be credited to the account any amount necessary to pay the bank fiscal agency charges for paying interest on ® outstanding bonds 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 owner or to the bank fiscal agency sufficient moneys to pay the interest and principal on the due dates thereof together with the amount of bank fiscal agency charges. (c) Reserve .Account There is hereby continued, within the Sinking Fund, the Reserve Account. On the date of delivery of the Bonds, funds on hand of the sewage works, proceeds of the Bonds, or a combination thereof may be deposited into the Reserve Account. The initial deposit shall cause the aggregate balance in the Reserve Account to equal but not exceed the least of (i) maximum annual debt service on the Bonds and the 1991 Bonds. (ii) 125% of average annual debt service on the Bonds and the 1991 Bonds or (iii) 10% of the proceeds of the Bonds and the 1991 Bonds ( "Reserve Requirement "). If no initial deposit is moosuF9.wr5 - 23 - " made or the initial deposit does not cause the Reserve Account to equal the Reserve Requirement, the City shall deposit a sum of Net Revenues into the Reserve Account on the last day of each calendar month until the balance therein does equal the Reserve Requirement. The monthly deposits shall be equal in amount and sufficient to accumulate the Reserve Requirement within five years of the date of delivery of the Bonds. The Reserve Account shall constitute the margin for safety and protection against default in the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds and the 1991 Bonds, and the moneys in the Reserve Account shall be used to pay current principal and interest on the Bonds and the 1991 Bonds to the extent that moneys in the Bond and Interest Account are insufficient for that purpose. Any deficiency in the balance maintained in the Reserve Account shall be made up from the next available Net Revenues remaining after credits into the Bond and Interest Account. Any moneys in the Reserve Account " in excess of the Reserve Requirement shall either be transferred to the Sewage Works Improvement Fund or be used for the purchase of outstanding bonds or installments of principal of fully registered Bonds or 1991 Bonds at a price not exceeding par and accrued interest. See. 16. Sewage Works Improvement Fund There is hereby continued a special fund designated the "Sewage Works Improvement Fund ". Anv excess revenues may be transferred or credited from the Revenue Fund to the Sewage Works Improvement Fund, and 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 Sewage Works Sinking Fund if necessary to prevent a default in the payment of principal of and interest on the then outstanding Bonds or 1991 Bonds or, if necessary, to eliminate any deficiencies in credits to or minimum balance in the Reserve Account of the Sewage Works Sinking Fund or may be 0 muoaorv.wrs - 24 - 0 transferred to the Operation and Maintenance Fund to meet unforeseen contingencies in the operation, repair and maintenance of the sewage works. Sec. 17. Maintenance of Funds The Sinking Fund shall be deposited in and maintained as a separate account or accounts from all other accounts of the City. The Operation and Maintenance Fund and the Improvement Fund may be maintained in a single account, or accounts, but such account, or accounts, shall likewise be maintained separate and apart from all other accounts of the City and apart from the Sinking Fund account or accounts. All moneys deposited in the accounts shall be deposited, held and secured as public funds in accordance with the public depository laws of the State of Indiana; provided that moneys therein may be invested in obligations in accordance with the applicable laws, including particularly Indiana Code. Title 5, Article 13, as amended or supplemented, and in the event of such investment the income therefrom shall become a pan of the funds invested and shall be used only as provided in this ordinance. Sec. 18. Defeasance of the Bonds If, when the 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 Bonds or a portion thereof for redemption shall have been given, and the whole amount of the principal and the interest and the premium, if any, so due and payable upon all of the Bonds or a portion thereof then outstanding shall be paid; or (i) cash (insured at all times by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or otherwise collateralized with obligations described in (ii) below), or (ii) direct obligations of (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of) the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, the principal of and the interest on which when due will 11 1DMDF9.WP5 - 25 - provide sufficient moneys for such purpose, shall be held in trust for such purpose, and provision shall also be made for paying all fees and expenses for the redemption, then and in that case the Bonds or any designated portion thereof issued hereunder shall no longer be deemed outstanding or entitled to the pledge of the Net Revenues of the City's sewage works. Sec. 19. Rate Covenant The City covenants and agrees that it will establish and maintain just and equitable rates or charges for the use of and the service rendered by the 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: that 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, and for the payment of the sums required to be paid into the Sinking Fund by the Act and this ordinance. 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 of the sewage works and the requirements of the Sinking Fund. The rates or charges so established shall apply to any and all use of such works by and service rendered to the City and all departments thereof, and shall be paid by the City or the various departments thereof as the charges accrue. Sec. 20. Additional Bond Provisions The City reserves the right to authorize and issue additional BANs at any time ranking on a parity with the BANS. The City reserves the right to authorize and issue additional bonds payable out of the Net Revenues of its sewage works ranking on a parity with the Bonds for the purpose of financing the cost of future additions. IDD08DF9.WP5 - 26 - ® extensions and improvements to its sewage works, or to refund obligations, subject to the following conditions: (a) All required payments into the Sinking Fund shall have been made in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and the interest on and principal of all bonds payable from the Net Revenues of the sewage works shall have been paid in accordance with their terms. (b) 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 Bonds shall be not less than one hundred twenty-five percent (125 %) of the maximum annual interest and principal requirements of the then outstanding bonds and the additional parity bonds proposed to be issued; or, prior to the issuance of the parity bonds the sewage rates and charges shall be increased sufficiently so that the increased rates and charges applied to the previous 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 all bonds payable from the revenues of the sewage works, including the additional panty bonds proposed to be issued. For purposes of this subsection, the records of the sewage works shall be analyzed and all showings prepared by a certified public accountant employed by the City for that purpose. (c) The interest on the additional parity bonds shall be payable semiannually on the first days of January and July and the principal on, or mandatory sinking fund redemptions for, the additional panty bonds shall be payable annually on the first day of January. Sec. 21. Further Covenants of the City: Maintenance Insurance Pledge Not To Encumber, Subordinate Indebtedness. and Contract with Bondholders For the purpose of EDMDV9.we5 -27 - ® further safeguarding the interests of the owners of the BANS and the Bonds. it is hereby specifically provided as follows: (a) All contracts let by the City in connection with the construction of the Project shall be let after due advertisement as required by the laws of the State of Indiana, and all contractors shall be required to furnish surety bonds in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of such contracts, to insure the completion of said contracts in accordance with their terms, and such contractors shall also be required to carry such employers' liability and public liability insurance as are required under the laws of the State of Indiana in the case of public contracts, and shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Indiana relating to public contracts. (b) The Project shall be constructed under plans and specifications approved by a competent engineer designated by the City. All estimates for work done or material furnished shall first be checked by the engineer and approved by the City. (c) So long as any of the Bonds and BANS are outstanding, the Citv shall at all times maintain the sewage works system in good condition, and operate the same in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost. (d) So long as any of the Bonds and BANS are outstanding, the City shall maintain insurance on the insurable parts of the system, of a kind and in an amount such as is usually carried by private corporations 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. E mnoaDes.wrs - 28 - As an alternative to maintaining such insurance, the City may maintain a self - insurance program with catastrophic or similar coverage so long as such program meets the requirements of any applicable laws or regulations and is maintained in a manner consistent with programs maintained by similarly situated municipalities. All insurance or self - insurance proceeds shall be used either in replacing or restoring the property destroyed or damaged, or shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund. (e) So long as any of the BANS and Bonds are outstanding, the City shall not mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber the property and plant of its sewage works system, or any pan thereof, and shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any pan of the same, excepting only such machinery, equipment or other property as may be replaced, or shall no longer be necessary for use in connection with said utility. ® (f) Except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 20 of this ordinance, so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, no additional bonds or other obligations pledging any portion of the revenues of the system shall be authorized, issued or executed by the City, except such as shall be made junior and subordinate in all respects to the Bonds, unless ail of the Bonds are redeemed or defeased coincidentally with the delivery of such additional bonds or other obligations. (g) The City shall take all actions or proceedings necessary and proper, to the extent permitted by law, 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, and to the extent permitted by law, cause all such sanitary sewers to be connected with said sewage works. Ld mooanrs.wrs -29 - ® (h) The provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a contract by and between the City and the owners of the Bonds and BANS herein authorized. all the terms of which shall be enforceable by anv bondholder by any and all appropriate proceedings in law or in equity. After the issuance of the Bonds and BANS, this ordinance shall not be repealed, amended or modified in any respect which will adversely affect the rights or interests of the owners of the Bonds and BANS, nor shall the Common Council or any other body of the City adopt any law, ordinance or resolution in anv way adversely affecting the rights of such owners so long as any of the Bonds and BANS, or the interest thereon, remain outstanding or unpaid. Except in the case of changes described in Section 22(a) -(f), this ordinance may be amended, however, without the consent of the owners of the Bonds or BANS, if the Common Council determines, in its sole discretion, that such amendment would not adversely affect the owners of the Bonds or BANS. ® (i) The provisions of this ordinance shall be construed to create a trust in the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds and BANS herein authorized for the uses and purposes herein set forth, and the owners of the Bonds and BANS shall retain a lien on such proceeds until the same are applied in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and said governing Act. The provisions of this ordinance shall also be construed to create a trust in the Net Revenues herein directed to be set apart and paid into the Sinking Fund for the uses and purposes of that Fund as in this ordinance set forth. The owners of the Bonds shall have all the rights, remedies and privileges set forth in the provisions of the governing Act, including the right to have a receiver appointed to administer the sewage works in the event the City shall fail or refuse to fix and collect sufficient rates and charges for those purposes, or shall fail or refuse to operate MMDF9.wv5 - 30 - and maintain said system and to apply properly the revenues derived from the operation thereof, or if there be a default in the payment of the interest on or principal of the Bonds. Sec. 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 Bonds issued pursuant to this ordinance and then outstanding shall have the right from time to time, to consent to and approve the adoption by the Common Council of the City of such ordinance or ordinances supplemental hereto or amendatory hereof, as shall be deemed necessary or desirable by the City for the purpose of modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding in any particular anv 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 on, or any mandatory sinking fund redemption date for, anv Bond issued pursuant to this ordinance; or (b) A reduction in the principal amount of any Bond or the redemption premium or the rate of interest thereon: or (c) The creation of a lien upon or a pledge of the revenues or Net Revenues of the sewage works ranking prior to the pledge thereof created by this ordinance; or (d) A preference or priority of any Bond or Bonds issued pursuant to this ordinance over anv other Bond or Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance; or (e) A reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds required for consent to such supplemental ordinance; or (f) A reduction in the Reserve Requirement. LI mo09oF9.wv5 - 31 - If the owners of not less than sixty -six and two- thirds percent (66 2/3%) in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding at the time of adoption of such supplemental ordinance shall have consented to and approved the adoption thereof by written instrument to be maintained on file in the office of the Clerk - Treasurer of the City, no owner of anv Bond issued pursuant to this ordinance 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 Common Council of the City 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 O ordinance of the City and all owners of 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 Bonds authorized by this ordinance, and the terms and provisions of the Bonds and this ordinance, or any supplemental or amendatory ordinance, may be modified or altered in any respect with the consent of the City and the consent of the owners of all the Bonds then outstanding. Sec. 23. Investment of Funds (a) The Clerk- Treasurer is hereby authorized to invest moneys pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance and IC 5- 1 -14 -3 (subject to applicable requirements of federal law • WI)08DF9.WP5 - 32 - " to insure such yield is then current market rate) to the extent necessary or advisable to preserve the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Bonds and BANS under federal law. (b) The Clerk- Treasurer shall keep full and accurate records of investment earnings and income from moneys held in the funds and accounts created or referenced herein. In order to comply with the provisions of the ordinance, the Clerk - Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to employ consultants or attorneys from time to time to advise the City as to requirements of federall law to preserve the tax exclusion. The Clerk- Treasurer may pay any fees as operation expenses of the sewage works. Sec. 24. Tax Covenants In order to preserve the exclusion of interest on the Bonds and BANs from gross income for federal tax purposes under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as existing on the date of issuance of the Bonds and BANS, as the case may be � (the "Code ") and as an inducement to purchasers of the Bonds and BANS, 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 Bonds or BANS or property financed by the Bond or BAN 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 Bond or BAN proceeds or will have any actual or beneficial use of such property pursuant to a lease, a management or incentive payment contract, arrangements such as take -or -pay or output contracts or any other type of arrangement that differentiates that person's or entity's use of such property from use by the general public. IDDWDev.wrs - 33 - " (b) No portion of the principal of or interest on the Bonds or BANS is (under the terms of the Bonds, BANS, this ordinance or any underlying arrangement), directly or indirectiv, secured by an interest in property used or to be used for any private business use or payments in respect of any private business use or payments in respect of such property or to be derived from payments (whether or not to the City) in respect of such property or borrowed money used or to be used for a private business use. (c) No Bond or BAN proceeds will be loaned to any person or entity other than another state or local governmental unit. No Bond or BAN proceeds will be transferred, directly or indirectly, or deemed transferred to a nongovernmental person in any manner that would in substance constitute a loan of the Bond or BAN proceeds. (d) The City will not take any action nor fail to take any action with respect to the " Bonds or BAN that would result in the loss of the exclusion from gross income for federal tax purposes on the Bonds or BANS pursuant to Section 103 of the Code, nor will the City act in any other manner which would adversely affect such exclusion. (e) It shall be not an event of default under this ordinance if the interest on any Bond is not excludable from gross income for federal tax purposes or otherwise pursuant to any provision of the Code which is not currently in effect and in existence on the date of issuance of the Bonds or BANS, as the case may be. (f) These covenants are based solely on current law in effect and in existence on the date of delivery of such Bonds and BANS, as the case may be. (g) The City represents that: mDoenFV.wrs - 34 - " (1) The City is a governmental unit with general taxing powers, which powers include the power to impose taxes of general applicability that, when collected, may be used for the general purposes of the City; (2) The BANs and the bonds are not private activity bonds as defined in Section 141 of the Code: (3) At least 95% of the net proceeds of the BANS and bonds will be used for local governmental activities of the City or of a governmental unit, the jurisdiction of which is entirely within the jurisdiction of the City; and (4) The aggregate face amount of all tax- exempt bonds (other than private activity bonds) issued by the City and all units subordinate to the City, including on- behalf -of issuer and subordinate entities as those terms are defined in Regulations Section " 1.148-8(c)(2), is not reasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000 in calendar year 1994. (5) The City has not been formed or availed of to otherwise avoid the purposes of the $5,000.000 size limitation. Therefore, the City meets the requirements of Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code and will not have to rebate any arbitrage profits to the United States. (h) The City represents that: (i) The Bonds and BANS are not private activity bonds as defined in Section 141 of the Code: (ii) The City hereby designates the Bonds and BANS as qualified tax- exempt obligations for purposes of Section 265(b) of the Code: and e iDo08or9.wr5 - 35 - " (iii) The reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax- exempt obligations (including qualified 501(c)(3) obligations and tax- exempt leases but excluding other private activity bonds) which will be issued by the City, and all entities subordinate to the City during 1994 does not exceed ' 1 111 111 (iv) The City will not designate more than $10,000,000 of qualified tax- exempt obligations during 1994. Therefore, the Bonds and BANS qualify for the exception in the Code from the disallowance of 100% of the deduction by financial institutions of interest expense allocable to newly acquired tax- exempt obligations. Sec. 25. Issuance of BANS (a) The City, having satisfied all the statutory requirements " for the issuance of its Bonds, may elect to issue its BAN or BANS to a financial institution, the Indiana Bond Bank, or to any other purchaser, pursuant to a Bond Anticipation Note Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement ") to be entered into between the City and the purchaser of the BAN or BANS. The Common Council hereby authorizes the issuance and execution of the BAN or BANS in lieu of initially issuing the Bonds to provide interim Financing for the Project until permanent financing becomes available. It shall not be necessary for the City to repeat the procedures for the issuance of its Bonds, as the procedures followed before the issuance of the BAN or BANS are for all purposes sufficient to authorize the issuance of the Bonds and the use of the proceeds to repay the BAN or BANS. (b) The Mayor and the Clerk- Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to execute a Purchase Agreement in such form or substance as they shall approve acting upon the advice of C�� MMDF9.wr5 - 36 - " counsel. The Mayor and the Cleric- Treasurer may also take such other actions or deliver such other certificates as are necessary or desirable in connection with the issuance of the BANS or the Bonds and the other documents needed for the financing as they deem necessary or desirable to connection therewith. Sec. 26. Noncompliance with Tax Covenants Notwithstanding any other provisions of this ordinance, the covenants and authorizations contained in this ordinance (the "Tax Sections ") which are designed to preserve the exclusion of interest on the Bonds and BANS from gross income under federal law (the "Tax Exemption ") need not be complied with if the City receives an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel that any Tax Section is unnecessary to preserve the Tax Exemption. Sec. 27. Rate Ordinance The rates and charges of the sewage works are set forth in " Ordinance No. to be adopted on July 26, 1994. Such ordinance is incorporated herein by reference. Sec. 28. Conflicting Ordinances All ordinances and pans of ordinances in conflict herewith, except the ordinance authorizing the 1991 Bonds. are hereby repealed; provided. however, that this ordinance shall not be construed as adversely affecting the rights of the owners of the 1991 Bonds. Sec. 29. Headings The headings or titles of the several sections shall be solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this ordinance. Sec. 30. Effective Date This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and signing by the Mayor. 0 I000aoev.wrs - 37 - 0 Passed and adopted by the Common Council of the City of Greencastle this I 1994. Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Greencastle this day of ck—� e 1994 a4 1t ;Q.m. COMMO OUNCIL / Preffaing OffitIer 4 rx4reasurer ' Signed and approved by me. the Mayor of the City of Greencastle, this Ledav of _ 1994 at�rt. rDDO&DF9.WP5 Z.�0 Mavor MINE 0 r 1 U EXHIBIT A Additions and improvements to the City's sewage works consisting of approximately 6,650 lineal feet of 8" sanitary sewers in the Foxridge subdivision; new headworks structure at the wastewater treatment plant, upgrade and /or replacement of the IBM, North Jackson, South Jackson and Swampy lift stations replacement of approximately 1,000 lineal feet of 6 force main for 5th Street - Industrial Park area, and abondoning an existing lift station and construction of approximately 1,575 lineal feet of 8 sanitary sewer at Heartland Automotive. E