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08-129 RESOLUTION
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A RESOLUTION providing for the issuance and sale of $4,410,000 aggregate
principal amount of Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C,
of the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, providing for the
payment of said notes and other details and covenants with respect thereto
and confirming the sale thereof.
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin (the "City's now
owns and operates a municipal waterworks system (the "System'; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined previously that additions and improvements to
said waterworks system are necessary, including construction and improvement of a water
treatment plant, water storage facilities, pump stations and general system improvements,
together with necessary appurtenances and improvements in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Chapter 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as
supplemented and amended (the "Statute', any municipality (as therein defined) may, by
action of its governing body, provide for constructing, extending, adding to and improving a
public utility from the proceeds of obligations payable from the income and revenues
derived from the operation of said utility and secured by a mortgage lien upon such utility;
and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $3,945,000 aggregate principal amount of
Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, dated May 1, 1992, which bonds are now no longer
outstanding (the "Series 1992 Bonds'; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 92-195 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on April 16, 1992, authorizing the issuance of the Series 1992 Bonds, by Section 16
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with said Series 1992
Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said Section 16; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $3,960,000 Refunding Water Revenue
Bonds, Series 1996, dated January 1, 1996, which bonds are no longer outstanding (the
"Series 1996 Bonds', which Series 1996 Bonds were issued on a parity with the Series
1992 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 95-444 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on December 19, 1995, authorizing the issuance of the Series 1996 Bonds, by Section 10
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds and the Series 1996 Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said
Section 10; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $12,020,000 aggregate principal amount
of Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2001-C, dated March 1, 2001, which bonds are no longer
outstanding (the "Series 2001-C Bonds', which Series 2001-C Bonds were issued on a
parity with the Series 1992 Bonds and the Series 1996 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 01-076 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on February 13, 2001, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2001-C Bonds, by Section 10
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds and the Series 2001-C Bonds upon compliance with certain
conditions set out in said Section 10; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $3,030,000 aggregate principal amount of
Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2001-D, dated December 1, 2001, which bonds are no
longer outstanding (the "Series 2001-D Bonds', which Series 2001-D Bonds were issued
on a parity with the Series 1992 Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds and the Series 2001-C
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 01-455 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on November 27, 2001, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2001-D Bonds, by
Section 10 thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the
Series 1992 Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds and the
Series 2001-D Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said Section 10;
and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $2,065,000 aggregate principal amount of
Water Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2003-G, dated December 15, 2003, which bonds
are now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $895,000 (the "Series 2003-G
Bonds', which Series 2003-G Bonds were issued on a parity with the Series 1992 Bonds,
the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds and the Series 2001-D Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 03-420 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on October 14, 2003, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2003-G Bonds, by Section 10
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds, the Series 2001-D Bonds and
the Series 2003-G Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said
Section 10; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $12,705,000 aggregate principal amount
of Water Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2006-E, dated December 15, 2006, which
bonds are now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $12,330,000 (the "Series
2006-E Bonds', which Series 2006-E Bonds were issued on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds, the Series 2001-D Bonds and
the Series 2003-G Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 06-366 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on December 12, 2006, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2006-E Bonds, by
Section 10 thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the
Series 1992 Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds, the Series 2001-D
Bonds, the Series 2003-G Bonds and the Series 2003-G Bonds upon compliance with
certain conditions set out in said Section 10; and
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WHEREAS, no other bonds or obligations are outstanding payable on a parity or with
a senior lien from the revenues of said municipal waterworks system; and
WHEREAS, the construction, extension, addition and improvement of the Project are
to commence, and it is therefore considered necessary and desirable to provide interim
construction financing by the issuance from time to time of bond anticipation notes rather
than revenue bonds, the City Finance Director of the City having determined that contracts
with respect to the Project are to be let and the proceeds of the proposed bond anticipation
notes are required for the payment thereof; and
WHEREAS, Section 66.0621, Wisconsin Statutes, as supplemented and amended,
further authorizes the governing body of any city, prior to the issuance of revenue bonds
and in anticipation of their sales, to authorize the issuance of bond anticipation notes for
the same purposes for which said city has authority to issue revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary and desirable to issue bond anticipation notes for the
purpose of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the System, and to pledge to
the payment of the interest thereon the revenues of the System, and to additionally pledge
to the payment of the principal of and interest on said bond anticipation notes the proceeds
of the sale of said revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, all conditions required for the issuance of bond anticipation notes have
been complied with or will have been complied with prior to the issuance of the bond
anticipation notes herein authorized; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the
System, it is now considered desirable to authorize and sell the Water Revenue Bond
Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C of the City (the "Notes', to pledge to the payment of the
interest thereon the revenues of the System, and to additionally pledge to the payment of
the principal of and interest on said bond anticipation notes the proceeds of the sale of
said revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, the sale of said Notes was advertised in The Bond Buyer on March 28,
2008; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said advertisement aforesaid, sealed bids were received for
the purchase of the Notes until 10:00 A.M., C.D.T., on April 22, 2008, which bids were
publicly opened at 10:00 A.M., C.D.T. on said date and are as follows:
NAME OF BIDDER TRUE INTEREST COST (%~
and
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WHEREAS, the bid of of and
associates at a price of $ ,plus accrued interest to the date of delivery,
was the best bid submitted, which bid is as follows:
(Here Insert or Attach a True Copy of the Winning Bid)
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Clty COUnCII Of the City Of Oshkosh,
Winnebago County, Wisconsin, as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings in
this Resolution unless the text expressly or by necessary implication requires otherwise:
"City" shall mean the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and
any successor to the duties or functions of the City;
"Current Expenses" shall mean the reasonable and necessary cost of
operating, maintaining, administering and repairing the System, including water at
wholesale, salaries, wages, cost of materials and supplies, insurance and audits,
but shall exclude depreciation, debt service, tax equivalents, replacements and
capital expenditures;
"Fiscal Year" shall mean the twelve (12) month period beginning on January I
of each year and ending on December 31 of the same year;
"Governing Body" shall mean the City Council of the City, or such other body
as may hereafter be the chief legislative body of the City;
"Net Revenues" shall mean gross earnings of the System after deduction of
Current Expenses;
"1992 Resolution" shall mean the resolution duly adopted by the City Council
of the City on April 16, 1992, authorizing the issuance of the Series 1992 Bonds and
bonds ranking on a parity therewith, as supplemented and amended from time to
time;
"Note" or "Notes" shall mean one or more of the $4,410,000 aggregate
principal amount of Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C, of the
City, dated May 1, 2008, authorized to be issued by this Resolution;
"Note Register" shall mean the books of the City kept by the Registrar to
evidence the registration and transfer of the Notes;
"Original Purchaser" shall mean the purchaser of the Notes from the City, as
set out in Section 14 of this Resolution;
"Outstanding Bonds" shall mean the Series 2003-G Bonds and the
Series 2006-E Bonds;
"Parity Bonds" shall mean bonds payable from the revenues of the System,
other than the Outstanding Bonds, issued on a parity and equality with the
Outstanding Bonds, pursuant to the restrictive provisions of Section 16 of the 1992
resolution;
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"Registrar" shall mean U.S. Bank National Association of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, or a successor designated as Registrar under this Resolution;
"Resolution" shall mean this Resolution as adopted by the Governing Body of
the City;
"Series 1992 Bonds" shall mean the Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, of
the City, dated May 1, 1992, which are no longer outstanding;
"Series 2003-G Bonds" shall mean the outstanding Water Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2003-G, of the City, dated November 1, 2003;
"Series 2006-E Bonds" shall mean the outstanding Water Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2006-E of the City, dated December 15, 2006;
"Statute" means Chapter 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as supplemented and
amended; and
"System" shall mean the entire waterworks system of the City, including all
waterworks property of every nature now or hereafter owned by the City, including
all improvements and extensions thereto made by the City while any of the
Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds remain outstanding, including all real and
personal property of every nature comprising part of or used or useful in connection
with such waterworks system and including all appurtenances, contracts, leases,
franchises and other intangibles.
Section 2. Declaration of Intent. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the
Governing Body of the City to hereafter authorize the issuance of not less than $4,410,000
aggregate principal amount of water revenue bonds, pursuant to the Statute, for the
purpose of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the System as more fully in
the preamble heretofore set out, including the retirement of the Notes herein authorized.
Section 3. Authorization, Purpose and Terms of Notes. For the purpose of paying
the cost of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the System as provided in the
preambles hereto, and in anticipation of the issuance of water revenue bonds of the City in
an aggregate principal amount of not less than $4,410,000 to be issued under the Statute
and on a parity with the Outstanding Bonds, there shall be issued the Notes of the City in
the aggregate principal amount of $4,410,000.
The Notes shall be designated "Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series
2008-C"; as originally issued shall be dated May 1, 2008, and shall also bear the date of
their authentication by the Registrar; shall be of $5,000 denomination each or any integral
multiple thereof (but no single Note shall represent installments of principal maturing on
more than one date); and shall be lettered R and numbered consecutively starting with the
number one. The Notes shall mature on January I, 2012, and shall bear interest at the rate
of percent ( %) per annum.
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Section 4. Interest; Payment Provisions. The Notes shall bear interest from their
date or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, at the rate set out above, such interest (computed upon the basis of a 360-
day year of twelve 30-day months) being payable on the first days of January and July of
each year, commencing on January 1, 2009. Interest on each Note shall be paid by check
or draft of the Registrar to the person in whose name such Note is registered at the close
of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding the applicable
interest payment date. The principal of each Note shall be payable in lawful money of the
United States of America upon presentation and surrender of such Note at the principal
office of the Registrar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Section 5. Execution; Authentication. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of
the City with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Manager or the Acting City
Manager of the City and with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk of the City,
and sealed with the official seal of the City or a printed facsimile thereof. In case any
officer whose signature shall appear on any Note shall cease to be such officer before the
delivery of such Note, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all
purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until delivery.
All Notes shall have thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinafter set forth duly executed by the Registrar as authenticating agent of the City and
showing the date of authentication. No Note shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or
be entitled to any security or benefit under this Resolution unless and until such certificate
of authentication shall have been duly executed by the Registrar by manual signature, and
such certificate of authentication upon any such Note shall be conclusive evidence that
such Note has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. The certificate of
authentication on any Note shall be deemed to have been executed by the Registrar if
signed by an authorized officer of the Registrar, but it shall not be necessary that the same
officer sign the certificate of authentication on all of the Notes issued under this Resolution.
Section 6. Registration of Notes; Persons Treated as Owners. The City shall
cause books (the "Note Register's for the registration and for the transfer of the Notes as
provided in this Resolution to be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar,
which is hereby constituted and appointed the registrar of the City with respect to the
Notes herein authorized. Upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the principal corporate
trust office of the Registrar duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by, the registered
owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the City shall execute and the Registrar
shall authenticate, date and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully
registered Note or Notes of the same maturity and interest rate of authorized
denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount. Any fully registered Note or Notes
may be exchanged at said office of the Registrar for a like aggregate principal amount of
Note or Notes of the same maturity and interest rate of other authorized denominations.
The execution by the City of any fully registered Note shall constitute full and due
authorization of such Note, and the Registrar shall thereby be authorized to authenticate,
date and deliver such Note.
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The Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Note during the
period of fifteen (15) days next preceding any interest payment date on such Note, nor to
transfer or exchange any Note after notice calling such Note for prepayment has been
mailed nor during the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding mailing of a notice of
prepayment of any Notes.
The person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and
regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of the principal of,
premium (if any) or interest on any Note shall be made only to or upon the order of the
registered owner thereof or his legal representative. All such payments shall be valid and
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or
sums so paid.
The Registrar shall never register any Note to bearer.
No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Notes, but the City
or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Notes, except in the case of the issuance of a Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion of
a Note surrendered for prepayment.
The City and/or the Registrar may enter into an agreement with a securities
depository registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Securities Depository', including without limitation The Depository Trust
Company, which is the record owner of the Notes, to establish procedures with respect to
Notes owned by such Securities Depository. Such agreement may impose additional
requirements on the Registrar with respect to the Notes.
Section 7. Prepayment. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment at the option of
the City, as a whole or in part (less than all of the Notes to be selected by the Registrar as
hereinafter provided), on January 1, 2010, and on any date thereafter, at the redemption
price of 100% of the principal amount thereof being prepaid plus accrued interest to the
date fixed for prepayment.
The Notes shall be prepaid only in the principal amount of $5,000 each and integral
multiples thereof. At least forty-five (45) days prior to the date fixed for prepayment
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Registrar), the City shall notify the
Registrar of such date fixed for prepayment and of the principal amount of Notes to be
prepaid. For purposes of any prepayment of less than all of the outstanding Notes, the
particular Notes or portions of Notes to be prepaid shall be selected by the Registrar from
the outstanding Notes by such method as the Registrar shall deem fair and appropriate,
and which may provide for the selection for prepayment of Notes or portions of Notes in
principal amounts of $5,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The Registrar shall promptly notify the City in writing of the Notes or portions of
Notes selected for prepayment and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
prepayment, the certificate number and the principal amount thereof to be prepaid.
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Section 8. Prepayment Procedure. Unless waived by any owner of Notes to be
prepaid, notice of the call for any such prepayment shall be given by the Registrar on
behalf of the City by mailing the prepayment notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for
prepayment to the registered owner of the Note or Notes to be prepaid at the address
shown on the Note Register or at such other address as is furnished in writing by such
registered owner to the Registrar.
All notices of prepayment shall state:
(1) the date fixed for prepayment,
(2) the prepayment price,
(3) if less than all outstanding Notes are to be prepaid, the identification,
including CUSIP numbers (and, in the case of partial prepayment, the respective
principal amounts and certificate numbers) of the Notes to be prepaid,
(4) that on the date fixed for prepayment the prepayment price will
become due and payable upon each such Note or portion thereof called for
prepayment, and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said
date, and
(5) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the
prepayment price including a contact person and telephone number, which place of
payment shall be the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar.
Prior to any date fixed for prepayment, the City shall deposit with the Registrar an
amount of money sufficient to pay the prepayment price of all the Notes or portions of
Notes which are to be prepaid on that date.
Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the Notes or portions of
Notes so to be prepaid shall, on the date fixed for prepayment, become due and payable
at the prepayment price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the City
shall default in the payment of the prepayment price) such Notes or portions of Notes shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such Notes for prepayment in accordance with
said notice, such Notes shall be paid by the Registrar at the prepayment price.
Installments of interest due on or prior to the date fixed for prepayment shall be payable as
herein provided for the payment of interest. Upon surrender for any partial prepayment of
any Note, there shall be prepared for the registered owner a new Note or Notes of the
same maturity in the amount of the unpaid principal. All Notes which have been prepaid
shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Registrar and shall not be reissued.
In addition to the prepayment notice required above, further notice of prepayment
(the "Additional Prepayment Notice's shall be given by the Registrar as set forth below, but
no defect in the Additional Prepayment Notice nor any failure to give all or any portion of
the Additional Prepayment Notice shall in any manner affect the effectiveness of a call for
prepayment if notice thereof is given as prescribed above.
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Each Additional Prepayment Notice given hereunder shall contain the information
required above, plus (i) the date such notice required above has been or will be mailed; (ii)
the date of issuance of the Notes being prepaid, as originally issued; (iii) the maturity date
of each Note (or portion thereof) to be prepaid; and (iv) any other descriptive information
needed to identify accurately the Notes being prepaid.
Each Additional Prepayment Notice shall be sent at least thirty (30) days before the
date fixed for prepayment by legible facsimile transmission, first class mail (postage
prepaid) or overnight delivery service to the following registered securities depository: The
Depository Trust Company of New York, New York, and to at least two (2) national
information services that disseminate notices of prepayment of obligations such as the
Notes.
Section 9. Payable Solely from Bonds and Revenues. The Notes, together with
interest thereon, shall be payable only out of the Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation
Note Special Redemption Fund as hereinafter provided, and shall be a valid claim of the
owners thereof only against the Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special
Redemption Fund and from the revenues pledged to such fund; and sufficient revenues
are hereby pledged to the Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special
Redemption Fund, and shall be used for no purpose other than to pay the principal of and
interest on the Notes as the same fall due.
The City, acting by and through the Governing Body, does hereby covenant that it
will issue its water revenue bonds in anticipation of the sale of which the Notes are herein
authorized to be issued not later than January 1, 2012, and apply a sufficient amount of
the proceeds thereof to the retirement of the Notes by depositing such amount into the
Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special Redemption Fund.
Section 10. Form of Notes. The Notes, the certificate of authentication to be
endorsed thereon and the form of assignment to be endorsed thereon are all to be in
substantially the following forms with necessary and appropriate variations, omissions and
insertions as permitted or required by this Resolution:
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(FORM OF NOTE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO
CITY OF OSHKOSH
WATER REVENUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE, SERIES 2008-C
See Reverse Side for
Additional Provisions
No. $
RATE OF
INTEREST MATURITY DATE DATED DATE CUSIP NUMBER
January 1, 2012 May 1, 2008
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Oshkosh, in the County of
Winnebago and State of Wisconsin (the "City', hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for
value received promises to pay to the Registered Owner hereinabove identified, or
registered assigns as hereinafter provided, on the Maturity Date hereinabove identified,
solely from the revenues hereinafter specified, the Principal Amount hereinabove identified
and solely from the revenues hereinafter specified to pay interest (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on such Principal Amount from the Dated Date
of this Note hereinabove identified or from the most recent interest payment date to which
interest has been paid at the Rate of Interest per annum hereinabove identified on
January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing on January 1, 2009, until said Principal
Amount is paid, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to prepayment
may be and become applicable hereto.
The principal of this Note is payable in lawful money of the United States of America
only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the principal corporate trust office of
U.S. Bank National Association, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as registrar and paying agent
(the "Registrar'. Payment of each installment of interest shall be made to the Registered
Owner hereof who shall appear on the registration books of the City maintained by the
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Registrar at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next
preceding the applicable interest payment date, and shall be paid by check or draft of the
Registrar mailed to such Registered Owner at his address as it appears on such
registration books or at such other address as may be furnished in writing by such
Registered Owner to the Registrar.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse side hereof, and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as if set forth on the front side of this Note.
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things
required to be done, exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of
this Note have been done, have existed, have happened and have been performed in due
time, form and manner as required by the Constitution and the laws of the State of
Wisconsin, and that sufficient of the income and revenues to be received by the City from
the operation of the waterworks system owned and operated by the City and the proceeds
of certain water revenue bonds to be issued by the City have been pledged to and will be
set aside into a special fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Note.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Registrar.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Clty Of OShkOSh, Winnebago County, WISCOnSIn, by its
City Council, has caused this Note to be executed with the duly authorized manual or
facsimile signature of its Acting City Manager and with the duly authorized manual or
facsimile signature of its City Clerk and its official seal or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or reproduced hereon, as of the Dated Date hereinabove identified.
City Clerk
[SEAL]
Acting City Manager
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Note is one of the Notes described in the within mentioned Resolution, and is
one of the Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C, of the City of
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
Date of Authentication:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
BY.
Authorized Officer
[FORM OF NOTE -REVERSE SIDE]
This Note is one of an authorized issue of Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes,
Series 2008-C of like date, aggregating the principal amount of $4,410,000 (the "Notes'
and issued to pay the cost of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the
waterworks system of the City (the "System's and in anticipation of not less than a like
aggregate principal amount of water revenue bonds of the City for such purposes and to
retire the Notes, pursuant to Article XI, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution and Section
66.0621, Wisconsin Statutes, as supplemented and amended. The interest on the Notes
is payable, subject and subordinate to the lien on the revenues of the System in favor of
certain outstanding Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2003-G and certain
outstanding Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2006-E issued by the City (the
"Outstanding Bonds', only from the income and revenues to be derived from the operation
of the System of the City, which income and revenues, subject and subordinate to said
prior lien, have been set aside as a special fund for that purpose and identified as the
"Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special Redemption Fund," and the principal
of and interest on the Notes are payable only from the proceeds derived from the sale of
said water revenue bonds of the City in anticipation of the issuance of which the Notes are
authorized to be issued. This Note is issued pursuant to a resolution adopted on April 22,
2008, by the City Council of the City, and does not constitute an indebtedness of the City
within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision, and no lien may
be created or attached with respect to any property of the City or a consequence of the
issuance of the Notes. Reference is hereby made to said resolution for a more complete
statement of the revenues from which and conditions under which this Note is payable, a
statement of the conditions on which obligations may hereafter be issued on a parity with
this Note, and the general covenants and provisions pursuant to which this Note has been
issued.
This Note and the issue of which it is a part are payable from and secured by a
pledge of the proceeds of said water revenue bonds of the City in anticipation of which the
Notes are issued, and are payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the
revenues and income derived from the operation of the System of the City after there have
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been first paid from such revenues and income the expenses of operation and
maintenance of the System, the payments required to be made for the benefit of the
Outstanding Bonds of the City, authorized by the resolutions adopted by the City Council
of the City on April 16, 1992, on December 19, 1995, on February 13, 2001, on
November 27, 2001, on October 14, 2003, and on December 12, 2006 (collectively, the
"Resolutions"), and all outstanding bonds issued on a parity therewith, and certain other
deposits required by the 1992 Resolutions. It is provided in the authorizing resolution the
City shall charge and collect such lawfully established rates, fees and charges for the
facilities and services afforded by the System to provide available revenues adequate at all
times (i) to make all payments and deposits required by the Resolutions and required by
the resolutions authorizing all parity bonds, and (ii) to pay when due the principal of and
interest on all of the Notes.
The Notes of the issue of which this Note is one are subject to prepayment at the
option of the City, as a whole or in part (in integral multiples of $5,000, less than all the
Notes to be selected by the Registrar in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate)
on January 1, 2010, and on any date thereafter, at the prepayment price of 100% of the
principal amount thereof being prepaid plus accrued interest to the date fixed for
prepayment.
Notice of any intended prepayment shall be sent by first class mail, postage
prepaid, not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed
for prepayment to the registered owner of each Note to be prepaid (in whole or in part) at
the address shown on the registration books of the City maintained by the Registrar or at
such other address as is furnished in writing by such registered owner to the Registrar.
When so called for prepayment, this Note, or the portion thereof being so called for
prepayment, will cease to bear interest on the specified prepayment date, provided funds
for prepayment are on deposit at the place of payment at that time, and shall not be
deemed to be outstanding.
This Note is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof in person or by his
attorney duly authorized in writing at the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment
of the charges provided in the authorizing resolution, and upon surrender and cancellation
of this Note. Upon such transfer a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations of the
same maturity and interest rate and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued
to the transferee in exchange herefor.
The Notes are issuable in fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000 each
or integral multiples thereof. This Note may be exchanged at the principal corporate trust
office of the Registrar for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of the same maturity
and interest rate of other authorized denominations, upon the terms set forth in the
authorizing resolution.
The City and the Registrar may deem and treat the Registered Owner as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal
hereof, premium, if any, hereon and interest due hereon and for all other purposes and
neither the City nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of the within Note,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:
TEN CoM- aS tenants In common UNIF GIFT/TRaNS MIN AcT-
TEN ENT- as tenants by the entirety
Custodian
(Gust) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts/Transfers to
Minors
JT TEN- as joint tenants with right Act
of survivorship and not
as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not listed above.
(State)
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Name and Address of Assignee)
the within Note and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
its successor as Registrar to transfer the said Note on the books kept for registration
thereof with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.
Section 11. Compliance with Certain Provisions of the 1992 Resolution; Covenants
Regarding Operation of System. The City hereby covenants and agrees with the
registered owners of the Notes as follows:
(a) During such period as the Notes are outstanding, the City will comply with each
of the covenants appearing in the 1992 Resolution.
(b) The City will operate and maintain the System in good condition and will
charge and collect such lawfully established rates, fees and charges for the facilities and
services rendered by the System so that the revenues of the System will be sufficient to
meet the requirements of the 1992 Resolution and to pay interest on the Notes as the
same shall fall due, and the City will make prompt application to the Wisconsin Public
Service Commission for an increase in water rates and will adopt and enforce such
increased rates whenever such increase is necessary to fulfill any covenants of this
Resolution.
The City hereby represents that it presently has power to issue and sell water
revenue bonds pursuant to the Statute, for the purposes herein expressed in an amount
fully sufficient to provide proceeds to retire the Notes.
Section 12. Prohibition Against Prior Liens. The City will issue no other bonds,
notes or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the revenues
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or the property of the System having a priority over the Notes, other than the Outstanding
Bonds and the water revenue bonds referred to in Section 9 of this Resolution.
Section 13. Application of Revenues; Creation of Note Redemption Fund; Source of
Payment of Note. (a) From and after the issuance of the Notes, the City shall continue to
operate and maintain the System in the manner provided by the 1992 Resolution. The
revenues of the System shall continue to be allocated and deposited into the Water Utility
Revenue Fund, the Water Utility Operation and Maintenance Account, the Water Utility
Special Redemption Fund, the Water Utility Renewal and Replacement Account and the
Water Utility Surplus Account created by the 1992 Resolution in the manner and in the
amounts provided by Sections 12 and 13 of the 1992 Resolution.
(b) From the first available money on deposit in the Surplus Fund created by the
1992 Resolution there shall be transferred into the Special Waterworks System Bond
Anticipation Note Special Redemption Fund (the "Note Redemption Fund', hereby created
and established, an amount equal to not less than the aggregate amount of interest
coming due on the Notes on January 1, 2009, and on the first day of each January and
July thereafter. Upon delivery of the proposed water revenue bonds in anticipation of
which the Notes are being issued, the proceeds thereof shall be transferred to the Note
Redemption Fund in an amount equal to the then outstanding principal amount of and
interest on the Notes. The money on deposit in the Note Redemption Fund shall be used
solely for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the Notes as the same shall
fall due. Uninvested money in the Note Redemption Fund shall be kept on demand
deposit as a separate account with such bank as may be designated from time to time by
the City as a public depository under the laws of Wisconsin.
(c) Money in the Note Redemption Fund may be invested, to the extent permitted
by Wisconsin law, only in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America,
(ii) obligations of agencies of the United States of America guaranteed as to principal or
interest by the United States of America, (iii) certificates of deposit of banks having a
combined capital and surplus of $50,000,000 or more and which are members of the
Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation, (iv) the Wisconsin local government pooled
investment fund, (v) shares in money market or mutual funds comprised solely of
obligations described in clauses (i) and (ii) above or comprised of obligations tax-exempt
under Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code', other than
private activity bonds under Section 141(a) of the Code, if such tax-exempt obligations
have a rating at the time of purchase of not less than the two highest ratings by a
nationally recognized rating service, or (vi) repurchase agreements with a bank or other
financial institution ("Repurchaser'~, including but not limited to the Paying Agent, provided,
that each such repurchase agreement (A) is secured by one hundred percent (100%) of
the principal amount of the securities with respect to which such repurchase agreement is
issued, (B) is in commercially reasonable form and is for a commercially reasonable
period, and (C) results in transfer to the City or its designee of legal title to, or the grant to
the City or its designee of a prior perfected security interest in, identified securities of the
type described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above which are free and clear of any claims by
third parties and are segregated in a custodial or trust account held by a third party (other
than the Repurchaser) as the agent solely of, or in trust solely for the benefit of, the City or
its designee; provided, that the securities acquired pursuant to any such repurchase
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agreement shall be valued at the lower of the then current market value of such securities
or the repurchase prince thereof set forth in the applicable repurchase agreement. All of
such investments shall mature at such time or times as it is determined that moneys will be
needed to make the payments from the Note Redemption Fund required by this
Resolution. All income from investments of money in the Note Redemption Fund shall be
deposited in the Waterworks Revenue Fund created by the 1992 Resolution, and regarded
as revenues of the System. Such investments shall be liquidated at any time when it is
necessary to do so to provide money for any of the purposes for which the Note
Redemption Fund was created.
Section 14. Sale of Notes. The sale of the Notes, to of
at a price of $ and accrued interest to the date of
delivery is hereby confirmed, the same being the best bid submitted. The City Treasurer of
the City is hereby authorized to deliver the Notes to said purchasers (or their designees)
upon payment of the purchase price.
Section 15. Disposition of Note Proceeds; No Arbitrage; Notes to Remain in
Registered Form; Reimbursement. The proceeds from the sale of the Notes shall be
disbursed as follows and not otherwise:
(a) Accrued interest on the Notes shall be deposited in the Note
Redemption Fund.
(b) The principal proceeds from the sale of the Notes shall be deposited
in a special fund by the Treasurer of the City in such bank or banks as may be
designated by the City as public depositories under the laws of the State of
Wisconsin and secured to the fullest extent permitted or required by the laws of the
State of Wisconsin. Any money in said special fund may be invested from time to
time, to the extent permitted by Wisconsin law, only in (i) direct obligations of the
United States of America, (ii) obligations of agencies of the United States of
America guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States of America,
(iii) certificates of deposit of banks having a combined capital and surplus of
$50,000,000 or more and which are members of the Federal Insurance Deposit
Corporation, (iv) the Wisconsin local government pooled investment fund, (v) shares
in money market or mutual funds comprised solely of obligations described in
clauses (i) and (ii) above or comprised of obligations tax-exempt under
Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code', other than
private activity bonds under Section 141(a) of the Code, if such tax-exempt
obligations have a rating at the time of purchase of not less than the two highest
ratings by a nationally reorganized rating service, or (vi) repurchase agreements
with a bank or other financial institution ("Repurchaser'~, including but not limited to
the Paying Agent, provided, that each such repurchase agreement (A) is secured by
one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the securities with respect to
which such repurchase agreement is issued, (B) is in commercially reasonable form
and is for a commercially reasonable period, and (C) results in transfer to the City or
its designee of legal title to, or the grant to the City or its designee of a prior
perfected security interest in, identified securities of the type described in clause
(i) or clause (ii) above which are free and clear of any claims by third parties, and
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are segregated in a custodial or trust account held by a third party (other than the
Repurchaser) as the agent solely of, or in trust solely for the benefit of, the City or
its designee; provided, that the securities acquired pursuant to any such repurchase
agreement shall be valued at the lower of the then current market value of such
securities or the repurchase prince thereof set forth in the applicable repurchase
agreement. All of such investments shall mature at such time or times as it is
determined that moneys will be needed to make the payments from said special
fund required by this Resolution. Moneys in said special fund shall be used solely
for the purpose of paying the costs of constructing, extending, adding to and
improving the Project for which the Notes have been authorized, including
reimbursement to any fund or funds from which such costs have been advanced.
Disbursements from said special fund for such improvements shall be made only
upon approval of each such disbursement by the persons employed by the City to
supervise the construction of such extensions, additions and improvements. Any
balance remaining in said special fund after the completion of such improvements
shall be used for future extensions, additions or improvements to the System and
used solely for the purposes for which the Notes are hereby authorized.
The City recognizes that the purchasers and owners of the Notes will have
accepted them on, and paid therefor a price which reflects, the understanding that interest
thereon is excludible from Federal gross income of the owners thereof under laws in force
at the time the Notes shall have been delivered. In this connection the City agrees that it
shall take no action which may render the interest on any of the Notes includible in Federal
gross income of the owners thereof, and that the principal proceeds of the sale of the
Notes shall be deposited in said special fund and used with due diligence for the
completion of the Project for which the Notes are hereby authorized to be issued. The City
agrees that, to the extent possible under state law, it will comply with whatever Federal law
is adopted in the future which applies to the Notes and affects the excludibility of the
interest on the Notes from Federal gross income of the owners thereof.
The City Manager, the Acting City Manager, the City Clerk, the City Finance
Director/City Treasurer of the City, or any of them, are hereby authorized to execute on
behalf of the City a Tax Exemption Certificate and Agreement (the "Tax Exemption
Certificate's to assure the purchasers and owners of the Notes that the proceeds of the
Notes are not expected to be used in a manner which would or might result in the Notes
being "reimbursement bonds" issued in contravention of Section 1.103-18 of the United
States Treasury Department Regulations (the "Regulations' or "arbitrage bonds" under
Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code', or the
Regulations currently in effect or proposed. Such Tax Exemption Certificate shall
constitute a representation, certification and covenant of the City, and shall be
incorporated herein by reference, and no investment of Note proceeds or of moneys
accumulated to pay the Notes herein authorized shall be made in violation of the
expectations prescribed by said Tax Exemption Certificate. Such Tax Exemption
Certificate shall constitute an agreement of the City to follow certain covenants which may
require the City to take certain actions (including the payment of certain amounts to the
United States of America) or which may prohibit certain actions (including the
establishment of certain funds) under certain conditions as specified in such Tax
Exemption Certificate.
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The City further recognizes that Section 149(a) of the Code requires the Notes to be
issued and to remain in fully registered form in order that the interest thereon is excludible
from Federal gross income of the owners thereof under laws in force at the time the Notes
are delivered. In this connection, the City agrees that it will not take any action to permit
the Notes to be issued in, or converted into, bearer or coupon form.
Section 16. Duties of Registrar. If requested by the Registrar, the City Manager or
the Acting City Manager of the Issuer is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk of the
City is authorized to attest, and said City Manager, Acting City Manager and City Clerk are
hereby authorized to deliver, the Registrar's standard form of agreement between the City
and the Registrar with respect to the obligations and duties of the Registrar hereunder
which shall include the following:
(a) to act as Registrar, authenticating agent, paying agent and transfer
agent as provided herein;
(b) to give notice of prepayment of Notes as provided herein;
(c) to cancel and destroy Notes which have been paid at maturity or upon
earlier prepayment or submitted for exchange or transfer;
(d) to furnish the City at least annually a certificate of destruction with
respect to Notes cancelled and destroyed; and
(e) to furnish the City at least annually an audit confirmation of Notes
paid, Notes outstanding and payments made with respect to the interest on the
Notes.
Section 17. Resolution a Contract; Remedies of Owners of Notes. The provisions
of this Resolution shall constitute a contract between the City and the owner or owners of
the Notes, and after the issuance of any of the Notes, no change or alteration of any kind
in the provisions of this Resolution may be made until all of the Notes shall have been paid
in full as to both principal and interest.
The owners of any of the Notes shall have the right in addition to all other rights, by
mandamus or other suit or action in any court of competent jurisdiction, to enforce his or
their rights against the City, the Governing Body and any other authorized body to fix and
collect rates and charges fully adequate to carry out all of the provisions and agreements
contained in this Resolution, and for the appointment of a receiver for the System in the
event of a default in payment of principal or interest.
Section 18. Continuing Disclosure Undertaking. The City Manager, the Acting City
Manager or the Finance Director/City Treasurer of the City is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to execute and deliver the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking
with respect to the Notes (the "Continuing Disclosure Undertaking's in substantially the
form as the individual executing the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking on behalf of the
City shall approve, his or her execution to constitute conclusive evidence of his or her
approval of the form of such Continuing Disclosure Undertaking. When the Continuing
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Disclosure Undertaking is executed and delivered on behalf of the City as herein provided,
the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking will be binding on the City and the officers,
employees and agents of the City, and the officers, employees and agents of the City are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute
all such documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of
the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking, as executed. Copies of the Continuing Disclosure
Undertaking shall be placed in the official records of the City, and shall be available for
public inspection at the offices of the City. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Resolution to the contrary, the sole remedies for failure to comply with the Continuing
Disclosure Undertaking shall be the ability of any beneficial owner of any Note to seek
mandamus or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with its
obligations under the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking.
Section 19. Other Documents. The City Manager, the City Clerk, the Finance
Director/City Treasurer and all other officers of the City are hereby authorized to execute
all documents and certificates and to take all such actions as may be necessary in
connection with the authorization issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and the
performance of the obligations of the City hereunder and to carry out and comply with the
terms of this Resolution.
Section 20. Severability of Invalid Provisions. If any section, paragraph or provision
of this Resolution 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 sections, paragraphs and provisions of this Resolution.
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Section 21. Conflicting Ordinances, Resolutions and Orders Superseded. All
ordinances, resolutions or orders, or parts thereof, heretofore enacted, adopted or entered,
in conflict with the provisions of this Resolution shall be, and the same are hereby,
superseded to the extent of such conflict, and this Resolution shall be in effect from and
after its passage.
Adopted April 22, 2008
Approved April 22, 2008
Recorded April 22, 2008
/s/ Frank Tower
Mayor
/s/ Pamela R. Ub
City Clerk
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APRIL 22, 2008
08-129 RESOLUTION
(CARRIED LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN )
A RESOLUTION providing for the issuance and sale of $4,410,000 aggregate
principal amount of Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C,
of the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, providing for the
payment of said notes and other details and covenants with respect thereto
and confirming the sale thereof.
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin (the "City's now
owns and operates a municipal waterworks system (the "System'; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined previously that additions and improvements to
said waterworks system are necessary, including construction and improvement of a water
treatment plant, water storage facilities, pump stations and general system improvements,
together with necessary appurtenances and improvements in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Chapter 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as
supplemented and amended (the "Statute', any municipality (as therein defined) may, by
action of its governing body, provide for constructing, extending, adding to and improving a
public utility from the proceeds of obligations payable from the income and revenues
derived from the operation of said utility and secured by a mortgage lien upon such utility;
and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $3,945,000 aggregate principal amount of
Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, dated May 1, 1992, which bonds are now no longer
outstanding (the "Series 1992 Bonds'; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 92-195 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on April 16, 1992, authorizing the issuance of the Series 1992 Bonds, by Section 16
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with said Series 1992
Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said Section 16; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $3,960,000 Refunding Water Revenue
Bonds, Series 1996, dated January 1, 1996, which bonds are no longer outstanding (the
"Series 1996 Bonds', which Series 1996 Bonds were issued on a parity with the Series
1992 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 95-444 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on December 19, 1995, authorizing the issuance of the Series 1996 Bonds, by Section 10
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds and the Series 1996 Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said
Section 10; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $12,020,000 aggregate principal amount
of Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2001-C, dated March 1, 2001, which bonds are no longer
outstanding (the "Series 2001-C Bonds', which Series 2001-C Bonds were issued on a
parity with the Series 1992 Bonds and the Series 1996 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 01-076 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on February 13, 2001, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2001-C Bonds, by Section 10
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds and the Series 2001-C Bonds upon compliance with certain
conditions set out in said Section 10; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $3,030,000 aggregate principal amount of
Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2001-D, dated December 1, 2001, which bonds are no
longer outstanding (the "Series 2001-D Bonds', which Series 2001-D Bonds were issued
on a parity with the Series 1992 Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds and the Series 2001-C
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 01-455 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on November 27, 2001, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2001-D Bonds, by
Section 10 thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the
Series 1992 Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds and the
Series 2001-D Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said Section 10;
and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $2,065,000 aggregate principal amount of
Water Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2003-G, dated December 15, 2003, which bonds
are now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $895,000 (the "Series 2003-G
Bonds', which Series 2003-G Bonds were issued on a parity with the Series 1992 Bonds,
the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds and the Series 2001-D Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 03-420 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on October 14, 2003, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2003-G Bonds, by Section 10
thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds, the Series 2001-D Bonds and
the Series 2003-G Bonds upon compliance with certain conditions set out in said
Section 10; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued $12,705,000 aggregate principal amount
of Water Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2006-E, dated December 15, 2006, which
bonds are now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $12,330,000 (the "Series
2006-E Bonds', which Series 2006-E Bonds were issued on a parity with the Series 1992
Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds, the Series 2001-D Bonds and
the Series 2003-G Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 06-366 duly adopted by the City Council of the City
on December 12, 2006, authorizing the issuance of the Series 2006-E Bonds, by
Section 10 thereof, authorizes the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with the
Series 1992 Bonds, the Series 1996 Bonds, the Series 2001-C Bonds, the Series 2001-D
Bonds, the Series 2003-G Bonds and the Series 2003-G Bonds upon compliance with
certain conditions set out in said Section 10; and
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WHEREAS, no other bonds or obligations are outstanding payable on a parity or with
a senior lien from the revenues of said municipal waterworks system; and
WHEREAS, the construction, extension, addition and improvement of the Project are
to commence, and it is therefore considered necessary and desirable to provide interim
construction financing by the issuance from time to time of bond anticipation notes rather
than revenue bonds, the City Finance Director of the City having determined that contracts
with respect to the Project are to be let and the proceeds of the proposed bond anticipation
notes are required for the payment thereof; and
WHEREAS, Section 66.0621, Wisconsin Statutes, as supplemented and amended,
further authorizes the governing body of any city, prior to the issuance of revenue bonds
and in anticipation of their sales, to authorize the issuance of bond anticipation notes for
the same purposes for which said city has authority to issue revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary and desirable to issue bond anticipation notes for the
purpose of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the System, and to pledge to
the payment of the interest thereon the revenues of the System, and to additionally pledge
to the payment of the principal of and interest on said bond anticipation notes the proceeds
of the sale of said revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, all conditions required for the issuance of bond anticipation notes have
been complied with or will have been complied with prior to the issuance of the bond
anticipation notes herein authorized; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the
System, it is now considered desirable to authorize and sell the Water Revenue Bond
Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C of the City (the "Notes', to pledge to the payment of the
interest thereon the revenues of the System, and to additionally pledge to the payment of
the principal of and interest on said bond anticipation notes the proceeds of the sale of
said revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, the sale of said Notes was advertised in The Bond Buyer on March 28,
2008; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said advertisement aforesaid, sealed bids were received for
the purchase of the Notes until 10:00 A.M., C.D.T., on April 22, 2008, which bids were
publicly opened at 10:00 A.M., C.D.T. on said date and are as follows:
NAME OF BIDDER TRUE INTEREST COST (%~
and
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WHEREAS, the bid of of and
associates at a price of $ ,plus accrued interest to the date of delivery,
was the best bid submitted, which bid is as follows:
(Here Insert or Attach a True Copy of the Winning Bid)
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Clty COUnCII Of the City Of Oshkosh,
Winnebago County, Wisconsin, as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings in
this Resolution unless the text expressly or by necessary implication requires otherwise:
"City" shall mean the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and
any successor to the duties or functions of the City;
"Current Expenses" shall mean the reasonable and necessary cost of
operating, maintaining, administering and repairing the System, including water at
wholesale, salaries, wages, cost of materials and supplies, insurance and audits,
but shall exclude depreciation, debt service, tax equivalents, replacements and
capital expenditures;
"Fiscal Year" shall mean the twelve (12) month period beginning on January I
of each year and ending on December 31 of the same year;
"Governing Body" shall mean the City Council of the City, or such other body
as may hereafter be the chief legislative body of the City;
"Net Revenues" shall mean gross earnings of the System after deduction of
Current Expenses;
"1992 Resolution" shall mean the resolution duly adopted by the City Council
of the City on April 16, 1992, authorizing the issuance of the Series 1992 Bonds and
bonds ranking on a parity therewith, as supplemented and amended from time to
time;
"Note" or "Notes" shall mean one or more of the $4,410,000 aggregate
principal amount of Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C, of the
City, dated May 1, 2008, authorized to be issued by this Resolution;
"Note Register" shall mean the books of the City kept by the Registrar to
evidence the registration and transfer of the Notes;
"Original Purchaser" shall mean the purchaser of the Notes from the City, as
set out in Section 14 of this Resolution;
"Outstanding Bonds" shall mean the Series 2003-G Bonds and the
Series 2006-E Bonds;
"Parity Bonds" shall mean bonds payable from the revenues of the System,
other than the Outstanding Bonds, issued on a parity and equality with the
Outstanding Bonds, pursuant to the restrictive provisions of Section 16 of the 1992
resolution;
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"Registrar" shall mean U.S. Bank National Association of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, or a successor designated as Registrar under this Resolution;
"Resolution" shall mean this Resolution as adopted by the Governing Body of
the City;
"Series 1992 Bonds" shall mean the Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, of
the City, dated May 1, 1992, which are no longer outstanding;
"Series 2003-G Bonds" shall mean the outstanding Water Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2003-G, of the City, dated November 1, 2003;
"Series 2006-E Bonds" shall mean the outstanding Water Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2006-E of the City, dated December 15, 2006;
"Statute" means Chapter 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as supplemented and
amended; and
"System" shall mean the entire waterworks system of the City, including all
waterworks property of every nature now or hereafter owned by the City, including
all improvements and extensions thereto made by the City while any of the
Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds remain outstanding, including all real and
personal property of every nature comprising part of or used or useful in connection
with such waterworks system and including all appurtenances, contracts, leases,
franchises and other intangibles.
Section 2. Declaration of Intent. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the
Governing Body of the City to hereafter authorize the issuance of not less than $4,410,000
aggregate principal amount of water revenue bonds, pursuant to the Statute, for the
purpose of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the System as more fully in
the preamble heretofore set out, including the retirement of the Notes herein authorized.
Section 3. Authorization, Purpose and Terms of Notes. For the purpose of paying
the cost of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the System as provided in the
preambles hereto, and in anticipation of the issuance of water revenue bonds of the City in
an aggregate principal amount of not less than $4,410,000 to be issued under the Statute
and on a parity with the Outstanding Bonds, there shall be issued the Notes of the City in
the aggregate principal amount of $4,410,000.
The Notes shall be designated "Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series
2008-C"; as originally issued shall be dated May 1, 2008, and shall also bear the date of
their authentication by the Registrar; shall be of $5,000 denomination each or any integral
multiple thereof (but no single Note shall represent installments of principal maturing on
more than one date); and shall be lettered R and numbered consecutively starting with the
number one. The Notes shall mature on January I, 2012, and shall bear interest at the rate
of percent ( %) per annum.
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Section 4. Interest; Payment Provisions. The Notes shall bear interest from their
date or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, at the rate set out above, such interest (computed upon the basis of a 360-
day year of twelve 30-day months) being payable on the first days of January and July of
each year, commencing on January 1, 2009. Interest on each Note shall be paid by check
or draft of the Registrar to the person in whose name such Note is registered at the close
of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding the applicable
interest payment date. The principal of each Note shall be payable in lawful money of the
United States of America upon presentation and surrender of such Note at the principal
office of the Registrar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Section 5. Execution; Authentication. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of
the City with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Manager or the Acting City
Manager of the City and with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk of the City,
and sealed with the official seal of the City or a printed facsimile thereof. In case any
officer whose signature shall appear on any Note shall cease to be such officer before the
delivery of such Note, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all
purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until delivery.
All Notes shall have thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinafter set forth duly executed by the Registrar as authenticating agent of the City and
showing the date of authentication. No Note shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or
be entitled to any security or benefit under this Resolution unless and until such certificate
of authentication shall have been duly executed by the Registrar by manual signature, and
such certificate of authentication upon any such Note shall be conclusive evidence that
such Note has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. The certificate of
authentication on any Note shall be deemed to have been executed by the Registrar if
signed by an authorized officer of the Registrar, but it shall not be necessary that the same
officer sign the certificate of authentication on all of the Notes issued under this Resolution.
Section 6. Registration of Notes; Persons Treated as Owners. The City shall
cause books (the "Note Register's for the registration and for the transfer of the Notes as
provided in this Resolution to be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar,
which is hereby constituted and appointed the registrar of the City with respect to the
Notes herein authorized. Upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the principal corporate
trust office of the Registrar duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by, the registered
owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the City shall execute and the Registrar
shall authenticate, date and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully
registered Note or Notes of the same maturity and interest rate of authorized
denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount. Any fully registered Note or Notes
may be exchanged at said office of the Registrar for a like aggregate principal amount of
Note or Notes of the same maturity and interest rate of other authorized denominations.
The execution by the City of any fully registered Note shall constitute full and due
authorization of such Note, and the Registrar shall thereby be authorized to authenticate,
date and deliver such Note.
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The Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Note during the
period of fifteen (15) days next preceding any interest payment date on such Note, nor to
transfer or exchange any Note after notice calling such Note for prepayment has been
mailed nor during the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding mailing of a notice of
prepayment of any Notes.
The person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and
regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of the principal of,
premium (if any) or interest on any Note shall be made only to or upon the order of the
registered owner thereof or his legal representative. All such payments shall be valid and
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or
sums so paid.
The Registrar shall never register any Note to bearer.
No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Notes, but the City
or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Notes, except in the case of the issuance of a Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion of
a Note surrendered for prepayment.
The City and/or the Registrar may enter into an agreement with a securities
depository registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Securities Depository', including without limitation The Depository Trust
Company, which is the record owner of the Notes, to establish procedures with respect to
Notes owned by such Securities Depository. Such agreement may impose additional
requirements on the Registrar with respect to the Notes.
Section 7. Prepayment. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment at the option of
the City, as a whole or in part (less than all of the Notes to be selected by the Registrar as
hereinafter provided), on January 1, 2010, and on any date thereafter, at the redemption
price of 100% of the principal amount thereof being prepaid plus accrued interest to the
date fixed for prepayment.
The Notes shall be prepaid only in the principal amount of $5,000 each and integral
multiples thereof. At least forty-five (45) days prior to the date fixed for prepayment
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Registrar), the City shall notify the
Registrar of such date fixed for prepayment and of the principal amount of Notes to be
prepaid. For purposes of any prepayment of less than all of the outstanding Notes, the
particular Notes or portions of Notes to be prepaid shall be selected by the Registrar from
the outstanding Notes by such method as the Registrar shall deem fair and appropriate,
and which may provide for the selection for prepayment of Notes or portions of Notes in
principal amounts of $5,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The Registrar shall promptly notify the City in writing of the Notes or portions of
Notes selected for prepayment and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
prepayment, the certificate number and the principal amount thereof to be prepaid.
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Section 8. Prepayment Procedure. Unless waived by any owner of Notes to be
prepaid, notice of the call for any such prepayment shall be given by the Registrar on
behalf of the City by mailing the prepayment notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for
prepayment to the registered owner of the Note or Notes to be prepaid at the address
shown on the Note Register or at such other address as is furnished in writing by such
registered owner to the Registrar.
All notices of prepayment shall state:
(1) the date fixed for prepayment,
(2) the prepayment price,
(3) if less than all outstanding Notes are to be prepaid, the identification,
including CUSIP numbers (and, in the case of partial prepayment, the respective
principal amounts and certificate numbers) of the Notes to be prepaid,
(4) that on the date fixed for prepayment the prepayment price will
become due and payable upon each such Note or portion thereof called for
prepayment, and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said
date, and
(5) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the
prepayment price including a contact person and telephone number, which place of
payment shall be the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar.
Prior to any date fixed for prepayment, the City shall deposit with the Registrar an
amount of money sufficient to pay the prepayment price of all the Notes or portions of
Notes which are to be prepaid on that date.
Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the Notes or portions of
Notes so to be prepaid shall, on the date fixed for prepayment, become due and payable
at the prepayment price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the City
shall default in the payment of the prepayment price) such Notes or portions of Notes shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such Notes for prepayment in accordance with
said notice, such Notes shall be paid by the Registrar at the prepayment price.
Installments of interest due on or prior to the date fixed for prepayment shall be payable as
herein provided for the payment of interest. Upon surrender for any partial prepayment of
any Note, there shall be prepared for the registered owner a new Note or Notes of the
same maturity in the amount of the unpaid principal. All Notes which have been prepaid
shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Registrar and shall not be reissued.
In addition to the prepayment notice required above, further notice of prepayment
(the "Additional Prepayment Notice's shall be given by the Registrar as set forth below, but
no defect in the Additional Prepayment Notice nor any failure to give all or any portion of
the Additional Prepayment Notice shall in any manner affect the effectiveness of a call for
prepayment if notice thereof is given as prescribed above.
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Each Additional Prepayment Notice given hereunder shall contain the information
required above, plus (i) the date such notice required above has been or will be mailed; (ii)
the date of issuance of the Notes being prepaid, as originally issued; (iii) the maturity date
of each Note (or portion thereof) to be prepaid; and (iv) any other descriptive information
needed to identify accurately the Notes being prepaid.
Each Additional Prepayment Notice shall be sent at least thirty (30) days before the
date fixed for prepayment by legible facsimile transmission, first class mail (postage
prepaid) or overnight delivery service to the following registered securities depository: The
Depository Trust Company of New York, New York, and to at least two (2) national
information services that disseminate notices of prepayment of obligations such as the
Notes.
Section 9. Payable Solely from Bonds and Revenues. The Notes, together with
interest thereon, shall be payable only out of the Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation
Note Special Redemption Fund as hereinafter provided, and shall be a valid claim of the
owners thereof only against the Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special
Redemption Fund and from the revenues pledged to such fund; and sufficient revenues
are hereby pledged to the Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special
Redemption Fund, and shall be used for no purpose other than to pay the principal of and
interest on the Notes as the same fall due.
The City, acting by and through the Governing Body, does hereby covenant that it
will issue its water revenue bonds in anticipation of the sale of which the Notes are herein
authorized to be issued not later than January 1, 2012, and apply a sufficient amount of
the proceeds thereof to the retirement of the Notes by depositing such amount into the
Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special Redemption Fund.
Section 10. Form of Notes. The Notes, the certificate of authentication to be
endorsed thereon and the form of assignment to be endorsed thereon are all to be in
substantially the following forms with necessary and appropriate variations, omissions and
insertions as permitted or required by this Resolution:
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(FORM OF NOTE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO
CITY OF OSHKOSH
WATER REVENUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE, SERIES 2008-C
See Reverse Side for
Additional Provisions
No. $
RATE OF
INTEREST MATURITY DATE DATED DATE CUSIP NUMBER
January 1, 2012 May 1, 2008
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Oshkosh, in the County of
Winnebago and State of Wisconsin (the "City', hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for
value received promises to pay to the Registered Owner hereinabove identified, or
registered assigns as hereinafter provided, on the Maturity Date hereinabove identified,
solely from the revenues hereinafter specified, the Principal Amount hereinabove identified
and solely from the revenues hereinafter specified to pay interest (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on such Principal Amount from the Dated Date
of this Note hereinabove identified or from the most recent interest payment date to which
interest has been paid at the Rate of Interest per annum hereinabove identified on
January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing on January 1, 2009, until said Principal
Amount is paid, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to prepayment
may be and become applicable hereto.
The principal of this Note is payable in lawful money of the United States of America
only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the principal corporate trust office of
U.S. Bank National Association, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as registrar and paying agent
(the "Registrar'. Payment of each installment of interest shall be made to the Registered
Owner hereof who shall appear on the registration books of the City maintained by the
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Registrar at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next
preceding the applicable interest payment date, and shall be paid by check or draft of the
Registrar mailed to such Registered Owner at his address as it appears on such
registration books or at such other address as may be furnished in writing by such
Registered Owner to the Registrar.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse side hereof, and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as if set forth on the front side of this Note.
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things
required to be done, exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of
this Note have been done, have existed, have happened and have been performed in due
time, form and manner as required by the Constitution and the laws of the State of
Wisconsin, and that sufficient of the income and revenues to be received by the City from
the operation of the waterworks system owned and operated by the City and the proceeds
of certain water revenue bonds to be issued by the City have been pledged to and will be
set aside into a special fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Note.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Registrar.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Clty Of OShkOSh, Winnebago County, WISCOnSIn, by its
City Council, has caused this Note to be executed with the duly authorized manual or
facsimile signature of its Acting City Manager and with the duly authorized manual or
facsimile signature of its City Clerk and its official seal or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or reproduced hereon, as of the Dated Date hereinabove identified.
City Clerk
[SEAL]
Acting City Manager
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Note is one of the Notes described in the within mentioned Resolution, and is
one of the Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2008-C, of the City of
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
Date of Authentication:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
BY.
Authorized Officer
[FORM OF NOTE -REVERSE SIDE]
This Note is one of an authorized issue of Water Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes,
Series 2008-C of like date, aggregating the principal amount of $4,410,000 (the "Notes'
and issued to pay the cost of constructing, extending, adding to and improving the
waterworks system of the City (the "System's and in anticipation of not less than a like
aggregate principal amount of water revenue bonds of the City for such purposes and to
retire the Notes, pursuant to Article XI, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution and Section
66.0621, Wisconsin Statutes, as supplemented and amended. The interest on the Notes
is payable, subject and subordinate to the lien on the revenues of the System in favor of
certain outstanding Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2003-G and certain
outstanding Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2006-E issued by the City (the
"Outstanding Bonds', only from the income and revenues to be derived from the operation
of the System of the City, which income and revenues, subject and subordinate to said
prior lien, have been set aside as a special fund for that purpose and identified as the
"Special Water Utility Bond Anticipation Note Special Redemption Fund," and the principal
of and interest on the Notes are payable only from the proceeds derived from the sale of
said water revenue bonds of the City in anticipation of the issuance of which the Notes are
authorized to be issued. This Note is issued pursuant to a resolution adopted on April 22,
2008, by the City Council of the City, and does not constitute an indebtedness of the City
within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision, and no lien may
be created or attached with respect to any property of the City or a consequence of the
issuance of the Notes. Reference is hereby made to said resolution for a more complete
statement of the revenues from which and conditions under which this Note is payable, a
statement of the conditions on which obligations may hereafter be issued on a parity with
this Note, and the general covenants and provisions pursuant to which this Note has been
issued.
This Note and the issue of which it is a part are payable from and secured by a
pledge of the proceeds of said water revenue bonds of the City in anticipation of which the
Notes are issued, and are payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the
revenues and income derived from the operation of the System of the City after there have
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been first paid from such revenues and income the expenses of operation and
maintenance of the System, the payments required to be made for the benefit of the
Outstanding Bonds of the City, authorized by the resolutions adopted by the City Council
of the City on April 16, 1992, on December 19, 1995, on February 13, 2001, on
November 27, 2001, on October 14, 2003, and on December 12, 2006 (collectively, the
"Resolutions"), and all outstanding bonds issued on a parity therewith, and certain other
deposits required by the 1992 Resolutions. It is provided in the authorizing resolution the
City shall charge and collect such lawfully established rates, fees and charges for the
facilities and services afforded by the System to provide available revenues adequate at all
times (i) to make all payments and deposits required by the Resolutions and required by
the resolutions authorizing all parity bonds, and (ii) to pay when due the principal of and
interest on all of the Notes.
The Notes of the issue of which this Note is one are subject to prepayment at the
option of the City, as a whole or in part (in integral multiples of $5,000, less than all the
Notes to be selected by the Registrar in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate)
on January 1, 2010, and on any date thereafter, at the prepayment price of 100% of the
principal amount thereof being prepaid plus accrued interest to the date fixed for
prepayment.
Notice of any intended prepayment shall be sent by first class mail, postage
prepaid, not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed
for prepayment to the registered owner of each Note to be prepaid (in whole or in part) at
the address shown on the registration books of the City maintained by the Registrar or at
such other address as is furnished in writing by such registered owner to the Registrar.
When so called for prepayment, this Note, or the portion thereof being so called for
prepayment, will cease to bear interest on the specified prepayment date, provided funds
for prepayment are on deposit at the place of payment at that time, and shall not be
deemed to be outstanding.
This Note is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof in person or by his
attorney duly authorized in writing at the principal corporate trust office of the Registrar in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment
of the charges provided in the authorizing resolution, and upon surrender and cancellation
of this Note. Upon such transfer a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations of the
same maturity and interest rate and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued
to the transferee in exchange herefor.
The Notes are issuable in fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000 each
or integral multiples thereof. This Note may be exchanged at the principal corporate trust
office of the Registrar for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of the same maturity
and interest rate of other authorized denominations, upon the terms set forth in the
authorizing resolution.
The City and the Registrar may deem and treat the Registered Owner as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal
hereof, premium, if any, hereon and interest due hereon and for all other purposes and
neither the City nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of the within Note,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:
TEN CoM- aS tenants In common UNIF GIFT/TRaNS MIN AcT-
TEN ENT- as tenants by the entirety
Custodian
(Gust) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts/Transfers to
Minors
JT TEN- as joint tenants with right Act
of survivorship and not
as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not listed above.
(State)
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Name and Address of Assignee)
the within Note and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
its successor as Registrar to transfer the said Note on the books kept for registration
thereof with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.
Section 11. Compliance with Certain Provisions of the 1992 Resolution; Covenants
Regarding Operation of System. The City hereby covenants and agrees with the
registered owners of the Notes as follows:
(a) During such period as the Notes are outstanding, the City will comply with each
of the covenants appearing in the 1992 Resolution.
(b) The City will operate and maintain the System in good condition and will
charge and collect such lawfully established rates, fees and charges for the facilities and
services rendered by the System so that the revenues of the System will be sufficient to
meet the requirements of the 1992 Resolution and to pay interest on the Notes as the
same shall fall due, and the City will make prompt application to the Wisconsin Public
Service Commission for an increase in water rates and will adopt and enforce such
increased rates whenever such increase is necessary to fulfill any covenants of this
Resolution.
The City hereby represents that it presently has power to issue and sell water
revenue bonds pursuant to the Statute, for the purposes herein expressed in an amount
fully sufficient to provide proceeds to retire the Notes.
Section 12. Prohibition Against Prior Liens. The City will issue no other bonds,
notes or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the revenues
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or the property of the System having a priority over the Notes, other than the Outstanding
Bonds and the water revenue bonds referred to in Section 9 of this Resolution.
Section 13. Application of Revenues; Creation of Note Redemption Fund; Source of
Payment of Note. (a) From and after the issuance of the Notes, the City shall continue to
operate and maintain the System in the manner provided by the 1992 Resolution. The
revenues of the System shall continue to be allocated and deposited into the Water Utility
Revenue Fund, the Water Utility Operation and Maintenance Account, the Water Utility
Special Redemption Fund, the Water Utility Renewal and Replacement Account and the
Water Utility Surplus Account created by the 1992 Resolution in the manner and in the
amounts provided by Sections 12 and 13 of the 1992 Resolution.
(b) From the first available money on deposit in the Surplus Fund created by the
1992 Resolution there shall be transferred into the Special Waterworks System Bond
Anticipation Note Special Redemption Fund (the "Note Redemption Fund', hereby created
and established, an amount equal to not less than the aggregate amount of interest
coming due on the Notes on January 1, 2009, and on the first day of each January and
July thereafter. Upon delivery of the proposed water revenue bonds in anticipation of
which the Notes are being issued, the proceeds thereof shall be transferred to the Note
Redemption Fund in an amount equal to the then outstanding principal amount of and
interest on the Notes. The money on deposit in the Note Redemption Fund shall be used
solely for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the Notes as the same shall
fall due. Uninvested money in the Note Redemption Fund shall be kept on demand
deposit as a separate account with such bank as may be designated from time to time by
the City as a public depository under the laws of Wisconsin.
(c) Money in the Note Redemption Fund may be invested, to the extent permitted
by Wisconsin law, only in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America,
(ii) obligations of agencies of the United States of America guaranteed as to principal or
interest by the United States of America, (iii) certificates of deposit of banks having a
combined capital and surplus of $50,000,000 or more and which are members of the
Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation, (iv) the Wisconsin local government pooled
investment fund, (v) shares in money market or mutual funds comprised solely of
obligations described in clauses (i) and (ii) above or comprised of obligations tax-exempt
under Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code', other than
private activity bonds under Section 141(a) of the Code, if such tax-exempt obligations
have a rating at the time of purchase of not less than the two highest ratings by a
nationally recognized rating service, or (vi) repurchase agreements with a bank or other
financial institution ("Repurchaser'~, including but not limited to the Paying Agent, provided,
that each such repurchase agreement (A) is secured by one hundred percent (100%) of
the principal amount of the securities with respect to which such repurchase agreement is
issued, (B) is in commercially reasonable form and is for a commercially reasonable
period, and (C) results in transfer to the City or its designee of legal title to, or the grant to
the City or its designee of a prior perfected security interest in, identified securities of the
type described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above which are free and clear of any claims by
third parties and are segregated in a custodial or trust account held by a third party (other
than the Repurchaser) as the agent solely of, or in trust solely for the benefit of, the City or
its designee; provided, that the securities acquired pursuant to any such repurchase
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agreement shall be valued at the lower of the then current market value of such securities
or the repurchase prince thereof set forth in the applicable repurchase agreement. All of
such investments shall mature at such time or times as it is determined that moneys will be
needed to make the payments from the Note Redemption Fund required by this
Resolution. All income from investments of money in the Note Redemption Fund shall be
deposited in the Waterworks Revenue Fund created by the 1992 Resolution, and regarded
as revenues of the System. Such investments shall be liquidated at any time when it is
necessary to do so to provide money for any of the purposes for which the Note
Redemption Fund was created.
Section 14. Sale of Notes. The sale of the Notes, to of
at a price of $ and accrued interest to the date of
delivery is hereby confirmed, the same being the best bid submitted. The City Treasurer of
the City is hereby authorized to deliver the Notes to said purchasers (or their designees)
upon payment of the purchase price.
Section 15. Disposition of Note Proceeds; No Arbitrage; Notes to Remain in
Registered Form; Reimbursement. The proceeds from the sale of the Notes shall be
disbursed as follows and not otherwise:
(a) Accrued interest on the Notes shall be deposited in the Note
Redemption Fund.
(b) The principal proceeds from the sale of the Notes shall be deposited
in a special fund by the Treasurer of the City in such bank or banks as may be
designated by the City as public depositories under the laws of the State of
Wisconsin and secured to the fullest extent permitted or required by the laws of the
State of Wisconsin. Any money in said special fund may be invested from time to
time, to the extent permitted by Wisconsin law, only in (i) direct obligations of the
United States of America, (ii) obligations of agencies of the United States of
America guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States of America,
(iii) certificates of deposit of banks having a combined capital and surplus of
$50,000,000 or more and which are members of the Federal Insurance Deposit
Corporation, (iv) the Wisconsin local government pooled investment fund, (v) shares
in money market or mutual funds comprised solely of obligations described in
clauses (i) and (ii) above or comprised of obligations tax-exempt under
Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code', other than
private activity bonds under Section 141(a) of the Code, if such tax-exempt
obligations have a rating at the time of purchase of not less than the two highest
ratings by a nationally reorganized rating service, or (vi) repurchase agreements
with a bank or other financial institution ("Repurchaser'~, including but not limited to
the Paying Agent, provided, that each such repurchase agreement (A) is secured by
one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the securities with respect to
which such repurchase agreement is issued, (B) is in commercially reasonable form
and is for a commercially reasonable period, and (C) results in transfer to the City or
its designee of legal title to, or the grant to the City or its designee of a prior
perfected security interest in, identified securities of the type described in clause
(i) or clause (ii) above which are free and clear of any claims by third parties, and
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are segregated in a custodial or trust account held by a third party (other than the
Repurchaser) as the agent solely of, or in trust solely for the benefit of, the City or
its designee; provided, that the securities acquired pursuant to any such repurchase
agreement shall be valued at the lower of the then current market value of such
securities or the repurchase prince thereof set forth in the applicable repurchase
agreement. All of such investments shall mature at such time or times as it is
determined that moneys will be needed to make the payments from said special
fund required by this Resolution. Moneys in said special fund shall be used solely
for the purpose of paying the costs of constructing, extending, adding to and
improving the Project for which the Notes have been authorized, including
reimbursement to any fund or funds from which such costs have been advanced.
Disbursements from said special fund for such improvements shall be made only
upon approval of each such disbursement by the persons employed by the City to
supervise the construction of such extensions, additions and improvements. Any
balance remaining in said special fund after the completion of such improvements
shall be used for future extensions, additions or improvements to the System and
used solely for the purposes for which the Notes are hereby authorized.
The City recognizes that the purchasers and owners of the Notes will have
accepted them on, and paid therefor a price which reflects, the understanding that interest
thereon is excludible from Federal gross income of the owners thereof under laws in force
at the time the Notes shall have been delivered. In this connection the City agrees that it
shall take no action which may render the interest on any of the Notes includible in Federal
gross income of the owners thereof, and that the principal proceeds of the sale of the
Notes shall be deposited in said special fund and used with due diligence for the
completion of the Project for which the Notes are hereby authorized to be issued. The City
agrees that, to the extent possible under state law, it will comply with whatever Federal law
is adopted in the future which applies to the Notes and affects the excludibility of the
interest on the Notes from Federal gross income of the owners thereof.
The City Manager, the Acting City Manager, the City Clerk, the City Finance
Director/City Treasurer of the City, or any of them, are hereby authorized to execute on
behalf of the City a Tax Exemption Certificate and Agreement (the "Tax Exemption
Certificate's to assure the purchasers and owners of the Notes that the proceeds of the
Notes are not expected to be used in a manner which would or might result in the Notes
being "reimbursement bonds" issued in contravention of Section 1.103-18 of the United
States Treasury Department Regulations (the "Regulations' or "arbitrage bonds" under
Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code', or the
Regulations currently in effect or proposed. Such Tax Exemption Certificate shall
constitute a representation, certification and covenant of the City, and shall be
incorporated herein by reference, and no investment of Note proceeds or of moneys
accumulated to pay the Notes herein authorized shall be made in violation of the
expectations prescribed by said Tax Exemption Certificate. Such Tax Exemption
Certificate shall constitute an agreement of the City to follow certain covenants which may
require the City to take certain actions (including the payment of certain amounts to the
United States of America) or which may prohibit certain actions (including the
establishment of certain funds) under certain conditions as specified in such Tax
Exemption Certificate.
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The City further recognizes that Section 149(a) of the Code requires the Notes to be
issued and to remain in fully registered form in order that the interest thereon is excludible
from Federal gross income of the owners thereof under laws in force at the time the Notes
are delivered. In this connection, the City agrees that it will not take any action to permit
the Notes to be issued in, or converted into, bearer or coupon form.
Section 16. Duties of Registrar. If requested by the Registrar, the City Manager or
the Acting City Manager of the Issuer is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk of the
City is authorized to attest, and said City Manager, Acting City Manager and City Clerk are
hereby authorized to deliver, the Registrar's standard form of agreement between the City
and the Registrar with respect to the obligations and duties of the Registrar hereunder
which shall include the following:
(a) to act as Registrar, authenticating agent, paying agent and transfer
agent as provided herein;
(b) to give notice of prepayment of Notes as provided herein;
(c) to cancel and destroy Notes which have been paid at maturity or upon
earlier prepayment or submitted for exchange or transfer;
(d) to furnish the City at least annually a certificate of destruction with
respect to Notes cancelled and destroyed; and
(e) to furnish the City at least annually an audit confirmation of Notes
paid, Notes outstanding and payments made with respect to the interest on the
Notes.
Section 17. Resolution a Contract; Remedies of Owners of Notes. The provisions
of this Resolution shall constitute a contract between the City and the owner or owners of
the Notes, and after the issuance of any of the Notes, no change or alteration of any kind
in the provisions of this Resolution may be made until all of the Notes shall have been paid
in full as to both principal and interest.
The owners of any of the Notes shall have the right in addition to all other rights, by
mandamus or other suit or action in any court of competent jurisdiction, to enforce his or
their rights against the City, the Governing Body and any other authorized body to fix and
collect rates and charges fully adequate to carry out all of the provisions and agreements
contained in this Resolution, and for the appointment of a receiver for the System in the
event of a default in payment of principal or interest.
Section 18. Continuing Disclosure Undertaking. The City Manager, the Acting City
Manager or the Finance Director/City Treasurer of the City is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to execute and deliver the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking
with respect to the Notes (the "Continuing Disclosure Undertaking's in substantially the
form as the individual executing the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking on behalf of the
City shall approve, his or her execution to constitute conclusive evidence of his or her
approval of the form of such Continuing Disclosure Undertaking. When the Continuing
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Disclosure Undertaking is executed and delivered on behalf of the City as herein provided,
the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking will be binding on the City and the officers,
employees and agents of the City, and the officers, employees and agents of the City are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute
all such documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of
the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking, as executed. Copies of the Continuing Disclosure
Undertaking shall be placed in the official records of the City, and shall be available for
public inspection at the offices of the City. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Resolution to the contrary, the sole remedies for failure to comply with the Continuing
Disclosure Undertaking shall be the ability of any beneficial owner of any Note to seek
mandamus or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with its
obligations under the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking.
Section 19. Other Documents. The City Manager, the City Clerk, the Finance
Director/City Treasurer and all other officers of the City are hereby authorized to execute
all documents and certificates and to take all such actions as may be necessary in
connection with the authorization issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and the
performance of the obligations of the City hereunder and to carry out and comply with the
terms of this Resolution.
Section 20. Severability of Invalid Provisions. If any section, paragraph or provision
of this Resolution 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 sections, paragraphs and provisions of this Resolution.
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Section 21. Conflicting Ordinances, Resolutions and Orders Superseded. All
ordinances, resolutions or orders, or parts thereof, heretofore enacted, adopted or entered,
in conflict with the provisions of this Resolution shall be, and the same are hereby,
superseded to the extent of such conflict, and this Resolution shall be in effect from and
after its passage.
Adopted April 22, 2008
Approved April 22, 2008
Recorded April 22, 2008
/s/ Frank Tower
Mayor
/s/ Pamela R. Ub
City Clerk
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