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08171987 (3)352 HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' MEETING FOR NORTHWEST WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT, AUGUST 17987 : The Harnett County Board of Commissioners sitting as the governing body of North- west Water and Sewer District met August 17, 1987, in the County Office Building, Lillington, North Carolina, with the following members present: Bill Shaw, Rudy Collins, Mack Reid Hudson, Mayo Smith, and Chairman Lloyd G. Stewart presiding Others present were: Vanessa W. Young, Clerk to the Board; Dallas H. Pope, County Manager; Glenn Johnson, County Attorney, and Kay S. Blanchard, Recording Secretary. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Stewart called the meeting to order at 9:00 p.m. John Phelps, II, Public Utilities Attorney, read and presented for approval, Introduction of Bond Order, Call for Public Hearing, and Provisions for Advertising Public Hearing and Submission of Debt Statement for Northwest Water and Sewer District. Commissioner Collins made a motion to approve the above Bond Order. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. The Bond Order is copied in full at the end of these minutes dated August 17, 1987, as Document No. 1. DOCUMENT NO. 1 John Phelps, II, Public Utilities Attorney, read and presented for approval, Resolution Providing for Absentee Voting in Elections Held in the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County. Commissioner Collins made a motion to approv the resolution. Commissioner Hudson seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. The resolution is copied in full at the end of these minutes dated August 17, 1987, as Document No. 2. There being no further business, the meeting duly adjourned at 9:15 p.m. -7e ji L o d G. Stewart, Chairman -0,) Vanessa W. You Cl &k to the Board 14 ay Blanchard, Secretary "BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,600,000 WATER BONDS OF THE NORTHWEST WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY" WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the County of Harnett, sitting as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County, deems it advisable to make the improvements hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, the Board has caused to be filed with the Secretary of the Local Government Commissior of North Carolina an application for Commission approval of the bonds hereinafter described as required by The Local Government Finance Act, and the Secretary of the Local Government Commission has notified the Board that the application has been filed and accepted for submission to the Local Government Commission; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Harnett, sitting as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett. County, as follows: Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of the County of Harnett, sitting as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County, has ascertained and hereby determines that it is necessary to provide a water system within and without the District, including the acquisition and construction of trunk mains, distribution lines, storage facilities and a pumping station and meter and including the acquisition and installation of necessary machinery and equipment and the acquisition of land or rights -in -land required therefor, and to pay capital costs of such improvements. Section 2. In order to raise the money required to pay capital costs of providing the improve- ments as set forth above, in addition to any funds which may be made available for such purpose from any other sources, bonds of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County are hereby authorized and shall be issued pursuant to The Local Government Finance Act of North Carolina. The maximum aggregate principal amount of said bonds authorized by this bond order shall be $2,600,000. 1 1 1 1 Section 3. A District tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds when due shall be annually levied and collected. The revenues of the facilities hereinbefore described may be pledged to the payment of the interest on and principal of said bonds if and to the extent that the Board shall hereafter determine by resolution prior to the issuance of said bonds. In such event, the tax to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds may be reduced by the amount of such revenues available for the payment of such principal and interest. Section 4. A sworn statement of the District's debt has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners and of the District and is open to public inspection. Section 5. This bond order shall take effect when approved by the voters of the District at a referendum. Rudy Collins moved the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, the bond order entitled, "BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,600,000 WATER BONDS OF THE NORTHWEST WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY ", has been introduced at the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County, sitting as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County, held on August 17, 1987 and the Board desires to provide for the holding of a public hearing thereon and the submission of a statement of debt in connection therewith as required by The Local Government Bond Act; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County, sitting as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County, as follows: (1) The public hearing upon said bond order shall be held on the 31st day of August, 1987 at 7:00 o'clock, P. M., at the Harnett County Office Building, in Lillington, North Carolina. (2) The Clerk of the Board of Commissioners and of the District is hereby directed to cause a copy of the bond order to be published with a notice of such hearing in the form prescribed by law in a qualified newspaper no fewer than six days prior to each such public hearing. (3) The District's Finance Officer is hereby directed to file with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners and of the District prior to publication of the bond order with the notice of such public hearing, a statement setting forth the debt incurred or to be incurred, the appraised value of property subject to taxation by the District and the new debt of the District. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Bill Shaw and was adopted by the following vote: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 DOCUMENT NO. 2 RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR ABSENTEE VOTING IN ELECTIONS HELD IN THE NORTHWEST WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 162A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners (hereinafter "the Board ") did, on March 23, 1987 create the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County; and Whereas, the Board now sits as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County (hereinafter "the District "); and Whereas, from time to time, elections may be held in the District, including Bond referendums; and Whereas, N. C. Gen. Stat. Sections 163 -302 provides that absentee voting may be allowed in the District; and Whereas, the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the District to provide for absentee voting in the District elections and referendums. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, sitting as the governing body of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County, as follows: 1. Absentee voting is hereby permitted in all elections and /or referendums to be held in the District as provided in N. C. Gen. Stat. Sections 163 -302. 2. The Clerk to the Board is hereby directed to cause a copy of this Resolution to be filed with the State Board of Elections and the County Board of Elections within ten (10) days of the date of its passage. 354 3. The District, and its officers, agents and attorneys are hereby directed to take any further actions as may be required to perform the matters and things directed by this Resolution. Duly adopted this the 17th day of August, 1987, upon motion made by Commissioner Rudy Collins, seconded by Commissioner Mack Reid Hudson, and passed by the following vote: Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent 0, Abstained 0 HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE NORTHWEST WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY Bv: ATTE P. 4.14ur4 oo4.J Vanessa W. 3bung d Clerk to the Board and of the Northwest Water and Sewer District of Harnett County L oyd G. Stewart, Chairman