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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/01/15 RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER & SEWER BONDSParker Poe EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners (the "Board') of the County of Harnett, North Carolina was duly noticed and held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in the County Commissioners' Meeting Room, Harnett County Administration Building, 102 East Front Street, Lillington, North Carolina, Jim Burgin, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Harnett, North Carolina, presiding and the following Commissioners present: Commissioners Present: Jim Burgin, Chairman Gary A. House, Vice Chairman Beatrice B. Hill, Commissioner Joe Miller, Commissioner C. Gordon Springle Commissioners Absent: none Vice Chairman House introduced the following resolution, a summary of which had been provided to each Commissioner, a copy of which was - available with the Clerk to the Board and which was read by title: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF HARNETT, NORTH CAROLINA, SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ,SOUTH CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $3,449,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013A, $3,937,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013B, $3,239,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013C AND $2,586,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013D OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners (the "Board') of the County of Harnett, North Carolina (the "County"), sitting as the governing body of the South Central Water and Sewer District of Hamett County (the "District ") that: Section 1. The Board, sitting as the governing body of the District, has determined and hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The Board, sitting as the governing body of the District, adopted a bond order authorizing $42,000,000 General Obligation Water and Sewer Bonds of the District on December 2, 2002, which order was effective on approval by a majority of the voters who voted thereon at a special referendum duly called and held on February 4, 2003, as modified by an order adopted by the Board, sitting as the governing body of the District, PPAB 20318760 on December 7, 2009 to extend the time period for issuing bonds under such order to February 4, 2013. (b) There is outstanding $13,211,000 General Obligation Water and Sewer Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 2012B dated October 23, 2012, maturing January 23, 2013, and bearing interest at the rate of 1.00% per annum, which notes were issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale of a like amount of bonds. (d) It is necessary at this time for the District to issue (1) $3,449,000 of its General Obligation Water and Sewer Bonds, Series 2013A (the "2013A Bonds "), (2) $3,937,000 of its General Obligation Water and Sewer Bonds, Series 2013B (the "2013B Bonds "), (3) $3,239,000 of its General Obligation Water and Sewer Bonds, Series 2013C (the "2013C Bonds ") and (4) $2,586,000 of its General Obligation Water and Sewer Bonds, Series 2013D (the "1013D Bonds," and together with the 2013A Bonds, the 2013B Bonds and the 2013C Bonds, the "Bonds "), the proceeds of which will be applied to the payment of the outstanding notes at their maturities. (e) The maximum period of usefulness of the District's water system improvements to be financed or refinanced with the proceeds of the Bonds authorized hereby is estimated as a period of 40 years from January 22, 2013, the anticipated date of the Bonds, and such period expires on January 22, 2053. Section 2. (a) Pursuant to said order, there shall be issued one 2013A Bond in the principal amount of $3,449,000, numbered RA -1, to be dated as of the date of delivery thereof and to mature in annual installments on the first day of June in the following years and in the following amounts: YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT 2015 $50,000 2025 $67,000 2035 $91,000 2045 $124,000 2016 51,000 2026 69,000 2036 94,000 2046 128,000 2017 52,000 2027 71,000 2037 97,000 2047 132,000 2018 54,000 2028 73,000 2038 100,000 2048 136,000 2019 56,000 2029 76,000 2039 103,000 2049 140,000 2020 57,000 2030 78,000 2040 106,000 2050 145,000 2021 59,000 2031 81,000 2041 110,000 2051 149,000 2022 61,000 2032 83,000 2042 113,000 2052 104,000 2023 63,000 2033 86,000 2043 117,000 2024 65,000 2034 88,000 2044 120,000 The 2013A Bonds shall bear interest on the unpaid part of such principal at a rate of 3.125% per annum until payment thereof, such interest to be payable on June 1, 2013, and annually thereafter on the first day of June of each year until paid. Pi PPAB 20378760 (b) Pursuant to said order, there shall be issued one 2013B Bond in the principal amount of $3,937,000, numbered RB -1, to be dated as of the date of delivery thereof and to mature in annual installments on the first day of June in the following years and in the following amounts: YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT 2015 $56,000 2025 $76,000 2035 $103,000 2045 $140,000 2016 57,000 2026 78,000 2036 106,000 2046 144,000 2017 59,000 2027 80,000 2037 109,000 2047 149,000 2018 61,000 2028 83,000 2038 113,000 2048 153,000 2019 63,000 2029 85,000 2039 116,000 2049 158,000 2020 65,000 2030 88,000 2040 120,000 2050 163,000 2021 67,000 2031 91,000 2041 124,000 2051 168,000 2022 69,000 2032 94,000 2042 127,000 2052 164,000 2023 71,000 2033 97,000 2043 131,000 2024 73,000 2034 100,000 2044 136,000 The 2013B Bonds shall bear interest on the unpaid part of such principal at a rate of 3.125% per annum until payment thereof, such interest to be payable on June 1, 2013, and annually thereafter on the first day of June of each year until paid. (c) Pursuant to said order, there shall be issued one 2013C Bond in the principal amount of $3,239,000, numbered RC -1, to be dated as of the date of delivery thereof and to mature in annual installments on the first day of June in the following years and in the following amounts: YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT 2015 $53,000 2025 $67,000 2035 $85,000 2045 $109,000 2016 53,000 2026 68,000 2036 88,000 2046 112,000 2017 55,000 2027 70,000 2037 90,000 2047 115,000 2018 56,000 2028 72,000 2038 92,000 2048 118,000 2019 58,000 2029 74,000 2039 94,000 2049 121,000 2020 59,000 2030 76,000 2040 97,000 2050 124,000 2021 60,000 2031 77,000 2041 99,000 2051 127,000 2022 62,000 2032 79,000 2042 102,000 2052 123,000 2023 64,000 2033 81,000 2043 104,000 2024 65,000 2034 83,000 2044 107,000 The 2013C Bonds shall bear interest on the unpaid part of such principal at a rate of 2.50% per annum until payment thereof, such interest to be payable on June 1, 2013, and annually thereafter on the first day of June of each year until paid. 3 PPAB 20378760 (d) Pursuant to said order, there shall be issued one 2013D Bond in the principal amount of $2,586,000, numbered RD -1, to be dated as of the date of delivery thereof and to mature in annual installments on the first day of June in the following years and in the following amounts: YEAROF PRINCIPAL YEAROF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL YEAR OF PRINCIPAL MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT 2015 $43,000 2025 $53,000 2035 $68,000 2045 $88,000 2016 43,000 2026 55,000 2036 70,000 2046 90,000 2017 44,000 2027 56,000 2037 72,000 2047 92,000 2018 45,000 2028 58,000 2038 74,000 2048 94,000 2019 46,000 2029 59,000 2039 76,000 2049 97,000 2020 47,000 2030 61,000 2040 77,000 2050 99,000 2021 48,000 2031 62,000 2041 79,000 2051 102,000 2022 50,000 2032 64,000 2042 81,000 2052 90,000 2023 51,000 2033 65,000 2043 83,000 2024 52,000 2034 67,000 2044 85,000 The 2013D Bonds shall bear interest on the unpaid part of such principal at a rate of 2.50% per annum until payment thereof, such interest to be payable on June 1, 2013, and annually thereafter on the first day of June of each year until paid. (e) The Bonds shall be sold to the United States of America, acting by and through Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (formerly Farmers Home Administration) ( "USDA "), by private sale in accordance with Sections 7 and 8. The Bonds of a series shall not be defeased without written consent of USDA during such time as USDA shall remain the registered owner of the Bonds of such series. The Bonds shall bear interest from the date on which they are authenticated. The principal of and the interest and any redemption premium on the Bonds shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts on the respective dates of payment thereof. Payment of interest on the Bonds shall be made by the Bond Registrar (hereinafter defined) on each interest payment date to the person appearing on the registration books of the District hereinafter provided for as the registered owner of such Bonds (or the previous Bond or Bonds evidencing the same debt as that evidenced by such Bonds) at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the 15 °i day (whether or not a business day) of the calendar month next preceding such interest payment date. During the time that USDA is the registered owner of the Bonds of a series, payment of the installments of principal and interest when due and payable on the Bonds of such series shall be made at the office of such fiscal agent as USDA shall designate without presentation or surrender thereof and, during any such time as an assignee thereof is the registered owner of the Bonds of a series, payment of the 11 PPAB 20378760 installments of principal when due and payable on the Bonds of such series shall be made at the corporate trust office of U.S. Bank National Association in Raleigh, North Carolina, upon the presentation and surrender thereof, and payment of the interest when due and payable on the Bonds of such series shall be made by check mailed to such assignee at his address as it appears on the registration books of the District hereinafter mentioned without the presentation or surrender thereof. Section 3. The Bonds of a series may be redeemed, at the option of the District, as long as USDA is the owner of the Bonds of such series, at any time prior to the maturity of any installment of the principal thereof, either in whole or in part in the inverse order of the maturity dates of the installments of principal, from any moneys that may be made available for such purpose, at the aggregate principal amount of the installments of principal to be redeemed, together with the interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, but without any premiums. In case of a redemption of all or any part of the Bonds of a series, a notice of redemption shall be sent by registered mail, mailed at least 40 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, addressed (a) during the time that USDA is the owner of the Bonds of such series, to such other address as USDA may designate by registered or certified mail forwarded to the District at least 50 days prior to any redemption date, and (b) during any time as an assignee of USDA is the owner of the Bonds of such series, to the address as it appears on the registration book of the District hereinafter mentioned. On the date fixed for redemption, notice having been given in the manner and under the conditions hereinabove provided, the Bonds or part thereof called for redemption shall be due and payable at the redemption price provided therefor, plus accrued interest to such date. If moneys sufficient to pay the redemption price of the Bonds or part thereof to be redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption are held at such place as USDA may designate (or, if the Bond or Bonds to be redeemed shall have been assigned by USDA, at the corporate trust office of U.S. Bank National Association in Raleigh, North Carolina, pursuant to Section 2 hereof) in trust for such purpose, interest on the Bonds or part thereof called for redemption shall cease to accrue, such Bond, Bonds or part thereof shall cease to be entitled to any benefits or security under this resolution or to be deemed outstanding, and the registered owners of such Bond, Bonds or part thereof shall have no rights in respect thereof except to receive payment of the redemption price thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. If an installment of principal of the Bonds shall be redeemed, the Bond Registrar shall direct the registered owner thereof to evidence such redemption by appropriate notation on a schedule to be attached to such Bond for such purpose. Section 4. The Bonds, on surrender thereof at the principal office or corporate trust office of the Bond Registrar, together with an assignment duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney or legal representative in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, may, at the option of the registered owner thereof, be exchanged for Bonds having maturities corresponding to the maturities of the installments of principal of such Bonds then unpaid issuable in fully registered form in the denomination of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and bearing interest at the same rate. The transfer of the Bond or Bonds may be registered by the registered owner thereof only upon an execution of an assignment thereof duly executed by such registered owner or his attorney or legal representative. Notice of such assignment shall be given promptly by the assignor to the Bond Registrar by registered mail, such notice to be in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, and upon PPAB 20378760 receipt of such notice, such Bond or Bonds shall be registered as to both principal and interest on such registration books in the name of the assignee named in such notice. The transfer of any bond issued in exchange for the Bond or Bonds as provided above may be registered only upon the registration books of the District upon the surrender thereof to the Bond Registrar together with an assignment duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney or legal representative in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Bond Registrar. Upon any such registration of transfer, the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such Bond or Bonds a new bond or bonds, registered in the name of the transferee, of any denomination or denominations authorized by this resolution, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed principal amount of such Bond or Bonds so surrendered, of the same maturity and bearing interest at the same rate. In all cases in which the Bond or Bonds shall be exchanged or the transfer of the Bond or Bonds shall be registered hereunder and a new bond or bonds are to be delivered in exchange therefor, the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver at the earliest practicable time bonds in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. All Bonds surrendered in any such exchange or registration of transfer shall forthwith be canceled by the Bond Registrar. The Bond Registrar shall not be required to make any such exchange or registration of transfer of (a) any Bond or Bonds during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Bonds or any portion thereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (b) any Bond or Bonds called for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Section 3 of this resolution. As to any Bond, the person in whose name the same shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of or on account of the principal or redemption price of any such Bond and the interest on any such Bond 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 Bond, including the redemption premium, if any, and interest thereon, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. The District shall appoint such registrars, transfer agents, depositaries or other agents as may be necessary for the registration, registration of transfer and exchange of Bonds within a reasonable time according to then current commercial standards and for the timely payment of installments of principal and interest with respect to the Bond or Bonds. The Finance Officer of the County, acting on behalf of the District, is hereby appointed the registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the "Bond Registrar ") for the Bonds, subject to the right of the governing body of the District to appoint another Bond Registrar, and as such shall keep at his office the books of the District for the registration, registration of transfer, exchange and payment of the Bonds as provided in this resolution; provided, however, that, in the event that the Bond or Bonds of a series registered in the name of USDA are assigned, the paying agent with respect to the Bond or Bonds of such series shall be U.S. Bank National Association, in the City of Raleigh, North Carolina. Section 5. The Bonds shall bear the manual or facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Board (the "Chairman ") and the Clerk to the Board, both acting on behalf of the District, and the corporate sea] or a facsimile of the corporate seal of the District or the County shall be impressed or imprinted, as the case may be, on the Bonds. The certificate of the Local Government Commission of North Carolina to be endorsed on the Bonds shall bear the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of said Commission, and the C-1 PPAB 2037876x3 certificate of authentication of the Bond Registrar to be endorsed on the Bonds shall be executed as provided hereinafter. If any officer of the County, acting on behalf of the District, or the Local Government Commission of North Carolina whose manual or facsimile signature appears on the Bonds ceases to be such officer before the delivery of such Bonds, such manual or facsimile signature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery, and the Bonds may bear the manual or facsimile signatures of such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such Bonds are the proper officers to sign such Bonds although at the date of such Bonds such persons may not have been such officers. No Bond is valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefit or security under this resolution until it has been authenticated by the execution by the Bond Registrar of the certificate of authentication endorsed thereon. The Bonds and the endorsements thereon shall be in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto Section 6. The County Manager or the Finance Officer of the County is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the District a no- arbitrage certificate to comply with Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code "), and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder. The District covenants to take such action as may be required by such no- arbitrage certificate and as may be required in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to cause the Bonds and all actions of the District with respect to the proceeds thereof to comply with the Code. Section 7. The Local Government Commission of North Carolina is hereby requested to sell the Bonds at private sale pursuant to G.S. 159 -123 to USDA, subject to the approval of the Chairman, acting on behalf of the District; provided, however, that (1) the purchase price of the 2013A Bonds is at least $3,449,000, and that the maximum interest rate does not exceed 3.125% per annum, (2) the purchase price of the 2013B Bonds is at least $3,937,000, and that the maximum interest rate does not exceed 3.125% per annum, (3) the purchase price of the 2013C Bonds is at least $3,239,000, and that the maximum interest rate does not exceed 2.50% per annum and (4) the purchase price of the 2013D Bonds is at least $2,586,000, and that the maximum interest rate does not exceed 2.50% per annum Section 8. The Finance Officer, acting on behalf of the District, is hereby authorized to approve the purchase price of the Bonds and the rate of interest on the Bonds in connection with the private sale of the Bonds, subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this resolution. Section 9. This resolution may be amended or supplemented, from time to time, without the consent of the holder of the Bonds if in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, such amendment or supplement would not adversely affect the interests of the registered owners of the Bonds and would not cause the interest on the Bonds to be included in the gross income of a recipient thereof for federal income tax purposes. This resolution may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the registered owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds, but a modification or amendment may not, without the express consent of any registered owner of Bonds affected, reduce the principal amount of any Bonds, reduce the interest rate payable on it, extend its maturity or the times for paying interest, change the monetary medium in which principal and interest is payable, or reduce the percentage of consent required for amendment or modification. PPAB 20378760 Any act done pursuant to a modification or amendment consented to by the registered owners of the Bonds is binding on all holders of the Bonds and will not be deemed an infringement of any of the provisions of this resolution, whatever the character of the act may be, and may be done and performed as fully and freely as if expressly permitted by the terms of this resolution, and after consent has been given, no registered owner of the Bonds has any right or interest to object to the action, to question its propriety or to enjoin or restrain the District from taking any action pursuant to a modification or amendment. If the District proposes an amendment or supplemental resolution to this resolution requiring the consent of the registered owners of the Bonds, the District shall cause notice of the proposed amendment to be sent to each registered owner by first -class mail, postage prepaid, to the address of such registered owner as it appears on the registration books; but the failure to receive such notice by mail by any registered owner, or any defect in the mailing thereof, will not affect the validity of any proceedings pursuant hereto. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed amendment and shall state that copies thereof are on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board for inspection by the registered owners. If, within 60 days or such longer period as shall be prescribed by the District following the giving of such notice, the registered owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding have consented to the proposed amendment, the amendment will be effective as of the date stated in the notice. Section 10. This resolution is effective on its passage. On motion of Vice Chairman House, seconded by Commissioner Springle, the foregoing resolution entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF HARNETT, NORTH CAROLINA, SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $3,449,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013A, $3,937,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013B, $3,239,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013C AND $2,586,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013D OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY" was duly adopted by the following vote: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 PPAB 20378760 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ss: COUNTY OF HARNETT 1, MARGARET REGINA WHEELER, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of the County of Harnett, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of a resolution entitled "RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF HARNETT, NORTH CAROLINA, SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $3,449,000 GENERAL. OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013A, $3,937,000 GENERAL. OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013B, $3,239,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013C AND $2,586,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER AND SEWER BONDS, SERIES 2013D OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT OF HARNETT COUNTY" adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Harnett, North Carolina at a special meeting duly held on the 15" day of January, 2013. WITNESS my hand and the corporate seal of the County of Harnett, North Carolina, this the 15ih day of January, 2013. ,`�Cr�I� htA'M1ai�� /h6 PPAB 2037876v3 MARG RETREGIN WHEELER Clerk tI the Board f Commissioners County of Harnett, North Carolina