Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the issuance of unlimited tax bonds in the amount of not to exceed $69,600,000.00 for sanitary sewer projects . The bond sale will be conducted on a negotiated basis with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., as senior manager, and J.P. Morgan Securities, co-senior manager.
Title
To authorize the issuance of unlimited tax bonds in the amount of not to exceed $69,600,000 for sanitary sewer improvements ($69,600,000). Section 55(B) of the City Charter.
Body
WHEREAS, at the election held on November 4, 2008 on the proposition of issuing bonds for the purpose hereinafter stated in the sum of Five Hundred Fifty-One Million Nine Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($551,970,000) and levying taxes outside the ten mill limitation to pay the principal and interest on such bonds, the majority of those voting on the proposition voted in favor thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is now deemed necessary to issue and sell up to $69,600,000 of bonds under authority of the general laws of the State of Ohio, and in particular Section 133.23 of the Ohio Revised Code, for the purpose acquiring real estate and interests in real estate, landscaping and making site improvements, expanding and improving existing wastewater treatment facilities, constructing new wastewater treatment facilities, acquiring and improving instrumentation and control systems, sewer lines, pumping stations, lagoons and levees, constructing storm and sanitary sewer septations, wetlands, bioswales, rain gardens and vegetated roofs, and acquiring related machinery, equipment and appurtenances; and
WHEREAS, the City Auditor has certified to this Council that the estimated life of the improvement stated above which is to be financed from the proceeds of said bonds exceeds five (5) years and the maximum maturity of said bonds is twenty-five (25) years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. Bonds of the City of Co...
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