Explanation
To authorize the issuance of unlimited tax bonds in the amount of $2,380,000 for refuse collection. This bond sale will be conducted on a competitive basis and is a cooperative effort of the Department of Finance and the City Auditor's Office.
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Authorizing the issuance of unlimited tax bonds in the amount of $2,380,000 for refuse collection ($2,380,000)
Section 55(B) of the City Charter.
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WHEREAS, at the election held on November 2, 1999 on the proposition of issuing bonds for the purpose hereinafter stated in the sum of Ten Million Six Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($10,675,000) 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 $2,380,000 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 of acquiring, constructing and improving facilities for the Division of Refuse Collection, including but not limited to sanitation trucks, containers and related equipment; 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 equals five (5) years and the maximum maturity of said bonds is five (5) years;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. Bonds of the City of Columbus, Ohio (the "Municipality") shall be issued in the principal sum of Two Million Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($2,380,000) (the "Bonds") for the purpose set forth above and for paying the cost of advertising, printing and legal services and other costs incidental thereto. The Bonds shall be issued in one lot.
Section 2. There shall be and is hereby levied annually on all the taxable property in ...
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