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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-06-01 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of Batesville, Arkansas (the "City") , a city of the first class, owns and operates, by and through the Batesville Utilities Commission (the "Commission") a Waterworks and Sewer System ("System") ; and WHEREAS, the City has outstanding an issue of Water and Sewer Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 1991 A and Series 1991 B (respectively herein the "Series 1991 A Bonds" and the "Series 1991 B Bonds" ; and WHEREAS, the City can realize substantial debt service savings by discharging and refinancing the Series 1991 A Bonds; and WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of the refinancing, provision of required reserves and necessary expenses incidental thereto and to the issuance of bonds is approximately $5, 320, 000; and WHEREAS, the City has funds available from the discharge of the Series 1991 A Bonds for payment of a portion of the costs involved; and WHEREAS, the City has made arrangements for the sale of its $4 , 500 , 000 in principal amount of Water and Sewer Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1995 (the "Series 1995 Bonds") for the purpose of financing, with other available funds, the refunding of the Series 1991 A Bonds; and WHEREAS, the requirements for the issuance of bonds on a parity of pledge and security with the Series 1991 B Bonds have been satisfied. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas: Section 1 . The sale of the Series 1995 Bonds to T.J. Raney & Sons, a division of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (the "Underwriter") pursuant to the terms and conditions set out in the Bond Purchase Agreement relating thereto, which has been submitted to and is before the City Council, at a price of 98 . 70% of the principal amount, less original issue discount in the amount of i $8 , 069 , plus accrued interest for Series 1995 Bonds bearing interest, maturing and otherwise subject to the terms and provisions hereafter in this Ordinance set forth in detail are hereby approved and confirmed. The Bond Purchase Agreement is 0 approved and the Mayor is authorized to execute and deliver it on behalf of the City. Section 2 . Under the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, Title 14 , Chapter 164 , Subchapter 4 and Title 14 , Chapter 231, Subchapter 1 and decisions of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, including City of Harrison v. Braswell , 209 Ark. 1094 , 194 S.W. 2d 12 (1946) , City of Batesville, Arkansas Water and Sewer Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1995 , are hereby authorized and ordered issued in the principal amount of $4 , 500, 000 for the purpose of refunding the Series 1991 A Bonds and paying necessary expenses incidental thereto and to the issuance of the Series 1995 Bonds. The Bonds shall be dated July 1, 1995, with interest payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 1996, shall be numbered consecutively from 1 upward, in order of issuance, and shall be in the denomination of $5, 000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Series 1995 Bonds shall mature (on February 1) and bear interest, and principal and interest is payable on the Series 1995 Bonds, as follows: • • j-dayMs"5.00 -2- Interest Date Principal Rate M Interest Total 02/01/96 $60, 000 . 00 4 . 00 $132 , 794 . 38 $192 , 794 . 38 08/01/96 112 , 623 . 75 112 , 623 . 75 01/01/97 190, 000 . 00 4 . 20 112 , 623 . 75 302 , 623 . 75 08/01/97 108 , 633 . 75 108 , 633 . 75 02/01/98 200, 000 . 00 4 . 35 108 , 633 . 75 308 , 633 . 75 08/01/98 104 , 283 . 75 104 , 283 . 75 02/01/99 210, 000 . 00 4 . 45 104 , 283 . 75 314 , 283 . 75 08/01/99 99 , 611 . 25 99 , 611 . 25 02/01/00 220, 000 . 00 4 . 55 99 , 611 . 25 319 , 611. 25 08/01/00 94 , 606 . 25 94 , 606 . 25 02/01/01 225 , 000 . 00 4 . 65 94 , 606 . 25 319 , 606. 25 08/01/01 89 , 375 . 00 89, 375 . 00 02/01/02 240, 000 . 00 4 . 75 89, 375 . 00 329, 375. 00 08/01/02 83 , 675 . 00 83 , 675 . 00 02/01/03 250, 000 . 00 4 . 85 83 , 675 . 00 333 , 675 . 00 08/01/03 77 , 612 . 50 77 , 612 . 50 02/01/04 260, 000 . 00 4 . 95 77 , 612 . 50 337 , 612 . 50 08/01/04 71, 177 . 50 71, 177 . 50 02/01/05 270, 000. 00 5. 05 71, 177 . 50 341, 177 . 50 08/01/05 64 , 360 . 00 64 , 360 . 00 02/01/06 290, 000. 00 5 . 20 64 , 360 . 00 354 , 360. 00 08/01/06 56, 820 . 00 56, 820 . 00 02/01/07 305, 000 . 00 5 . 25 56 , 820 . 00 361, 820. 00 08/01/07 48 , 813 . 75 48 , 813 . 75 02/01/08 320, 000 . 00 5 . 35 48 , 813 . 75 368 , 813 . 75 08/01/08 40, 253 . 75 40, 253 . 75 02/01/09 335 , 000. 00 5 . 45 40 , 253 . 75 375 , 253 . 75 08/01/09 31, 125 . 00 31, 125 . 00 02/01/10 355, 000 . 00 5 . 55 31 , 125 . 00 386, 125. 00 08/01/10 21, 273 . 75 21, 273 . 75 02/01/11 375 , 000 . 00 5 . 50 21, 273 . 75 396, 273 . 75 08/01/11 10, 961 . 25 10, 961 . 25 02/01/12 395 , 000. 00 5 . 55 10 , 961 . 25 405 , 961 . 25 The Series 1995 Bonds shall be registered as to principal and interest. Principal is payable at the principal office of Bank of the Ozarks, wca (the "Trustee" and "Paying Agent") in the City of Ozark, Arkansas. Payment of interest shall be by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at the address shown on the registration book of the City maintained by the Trustee. Interest on each Series 1995 Bond shall accrue as hereinafter set forth. The Series 1995 Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity as hereinafter set forth. Section 3 . The Series 1995 Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor and City Clerk and shall have j.\1aykboie95.0D -3- 0 impressed thereon the seal of the City. The Series 1995 Bonds may be signed by the facsimile signature of the Mayor and the facsimile signature of the City Clerk. The Series 1995 Bonds are secured on a parity of lien, pledge and security with the City' s Series 1991 B Bonds and other Additional Bonds, as defined herein, and the term "Bonds" refers to and includes the Series 1995 Bonds, the Series 1991 B Bonds and any Additional Bonds outstanding hereunder. The Bonds, together with interest thereon, shall be payable solely out of the Water and Sewer Revenue Bond Fund, hereafter described, and shall be a valid claim of the holders thereof only against such fund and the amount of revenues pledged thereto or deposited therein, which revenues are hereby pledged and mortgaged for the equal and ratable payment of the Bonds and shall be used for no other purpose than to pay the principal, premium, if any, interest and Trustee's and Paying Agent' s fees on and in connection with the Bonds. The Bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City within any constitutional or statutory limitation. Section 4 . The Series 1995 Bonds shall be in substantially the following form and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby expressly authorized and directed to make all recitals contained therein: (W • jw%kayftwO.OD -4- 0 (Form of Bond) REGISTERED REGISTERED No. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF INDEPENDENCE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS WATER AND SEWER REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 1995 Interest Rate: % Maturity Date: Dated Date: Registered•Owner: Principal Amount: Dollars ($ ) CUSIP No. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Batesville, Arkansas (the "City") , for value received, hereby promises to pay, but solely from the source as hereinafter provided and not otherwise, to the Registered Owner shown above, upon the presentation and surrender hereof at the principal corporate office of Bank of the Ozarks, wca in the City of Ozark, Arkansas, or its successor or successors, as Trustee and as Paying Agent (herein referred to as the "Trustee") , on the Maturity Date shown above, the Principal Amount shown above, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay by check or draft interest thereon, but solely from the source as hereinafter provided and not otherwise, in like coin or currency from the Dated Date shown above at the Interest Rate per annum shown above, payable semiannually on the 1st days of February and August of each year, until payment of such principal sum or, if this Series 1995 Bond or a portion thereof shall be duly called for redemption, until the date fixed for redemption, and to pay interest on overdue principal and interest (to the extent legally enforceable) at the rate borne by this Series 1995 Bond. Payment of each installment of interest shall be made to the person in whose name this Series 1995 Bond is registered on the registration books of the City maintained by the Trustee at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a business day) next preceding each interest payment date (the "Record Date") , irrespective of any transfer or exchange of this Series 1995 Bond subsequent to such Record Date and prior to such interest payment date. Interest in this Series 1995 Bond shall be payable from the interest payment date next preceding the date on which this Series 1995 Bond is authenticated unless this Series 1995 Bond is authenticated on an interest payment date, in which case it shall jwAmy%Wc95.0D -5- bear interest from such date, or unless this Series 1995 Bond is authenticated prior to February 1, 1996 , in which case it shall bear interest from the Dated Date, or unless this Bond is authenticated during the period from the Record Date to the next interest payment date, in which case it shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless at the time of authentication of this Series 1995 Bond interest is in default hereon, in which case it shall bear interest from the date to which interest has been paid. This Series 1995 Bond is one of an issue of City of Batesville, Arkansas Water and Sewer Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1995 , aggregating Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4 , 500, 000) , in principal amount (the "Series 1995 Bonds") , issued for the purpose of refinancing outstanding indebtedness secured by revenues derived from the City's municipal water and sewer system (the "System") . THE SERIES 1995 BONDS ARE ISSUED PURSUANT TO AND IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY TITLE 14 , CHAPTER 164 , SUBCHAPTER 4 , AND TITLE 14 , CHAPTER 231, SUBCHAPTER 1 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE OF 1987 ANNOTATED AND DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, INCLUDING CITY OF HARRISON V. BRASWELL 209 ARK. 1094 , 194 S.W. 2d 12 (1946) , AND PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. , DULY ADOPTED AND APPROVED ON ' 1995 AND ORDINANCE NO. 91-11-1, DULY ADOPTED AND APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 12 , 1991 (collectively, THE "AUTHORIZING ORDINANCE") , AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY WITHIN ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY LIMITATION. The Series 1995 Bonds are secured on a parity of lien, pledge and security with the City's outstanding Refunding and Improvement Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1991 B (the "Series 1991 B Bonds") and with any Additional Bonds, if any, issued under the Authorizing Ordinance, and the term "Bonds" herein includes the Series 1995 Bonds, the Series 1991 B Bonds and any Additional Bonds outstanding. The Bonds are not general obligations of the City but are special obligations secured by a pledge of revenues derived from the operation of the System. An amount of revenues of the System sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds has been duly pledged for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on and interest on the Bonds. Reference is hereby made to the Authorizing Ordinance for a detailed statement of the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are issued, of the nature and extent of the security for the Bonds, and the rights and obligations of the City, the Trustee and the bondholders. (REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF WHICH HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE. ) THE CITY HAS DESIGNATED THIS SERIES 1995 BOND AS A "QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATION" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 265 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. �r jw4ay%mac95.0o -6- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Batesville, Arkansas has caused this Series 1995 Bond to be executed by its Mayor and City Clerk, their facsimile signatures thereunto duly authorized and its corporate seal to be impressed, lithographed or imprinted on this Series 1995 Bond. CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS ATTEST: By (facsimile signature) (facsimile signature) Mayor City Clerk (SEAL) (Reverse Side of Bond) CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS WATER AND SEWER REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 1995 The Series 1995 Bonds or portions thereof may be redeemed at the option of the City, from funds from any source, in inverse order of maturity (and by lot within a maturity in such manner as the Trustee shall determine) , in whole on any date and in part (in integral multiples of $5000) on any interest payment date, on and after February 1, 2001, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date. Notice of redemption identifying the Series 1995 Bonds or portions thereof (which shall be $5, 000 or a multiple thereof) to be redeemed shall be given by the Trustee, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption, by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, to all registered owners of Series 1995 Bonds to be redeemed. Failure to mail an appropriate notice or any such notice to one or more registered owners of Series 1995 Bonds to be redeemed shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption of other Series 1995 Bonds as to which notice of redemption is duly given in proper and timely fashion. All such Series 1995 Bonds or portions thereof thus called for redemption and for the retirement of which funds are duly provided in accordance with the Authorizing Ordinance prior to the date fixed for redemption will cease to bear interest on such redemption date. With respect to notice of redemption of Series 1995 Bonds at the option of the City, unless moneys sufficient to pay the principal of the premium, if any, and interest on the Series 1995 Bonds to be redeemed shall have been received by the Trustee prior to the giving of such notice, the notice shall state that redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt of such moneys by the Trustee on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption. If ( such moneys shall not have been so received, such notice shall be err jw\Iaq,b w95.00 -7- of no force and effect, the City shall not redeem such Series 1995 Bonds and the Trustee shall give notice, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such moneys were not so received. This Series 1995 Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof in person or by his attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Authorizing Ordinance, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Series 1995 Bond. Upon such transfer a new fully registered Series 1995 Bond or Bonds of the same series and maturity, of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor. This Series 1995 Bond is issued with the intent that the laws of the State of Arkansas shall govern its construction. The City and the Trustee may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof and premium, if any, hereon and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The Series 1995 Bonds are issuable only as fully registered bonds in the denomination of $5, 000 and any integral multiple thereof . Subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Authorizing Ordinance, Series 1995 Bonds may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Series 1995 Bonds of the same maturity of other authorized denominations. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the Series 1995 Bonds do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law; that the indebtedness represented by the Series 1995 Bonds, together with all obligations of the City, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation; and that the above referred to revenues pledged to the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 1995 Bonds as the same become due and payable will be sufficient in amount for that purpose. This Series 1995 Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Authorizing Ordinance until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee. j.�k.y%ate95.0D —8— 0 ® (Form of Trustee's Certificate) TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Series 1995 Bond is one of the Bonds designated Water and Sewer Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1995 , in and issued under the provisions of the within mentioned Authorizing Ordinance. BANK OF THE OZARKS, wca Ozark, Arkansas TRUSTEE By Authorized Signature DATE OF AUTHENTICATION: (Form of Assignment) ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ("Transferor") , hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto , the within bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints as attorney to transfer the within bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of substitution in the premises. DATE: Transferor GUARANTEED BY: NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution acceptable to the Trustee. Section 5 . The rates charged for services of the System heretofore fixed by ordinances the City, duly adopted, and the conditions, rights and obligations pertaining thereto, as set out in those ordinances, are hereby ratified, confirmed and continued. Section 6 . The Series 1995 Bonds are being issued on a parity of lien, pledge and security with the City' s Series 1991 B j-,kay1b.ie95.0D -9- Bonds, which are issued and secured under Ordinance No. 91-11-1, adopted and approved November 12 , 1991 (the "Basic Ordinance") . The Series 1995 Bonds are issued as "Additional Bonds" under the Basic Ordinance. Accordingly, the provisions of the Basic Ordinance are incorporated herein to secure and provide for the payment and enforcement of the Series 1995 Bonds, including without limitation, those pertaining to the maintenance of rates (Section 7) , the maintenance of various funds and a Debt Service Reserve (Sections 9 to 12 , inclusive) , the issuance of Additional Bonds (Section 14) , default and remedies consequent thereon (Section 20) , amendment (Section 21) and investment of funds (Section 22) . The Series 1995 Bonds shall be secured pursuant to the Basic Ordinance, regardless of the discharge of the Series 1991 B Bonds. Section 7 . Section 14 of the Basic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 14 . So long as any Bonds are outstanding under the provisions of this Ordinance, the City shall not issue or attempt to issue any bonds claimed to be entitled to a priority of lien on System Revenues over the lien securing such Bonds. The City reserves the right to issue Additional Bonds to finance or refinance the cost of constructing any future extensions, betterments or improvements to the System, but the City shall not authorize or issue any such Additional Bonds ranking on a parity with the outstanding Bonds unless and until there shall have been procured and filed with the Trustee a statement by an independent certified public accountant not in the regular employ of the City reciting the opinion, based upon necessary investigation, that Net Revenues for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which it is proposed to issue such Additional Bonds shall equal not less than 120% of the maximum annual principal and interest requirements on all the then outstanding Bonds payable from System Revenues and the Additional Bonds then proposed to be issued. For the purposes of the computation required by this paragraph, additional amounts may be added to the Net Revenues of the completed fiscal year immediately preceding the issuance of Additional Bonds, as follows: If, prior to the issuance of the Additional Bonds and subsequent to the first day of such preceding fiscal year, the City shall have increased its rates or charges imposed for services of the System there may be added to the Net Revenues of such fiscal year the additional Net Revenues which would have been received from the operation of the System during such fiscal year had such increase been in effect throughout such fiscal year, as reflected by a certificate of a duly qualified consulting engineer not in the regular employ of the City and approved by the Trustee. " Section 8 . When the Series 1995 Bonds have been executed and the seal of the City impressed as herein provided, they shall be delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate them and deliver them to the Underwriter upon payment in cash of j-k.y�mw95.00 -10- the purchase price of $4 , 433 , 431 plus accrued interest from July 1, 1995, to the date of delivery ("total sale proceeds") plus funds provided by the Commission. The Trustee shall disburse such funds as set forth in detail in a letter of delivery instructions and delivered to the Trustee as follows: (1) The Trustee shall deposit the amount of the accrued interest in the Bond Fund. (2) The Trustee shall deposit the amount necessary to refund Series 1991 A Bonds into a special trust account for the retirement of the Series 1991 A Bonds. (3) The Trustee shall deposit the sum of $450 , 000 into the Debt Service Reserve. (4) The Trustee shall pay such costs of issuance of the Series 1995 Bonds as shall be specified in the letter of delivery instructions. Section 9 . (a) The City covenants that it shall not take any action or suffer or permit any action to be taken or condition to exist which causes or may cause the interest payable on the Bonds to be subject to federal income taxation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the City represents and covenants that the proceeds of the Bonds and System revenues will not be used directly or indirectly in such manner as to cause the Bonds to be treated as "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended (the "Code") . The City covenants to pay to the United States Treasury any arbitrage rebate due under Section 148 of the Code at the times required by Section 148 of the Code, if any be required. (b) The City shall assure that (1) not in excess of ten percent (10%) of the Net Proceeds of the Bonds is used for Private Business Use if, in addition, the payment of more than ten percent (10%) of the principal or ten percent (10%) of the interest due on the Bonds during the term thereof is, under the terms of the Bonds or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly secured by any interest in property used or to be used for a Private Business Use or in payments in respect of property used or to be used for a Private Business Use or is to be derived from payments, whether or not to the City, in respect of property or borrowed moneys used or to be used for a Private Business Use; and ( ii) that, in the event that both (A) in excess of five percent (5%) of the Net Proceeds of the Bonds are used for a Private Business Use, and (B) an amount in excess of five percent (5%) of the principal or five percent (5%) of the interest due on the Bonds during the term thereof is, under the terms of the Bonds or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly, secured by any interest in property used or to be used for a Private Business Use or in payments in respect of property used or to be used for a Private Business Use or is to be derived from payments, whether or not to the City, in respect of property fir► ;w�ey�batcas.on -11- or borrowed money used or to be used for a Private Business Use, the excess over such five percent (5%) of Net Proceeds of the Bonds used for a Private Business Use shall be used for a Private Business Use related to the governmental use of the System. The City shall assure that not in excess of five percent (5%) of the Net Proceeds of the Bonds is used, directly or indirectly, to make or finance a loan to persons other than state or local governmental units. As used in this subsection (b) , the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Net Proceeds" means the face amount of the Bonds, plus accrued interest and premium, if any, less original issue discount, if any, less any amount deposited into the Debt Service Reserve which is derived from the sale proceeds of the Bonds. "Private Business Use" means use directly or indirectly in a trade or business carried on by a natural person or in any activity carried on by a person other than a natural person, excluding, however, use by a state or local governmental unit and use as a member of the general public. (c) The Series 1995 Bonds are hereby designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265 of the Code. The City represents and covenants that the aggregate principal amount of its qualified tax-exempt obligations (excluding "private activity bonds" within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code which are not "qualified 501 (c) (3) bonds" within the meaning of Section 145 of the Code) , including those of its subordinate entities, to be issued in the current calendar year does not and will not exceed $10, 000, 000 . The City further represents that (i) it does not reasonably expect that the aggregate principal amount of its tax-exempt obligations (including the Series 1995 Bonds but not including "private activity bonds" within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code) , including those of its subordinate entities, issued in the current calendar year will exceed $5, 000, 000 and (ii) the Series 1991 A Bonds were treated as meeting the requirements of Section 148 (f) (2) and (f) (3) by virtue of Section 148 (f) (4) (D) of the Code and (iv) the average maturity date of the Series 1995 Bonds does not exceed that of the Series 1991 A Bonds and (v) the aggregate principal amount of the tax-exempt obligations issued by the City (including subordinate entities) during the year 1991 (not including "private activity bonds" within the meaning of 141 of the Code, and not including the Series 1991 B Bonds, did not exceed $5, 000, 000 . (d) The City covenants that it will take no action which would cause the Series 1995 Bonds to be "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of Section 149 (b) of the Code; specifically, (A) AayMaicO.OD -12- the payment of any portion of principal or interest with respect to the Series 1995 Bonds will not be guaranteed (directly or indirectly) by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof and (B) not more than 5% of the proceeds of the Series 1995 Bonds (exclusive of proceeds invested for an initial temporary period until needed for the purpose for which the Series 1995 Bonds were issued and proceeds deposited into the Bond Fund) will be invested (directly or indirectly) in federally insured deposits or accounts. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit investments in obligations issued by the United States Treasury. (e) The City covenants that it will submit to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, not later than the 15th day of the second calendar month after the close of the calendar quarter in which the Series 1995 Bonds are issued, the statement required by Section 149 (e) of the Code. Section 10. Nothing in this Ordinance expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the City, the Trustee, and the registered owners of the Bonds, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Ordinance or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof, and all covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Ordinance contained by and on behalf of the City shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City, the Trustee, and the registered owners of the Bonds . (W Section 11. The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be separable and if any provision shall for any reason be held illegal or invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the Ordinance. Section 12 . This Ordinance shall not create any right of any kind and no right of any kind shall arise hereunder pursuant to it until the Series 1995 Bonds shall be issued and delivered. Section 13 . All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 14 . It is hereby ascertained and declared that the refunding of the Series 1991 A Bonds is subject to interest rate fluctuations, which are unpredictable, and that the issuance of the Series 1995 Bonds and the taking of the other action authorized by this Ordinance is necessary for the accomplishment thereof. It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists and this Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. iwNmy�bWe93.UU -13- PASSED: 1995 . (W APPROVED: ATTEST: 10(,)A �,� �1 .��'1� ayor City Clerk (SEAL) iw�my%aw9S.00 -14- (w, CERTIFICATE The undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, hereby certifies that the foregoing pages are a true and correct copy of Ordinance , adopted at a z_ session of the Council of the City of Batesville, Arkans s, held at the regular meeting place of the Council in the City at m. , on the ` 9 day of _i` C( 1995 , and that said Ordinance is of record in Ordinance Record Book No. C- Page now in my possession. GIVEN under my hand and seal this day of 1995. City Clerk (SEAL) jw�my\b.te95.0o -15-