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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-506-05/29/2012 (This Notice to be posted) NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING Governmental Body: The City Council of Waterloo, Iowa. Date of Meeting: May 29, 2012. Time of Meeting: 5:30 o'clock P.M. Place of Meeting: Council Chambers, City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above mentioned governmental body will meet at the date, time and place above set out. The tentative agenda for said meeting is as follows: Not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds (GCP-6) X Public hearing on the issuance. X Resolution instituting proceedings to take additional action. Such additional matters as are set forth on the additional 5 page(s) attached hereto. This notice is given at the direction of the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, and the local rules of said governmental body. �n n/e}----, Suzy Schar s, City Clerk, Waterloo, Iowa - 1 - May 29, 2012 The City Council of Waterloo, Iowa, met in regular session, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:30 o'clock P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Ernest G. Clark, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Cole, Getty, Jones, Greenwood, Schmitt, Welper, Hart Absent: none - 2 - The Mayor announced that this was the time for meeting on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 of general obligation bonds in order to provide funds to pay costs of the acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping city facilities, including a new public works building; general corporate purposes; and that notice of the proposal to issue said bonds and the right to petition for an election had been published as provided by Section 384.26 of the City Code of Iowa. The Mayor then asked the Clerk whether any petition had been filed in the Clerk's Office, as contemplated in Section 384.26 of the City Code of Iowa, and the Clerk reported that no such petition had been filed, requesting that the question of issuing said bonds be submitted to the qualified electors of the City. Whereupon, the Mayor declared the hearing on the issuance of said bonds to be closed. Whereupon, Council Member Cole introduced and delivered to the Clerk the Resolution hereinafter set out entitled "RESOLUTION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS TO TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS", and moved: that the Resolution be adopted. to ADJOURN and defer action on the Resolution and the proposal to institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds to the meeting to be held at o'clock_.M. on the day of , 2012, at this place. Council Member Hart seconded the motion. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Cole, Getty, Jones, Greenwood, Schmitt, Welper, Hart NAYS: none Whereupon, the Mayor declared the measure duly adopted. - 3 - RESOLUTION NO. 2012-506 RESOLUTION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS TO TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHEREAS, pursuant to notice published as required by law, the Council has held a public meeting and hearing upon the proposal to institute proceedings for the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds for general corporate purposes, in order to provide funds to pay costs of the acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping city facilities, including a new public works building, and no petition was filed calling for a referendum thereon. The following action is now considered to be in the best interests of the City and residents thereof: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WAl'1 RLOO, IOWA: Section 1. That this Council does hereby institute proceedings and take additional action for the authorization and issuance in the manner required by law of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds for the foregoing general corporate purposes. Section 2. This Resolution shall serve as a declaration of official intent under Treasury Regulation 1.150-2 and shall be maintained on file as a public record of such intent. It is reasonably expected that the general fund moneys may be advanced from time to time for capital expenditures which are to be paid from the proceeds of the above Bonds. The amounts so advanced shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of the Bonds not later than eighteen months after the initial payment of the capital expenditures or eighteen months after the property is placed in service. Such advancements shall not exceed the amount authorized in this Resolution unless the same are for preliminary expenditures or unless another declaration of intention is adopted. Section 3. The Clerk and Chief Financial Officer are authorized and directed to proceed on behalf of the City with the sale of said Bonds, to select a date for the sale thereof, to cause to be prepared such notice and sale information as may appear appropriate, to publish and distribute the same on behalf of the City and this Council and otherwise to take all action necessary to permit the sale of said Bonds on a basis favorable to the City and acceptable to the Council. - 4 - PASSED AND APPROVED this 29th day of May, 2012. Let4tt-eX— : Ernest G. Clark, Mayor AT'EST: Suzy Schares, City Clerk - 5 - CIG-3 CERTIFICA 1'h STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the corporate records of said Municipality showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by said Council with respect to said matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council (a copy of the face sheet of said agenda being attached hereto) pursuant to the local rules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by said law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective city offices as indicated therein, that no Council vacancy existed except as may be stated in said proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Municipality hereto affixed this 29th day of May, 2012. Suzy Schaff s, City Clerk, Waterloo, Iowa SEAL 00868652-1\11310-095 - 6 -