HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - O-79-204 - 08/20/1979 - AUTHORIZE ISSUE $1 150 000 WS REV BONDSOrdinance No. 0-79-204
AN ORDINANCE authorizing an issue of
f1,150,000 Waterworks and Sewerage
Revenue Bonds, Series of 1979, of the
City of McHenry, McHenry County,
Illinois, and providing for the pay-
ment and delivery thereof.
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois,
has for many years long past owned and operated 1-n its govern-
mental capacity a waterworks system and a sanitary sewerage system
serving the needs of said City and has combined said systems into
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a combined waterworks and sewerage system (said combined water-
works and sewerage system hereinafter, together with improvements,
extensions and repairs authorized by this ordinance, and all
further improvements and extensions thereof, or replacements there-
to, herein called the "system"); and
WHEREAS, the governing body of said City has heretofore
approved all plans, maps, files and specifications for the con-
struction of needed improvements and expansion to said system to
efficiently collect and dispose of the domestic and industrial
wastes and their products within said City in the best interests
of the public health and sanitation of said City, and has deter-
mined that said City will need to borrow funds to pay, with other
funds to be made available therefor, the costs of said improve-
ments and expansion and the income and revenue to be derived from
the operation of said system is determined adequate to provide
for the payment of bonds herein proposed to be issued; and
WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of such improvements
and expansion, including all necessary engineering, legal and
financial costs, contingencies and bond discount, as prepared by
engineers for same is the sum of $1,390,000, and the City does not
have sufficient funds on hand to pay the cost thereof and, in order
to raise the funds to construct said improvements and extensions,
it will be necessary for the City to borrow money and issue revenue
bonds in the principal amount of $1,150,000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did adopt an ordinance on
March 19,1956, authorizing and providing for the issue of $179,000
Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds, Series. of 1956, of which
bonds in the amount of $722000 are now outstanding; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did adopt an ordinance on
November 3, 1975, authorizing and providing for the issue of
$193,000 Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds, dated November 1,
1975, of which bonds in the amount of $123,000 are now outstanding;
and
WHEREAS, said $123,000 Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue
Bonds, dated November 1, 1975, will be refunded and paid from funds
on hand and lawfully available therefor, leaving outstanding only
said Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds, Series of 1956; and
WHREAS, the terms of said ordinance adopted on March
19, 1956, provide that additional bonds on a parity with the out-
standing revenue bonds may be issued if the gross cash operating
revenues for the last fiscal year ending April 30 immediately
preceding the authorizing of any such additional bonds were suffi-
cient to pay all costs of operation and maintenance, to make the
annual payments to the Depreciation Account and to -the Bond Reserve
.Account, and to make up any and all deficiencies then existing
and leave a balance equal to one and one -tenth (1-1/10) times
the maximum amount of principal and interest that will become due
in any fiscal year subsequent to the issuance of additional bonds
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CITY OF WHENRY
on the then outstanding revenue bonds and on the additional bonds
then proposed to be issued; and
WHEREAS, the revenues of the system for the last fiscal
year computed in the manner provided in the above paragraph were
sufficient for the issuance of the additional parity bonds here-
inafter proposed to be issued; and
WHEREAS, the revenues of the system have not been
pledged or hypothecated in whole or in part in any manner or for
any purpose except for the payment of the outstanding bonds
authorized by said ordinances adopted on March 19, 1956 and on
November 3, 1975, respectively; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois
Municipal Code, approved May 29, 1961, as amended, this City
is authorized to'issue Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds in
an amount sufficient to pay the cost of constructing such improve-
ments and expansion, and the income and revenue derived and to
be derived from the operation of said combined waterworks and
sewerage system of said City will be fully adequate to provide
.for the payment of the outstanding bonds and the new bonds so
proposed to be issued:
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the City Council of
the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. That the existing combined waterworks and
sewerage system of this City shall be improved and expanded in
accordance with the engineering report heretofore submitted to
and approved by this Council by Baxter & Woodman, Crystal Lake, -
Illinois, Consulting Municipal Engineers, by the acquisition,
construction and installation of the following described properties,
improvements and equipment, together with all necessary appur-
tenances and connections used or useful,in connection with the
public convenience thereof, viz:
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(a) the construction of improvements to and expansion
of the existing sewage treatment plant of said City to
increase the capacity of:such plant from approximately
1,750,000 to-3,000,000 gallons per day for an increase in
population equivalent of from approximately 13,000 P/E to
25,000 P/E; and
(b) the acquisition of all necessary land or rights in
land, properties, work, materials, piping, electrical and
mechanical services, and other materials or services
necessary or advisable for the aforesaid improvement and
expansion; -
all as more fully set forth in itemized detail In said plans,
files, maps and specifications, hereinabove referred to and now
on file for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk,
and the period of usefulness of said combined waterworks and
sewerage system, including said described improvements, and
expansion is hereby determined by this City Council to be forty
(40) years from the date of the bonds herein authorized to be
issued.
Section 2. That for the purpose of accomplishing the
needful improvements to and expansion of said system as herein -
above described, there be issued and sold the bonds of said City
to be designated Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds, Series of
1979, in the principal sum of $1,150,000,_the proceeds from the
sale thereof, together with the sum of $240,000. to be made
available by said City from funds on hand and lawfully available
therefor, being hereby determined adequate to pay the estimated
costs of constructing said improvements and expansion as Yierein-
above described. The said bonds shall bear date of September 1,
1979, be of $5,000 denomination each, numbered from 1 through 230,
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and shall mature serially in numerical order on May 1 in each
of the years and in amounts as follows:
Serial
Numbers,
Year of
Both Inclusive
Maturity
1 -
17
1981
18 -
35
1982
36 -
55
1983
56 -
76
1984
77 -
98
1985
99 -
121
1986
122 -
146
1987
147 -
172
If 1988
173 -
200
1989
201 -
230
1990
Principal
Amount
$ 85,000
90,000
100,000
105,000
110,000
115,000
125,000
130,000
140,000
1503000
The said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of Six
Per Cent (6%) per annum, to be payable on May 1, 1980, and
semiannually thereafter on November 1 and May 1 in each year
until paid, and both the principal and interest on the said bonds
shall be payable -in lawful money of the United States of America
at the McHENRY STATE BANK , in the City
of 'McHenry
Illinois
Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor, sealed with
the corporate seal of said City, and attested by the City Clerk,
and the interest coupons attached to said bonds shall be executed
by the facsimile signatures of said Mayor and said City Clerk,
d said officials, by the execution of said bonds, shall adopt
as and for their own proper signatures their respective facsimile
signatures appearing on said coupons.
Said bonds, together with interest thereon, shall be
payable solely from the revenues derived from the waterworks and
sewerage system of said City, and such bonds shall not in any event
constitute an indebtedness of said City within the meaning of
any constitutional provision or any constitutional or statutory
limitation. `
Any of said bonds may be registered at the option of
the holder as to principal only, at any time prior to maturity,
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in -the name of the holder, on the books of said City in the
office of the City Treasurer, such registration to be noted on
the reverse side of, the bonds by the City Treasurer, and there-
after the principal of such registered bonds shall be payable
only to the registered holder, his legal representatives or
assigns. Such registered bonds'may be transferred to another
registered holder or back to bearer only upon presentation to
the City Treasurer, with a legal assignment duly- acknowledged
or approved. Registration of any of such bonds shall not affect
the negotiability of the coupons thereto attached, and such
coupons shall be transferable by delivery merely.
Section 3. That said bonds and coupons attached
thereto shall be in substantially the following form:
(Form of Bond)
Number
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF MC HENRY
CITY OF MC HENRY
WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE REVENUE BOND, SERIES OF 1979
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the City of
McHenry, in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, for
value received hereby promises to pay to bearer, or if this
$5,000
bond be registered as hereinafter provided, then to the registered
holder hereof, solely from the Waterworks and Sewerage Fund of
-the City of McHenry, as hereinafter mentioned and not otherwise,
the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) on May 1, 19 , and to
pay interest on such principal sum from the date hereof until paid,
at the rate of Six Per Cent (6%) per annum, payable May 1, 1980,
and semiannually thereafter on the first days of November and May
in each year, and until maturity hereof upon presentation and
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surrender -of the interest coupons hereto appertaining as they
severally mature.
Both principal of and interest on this bond are hereby
made payable in lawful money of the United States of America
at the McHENRY STATE BANK , in the City
of McHenry Illinois
This bond is payable solely from revenues derived from
the waterworks and sewerage system of said City and not other-
wise, and is issued under authority of Division 139 of Article
11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and all laws amendatory thereof
and supplementary thereto, for the purpose of paying part of the
cost, with other funds to be made available therefor, of necessary
Improvements to and expansion of the waterworks and sewerage
system of said City, and this bond does not constitute an indebted-
ness of said City within the meaning of any constitutional pro-
vision or any constitutional or statutory limitation.
Under said Code and the ordinance adopted pursuant
thereto, the entire revenue derived and to be derived from the
operation of the waterworks and sewerage system of this City
shall be deposited in a separate fund designated as the "Water-
works and Sewerage Fund of the City of McHenry," which shall be
used only for the purpose of paying the cost of operating and
maintaining such system, providing an adequate depreciation fund,
and paying the principal of and interest on the bonds of said City
that are issued under authority of said Code and are payable by
their terms only from the revenue of such system, and creating and
maintaining the several accounts established by the ordinance
authorizing the issue of -bonds of which this bond is one.
It is hereby certified and recited that all acts,
conditions and things required by the Constitution and statutes
of the State of Illinois to be done precedent to and in the
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issuance of this bond and in raising funds to promptly assure
payment thereof, have been done and have happened and have been
performed in regular and due form of law; that provision has
been made for depositing in said Waterworks and Sewerage Fund
the entire revenu-es received from the operation of said system,
to be applied in the manner as hereinabove set forth; and it
is hereby covenanted and agreed that rates will be charged
for the use and service of such system sufficient at all times
to create and maintain the several Accounts established by the
ordinance authorizing the issue of bonds of which this bond is
one.
This bond may be registered as to principal in the name
of the holder, on the books of said City in the office of the
City Treasurer, such registration to be evidenced by notation
of said Treasurer on the back hereof, and after which no transfer
hereof shall be valid unless made on said books and similarly
noted hereon, but it may be discharged from such registration
by being transferred to bearer, after which it shall be trans-
ferable by delivery, but it may be again registered as before.
The registration of this bond shall not restrict the negotiability
of the coupons by delivery merely.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said City of McHenry, McHenry County,
Illinois, by its City Council, has caused this bond to be signed
by its Mayor, its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested
by the City Clerk, and the coupons hereto attached to be signed by
the facsimile signatures of said Mayor and said City Clerk, which
officials, by the execution of this bond, do adopt as and for
their own proper signatures their respective facsimile signatures
appearing on said coupons, and this bond to be dated as of the
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first day of September, 1979.
Attest:
City Cler
Mayor
(Form of Coupon)
On the first day of 19 the City of
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, will pay to bearer out of the
Waterworks and Sewerage Fund of said City
Dollars ($ ) in lawful money of the United
States of America, at
in the of , being interest then due
on its Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bond, Series of 1979,
dated September 1, 1979, numbered
(facsimile signature)
Mayor
(facsimile signature)
City Clerk
(Form of Registration Certificate)
DaLe of Signature of
Registration In Whose Name Registered City Treasurer
Section 4. That upon the issuance of any of the
Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds herein provided for, the
entire waterworks and sewerage system of said City, for the purpose
of this ordinance, shall continue to be operated on a fiscal year
basis, commencing the first day of May and ending the last day
of April of each succeeding year, and so long as any of the bonds
herein authorized to be issued are outstanding, the entire revenues
derived from the operation of said system of said City shall be
collected and shall be set aside as collected, and shall be deposited
in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois governing the
deposit of public moneys, in a separate fund, which is hereby
maintained and continued, to be designated as the "Waterworks
and Sewerage Fund of the City of McHenry," which shall be kept
apart and segregated from all other moneys of said City and shall
be used only to maintain and continue the several accounts here-
inafter specified for the purpose of paying the cost of the
operation and maintenance of said system, providing an adequate
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depreciation reserve, and paying the principal of and interest
upon the Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds issued under the
terms of this ordinance, and such Waterworks and Sewerage Fund
shall be used only for such purposes and is hereby pledged therefor.
Section 5. For the accounting of all moneys and assets
of said Waterworks and Sewerage Fund at any time and from time to
time while any Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds herein
authorized are outstanding and unpaid, there are hereby maintained
and continued the five separate Accounts of said Fund designated
(a) the Operation and Maintenance Account, (b) the Depreciation
Account, (c) the Bond Account, (d) the Bond Reserve Account, (e)
the Surplus Account, and all deposits made to and all funds held
in each of said Accounts, respectively, shall be continuously
secured as provided by the laws of the State of Illinois governing
the deposit of public moneys and into which there shall be paid
on the first business day of each month all moneys held in said
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Waterworks and Sewer§Lge Fund in accordance with the following
provisions and in the priority of said Accounts so created and
established as follows:
(a) Operation and Maintenance Account: There first
shall be set apart and paid out of said Waterworks and Sewerage
Fund into an Operation and Maintenance Account an amount con-
sidered necessary and sufficient to pay the reasonable current
expenses of operating, repairing and maintaining,said system
for the current month.
(b) Depreciation Account: There next shall be de-
posited in the Depreciation Account a sum sufficient (including
and not in addition to the amount required to be deposited into
said Account by the provisions of the Waterworks and Sewerage
Revenue Bond ordinance adopted on March 19, 1956) to aggregate
$5,500 each year until a maximum sum of $33,000 is on deposit
.in said Account, which is hereby found and determined to be a
.reasonable amount necessary to accomplish the purpose for which
said Depreciation Account is established,. and at which figure
said Account, notwithstanding any transfer therefrom as herein
permitted, shall thereafter be continuously maintained. The
moneys in said Account shall be used to pay the cost of necessary
replacements to the system, and shall not be used for extensions
to said system, except that the funds held in said Depreciation
Account to the extent necessary to prevent or remedy a default
in the payment of the interest on or principal of the bonds herein
authorized shall be used and held for use for that purpose, and
shall be transferred to the Bond Account, and whenever such a
transfer is made, the amount so transferred shall be added to the
next deposit to be made, and thereafter until full reimbursement
to said Depreciation Account has been made.
The moneys in said Depreciation Account may be invested
and reinvested in bonds or other obligations of the United States
Government maturing within five (5) years from the date of purchase
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as may be authorized from time to time by resolution of the
City Council of said City.
(c) Bond Account: 'There next shall be deposited in
the Bond Account, Rhich shall be maintained at a depositary to
be designated from time to time by the City Council,for the
purpose of paying the maturing principal of and the interest
accruing on the Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds issued
under the terms of this ordinance, an amount at least equal to
one -sixth (1/6th) of the interest becoming due on all outstanding
Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds on the next succeeding
interest payment date and amount equal to one -twelfth (1/12th)
of the principal becoming due on the next succeeding principal
payment date, such equal monthly installments for principal and
interest to produce not less than the following minimum amounts
in each fiscal year:
Fiscal Year Ending Principal
April 30 and Interest
1980
$ 56,88o
1981
164,560
1982
164,140
1983
169,420
1984
1683060
1985
167,400
1986
165,400
1987
168,loo
1988
1553200
1989
157,400
1990
159,000
It is the express intent and determination of this City
- Council that the amount of said income and revenue so to be set
aside and deposited into said Bond Account shall be in any event
always sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds as the same
becomes due and the principal thereof as the same matures, and
there shall be deposited out of such income and revenue received
from the operation of said system from month to month during each
such fiscal year, without further authotization from this City
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Council, sufficient moneys in said Bond Account to pay promptly
such principal and interest.
No further payments need to be made into said Bond
Account when and so long as such amount of bonds shall have
been retired that the amount then held in said account, together
with the amount then on deposit in the Bond Reserve Account, is
equal to the entire amount of all principal and interest that
will be payable at the time of maturity on all of said bonds
then remaining outstanding.
If there are not sufficient funds in the Bond Account
available to pay maturing principal of and interest on the bonds
herein authorized, such deficiency shall be made up first by
the transfer of funds from the Bond Reserve Account, next from
the transfer of ,funds from the Depreciation Account, and next
from the transfer of funds from the Surplus Account.
(d) Bond Reserve Account: There shall next be deposited
in the Bond Reserve Account a sum sufficient (including and not
in addition to the amount required to be deposited into said
account by the provisions of the Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue
Bond ordinance adopted on March 19, 1956) to aggregate $13,667
each year until a maximum of $82,000 is on deposit in said
Account, and at which figure said Account, notwithstanding any
transfer therefrom as herein permitted, shall thereafter be
continuously maintained, and all moneys therein shall be only
used by the Treasurer hereof as may be needed from time to time
in the payment of the interest on or principal of the bonds herein
authorized whenever there exists a deficiency in the Bond Account
hereinabove established, and all withdrawals therefrom for that
purpose shall be reimbursed from the next revenues available
therefor as provided therein.
The moneys in said Bond Reserve Account shall be deposited
with a depositary to be designated from time to time by the City
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Council, and mad be invested and reinvested in bonds or other
obligations of the United States Government maturing within five
(5) years from date of purchase as may be authorized from time
to time by resolution of the Mayor and City Council of said
City.
(e) Surplus Account: Any surplus funds remaining at
the end of any fiscal year after providing for all of the
deposits hereinabove listed in subparagraphs (a) through (d),
and after the reimbursement of any account that is depleted
by withdrawals, shall be deposited in the Surplus Account. The
moneys in said Surplus Account shall be used or held for use
exclusively (a) for the purpose of making improvements and
extensions to the system, or (b) for the prior redemption of the
bonds herein authorized prior to their maturity in accordance
with all the terms, provisions and conditions to accomplish such
prior redemption, and any bonds so redeemed shall be cancelled,
or (c) for any lawful purpose.
Section 6. That the City of McHenry hereby agrees to
carry insurance on said system of the kinds and in the amounts
which are usually carried by private parties operating similar
properties, including without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, fire, windstorm insurance, public liability, and any
additional insurance covering such risks as shall be recommended
by a competent independent engineer employed for the purpose
of making such recommendations, and all moneys received for
losses under such insurance policies as insure against physical
damage to or loss of the system shall be deposited in the
Depreciation Account and shall be used in making good the loss
or damage in respect of which they were_paid, either by repairing
the property damaged or replacing the property destroyed, and
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provision for making good such loss or damage shall be made
within ninety (90) days from the date of the loss. The proceeds
of any and all policies for public liability shall be paid into
the Operation and Maintenance Account and used in paying the
claims on account of which they were received.
The payment of premiums for all insurance policies
required under the provisions of this section shall be considered
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an operation and maintenance expense.
Section 7. That while any of the Waterworks and
Sewerage Revenue Bonds issued pursuant to this ordinance remain
outstanding or unpaid, rates charged for water and sewerage
service shall be sufficient at all times to pay all costs of
operation and maintenance of the system, to make the payments
and maintain the balance as required in the Depreciation Account,
to pay the principal of and interest on all bonds authorized
hereunder, and to make the payments and maintain the balance as
required in the Bond Reserve Account, as is hereinabove provided
for. There shall be charged against all users of the system,
including the City of McHenry, such rates and amounts for water
and sewerage services as shall be adequate to meet the requirements
of this section. Charges for services rendered the City shall be
made against the said City, and payment for the same from the
corporate funds shall be made monthly into the Waterworks and
Sewerage Fund created by this ordinance as other revenues derived
from the operation of the system and in the same manner as other
revenues are so required to be deposited.
In addition to the foregoing said City covenants not to
provide any free service of said system and to pay promptly for
the use of all facilities connected, and to be connected, with
said system.
It is expressly herein covenanted that, to the extent
permitted by law, said City will not grant a franchise for the
operation of any competing waterworks system or sewer system
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within the City of McHenry, and that the bonds herein authorized
to be executed shall constitute legally enforceable liens upon
the earnings of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of
said City, including all further extensions, additions, and
improvements thereto, whether acquired through purchase, contract,
or otherwise.
Section 8. In the event said City defaults in complying
with any covenant contained in this ordinance, any holder of any
bond issued hereunder, or of any coupon representing interest
accrued thereon, may apply for the appointment of a receiver, or
may, either in law or in equity, by proper suit, compel the
officials of said City to perform all duties required by law
and by this ordinance, including the making and collecting of
sufficient rates for water and sewerage services for that purpose
and the application and segregation of all income and revenue
therefrom in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance.
Section 9. That it is hereby covenanted and agrees
with the holders of the bonds herein authorized that said City
will not issue any other or additional bonds or other evidences
of obligations of said City payable from or in any way creating
a charge upon the income and revenue to be derived from the
operation of said system, except as herein provided:
(A) Said City reserves the right to issue additional
bonds for constructing further necessary improvements, extensions,
repairs and rehabilitations to the properties comprising said
system as shall be determined necessary for the continued efficient
operation of said system by a certificate filed of an independent
engineer in responsible charge of such further improvements,
extensions, repairs and rehabilitations,
(i) giving a reasonably detailed description of such
work, an estimate of the cost thereof, and an estimate of
the time of completion thereof; and
(11) showing the feasibility of such revenue financing
with reference to then existing rates and anticipated earnings
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based thereon, which certificate shall be approved by and
shall be made cf public record in the proceedings.of the
governing body of said City before any such additional
bonds are authorized
provided, however, that no such additional bonds for such purpose
or purposes shall be issued unless and until the gross cash
operating revenues of said system earned for the last fiscal year
ending April 30 immediately preceding the authorization of any
such additional bonds, as shown by an audit of an independent
certified public accountant, were sufficient to pay all costs of
the operation and maintenance of said system, to make the annual
payments to the Depreciation Account and to the Bond Reserve
Account, respectively, as hereinabove required, and to make up
any and all deficiencies then existing as hereinabove specified
in Section 5 of this ordinance, and leave a balance equal to one
and one -tenth (] 1/10th) times the maximum amount of interest
and principal that will become due in any fiscal year subsequent
to the issuance of such additional bonds on the bonds of .all
issues then outstanding and on a parity with this issue of
bonds and on the additional bonds then proposed to be issued.
Said City further covenants that if any additional
bonds are so issued as permitted by this paragraph, the maximum
amounts to be deposited in the Bond Reserve Account and the
Depreciation Account shall be increased in the proportion to the
principal amount of any additional bonds so issued.
(B) Said City reserves the right to issue bonds to
refund the Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds herein authorized,
or any portion thereof, with the consent of the holders thereof,
from time to time as may be determined necessary or expedient
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and for the best interests of this City, and all such refunding
bonds so authorized and issued shall be payable from the income
and revenue derived and to be derived from the operation of said
system on a parity with any of the said principal amount Water-
works and Sewerage Revenue Bonds herein authorized to be issued
as may not be refunded and as may be outstanding at the time of
the issue and delivery of any of said refunding bonds, as afore-
said. ,
(C) When the conditions specified in either paragraphs
A or B of this section for the issue of additional bonds for
the construction of further necessary improvements, extensions,
repairs and rehabilitations, or for the refunding of the bonds
herein authorized, have been met, then upon the issue thereof any
such additional bonds when issued shall be entitled to the equal
and proportionate benefit and security of the pledge of the
revenue and income derived and to be derived from the operation
of said system with the bonds herein authorized without preference,
priority or distinction as to participation of such pledge of
revenue, or in the preference of one bond or coupon of each of said
issues over or from any other issue, by reason of priority in
execution, issue and delivery or negotiation thereof, or by
reason of the date or dates of said bonds, or the date or dates
of maturity thereof, or for any other reason whatsoever, the
intent hereof being that each and all of said bonds, as aforesaid,
and of coupons evidencing interest thereon, shall have the same
right and pledge as to payment and security with the same legal
effect as if each and all of said bonds and coupons had been
executed, issued, delivered and negotiated simultaneously as one
proceeding.
Section 10. That the City of 'McHenry hereby covenants
and agrees with the holder or holders of said bonds that it will
punctually perform all -duties with reference to said system, in-
cluding the making and collecting of sufficient rates for the use
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and service of said system, all as required by the Constitution
and laws of the State of Illinois, and segregating the revenues
of said system and maintaining the Waterworks and Sewerage Fund
and the application of the respective Accounts created by this
ordinance, and it -hereby covenants and agrees not to sell, lease,
loan, mortgage, or in any manner dispose of or encumber said
system, including any and all extensions and improvements that
may be made thereto, or the income and revenue derived therefrom,
except as permitted in Section 9 hereof, until all of the bonds
herein authorized to be issued shall have been paid in full, both
principal and interest, or unless and until provision shall
have been made for the payment thereof.
And said City further covenants and agrees with the
holders of said Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds authorized
hereunder to maintain in good condition and continuously operate
said system, and to make, enact and enforce all needful rules
and regulations and ordinances for the efficient management. and
proper maintenance and protection of such system, and for the
use and service thereof.
Section 11. Said Waterworks and Sewerage Fund and
the Accounts created under Section 5 hereof, shall be audited
within sixty (60) days after the close of each fiscal year by
an independent firm of certified public accountants, and such
audit and Accounts shall be open for inspection at all proper
times to any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this
ordinance, or any one acting for or on behalf of such bondholder.
Such audit report shall include the following items: (a) Balance
Sheet, (b) Operating statement, (c) Comments of the auditor
relative to the fulfillment of ordinance provisions and the manner
in which the system has been operated and any recommendation for
:improving the operation of the system, (d) Insurance data, (e)
Number of metered customers; number of unmetered customers; number
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of properties connected to the system; number of hydrants, and
(f) Gallons of water passing through master meter and gallons
of water billed, and copies of such audit report shall be
furnished the original purchasers of the bonds herein authorized,
and shall also be -furnished to any bondholder upon request.
Section 12. That the provisions of this ordinance
shall constitute a contract between the City of McHenry and the
holders of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, and after
the issuance of said bonds no changes, additions or alterations
of any kind shall be made hereto, except as hereinbefore pro-
vided, until all of said bonds an8 the interest thereon shall
have been paid in full, or unless and until provision shall have
been made for the payment thereof.
Section 13. That the proposal of Channer Newman Secu-
rities Company, of Chicago, Illinois, to purchase the said bonds
herein authorized in accordance -with their contract for the
purchase thereof be and the same is hereby in all respects rati-
fied, approved and confirmed, and said bonds when duly executed
as provided herein shall be delivered to the Treasurer who shall
receipt for the payment of said bonds against delivery thereof
to said purchasers at a price of 99/100 plus accrued interest
from the date of said bonds to the date of the delivery and payment
thereof, the said purchase price being such that the interest cost
to this City does not exceed Eight Per Cent (8%) annually computed
to maturity according to the standard table of bond values, as
provided and permitted by the statutes of the State of Illinois
thereunto enabling. All proceeds derived at the sale and delivery
of the -said bonds shall be accounted for by said Treasurer as
follows:
(i) Accrued interest receiveA upon the sale of said
bonds will be deposited into the Bond Account hereunder and
applied to the payment of the first interest due on said bonds_
(ii) The proceeds received as principal, together
with the sum of $240,000.on hand and lawfully available and
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authorized for that purpose, shall be deposited in a
separate and special account of said City to be known
and designated as the "Waterworks and Sewerage System Bond
Construction Fund Account, 1979," and such deposits shall
be made in a depositary to be hereafter designated by the
City Council, to be secured in the manner, form and time
as by law required, and all proceeds held in said Con-
struction Fund Account shall be used and held for use solely
to construct the improvements and expansion to the combined
waterworks and sewerage system of said City, as hereinabove
described in this ordinance, and the beneficial interest to
all moneys held in said Construction Fund Account at the
time of the original deposit therein and from time to time
thereafter shall be in the holder or holders of the bonds
herein authorized, and all disbursements therefrom shall be
made by the Treasurer from time to time but only upon
submission to him and to said depositary of:
(a) if for labor or materials for said improvements,
a certificate by the engineer in responsible charge
of the construction of said improvements stating the
nature of the work completed and the amount due and
payable thereon, and that sufficient funds remain to
complete the construction thereof, bearing the en-
dorsement and approval of the Mayor of said City; and
(b) an order for payment upon said Treasurer signed by
the Mayor of said City and the City Clerk, which order
shall state specifically the purpose for which said
order is issued; and the Mayor of said City, the City
Clerk, and the City Treasurer are each hereby authorized
and directed to execute and deliver to the designated
depositary such certificates, proceedings, and agreements
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as may be necessary or convenient to establish said
Construction Fund Account herein created and to
properly secure all.proceeds thereof, and to evidence ,
compliance herewith in the making of any with-
drawals therefrom.
Within the sixty (60) days after completion of the
construction of the improvements herein authorized, the City of
McHenry agrees to deliver to said depositary an original counter-
part of a certificate (herein called the "Certificate of
Completion") signed by the Mayor and by the City Treasurer, and
having endorsed thereon the approval of the engineer in charge
of such construction, stating that said improvements and expansion
have been fully constructed and completed in accordance with the
plans, maps, filgs and specifications therefor as recited in this
ordinance, and that the same have been fully paid for, or that
funds sufficient so to pay for the same remain in said Construction
Fund Account, giving the date of final completion and the total
cost of construction, and the amount, if any, of such construction
cost then remaining unpaid, and upon receipt of such Certificate
of Completion, said depositary, after retaining in said Con-
struction Fund Account a sum sufficient to pay the balance of the
construction cost remaining unpaid as shown by said Certificate
of Completion, including any items then in controversy, shall
-transfer all moneys then remaining to the Treasurer for deposit
into the Bond Reserve Account herein continued.
Section 14. That the $123,000 Waterworks and Sewerage
Revenue Bonds, dated November 1, 1975, authorized and outstanding
pursuant to ordinance of the City Council adopted on November 3,
1975, be refunded by the payment of not more than par plus accrued
interest therefor, said refunding to be paid for with funds of the
City on hand and lawfully available therefor.
RECEIVED
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CITY UE MMENRY
Section. If any section, paragraph, clause or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid, the invalidity
of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect
any of the other provisions of this ordinance.
Section 16. All ordinances, resolutions, or orders,
or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 17. This'ordinance, after its passage and
approval by the Mayor shall be published once in The McHenry
Plaindealer, McHenry, Illinois, a newspaper published and having
a general circulation in the City of McHenry, and shall be in
full force and effect after such publication in the manner, form
and time as provided by the laws of the State of Illinois there -
unto enabling.
Attest:
Passed - August 20, 1979.
AYES: Nolan', Pepping, Datz, Harker, Adams, Wieser,
Schooley, Meurer
NAYS: None
Approved - August 20, 1979.
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Published - August 24, 1979.
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