Sponsor
Alderman Shakoor
Title
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $26,450,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin (the "City") hereby finds and determines that it is necessary, desirable and in the best interest of the City to raise funds for the purpose of refunding obligations of the City, including interest on them, specifically, the General Obligation Refunding Bonds, dated July 15, 2003, maturing in the years 2014 through 2018 (the "2003 Bonds"), and the Note Anticipation Notes, dated July 9, 2013 (the "2013 Notes") (collectively, the "Refunded Obligations") (hereinafter the refinancing of the Refunded Obligations shall be referred to as the "Refunding"), and there are insufficient funds on hand to pay said cost;
WHEREAS, the Common Council deems it to be necessary, desirable and in the best interest of the City to refund the 2003 Bonds for the purpose of achieving debt service cost savings and to provide permanent financing for the projects financed by the 2013 Notes;
WHEREAS, cities are authorized by the provisions of Section 67.04, Wisconsin Statutes, to borrow money and issue general obligation refunding bonds to refinance their outstanding obligations; and
WHEREAS, it is the finding of the Common Council that it is necessary, desirable and in the best interest of the City to authorize the issuance of and to sell its general obligation refunding bonds (the "Bonds") to Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to the terms and conditions of its bond purchase proposal attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Proposal").
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City that:
Section 1. Authorization and Sale of the Bonds. For the purpose of paying the cost of the Refunding, there shall be borrowed pursuant to Section 67.04, Wisconsin Statutes, the principal sum of TWENTY-SIX MILLION FOUR HUNDRED ...
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