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Section 4. Payment; Security; Pledges and Covenants. <br />4.01. (a) The Bonds are payable from the Improvement Bonds, Series 1998B Debt <br />Service Fund (the "Debt Service Fund") hereby created, and the proceeds of general taxes <br />hereinafter levied ("Taxes"), and special assessments ("Assessments") levied or to be levied for <br />the improvements described in the resolution authorizing the sale of the Bonds (the <br />"Improvements") financed by the Bonds are hereby pledged to the Debt Service Fund. If a <br />payment of principal or interest on the Bonds becomes due when there is not sufficient money <br />in the Debt Service Fund to pay the same, the City Clerk -Treasurer is directed to pay such <br />principal or interest from the general fund of the City, and the general fund will be reimbursed <br />for the advances out of the proceeds of Assessments and Taxes when collected. There is <br />appropriated to the Debt Service Fund (i) capitalized interest financed from Bond proceeds, if <br />any, (ii) any amount over the minimum purchase price paid by the Purchaser, and (iii) the <br />accrued interest paid by the Purchaser upon closing and delivery of the Bonds. <br />(b) The proceeds of the Bonds, less the appropriations made in paragraph (a), together <br />with any other funds appropriated for the Improvements and Assessments and Taxes collected <br />during the construction of the Improvements, will be deposited in a separate construction fund <br />(which may contain separate accounts for each Improvement) to be used solely to defray expenses <br />of the Improvements and the payment of principal and interest on the Bonds prior to the <br />completion and payment of all costs of the Improvement. Any balance remaining in the <br />construction fund after completion of the Improvements may be used to pay the cost in whole <br />or in part of any other improvement instituted under the Act. When the Improvements are <br />completed and the cost thereof paid, the construction account is to be closed and subsequent <br />collections of Assessments and Taxes for the Improvements are to be deposited in the Debt <br />Service Fund. <br />4.02. It is hereby determined that the Improvements will directly and indirectly benefit <br />abutting property, and the City hereby covenants with the holders from time to time of the Bonds <br />as follows: <br />(a) The City has caused or will cause the Assessments for the Improvements <br />to be promptly levied so that the first installment will be collectible not later than 2000 <br />and will take all steps necessary to assure prompt collection, and the levy of the <br />Assessments is hereby authorized. The City Council will cause to be taken with due <br />diligence all further actions that are required for the construction of each Improvement <br />financed wholly or partly from the proceeds of the Bonds, and will take all further actions <br />necessary for the final and valid levy of the Assessments and the appropriation of any <br />other funds needed to pay the Bonds and interest thereon when due. <br />(b) In the event of any current or anticipated deficiency in Assessments and <br />Taxes, the City Council will levy additional ad valorem taxes in the amount of the current <br />or anticipated deficiency. <br />(c) The City will keep complete and accurate books and records showing: <br />receipts and disbursements in connection with the Improvements, Assessments and Taxes <br />levied therefor and other funds appropriated for their payment, collections thereof and <br />BMB145025 <br />LN140-63 <br />