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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003.10.06 RESO 2003-0056EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA HELD: October 6, 2003 Pursuant to due call thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota, was duly held at the City Hall on October 6, 2003, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. for the purpose in part of authorizing the competitive negotiated sale of the $875,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2003A. The following members were present: Granger, Puleo, Haas, Petryk, and Miron. and the following were absent: None. Mayor Miron introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION 2003-56 RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED SALE OF $875,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2003A A. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hugo, Minnesota (the "City"), has heretofore determined that it is necessary and expedient to issue its $875,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2003A (the "Certificates") to finance the acquisition of capital equipment; and B. WHEREAS, the City has retained Springsted Incorporated, in Saint Paul, Minnesota ("Springsted"), as its independent financial advisor and is therefore authorized to sell these obligations by a competitive negotiated sale in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.60, Subdivision 2(9); and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hugo, Minnesota, as follows: 1. Authorization. The City Council hereby authorizes Springsted to solicit bids for the competitive negotiated sale of the Certificates. 2. Meeting Bid Opening. This City Council shall meet at the time and place specified in the Terms of Proposal attached hereto as Exhibit A for the purpose of considering sealed proposals and awarding the sale of the Certificates. The Clerk/Treasurer or her designee, shall open bids at the time and place specified in the Terms of Proposal. 3. Terms of Proposal. The terms and conditions of the Certificates and the negotiation thereof are fully set forth in the "Terms of Proposal" attached hereto as Exhibit A and hereby approved and made a part hereof. 1572632v1 4. Official Statement. In connection with the competitive negotiated sale, the Clerk/ Treasurer and other officers or employees of the City are hereby authorized to cooperate with Springsted and participate in the preparation of an official statement for the Certificates, and to execute and deliver it on behalf of the City upon its completion. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Haas and, after full discussion thereof and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Granger, Puleo, Haas, Petryk, and Miron. and the following voted against the same: None. Whereupon the resolution was declared duly passed and adopted this 6'` day of October, Kl.l fftr-on, ATTEST: Maryt,,'Creager, City e k 1572632v1 2 THE CITY HAS AUTHORIZED SPRINGSTED INCORPORATED TO NEGOTIATE THIS ISSUE ON ITS BEHALF. PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS: TERMS OF PROPOSAL $875,000 CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2003A (BOOK ENTRY ONLY) Proposals for the Certificates will be received on Monday, November 3, 2003, until 11:00 A.M., Central Time, at the offices of Springsted Incorporated, 85 East Seventh Place, Suite 100, Saint Paul, Minnesota, after which time they will be opened and tabulated. Consideration for award of the Certificates will be by the City Council at 7:00 P.M., Central Time, of the same day. SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS Proposals may be submitted in a sealed envelope or by fax (651) 223-3046 to Springsted. Signed Proposals, without final price or coupons, may be submitted to Springsted prior to the time of sale. The bidder shall be responsible for submitting to Springsted the final Proposal price and coupons, by telephone (651) 223-3000 or fax (651) 223-3046 for inclusion in the submitted Proposal. Springsted will assume no liability for the inability of the bidder to reach Springsted prior to the time of sale specified above. All bidders are advised that each Proposal shall be deemed to constitute a contract between the bidder and the City to purchase the Certificates regardless in which the manner of the Proposal is submitted. DETAILS OF THE CERTIFICATES The Certificates will be dated December 1, 2003, as the date of original issue, and will bear Interest payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months.. The Certificates will mature December 1 in the years and amounts as follows: 2004 $170,000 2006 $175,000 2008 $180,000 2005 $170,000 2007 $180,000 Proposals for the Certificates may contain a maturity schedule providing for a combination of serial bonds and term bonds. All term bonds shall be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption and must conform to the maturity schedule set forth above at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. In order to designate term bonds, the proposal must specify 'Years of Term Maturities" in the spaces provided on the Proposal Form. BOOK ENTRY SYSTEM The Certificates will be issued by means of a book entry system with no physical distribution of Certificates made to the public. The Certificates will be issued in fully registered form and one Certificate, representing the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates maturing in each year, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, New York, which will act as securities depository of the Certificates. Individual purchases of the Certificates may be made in the principal amount of -i- $5,000 or any multiple thereof of a single maturity through book entries made on the books and records of DTC and its participants. Principal and interest are payable by the registrar to DTC or its nominee as registered owner of the Certificates. Transfer of principal and interest payments to participants of DTC will be the responsibility of DTC; transfer of principal and interest payments to beneficial owners by participants will be the responsibility of such participants and other nominees of beneficial owners. The purchaser, as a condition of delivery of the Certificates, will be required to deposit the Certificates with DTC. REGISTRAR The City will name the registrar that shall be subject to applicable SEC regulations. The City will pay for the services of the registrar. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION The Certificates will not be subject to payment in advance of their respective stated maturity dates. SECURITY AND PURPOSE The Certificates will be general obligations of the City for which the City will pledge its full faith and credit and power to levy direct general ad valorem taxes. The proceeds will be used to finance the acquisition of capital equipment. . TYPE OF PROPOSALS Proposals shall be for not less than $860,125 and accrued interest on the total principal amount of the Certificates. Proposals shall be accompanied by a Good Faith Deposit CDeposit) in the form of a certified or cashier's check or a Financial Surety Bond in the amount of $8,750, payable to the order of the City. If a check is used, it must accompany the proposal.. If a Financial Surety Bond is used, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in the State of Minnesota, and preapproved by the City. Such bond must be submitted to Springsted Incorporated prior to the opening of the proposals. The Financial Surety Bond must identify each underwriter whose Deposit is guaranteed by such Financial Surety Bond. If the Certificates are awarded to an underwriter using a Financial Surety Bond, then that purchaser is required to submit its Deposit to Springsted Incorporated in the form of a certified or cashier's check or wire transfer as instructed by Springsted Incorporated not later than 3:30 P.M., Central Time, on the next business day following the award. If such Deposit is not received by that time, the Financial Surety Bond may be drawn by the City to satisfy the Deposit requirement. The Deposit received from the purchaser, the amount of which will be deducted at settlement and -no interest will accrue to the purchaser, will be deposited by the City. In the event the purchaser fails to comply with the accepted proposal, said amount will be retained by the City. No proposal can be withdrawn or amended after the time set for receiving proposals unless the meeting of the City scheduled for award of the Certificates is adjoumed, recessed, or continued to another date without award of the Certificates having been made. Rates shall be in integral multiples of 5/100 or 1/8 of 1 %. Rates must be in level or ascending order. Certificates of the same maturity shall bear a single rate from the date of the Certificates to the date of maturity. No conditional proposals will be accepted. r-vk ; 0 The Certificates will be awarded on the basis of the lowest interest rate to be determined on a true interest cost (TIC) basis. The City's computation of the interest rate of each proposal, in accordance dance with customary practice, will be controlling. -H- The City will reserve the right to: (i) waive non -substantive informalities of any proposal or of matters relating to the receipt of proposals and award of the Certificates, (ii) reject all proposals without cause, and, (iii) reject any proposal that the City determines to have failed to comply with the terms herein. BOND INSURANCE AT PURCHASER'S OPTION If the Certificates qualify for issuance of any policy of municipal bond insurance or commitment therefor at the option of the underwriter, the purchase of any such insurance policy or the issuance of any such commitment shall be at the sole option and expense of the purchaser of the Certificates. Any increased costs of issuance of the Certificates resulting from such purchase of insurance shall be paid by the purchaser, except that, if the City has requested and received a rating on the Certificates from a rating agency, the City will pay that rating fee. Any other rating agency fees shall be the responsibility of the purchaser. Failure of the municipal bond insurer to issue the policy after Certificates have been awarded to the purchaser shall not constitute cause for failure or refusal by the purchaser to accept delivery on the Certificates. CUSIP NUMBERS If the Certificates qualify for assignment of CUSIP numbers such numbers will be printed on the Certificates, but neither the failure to print such numbers on any Certificate nor any error with respect thereto will constitute cause for failure or refusal by the purchaser to accept delivery of the Certificates. The CUSIP Service Bureau charge for the assignment of CUSIP identification numbers shall be paid by the purchaser. SETTLEMENT Within 40 days following the date of their award, the Certificates will be delivered without cost to the purchaser through DTC in New York, New York. Delivery will be subject to receipt by the purchaser of an approving legal opinion of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association, of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and of customary dosing papers, including a no - litigation certificate. On the date of settlement, payment for the Certificates shall be made in federal, or equivalent, funds that shall be received at the offices of the City or its designee not later than 12:00 Noon, Central Time. Unless compliance with the terms of payment for the Certificates has been made impossible by action of the City, or its agents, the purchaser shall be liable to the City for any loss suffered by the City by reason of the purchaser's non- compliance with said terms for payment. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE Participating underwriters need not comply with the continuing disclosure requirements of Rule 15c2-12 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 'Rule"), because the offering is in a principal amount less than $1,000,000. The City will enter into a Continuing Disclosure Certificate pursuant to which it will covenant to provide upon request certain financial information or operating data that is customarily prepared and is publicly available and notices of certain material events to the limited extent required by SEC Rule 15c2 -12(d)(2). The Continuing Disclosure Certificate will be set forth in the Official Statement. OFFICIAL STATEMENT The City has authorized the preparation of an Official Statement containing pertinent information relative to the Certificates, and said Official Statement will serve as a nearly final Official Statement within the meaning of Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. - Hi - For copies of the Official Statement or for any additional information prior to sale, any prospective purchaser is referred to the Financial Advisor to the City, Springsted Incorporated, 85 East Seventh Place, Suite 100, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, telephone (651) 223-3000. The Official Statement, when further supplemented by an addendum or addenda specifying the maturity dates, principal amounts and interest rates of the Certificates, together with any other information required by law, shall constitute a "Final Official Statement" of the City with respect to the Certificates, as that term is defined in Rule 15c2-12. By awarding the Certificates to any underwriter or underwriting syndicate submitting a proposal therefor, the City agrees that, no more than seven business days after the date of such award, it shall provide without cost to the senior managing underwriter of the syndicate to which the Certificates are awarded 35 copies of the Official Statement and the addendum or addenda described above. The City designates the senior managing underwriter of the syndicate to which the Certificates are awarded as its agent for purposes of distributing copies of the Final Official Statement to each Participating Underwriter. Any underwriter delivering a proposal with respect to the Certificates agrees thereby that If its proposal is accepted by the City (I) it shall accept such designation and (ii) it shall enter into a contractual relationship with all Participating Underwriters of the Certificates for purposes of assuring the receipt by each such Participating Underwriter of the Final Official Statement. Dated October 6, 2003 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Mary Ann Creager Clerk/Treasurer -iv- STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON CITY OF HUGO I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk/Treasurer of the City of Hugo, Minnesota, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a full, true and complete transcript of the minutes of a meeting of the City Council, duly called and held on the date therein indicated, insofar as such minutes relate to the City's $875,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2003A. WITNESS my hand on October 6, 2003. CledV4surer is7202vl 3