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HomeMy WebLinkAboutT17-97 Ordinance No. T17-97 AN ORDINANCE ABATING A PORTION OF THE ANNUAL TAX FOR 1996 FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BONDS, SERIES 1996A WHEREAS, the City of Elgin will have sufficient funds on hand to pay a portion of the tax levied by Ordinance S14-96 , An Ordinance Providing for the Issuance of $21, 640, 000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1996A, of the City of Elgin, Kane and Cook Counties, Illinois, and Providing for the Levy and Collection of a Direct Annual Tax for the Payment of the Principal of and Interest on said Bonds; and WHEREAS, a portion of the levy of the tax for the year 1996 provided in the ordinance is unnecessary. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS : Section 1 . That the County Clerks of Kane and Cook Counties, are hereby authorized and directed to abate a portion of the tax of $1,525, 157 for the year 1996 as provided and levied in the ordinance providing for the issuance of $21 , 640, 000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds Series 1996 , passed December 4, 1996, a copy of which was filed with each of said county clerks; said tax shall be abated by reducing said sum $1,290, 720 and extending a tax for the year 1996 in the amount of $438, 437 against all taxable property situated in the City of Elgin, Kane and Cook Counties, Illinois . Section 2 . That the City Clerk is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this ordinance with the County Clerks of Kane and Cook Counties, Illinois, prior to March 28, 1997 . Section 3 . That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage in the manner provided by law. Kevin Kell Y, Mayor or Presented: March 26 , 1997 Passed: March 26 , 1997 Omnibus Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0 Recorded: March 27 , 1997 Published: Attest : Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk