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ORDINANCE NO. S13-99
AN ORDINANCE
SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE
OF ITS CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS VARIABLE RATE DEMAND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (QUESTEK MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
PROJECT) SERIES 1999, IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO
EXCEED $4,300,000 AND CONFIRMING THE SALE THEREOF; AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A LOAN AGREEMENT, A TRUST INDENTURE, A
BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS; AUTHORIZING
THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFERING MEMORANDUM AND AN
OFFERING MEMORANDUM; AND RELATED MATTERS
ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN
ON THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1999
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the
City Council of the City of Elgin, Kane and
Cook Counties, Illinois, on this 17th day of
December, 1999.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.
COUNTY OF KANE )
CERTIFICATE
I, Dolonna Mecum, certify that I am the duly appointed and acting
municipal clerk of the City of Elgin, Cook and Kane Counties, Illinois.
I further certify that on December 15, 1999, the Corporate Authorities of
such municipality passed and approved Ordinance No. S13-99, which provided by its
terms that it should be published in pamphlet form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. S13-99, including the Ordinance and
a cover sheet thereof, was prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted in the
municipal building, commencing on December 17, 1999, and continuing for at least ten
days thereafter. Copies of such Ordinance were also available for public inspection
topik upon request in the office of the municipal clerk.
DATED at Elgin, Illinois, on December 17, 1999.
Munici p al ler
(SEAL)
/�• ORDINANCE NO. S13-99
AN ORDINANCE SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON AND
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ITS CITY OF
ELGIN, ILLINOIS VARIABLE RATE DEMAND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (QUESTEK
MANUFACTURING CORPORATION PROJECT) SERIES
1999, IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT
TO EXCEED $4,300,000 AND CONFIRMING THE SALE
THEREOF; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF A LOAN AGREEMENT, A TRUST
INDENTURE, A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND
RELATED DOCUMENTS; AUTHORIZING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFERING
MEMORANDUM AND AN OFFERING MEMORANDUM;
AND RELATED MATTERS.
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin, Illinois, a municipality and a home-rule unit of
government duly organized and validly existing under the Constitution and the laws of the State
of Illinois (the "Issuer"), has a population of more than 25,000, and, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, the
Issuer is a home rule unit of government, and, as such, may exercise any power or perform any
function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, as a home rule municipality the Issuer is authorized and empowered to issue
industrial development revenue bonds and to lend the proceeds thereof for the purpose of
financing, in part, the costs of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction,
improvement, betterment or extension of industrial projects; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has indicated its intention to issue its revenue bonds for the
purposes of financing the costs of a project, the land and building portion of such project to be
owned and leased by Quest Properties, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Quest")
and operated by Questek Manufacturing Corporation, an Illinois corporation (the "Company,"
and collectively with Quest, the `Borrower"), such project to consist of a portion of the costs of
land, an approximately 60,000 square foot building to be located in the Northwest Business Park
By Wispark at Randall Road and Galvin Drive in Elgin, Illinois and the purchase of certain
related equipment, for use in the Company's business as a manufacturer of custom electronic and
electromechanical assemblies and to pay a portion of the costs of issuance.; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer wishes to finance the costs of the Project, to pay interest during
the acquisition, construction and installation of the Project, and to pay the costs of issuance of
such revenue bonds of the Issuer, by the sale and issuance of its revenue bonds, and by
authorizing such actions as might be required to implement such stated intentions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and
the laws of the State of Illinois, the Issuer is now prepared to issue and sell its City of Elgin,
Illinois Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Questek Manufacturing
Corporation Project) Series 1999 (the "Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has available and hereby allocates to the Bonds, an amount not to
exceed $4,300,000 of its private activity bond volume cap allocation; and
WHEREAS, the Bonds shall be secured by the Indenture (as hereinafter defined) and,
except to the extent payable from Bond proceeds or income from the temporary investment
thereof, be payable solely from the revenues and receipts and other amounts received by the
Issuer pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the Note (as hereinafter defined)
and the other sources identified in the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary, desirable and in the best interests of the Issuer to
authorize the execution and delivery of a Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 1999, by and
between the Issuer and the Borrower(the "Loan Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary, desirable and in the best interests of the Issuer to
authorize the execution and delivery of a Trust Indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of December
1, 1999, from the Issuer to American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, a national
banking association, as trustee, and its successors in trust and its assignees (the "Trustee"), and to
designate the Trustee in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary, desirable and in the best interests of the Issuer to
authorize the execution and delivery of a Bond Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 1999
(the "Bond Purchase Agreement") among the Issuer, the Borrower and Banc One Capital
Markets, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as underwriter(the "Underwriter"); and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary, desirable and in the best interests of the Issuer to
authorize the preparation and distribution of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum (the
"Preliminary Offering Memorandum") and the preparation and distribution of an Offering
Memorandum (the "Offering Memorandum") in connection with the issuance of the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary, desirable and in the best interests of the Issuer to
authorize the execution and delivery of a Arbitrage Regulation Agreement and Certificate dated
December 22, 1999 (the "Arbitrage Agreement") among the Issuer, the Borrower and the
Trustee; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has caused to be prepared for and presented before the City
Council of the Issuer forms of the following documents which the Issuer proposes to approve the
terms of or enter into:
1. The Loan Agreement;
2. The Trust Indenture;
3. The Bond Purchase Agreement;
4. The Arbitrage Agreement;
5. The Bonds; and
6. This Bond Ordinance;
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the Issuer hereby finds and determines that the issuance
rik of the Bonds for the stated purposes is necessary for the welfare of the government and affairs of
the Issuer, is a proper public purpose and is in the public interest; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has caused a notice of public hearing with respect to the plan
of financing the costs of the Project through the issuance of the Bonds to be published in the
Chicago Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Elgin, Illinois and the Elgin
Courier News, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), on December 6, 1999, and the Fiscal Services Manager or a designee of the Mayor will
conduct said public hearing on December 20, 1999;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Elgin, Illinois, as
follows:
Section 1. That the City Council of the Issuer hereby finds that all of the recitals
contained in the preambles to this Ordinance are full, true and correct, and does incorporate them
into this Ordinance by this reference.
Section 2. That the Issuer does hereby authorize and approve the financing of the costs
of the acquisition, construction and installation of the Project through the issuance of the Bonds
in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement and the Indenture, and does hereby
determine that the Project is a project that is authorized to be financed with bonds, and that the
financing of the acquisition, construction and installation of the Project is in furtherance of the
public purposes of the Issuer; and that the Issuer hereby approves the plan of finance of the costs
of the Project through the issuance of the Bonds and authorizes the Fiscal Services Manager or a
designee of the Mayor to conduct the public hearing on December 20, 1999, as described in the
aforesaid notice of public hearing which is hereby incorporated by reference and authorizes the
Mayor to approve the issuance of the Bonds, which approval shall be considered the public
approval required by Section 147(f) of the Code.
Section 3. That the Issuer is hereby authorized to enter into the Loan Agreement with
the Borrower in substantially the same form now before the City Council of the Issuer; that the
form, terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement be, and they hereby are, in all respects
approved; that the Mayor of the Issuer be, and hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed to
execute, and the City Clerk of the Issuer be, and hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed
to attest and to affix the official seal of the Issuer to, the Loan Agreement in the name, for and on
behalf of the Issuer, and thereupon to cause the Loan Agreement to be delivered to the Borrower,
such Loan Agreement (as executed) to provide for the loan of the proceeds of the Bonds to the
Borrower and the use of such proceeds for the acquisition, construction and installation of the
Project, to pay interest during the acquisition, construction and installation of the Project and to
pay a portion of the costs of issuing the Bonds, in the manner and with the effect therein
provided, such Loan Agreement to be in substantially the same form now before the City
Council of the Issuer or with such changes and revisions therein as the officer executing the Loan
Agreement on behalf of the Issuer shall approve, his execution thereof to constitute conclusive
evidence of such approval of any and all changes or revisions therein from the form of the Loan
Agreement now before the City Council of the Issuer; that from and after the execution and
delivery of the Loan Agreement, the officers and employees of the Issuer are hereby authorized,
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empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such documents as may
be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of the Loan Agreement as executed;
and that the Loan Agreement shall constitute, and hereby is made, a part of this Ordinance, and a
copy of the Loan Agreement shall be placed in the official records of the Issuer, and shall be
available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk of the Issuer.
Section 4. That the Issuer is hereby authorized to enter into the Indenture with the
Trustee in substantially the same form now before the City Council of the Issuer; and the form,
terms and provisions of the Indenture be, and they hereby are, in all respects approved; that the
Mayor of the Issuer be, and hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed to execute, and the
City Clerk of the Issuer be, and hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed to attest and to
affix the official seal of the Issuer to, the Indenture in the name, for and on behalf of the Issuer,
and thereupon to cause the Indenture to be delivered to the Trustee, and the Indenture shall
constitute an assignment and pledge for the security of the Bonds issued thereunder of the
revenues and receipts to be received by the Issuer pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the
promissory note of the Borrower delivered thereunder (the "Note") and an assignment and
pledge of the other rights, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Loan Agreement and the
Note, as described in the Indenture (with the exception of certain rights to receive certain
payments, to indemnity and other retained rights as specified in the Indenture), such Indenture to
be in substantially the form now before the City Council of the Issuer or with such changes and
revisions therein as the officer executing the Indenture on behalf of the Issuer shall approve, his
execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval of any and all changes or
revisions therein from the form of Indenture now before the City Council of the Issuer; that from
and after the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the officers and employees of the Issuer are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such
documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of the Indenture as
executed; and that the Indenture shall constitute, and hereby is made, a part of this Ordinance,
and a copy of the Indenture shall be placed in the official records of the Issuer, and shall be
available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk of the Issuer.
Section 5. That American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, is hereby designated as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar with respect to the Bonds.
Section 6. That the Issuer is hereby authorized to enter into the Bond Purchase
Agreement with the Borrower and the Underwriter in substantially the same form now before the
City Council of the Issuer and any supplement thereto that is necessary to sell the Bonds; that the
form, terms and provisions of the Bond Purchase Agreement in the name, for and on behalf of
the Issuer, and thereupon to cause the Bond Purchase Agreement to be delivered to the Borrower
and the Underwriter, such agreement to provide for the issuance of the Bonds in the aggregate
principal amount of not to exceed $4,300,000, such Bond Purchase Agreement to be in
substantially the same form now before the City Council of the Issuer or with such changes and
revisions therein as the officer executing the Bond Purchase Agreement on behalf of the Issuer
shall approve, his execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval of any
and all changes or revisions therein from the form of Bond Purchase Agreement now before the
City Council of the Issuer; that from and after the execution and delivery of the Bond Purchase
Agreement, the officers and employees of the Issuer are hereby authorized, empowered and
directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such documents as may be necessary to
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carry out and comply with the provisions of the Bond Purchase Agreement as executed; and that
the Bond Purchase Agreement shall constitute, and hereby is made, a part of this Ordinance, and
a copy of the Bond Purchase Agreement shall be placed in the official records of the Issuer, and
shall be available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk of the Issuer.
Section 7. That the form of the Bonds now before the City Council of the Issuer,
subject to appropriate insertions and revisions in order to comply with the provisions of the
Indenture (as executed and delivered) be, and the same hereby are, approved; that the Bonds
shall be executed in the name, for and on behalf of the Issuer with the manual or facsimile
signature of its Mayor and attested with the manual or facsimile signature of its City Clerk and
the official seal of the Issuer shall be impressed or imprinted thereon; that the Mayor of the
Issuer shall cause the Bonds, as so executed and attested, to be delivered to the Trustee for
authentication; and that when the Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer in the manner
contemplated by the Indenture and this Ordinance in the aggregate principal amount of not to
exceed $4,300,000, they shall represent the approved forms of Bonds of the Issuer.
The Bonds, including but not limited to the principal of, premium, if any, interest thereon
and any expenses related thereto, shall be limited obligations of the Issuer, payable solely and
only from the revenues and receipts derived by the Issuer pursuant to the Loan Agreement and
shall be otherwise secured as provided in the Indenture in the Loan Agreement. The Bonds shall
not in any respect be a general obligation of the Issuer, nor shall they be payable in any manner
from funds of the Issuer raised by taxation. The Bonds shall state that they do not constitute an
indebtedness of the Issuer or a loan of credit thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or
statutory provision. Nothing in this Ordinance, the Loan Agreement, the Indenture, the
elk Arbitrage Agreement, or the form of the Bonds (hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"Financing Documents") or in any document or agreement required hereby and thereby, shall be
construed as an obligation or commitment by the Issuer to expend any of its funds other than (i)
the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds, (ii) the revenues and receipts derived from the
Loan Agreement and (iii) any monies arising out of the investment or reinvestment of said
proceeds, income, revenues, receipts or monies.
Section 8. That the sale of the Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of not to
exceed $4,300,000 at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof and accrued
interest, if any, to the date of delivery, is hereby approved and confirmed, and that no member of
the City Council for the Issuer or any officer of the Issuer is in any manner interested, either
directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any other person, association, trust or
corporation, in the Loan Agreement, the Indenture or the Bond Purchase Agreement.
Section 9. That the preparation and distribution of the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum by the Underwriter is hereby approved, and the preparation and distribution of the
Offering Memorandum by the Underwriter is hereby approved.
Section 10. That the Issuer is hereby authorized to enter into the Arbitrage Agreement
with the Trustee and the Borrower in substantially the same form now before the City Council of
the Issuer; and the form, terms and provisions of the Arbitrage Agreement be, and they hereby
are, in all respects approved; that the Mayor of the Issuer be, and hereby is, authorized,
empowered and directed to execute, and the City Clerk of the Issuer be, and hereby is,
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authorized, empowered and directed to attest and to affix the official seal of the Issuer to, the
Arbitrage Agreement in the name, for and on behalf of the Issuer; that from and after the
execution and delivery of the Arbitrage Agreement, the officers and employees of the Issuer are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such
documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of the Arbitrage
Agreement as executed; and that the Arbitrage Agreement shall constitute, and hereby is made, a
part of this Ordinance, and a copy of the Arbitrage Agreement shall be placed in the official
records of the Issuer, and shall be available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk of
the Issuer.
Section 11. That the Mayor, the City Clerk and any other applicable officer or employee
of the Issuer be, and each of them hereby is authorized and directed to execute, attest, seal and
deliver any and all documents and certificates, to do any and all things deemed necessary to
effect the issuance and sale of the Bonds and the execution and delivery of the Loan Agreement,
the Indenture, the Bond Purchase Agreement and such other instruments (including financing
statements), and to perform the obligations and duties of the Issuer hereunder and thereunder, all
as shall be necessary and desirable to carry out the intent and purposes of this Ordinance,
including the preambles hereto.
Section 12. That all acts of the City Council of the Issuer and the members, officers,
agents and employees of the Issuer that are in conformity with the intent and purposes of this
Ordinance, whether heretofore or hereafter taken or done, be, and the same are hereby, in all
respects, ratified, confirmed and approved.
Section 13. That the Issuer hereby elects to have the provisions of Section 144(a)(4) of
the Code apply to the Bonds.
Section 14. That the Issuer hereby allocates an amount not to exceed $4,300,000 of
municipal private activity bond volume cap to the Bonds.
Section 15. That the Mayor of the Issuer is hereby authorized to execute, and the Clerk
of the Issuer is hereby authorized to attest a Memorandum of Agreement with the Borrower in
substantially the form of such agreement appended to this Ordinance as Exhibit A. The Issuer
hereby declares its intent to assist the Borrower under Treasury Regulation Section 1.150-2 to
reimburse any expenditures made on costs of the Project prior to the issuance of the Bonds with
the proceeds of the Bonds.
Section 16. That the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be separable,
and if any section, phrase or provision shall for any reason be declared to be invalid, such
declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the sections, phrases and provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 17. That a full, true and complete copy of this Ordinance shall be printed or
published promptly after passage in pamphlet form by authority of the City Council of the Issuer.
Section 18. That all ordinances, resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith are
hereby superseded to the extent of such conflict; and that this Ordinance shall be in full force and
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effect immediately and forthwith upon its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form as
lr••. aforesaid.
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Presented, passed, approved and recorded by the City Council of the City of Elgin,
Illinois, this 15th day of December, 1999.
Approved:
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Mayor
[SEAL]
Attest:
City Clerk
Ayes: 7
Nays: 0
Absent or Not Voting: 0
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