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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS15-05 Ordinance No. S 15-05 AN ORDINANCE RESERVING VOLUME CAP IN CONNECTION WITH PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND ISSUES AND RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, the City of Elgin, Cook and Kane Counties, Illinois (the "Municipality"), is a municipality and a home rule unit of government under Section 6 of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois; and WHEREAS, Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended(the"Code"), provides that the Municipality has volume cap equal to $80.00 per resident of the Municipality in each calendar year, which volume cap may be reserved and allocated to certain tax-exempt private activity bonds; and WHEREAS,the Illinois Private Activity Bond Allocation Act,30 Illinois Compiled Statutes 1998, 345/1 et seq., as supplemented and amended (the "Act"), provides that a home rule unit of government may transfer its allocation of volume cap to any other home rule unit of government,the State of Illinois or any agency thereof or any non-home rule unit of government; and WHEREAS, it is now deemed necessary and desirable by the Municipality to reserve all of its volume cap allocation for calendar year 2005 to be applied toward the issuance of private activity bonds (the "Bonds"), as provided in this Ordinance, or to be transferred, as permitted by this Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That pursuant to Section 146 of the Code and the Act,the entire volume cap of the Municipality for the calendar year 2005 in the total amount of$7,769,630 is hereby reserved by the Municipality,which shall issue Bonds using such volume cap,or shall transfer such cap,without further action required on the part of the Municipality, and the adoption of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be an allocation of such volume cap to the issuance of the bonds or such other bonds; provided,that any such transfer shall be evidenced by a written instrument executed by the Mayor of the Municipality. Section 2. That the Municipality shall maintain a written record of this Ordinance in its records during the term that the Bonds or any other such bonds to which such volume cap is allocated remain outstanding. Section 3. That the Mayor,the City Clerk and all other proper officers,officials,agents and employees of the Municipality are hereby authorized,empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such documents and certificates as may be necessary to further the purposes and intent of this Ordinance. r- Section 4. That the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be separable,and if any section,phrase or provision of this Ordinance shall for any reason be declared to be invalid,such declaration shall not affect the remainder of the sections,phrases and provisions of this Ordinance. Section 5. That all ordinances,resolutions or orders,or parts thereof,in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby superseded; and that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption and approval. Ari Ed Schock, Mayor Presented: April 27, 2005 Passed: April 27, 2005 Vote: Yeas: 7 Nays: 0 Recorded: April 28, 2005 Published: Attest: Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk