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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 209 Draft 01 1996-1998COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 209 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING VARIOUS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII; FIXING THE FORM, DENOMINATIONS, AND CERTAIN OTHER DETAILS OF SUCH BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR SALE; AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A LIKE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF SUCH BONDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE COSTS OF THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII SECTION L Findi Qs and Determinations. It is hereby found and determined that appropriations for public improvement projects of the County of Hawaii, Hawaii to be financed from general obligation bond funds have been made in Ordinance No. 95-75, as amended, Ordinance No. 96-68, as amended, and Ordinance No. 97-82, as amended, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, June 30, 1997, and June 30, 1998, respectively. It is hereby further found and determined that it is advisable and in the best interest of the County to authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the County in the maximum principal amount of $20,000,000, the proceeds derived from the sale of which shall be used to pay all or a part of the costs of appropriations referred to above and to pay all or a part of the costs of issuance of such bonds. SECTION 2. Authorization Qf Bonds. There are hereby authorized for issuance and sale general obligation bonds of the County (the 'Bonds") in the maximum principal amount of R-(- dl $20,000,000, the proceeds derived from the sale of which shall be used to pay all or a part of the costs of appropriations for public improvement projects of the County to be financed from general obligation bond funds made in Ordinance No. 95-75, as amended, Ordinance No. 96-68, as amended, and Ordinance No. 97-82, as amended, for the fiscal years ending lune 30, 1996, lune 30, 1997, and June 30, 1998, respectively, and to pay all or part of the costs of issuance of the Bonds, including, without limitation, the initial fees of paying agents and registrars, the fees of any financial consultants and bond counsel, underwriter's discount, the cost of preparation of any official statement, notice of sale and definitive bonds, and any cost of publications required by law or as otherwise appropriate. The cost of issuance of the Bonds shall be allocated pro rata to each of the particular improvements financed from the proceeds of the Bonds; and appropriations therefor are hereby made. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds may be used to reimburse the General Fund for funds theretofore borrowed pursuant to resolutions of the County Council to pay costs of certain appropriations made in Ordinance No. 95-75, as amended, Ordinance No. 96-68, as amended, and Ordinance No. 97-82, as amended, to be financed from general obligation bond funds. SECTION 3. Details of Bods. The Bonds authorized for issuance and sale in Section 2 hereof shall be issued and sold in their entirety at one time as a separate series of general obligation bonds of the County, or as a part of a series of other general obligation bonds of the County, or from time to time in series, all as shall be determined by the Director of Finance to be in the best interest of the County. The Bonds shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple of $5,000, or in such other denominations as the Director of Finance shall determine. The Bonds of a series shall be numbered from I upwards in chronological order of delivery or shall be numbered in any other manner as the Director of Finance 2 shall determine. The Bonds of a series shall mature annually on such day in each year in substantially equal installments of principal or in substantially equal installments of principal and interest, the first of such maturities to be no later than five years from the date of the Bond of such series and the last of such maturities to be not later than twenty-five years from the date of the Bonds of such series, may be redeemable prior to the stated maturity thereof at any time at prices not exceeding 105% of the principal amount thereof, and shall bear interest at such rate or rates per annum, not exceeding nine percent (9%) per annum, as shall be specified in the contract approved or the bid accepted for the purchase of the Bonds of such series if any contract therefor be approved or any bid therefor be accepted. In accordance with and subject to the provisions of this ordinance, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to determine with respect to the Bonds of a series, the aggregate principal amount of such series of Bonds not to exceed $20,000,000; the series designation of such series of Bonds; the date of the Bonds of such series; the interest payment dates and maturity dates of the Bonds of such series; the amount of principal of such series of Bonds maturing on each maturity date; the registration privileges and place or places at which the Bonds of such series may be paid or registered which may include the office of the Director of Finance; whether or not the Bonds of such series shall be subject to redemption prior to the stated maturity thereof and, if subject to such prior redemption, the times, prices, methods and other provisions for such prior redemption; whether the Bonds of such series shall bear interest at fixed rates or at a rate or rates which vary from time to time and the methodology for determining such variable rate or rates; the rights, if any, of the holders of the Bonds of such series to tender for purchase and the price or prices and time or times and terms and conditions upon which those rights may be exercised; the rights of the County to purchase the Bonds of a series and price or prices and the time or times and terms and conditions upon which those rights may be exercised and the purchase may be made; and all other details of the Bonds of such series. SECTION 4. Redemption of Bonds. In the event any of the Bonds shall be subject to prior redemption and if any Bond (or portion thereof in installments which are integral multiples of the smallest denomination thereof) is to be redeemed, notice of redemption shall be given in such manner as the Director of Finance shall determine. If any Bond shall have been duly called for redemption and notice of such redemption duly given in the manner determined by the Director of Finance, and if moneys for the payment of such Bond at the then applicable redemption price and the interest accrued on the principal amount thereof to the date of redemption are made or duly provided for by the County, interest on such Bond shall cease to accrue and become payable from and after the date fixed for redemption. SECTION 5. Payment 4f Bonds. The principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Bonds shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. SECTION 6. Execution and Fvffi of Eully Registered Bonds. The Bonds of a series shall be lithographed or steel engraved, typewritten, printed or otherwise reproduced as the Director of Finance shall determine. The Bonds of a series shall bear the lithographed or engraved facsimile signatures of the Director of Finance and of the Mayor of the County and shall be sealed with the seal or a lithographed or engraved facsimile seal of the County; provided, however, the Director of Finance may, at his election, provide for printed or manual signatures and seal on the Bonds; and provided further, however, that the Director of Finance may, at his election, effect a book -entry system for the Bonds of a series. The Director of Finance may, at his election, prepare such number 4 of blank Bonds of any series executed and sealed as aforesaid as he shall determine and deliver such executed blank Bonds to the registrar for such series for safekeeping prior to the time such Bonds are actually issued, exchanged or transferred. The Director of Finance shall direct the registrar for the bonds of a particular series to register and authenticate such Bonds and no such Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless and until the certificate of authentication endorsed on such Bond shall have been manually executed by such registrar. The Bond shall be designated and the form of the Bonds, the registrar's certificate of authentication and the assignment shall be substantially as follows, with such appropriate insertions, variations and omissions as are required with respect to a particular series of the Bonds, book -entry provisions, variable rate provisions or other provisions. [FORM OF BOND] "(Vignette) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES (Number) INTEREST MATURITY DATE OF BATE:- DATES BOND, CUSIP: REGISTERED HOLDER: PRINCIPAL SUM: DOLLARS The COUNTY OF HAWAII, State of Hawaii (the "County"), for value received, hereby promises to pay the Registered Holder (named above), or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date (specified above) (unless this bond shall be subject to prior redemption and shall have theretofore been duly called for prior redemption and payment of the redemption price duly made or provided for), the Principal Sum (specified above), and to pay interest on such Principal Sum semiannually on and on of each year, commencing on (each such date is hereinafter referred to as an "interest payment date"), from the date hereof or from the interest payment date next preceding the date of registration hereof to which interest shall have been paid, unless such date of registration is an interest payment date, in which case, from such A interest payment date, or unless such date of registration is within the period from the sixteenth (16th) day to the last day of the calendar month next preceding the following interest payment date, in which case from such following interest payment date, such interest to be paid until the maturity or redemption hereof at the Interest Rate (specified above) per annum, by check mailed by the Paying Agent hereinafter mentioned to the holder hereof in whose name this bond is registered upon the Bond Register as of the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day (whether or not a business day) of the calendar month next preceding each interest payment date at his address as it appears on the Bond Register hereinafter mentioned. The principal of and premium, if any, on this bond are payable on presentation and surrender hereof at the office of the Registrar and Paying Agent, in , or at the office of its successors from time to time appointed by the County. Principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this bond are payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which, on the respective dates of payment thereof, shall be legal tender for public and private debt. This bond is one of a series of bonds entitled "General Obligation Bonds, Series The bonds of the series of bonds of which this bond is one maturing and thereafter are subject to redemption at the option of the County prior to the respective stated maturities thereof, on and after I , in whole or in part at any time and in any order of maturity selected by the County, at the principal amount thereof, the interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption and the following redemption premiums expressed as a percentage of the principal amount redeemed: [Redemption Provisions]. If less than all of the bonds of any maturity are called for redemption, the bonds of such maturity to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. 7 In the event this bond is redeemable, as aforesaid, and shall be called for redemption, notice of the redemption hereof stating the designation, date, number and maturity of this bond, the portion of the principal sum hereof to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption and the premium payable upon such redemption, shall be mailed, at least once not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for the redemption hereof, to the holder hereof in whose time this bond is registered upon the Bond Register as of the close of business on the forty-fifth (45th) day (whether or not a business day) next preceding the date fixed for the redemption hereof. The failure of the registered holder hereof to receive such notice by mail or any defect in such notice shall not affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the redemption of this bond. The County may, at its sole election, in addition to the giving of notice of such redemption by mail, give such notice by publication not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for the redemption hereof of one such notice in The Bond Buyer, a financial paper published in the City of New York, New York or, in lieu of such publication in The Bond Buyer, by publication thereof in some other financial paper published in any of the cities of New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, or San Francisco, California. If this bond be of a denomination in excess of $5,000 portions of the principal sum hereof in installments of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof may be redeemed, and if less than all of the principal sum hereof is to be redeemed, in such case upon the surrender of this bond to the Registrar there shall be issued to the Registered Holder hereof, without charge therefor, for the then unredeemed balance of the principal sum hereof, bonds of like series, maturity and interest rate in any of the authorized denominations provided by the proceedings of the County authorizing the issuance of the series of bonds of which this bond is one. If this bond (or any portion of the principal sum hereof) be redeemable and shall have been duty called for redemption and notice of such redemption duly given as aforesaid, and if on 0 or before the date fixed for such redemption payment of the principal sum hereof to be redeemed, the premium payable upon such redemption and the interest accrued on the principal sum to be redeemed to the date fixed for such redemption shall have been duly made or provided for, then this bond (or the portion of the principal sum hereof to be redeemed) shall become due and payable upon such date fixed for redemption and interest shall cease to accrue and become payable from and after the date fixed for such redemption on the principal sum hereof to be redeemed. This bond is transferable only upon the Bond Register at the office of Registrar, in the City of , or at the office of its successors from time to time appointed by the County, by the registered holder hereof, or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this bond (together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory in form to the Registrar duly executed by the registered holder or his duly authorized attorney, which may be the form endorsed hereon) and subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges, if any, provided from time to time by the County and the Registrar, and thereupon a new bond or bonds, in the same aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations and of the same series, interest rate and maturity as the bond surrendered, shall be delivered to the transferee in exchange thereof. The County, the Registrar, and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and they shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. This bond is one of a series of bonds authorized by the Council of the County to be issued to provide funds for all or parts of appropriations for certain public improvements made in the Capital Budget Ordinances for the fiscal years ending June 30, . This bond and the series of 9 which it is a part are issued under and pursuant to and in full compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Hawaii, including Part I of Chapter 47, Hawaii Revised Semites, as amended, the Charter of the County, and proceedings of the aforesaid Council duly taken thereunder. This bond is a general obligation of the County, and the payment of the principal and interest hereof is a first charge on the general fund of the County. The full faith and credit of the County is irrevocably pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on this bond according to its terms. This bond shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Registrar. It is hereby certified and recited that all the conditions, acts, and things essential to the validity of this bond and the issue of which it forms a part exist, have happened, and have been done; that every requirement of law affecting the issue thereof has been duly complied with; and that the amount of this bond, together with all other indebtedness of the County, is not in excess of any constitutional or statutory limitation on indebtedness. 10 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the COUNTY OF HAWAII, State of Hawaii has caused this bond to be signed by the facsimile of the signatures of its Director of Finance and of its Mayor, and to be sealed with the facsimile of the seal of the County of Hawaii, and this bond to be dated as of the day of , 19 [SEAL] [FACSIMILE SIGNATURE] Director of Finance [FACSIMILE SIGNATURE] Mayor' [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION] "CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This bond is one of the bonds described in the within -mentioned proceedings of the County of Hawaii, State of Hawaii. Date of Registration: Registrar By [MANUAL SIGNATURE] Authorized Officer or Signatory" 11 [FORM OF INSTRUMENT OF ASSIGNMENT] "INSTRUMENT OF ASSIGNMENT For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto Please insert social security or other tax identifying number of assignee: (name and address the within -mentioned bond and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints , attorney-in-fact, to transfer the same on the Bond Register in the office of the within -mentioned Registrar, or in the office of its successors with full power of substitution in the premises. Date: Signature Guaranteed: (name of assignor) (name of signature guarantor) NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written on the face of the within bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement of any change whatsoever. " SECTION 7. $ala Qf Bonds. Without any further authorization from or action by this Council but subject to the provisions hereof and of applicable law, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to issue and sell the Bonds at one time, or from time to time in series, in one or more series, or as part of a series of other general obligation bonds of the County, at competitive sale or at 12 negotiated sale to qualified purchasers in accordance with Section 47-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, in each case at such price or prices and upon such terms and conditions as he shall approve and determine to be in the best interest of the County. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to the sale of the Bonds or of portions of the Bonds, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to retain bond counsel, paying agents, registrars and financial and accounting consultants, upon such terms and conditions as he shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the County, to select the date for such sale, to publish and distribute a Notice of Sale or to enter into a contract for the sale of the Bonds or portions thereof, in each case in such form and containing such terms and conditions as he shall approve and deem advisable, to distribute an Official Statement and such other information relating to the Bonds as he may deem advisable, to receive bids for the sale of the bonds or the portion thereof being offered and to award the sale of the Bonds or the portion thereof being offered to the bidder offering the lowest interest cost therefor, in accordance with the applicable Notice of Sale, if any; provided that the Director of Finance may reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Subject to the provisions of Section 3 hereof, without further action of this Council, the Bonds shall bear interest at the rates per annum as specified in the contract or contracts approved or in the bid or bids accepted. The Director of Finance and all officials of the County are hereby authorized to take such action and execute such orders, receipts and other documents as may be necessary in order to effectuate the sale of the Bonds or any portion thereof, and, if any contract therefor be approved or any bid therefor be accepted, the preparation execution, and delivery thereof, in accordance with the provisions hereof and applicable law. SECTION 8. Authorization Qf Bond Antic atn tion NQt€s. General obligation bond anticipation notes (the "Notes") are hereby authorized for issuance and sale by the Director of 13 Finance in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the Bonds authorized herein and of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale thereof, for the purposes for which the Bonds have been authorized herein. The issuance, sale and details of the Notes shall be governed by the provisions of Section 47-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. Bonds in anticipation of which the Notes are authorized and issued pursuant to this section may be issued and sold in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance at anytime within five years of the date of issuance of the first notes issued in anticipation of such Bonds. SECTION 9. Other Sale Provisions. Subsequent to the sale of any of the Bonds or Notes, the Director of Finance shall report the results of such sale to the Council by letter. From and after the date the Director of Finance shall have accepted a bid for a series of Bonds or Notes hereunder, or shall have entered into a contract for the sale and purchase of the Bonds of a series, the Council will take no action to modify, supplement, amend or repeal the provisions of this ordinance in a manner which would have an adverse effect on the ability of the County to perform its obligations under such accepted bid or contract. SECTION 10. Security fu lk Bonds and lk Notes. The Bonds and the Notes are general obligations of the County, the full faith and credit of the County is hereby pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds and the Notes, and the principal and interest payments shall be a first charge on the General Fund of the County. SECTION 11_ CIZSl Identification Number . The Director of Finance may authorize the printing of CUSIP identification numbers upon the Bonds. Such number and the printing thereof shall be subject in all respects to the provision of Section 47-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. 14 SECTION 12. Bond 4r Note Insurance. The Director of Finance is authorized to determine and provide for any insurance provisions respecting the Bonds or the Notes as he shall deem to be in the best interest of the County, including, without limitation, selection of the bond insurer, payment of the insurance premium and printing of any insurance statement on the Bonds or the Notes. SECTION 13. Support Facility -for Variable Bate Bunds. If the Director of Finance shall determine to issue die Bonds of a series or Notes bearing interest at a rate or rates which vary from time to time or with a right of holders to tender such Bonds or Notes for purchase, or both, the Director of Finance may contract for such support facility or facilities and remarketing arrangements as are required to market the Bonds or Notes, to the greatest advantage of the County upon such terms and conditions as the Director of Finance deems necessary and proper; provided, however, that all such contracts shall be approved by a resolution of the County Council and shall comply with the requirements of Section 47-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes. SECTION 14. Repeal 4f Conflicts. All ordinances and resolutions, and any portions of ordinances and resolutions, heretofore enacted or adopted by the Council which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this ordinance shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency. 15 SECTION 15. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction Date of 1st Reading Date of 2nd Reading Effective Date: KaLRENC& Comm. 756 INTRODUCED BY: :. COUNCIL MEMBER, COU Y OF HAWAII We