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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3027 RESOLUTION NO. 90;7"7 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, authorizing the Director of Financial Services and the Finance Officer to designate certain expenditures for potential reimbursement from bonds that may be authorized and approved for issuance by the City Council in the future. WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton, Washington (the "City") issues tax-exempt obligations from time to time, (including bonds, leases and lines of credit) for the purpose of financing its governmental activities; and WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Treasury has promulgated regulations limiting the ability of the City to use the proceeds of tax-exempt obligations for reimbursement of prior expenditures; and WHEREAS, the regulations permit the City to appoint one or more officials for the purpose of identifying and qualifying capital projects for reimbursement purposes; THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Appointment of Director of Financial Services and Finance Officer. Pursuant to U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1. 150-2(e)(1), the City Council hereby designates and appoints the Director of Financial Services and the Finance Officer of the City as the responsible officials for the purpose of issuing statements of official intent in compliance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.150-2. SECTION 2. Statements of Official Intent. Upon a determination by the Director of Financial Services or the Finance Officer that the costs of a particular capital project may be reimbursed from the proceeds of a tax-exempt obligation(s) of the City, the Director of Financial Services or the Finance Officer is authorized and directed to execute a certificate of official intent, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each certificate so executed shall become a part of the official records of the City available for public inspection and review. No capital projects will be undertaken unless such projects have been previously approved in the customary manner by the City Council, and the execution of any intent certificate shall not obligate the City to issue any debt, all of which shall require separate and additional official approval by the City Council. SECTION 3. Severability. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this Resolution are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion ofthis Resolution and the same shall remain in full force and effect. 1 Reimbursing Resolution SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage. zt PASSED by the City Council of the City ofBremerton, Washington, thisdJ4.6 day of 'A, A "I j ,2007. resident APPROVED AS TO FORM: R: \Legal\Legal\Reso lutions\Finance\Reimbursing reso lution.doc 2 Reimbursing Resolution EXHIBIT A FORM OF OFFICIAL INTENT CERTIFICATE Pursuant to Resolution No. _ of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington (the "City"), the undersigned, [Director of Financial Services][Finance Officer] of the City hereby states as follows: SECTION 1. The City reasonably expects to reimburse the expenditures described herein with the proceeds of debt to be incurred by the City (the "Reimbursement Bonds"). SECTION 2. The maximum principal amount of Reimbursement Bonds expected to be issued is $ [Select one version of Section 3J SECTION 3. The expenditures with respect to which the City reasonably expects to be reimbursed from the proceeds of Reimbursement Bonds are for [ insert general functional description of the property, project or program]. OR SECTION 3. The expenditures with respect to which the City reasonably expects to be reimbursed from the proceeds of Reimbursement Bonds will be made from [insert name of fund or account from which the expenditure will be made and description of the functional purpose of the fund, for example, capital improvement program]. Dated this _ day of ,20_ [Director of Financial Services] [Finance Officer] P:\NMN\NMN2WU