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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-27-1978 The oar d of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, met in adjourned regular session Ln the County Commissioners' Roam of the Orange Bounty Courthouse in Hillsbor I ugh, North Carolina, the regular place of meet- ing , at :00 P.M. , on January 27, 1978. Present: Chairman Richard E. Whitted , presiding , and Commissioners Jan Pinney, Norman Walker, and Donald Willhoit Absent: commissioner Norman Gustaveson � • Commissioner Richard Whitted introduced the follow- ing resolution which was read ; RESOLD THE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange: Se tion 1. The Board of Commissioners has determined and doe hereby find and declare: ( ) That an order authorizing $6, 000,000 School Bonds was adopted by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange n August 18, 1976, which order was approved by the vote of a majority of the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at a referendum duly called and held on November 2, 1976. 'l r t (b) That none of said bonds has been issued , that no notes have been issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proIeeds of the sale of said bonds , and that it is neces- sary to issue at this time all of said bonds, (c That the maximum period of usefulness of the addi.- tional chool facilities in said County to be provided pursuant to said order is estimated as a period of forty years from December 1, 1977 , the date of said bonds as provided in Section 2 of this resolution , and that such period expires on December 1 2017. S ction 2. For the purpose provided in said order , there shall be issued the negotiable coupon bonds of the County of Orange in the aggregate principal amount of $6,000,000, desig- nated School Bonds" , dated December It 1977, consisting of 1 ,200 bonds of the denomination of $5, 000 each, numbered l to 1 , 200, inclusive. Said bonds shall mature annually, June 11 in numerical order , lowest numbers first, $150,000 1980 to 1.985 inclusive , $200 , 000 1986 to 1989 , inclusive , $250,000 1990 and $4 0,000 1.991 to 1999 , inclusive , without option of prior payment, and bear interest from their date at a rate or rates to be determined by the Local Government Commission of North Carolina at the time the bonds are sold , which interest to the maturity thereof shall be payable semi-annually on the lst days of Ju a and December of each year , and both the principal of and the interest on said bonds shall be payable at Waehovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A. , in the City of Winston- Salem, orth Carolina, or , at the option of the holder or registe ed owner , at Bankers Trust Company, in the Borough .of Manh ttan, City and State of New York, in any coin or cur- rency of the United States of America which , at the respective dates o payment thereof, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Se Lion 3. Said bonds shall be executed with the facsi- mile si natures of the Chairman and the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners for said County, and a facsimile of the official seal of said Board of Commissioners shall be imprinted on said bo ds , and the interest coupons to be attached to said bonds shall be executed with the facsimile signature of said Clerk. Said bonds and coupons and endorsement to be printed upon the reverse of said bonds shall be in substantially the following forms. No. . . . . $5, 000 United States of America State of North Carolina COUNTY OF ORANGE School Bond T e County of Orange, in the State of North Carolina, is justly indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the bearer or, if this bond be registered , to the registered owner hereof, on the 1st day of June, 19_, the principal sum of L FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS and to p y interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . per centum ( . . . . . .%) per annum until payment of such principal sum, such interest to the maturity hereof being payable semi- annually on the 1st days of June and December in each year upon the presentation and surrender of the coupons repre- senting uch interest as the same respectively become due. Both the principal of and the interest on this bond are payable t Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A. , in the City of inston-Salem, North Carolina, or, at the option of the h lder or registered owner, at Bankers Trust Company, in the Bcrough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, in any cgin or currency of the United States of America which, at the respective dates of payment thereof, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. For the prom ft hereof , both principal and interest as the same shall become due , the full faith and credit of said County of orange are hereby irrevocably pledged . This bond is one of an issue of bonds issued by said County f r the purpose of providing funds, with any other availabl funds, for providing additional school facili- ties in said County, and this bond is issued under and pursuant to The Local Government Bond Act, as amended , Article 7, as amended , of Chapter 159 of the General Statues f North Carolina, an order which was approved by the vote of a majority of the qualified voters of i said County who voted thereon at a referendum duly called and held, and a resolution duly passed by the Board of Commissioners for said County. It is hereby certified and recited that all acts , conditi ns and things required to happen, exist and be perform d precedent to and in the issuance of this bond by the onstitution and laws of North Carolina have happened, exist and have been performed in regular and due for and time as so required; that provision has been made foi the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon al i property taxable within said County sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on this bond as the sam shall become clue; and that the total indebtedness of said County, including this bond, does not exceed any constit tional or statutory limitation thereon. This bond may be registered as to principal only in accordance with the provisions endorsed hereon. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of Orange, by order of its Board of Commissioners , has caused this bond to be executed with the facsimile signatures of the Chairman and the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners, and a fac- simile of the official seal of said Board of Commissioners to be imprinted hereon, and has caused the interest coupons 5. _ r attached hereto to be executed with the facsimile signa- ture of the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners, all as of the lst day of December, 1977. [Facsimile signature] Chairman of Board of Commissioners [Facsimile signature] Clerk of Board of Commissioners 4 [Endorsement upon bonds] CERTIFICATE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION The of the within bond has been approved under th ovi�' ssuance ions of a Local Government e pr Th c 1 ernme t Bond Act of North Carolina. John D. Foust Secretary, Local Government Commission By-...w... [Manual El nature] PROVISIONS FOR REGISTRATION This bond may be registered as to principal only in the Bond Register of the County of Orange by the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners for said County as Bond Regis- trar, at ter office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, or by such o her Bond Registrar or at such other place as may be legally designated by the governing body of said County, upon presentation hereof to the Bond Registrar who shall make notation of such registration in the registration blank bet w, and the transfer of this bond may thereafter be reg ist red only upon a duly executed assignment of the registere owner or his attorney or legal representative, in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Bond Regis- trar, such registration of transfer to be made on such Bond Register and endorsed hereon by the Bond Registrar. Such registration of transfer may be to bearer and there- by transferability by delivery shall be restored, but this bond shall agaln be subject to successive registrations and regis rations of transfer as before. The principal of this b nd , if registered , unless registered to bearer, shall be payable only to or upon the order of the regis- tered owner or his legal representative. Notwithstanding the regis�ration of this bond as to principal only, the coupons s all remain payable to bearer and shall continue to be tra sferable by delivery. 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Dollars in a y coin or currency of the United States of America i at the time of payment is legal tender for the wh c p ym g payment of public and private debts, as provided in and for the semi-annual interest then due upon its School Bond dated December 1, 1977, numbered . . . . . . [Facsimile signature] Clerk of Board of Commissioners Section 4. Said bonds shall be registrable as to principal only in accordance with the provisions for regis- tration h reinabove in this resolution provided to be en- dorsed unon said bonds, and the Clerk of the Board of Com- missioners for said County is hereby appointed Bond Regis- trar for the registration and registration of transfer of said bonds, subject to the right of the governing body of the County of Orange hereafter to appoint another Bond Re- gistrar. No charge shall be made to any bondholder for the privilege of registration and registration of transfer herein granted . I Section 5. The actions of the County Manager and the Finance Director and Assistant County Manager of said County in applying to the Local Government Commission of North Carolina to advertise and sell said bonds are here- by ratified and confirmed. The Local Government, Commis- sion of orth Carolina is hereby requested to ask for sealed bids for said bonds by publishing notices and printing and distributing an official statement relating to the sale of said bonds. Such official statement substantially in the form of the draft of such official statement, dated January 27 , 1978, presented at this meeting is hereby approved and the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for said County, said County Manager and said ,Finance Director and Assistant County Manager are each hereby authorized to approve changes in such official statement which are not material and to execute such offi ial statement for and on behalf of said County. Section C. There shall be printed on the reverse of each o) said bonds to be issued under date of December . 1977 the legal opinion of Brown, Wood , Ivey, Mitchell & Petty, bond counsel to the County of Orange, with respect to the validity of said bonds, and there shall be printed immediately following such legal opinion a certifiate executed with the facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for said County, said certificate to be in substantially the following form: I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the legal opinion on the bonds therein described wh ic was manually signed by Brown, Wood, r r Ivey Mitchell, & Petty, New York, N.Y. , and as dated as of the date of delivery of a d payment for said bonds. [Facsimile signature] Chairman of Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina Section 7. This resolution shall take effect upon its passage. Thereupon, upon motion of Commissioner Pinney , seconded �y Commissioner Willhoit the foregoing resolutl,oi entitled : "RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE F 56, 000, 000 SCHOOL BONDS" was passed by the following vote: Ayes: Commissioners Pinney, Walker, Whitted, and Willhoit. Noes: None. I , Agatha Johnson; Clerk of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of the actually recorded minutes of said Board of Commissioners taken at a meeting held on January 23, 1978, said record having been made in Minute Boo No, 10 r _ and is a true copy of so much of said procel ings as relates in any way to the issuance of r bonds of said County. WITNE S my hand and the official seal of said Board, thi� 27th day of January, 1978. GI.F Clerk f the BoatA of Commissioners