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ORDINANCE NO.
2007 AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
WATER AND SEWER REFUNDING REVENUE BONDS; PROVIDING
FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND
INTEREST ON THE BONDS; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER
MATTERS RELATING THERETO. WHEREAS, the City
of Eureka Springs, Arkansas (the "City")
owns water and sewer facilities, which are operated as a single, integrated municipal undertaking (the
"System"); and WHEREAS, the City
Council has determined that the City will
be able to receive a substantial savings by refunding its Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2000 (the
"Bonds Refunded") authorized by Ordinance No. 1854 of the City,
adopted November 2, 2000, as
supplemented by Ordinance No. 1857 of the City, adopted on December 7, 2000 (collectively, the "2000
Ordinance"); and WHEREAS, the City
can refund the Bonds Refunded by the issuance
of Water and Sewer Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, in the principal
amount of $2,355,000 (the "bonds"); and WHEREAS, the City
is making arrangements for the sale of the
bonds to Stephens Inc. (the "Purchaser"), at a purchase price of 98.62% of par plus accrued interest (the
"Purchase Price"), pursuant to a Bond
Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") which has been presented to and is before this meeting; and WHEREAS, the
Preliminary Official Statement, dated September
28, 2005, offering the bonds for sale (the "Preliminary Official Statement") has been presented to and is
before this meeting; and WHEREAS, the
Limited Continuing Disclosure Agreement between
the City and BancorpSouth Bank (the "Disclosure Agreement"), providing for the ongoing disclosure
obligations of the City with respect to
the bonds, has been presented to and is before
this meeting; and WHEREAS, the City
has outstanding its Water and Sewer Revenue
Bonds, Series 2002 (the "Parity Bonds") authorized by Ordinance No. 1905, adopted on November 12, 2002, as
supplemented by Ordinance No. 1909,
adopted on December 20, 2002 (the "Parity Bond Ordinance"); and WHEREAS, the
coverage test for securing the bonds with a lien on revenues of the System on
a parity with the lien on System revenues
in favor of the Parity Bonds has been or will be met; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
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Section 1. The
refunding of the Bonds
Refunded shall be accomplished. The
Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to
take, or cause to be taken, all action necessary to accomplish
the same and to
execute all required contracts. The
Bonds Refunded shall be called for
redemption on December 1, 2006 at a redemption
price equal to the principal amount
being redeemed plus accrued interest. Section 2. The
Disclosure Agreement, in substantially the form submitted
to this meeting, is approved, and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and
deliver the Disclosure Agreement on behalf
of the City. The Mayor is authorized and directed
to take all action required on the part of the City to fulfill its
obligations under the Disclosure Agreement. Section 3.
The City Council hereby finds and declares
that the period of usefulness of the System will be more than 15 years, which is longer than the term of the
bonds. Section
4. The Agreement, in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, is approved and the
bonds are hereby sold to the
Purchaser for the Purchase Price. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver
the Agreement on behalf of the City
and to take all action required on the part of the City to fulfill its
obligations under the Agreement. Section 5.
The Preliminary Official Statement is
hereby approved and the previous
use of the Preliminary Official Statement by the Purchaser in connection with the sale of the bonds is hereby
in all respects approved and confirmed, and the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, for and on
behalf of the City, to execute the
Preliminary Official Statement and the final Official Statement in the name of the City for use in
connection with the sale of the
bonds as set forth in the Agreement. Section 6.
Under the authority of the Constitution
and laws of the State of Arkansas
(the "State"), including particularly Title 14, Chapter 234, Subchapter 2, Title 14,
Chapter 164, Subchapter 4, and Title
14, Chapter 235, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas
Code of 1987 Annotated and applicable decisions of the Supreme Court of the State, including
particularly City of Harrison v. Braswell, 209 Ark. 1094, 194 S.W. 2d 12 (1946), City of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Water and Sewer Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2005 are hereby authorized and ordered issued in
the principal amount of $2,355,000
for the purpose of refunding the Bonds Refunded, funding a debt service reserve and paying expenses of issuing the bonds. The bonds shall mature on
December 1 in the years and the
amounts and shall bear interest as follows: |
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Year(December 1) |
Principal Amount |
Interest Rate (%) |
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2007 |
$120,000 |
3.10 |
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2008 |
140,000 |
3.20 |
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2009 |
145,000 |
3.35 |
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2010 |
145,000 |
3.45 |
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2011 |
150,000 |
3.60 |
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2012 |
160,000 |
3.70 |
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2013 |
160,000 |
3.80 |
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2014 |
170,000 |
3.90 |
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2015 |
175,000 |
4.00 |
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2016 |
180,000 |
4.10 |
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2017 |
190,000 |
4.20 |
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2018 |
195,000 |
4.25 |
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2019 |
210,000 |
4.30 |
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2020 |
215,000 |
4.35 |
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The bonds shall
be dated November 1, 2005 and shall
be issuable only as fully registered bonds without coupons
in the denomination of $5,000 or
any integral multiple thereof. Unless the City shall otherwise direct, the bonds shall be numbered
from 1 upward in order of issuance.
Each bond shall have a CUSIP number. The bonds shall
be registered initially in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), which shall be considered to be the registered
owner of the bonds for all purposes
under this Ordinance, including, without limitation, payment by the City of principal of, redemption price, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, and
receipt of notices and exercise of
rights of registered owners. There shall be one certificated, typewritten bond for each stated
maturity date which shall be
immobilized in the custody of DTC with the beneficial owners having no right to receive the bonds in
the form of physical securities or
certificates. DTC and its participants shall be responsible for maintenance of records of the
ownership of beneficial interests in
the bonds by book-entry on the system maintained and operated by DTC and its participants, and transfers of ownership of beneficial interests shall be
made only by DTC and its
participants, by book-entry, the City having no responsibility therefor. DTC is expected to maintain records of
the positions of participants in
the bonds, and the participants and persons acting through participants are expected to maintain
records of the purchasers of
beneficial interests in the bonds. The bonds as such shall not be transferable or exchangeable,
except for transfer to another
securities depository or to another nominee of a securities depository, without further action by the City. |
If
any securities depository determines not to continue to act as a securities depository for the bonds for use
in a book-entry system, the City may
establish a securities depository/ book-entry
system relationship with another securities depository. If
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the City
does not or is unable to
do so, or upon
request of the beneficial owners of
all outstanding bonds, the City and the Trustee
(hereinafter identified), after the Trustee
has made provision for notification
of the beneficial owners by the then securities
depository, shall permit withdrawal of the bonds
from the securities depository, and authenticate
and deliver bond certificates in fully registered form (in denominations
of $5,000 or integral multiples thereof) to the
assigns of the securities depository or its nominee, all at the cost and
expense (including costs of printing definitive bonds) of the City, if
the City fails to maintain a
securities depository/book-entry system, or of the beneficial owners, if they request termination
of the system. Prior to issuance of
the bonds, the City shall have executed
and delivered to DTC a written agreement (the "Representation Letter") setting forth (or incorporating
therein by reference) certain
undertakings and responsibilities of the City with respect to the bonds so long as the bonds or a portion thereof
are registered in the name of Cede & Co. (or a substitute nominee) and held by DTC. Notwithstanding such execution and
delivery of the Representation
Letter, the terms thereof shall not in any way limit the provisions of this Section or in any other way impose upon
the City any obligation whatsoever with respect to persons having interests in the bonds other than the registered
owners, as shown on the registration
books kept by the Trustee. The Trustee shall
take all action necessary for all representations of the City in the
Representation Letter with respect to the Trustee to at all times be complied with. The authorized
officers of the Trustee and the City shall do or perform such acts and execute all such certificates, documents and other instruments as they or any of them
deem necessary or advisable to
facilitate the efficient use of a securities
depository for all or any portion of the bonds; provided that neither the
Trustee nor the City may assume any obligations to such securities depository or beneficial owners of
bonds that are inconsistent with their obligations to any registered owner
under this Ordinance. Interest on the
bonds shall be payable on June 1, 2006, and
semiannually thereafter on June 1 and December 1 of each year. Payment of
each installment of interest shall be made to the person in whose name the bond is registered on the
registration books of the City maintained by BancorpSouth Bank, Stuttgart,
Arkansas, as Trustee and Paying Agent
(the "Trustee"), at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a
business day) next preceding each
interest payment date (the "Record Date"), irrespective of any transfer or exchange of any such
bond subsequent to such Record
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Each bond shall bear
interest from the payment date next preceding
the date on which it is authenticated unless it is authenticated on an interest payment date, in which
event it shall bear interest from such
date, or unless it is authenticated prior to
the first interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from November 1, 2005, or unless it is
authenticated during the period from
the Record Date to the next interest payment date, in which case it shall bear interest from such interest payment
date, or unless at the time of authentication thereof interest
is in default thereon, in which event it shall bear interest from the date to which interest has been paid. Only such bonds
as shall have endorsed thereon a Certificate
of Authentication substantially in the form set forth in Section 8 hereof (the "Certificate") duly
executed by the Trustee shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Ordinance. No bond shall be valid and obligatory for
any purpose unless and until the
Certificate shall have been duly executed by the Trustee, and the Certificate upon any such bond shall be conclusive evidence that such bond has been
authenticated and delivered under
this Ordinance. The Certificate on any bond shall be deemed to have been executed if signed by an
authorized officer of the Trustee,
but it shall not be necessary that the same officer sign the Certificate on all of the bonds. In case any bond
shall become mutilated or be destroyed or
lost, the City shall, if not then prohibited by law, cause to be executed and the Trustee may authenticate and deliver a
new bond of like date, maturity and
tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of such mutilated bond, or in lieu of and in substitution for such bond destroyed or lost, upon the
owner paying the reasonable expenses
and charges of the City and Trustee in connection
therewith, and, in the case of a bond destroyed or lost, his filing with the Trustee evidence satisfactory to it
that such bond was destroyed or
lost, and of his ownership thereof, and furnishing
the City and Trustee with indemnity satisfactory to them. The Trustee is hereby authorized to authenticate
any such new bond. In the event
any such bond shall have matured, instead of
issuing a new bond, the City may pay the same without the surrender thereof. Upon the issuance of a new bond under
this Section, the City may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. The City shall
cause books to be maintained for the registration
and for the transfer of the bonds as provided herein and in the bonds. The Trustee shall act as the bond
registrar. Each bond is transferable
by the registered owner thereof or by his attorney
duly authorized in writing at the principal office of the Trustee. Upon such transfer a new fully registered bond
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for the same aggregate
principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor. No charge shall be
made to any owner of any bond for the privilege of transfer or exchange, but any owner
of any bond requesting any such
transfer or exchange shall pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with
respect thereto. Except as
otherwise provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the cost of
preparing each new bond upon each exchange or transfer and any other expenses of the City or the
Trustee incurred in connection
therewith shall be paid by the City. The City shall not be required to transfer or exchange any bonds
selected for redemption in whole or
in part. The person in
whose name any bond shall be registered shall
be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and
payment of or on account of the principal or premium, if any, or interest on any bond shall be made only to
or upon the order of the registered
owner thereof or his legal representative, but such registration may be changed as hereinabove provided. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy
and discharge the liability upon such
bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. In any case where
the date of maturity of interest on or principal
of the bonds or the date fixed for redemption of any bonds shall be a Saturday or Sunday or shall be in the
State a legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions are authorized by
law to close, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date but may
be made on the next succeeding
business day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after the
date of maturity or date fixed
for redemption. Section 7.
The bonds shall be executed on behalf of
the City by the manual or facsimile
signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk
and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the City. The bonds, together with interest thereon,
are secured by and are payable
solely from revenues derived from the System ("Revenues") which are hereby pledged and mortgaged for the
equal and ratable payment of the
bonds. The pledge of Revenues is on a parity of security with the pledge in
favor of the Parity Bonds. The
bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City within any
constitutional or statutory limitation. Section
8. The bonds and the Certificate shall be in substantially the following form and the Mayor
and City Clerk are hereby expressly
authorized and directed to make all recitals contained therein: |
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REGISTERED |
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(Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF CARROLL CITY OF
EUREKA SPRINGS WATER AND SEWER
REFUNDING REVENUE BOND, SERIES 2005 |
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REGISTERED |
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Interest Rate: ----------------- % Dated Date: November 1, 2005 Registered Owner: Cede & Co. Principal Amount: ___________ CUSIP No.: |
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Maturity Date: December 1, |
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KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Eureka Springs, County of Carroll,
State of Arkansas (the
"City"), for value received, hereby promises to pay, but solely from the source as hereinafter provided
and not otherwise, to the Registered Owner shown above
upon the presentation and surrender hereof
at the principal corporate office of
BancorpSouth Bank, Stuttgart, Arkansas, or its successor or successors, as Trustee and Paying Agent (the
"Trustee"), on the Maturity Date shown above, the Principal Amount
shown above, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts
and to pay by check or draft interest thereon, but solely from the source as hereinafter provided
and not otherwise, in like coin or
currency from the interest commencement date specified below at the Interest Rate per annum shown above, payable
June 1, 2006 and semiannually thereafter on the first days of June and December of each year, until payment of
such principal sum or, if this bond
or a portion hereof shall be duly called for redemption, until the date fixed for redemption, and to pay interest on overdue principal and interest (to
the extent legally enforceable) at
the rate borne by this bond. Payment of each installment of interest shall be made to the person in whose name this bond is registered on the registration books
of the City maintained by the
Trustee at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a business day)
next preceding each interest
payment date (the "Record Date"), irrespective of any transfer or exchange of this bond subsequent to
such Record Date and prior to such
interest payment date. This bond shall
bear interest from the payment date next preceding
the date on which it is authenticated unless it is authenticated on an interest payment date, in which event
it shall bear interest from such
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to the
first interest payment date, in which event it
shall bear interest from the Dated
Date shown above, or unless it
is authenticated during the period
from the Record Date
to the next interest payment date, in which case it
shall bear interest from such
interest payment date, or unless at the time of authentication hereof
interest is in default hereon, in which event it shall bear interest from the date to which interest has
been paid. Unless this
certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC") to the Trustee for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede
& Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is made to Cede & Co. or
to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has
an interest herein. This bond is one
of an issue of City of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Water and Sewer Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, aggregating Two Million Three Hundred Fifty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($2,355,000) in principal amount (the "bonds"),
and is issued for the purpose of
refunding certain outstanding bonds payable from revenues of the City's water and sewer (combined) system
(the "System"),
paying necessary expenses incidental thereto and to the authorization and issuance of the bonds and funding a
debt service reserve. The bonds are
issued pursuant to and in full compliance with
the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas (the "State"), including particularly Title 14,
Chapter 234, Subchapter 2, Title 14,
Chapter 164, Subchapter 4, and Title 14, Chapter 235, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated
and applicable decisions of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, including
particularly City
of Harrison v. Braswell, 209 Ark. 1094, 194 S.W. 2d 12 (1946), and pursuant to Ordinance No. 2007, duly adopted on October 10, 2005
(the "Authorizing Ordinance"), and do not constitute an indebtedness of the City within any constitutional
or statutory limitation. The bonds
are not general obligations of the City, but are special obligations payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the System. In this regard,
the pledge in favor of the bonds is
on a parity of security with the pledge in favor of the City's Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2002. An amount of System revenues sufficient to pay the
principal of and interest on the
bonds has been duly pledged and set aside into the 2002 Water and Sewer Revenue Bond Fund created
by the Authorizing Ordinance.
Reference is hereby made to the Authorizing Ordinance for a detailed statement of the terms and
conditions upon which the bonds
are issued, of the nature and extent of the security for the bonds, and the rights and obligations of the
City, the Trustee and the
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covenanted and agreed to maintain rates for the services of the System which shall be sufficient at all times to provide
for the proper and reasonable
expenses of operation and maintenance of the System and for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, including Trustee's fees, as the same
become due and payable, to establish
and maintain a debt service reserve and to make the required deposit for the depreciation of the System. The bonds are
subject to redemption at the option of the City, from funds from any source,
on and after December 1, 2010 in whole
at any time or in part on any interest payment date, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being
redeemed plus accrued interest to the
redemption date. If fewer than all of the bonds
shall be called for redemption, the particular maturities of the bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by the City
in its discretion. If fewer than
all of the bonds of any one maturity shall
be called for redemption, the particular bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed from such maturity shall be
selected by lot by the Trustee. Notice of
redemption identifying the bonds or portions thereof (which shall be $5,000 or a multiple thereof) to be redeemed shall be given by the Trustee, not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, by mailing a
copy of the redemption notice by
first class mail, postage prepaid, to
all registered owners of bonds to be redeemed. Failure to mail an appropriate notice or any such notice to one or more
registered owners of bonds to be redeemed shall not affect the validity of
the proceedings for redemption
of other bonds as to which notice of redemption is duly given in proper and
timely fashion. All such bonds or portions
thereof thus called for redemption and for the retirement of which funds are duly provided in accordance with the Authorizing Ordinance prior to the date fixed for
redemption will cease to bear interest on such redemption date. This bond is
transferable by the registered owner hereof in person or by his attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee,
but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and
upon payment of the charges provided in
the Authorizing Ordinance, and upon surrender and cancellation of this bond. Upon such transfer a new fully
registered bond or bonds of the same maturity, of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the transferee in exchange therefore. This bond is issued with the intent that the laws
of the State shall govern its
construction. The City and the
Trustee may deem and treat the registered
owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of
principal hereof and premium, if
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other purposes,
and neither the
City nor the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary. The bonds are issuable only as fully registered bonds in the denomination of $5,000, and any integral multiple thereof. Subject to the limitations and upon payment of
the charges provided in the
Authorizing Ordinance, fully registered bonds may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount
of fully registered bonds of the
same maturity of other authorized denominations. IT IS HEREBY
CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all acts,
conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds
do exist, have happened and have
been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law; that the
indebtedness represented by the bonds, together
with all obligations of the City, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation; and that the
above referred to revenues pledged to
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the bonds as the same become due and payable will be sufficient in amount for that purpose. This bond shall
not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Authorizing Ordinance until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Trustee. THE CITY HAS
DESIGNATED THIS BOND AS A "QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT
OBLIGATION" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 265(b) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the City of Eureka Springs, Arkansas has caused this bond to be executed by its Mayor and City Clerk, thereunto duly authorized, and its corporate seal to be
impressed on this bond, all as of the Dated Date shown above. CITY OF EUREKA
SPRINGS, ARKANSAS ATTEST: By
__________________________________ Mayor _________________________________ City Clerk (SEAL) |
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(Form of Trustee's Certificate) TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This bond is one of the
bonds designated Series 2005 in and
issued under the provisions of the within mentioned Authorizing Ordinance. Date of
Authentication: BANCORPSOUTH BANK
TRUSTEE By ______________________
Authorized Signature (Form of Assignment) ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, -------------------------------------------- ("Transferor"), hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto --- ,
the within bond and all rights thereunder,
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints_______________________________________ as attorney to |
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transfer the within bond on the books kept for
registration thereof with full power of
substitution in the premises. DATE: |
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Transferor GUARANTEED BY: |
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NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (STAMP), or in
another signature guaranty program recognized by the Trustee. Section 9.
Since the bonds are being issued on a parity
of security with the Parity Bonds,
the bonds are to have the benefit
of and are to be governed by the Parity Bond and all of the provisions of the Parity Bond Ordinance, except
those provisions clearly inconsistent herewith or inapplicable hereto, including,
without limitation, the provisions
pertaining to the establishment and
charging of rates for services of the System, vacancies in office, the collection, depositing, securing,
disbursing, investing and handling
of Revenues and funds, the parity bond requirements and the operation, maintenance, insurance and
care of the System, are hereby made
applicable hereto and are incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth at this
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the above
covenant shall be to continue the applicable provisions in full
force and effect even after the payment of the Parity Bonds and until the bonds are paid, or provision made
therefor. In this regard, the
following funds incorporated into the Parity Ordinance are hereby confirmed and continued: Water and
Sewer Fund (the "Revenue
Fund"); Water and Sewer Operation and Maintenance Fund (the "Operation and Maintenance Fund");
2002 Water and Sewer Revenue Bond
Fund (the "Bond Fund"); and Water and Sewer Depreciation Fund. Section 10.
(a) After making payments into the
Operation and Maintenance Fund,
there shall be paid from the Revenue Fund into the Bond Fund the sums in the amounts and at the times described below for the purpose of providing
funds for the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Parity Bonds and the bonds, as they mature, with trustee's fees for each
issue, and as a debt service reserve. (b) There shall be
paid into the Bond Fund on the first business
day of each month, until all outstanding bonds, with interest thereon, have been paid in full or provision
made for such payment, a sum equal to
1/6 of the next installment of interest due on the bonds and the Parity Bonds and 1/12 of the next installment of principal bonds and the Parity Bonds; provided,
however, that installments of principal
shall not be deposited until December 2006. The Debt Service
Reserve within the Bond Fund shall be maintained
in an amount equal to one-half of the maximum annual debt service requirements on the bonds plus one-half of
the maximum annual debt service on the
Parity Bonds (the "Required Level"). There shall be deposited into the Debt Service Reserve proceeds of the bonds sufficient for such purpose. Should the Debt
Service Reserve become impaired
or be reduced below the Required Level, the City shall make additional monthly payments from the Revenue Fund
until the impairment or reduction is corrected over a twenty-four month
period. The City shall
maintain records reflecting the Bond Fund and
Debt Service Reserve as constituted of two subaccounts, identified, respectively, as the "2005
Subaccount" and the "2002 Subaccount."
The 2002 Subaccount shall hold all debt service payments for the Parity Bonds and the portion of the
Debt Service Reserve relating to the
Parity Bonds, and the 2005 Subaccount shall hold all debt service payments for the bonds and the portion of the Debt Service Reserve relating to the bonds. The
maintenance of records reflecting a 2005
Subaccount and a 2002 Subaccount shall not
be interpreted to affect in any way the parity of security between the bonds and the Parity Bonds, and the Bond
Fund and Debt Service Reserve shall
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The City shall also
pay into the Bond Fund such additional sums as necessary
to provide for the trustee's fees
for each issue and expenses
(including reasonable legal fees) plus any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"). The City
shall receive a credit against monthly deposits into the Bond Fund from bond proceeds deposited therein, all
interest earnings on moneys in the
Bond Fund and for transfers into the Bond Fund derived from earnings in the Debt Service Reserve during the preceding month as hereinafter provided. (c) If for any
reason there shall be a deficiency in the payments
made into the Bond Fund so that there are unavailable sufficient moneys therein to pay the principal of and
interest on the bonds or the Parity
Bonds as the same become due, any sums then held in the Debt Service Reserve shall be used to the extent necessary to pay such principal and interest, but the
Debt Service Reserve shall be
reimbursed as described above. The Debt Service Reserve shall be used solely as herein described, but
the moneys therein may be invested
as set forth below. Any earnings on moneys in the Debt Service Reserve which increase the amount therein above the Required Level shall be transferred from the Debt
Service Reserve and used as a
credit against the next monthly deposit into the Bond Fund. (d) It shall be
the duty of the City Treasurer to cause to be withdrawn from the Bond Fund
and deposited with the Trustee at
least one business day before the due date of any principal and/or interest on any bond or Parity Bond, at maturity
or redemption prior to maturity, an
amount equal to the amount of such bond
or Parity Bond and interest due thereon for the sole purpose of paying the same, together with the fees of any
trustee or paying agent. When the
moneys held in the Bond Fund shall be and remain sufficient to pay the
principal of and interest on all bonds and Parity Bonds then outstanding, the City Treasurer shall not be obligated to make any further payments into the Bond
Fund. (e) All moneys in
the Bond Fund shall be used solely for the
purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
bonds and the Parity Bonds when due and any arbitrage rebate due under Section 148 of the Code, except as herein specifically provided. If a surplus shall exist
in the Bond Fund over and above the
amount required for making all principal and interest payments due during the
next 12 months and over and above the
Required Level for the Debt Service Reserve, such surplus shall be used to
redeem the bonds or the Parity Bonds to the extent callable, shall be transferred into the Revenue Fund. (f) The bonds
shall be specifically secured by a pledge of
all Revenues on a parity of security with the Parity Bonds. This pledge in favor of the bonds is hereby irrevocably
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officers and employees shall
execute, perform and carry
out the terms thereof in strict
conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 11. So long as any of the bonds are outstanding, the City shall not issue or attempt to issue any
bonds claimed to be entitled to a
priority of lien on Revenues over the lien securing the bonds. The City
reserves the right to issue additional
bonds to finance or pay the cost of making any future extensions, betterments or improvements to the
System, or to refund such bonds,
but the City shall not authorize or issue any such additional bonds ranking on a parity with the
bonds, unless and until the parity
bond test set forth in Section 17 of the Parity Bond Ordinance is met and the necessary
certificates are filed with the
Trustee. Section
12. The bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity in accordance with the terms set out in the bond form in Section 8 hereof. Section
13. The City shall cause proper books of accounts and records to be kept (separate from all other records and accounts) in which complete and correct
entries shall be made of all
transactions relating to the operation of the System, and such books shall be available for inspection by
the owner of any of the bonds at
reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances. The City agrees to have these records audited by
an independent certified public
accountant at least once each year, and a copy of the audit shall be delivered to the Trustee and
made available to the registered
owners of the bonds requesting the same in writing. In the event that the City fails or refuses to
make the audit, the Trustee or any
registered owner of the bonds, may have the audit made, and the cost thereof shall be charged
against the Operation and Maintenance Fund. Section 14.
Any bond shall be deemed to be paid within
the meaning of this Ordinance when
payment of the principal of and interest
on such bond (whether at maturity or upon redemption as provided herein, or otherwise), either (i)
shall have been made or caused to be
made in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) shall have been provided
for by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee, in trust and irrevocably set aside exclusively for such payment, (1) cash sufficient to make such
payment and/or (2) direct obligations
of (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of) the Department of the
Treasury of the United States of
America ("Government Securities") (provided that such deposit will not affect the tax exempt status of
the interest on any of the bonds or
cause any of the bonds to be classified as "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the
Code, maturing as to principal and
interest in such amounts and at such times as will provide sufficient moneys
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Trustee pertaining
to the bonds with respect
to which such deposit is made
shall have been paid or the payment thereof provided for to the satisfaction of the Trustee. On the payment of
any bonds within the meaning of this Ordinance,
the Trustee shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the owners of such bonds,
all such moneys and/or Government Securities. When all the bonds
shall have been paid within the meaning
of this Ordinance, if the Trustee has been paid its fees and expenses and if any arbitrage rebate is paid or
provided to the satisfaction of the
Trustee, the Trustee shall take all appropriate action to cause (i) the pledge and lien of this
Ordinance to be discharged and cancelled,
and (ii) all moneys held by it pursuant to
this Ordinance and which are not required for the payment of such bonds to be paid over or delivered to or at the
direction of the City. In determining the
sufficiency of the deposit of Government
Securities there shall be considered the principal amount of such Government
Securities and interest to be earned thereon
until the maturity of such Government Securities. Section
15. If there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest
on any of the bonds, or if the City defaults
in any Bond Fund requirement or in the performance of any of the other covenants contained in this
Ordinance, the Trustee may, and
upon the written request of the registered owners of not less than 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding bonds, shall, by proper
suit, compel the performance of the duties of the officials of the City under the laws of
Arkansas. And in the case of a
default in the payment of the principal of and interest on any of the bonds, the Trustee may and upon written
request of the registered owners of
not less than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding bonds, shall
apply in a proper action to a court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver to administer the
System on behalf of the City and the registered owners of the bonds with power to charge and
collect (or by mandatory injunction or
otherwise to cause to be charged and collected) rates sufficient to provide
for the payment of the expenses of
operation, maintenance and repair and to pay any bonds and interest outstanding and to apply the
Revenues in conformity with the
laws of Arkansas and with this Ordinance. When all defaults in principal and interest payments have
been cured, the custody and
operation of the System shall revert to the City. No registered
owner of any of the outstanding bonds shall have any right to institute any suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding in equity or at law for the protection or
enforcement of any power or right unless such owner previously shall have
given to the Trustee written notice of the default on account of which such suit, action or proceeding is to be taken, and unless
the registered owners of not
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Trustee after the
right to exercise such power or
right of action, as the case may
be, shall have accrued, and shall have afforded the Trustee a reasonable opportunity either to
proceed to exercise the powers
granted to the Trustee, or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its name, and unless, also, there
shall have been offered to the
Trustee reasonable security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby and the
Trustee shall have refused or neglected to comply with such request within a reasonable time. Such
notification, request and offer of
indemnity are, at the option of the Trustee, conditions precedent to the execution of any remedy. No one or more registered owners of the bonds shall have
any right in any manner whatever by
his or their action to affect, disturb or prejudice the security of this Ordinance, or to enforce any right
thereunder except the manner herein described. All proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and
maintained in the manner herein
described and for the benefit of all registered owners of the outstanding bonds. No remedy
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the registered owners of the bonds is intended to be
exclusive of any other remedy or
remedies, and every such remedy shall be cumulative
and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Ordinance or by law. The Trustee may,
and upon the written request of the registered
owners of not less than 50% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding shall, waive any default which
shall have been remedied before the
entry of final judgment or decree in any suit,
action or proceeding instituted under the provisions of this Ordinance or before the completion of the enforcement
of any other remedy, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect any other existing or any subsequent default or defaults or impair any rights or remedies consequent thereon. All rights of
action under this Ordinance or under any of the bonds, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the bonds, and any
such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the registered owners of such bonds, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any registered owners of the bonds to exercise
any right or power accrued upon any default shall impair any such right or
power or shall be construed to be a waiver of
any such default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Ordinance to the
Trustee and to the registered owners
of the bonds, respectively, may be exercised
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In any proceeding to
enforce the provisions of this Ordinance any plaintiff bondholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the City
all costs of such proceeding, including reasonable attorneys' fees. Section
16. (a) The terms of this Ordinance
shall constitute a contract between
the City and the registered owners of the bonds and no variation or change in the undertaking herein set forth shall be made while any of these bonds are
outstanding, except as hereinafter
set forth in subsections (b) and (c). (b) The Trustee may
consent to any variation or change in
this Ordinance to cure any ambiguity, defect or omission in this Ordinance or any amendment hereto, or to make any
change that the Trustee determines is not
to the material prejudice of the bondholders,
without the consent of the owners of the outstanding bonds. (c) The owners of not less than 75% in aggregate principal amount of the bonds then outstanding shall
have the right, from time to time,
anything contained in this Ordinance to the
contrary notwithstanding, to consent to and approve the adoption by the City of such ordinance supplemental hereto
as shall be necessary or desirable
for the purpose of modifying, altering, amending,
adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or provisions contained in this Ordinance or in
any supplemental ordinance;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section shall permit or be
construed as permitting (a) an extension
of the maturity of the principal of or the interest on any bond, or (b) a reduction in the principal amount
of any bond or the rate of interest
thereon, or (c) the creation of a lien or pledge
superior to the lien and pledge created by this Ordinance, or (d) a privilege or priority of any bond or bonds
over any other bond or bonds, or (e) a reduction in the aggregate principal
amount of the bonds required for
consent to such supplemental ordinance. Section
17. When the bonds have been executed, they shall be authenticated by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver
the bonds to the Purchaser upon payment of the Purchase Price. The accrued interest shall be deposited into the Bond
Fund. The expenses of issuing the
bonds as set forth in the delivery instructions
to the Trustee signed by the Mayor and City Clerk (the "Delivery Instructions") shall also be
paid from the Purchase Price. The
amount necessary from the Purchase Price to refund the Bonds Refunded as set
forth in the Delivery Instructions shall be deposited into an escrow account (the "Escrow Account")
established with the trustee for the
owners of the Bonds Refunded. The sum from the Purchase Price as set forth in the Delivery Instructions as the amount required for the Debt Service
Reserve to reach the Required Level
shall be deposited into the Bond Fund. The remainder of the
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Issuance Fund, Series 2005" (the "Cost
of Issuance Fund") in the Trustee. The moneys
in the Cost of Issuance Fund shall
be disbursed solely in payment
of the costs of accomplishing the
refunding, paying necessary expenses incidental thereto, and paying expenses of issuing the bonds. Disbursements
shall be on the basis of
requisitions which shall contain at least the following information: the person to whom payment is being
made; the amount of the payment; and
the purpose by general classification of the payment. Each requisition must be signed by the Mayor and the City Clerk. The Trustee shall issue its check upon
the Cost of Issuance Fund payable
to the person, firm or corporation designated in the requisition. The Trustee shall be required to
keep accurate records as to all
payments made on the basis of requisitions. When all required
expenses have been paid and expenditures made
from the Cost of Issuance Fund for and in connection
with the accomplishment of the refunding and the issuance of the bonds, this fact shall, if there are
moneys on hand in the Cost of Issuance
Fund, be evidenced by a certificate signed by the Mayor and the City Clerk, which certificate shall state, among other things, that all obligations payable from
the Cost of Issuance Fund have been
discharged. A copy of the certificate shall be filed with the Trustee, and
upon receipt thereof the Trustee shall
transfer any remaining balance to the Bond Fund. Section
18. There shall be a statutory mortgage lien upon the water facilities which are part of the System (including all extensions, improvements and betterments now
or hereafter existing) which shall
exist in favor of the owners of the bonds, and each of them and such water facilities shall remain subject to such statutory mortgage lien until payment in
full of the interest on and
principal of the bonds, provided, however, that such statutory mortgage lien shall be interpreted
according to the decision of the
Supreme Court of the State in City of Harrison _v. Braswell,
supra. Section 19.
(a) The City covenants that it shall not
take any action or suffer or
permit any action to be taken or conditions to exist which causes or may cause the interest payable on the bonds
to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the City covenants that the proceeds of the sale of
the bonds and Revenues will not be
used directly or indirectly in such manner as to cause the bonds to be treated as "arbitrage bonds" within
the meaning of Section 148 of the
Code. (b) The City shall
assure that (i) not in excess of 10% of the Net Proceeds of the bonds is used
for Private Business Use if, in addition, the payment of more than 10% of the
principal or 10% of the interest due
on the bonds during the term thereof is, under
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to be used for a
Private Business Use or in payments in respect of property used or to be used for a Private Business Use
or is to be derived from payments,
whether or not to the City, in respect of property
or borrowed moneys used or to be used for a Private Business Use; and (ii) that, in the event that both (A)
in excess of 5% of the Net Proceeds
of the bonds are used for a Private Business
Use, and (B) an amount in excess of 5% of the principal or 5% of the interest due on the bonds during the term
thereof is, under the terms of the
bonds or any underlying arrangement, directly
or indirectly, secured by any interest in property used or to be used for said Private Business Use or in
payments in respect of property used or to be used for said Private Business
Use or is to be derived from payments, whether or not to the City, in respect
of property or borrowed money used or
to be used for said Private Business Use, then
said excess over said 5% of Net Proceeds of the bonds used for a Private Business Use shall be used for
a Private Business Use related to
the governmental use of the improvements financed
or refinanced by the Bonds Refunded. The City shall
assure that not in excess of 5% of the Net Proceeds of the bonds are used, directly or indirectly, to make or finance a loan to persons other than state or local
governmental units. As used in this
subsection (b), the
following terms shall have the
following meanings: "Net
Proceeds" means the face amount of the bonds, plus accrued interest and less the deposit into the Debt
Service Reserve from proceeds of the
bonds. "Private Business
Use" means use directly or indirectly in a trade or business carried on by a natural person or in any activity carried on by a person other than a natural
person, excluding, however, use
by a state or local governmental unit and use as a member of the general
public. The City covenants
that it will not (i) enter into wholesale
water contracts in the future or (ii) modify the existing wholesale water contracts, if such contracts or
modifications to existing contracts
would cause the bonds to become "private activity bonds" within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code. (c) The bonds are hereby designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of the
Code. The City represents that the
aggregate principal amount of its qualified tax-exempt obligations (excluding "private activity bonds"
within the meaning of Section 141
of the Code which are not "qualified 501(c)(3)
bonds" within the meaning of Section 145 of the Code), including those of its subordinate entities, issued in
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(d) The City covenants that it will take no action which would cause the bonds to be "federally
guaranteed" within the meaning of Section
149(b) of the Code. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit investments in bonds issued by the United States Treasury. (e) The City
covenants that it will submit to the Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States, not later than the 15th day of the second calendar month after the close of
the calendar quarter in which
the bonds are issued, a statement required
by Section 149(e) of the Code. (f) The City
covenants that it will, in compliance with the requirements of Section 148(f) of the Code, pay with moneys in the Bond Fund to the United States Government in
accordance with the requirements of
Section 148(f) of the Code, from time to time, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the amount earned on all Non-purpose Investments (as therein
defined) attributable to the
bonds, other than investments attributable to such excess over (B) the amount which would have been earned if such Non-purpose Investments attributable to the bonds
were invested at a rate equal
to the Yield (as defined in the Code) on the
bonds, plus (2) any income attributable to the excess described in (1), subject
to the exceptions set forth in Section 148 of the Code. The
City further covenants that in order to assure compliance with its covenants herein, it will employ a qualified consultant to advise the City in making the
determination required to comply
with this subsection. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the City need not comply with
this provision if in the opinion of Bond Counsel filed with the Trustee, the
failure to comply would not affect
the tax-exempt status of interest on the bonds for federal income tax purposes. Section
20. (a) The Trustee shall only be responsible for the exercise of good faith and reasonable
prudence in the execution of its
trust. The recitals in this Ordinance and in the face of the bonds are the recitals of the City
and not of the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be required to take any action as Trustee unless it shall have been requested to do so in writing by the registered owners of not less than 10% in
principal amount of the bonds then outstanding and shall have been offered
reasonable security and indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby. The Trustee may resign at any time by giving 60 days' notice in writing to
the City Clerk and to the registered owners of the bonds, and the City or the
majority in value of the registered
owners of the outstanding bonds or the City, so long as it is not in default under this Ordinance, at any time, with or without cause, may remove the
Trustee. In the event of a vacancy
in the office of Trustee, either by resignation or by removal, the City shall forthwith designate a
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acceptance and agreement to
execute the trust imposed upon it
or them by this Ordinance, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Ordinance and subject to the
provisions of this Ordinance, to
all of which the respective registered owners of the bonds agree. Such written acceptance shall be
filed with the City Clerk and a
copy thereof shall be placed in the bond transcript. Any successor Trustee shall have all the powers
herein granted to the original Trustee. (b) Every successor
Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section
shall be a trust company or bank, duly authorized to exercise trust powers and subject to examination by
federal or state authority, having
a reported capital and surplus of not less than $5,000,000. (c) Any resignation by the Trustee shall not be effective until the appointment of a successor Trustee
under this Section. Section 21.
All moneys in the Water and Sewer Revenue Bond Fund are hereby appropriated and shall be
used as necessary to refund the
Bonds Refunded, with any balance to be transferred to the 2005 Subaccount in the Bond Fund, as
directed by the Delivery Instructions. Section 22.
The insurance policies required by Section
19 of the Parity Bond Ordinance are to carry a clause making them payable to the Trustee as its interest may
appear, and satisfactory evidence
of said insurance shall be filed with the Trustee. Section 23.
The provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby declared to be separable and
if any provision shall for any reason be held illegal or invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance. Section
24. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. PASSED: October 10,
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CERTIFICATE The undersigned,
City Clerk of the City of Eureka
Springs, Arkansas, hereby certifies that the foregoing pages are a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2007, adopted at a session of the City Council of the City of
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, held at
the regular meeting place of the City Council in the City at 6 p.m., on the 10th day of October,
2005, and that said Ordinance is of record in Ordinance Record Book No. ,
now in my possession. GIVEN under my
hand and seal this day _______of ___________________
2005.
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