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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA-43 Issuance/Waterworks Bond 6594 ORDINANCE NO. .4 -1..1 "":"".143 '.. 246 ","''''''' PAGE An Ordinance concerning the construction of extensions, additions, and improvements to the murlCipal waterworks of the Town of Carmel, authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to provide for the cost thereof and all matters connected therewith. WHEREAS, the Town of Carmel, Indiana is owner of and operates an unencumbered waterworks system furnishing the public water supply to said Town and its inhabitants; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has determined that said water- works is in need of certain extensions, additions and improvements in order to provide an adequate volume and quality of water at proper pressure to the inhabitants of the Town; and that said ex- tensions, additions and improvements are required in order to pro- tect properly the health, well being and property of the Town and i ts inhabitants; and, This Instrument Recorded, ~ 31 . 197<( JUNE M. HEDGES. REQORDJ;R, HA LTON COUNTY. INrI": WHEREAS, the Town has employed Clyde E. W~ll~ams & Assacxa~es, Inc., consulting engineers of South Bend, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana, to determine the extensions, additions and improve~s re- quired and the costs thereof and to prepare plans, specifications and estimates therefor;,; and the Board has found from the report of said engineers that the existing unsatisfactory conditions can be remedied by the construction of certain extensions, additions and improvements consisting of rights-of-way, easements, modifications and additions to the existing Brookshire Water Treatment Plant,' in- eluding two new wells, pump house controls, raw water transmission main, new aerator pressure filter, two softeners, high service pumps and control valves, electrical controls, metering equipment, chemical "- feed equipmen~ piping and appurtenances and all other necessary equipments, structures and appurtenances to be constructed by said plans, specifications and estimates prepared by Clyde E. Williams & Associates; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carmel, Indiana, ,. has heretofore advertised for and received bids'for the construction 2 - .~.1.fbL.~J\"~~~ improvements .to said waterworks of such extensions, additions and and on the basis of bids and estimates as to the expenses and costs, both construction and non-construction, of said project will be in the amount of Six Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($675,000.00) and the Town has on hand for application on such costs only the amount of One Hundred Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($135,000.00) and that the remaining balance of said project in the amount of Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($540,000.00) should be provided by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds pay- able solely out of the revenues of said waterworks and not con- stituting a general obligation of the Town. WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. A-8 approved and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carmel on the 10th day of July, 1965, and Ordinance No.A-18 as amended in Ordinance A-20 and A-21 adopted and approved by the Board of Trustees on the 12th day of April, 1971, the Town has heretofore issued and now has out- standing two series of bonds payable from the revenues of said water- works and that said series issued pursuant to Ordinance A-8 are now outstanding in the total aggregate principal amount of Two Hundred Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($285,000.00) maturing annually over a period ending November 1, 2000, whim bonds constitute a first charge on the revenues of said waterworks and that under the terms and conditions of said bonds the Town has the right to issue additional waterworks revenue bonds without adversely affecting the rights of the holders of said outstanmng waterworks revenue bonds provided such additional bonds are made junior and subordinate to said Waterworks Revenue Bonds of 1965; and that said series of bonds issued pursuant to Ordinance No. A-18 and as amended in Ordinances A-20 and A-21 is now outstanding in a total aggregate principal amount of One Million Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($1,055,000.00) maturing annually over a period ending November 1,.1996, which bonds are junior and subordinate to the Waterworks Revenue Bonds of 1965, authorized by said Ordinance No. A-8 and Ordinance A-18 as amended by Ordinance A-20 and A-21 pursunt to Section 13 authorizes the - 3 - . - 143 ,.-. 248 '!lO1:lll! :PlrGE issuance of additional revenue bonds ranking on a parity with said series of revenue bonds and pursuant to said Ordinance A-18, and that Mr. James S. O'Bryan, Certified Public Accountant of Indiana- polis, Indiana, will certify, at the expense of the Town, to the parity requirements, detailed in Section 13 of Ordinance A-18; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARMEL, INDIANA, Section 1. That the Town of Carmel being the owner of and engaged in the operation of a waterworks system supplying the Town and its inhabitants with a public water supply now provide for certain needed extensions, additions and improvements of such waterworks by the issuance of revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues and receipts of such waterworks pursuant to and in the manmer prescribed in the Indiana Code of 1971 and particularly title 19 Article 3 Chapter 17 thereof and all laws amendatory or supplemental thereto (sometimes hereafter referred to as the "Act"); provided however, that the revenue bonds authorized by this Ordinance shall be on a parity with the Waterworks And Improvement And Refunding Revenue Bonds dated September 1, 1971, as authorized and issued by Ordinance A-18 as amended in Ordinance A-20 and A-21 adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carmel, Indiana, on April 12, 1971, and now outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of One Million Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($1,055,000.00) and provided further that the revenue bonds authorized by this Ordinance shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to the bonds designated as "Water- works Revenue Bonds of 1965" dated October 1, 1965, and authorized and issued by Ordinance A-8 adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carmel, Indiana, on the 10th day of July, 1965, and presently in an outstanding aggregate" principal amount of Two Hundred Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($285,000.00) and none of the provisions of this Ordinance shallliro construed as to effect the - 4 - '~~143 ~AC;-E 249 rights of the holders of said outstanding revenue bonds. The terms "Waterworks", "Water System", "System and Waterworks System" as were used in this Ordinance shall be construed to mean and include the existing Waterworks System owned by the Town of Carmel, Indiana, and all extensions, additions and improvements thereto and replace- ments thereof now r,or subsequently constructed or acquired. Section 2. Said extensions, additions and improvements shall be constructed and installed in accordance with the plans, specifica- tions and estimates prepared by Clyde Eo Williams, & Associates, Inc., consulting engineers of South Bend, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana, which plans and specifications and said extensions, additions and improvements shall consist of rights-of-way, easements, modifica- tions, and additions to the existing Brookshire Water Treatment Plant, including two new wells, pump house controls, raw water trans- mission main, new aerator pressure filter, two softeners". high service pumps and control valves, electrical controls metering equip- ment, chemical feed equipment, piping and appurtenances and all other necessary equipment, structures and appurtenances. Section 3. The Town shall proceed with the construction and installation of said extensions, additions and improvements and to enter into all contracts necessary for such purpose in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance and of said Act subject, how- ever, to the following conditions: a. The approval of the Public Service Commission for the making of said extensions, additions and improvements, and the refunding, and the issuance of the required amount of bonds. b. That the principal and interest of the bonds issued on account of such extensions, additions and improve- ments, and the refunding, shall be paid solely and exclusively from the revenues of said waterworks system and shall not constitute a general obligation of the Town. Section 4. The income and revenues of the existing waterworks, together with the income and revenue of all extensions, additions and improvements thereto and replacements thereof made pursuant to - 5 - BOOK:143 " PAGE 250 this Ordinance, or subsequently, shall be set aside into a separate and special fund to be used and applied in the maintenance and operation thereof, in establishing a depreciation account, and payment of the now outstanding revenue bonds and the revenue bonds authorized by this Ordinance and the interest thereon. The pro- portion of the gross revenues of said waterworks shall be paid into the several accounts of said special fund, heretofore establish- ed by Ordinance A-8, adopted on July 10, 1965, is hereby fixed and determined as follows: a. Operation and Maintenance Account. Thirty-six per cent (36%) of the gross revenues of said waterworks shall be paid into the "Operation and Maintenance Account", and shall be used to pay the necessary cost of the reasonable and proper operation and maintenance of the waterworks, including any taxes required to be paid. The sum so set aside for operation and maintenance shall be applied exclusively to that purpose until a surplus shall have been accumulated in the Operation and Maintenance Account which shall be equal to the cost of maintaining and operating the waterworks during the remainder of the calendar, operating or fiscal year then current and the cost of maintaining and operating the waterworks during the calendar, operating or fiscal year then next ensuing. Any excess over such surplus nay be transferred by the Board of Trustees to either the Depreciation Account or the Bond and Interest Redemption Account. b. Depreciation Account. Six per cent (6%) of the gross revenues of said waterworks shall be paid into the "Depreciation Account!!, and shall be expended in making good depreciation in the waterworks, or in new construction, extensions or additions to the property of the system. Any accumulation in such DepreciatIon Account not required for immediate use maybe invested as provided by the laws."governing the investment of municipal funds, and if so invested, the income from the investment shall accrue to the Depreciation Account. Said account shall not be used for any purpose other than as herein provided. - 6 - ~ :143 1100K PAGE 251 c. Bond and Interest Redemption Account. Fifty-eight per cent (58%) of the gross revenues of the waterworks. shall,as such revenues are received, be set apart and paid into the special account .identified as the "Bond and Interest Redemption Account". The f~ds in said account shall be used solely for the purpose of (1) paying first the interest on the principal of the Waterworks Revenue Bonds of 1965 issued pursuant to Ordinance No. A-8, in accordance with ther terms thereof, and (2) paying the interest on and principal of the Waterworks Revenue Improvement and Refunding Bonds and of the bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance in accordance with the terms hereof, and any bonds here- after issued ranking on a parity therewfuth, to the extent required for said purpose. If and when a surplus shall be created in excess of the interest on and principal of the bonds, plus ten per cent (10%) which are payable during the then current calendar, operating or fiscal year, together with the amount of interest on and principal of the bonds which will become due and p~able during the calendar operating or fiscal year thenrext ensuing, then the Board may trans- fer any excess over such required surplus to either the Operation and Maintenance Account or the Depreciation Account, or may direct that any such excess funds over such required surplus shall be used in the purchase or redemption of outstanding bonds at a price not exceeding the then applicable redemption price specified in the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of said bonds. No further payments need be made into the Bond and Interest Rede~tion Account when the amount contained therein equals or exceeds the amount of the principal of the bonds then outstanding and interest thereon to the dates of '~~~K :143 PAGE 252 Section 5. For the purpose of procuring funds with which to - 7 - pay the cost of construction and installation of the extensions, additions, and improvements to its waterworks, and to pay and dis- charge the outstanding obligations, the Town of Carmel shall issue its revenue bonds under and pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance and said Act, which bonds shall be payable only out of the special Bond and Interest Redemption Account hereinabove referred to, subject to the prior servicing of the outstanding "Waterworks Revenue'Bonds of 1965", hereinabove referred to, in accordance with the terms thereof: The bonds authorized by this Ordinance shall be designated as "Waterworks Revenue Improvement Bonds of 1974" and shall be in a principal amount not exceeding Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($540,000.00) numbered consecutive- ly from @ne (1) up to One Hundred Eight (108) inclusive, dated as of the first day of the month in which said bonds are sold and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceemn~sxand one half per cent (6 1/2%) per annum (the exact rate or rates to be determined by bidding) which interest shall be payable on November 1, 1974, and each May 1st and November 1st thereafter and such interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to said bonds. Both bonds and interest coupons shall be payable at the Union State Bank, in the Town of Carmel, Indiana, or, at the option of the holder, at the principal mffice of Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Indianapolis in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, in lawful money of the United States of America, and said bonds shall mature serially on November 1st in the years and amounts as follows: $35,000.00 November 1, 1974 #$30,000.00 November 1 , 1984 15,000.00 November 1, 1975 ,30,000.00 November 1 , 1985 15,000O~OONovember 1, 1976 30,000.00 November 1 , 1986 20,000.00 November 1 , 1977 30,000.00 November 1, 1987 15-;'000.00 November '1, 1978 35,000.00 November 1, 1988 20,000.00'November 1, 1979 35,000.00 November 1, 1989 20,000.00 November ',1, 1980 35,000.00 November 1 , 1'990 15,000.00 November ,1, 1981 45,000.00 November 1 , 1991 20,000.00 November 1, 1982 40,000.00 November 1 , 1992 25,000.00 November 1, 1983 30,000.00 November 1, 1993 - 8 - 'B~OK:143 PAGE 253 The bonds of this issue maturing on November 1, 1985, and thereafter shall be redeemable at the option of the Town, in whole or in part on May 1, 1985, or any interest payment..date thereafter, in their inverse numerical order, at face value, together with the following premiums: 3% if redeemed on May 1, 1985, or thereafter on or before November 1, 1989; 1% if redeemed on May 1, 1990, or thereafter ~rior to maturity, plus in each case accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Notice of such redemption shall be published one time at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption and a second time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of re- demptionin a newspaper of generaili. circulation printed and publish- ed in Hamilton County and circulating in the Town of Carmel, Indiana, and in a newspaper or financial journal of general circulation published in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana. If any of the bonds so to be redeemed are registered, such notice shall also be mailed to the address of the registered holder as shown on the registration records of the Town. The notice shall specify the date and place of redemption and the numbers of the bonds called for redemption. The place of redemption may be the place of payment named in the bonds, or otherwise as determined by the Town. Interest on the bonds so called for redemption shall cease on the redemption date fixed in said notice, if funds are available at the place of redemption to pay the principal of and premium and interest on the bonds so called for redem~pL$n, on the date fixed in said notice and there- . after when presented for payment. Coincidentally with the payment of the redemption price, the bonds so called for redemption shall be surrendered for cancellation, together with the unmatured interest coupons appurtenant thereto. Section 6. Said bonds shall be signed either manually or by facsimile in the name of the Town by the President of the Board of , - 9 -, , I "ElCiOK ;143 pAGE 254 I Trustees and attested by the Clerk-Treasurer of said Town who I shall affix the seal of the Town: to each of said bonds. The , interest coupons attached to said bonds shall be executed by , placing thereon the facsimile signature of the Clerk-Treasurer I and said official by the signing' of said bonds shall adopt as I , ad for her own proper signature ?r facsimile signature appearing on said coupons. In the bonds or coupons case any officers I , shall cease,to be whose signature appears on such officer before the delivery of such bonds such sign*ture shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had , , remained in office until delivery thereof. Said bonds shall have I all of the qualities and instanc~ of negotiable instruments under the law of the State of Indiana. ' Said bonds shall be negotiable I , qpon presentation of any of the by delivery unless registered. bonds at the office of the Cl~p,k~Treasurer of the Town of Carmel, , ,. Indiana, said Clerk- Treasurer shall register said bonds as to the , principal thereof without charge :or expense to the holder. Such register shall be noted on each ~ond presented after which no transfer . I thereof shall be valid unless made by the registered owner in person I or by his attIDDney duly authorize~ and similarly noted on such I bond but said bonds may be discharged from registry by being in I like manner transferred to bear a~ter which they shall be transfer- I able by delivery but may again be' registered as before. The , registration of any bonds shall n6t effect the negotiability of I the interest coupons attached thereto but such coupons shall continue COUPGB to be attached thereto ., remain p~~able to bearer. , , ten9r of saiddbonds the interest I in registering endorsement thereon , to pass by delivery and shall Section 7. The form and shall be substartially as follows, : to-wit: , . UNITED STATES 0F AMERICA State of Indi ana I County of Hamil ton No. $5,000.00 , , - 10 ,- I TOWN OF C$MEL WATERWORKS REVENUE IMPROVEMENT , BOND OF 11974 !" , - . , I The Town of Carmel, in Hamilton County, State of Indiana, for value received,' hereby promises to pay to bearer, or if t~is bond be ~egistered holder hereof, solely out of the spec~al revenue ~und hereinafter referred to the pr.:encipal amount of I ' , l:fooR: 143'p~GE! 255 FIVE THOUSANd DOLLARS on the first day'of November;, 19~ (unless this bond be subject to and called for, prior redemption and pay- ment provided theref0r), an~ to pay interest thereon from the date hereof until the pr~ncipal is paid at the rate of , per cent ( %) per annum payable semi-annua~ly on the first days of May and November in each year, b'eginning on November 1, 1974, upon presentation and surrenaer of the annexed coupons as they severally become due. ; Both principal and interest of this bond are pay- able in lawful money of the United States of America at the Union State Bank, in the: Town of Carmel, Indiana, or, at the option of the holder,' at the principal, office of Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Indianapolis, in the City of Indianapolis,: Indiana. This bond is one of an authorized issue of one hundred eight (108) bonds of the TowP of Carmel, of like date, denomination, tenor and effept, except as to numbering, ' dates of maturity and rates of interest, in the total amount of Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ( $540,000.00) numbered consecutively from n to 108 in91~sive, issued for the purpose of providingl funds to pay the cost of construction of extensions, ~dditions and improvements to the municipally owned waterworks of said Town, pursuant to an ordinance passed by the Board of Trustees of said Town in March, 1974, entitle~ " An Ordinance concerning the construction of extensions, additions and improvements to the municipal waterworks bf the Town of Carmel, authorizing the issuance of additional revenue bonds to prov.ae for the cost thereof, and matters cOnnected therewith", and in strict compliance with the provisions of the govelling statutes, particularly Title 19 Articl~ 3 Chapter 17 of the Indiana Code of 1971, and all laws a~endatory thereof or supplemental thereto. .. The principal and inter~st of this bond and all other bonds of said issue, and any I bonds ranking on a parity therewith, are equally and ratably secured by and constitute a charge upon fifty-eight per cent (58%) of the gross income and revenues of the municipally owned waterworks of the Town as the same now exist,;'or may I hereafter be improved or eximd- eq, which percentage of such: income and revenues is to be deposited in a special fund <ilesignated as the "Bond and Interest Redemption Account"l heretofore duly created; all subject, however, to the proRer payment in accordance with the terms thereof of the interest on and principal of certain now outstanding Waterworks Revenue Bonds of 1965, bearing interest at the rates of fout and one-eighth per cent (4 1/8%) , , , - 11 ... I ro. -. ~OOl< 143 PAGE 256 , per annum, three and three fourths (3 3/4%) per cent per annum or three and seven-ei9hts per cent (3 7/8%) per annum depending upon the maturity1issued under date of October 1, 1965, now outstanding in the principal amount of Two Hundred Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($285,000.00) and maturing on November 1, 2000, which ~onds were authorized by Ordinance No. A-8, adopted on July 10; 1965, and constituting a first charge upon the revenues allocated to said Bond and Interest Redemption Account; and that the principal interest of this bond and all dlther bonds of said issue shall rank on a parity with those bonds iSS1.).ed pursuant to Ordinance A-18 as amended by Ordinance A-20 and A-21 adopted on April 12, 1971, in the presemt outsta4ding amount of One Million Fifty- five Thousand Dollars ($1,055,000.00) bearing interest at "S: per annum ratecifsix, arid :three-eights per cent' (6 3/8%) and six and one half percent' (6 1/2%). The Town shall not, 'be oblii;gated to pay said bonds or the interest thereon except from said special fund, and1neither this bond nor the issue of which it is a part shall :in any respect constitute a corporate indebtedness of the Town within the provisions and limitations of the constitution of the state of Indiana. , , The bonds of this issue maturing on November 1, 1985, and thereafter shall be redeemable at the option of the Town on May 1, 1985, or any :interest payment date there- after in whole or in part, ~n inverse numerical order, at face value, together with the following premiums: I 3% if redeemed on May ( 1985, or thereafter on or before November 1, 1989; , 1% if redeemed on May 1:, 1990, or thereafter prior to maturity; I I plus, ,in each case, accrued :interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided notice lof said redemption shall be given one time at least th~r~y (30) days, and a second time at least fifteen (15) days, prior to the redemption date by publication ina newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Hamilton County and circulated in the Town of Carmel, Indiana, in a newspaper or financial journal published in the City of Ind~anapolis, Indiana, and a notice shall be sent by mail to thel holders of,such bonds as are then registered. Interest oh the bonds so called for redemption shall cease on th~ redemption date fixed in said notice, if funds are available {lththe place of redemption to redeem the bonds where presented. The bonds so redeemed prior to maturity shall be surrendered for cancellation together with unmatured interest coupons appurtenant thereto. I The Town convenants that it will, to the fullest permitted by law, fix, maintain and co~lect an aggregate of rates and charges for the services rendered by said waterworks which will be sufficient to pay all costs of operation and maintenance of said waterworks, to proville a proper and adequate de- preciation account, and to create and maintain the sinking fund required for the payment of all bonds which by their terms are payable from the r~venues of said waterworks, and that it will in all other re~pects faithfully comply with all of the provisions of the governing statutes pursuant to which this bond is issued. In the'event the Town shall make any de- fault in the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond, the holder hereof shal~ have all of the rights and remedies I - 12 T , , B~'OR143 .PA'GE 257 provided by the governing statutes, including the right to compel the collection of,sufficient rates and charges to provide for the payment of this bond and the interest thereon. ' , , This bond and all othe~ bonds of said issue shall, in the hands of bona fide holders, have all of the qualities of negotiable instruments unde~ the laws of the State of Indiana. This bond may be registered ,in the name of the owner, in the manner and with the effect provided in said ordinance, but unless registered shall pas~ by delivery. The interest coupons attached hereto shall at al~ times pass by delivery, It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions and things required to be done ~recedent to and in the execution, issuance and delivery of th~s bond have been done and per- formed in regular and due form as provided by law. , IN WITNESS WHEREOF, th~ Town of Carmel, in Hamilton County, State of Indiana, has caused this bond to be signed in its corporate name by the duly elected, qualified and acting Presidentofiits Boa:r;dof Trustees, its corporate seal:.ito be hereunto affixed :and attested by its duly elected qualified and actingClerk-~reasurer, and the interest coupons hereto attached to ~e executed by placing thereon the facsimile signature of said Clerk-Treasurer, all as of the first day of , 1971. I TOWN OF CARMEL , By:' I President, Board of Trustees . , Attested: Clerk-Treasurer (INTEREST COUPON) I , $ Coupon No. I I . On ,1, 19 ,the Town of Carmel, Indiana, will pay to bearer (unless-fhe bonds to which this coupon refers issooner'redeemed) at the Union State Bank, in the Town of Carmel,:Indiana,or, at the option of the holder, at the principal office of Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Indi~napolis, in the City of IndiaDapolis, Indiana, out of its waterworks Bond and Interest Redemption Account, ' Dollars ($ ) in lawful money of the United States of America, being the interest then due on its Waterworks Revenue Improve- ment ..r~~.:i.',':'."..,.;BonQ, dated ' , 1974, No.' By: , I TGlwrjr OF CARMEL I I I I ,Clerk-Treasurer I I I - 13 I T - : BOOK 143 REGISTRATION E~DORSEMENT PAGE 258 I This bond can be registered only at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town:of Carmel, Indiana. No writing hereon except by the Clerk-Treasurer. I In Whose:Name Regist~red Clerk-Treasurer Datecof Registry Section 8. The Clerk-Treas~rer is hereby authorized and directed I to have said bonds and coupons prepared, and the President of the I I Board of Trustees and Clerk-Trea~urer are hereby authorized and directed to execute said bonds aqd the , . ' form and manner herelnbefore , , coupons to be attached there- provided. The Clerk-Treasurer to in the is hereby authorized to sell said bonds at public sale. Prior to I I the sale of the bonds, the ClerkiTreasurer shall cause to be pub- , Ii shed a notice of sale once each week for two weeks in the I Noblesville Ledger and the NoblBJille Times published in the City I of Noblesville, Indiana, andpost:ed as required by law, there being I no newspaper qualified for legal advertising in the Town of Carmel, I and one time in The Indianapolis ~ommercial published in the City of I Indianapolis, Indiana. The date ~ixed for the sale shall not be I earlier than seven (7) days after: the last of said publications. I The bond sale notice shall state ~he time and place of sale, the I total amount of bonds, the maximU0 rate of interest thereon, the , I maturities thereof, the purpose for which the bonds are being issued, I the terms and conditions on which: bids will be received and the sale made, and shall set , I out such: other information as the Clerk- I Treasurer, acting on the advice of the Town Attorney and bond counsel, shall deem necessary. I All bids for said bondsmalllbe sealed and shall be presented I to the Clerk-Treasurer at her office. Bidders shall be required I I to name the rate or rates of interest which the bonds are to I I I I I I I - 14- :~O"R 143 .pA~GE 259 I I bear, not exceeding the maximum rate hereinbefore fixed. Such I interest rate shall be in multip~es of one-eighth (1/8) or one , tenth (1/10) of one per cent (1%'), and not more than three (3) I interest rates shall be named bY~ each bidder. Bi~ specifying I more than one interest rate shall also specify the amount and I matuuties of the bonds bearing e~ch rate but all bonds maturing on the same date shall bear the same single coupon rate of interest. I . I the bonds to the highest qualified The Clerk-Treasurer shall award bidder. The highest qualified bidder shall be the one who offers , , the lowest interest cost to the Town, to be determined by computing I the total interest on all of thelbonds to their matUItties and de- , ducting therefrom the premium bORd, if any. No bid for less than . , the par value of said bonds, inciuding accrued interest to the date I of delivery, shall be considered; The Clerk-Treasurer shall have I I the right to reject any and all bids, and in the event no satisfactory I I bids are received, the Clerk-Treqsurer shall be authorized to I continue the sale from day to day for a period of thirty (30) days I I without readvertisement; provided, however, that if said sale be I continued no bid shall be accept~d which is lower than the highest I bid received at the time fixed for such sale in the bond sale I notice. I Prior to the delivery of the' bonds, the Clerk-Treasurer shall , , obtain a legal opinion as to the Yalidity of the bonds from Ice, I Miller, Donadio & Ryan, acting as: bond counsel for the Town, and I I furnish such opinion to the purch~sers of the bonds. The fee of I such bond counsel shall be considered as part of the cost of the I project on account of which said ~onds are issued and shall be I paid out of the procceds of said bonds. I , Section 9. In the event it shall be hereafter determined that it is not necessary to issue:all of the bonds authorized by I this ordinance, or the Publb Service Commission shall not approve I the issuance of said total amount~of bonds, the Clerk-Treasurer ! ' -/ shall be authorized to sell and deliver a lesser amount of bonds I I than herein authorized, in which case the bonds not sold or de- I livered shall be of the last mat~ity or maturities. , I - 15 'BOOK~PAGE 260 The bonds herein I I , authorized" when , fully paid for and delivered to the purchaser, shall be the b~nding and special revenue obliga- tions of the Town payable I out of ,the income , Town aqcording to and revenues of the waterworks system of said their tenor and effect I and for paying the cost of construction and installation of the I I aforesaid extensions, additions ~nd improvements to said waterworks and the expenses necessarily inc~rred in connection therewith, I includingtthe expenses incurred 1n connection with the issuance I and sale of the bonds, and for t~e payment of interest accruing I on the bonds during the period o~ construction, if required for I , that purpose. The proper office~s of the Town are hereby directed , to draw all proper and necessary things which may be necessary to , ~arrants, and to do all acts and , , ,carry out the provisions of this , , ordinance. Section 10. Any accrued in~erest and any premium received , at the time of the delivery of t~e bonds shall be deposited in the , Bond and Interest Redemption Acco~t hereinbefore referred to. The I remaining proceeds for the sale of the bonds shall be deposited I in a bank or banks which are lega~ly designated and qualified I de~itories for the funds of the Town, in a special account to be I designated as "Town of Carmeil, Waterworks Construction Account of I 1974". . Each of such special accounts shall be deposited, secured I, . , and held or invested as provided by the laws relating to the de- I positing, securing and holding orl investing of public funds, in- , cluding Chapter 1, Article 12, Title 5 of the Indiana Code of , 1971, and may be secured in any o~her lawful manner agreed upon I by the Clerk-Treasurer and the purchaser of the bonds. The funds , deposited in ~uch special account: or accounts shall be expended , only for the purpose of dischargihg the outstanding obligations I , and paying the cost of extensions!, additions and improvements to , said waterworks as herein authori~ed, the incidental expenses in- , curred in connection therewith antl with the issuance of bonds, and , I - 16 r- I : - ": 261 -.SOOK~PA:GE__ the bonds during the I. for the payment of interest accr~lng on I period of construction, if required for that purpose. Any balance I or balances remaining unexpended! in such special account or accounts after the completion ofithe work, which are not required I to meet unpaid pbligations incur~ed in connection with the con- I I struction of the work, shall be ~epQsited in the Bond and Interest I Redemption Account. Section 11. The I I Town shall:keep proper books of records and I apart from all of its other records and I accounts, separate and accounts, in which complete and 90rrect entries shall be made . I showlng all revenues collected f~om said waterworks and deposited I in the special accounts hereinbe{ore established and all disburse- ments made therefrom and all transactions relating-to said waterworks. I I There shall be prepared and furnished to the original purchaser of I the bonds and, upon written request, to any holder of the bonds I I not more than ninety (90) days a~ter the close of each annual I fiscal period, complete operating and income statements of the I waterworks, in reasonable detail Icovering such annual fiscal period, I which statements shall be certif~ed by the Clerk-Treasurer or a I I competent auditor employed for t~e purpose of making an audit of I I the records of said waterworks. Copies of all such statements I I and reports shall at all times be: kept on file in the office of I I the Clerk-Treasurer. Any holder of the bonds shall have the right I at all reasonable times to inspec~ the waterworks and the records, I accounts and data of the Town relating thereto. I Section 12. The Town shall,; to the fullest extent permitted I by law, establish, maintain and collect reasonable and just rates I and charges for the services and facilities afforded by said water- I works which will provide revenues:at least sufficient to pay the I reasonable and proper cost of the I maintenance and operation of the I waterworks, to provide a proper aqd reasonable depreciation account, I and to pay the principal of and i~terest on all bonds which, by their I - 17 r I , B~OK1A..3...-I"AG<: 262 terms, are payable from the revepues of the waterworks, as the I same become due, and to create alsurplus or margin of ten per , cent (10~) of the principal and interest due each year. So I long as any of the bonds herein ~uthorized are outstanding, none I , of the facilities and service afforded by said waterworks shall : be furnished'without a reasonabl~ and just charge being made I therefor. The reasonable value of any facility or service rendered I , to the Town, or to any d~partment, agency or instrumentality there- , of, including the use of water f~r hydrants for fire protection I or for any other purpose, shall IDe charged against the Town and , , shall be paid for as the charges:accrue, and the revenues so rec- I eived shall be deemed to be revenue derived from the operation of I I . the waterworks and shall be used ,and accounted for~n the same , manner as other revenues derivedifrom the operation of the water- , works the Town convenants to the Ifullest extent permitted by law, I I . and subject to approval by the P~bllc Service Cowmission, to I maintain a minimum of six hundreq and five (605) hydrants, and I to pay an annual rental of One Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($165.00) I per hydrant, per year, which the iBoard of Trustees now finds is I a reasonable and proper charge therefor. Said minimum number of , , hydrants shall be maintained and isaid rental will be~paid by the I Town to various waterworks revenue accounts in the proportions I I and percentages as hereinabove set forth, so long as any of the bonds herein authorized are outst~anding. I Section 13. The Town reserves the right to authorize and , , issue addi tionaH.bonds, payable Ppt of the revenues of the water- I works, of equal priority with thelbonds authorized by this ordinance, , I for the purpose of financing the cost of future additions, ex- I tensions and improvements to the faterworks subject to the following I conditions: I , (a) Th~ interest on an/p. principal of all bonds payable , from the revenues of the waterworks shall have been paid to date in , , , accordance with the terms thereof; and all required payments into I ~.O~"KJALPAGE 263 the Bond and Interest Redemption Account have been made in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. A-8 and the provisions of this Ordinance. I - 18 - (b) (1) The amount 0 I gross revenues of the waterworks allocated by Section 4. (c) of t lis ordinance to and deposited in the Bond and Interest Redemption ccount in the calendar year im- mediately preceding the issuance of any such additional equal priority bonds shall be not less than one hundred twenty-five per cent (125%) of the maximum annual interest and principal requirements of the then oustanding bonds and he additional equal priority bonds proposed to be issued; or (2) prior to the .ssuance'of said equal priority bonds, the proportion of the gross revenues allocated to said Bond and Interest Redemption Account s~all be increased sufficiently so that said increased proportioJ applied to the previous calendar year's gross revenues would have revenues in said Bond and Interest Redemption Account f r said YEBr equal to not less than one hundred twenty-five per ent (125%) of the maximum annual interest and principal requiremen s of the then outstanding bonds and the additional equal priority bonds proposed to be issued; or (3) prior to the .ssuance of said equal priority bonds, the water rates and charge shall be increased sufficiently I .! and the proportion of gross revenues allocated to said Bond and Interest Redemption Account incre sed sufficiently so that rates and charges applied to the previo s calendar year's operations would have produced gross revenue in an amount so that the pro- portion allocated to said Bond an Interest Redemption Account for said year would have equaled ot less than one hundred twenty- five per cent (125%) of the, maxi um annual interest and principal requirements of the then outstand ng bonds and the additional equal priority bonds proposed to be iss ed. *For purposes of this subsec ion, the records of the waterworks shall be analyzed and all showing shall be prepared by an independent - 19 - -13()()K~~AGE 264 certified public accountant employed by the Town for that purpose. (c) The interest on the additional parity bonds shall be p~able semi-annually on May 1st and November 1st and the principal shall be payable annually on November 1st in the years in which interest and principal are payable. (d) The issuance of the proposed additional equal priority bonds and any necessary increase in water rates and charges shall have been approved by the Public Service Commission of Indiana in the manner and to the extent provided by law. Section 14. For the purpose of further safeguarding the interest of the holders of the bonds, it is specifically provided as follows: (a) All construction contracts shall be left to re- sponsible contractors who shall be required to furnish construct- ion bonds running to the Town of Carmel, in an amount equal to one hundred per cent (100%) of the amount of such contracts, to insure the completion of such contracts in accordance with their terms,_ and such. contractaS: shall be required to carry such employer's ! liability and public liability insurance'. as are re- quired under the laws of the State of Indiana in the case of public contract. (b) The extensions, additions and improvements shall be contracted for and constructed to the approval of Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc., consulting engineers of South Bend, Indiana"and Indianapolis, Irrl iana, now employed by the Town, or such other consulting engineers as may hereafter be employed by the Town. All estimates for work done and material furnished shall first be checked by the consulting engineers before being approved by the Town. (c) The Town shall, at all times, maintain said water- works in good condition and operate the same in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost. v !:fOol< 143 PA'GE~ (d) So long as any of the bonds herein authorized are outstanding, the Town shall maintain insurance on the insurable parts of the waterworks of a kind and in an amount such as is usually carried by private companies engaged in similar type of business. All insurance shall bep~laced with responsible insurance companies qualified to do business in the State of Indiana, and any insurance proceeds collected shall be used in replacing the property destroyed or damaged. (e) So long as any of the bonds herein authorized are out- standing, the Town shall not mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber its waterworks or any part thereof, and shall not sell, lease or otherwise aitp6se of any portion thereof except such property as may become worn out, obsolete or no longer needed; nor shall the Town execute or issue any additional bonds or other obligations pledgi~g any portion of the revenues of said waterworks, except as provided in Section 13 of this Ordinance, unless the same be made subordinate and junior in all respects to the bonds herein authorized. (f) The provisions of this ordinance shall be construed to create a trust in the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds herein authorized, for the uses and purposes herein set forth, and so long as any of said bonds are outstanding to create a trust in the fixed proportion of the revenues of the waterworks herein directed to be set apart and paid into the Bond and Interest Redemption Account for the uses and purposes of said account as in this Ordinance set forth. (g) The provisions of this Ordinance shall constitute a contract by and between the Town of Carmel and the holders of the bonds he~ein authorized, all of the terms of which shall be enforceable in law or in equity, and after the issuance of the bonds this ordinance shall not be repealed or amended in any respect - 20 - - 21 - .: '800.443 PAGE 266 which will adversely affect the rights and interests of the holders of said bonds, nor shall the Board of Trustees of the Town adopt any law, ordinance or resolution in:iany way adversely affecting the rights of such holders so long as any of the bonds or the interest thereon remain unpaid. The holders of the bonds shall have all of the rights, remedies and privileges, either expressly set forth in the provisions of Chapter 17 Article 3, Title 19 of the Indiana Code of 1971, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, ori~~lied therein, including the right to compel the collection of sufficient. rates and charges to provide for the payment of the bonds issued hereunder and the interest thereon. Section 15. Ail ordinances and parts of ordinances in con- flict her.ewith are hereby repealed; provided, however, that.'none of the provisions of this ordinance shall be so construed as to repeal or modify the provisions of Ordinance No. A-S, hereinbefore referred to, so as to adversely affect the rights, interests or priorities of the holders of the outstanding 'Waterworks Revenue Bonds of 1965 issued pursuant to said ordinance. Section 16. If, when the bonds secured hereby shall have become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or shall have been duly called for redemption, or irrevocable instructions so calJi'!,ng the bonds for redemption shall have been given by the Town, and the whole amount of the principal and the interest and the premium, if any, so due and payable upon all of the bonds and coupons then outstanding shall be paid, or sufficient moneys or direct obligations of the United States Government, the principal of and the interest on which when due will provide sufficient moneys, shall be held in Trust for such purpose under the provisions of this Ordinance, and provision shall also be made for paying all other sums payable hereunder by the Town, then and in that case the right, title and interest hereunder shall thereupon cease, determine and become void. '!m"O"K 143PJrG'" 267 Section 17. This ordinance shall be in full force and. - 22 - effect from and after its passage. Passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carmel, Indiana, on the ~ h day of , 1974. -This Instrument Recorde~, = 3/ 19:z!/ JUNf M. HEDGES. RECORDER:' HA LTON COUNTY, INO. - Trustees' "1 {RECUVE\rn FeR REC~~[I AT 1/: t,J. 0 O'CLOCK fJ M JUL31 1974 B OK PAGE . ~ ,_ u-?>? ..N.~ '---".ll'fON COUNTY. INDIANA 1lECORDEIl ~A