HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-03-20 Resolution 2023-111_Set Public Hearing Date, Bonds, GO LOSSTRESOLUTION 2023-11 1
RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE
PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED
$25,000,000 GENERAI. OBLIGATION LOCAL OPTION
SALES TAX BONDS OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE, STATE OF
IOWA, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
THEREOF
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 423B of the Code of Iowa, as amended, and an election
duly held in accordance therewith, the City Council of the City of Waukee (the "Issuer") is
currently entitled to receive proceeds of the local option sales and services tax (the "Local Option
Tax") imposed in accordance with Chapter 42313 and an ordinance duly adopted by the Board of
Supervisors of Dallas County with respect thereto; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an election duly held on November 7, 2017, the revenues
derived from the Local Option Tax are to be allocated as follows:
• 50% for quality of life improvement purposes, including but not limited to
recreational/sports complexes, community centers, trails, parks, arts, cultural amenities,
historic preservation, and for public purposes the City deems appropriate (the
"Designated Portion"); and
• 50% for property tax relief, and
WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes to apply the Designated Portion of the Local Option Tax to
pay costs of the construction, improvement, and equipping of a public safety facility, including
fire and police services, with all necessary utilities, public improvements, and related site
improvements, and to acquire real estate therefore, which this Council determines to be an
appropriate public purpose warranting expenditure of the Designated Portion of Local Option
Tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer further proposes to anticipate the receipt of the Designated
Portion of the Local Option Tax through the issuance of its General Obligation Local Option
Sales Tax Bonds to the amount of not to exceed $25,000,000 authorized by Section 423B.9(4) of
the Code of Iowa, the proceeds of which will be used for the purpose of providing funds to pay
costs of the projects described herein, with the Local Option Tax proceeds being applied to the
repayment thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City should issue General
Obligation Local Option Sales Tax Bonds to the amount of not to exceed $25.000,000, as
authorized by Section 423B.9(4) of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay
costs thereof, and
WHEREAS, before said Bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the
provisions of Chapter 42313 of the Code of Iowa, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue
such Bonds and the right to petition for an election and to receive oral or written objections from
any resident or property owner of the City to such actions
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CffY OF
WAUKEE, STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. The improvements and projects described in the preambles to this resolution
are hereby found and declared to be eligible costs for the construction of necessary capital
improvement projects within the meaning of ballot proposition passed and approved on
November 7, 2017, and the Designated Portion of the Local Option Tax receipts, being 50%
thereof, shall be allocated first to the repayment of General Obligation Local Option Tax Bonds
to be issued for the purposes of acquiring and constructing said improvements and project.
Section 2. That this Council meet at 5:30 P.M., on the 3rd day of April, 2023, for the
purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $25,000,000 General
Obligation Local Option Sales Tax Bonds, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide
funds to pay the costs of construction, improvement, and equipping of a public safety facility,
including Lire and police services, with all necessary utilities, public improvements, and related
site improvements, and to acquire real estate therefore, and for parks and trail improvements, and
which shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum specified in the attached notice.
Said Bonds shall be payable from the Designated Portion of the Local Option Sales and Services
tax receipts, and to the extent provided in Iowa Code Section 423B.9(4), the debt service fund of
the City.
Section 3. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made
of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language,
published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication is to
be not less than ten (10) clear days nor more than twenty (20) days before the date of the public
meeting on the issuance of the Bonds.
Section 4. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the
following form:
(To be published on March 21, 2023)
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WAUKEE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF
THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED
$25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION LOCAL OPTION
SALES TAX BONDS OF THE CITY AND THE HEARING ON
THE ISSUANCE THEREOF
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Waukee, State of
Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 3rd day of April, 2023, at 5:30 P.M., in the Council
Chambers, City Hall, 230 West Hickman Road, Waukee, Iowa, at which meeting the Council
proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $25,000,000 General Obligation
Local Option Sales Tax Bonds, bearing interest at the rate of not to exceed nine per centum (9%)
per annum, to provide funds to pay the costs of construction, improvement, and equipping of' a
public safety facility, including fire and police services, with all necessary utilities, public
improvements, and related site improvements, and to acquire real estate therefore, and for parks
and trail improvements. Principal and interest on the proposed Bonds will be payable from the
Designated Portion of the local option sales and services tax receipts collected by the City (equal
to 50% thereof) and, to the extent provided in Iowa Code 42311.9(4), the debt service fund of the
City.
At any time before the date fixed for taking action for the issuance of the Bonds, a
petition, signed by eligible electors residing within the City in a number equal to at least three
percent (3%) of the registered voters of the City, may be filed with the City Clerk, asking that the
question of issuing the Bonds be submitted to the registered voters of the City at a special
election called upon the question of issuing said Bonds.
At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any
resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been
received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take
additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds.
This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, as
provided by Section 423B.9(4) of the Code of Iowa.
Dated this 20"' day of March, 2023.
Rebecca D. Schuett
City Clerk, City of Waukee, State of Iowa
(End of Notice)
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20"' day of March, 2023.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
RESULTS OF VOTE: AYE NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN
Anna Bergman Pierce X
R. Charles Bottenberg X
Chris Crone X
Larry R. Lyon X
Ben Sinclair X