HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-093RESOLUTION 87- 93
Introduced By:
Seconded By:
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
COUNTY OF BUTTE, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
OF TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES TO
PAY 19$7-88 OPERATING EXPENSES AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS OF'THE COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT OF SUCH NOTES, AND MAKING
OTHER DETERMINATIONS IN CONNNECTION
THEREWITH.
Recitals
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WHEREAS pursuant to Article 7.6, Chapter ~, Part 1, Division
2, Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California (the
"Government Code"}, the County of Butte, California (the
"County'}, is authorized to ti} issue tax and revenue
anticipation notes the proceeds of which will be used and
expended for certain purposes, including current operating
expenses, prior to the receipt of certain anticipated revenues,
and (ii} pledge certain moneys to be received by the County for
the payment of such notes and the.~interest thereon; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 3, Chapter 9, Part 24, Division
3, Title 2 of the Education Code of the State of California (the
"Education Code") the County is required to advance from certain
County funds amounts needed by the school districts of the County
to meet their current expenses of maintenance prior to the
receipt by such school districts of the first revenues accruing
during the fiscal year, which first revenues will be applied to
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replenish such County funds so advanced, and such advances by the
County constitute obligations for which the proceeds of its tax
and revenue anticipation notes may be expended; and
WHEREAS, the County presently anticipates issuing tax and
revenue anticipation notes for such purposes for its 1987-88
fiscal year;
NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVI5OR5 OF
THE COUNTY OF BUTTE by the favorable vote of not less than a
majority of-all the members of said Board, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (the
"Notes"} of the County in a principal amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 are hereby authorized to be issued to pay current
operating expenses and other obligations for the 1987-88 fiscal
year of the County in anticipation of the receipt of revenues
anticipated to be received~in such fiscal year. Said Notes shall
be_dated-on or after July 1, 1987 and shall mature, without
option of prior redemption, not more than one year from their
dated date. The Notes shall be designated "Tax and Revenue
Anticipation Notes-1987/19$8", shall be numbered consecutively
from one (1} upwards, and shall be in denominations of $5,000 or
integral multiples thereof. The Notes shall bear interest from
their date at a fixed rate of interest as to be hereafter
determined. both the principal of and interest on the Notes
shall be payable at maturity, upon the surrender thereof, in
lawful money of the United States of America, at the principal
corporate trust office of Security Pacific National Trust Company
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{New York) New York, New York {the "Paying Agent"). Said Notes
shall be issued in bearer form without coupons, and shall not be
registrable as to either principal or interest, and shall be in
substantially the farm attached hereto as Appendix A and hereby
made a part hereof.
Section 2.
The Notes shall be issued in anticipation of
the receipt of unrestricted moneys to be received or accrued
during the County's 1987-88 fiscal year, including taxes, income,
revenues, cash receipts, and other moneys intended as receipts
for the General Fund and other unrestricted funds of the County
and which are generally available for the payment of current
expenses and other obligations of the County-(the "Unrestricted
Moneys"}. As of the date hereof, the County has not received any
of the Unrestricted Moneys hereinabove described, and has not
pledged any of said Unrestricted Moneys to the payment of any
notes, bonds, certificates or other obligations of the County.
Section 3. The County hereby pledges to the payment of the
principal of the Notes the Unrestricted Moneys expected to be
received as follows: the first $1,250,000 thereof in February,
1988; the first $1,250,000 thereof in March, 1988; the first
$1,250,000 thereof in April, 1988; and the first $1,250,000
thereof in May, 1988. The County hereby pledges to the payment
of the interest on the Notes the amount necessary to pay such
interest from the first $600,000 of Unrestricted Moneys to be
received in June, 1988 (a11 of said portions of the Unrestricted
Moneys pledged to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes
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hereinafter referred to as the "Pledged Revenues"). In the event
that Notes in an amount less than $8,000,000 are issued, the
amount of Pledged Revenues as designated herein for each of the
months of February, 1986 through May, 1988, inclusive, shall be
reduced equally. The principal of the Notes and the interest
thereon shall constitute a first lien and charge against the
Pledged Revenues and shall be payable from the first moneys
received by the County from such Pledged Revenues. All of said
Pledged Revenues as snd when received shall be subject to such
lien and charge. Said Notes shall be general obligations of the
County and, to the extent not paid from the Pledged Revenues,
shall be paid with interest thereon from any other moneys of the
County lawfully available therefor. Each Note shall be secured
by the Pledged Revenues ratably according to the amount of
principal and interest due thereon.
Section 4.
All Pledged Revenues as and when received and
any other lawfully available funds of the County as appropriated
or allocated for the payment of the Notes, shall be deposited by
the County in a special fund to be applied only to the payment of
the Notes and the interest thereon. Such fund is hereby
established and designated: "Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note-
1987/1988 Payment Fund" (the "Note Payment Fund" or the "Fund"}.
In the event that in any of the months from February, 1988 to
June, 1988, the Pledged Revenues received by the County are
insufficient to permit deposit into the Note Payment Fund of the
full amount of Pledged Revenues required to be deposited in such
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month, then the amount of any deficiency in such deposit shall be
satisfied and made up by the last business day of such month,
from any other moneys of the County lawfully available for the
payment of the Notes and interest thereon. The Fund wi11 be held
by and maintained with the Treasurer-Tax Collector of the County,
in Oroville, California.
All Pledged Revenues and any other moneys or investments
deposited in the Fund sha11 be held in trust far the benefit of
the holders of the Notes, and shall be applied only upon the
maturity of the Notes to pay the principal thereof and the
interest thereon. Moneys deposited in the Fund may not be used
for any other purpose. Moneys in the Fund may be invested at the
direction of the County,in the following investments provided
such investments mature at such times and in such principal
amounts as to permit the timely disbursement from the Fund as
herein provided. Any investment securities deposited in the fund
must meet all the requirements for investment securities
purchased with moneys in the Fund and, in addition, at the time
of their deposit must have a market value equal to at least 100
of their stated par value.
{a} United States Treasury notes, bonds, bills or
certificates of indebtedness, or those for which the faith
and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment
of principal and interest. '
{b) Obligations issued by banks for cooperatives, federal
land banks, federal intermediate credit banks, federal home
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loan banks, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Tennessee
Valley Authority, or in obligations, participations or other
•instruments of or issued by, the Federal National Mortgage
Association; or in guaranteed portions of Small Business
Administration notes; or in obligations, participations, or
other instruments of or issued by a federal agency or a
United States government-sponsored enterprise.
(c} Bills of. exchange or time drafts drawn on and accepted
by a commercial bank, otherwise known as bankers'
acceptances, which are eligible for purchase by the Federal
Reserve System. Purchases of bankers' acceptances may not
exceed 270 days' maturity or 40$ of the moneys deposited in
the Fund which may be invested. No more than 34~ of such
funds may be invested in the bankers' acceptances of any one
commercial bank.
{d} Investments in repurchase agreements provided that each
such repurchase agreement {i} is acceptable in form to the
TreasurerwTax Collector, {ii) provides that such agreement
constitutes a purchase and sale of securities and is not a
loan of funds by the County, (iii} provides for the physical
transfer of certificated United States Government Obligations
to the custody of the Treasurer-Tax Collector or to a
custodial account in the name of the Treasurer~Tax Collector
with the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco and for the
registration of title to "book entry" United States
Government Obligations to the Treasurer-Tax Collector in the
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Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, {iv} provides that
United States Government Obligations acquired pursuant to
such repurchase agreements shall be valued at least quarterly
at the lower of the then current market value thereof or the
repurchase price thereof set forth in the applicable
repurchase agreement, {v} is with any state or national bank
with a rating on short-term obligations of P-1 or better from
Moody's Investors Service and A-1 or better from Standard &
Poor's Corporation, and {vi) provides that the Treasurer-Tax
Collector may sell the related obligations if the other party
to the applicable repurchase agreement shall fail to promptly
repurchase such obligation on the day required by the
repurchase agreement. The term "Repurchase Agreement" means
' a purchase of securities by the Treasurer-Tax Collector
pursuant to an agreement by which the seller .will repurchase
such securities on or before a specified date, or on the
demand of either party, and for a specified amount. Such
securities shall mean securities of the same issuer,
description, issue date and maturity,
(e) Certificates of deposit issued by a nationally or state-
chartered bank provided that such certificates of deposit
shall be (i} continuously and fully insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or (ii} continuously and fully
secured by such securities as are described above in clauses
{a} and {b}, which shall have a market value {exclusive of
accrued interest) determined weekly of at least 110% of the
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principal amount of such certificates of deposit or (iii}
continously and fully secured by securities as described in
Section 53651Em} of the Government Code. -
At such time when the amount in the Fund is sufficient to pay
all principal and interest on the Notes at maturity, the County
shall not be required to make any further deposits therein, and
any excesses may be withdrawn from the Fund and applied by the
County for any lawful purpose.
Section 5. The principal amount of the Notes, together
with the principal amount of all other notes of the County issued
in the 1987-88 fiscal year of the County, pursuant to Article
7.6, Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Code, will not
exceed 85~ of the estimated amount of the uncollected income,
revenue, cash receipts, and other moneys of the County which will
be available for the payment of all of the Notes, and the
interest thereon.
.Section 6.
The proceeds of the Notes shall be deposited
in the County`s General Fund, and may be expended for the
purposes for which the Pledged Revenues are to be received,
including, but not limited to, advances to the school districts
of the County. The amounts of such advances to each school
district will be repaid to the County. from the first revenues
accruing to such school district after such advance is made
during the 1987-88 fiscal year.
Section 7. The Notes shall be executed in the name of the
County by the manual or facsimile signature of its Treasurer-Tax
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Collector and shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile
signature of its Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and the seal
of the County shall be affixed, imprinted, or otherwise
reproduced on each of said Notes, The Notes shall be
authenticated by the Paying Agent, in which case the signatures
of both the aforesaid officers may be facsimile.
Section $.
The Purchase Contract for the Notes, in the
form attached hereto as Appendix B and hereby made a part hereof,
be•and the same hereby is approved, The Treasurer-Tax Collector
is hereby authorized to determine the amount of Notes to be sold,
the dates of issuance and maturity of the Notes, the interest
rate on the Notes and to approve the sale of the Notes to Ehrlich
Bober & Co,, Inc:, the Underwriter, at the purchase price and on
the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Contract, and
the Treasurer-Tax Collector is hereby authorized and directed to
execute the Purchase Contract with such changes, insertions and
omissions as may be approved by the Treasurer-Tax Collector, said
execution being conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 9. The Auditor-Controller is hereby authorized to
approve the preliminary an.
use in connection with the
execute the final Official
supplement thereto, in the
and thereupon to cause the
amendment or supplement to
~ final Official Statements and their
offering and sale of the Notes, to
Statement and any amendment or
name of and on behalf of the County,
final Official Statement and any such
be delivered to the Underwriter with
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such approval to be conclusively evidenced by his execution and
delivery thereof.
Section l0.
The County shall at all times do and perform
all acts and things necessary or desirable in order to assure
that interest paid on the Notes shall, for the purposes of
federal income taxation, be excludable from the gross income of
the recipients thereof and exempt from such taxation. The County
shall not permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the
Notes or any other funds of the County to be used directly or
indirectly to acquire any securities or obligations, the
acquisition of which would cause any Note to be an "arbitrage
band" as defined in Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of
3886, as amended. The Auditor-Controller is hereby authorized to
execute an Arbitrage and Use of Proceeds Certificate in respect
to the Nates for and on behalf of the County.
Section 11: All of the recitals relating to the
availability of reserve funds only for designated purposes and
the reasonable requirements of such reserve funds for such
purposes, contained in Resolution No. 83-111 passed and adopted
by the Butte County Board of Supervisors on June 2l, 1983 are
hereby reaffirmed as true and correct. It is also hereby
determined that
{i1 the moneys in the Seif-Insurance Fund, in the amount of
$3,13~,72y~9, as of May 1, 1987, shall be available only for the
purpose of paying public liability claims against the County and
are reasonably required for such purpose,
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(ii) the moneys in the Workers' Compensation Reserve Fund, in
the amount of $~c~33 S~l~l-7s~ as of May 1, 1987, shall be available
only for the purpose of paying workers' compensation claims
against the County and are reasonably required for such purpose,
and
(iii) the moneys in the Unemployment Compensation
Insurance Claims-Payment Fund, in the amount of $G~~.19y-z8, as of
May 1, 1987, shall be available only for the purpose of paying
unemployment compensation insurance claims against the County and
are reasonably required for such purpose.
Section 12, It is hereby covenanted and warranted by the
County that all recitals and representations contained in this
resolution are true and correct, and that the County, acting
through its appropriate officers, has taken or will take all
steps necessary to be taken, to be and remain eligible to
collect, and to collect the Pledged Revenues described herein i.n
the amounts and at the times anticipated in accordance with all
applicable laws and regulations, in order to provide for the
prompt payment of the Notes authorized herein and to comply with
the provisions of this resolution.
Section 13.
This resolution shall take effect immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Butte this 15th day of June, 1987, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Felton, McInturf, McLaughlin, Vercruse and Chair Dolan
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NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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APPENDIB A
FORM OF NOTE
No. United States of America $
State of California
COUNTY OF BUTTE
TA% AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE-1987/1988
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the County of Butte, California {the
"County"), duly created and existing under the laws of the State
of California, promises to pay to the bearer hereof, the sum of
DOLLARS {~C }
on the day of July, 1988, together with interest thereon from
the date hereof at the rate of 'per centum
( ~? per annum, payable at maturity. Both principal of and
interest on this Note will be paid in lawful money of the United
States of America, upon surrender of this Note at the principal
corporate trust office of Security Pacific National Trust Company
{New York), New York, New Fork (the "Paying Agent").
This Note is one of an authorized issue of $ the
Notes of which are of like tenor except as to number and
denomination, and is issued pursuant to Article 7.6, Chapter 4,
Part I, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code of the State
of California, and a resolution duly adopted by the Board of
Supervisors of the County on June 16, 1887 (the "Resolution").
(1)
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note is
secured by a pledge of unrestricted moneys expected to be
received by the.County including taxes, income, revenue, cash
receipts, and other moneys intended as receipts for the General
Fund and other unrestricted funds of the County and which are
generally available for the payment of current expenses and other
obligations of the County during its 1967-88 fiscal year {the
"Unrestricted Moneys"). The County has pledged to the payment of
the principal of the Notes the Unrestricted Moneys expected to be
received as follows: the first $ of such revenues in
February, 1988; the first $ of such revenues in March,
19&8; the first $ of such revenues in April, 1988; and
the first $ of such revenues in May, 1988; all-as more
particularly described in the Resolution. The County has pledged
to the payment of the interest on the Notes the amount necessary
to pay such interest from the first $600,000 of Unrestricted
Moneys to be received in June, 1988. The Notes and the-interest
thereon shall be a first lien and charge against, and shall be
payable from, the first moneys received by the County from said
pledged moneys. The Notes are general obligations of the County,
and, to the extent not paid from said pledged moneys, the Notes
shall be paid with interest thereon from any other moneys of the
County lawfully available therefor.
This Note is not subject to call or redemption prior to
maturity.
(2)
This Note has been designated by the County as a qualified
tax-exempt obligation pursuant to the provisions of Section 265
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have
been duly executed by the Paying Agent.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all acts,
conditions and things required by law to exist, happen and. be
performed precedent to-and in the issuance of this Note have
existed, happened and been performed in due time, form and manner
as required by Iaw, and that the amount of this Note, together
with all other indebtedness of~~the County, does not exceed any
debt limit prescribed by the laws or Constitution of the State of
California.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of•Butte, California, has
caused this Note to~be signed by the facsimile signature of its
Treasurer and countersigned by the facsimile signature of its
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and its corporate seal (or a
facsimile thereof), to be printed, engraved, stamped or otherwise
placed hereon and has caused this Note to be dated the day of
July, 1987.
{Facsimile Seal}
(Facsimile Signature}
Countersigned: Treasurer of the County of Butte, California
(Facsimile Signature}
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Butte, California
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
It is hereby certified that this Note is one of the duly
authorized issue of Notes referred to herein.
SECURITY PACIFIC NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY (NEW YORK)
Paying Agent
By
Authorized Signature
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APPENDIB B
COUNTY OF BUTTE, CALIFORNIA
Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes-1987/1388
CONTRACT OF PURCHASE
Oroville, California
Mr. Dick Puelicher June 1987
Treasurer-Tax Collector
County of Butte
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, California 9965
Dear Mr. Puelicher: ~.
The undersigned {the "Underwriter"} offers to enter into
this agreement with the County of Butte, California (the
"County"} which, upon the County's acceptance hereof, will be
binding upon the County and upon the Underwriter. This offer is
made subject to the written acceptance of this Contract of
Purchase by the County and the delivery of such acceptance to the
Underwriter at or prior to 4:00 o'clock P.M. California time, on
the date hereof. '
1. Upon the terms and conditions and upon the basis of
the representations and warranties hereinafter $et forth, the
Underwriter hereby purchases from the County for reoffering to
the public, and the County hereby sells to the Underwriter for
such purpose, all (but not less than all) of $ {or such
lesser amount as shall actually be issued in accordance with the
provisions of the resolution as hereinafter defined}, principal
amount of the County's Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes
1987/1988 dated July _, 1987 and due 1988 (the "Notes")
bearing interest at the rate of per centum
( ~) per annum, at a purchase price of $ plus
accrued interest, if any, from July _, 1987, to the date of the
Closing {as hereinafter defined}.
2. The Notes shall be as described in the Resolution
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County, on June 16,
1987, authorizing the issuance of the Notes (the "Resolution"),
and shall be issued under the provisions of the Constitution and
laws of the State of California {the "State").
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3. At the time of or before the County's acceptance
hereof, the County shall deliver to the Underwriter an Official
Statement of the County, dated June , 1987, relating to the
Notes (which, together with all appendices thereto and with such
changes therein and supplements thereto which are consented to in
writing by the Underwriter, is herein called the "Official
Statement"), in a form satisfactory to the Underwriter and duly
executed by the County. The County authorizes the use and
reproduction of the Official Statement in connection with the
offering and sale of the Notes by the Underwriter. The County
also approves of and ratifies the use and reproduction by the
Underwriter prior to the date of the Official Statement of a
Preliminary Official Statement of the County relating to the
Notes (which, together with all appendices thereto, is herein
called the "Preliminary Official Statement") in connection with
the offering of the Notes.
~. The Underwriter agrees to make a bona fide public
offering of all the Notes at the initial public offering price as
set forth on the cover page of the Official Statement.
Subsequent to such initial public offering, the Underwriter
reserves the right to change the public offering price as it may
deem necessary in~connectivn with the marketing of the Notes.
8, At 10:00 o'clock A.M., New York City time, on July
~, 1987, or at such other time or on such later business day as
shall have been mutually agreed upon by the County and the
Underwriter (the "Closing"), the County will deliver to the
Underwriter at the offices of Ehrlich Bober & Co., Inc., 80 Pine
Street, New York, New York, or at such other place as the County
and the Underwriter may mutually agree upon, the Notes in
definitive form duly executed, together with the other documents
hereinafter mentioned; and. the Underwriter will accept such
delivery and pay the purchase price as set forth in paragraph 1
hereof in "Federal Reserve Funds" to the order of the County.
The Notes will be made available in San Francisco, California or
New York, New York for checking and packaging and will be taken
up by the Underwriter for safekeeping two business days prior to
the Closing.
6. The County represents and warrants to the
Underwriter that:
(A} The County i5 validly existing under the laws of the
State, including the State Constitution, with right and power
to sell the Notes as of the date hereof and to hereafter
issue the Notes and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Contract of Purchase and the Notes.
(B} (i} At or prior to the Closing, the County will have
taken all action required to be taken by it to authorize the
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issuance and delivery of the Notes and the performance of its
obligations thereunder, {ii} the County has, and at the date
of the Closing will continue to have, full legal right, power
and authority to enter into this Contract of Purchase and, at
the date of the Closing, will have full legal right, power
and authority to issue and deliver the Notes to the
Underwriter and to perform its obligations thereunder as
provided herein and therein; at or prior to the Closing, the
execution and delivery of, and the performance by the County
of its obligations contained in the Notes and this Contract
of Purchase shall have been duly authorized; Eiii} this
Contract of Purchase has been duly executed and delivered and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the
County; and (iv) the County has duly authorized the
consummation by it of all transactions contemplated by this
Contract of Purchase.
(C} The Notes shall be secured as to the payment of
principal and interest from the revenues and in the manner as
described in the Resolution and the Official Statement. All
of the Notes shall be general obligations of the County, and,
to the extent not paid from the revenues pledged thereto,
they shall be paid from any other moneys of the County
lawfully available therefor.
(D} The County reasonably anticipates that the revenues
'anticipated to be received or accrued in its 1987-88 fiscal
year, including the revenues pledged to the payment of the
Notes, will be received in cash in the amounts and by the
respective dates indicated in the Official Statement. As of
the Closing, the County will have taken all action to be
taken by such date required by law, regulation or
administrative order or directive, or in the County's
judgment necessary and feasible, in order to qualify for and
to receive in cash such anticipated revenues in such amounts
and by such dates, and the County will use its best efforts
to cause such revenues to be received in cash at the times
indicated in the 1987-88 Cash Flow Schedule in the Official
Statement. The County agrees that it will not issue any
additional notes secured by a pledge of the revenues pledged
to pay the Notes.
{E) There are no present or foreseeable events,
conditions or~determinations of which the County is aware
which will prevent the receipt of and application by the
County of the revenues pledged to pay the Notts.
{F} The Official Statement (excluding therefrom the
"Price" on the cover page, and the information under the
caption "Underwriting", as to which no representations or
warranties are made}, as of its date and at all times
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subsequent thereto up to and including .the date of the
Closing, will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(G) The issuance of the Notes, the execution, delivery
and performance of this Contract of Purchase. the performance
of the County's obligations under the Notes and compliance
with the provisions hereof and thereof by the County, do not
and will not conflict with or constitute on the part of the
County a breach of, or a default under, any existing law,
ordinance, regulation, decree, order or resolution, or (to
the best knowledge of the County, after due investigation}
any agreement, indenture, mortgage, lease or other
instrument. to which the County is subject or by which it is
bound.
{H) All authorizations, consents or approvals of, or
filings or registrations, if any, with any Governmental
Authority or court. necessary for the valid issuance of and
performance by the County of its obligations under the Notes
wi'l1 have been duly obtained or made prior to the issuance of
the Notes (and disclosed to the Underwriter). As used
herein,•the term "Governmental Authority" refers to any
legislative body or governmental official, department,
commission, board, bureau, agency, instrumentality, body or
public benefit corporation.
(I) As of the time of acceptance hereof and as of the
Closing, except as disclosed in the Official Statement., no
action, suit, proceeding or investigation is pending or {to
the best knowledge of the County) threatened against the
County or {to the best knowledge of the County, no
independent investigation having been made) any other person
in any court or before any Governmental Authority seeking to
restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery of any of the
Notes or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of
the Resolution, the Notes, this Contract of Purchase, or the
receipt or application of the revenues pledged to pay the
Notes or the payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes, or contesting the powers of the County to issue the
Notes.
{J) Any certificate signed by any official or other
representative of the County and delivered to•the Underwriter
pursuant to this Contract of Purchase shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the County to the Underwriter
as to the statements therein made.
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(K} A copy of the Resolution has been delivered to the
Underwriter and such Resolution will nat be amended without
the consent of the Underwriter which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld.
7. The Underwriter has entered into this Contract of
Purchase in reliance upon the representations and warranties of
the County contained herein, the Resolution, and the performance
by the County of its obligations hereunder, as of the date hereof
and as of the date of the Closing. The Underwriter's obligations
under this Contract of Purchase are and shall be subject to the
fallowing further conditions as of the Closing:
(A} The representations and warranties of the County
contained•herein shall not be materially inaccurate at the
date hereof and at and as of the Closing, as if made at and
as of the Closing, and the statements made in all
certificates and other documents delivered to the Underwriter
at the Closing pursuant hereto shall not be materially
inaccurate at the C1-osing; and the County shall be in
compliance with each of the agreements made by it in this
Contract of Purchase (unless such agreements are waived by
the Underwriter}.
{B} At the time of the Closing this Contract of Purchase
shall be in full force and effect; the Resolution and this
Contract of Purchase shall not have been amended, modified or
supplemented except as may have been agreed to in writing by
the Underwriter; all actions which, in the opinion of
Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York, New York, Bond Counsel
to the County, (the "Bond Counsel"), shall be necessary in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall
have been duly taken and shall be in full force and effect;
and the County shall perform or have performed all of its
obligations required under or specified in the Resolution,
this Contract of Purchase, or the Official Statement to be
performed at or prior to the Closing. -
(C} The pro'
revenues pledged
effect and shall
would materially
revenues will be
respective dates
Statement.
Jisions of law governing the payment of the
to pay the Notes shall be in full force and
not have been amended in any respect that
adversely affect the prospects that such
received in the amounts and by the
indicated in the Resolution and the Official
(D) Except as disclosed in the Official Statement, no
decision, ruling or finding shall have been entered by any
court oz Governmental Authority since the date of this
Contract of Purchase (and not reversed on appeal or otherwise
set aside) (i} which has any of the effects described in
{g}
Section 6{I}, or {ii} which declares this C6ntract of
Purchase to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in
material part.
(E} In recognition of the desire of the County and the
Underwriter to effect a successful public offering of the
Notes, and in view of the potential adverse impact of any of
the following events on a~public offering, the Underwriter
shall have the right to cancel its obligations to acquire the
Notes, by written notice from the Underwriter to the County,
if between the date hereof and the Closing: (i) the Official
Statement shall have been amended, modified or supplemented
without the consent in writing of the Underwriter, unless
such consent was unreasonably witheld or {ii} any event shall
occur which, in the reasonable professional judgment of the
Underwriter, makes untrue any statement of a material fact
set forth in the Official Statement or results in an omission
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading; or (iii) the market for~the Notes
or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for
the sale of .the Notes shall have been materially and
adversely affected, in the reasonable professional judgment
of the Underwriter, by (a) legislation enacted by the
Congress of the United States, or passed by either House of
the Congress, or recommended to the Congress for passage by
the President of the United States, or favorably reported for
passage to either House of the Congress by a.committee of
such House to which such legislation has been referred for
consideration, or a decision rendered by a court of the
United States or by the United States Tax Court, or a ruling,
order, official statement, or regulation (final, temporary or
proposed} made by the Treasury Department of the United
States or the Internal Revenue Service, with respect to
Federal taxation upon interest received on obligations of the
general character of the Notes or which would have the effect
of changing, directly or indirectly, the Federal income tax
consequences of interest on obligations of the general
character of the Notes in the hands of the holders thereof,
or {b) any new outbreak of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or an event of fiscal
default by a city, municipality, district or authority
located in the State, the effect of such outbreak, calamity,
crisis or default being such as would cause a major
disruption in the municipal bond market, or (c) a general
suspension of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, or
fixing of minimum or maximum prices for trading or maximum
ranges for prices for securities on the New York Stock
Exchange, whether by virtue of a determination by that
Exchange or by order of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other governmental authority having
{6)
jurisdiction, or (d) a general banking moratorium declared by
either Federal or State authorities having jurisdiction, or
(e) any action, suit, proceding or investigation described in
Section 6(I) hereof or any decision described in Section 7(D)
hereof, or (f) any default by the County, the State or by any
state public benefit corporation or other city or state
governmental agency (except an industrial development agency)
existing under the laws of California.
{F} At or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall
receive the following documents each dated on and as of the
date of the Closing:
(1) Unqualified approving opinion of Bond Counsel.
as to the validity and tax-exempt status of the Notes.
{2) A certificate of the County, executed on its
behalf by its Auditor-Controller, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(3) An opinion of the County Counsel,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(43 An Arbitrage and Use of Proceeds Certificate,
satisfactory in form and substance to Bond Counsel.
' {5) Evidence of the deposit of funds required to
be so deposited as of the date hereof to pay the
outstanding $11,100,000 Tax and Revenue Anticipation
Notes-19$6/1987 of the County due July 1, 1987.
(6} Evidence that any rating on the Notes
heretofore obtained has not been changed or withdrawn.
{7} Such additional legal opinions, certificates,
proceedings, instruments and other documents as the
Underwriter, Underwriter's Counsel or Bond Counsel may
reasonably request to evidence compliance by the County
with legal requirements, the accuracy, as of the time of
Closing, of the County's representations herein
contained and the due performance or satisfaction by the
County at or prior to such time of all agreements then
to be performed and all conditions then to be satisfied
by the County.
If the County shall be unable to satisfy the conditions
to the Underwriter's obligations contained in this Contract of
Purchase or if the Underwriter's obligations shall be terminated
for any reason permitted by this Contract of Purchase, this
Contract of Purchase shall terminate and neither the County nor
the Underwriter shall have any further obligation hereunder,
(7)
except that the respective obligations of the parties to pay
certain expenses as'provided in Section 10 herein shall continue
in full force and effect.
$. The performance by the County of its obligations is
conditioned upon {i) the performance by the Underwriter of its
obligations hereunder; and {ii) receipt by the County and the
Underwriter of opinions and certificates being delivered at the
closing by persons and entities other than the County.
9. At the Closing, the Underwriter shall advise the
County as to whether or not the Underwriter is still offering
Notes, and far a period of not exceeding 20 days after the
Closing, if and so long as such offering continues {~) the County
will furnish such information with respect to itself as the
Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request and {b} if
any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in
the opinion of the County or the Underwriter, to amend or
supplement the Official Statement in order to make the Official
Statement not misleading in the light of the circumstances then
existing, the County will forthwith prepare and furnish to the
Underwriter {at the expense of the Underwriter) a reasonable
number of copies of an amendment of or supplement to the Official
Statement (in form and substance satisfactory to Bond Counsel to
the County and counsel for the Underwriter} which will amend or
supplement the Dfficial Statement so that it will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
Tight of the circumstances then existing, not misleading.
10. Whether or not the Notes are issued as contemplated
by this Contract of Purchase, the Underwriter shall pay {i) the
cost of preparation and reproduction of this Contract of
Purchase, the Preliminary Official Statement and the final
Official Statement, and the cost of printing the Notes; (ii) fees
of the California Debt Advisory Commission and of any rating
agencies rating the Notes; and (iii) other expenses incurred by
it in connection with offering and distribution of the Notes,
including the fees and disbursements of counsel retained by it.
The County sha11 be responsible for any other costs that may be
incurred, pursuant to contract or otherwise, in connection with
the issuance of the Notes.
11. Any notice or other communication to be given to
the County under this Contract of Purchase may be given by
delivering the same in writing to the Treasurer-Tax Collector, or
to such other person as he may designate in writing, and to
Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, 67 Wall Street, New York, New York, or
at such other address ar to such other firm as 'the County shall
hereafter advise the Underwriter in writing, and any notice or
other communication to be given to the Underwriter under this
{g)
Contract of Purchase (other than the acceptance hereof as
specified in the first paragraph hereof) may be given by
delivering the same in writing to Ehrlich Bober & Co., Inc., 401
Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1250, Santa Monica, California 90401,
Attention: Investment Banking Division. The approval of the
Underwriter or the determination of its satisfaction as to any
document referred to herein shall be in writing signed by Ehrlich
Bober & Co., Inc., and delivered to the County.
12. This Contract of Purchase when accepted by the
County in writing as heretofore specified shall constitute the
entire agreement between the County and the Underwriter and is
made solely far the benefit of the County and the Underwriter
(including the successors or assigns of the Underwriter). No
other person shall acquire or have any right hereunder or by
virtue hereof.
13. This Contract of Purchase may be executed
simultaneously in several counterparts each of which shall be an
original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
_ Very truly yours,
EHRLICH BOBER & CO., INC.
Hy
Underwriter
Accepted:
County of Butte
By
Treasurer-Tax Collector
(g}
ESHIBIT A
to the
Contract of Purchase
CERTIFICATE OF THE AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
COUNTY OF BUTTE
JAMES L. JOHANSEN, Auditor-Controller, County of Butte,
California {the "County"}, hereby certifies on behalf of the
County as follows:
1. I am the official of the County having overall
responsibility for the financial operations of the County.
2, The County's Official Statement, dated June _,
1987, (the "Official Statement") relating to the sale of
$ of the County's Tax and Revenue Anticipation
Notes-19$7 1988 (the "Notes"), delivered pursuant to the
Contract of Purchase, dated June _, ].987 between the County
and the Underwriter (the "Contract of Purchase^) (excluding
from such Official Statement the "Prices" on the cover page
and the information under the caption "Underwriting^) as of
the date hereof does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit any statement of a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3. The representations and warranties of the County in
the Contract of Purchase, are true and correct on and as of
the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof, and
the County has complied with and performed all of its
covenants and agreements in the Contract of Purchase,
~, Each of the conditions in Section 7 of the Contract
of Purchase to be satisfied by the Gounty has been satisfied
by the County on the date hereof and the County is not aware
of any other condition of the Contract of Purchase that has
not been satisfied on the date hereof.
5. The Notes being delivered on the date hereof to the
Underwriter under the Contract of Purchase and the sources of
payment thereof conform to the descriptions thereof contained
in the County's Official Statement delivered to such
Underwriter.
5, There has been no material adverse change in the
financial condition or results of operations of the County
from the date of the Official Statement to the date hereof.
(lo)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
day of July, 1987.
COUNTY DF BUTTE
By
Auditor-Controller
(11)
ERHIBIT B
to the
Contract of Purchase
(Letterhead of County Counsel}
July ~, 19$7
Board of Supervisors
County of Butte
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, California
Ehrlich Bober & Co., Inc.
~D1 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1254
Santa Monica, California
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to a Contract of Purchase dated June
1987 ("Contract of Purchase"}, between the County of Butte
the "County"} and Ehrlich Bober & Co., Inc., in connection with
which you have requested my opinion as to the matters set forth
below. All terms used herein have .the definitions set forth in
the Contract of Purchase and the Official Statement, referred to
herein.
I have examined such portions of the Constitution of the
United States of America, the Constitution and Statutes of the
State of California (the "State"} and such applicable court
decisions as I deemed necessary or relevant for purposes of the
opinions set forth below, and made such further inquiries and
investigations as I deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes
of such opinions. Based on the foregoing, I advise you that in
my opinion:
1. There is no litigation of any nature pending or
threatened to restrain or enjoin the issuance, sale,
execution or delivery of the Contract of Purchase, the Notes
or any of the proceedings taken with respect to the issuance
and sale of the Notes, the application of moneys to the
payment of the Notes or in any manner questioning the
proceedings and authority under which the Notes were
authorized or affecting the validity of the Notes, the
existence or boundaries of the County or the title of
{12)
officials of the County who have acted with respect to the
proceedings for the issuance and sale of the Notes to their
respective offices, and no authority or proceedings for the
issuance and sale of the Notes have been repealed., revoked or
rescinded;
2. The statements contained in the Official Statement
dated dune 1987 under the caption "LitigationR are
accurate and complete in all material respects. Except as
disclosed in the Official Statement, there are no matters of
litigation now pending or threatened the outcome of which
would have an adverse material effect on the financial
condition of the County during the period the Notes will be
outstanding.
3. The issuance of the Notes, the execution, delivery
and performance of the Contract of Purchase, the performance
of the County's obligations under the Notes and compliance.
with the provisions thereof by the County, do not and will
not conflict with or constitute on the part of the County a
breach of, or a default under any agreement, indenture,
mortgage, lease or other instrument, to which the County is
subject or by which it is bound.
Very truly yours,
(13)
CE.ERK'S CERTIFICRTE
I, Martin J. l~ichols, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Butte, hereby certify as follows:
The following is a foil, true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted
at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of said County duly and
regularly and legally held at the regular meeting place thereof on
June 16, 1987, of which meeting all of the members of the Board of
Supervisors of said County had due notice and at which a quorum was present.
I gave carefully compared the same with the original minutes of said meeting
on file and of record in the Clerk's office and the foregoing is a full, true
and correct copy of the original resolution adopted at said meeting and entered
in said minutes.
Said resolution has not been amended, modified or rescinded since the
date of its adoption, and the same is now in full force and effect.
Dated: June 16 19$7
CI.EN~<~~ ~ "'~,; ~ Qr SUP RVlSORS
B•
Clerk he Board of Supervisors
(Seal}