ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Providing for the ISSUANCE of GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, in an Aggregate Amount not to Exceed $17,000,000.00, of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, to Provide for the Refunding of Certain Outstanding Bonds of the City, and Providing for the Levy of a Direct Annual Tax Sufficient to Pay the Principal and Interest on Said Bonds, Authorizing the Sale of Said Bonds to the Purchaser Thereof, and Authorizing the Execution of an Escrow Agreement in Connection Therewith.
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BACKGROUND: On occasion, under the recommendation of our financial advisors, Speer Financial, Inc., the City has refinanced bond issues that would result in significant savings in debt service. Speer Financial, Inc. has determined that significant savings in debt service will be realized as a result of refinancing the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011 B, 2013 A, and 2014 A. The General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011 B, 2013 A, and 2014 A will be refunded on a negotiated basis with Robert W. Baird. This ordinance authorizes the Designated Officials (Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller) to sell refunding bonds upon achieving savings in excess of three percent (3%) of the amount of the 2011 B, 2013 A, and 2014 A.
The authority granted in this Ordinance for the Designated Officials to sell refunding bonds will expire April 26, 2022 without any further authorization or direction from Council, to sell bonds based upon the as prescribed in this Ordinance.
The attached Ordinance provides for the issuance of general obligation bonds to be issued in a principal amount not to exceed $17,000,000. An escrow account will be established and proceeds from the refunding will be invested in State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities or treasury securities which ever provide a more efficient escrow in refundi...
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