2015-0169
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(BOND COUNSEL)
RESOLUTION NO.
Title
A resolution approving the issuance, sale and delivery of not exceeding $7,775,000 of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana.
Body
WHEREAS, Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana (the "District") proposes to issue not exceeding $7,775,000 of General Obligation Refunding Bonds (the "Bonds") for the purpose of refunding all or a portion of the District's outstanding (i) General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005 and (ii) General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006 and paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds; and,
WHEREAS, the District has requested that this Parish Council approve the issuance, sale and delivery of said Bonds of the District; and,
WHEREAS, as required by Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, it is now the desire of this Parish Council to approve the issuance of said Bonds of the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Charles Parish Council, acting as the governing authority of the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana, that:
SECTION 1. In compliance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and in accordance with the request of the Board of Commissioners of Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana, this Parish Council hereby approves the issuance, sale and delivery of not exceeding $7,775,000 of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of said District, to mature not later than March 1, 2026, be secured by unlimited ad valorem taxes levied and collected annually in excess of all other taxes on all the property subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the Issuer, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 5% per annum, and sold to the purchasers thereof at a price of not less than 95% of par.
SECTION 2. The Parish of St. Charles and this Parish Council shall not be liable in any manner for the payment of said Bonds, and no funds of the Parish or the Parish Council shall be pledged to the payment thereof.
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 18th day of May, 2015, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:
SECRETARY:
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:
APPROVED: DISAPPROVED:
PARISH PRESIDENT:
RETD/SECRETARY:
AT: RECD BY:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ST. CHARLES
I, the undersigned Secretary of the St. Charles Parish Council do hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by said Parish Council on May 18, 2015, approving the issuance, sale and delivery of not exceeding $7,775,000 of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana.
IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal of said Parish at Hahnville, Louisiana, on this, the 18th day of May, 2015.
___________________________________ Secretary
(SEAL)