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HomeMy WebLinkAbout182 Revenue Certificate ' p ORDINANCE NO . AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $600, 000.00 IN REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, . IN ANTICIPATION OF A CIGARETTE TAX HERETO- FORE ENACTED, NET WATER REVENUES AND UTILITY TAX INCOME OF SAID CITY; AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AND MAINTENANCE OF SAME, FOR THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA; AND THE EXPRESSING OF CERTAIN COVENANTS AND UNDERTAKINGS ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY FOR SECURITY AND PAYMENT OF SUCH REVENUE CERTIFICATES. WHEREAS , the City of Zephyrhills, in Pasco County, Florida, is .a municipal corporation, duly organized, existing, governed by, and acting under Charter granted by the State of Florida , as reflected by new City Charter granted by Chapter 31377, Special Acts of Florida, 1955 ; and WHEREAS, heretofore, in pursuance to the provisions of Florida Statutes ; Section 210.03, F.S .A. , the said City by Ordinance No. 162, duly passed and enacted June 27, 1963, has been imposing certain taxes upon the sale of cigarette sold within the city limits of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, which said monies realized from the tax, as afore- said, has, in pursuance of Florida Statutes , Section 210.20, F.S .A. , been paid in to the State Treasury of the State of Florida, into a fund designated as "Tax Collection Fund" , and the State of Florida has been remitting to the City of Zephyrhills, an amount each month equal to the amount of taxes collected within the said City, in pursuance of said Ordinance, and the said City will continue to impose and collect taxes upon the sale of cigarettes sold within said City, in pursuance of said Ordinance No. 162 , and WHEREAS , the said City also collects a utility tax from utilities provided within the City of Zephyrhills , and revenues from the City Water System, and WHEREAS , the said cigarette tax, utility tax, and water revenues are free of all pledges , and based upon the total amount of revenues received therefrom, the City of Zephyrhi is is assured of an amount of not less than $90, 000,00 annually, and such will be more than ample to pay the interest on, and the retirement of, the Revenue Certificates herein authorized ; and WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills has previously secured a Need and Feasibility Report of a sanitary sewerage system for the City of Zephyrhills , said Report recommending the installation of an adequate Sanitary Sewerage Collection and Treatment System, as the same was necessary to protect the health of the residents:-of the City of Zephyrhilis , and to allow for the future,. proper and ord�rly growth of said City, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills has been authorized by registered, qualified, freeholders o the City of Zephyrhills, by a Special Election held on May 31, 1966, to expend the sum of $1, 378 , 719.00 to pay the cost of the construction of said Sewage Disposal System and Sewage Treatment Plant, and WHEREAS, the entire cost for the first phase of con- struction of such Sewage Disposal System and Sewage Treatment Plant is in the sum of $600, 000.00-, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills has decided to borrow the said sum of $600,000.00, through the issuance and sale of Anticipation Revenue Certificates in the sum of $600,.000.00, as hereinafter authorized; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows : SECTION 1: It is, hereby, ascertained, determined and declared that: 2. (a. ) The City of Zephyrhills , Pasco County, Florida,. now has a .eigarette tax ordinance, to-wit: Ordinance No. 162 , which was duly passed and adopted June 27, 1963, in pursuance of Florida Statutes, Section 210.03 F.S.A. ,. whereby the cigarette tax paid, in pursuance of said Ordinance is paid to the Sta e of Florida, who, in turn, remits to the City of Zephyrhills, an amount equal to the amount of taxes collected in the Cit of Zephyrhills. (b..) The net receipts by reason of the said cigarette tax and net water revenues , and the amounts received by reason thereof, during the last four fiscal years , has amounted to the following sumst FISCAL YEARS NET CIGARETTE NET WATER ENDING TAX REVENUE REVENUES March 31,. 1963 $23, 675..00 $34, 623.94 March 31,. 1964 $35, 539 .14 $40, 289.70 March 31, 1965 $40,886.43 $40,892.15 March 31, 1966 $42, 240.65 $431757.40 and the revenues of the said cigarette tax and water reven es have not been pledged, either in whole or in part, to the pay- . ment of any outstanding bonds or other obligations of the City. That in addition thereto, the Utility Tax Income of said City is also pledged, in part, covering an amount suf i- cient with the revenue from the cigarette tax fund and net water revenues, so that said total estimated net revenues in each fiscal year, after the construction of the Sewage Disposal System and Sewage Treatment Plant, above mentioned, is in excess of the amount to become due in such fiscal year for principal and interest on these certificates hereinafter p o- vided for. SECTION 2, To aid and finance the construction of he project, the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, hereby, authorizes the issuance of Tax AntJi- cipation Revenue Certificates of the City of Zephyrhills (hereinafter called the Revenue Certificates) , in the aggre- i gate principal amount of $600, 000.00. 3• The said Revenue Certificates shall be dated 'P'" , / 196_, and shall be in the following denominations and numbers respectively: NUMBER OF . AMOUNT OF CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATE NUMBERS EACH TOTAL 500 Numbered 1 to 500, inclusive..-4. $1,000.00 $500,,000 00 190 Numbered 501 to 690, inclusive. . $ 500.00 $ 95 , 000 00 50 Numbered 691 to 740, inclusive. .. $ ' 100.00 $ 5, 000.,00 and shall bear interest at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, commencing one year from date shown on Revenue Certificates. That said interest payment checks shall be mailed by said City on April 1 and October 1 of each year.. That said Revenue Certificates shall mature and become due and payable Twenty (20) Years from the date of said Revenue Certificates, provided, however, the right is, hereby, expressly reserved by the City of Zephyrhills ,. to recall in whole, or in part, any of the said Revenue Certificates remaining outstanding on any interest payment date, upon terms of par and accrued interest., and without payment of any interest therefor. The Mayor and President of the City Council are, her by, authorized to execute said Revenue Certificates in the name of the City, and the City Clerk is, hereby, authorized and directed to affix the seal of the City to the said Revenue Certificates, and attest such seal. The said Revenue Certi- ficates herein authorized shall be and are placed in custod of the City Clerk, who shall place said Revenue Certificates in the vault of the City Hall, and the City Clerk is, hereby, authorized to deliver all, or any part, as said City Council from time to time may deem advisable, upon receipt of payme t therefor. SECTION 3. The Revenue Certificates shall be substa - i tially in the following form, to-wit: 4. NO . UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF PASCO CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS ANTICIPATION REVENUE CERTIFICATES THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the City of Zephyrhills, a Municipal Corporation, duly organized and operating under the Constitution and the Laws of the state of Florida, is justly indebted, and for value received, hereby, promises to pay to the BEARER, the sum of (4 ) , lawful money of the United States of America, on or before, , 19 , with interest at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, commencing one year from date shown on Revenue Certificates , said payments to be made on April 1 and October 1 of each year. This Certificate is one of a series of Seven Hundred Forty (740) Certificates, of various amounts, but the tenor and maturity date all being the same, and the total principal amount being Six Hundred Thousand Dollars $600, 000,00) , alk issued by virtue of authority granted by City Ordinance. It is, hereby, certified and recited that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, to happen, and to be performed precedent to and in issuance to this Certificate, exist, have happened, and have been performed in regular and due form, and time, as required by the Constitution and Laws of the state of Florida applicable thereto, in that the issuance of this Certificate, and the issuance of the Certificates of which this Certificate is one, does not violate any Constitutional or Statutory limitation. 5. This • Certificate has all the qualities and incidents of a negotiable instrument under the negotiable instruments laws of the state of Florida, and the original holder, and each successive holder of this Certificate shall be conclu- sively deemed by his acceptance thereof, to have agreed tha this Certificate shall be and have all the qualities and in- cidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable inst u- ments laws of the state of Florida. This Certificate and the issue of which it is one, is issued to aid in the financing of the construction of a Se age Treatment Plant and Sewage Disposal System, and are payable only from a sinking fund which there shall be set aside, a-d in approximately equal monthly installments out of the revenues and income derived from cigarette taxes , net water revenues and utility tax income, as aforementioned,. such sums as shall be sufficient for the payment of interest on,. and the principal, Certificates, as the same respectively shall becom of said Cer , p y due, and this Certificate, together with all the Certificates of the issue of which this Certificate is one, and the interest thereon, are secured by a pledge of revenues set aside in aid sinking fund. This Certificate and the interest thereon a e not payable from, nor a charge upon, any fund other than t e revenues pledged to the payment thereof, and shall not impose a tax liability on any real or personal property in the City of Zephyrhills, or constitute a debt against said City, and the holder shall never have the right to require or comet he exercise of the ad valerom taxing power of said City., .or t1ie taxation of Real Estate in said City, or the making of any sinking funds reserve, or any other similar funds , other than that provided for in this Ordinance. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, a Municipal corporation, organized and existing under the Constitution and Laws of the state of Florida, acting by and 6 . through its duly authorized officers, in open session, has caused this Revenue Certificate to be signed by the Mayor and the President of the City Council of said City of Zephy hills, Pasco Count Florida, and attested and countersigned Yt by the City Clerk, and to be officially sealed as of the day of A.D. , 196 �rrt ez CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS 5 By Mayor President of City Council (SEAL) Attest: City Clerk SECTION it. The Revenue Certificates hereby authorized may be registered as to principal in accordance with the pro- visions for registration, as provided by the City Clerk of Zephyrhills , and the City Clerk of Zephyrhills is ,. hereby, appointed and designated as Registrar for such purpose.. No charge shall be made for the registration or transfer. SECTION 5 . The Revenue Certificates herein authoriz d shall be negotiated and sold in such manner, at such time or times, and upon such terms as may be determined by the City Council to be for the best interest of the City, and as may be evidenced by supplemental resolution, or resolutions, in the interest of the City, hereafter adopted by said City Council. SECTION 6. The proceeds to be received through the negotiation and sale of said Revenue Certificates shall be applied to and for the purpose of,. paying for the construction of a Sewage Treatment Plant and Sewage Disposal System, here- i inbefore more generally described. SECTION 7. There shall be and there is, hereby,. created a special fund, to be known as "1966 Sewerage System Sinking Fund" (hereinafter called the "sinking fund" ) , into which there 7. shall be set apart and paid from and after the date of the issuance of any of said Revenue Certificates each month,. from the proceeds of the revenues herein pledged, amounts sufficient for the payment when due of the interest on, and the principal of said revenue certificates, when same mature, and also creating and thereafter maintaining a reserve therefor. The City of Zephyrhills , hereby, reserves the right to issue additional revenue certificates and to pledge pro- ceeds of said cigarette tax, water revenues and utility to income to secure same, and said certificates shall be on parity with the certificates 'authorizedby this Ordinance, provided, however, that said revenues at that time are suffi- cient to warrant the imposition of an additional pledge, and further provided, that the sinking fund and reserve herein authorized is maintained so that the proportionate amount paid into said sinking fund to secure the Revenue Certificates herein authorized,, is not reduced. Whenever additional parity revenue certificates are issued, provision shall be made for increasing the amounts to be set aside and paid into the sinking fund by amount equal to the average annual interest and principal payment therefor becoming due by reason of such additional revenue certificates. All monies set apart and paid into said sinking fund shall be sized solely and only, and is , hereby,. pledged for the purpose of paying the revenue certificates and interest there- on, hereby, authorized, and any additional parity revenue certificates and the proceeds of the cigarette tax in any month in excess of the amount required to be so set apart tnd paid into the sinking fund may be used and disbursed for any purpose as set forth in the Statute and/or Ordinance authorizing the imposition of such taxes or revenues , provided, that the amount in the sinking fund is in an amount equal to, and in conformance with, the amount authorized by this Ordinance, 8 . SECTION 8. The certificates and interest thereon shall be payable from a sinking fund provided therefor, as herein bove set forth, and not otherwise, and shall be a lien upon and pledge of revenues set aside in said sinking fund. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to create any encumbrance, mortgage or other pledge or charge upon any property or funds of the City, other than the revenues pledged to the payment of the certificates as herein provided, nor to impose any tax liability upon any real or personal property in said City, nor to constitute a debt against said City, and the holder, or holders, of the certificates herein authorized shall never have the right to require or compel the exercise of the ad valorem taxing power of the City, or the taxation of real estate in said City, or the making of any sinking funds reserve or other similar funds, other than that provided for in thi Ordinance* SECTION 9. The provisions of Florida Statutes, Sect on 210.03, F. S.A. , and Ordinance No. 162 of the City of Zephyr-' hills, enacted pursuant thereto, imposing and providing for the collection of a cigarette tax, as well as the provision of this Ordinance, shall constitute a contract between said City and the holders of the Revenue Certificates that may b issued and outstanding hereunder, and if any section, para- graph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be ruled by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect the remaining provisions . SECTION 10* All ordinances, resolutions and orders, or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, are to the extent of such conflict, repealed,. The foregoing Ordinance No. / U was read and passe Ø�r as 4" on its first reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills, Pasco f �s Cp ty, Florida, on the 7 - day of 1:::-?c ---- 1966. 1 �- 'Lv:--�__/President of City Council , �4< .' test /President / ty Clerk 9 The foregoing Ordinance No.g � was read and passed II qs PY�(l' rKor s second reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, on the day of , 1966. ,� t/ '"_-------�o"� c f i President of City Council .y y.f a cn ri Li f r Attest City Clerk L " The foregoing Ordinance No. / 51 L— was read and passed ...on its third reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills, County, Florida, on the / -1966. C V� Q f Y 1 S ji /I � � �. ; �I,�{ Pr ident of Ci Council ty Clerk The foregoing Ordinance No. / 3 L was approved by m this / day of / '4T )P /)P / , 1966 . 4) /) ( Mayor 10. I, This is -to certify that Ordinance # : has been posted on two punlic places;, namely the City Hall and the U.S.Post Office for a period of fifteen days. The -Ordinance -was posted in the City Hall and the U.S.Post Office on February 15, 1967 and remained in said City Hall and U.S.Post 'Office until March 8, 1967. John Phillips,Jr. City Clerk Zephyrhills, Florida 7