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10-26-94SpMtg OCTOBER 26, 1994 A Special Meeting of the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, was called to order by Mayor Thomas E. Lynch in the Commission Chambers at City Hall at 5:10 P.M., Wednesday, October 26, 1994. Roll call showed: Present - Commissioner Jay Alperin (Arrived 5:12 p.m.) Commissioner Ken Ellingsworth Commissioner David Randolph Mayor Thomas E. Lynch Absent - Commissioner Barbara Smith Also present were - City Manager David T. Harden and City Attorney Susan A. Ruby Mayor Lynch called the meeting to order and announced that this meeting has been called for the purpose of considering the following: 1. R~SOLUTION NO. 85-94: Approve Resolution No. 85-94 which provides for the negotiated sale and determines certain details of the 1994 Utility Tax Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds; and for other purposes, including approval of the form and authorization to execute a Bond Purchase Agreement to effect the negotiated sale of the bonds. The City Attorney stated this is in the amount of $5,810,000 in the aggregate amount. Upon question by Mayor Lynch regarding the actual interest rate, Joe Safford, Finance Director, stated that Jerry L. Wright, Managing Consultant with the firm of Public Financial Management, Inc., will give a brief summation explaining exactly what has happened. At this time he introduced Mr. Wright, Finan- cial Advisor to the City, Steve Sanford, Bond Counsel and Kevin McCarty, member of the underwriting team for the City. Mayor Lynch announced that Dr. Alperin has arrived. Mr. Wright gave an overview of the method used in the pricing process for the City's "Series 1994 Bonds" and how the demand for these Bonds from potential investors will determine the interest rate scale and structure. It is the opinion of his firm that, given the underwriter's discount and the interest rates they were able to achieve, this bond issue is not only fair but very favorable to the City of Delray Beach. Mayor Lynch questioned if there were other expenses in addition to the $77,000 underwriting expense as outlined in the pamphlet provided by PFM and what the net proceeds would be on $5.8 million. Mr. Wright responded that the amounts referred to by Mayor Lynch were estimates and have actually changed slightly. Final negotiations were made after the booklet was printed. The total amount the City would actually receive from this bond issue is $5,810,000 less approximatly $61,000 for the underwriter's discount. The bonds were sold at a slight discount of $55,403.15, which meant that the interest rate on which the coupons were sold was lower than the yield, allowing PFM to provide a lower cost of bonds to the City. Upon question by Mayor Lynch regarding accrual, Mr. Wright stated the bonds were dated October 15, which means that they start accruing interest from that date to the actual closing date or upon receipt of monies from the investors on November 10th. Discussion followed with regard to debt service re- serve, earned interest and bond insurance. Mr. Ellingsworth moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 85-94, seconded by Mr. Randolph. Upon roll call the Commis- sion voted as follows: Dr. Alperin - Yes; Mr. Ellingsworth - Yes; Mr. Randolph - Yes; Mayor Lynch - Yes. Said motion passed with a 4 to 0 vote. There being no further business, Mayor Lynch declared the meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m. ~City Cl~rk z ATTEST: The undersigned is the City Clerk of the City of Delray Beach and that the information provided herein is the minutes of the meeting of said City Commission of October 26, 1994, which minutes were formally approved and adopted by the City Commission on ~c~ / /99x7 -2- 10/26/94 - ~ City Cl~rk _v NOTE TO READER: If the minutes that you have received are not completed as indi- cated above, then this means that these are not the official minutes of the City Commission. They will become the official minutes only after they have been reviewed and approved which may involve some amendments, additions or deletions to the minutes as set forth above. -3- 10/26/94