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10-19-93SpMtg OCTOBER 19, 1993 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 First Floor Conference Room at City Hall at 12:05 PoM., on Tuesday, October 19, 1993. Roll Call showed: Present - Commissioner Jay Alperin Commissioner Ken Ellingsworth Commissioner David Randolph Mayor Thomas E0 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 the meeting had been called for the purpose of considering the following: Re~olution No. 100-93 authorizing the awarding of the ~le of Gengral Obligation Bonds. Series "A" in the approximate principal ~mQ~nt of $10.210.000 and General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series "B" in ~he approximate principal amount of S8.900.000. Determining details of said bonds, providing for the execution and delivery of a Bond Purchase Agreement, and provid- ing for the authorization to do all things necessary as to the sale and delivery of the bonds. The City Attorney pointed out that the General Obliga- tion Bond, Series "A" aggregate principal amount is $10,210,000 and the Series "B" Refunding Bonds aggregate principal amount as presented in the Resolution is $8,835.000. Ms. Stacey Donnelly, Managing Consul~an~ with Public Financial Management. presented a synopsis of the summary report as presented to the Commission and explained that the purpose of the transaction is to finance projects under the second half of the Decade of Excellence Program and to also refinance a portion of the 1990 Decade of Excellence. She pointed out the amount has not exceeded the amount the City has budgeted for debt services; therefore, the general obligation debt will not go up from this year forward. Ms. Donnelly reported that the transaction has provided the City with a net value savings of $338,000 (or 4.5%) and is a direct tax saving for the residents of Delray Beach. Mr. Ellingsworth moved approval of Resolution No. 100-93, seconded by Mr. Randolph. Upon roll call the Commission voted as follows: Dr. Alperin - Yes; Mr. Ellingsworth - Yes; Mr. Randolph - Yes; Mayor Lynch - Yes. Said motion passed with a 4 to 0 vote. Mr. Joe Safford, Finance Director, complimented Public Financial Management for their outstanding negotiations and reported that the firm had saved the City approximately $80,000 during the last hours of the transaction. There being no further business, Mayor Lynch declared the meeting adjourned at 12:15 P.M. Acting City Clerk ATTEST: The undersigned is the Acting City Clerk of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, and the information provided herein is the minutes of October 19, 1993, Special Meeting of said City Commission, which minutes were formally approved and adopted by the City Commission on Acting City Clerk 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 of deletions to the minutes as set forth above. 2 10/19/93