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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-28-1950Record of Official Proceedings.of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., June 29. 1950 , Minut.os of an adjourned regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of I1 Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in said City, on June 29, 1950- President Fryer called the meeting to order at 11:00 o'clock A. M. the following members being present: President Fryer, Aldermen Amundsen, -Anderson, Helmkay,'� o I. McPherson, ?Miner and Morris. Absent: None. President Fryer stated this a,.s being the date and time set for receiving, opening and considering sealed bids for the purchase of $2,800,000.00 general obligationl! Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: The following bids were received and opened: i Name of Bidder of Interest Rate Manager of Biddinig Group and Maturities Premium First National Bank, Chicago 1953/70, 1.70% $15,456.00 Phelps Fenn & Co. 1953/59, 1 3/4% 1960/63, 12% l' 1964/70, 1 3/4% none J. P. *Morgan & Co. 1953/70, 1 3/4% 7,574.00 Kidder Peabody & Co. 1953/56, 2%% 1957164, 1 3/4% 1965/ 70, 1.70% none Northern Trust Company. 1953%57, 2% 19 59/ 70 , 1 3/4% 375. 00 Continental Illinois National Bzn'_c & Trust Co. 1953/ 59, 2% 1960/70, 1 3/4% 896.no Harris Trust & Savings Bank 1953/70, 1.90% 5,320.00 Halsey Stuart & Co. 1953/57, 1.90% 1,920.90. Harriman Ripley & Co. 1953/56, 2% 1957/60, 1Ar% 1961/66, 2% lo67/ 70, 1 3/4% 1, 400. o0 After opening and reading the bids President Fryer called a recess until 2:00 o'clock P. M. President Fryer called the meeting to order at 2:00 P. M. and the following resolution, introduced by Alderman Amundsen, was read: "Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That the bid of First National Bank of the City of Chicago, Illinois and associates therein named, to purchase the $2,900,000 General Obligation Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds dated as of July 1, 1950, of the City of Rochester, said bonds to be issued as specified in the official notice of sale thereof, is hereby found and declared to be the bid most. favorable to the City received pursuant to due notice, and should be and is hereby accepted, said bid being to purchase said bonds at a price of par plus accrued interest plus a premium of $11--,456.00 for bonds bearing interest Ps follows: 1.70% for those maturing in 1953 through 1970 The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to endorse an i acceptance on said bid and on a copy thereof and to return such copy to said bidder. The City Treasurer is directed to'retain the $50,000.00 good faith check of the successful bidder pending completion and dolivery of the bonds, and the good faith checks of the other bidders shall be forthwith returned ter them." Upon motion by .Morris, second by Miner, that the said resolution_ be adopted I as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Fryer declared the said resolution i duly passed and adopted. 1 • 1 0 • Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of .the City_ of Rochester, Minn., June 28,. ,19 50 1 1 J 1 Alderman Morris introduced the foll-owing- resolution which was read: BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, as follows: 1. Pursuant to due authorization, advertisement, and contract of sale heretofore made, the City_ shall forthwith prepare for issuance and shall execute and deliver its negotiable coupon General Obligation Sewage Disposal Plant bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $2,800,000. Said bonds shall be dated as of July 1, 1950, shall be 2900 in number and,in denomination of �1000 each,.and numbered serially from 1 to 2900. They shall mature serially, in numerical order, on July 1 in the years and amounts as follows: Year Amount Year Amount Year Amount 195� $ 90,000 1959 $130,000 1965 $190,000 195 95,000 1960 14o,000 1966 200,.000 1955 100,000 1961 150,000 1967 210,000 1956 105,000 1962 160,000 196s 210,000. 1957 110,000 1963 170,000 1969 220,000 1958 120,000 1964 180,000 1970 220,000 Bonds numbered 1 to 1940, inclusive, being those maturing on or before July 1, 1966, shall, be payable as aforesaid without option of prior payment. Bonds numbered 1941 to 2800, inclusive, shall each be subject'to redemption and prepayment, in inverse order of serial numbers, at par and accrued interest, at the option of the City, on July 1, 1960, and on any interest -due date thereafter, upon thirty days prior notice of call for redemption mailed to the banking institution at which principal -and interest thereon are then" payable and similarly mailed to the holder, if known, of each bond so to be redeemed. Said bonds shall bear interest payable semiannually or_ each January 1 and July 1 at the following rates: Nos. 1 through 2800 at 1.70% per annum Both principal and interest shall be payable at the main office of The First.National Bank of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, or, at the option of the holder of the respective bond or coupon, at the main office of the First National Bank of St. Paul, in St. Paul, Minnesota.. The City hereby agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of said paying agents for the receipt and disbursement of the principal and interest moneys. 2. Said bonds and. the interest coupons to be attached thereto and the registration forms to appear or. the backs thereof shall be.in substantially the following form, with suitable insertions of dates, numbers a.nd interest rates: UNITES STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MIS?i1ESOTA CITY OF RO CHESTER GENERAL OBLIGATION SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT BOND No. $1000 KNOW ALL MEN BY 1HESE PRESENTS that the City of Rochester, in the County of Olmsted and State of Minnesota., acknowledges itself indebted and for value received promises to pay to bearer or, if this bond is registered, to the registered holder hereof, the principal sum of OP:E,THOUSAND DOLLARS on the 1st day of July, 19 , or, if this bond is prepayable as stated below, on a date prior thereto.on which it shall have been duly called for redemption, and promises to pay interest on said principal sum from the date hereof until said principal sum.is paid or, if prepayable, until duly called for redemption, at the rate of One and 70/100ths per cent (1.70%) per annum, payable semiannually on each January 1 and July 1, interest to maturity being payable in, accordance with, and on presentation and surrender of, the interest coupons appurtenant hereto. Both principal and interest are payable at the main office of The First National Bank of Chica.gq, in Chicago, Illinois, or, at the option of the holder hereof and of said coupons, at the main office of The First National Bank of St. Paul, in St. Paul, Minnesota, and are payb.ble in any coin or currency of the United States of America which on the date of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. For the -prompt and full payment of such principal and interest, the full faith, credit and unlimited taxing powers of the City of Rochester have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. This bond is one of an issue in a, total principal amount of $2,800,000, all of like date and tenor: e; cept as to serial numbers, maturity dates, and redemption privileges, all issued by said City for the purpose of acquisition and betterment of a. sew ge disposal plant at and for the City, and is issued pursuant to due authorization thereof by its governing body and pursuant to the favorable vote of more than the requisite majority of the qualified electors of the City voting at an election duly and legally called and held therein, and. pursuant to and in full conformity with the' Constitution and Laws of the State of Minr_escta and the Charter of the City thereinto enabling. r�8 Record of,Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., June 29. 19 50 • This bond is transferable by delivery, except while registered as to -principal in the name of a holder on the bond register of the City kept for that purpose at the office of 'its City Clerk vith such registration noted hereon by said Clerk. While so registered, no transfer hereof shall be valid unless made on such register by the registered holder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing and. similarly noted hereon; but I, this bond may be discharged from registration by being in like manner transferred to -bearer, and thereupon transferability by delivery shall be it restored; but the bond may again and from time to time be registered in the name of.a holder or transferred to bearer as before-. Such registration stall not affect the negotiability of the interest coupons appurtenant hereto,!, which shall always continue to be payable to bearer and transferable by i delivery. Bonds of this- issue bearing a. serial number from 1 to 1940, inclusive, are payable at their respective stated'me.turity dates, without option of prior payment. Bonds of this issue bearing a serial number from 1941 to 2800, inclusive, are each subject to redemption and prepayment, in inverse order of serial numbers, at par and accrued interest, at the option of the City of Rochester, on July 1, 1960, and on any interest due date thereafter, on thirty days prior notice of call for redemption mailed to the banking institutions at which the principal and interest are then oayFble and to the holder, if known, of each bond so to be redeemed. Folders of prepayable bonds who desire to receive such notice may have their names, aadresses, j and the serial numbers of their bonds recorded by the City Clerk for the li purpose of such notice, with or without registering their bonds under the preceding paragraph. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED; that all acts, conditions, and things required by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Minnesota i and the Charter of the City to be clone, to happen,"to exist and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this bond,'in order to make it the valid general obligation of the City according to its terms, have been done, have happened, do exist, and have been performed in regular and due form, time, and manner as so required; that the issuance of this bond did not cause the indebtedness of said City to exceed any constitutional, statu- tory, or charter limitation; that, prior to the issuance hereof, 4 direct, annual, ad valorem tax has been duly levied upon all taxable property in said City for the years and in amounts at least 5% in excess of sums suffi- cient to pay the interest hereon and the principal hereof as.they respec- tively become due, and additional taxes, if needed, will be levied upon all of such. property, without limitation as to rate or amount; that the City has by ordinance established rates and charges to be imposed and collected jl for the services and facilities to be provided by said sewage disposal plant, and the net revenues thereof and from the sale of products and by- products have been irrevocably appropriated to the sinking fund of said bond issue, to be used for cancellation and- reduction of said levies; and that said tax levies are Irrevocable, save and. except to the extent that G moneys are provided by said net revenues or from other sources and -irrevo- cably appropriated and paid into said sinking fund. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the City of Rochester, Minnesota, has caused this bond to be executed in its behalf by the facsimile signature of its Mayor and by the manual signature of its City Clerk and its official seal to be affixed, and the interest coupons appurtenant hereto to be executed and authenticated by the facsimile signatures of said Mayor and City Clerk, and this bond to be dated as of July 1, 1950. (Facsimile of Mayor's signature) Mayor (Place for signature of City Clerk) City Clerk ( SEAL) ( Form of Coupon) No. On the 1st day of January (July), 19 , the City of Rochester, Minnesota, will pay to bearer at the main office of the First National Bank of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, or at the holder's option, at the main office of The First National Bank of St. Paul, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the sum of Eight and 50/100ths DOLLAS for interest then due on its General Obligetior_ Secrage Disposal Plant Bond dated July,- 1950, P?o. (Facsimile signature) (Facsimile signature) Mayor Clerk Coupons numbered 21 and upwards on bonds bearing numbers from 1941 through 2600 shall also contain a clause reading substantially -"Unless called for earlier redemption,". 1 u rj 0 1 C� Record of Official Proceedings, of the Common Council of .the City of Rochester; Minn., June` 29, . 19 50 F� 1 • 1 1 1 3. Said bonds shall be prepared for execution under the direction of the City Clerk and attorneys, and .when so prepared shall. be executed in behalf of the City by the facsimile signature of the Mayor being engraved, printed.or lithographed thereon and by the manual signature of the City Clerk, who shall affix the official seal to each of said bonds; and the interest coupons shall be executed and a.uther_ticated' by the -printed, engraved, or lithographed facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk. When the bonds have been so executed, they shall be.delivered by the City Treasurer to the purchaser upon receipt -.of the purchase price heretofore agreed upon, and.the purchaser shall not be required to see to the application thereof. !�. The City Clerk and his successors in. office are authorized and directed to procure, established, and maintain a resister suitable for registering any of said bonds, as to principal only, upon request therefor by the. holders of any of said bonds, and likewise to procure, establish, and -maintain a register listing the names and addresses of the holders of b.)onds of said issue which are prepayable by their terms and the serial numbers of the bonds held by such holders, anO. to enter on such register all information made known to him or his successors in office as to such ownership of said redeemable bonds^. 5. There is hereby created in the City's records a separate "Sinking Fund for $2,900,000 Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds", wlLich fund shall be kept by the City Treasurer apart from all other funds of the City and used for no purpose othern than the payment of principal or and interest on said bonds; provided that, if any payment of principal of or interest on said bonds shall become due when.there is not sufficient money in said Sinking Fund therefor, the Treasure- shall pay the same from moneys in any other fund of the City,,and such other funds may be reimbursed for such advances out of the.proceeds of the taxes and/or revenues hereby appropriated to said Sinking Fund and which are thereafter received. There are hereby ir- revocably appropriated to said Sinking Fund (a) all accrued interest and any premium received by the City upon the delivery of said "ponds to the purchaser thereof, (b) an additional sum out of the proceeds, of sale of said bonds in an amount such that it, with said accrued interest and premium, shall equal all interest to fall due on said bonds on January 1 and July 1, 1751, (c) 8.11 sums collected on the taxes hereby levied, and (d) all net revenues derived from the rates and charges to be assessed and collected for the services and facilities to be provided by said sewage disposal plant and from the sale of products and by-products thereof, such net revenues be- ing determined as defined in that certain resolution of the Common Council of the City of Rochester relating to said bonds passed and adopted on April 17, 1950. The right to appropriate from time to time additional moneys from any other source is reserved. 6. For the prompt and full payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as such paymets respectively fall due, the full faith, credit, and unlimited taxing powers of the City- shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged. To provide moneys for such payments, there is hereby levied upon all the taxable nronerties within the territorial limits of the City a, di- rect, annual, ad valorem tax which shall be spread upon the tax rolls and collected as a part of other general taxes ofthe City for the years (col- le.ctible in the respective ensuing years) and in the amounts as follows: Year Amount Year Amount 1951 9�+`9so 1971 199- T ,15 1952 144, 4so 1962 207, oho 1953 149,125 1963 214,525 1954 151, 6so 1964 221, 915 1955 155,145 1965 22s,920 1956 159,520 1966 235,920 1957 i67,055 1967 232,100 1959 175,E+15 1968 238,955 1959 193,595 1969 234,925 1960 191,595 Said levies are hereby made and declared to be irrevocable as. long as any of said bonds are outstanding, save and except that the City hereby expressly reserves the right and power to reduce any of the above levies at the time and in the manner and to the extent permitted by Subdivision 3 of Section 11 of Chapter 692, Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949. 7. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file with the County Auditor of Olmsted County, Minnesota, a certified copy of this resolu- tion, together with such other information as the County Auditor may require, and to obtain from the County Auditor a certificate that the tax required by law for the payment of said bonds has been levied and that said bonds have been entered upon his bond register. 9. The officers of the City and the County Auditor of Olmsted County are hereby a.¢athorized" and directed to prepare and furnish to the purchaser 0 a Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City .of Rochester, Minn., June 28, 1950 of said bonds, and to the attorneys approving the legality of the issuance thereof, certified copies of all proceedings and records of the City relat- I ing to said bonds and to the financial condition and affairs of the City and such other affidavits, certificates, and information as may be required II to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the bonds I� as the same appear from the books and records under their custody and con- trol or as otherwise known to them, and all such certified copies, certifi- cates, and affidavits, including any heretofore furnished, shall be deemed j representations of.the City as to the truth of the facts purported to be shown therein. I' Passed and adopted by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, this 28th day of June, A. D. 1950. " Upon motion by Anderson, second by McPherson, that the said resolution be I� adopted'as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Fryer declared the said 'resolution duly -passed and adopted. The application of Mr. C. R. Jensen for a license to sell wholesale non intoxicating malt liquor was read together with his request that the Council revoke his "off sale" license to sell non -intoxicating malt liquor at retail. Upon motion by Amundsen, second by Helmkay, the application of Mr. C. R. Jensen for a wholesale dealer's license to sell non -intoxicating malt liquor was granted and license No. 1249 issued to Mr. C. R. Jensen to sell non -intoxicating malt liquor "off sale" at retail was revoked. Mr. A. H. Clemens, Attorney representing the Kahler Corporation, and Mr. I. B., i. Iiunt and Mr. D. F. Sutton, * representing the Shell Oil Company, were present at the I, !meeting in regard to the matter of gasoline storage tanks to be installed at the site !' of the Shell Service Station located at Broadway and Center Street Northwest. After discussing the matter with the mire Warden it was finally agreed that the Shell Oil Company be permitted to install .two 2000 gallon storage tanks and one•3000 gallon storage tank. A motion was made by Amundsen, second by Miner, that the Shell Oil Company be j 'permitted to install two 2000 gallon gasoline storage tanks and one 3000 gallon gasoline' storage tank at the site of the new Shell Service Station at the corner of Broadway and Center Street Northwest. All present voted in favor of the motion. I' Upon motion by Morris, second by Amundsen, the meeting was adjourned. I City Clerk 1 1 �J 1 • 1 1 �J