Title
Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Application to the Local Finance Board for approval
of bond ordinance
Name of Project(s):
Amount to be Financed: $450,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Infrastructure Bank
Local Finance Board meeting date(s): October 11, 2019
Project Information:
(Description/ Project No./ Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY, AUTHORIZING THE MAKING OF AN APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL FINANCE BOARD PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 58:11B-9(a), 40A:3-4 AND 40A:2-26(e), IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY'S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SEWER SYSTEM PROJECT AND APPROVING THE SUBMISSION THEREOF.
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY (the "City"), desires to make an application to the Local Finance Board for the Board's (a) approval pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:11B-9(a) of the issuance of bonds by the City to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank (f/k/a New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust), (b) approval pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:3-4 in the Municipal Qualified Bond Act to the issuance of bonds as qualified bonds and (c) consent pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:2-26(e) to non-conforming maturity schedules, all pertaining to the City's adoption of a bond ordinance to provide for the issuance of up to $450,000.00 in qualified bonds to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and the State of New Jersey in connection with the permanent financing of the City's green infrastructure of the sewer system project.
WHEREAS, the City believes:
(a) it is in the public interest to accomplish such purpose; and
(b) said purposes or improvements are for the health, welfare, convenience or betterment of the inhabitants of the City; and
(c) the amounts to be expended for said purpose or improvements are not unreas...
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