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CERTIFICATE AS TO RESOLUTION AND ADOPTING VOTE
I,the undersigned,being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Bozeman,Montana(the "City"),hereby certify that the attached resolution is a true copy of a
Resolution entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION SUBMITTING TO
THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,MONTANA, THE
QUESTIONS OF(I) ISSUING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE AMOUNT
OF UP TO TWENTY-THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($23,800,000.00)FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF
DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING ON LAND AT THE
CORNER OF EAST OAK STREET AND NORTH ROUSE AVENUE OR OTHER
SUITABLE LOCATION A NEW FACILITY TO HOUSE THE BOZEMAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT,THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL COURTS,AND OTHER JUSTICE
SERVICES AND FOR PAYING COSTS RELATED TO ASSOCIATED SITE
IMPROVEMENTS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF
THE BONDS;AND (II)PERMANENTLY INCREASING MILL LEVIES OF THE CITY
TO PAY THE COSTS OF OPERATING,MAINTAINING,AND REPAIRING SUCH
FACILITY (the"Resolution"), on file in the original records of the City in my legal custody;
that the Resolution was duly adopted by the City Commission at a regular meeting on July 28,
2014, and that the meeting was duly held by the City Commission and was attended throughout
by a quorum,pursuant to call and notice of such meeting given as required by law; and that the
Resolution has not as of the date hereof been amended or repealed.
I further certify that,upon vote being taken on the Resolution at said mee .ng,the
following Commission Members voted in favor thereof:
those Comm i ione ho vot 1
against the same: _
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WITNESS my hand and seal officially this day of July, 2014.
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RESOLUTION NO.4545
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION SUBMITTING TO THE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, THE
QUESTIONS OF (I) ISSUING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE
AMOUNT OF UP TO TWENTY-THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($23,800,000.00) FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PAYING THE COSTS OF DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING AND
FURNISHING ON LAND AT THE CORNER OF EAST OAK STREET AND
NORTH ROUSE AVENUE OR OTHER SUITABLE LOCATION A NEW
FACILITY TO HOUSE THE BOZEMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE
BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL COURTS, AND OTHER JUSTICE SERVICES AND
FOR PAYING COSTS RELATED TO ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS
AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF THE
BONDS; AND (II) PERMANENTLY INCREASING MILL LEVIES OF THE
CITY TO PAY THE COSTS OF OPERATING, MAINTAINING, AND
REPAIRING SUCH FACILITY
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission (the "Commission") of the City of
Bozeman,Montana(the"City") as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Authorization. A city is authorized pursuant to Section 7-7-4221,Montana Code
Annotated, to issue general obligation bonds pledging the general credit of the city for the
purpose of designing, constructing and equipping public buildings, upon approval of the
electorate of the city,provided that such indebtedness will not cause the total indebtedness of the
city to exceed 2.5% of the total assessed value of taxable property of the city, determined as
provided in Section 15-8-111, Montana Code Annotated, ascertained by the last assessment for
State and county taxes. A city council or commission is authorized pursuant to Section 7-7-
4223, Montana Code Annotated,to call a bond election by adopting a resolution to that effect. A
city council or commission is authorized pursuant to Section 15-10-425,Montana Code
Annotated,to increase its mill levies for a specific purpose by conducting a mill levy election as
prescribed by law.
1.02. Proposed Project. The Commission determines there should be submitted to the
electors of the City qualified to vote at bond elections the question of whether the Commission
shall be authorized to sell and issue bonds of the City in one or more series to obtain funds for
the purpose of paying the costs of designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing on land at
the corner of East Oak Street and North Rouse Avenue or other suitable location a new facility to
house the Bozeman Police Department,the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other justice
services and for paying costs related to associated site improvements (such facility and
improvements,the "Facility") and costs associated with the sale and issuance of the bonds,
which bonds shall bear interest at rates to be determined at the time of sale, payable
semiannually over a term not to exceed twenty years for each series of bonds. The Commission
has also determined there should be submitted to the electors of the City qualified to vote at mill
levy elections the question of whether the Commission shall be authorized to increase the annual
mill levy to pay the costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing the Facility.
1.03. Debt Limitation. The Commission has determined that the issuance of general
obligation bonds up to the total principal amount of Twenty-Three Million Eight Hundred
Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($23,800,000.00) will not cause the City to exceed its general
obligation indebtedness limitation,which is currently calculated to be$84,657,390.
1.04. Election. The Commission has determined there should be submitted to the
electors of the City qualified to vote at bond elections the question of whether the Commission
shall be authorized to issue and sell general obligation bonds of the City to obtain funds for the
purpose described in the ballot question.
1.05. Bonds. It is the judgment of the Commission that the total principal amount of up
to Twenty-Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($23,800,000.00) in
general obligation bonds will be necessary to carry out the purpose set forth above. It is also the
judgment and determination of the Commission that such general obligation bonds may be
issued in multiple series, each series payable during a term not to exceed twenty(20) years.
1.06. Mill Levv. The City Commission has determined that in conjunction with the
above bond proposition it is in the best interests of the City to seek authority for a permanent mill
levy increase to pay a portion of the costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing the facility
and related improvements described above by presenting to the voters a mill levy question set
forth below. If the mill levy question described below passes, the City will create a separate
fund or account for such mill levy, deposit therein the mill levy receipts attributable to such mill
levy, and apply such receipts to pay the costs described in the mill levy question.
Section 2. Calling of the Election. The City Commission hereby calls and directs that a
special City election be held in conjunction with the general election on November 4, 2014, for
the purpose of voting on the following questions:
Shall the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana(the "City") be
authorized to sell and issue general obligation bonds of the City in one or more
series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Twenty-Three Million Eight
Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($23,800,000.00) bearing interest at rates
to be determined at the time of sale,payable semiannually over a term not to
exceed twenty years for each series of bonds, for the purpose of paying the costs
of designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing on land at the corner of East
Oak Street and North Rouse Avenue or other suitable location a new facility to
house the Bozeman Police Department,the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other
justice services and for paying costs related to associated site improvements and
costs associated with the sale and issuance of the bonds?
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If this bond proposition is passed, it is estimated that,using current assessed
values of taxable property in the City, for a 20-year bond issued in the full
authorized principal amount, and bearing interest at an estimated average annual
interest rate of 4.25%,property taxes on a home with a current assessed value of
$275,000,the current median value in Bozeman, will increase by approximately
$71.89 per year.
The City Commission has determined that in conjunction with the bond proposition it is
in the best interests of the City to seek authority for a permanent mill levy increase to pay
a portion of the costs of operating,maintaining, and repairing the facility and related
improvements described above by presenting to the voters the following question:
Shall the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana be authorized to
permanently levy up to 5 mills per year, currently raising approximately
$445,000, for the purpose of paying a portion of the costs of operating,
maintaining, and repairing a new facility to house the Bozeman Police
Department, the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other justice services?
If this mill levy proposition is passed, it is estimated that, using current assessed
values of taxable property, property taxes on a home valued at$100,000 will
increase by approximately$6.54 per year, on a home valued at$200,000 will
increase by approximately$13.08 per year, and on a home valued at$275,000,
the median home value in Bozeman, will increase by approximately$17.99 per
year.
If the bond proposition passes and the mill levy proposition fails, the City may, in its
discretion,proceed with issuing the bonds for the purpose described in the bond
proposition. If the bond proposition fails and the mill levy proposition passes, the City
will refrain from proceeding with the mill levy.
Section 3. Conduct of Election. All qualified electors of the City shall be entitled to vote
at the bond election and mill levy election. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
give notice of the call and details of this election to the Gallatin County Election Administrator
as soon as practicable and in any event on or the before the date required by the Gallatin County
Election Administrator. The Gallatin County Election Administrator is requested to give notice
of the close of registration and thereafter prepare printed lists of the qualified electors in the City
entitled to vote in the election in the City and to conduct the election in the form and manner
prescribed by law.
Section 4. Notice of Election. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and requested to
cause notice of the call and holding of the election to be given by publishing notice at least once
a week for the three consecutive weeks before the election in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a
newspaper of general circulation in Gallatin County. The notice of election as published shall
read substantially as shown on Exhibit A hereto (which is incorporated by reference and made a
part hereof).
Section 5. Form of Ballot. The ballot shall be printed in substantially the following
form:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
ROUSE JUSTICE CENTER
GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Make an X or similar mark in the vacant square
before the words "BONDS--YES"if you wish to vote for the bond issue; if you
are opposed to the bond issue,make an X or similar mark in the square before the
words"BONDS--NO".
Shall the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana(the"City")be
authorized to sell and issue general obligation bonds of the City in one or more
series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Twenty-Three Million Eight
Hundred Thousand and No/l00 Dollars ($23,800,000.00) bearing interest at rates
to be determined at the time of sale,payable semiannually over a term not to
exceed twenty years for each series of bonds, for the purpose of paying the costs
of designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing on land at the corner of East
Oak Street and North Rouse Avenue or other suitable location a new facility to
house the Bozeman Police Department, the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other
justice services and for paying costs related to associated site improvements and
costs associated with the sale and issuance of the bonds?
If this bond proposition is passed, it is estimated that, using current assessed
values of taxable property in the City, for a 20-year bond issued in the full
authorized principal amount, and bearing interest at an estimated average annual
interest rate of 4.25%,property taxes on a home with a current assessed value of
$275,000,the current median value in Bozeman, will increase by approximately
$71.89 per year.
❑ BONDS — YES
❑ BONDS —NO
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
ROUSE JUSTICE CENTER
MILL LEVY ELECTION
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Make an X or similar mark in the vacant square
before the words "MILL LEVY--YES" if you wish to vote for the mill levy; if
you are opposed to the mill levy,make an X or similar mark in the square before
the words "MILL LEVY--NO".
Shall the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana be authorized to
permanently levy up to 5 mills per year, currently raising approximately
$445,000, for the purpose of paying a portion of the costs of operating,
maintaining, and repairing a new facility to house the Bozeman Police
Department, the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other justice services?
If this mill levy proposition is passed, it is estimated that,using current assessed
values of taxable property, property taxes on a home valued at$100,000 will
increase by approximately$6.54 per year, on a home valued at$200,000 will
increase by approximately$13.08 per year, and on a home valued at$275,000,
the median home value in Bozeman,will increase by approximately$17.99 per
year.
❑ MILL LEVY —YES
❑ MILL LEVY —NO
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Section 6. Notice to County Election Administrator. A copy of this Resolution will be
provided to the Gallatin County Election Administrator as soon as possible after its adoption and
approval in order to inform the Election Administrator of the details of the special election and
the pertinent requests and authorizations as to the conduct of the special election.
7. Reimbursement Expenditures.
(a) The United States Department of Treasury has promulgated final regulations
governing the use of proceeds of tax-exempt bonds, all or a portion of which are to be
used to reimburse the City for project expenditures paid by the City prior to the date of
issuance of such bonds. Those regulations (Treasury Regulations, Section 1.150-2) (the
"Regulations")require that the City adopt a statement of official intent to reimburse an
original expenditure not later than 60 days after payment of the original expenditure. The
Regulations also generally require that the bonds be issued and the reimbursement
allocation made from the proceeds of the bonds within 18 months (or three years, if the
reimbursement bond issue qualifies for the "small issuer" exception from the arbitrage
rebate requirement) after the later of(i) the date the expenditure is paid or(ii) the date the
project is placed in service or abandoned, but(unless the issue qualifies for the "small
issuer" exception from the arbitrage rebate requirement)in no event more than three
years after the date the expenditure is paid. The Regulations generally permit
reimbursement of capital expenditures and costs of issuance of the bonds.
(b) Other than(i) expenditures to be paid or reimbursed from sources other than
the bonds, (ii) expenditures permitted to be reimbursed under the transitional provision
contained in Section 1.150-20)(2) of the Regulations, (iii) expenditures constituting
preliminary expenditures within the meaning of Section 1.1 50-2(f)(2) of the Regulations,
or(iv) expenditures in a"de minimus"amount(as defined in Section 1.1 50-2(f)(1) of the
Regulations), no expenditures for a project within the scope of this resolution have been
paid by the City before the date 60 days before the date of adoption of this resolution.
(c) The City reasonably expects to reimburse the expenditures made for costs of
such a project out of the proceeds of bonds in an estimated maximum aggregate principal
amount of up to Twenty-Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($23,800,000.00) after the date of payment of all or a portion of the costs of such a
project. All reimbursed expenditures shall be capital expenditures, a cost of issuance of
the bonds or other expenditures eligible for reimbursement under Section 1.1 50-2(d)(3)
of the Regulations.
(d) As of the date hereof, there are no City funds reserved, allocated on a long-
term basis or otherwise set aside(or reasonably expected to be reserved, allocated on a
long-term basis or otherwise set aside)to provide permanent financing for the
expenditures related to such a project, other than pursuant to the issuance of the bonds.
The statement of intent contained in this resolution,therefore, is determined to be
consistent with the City's budgetary and financial circumstances as they exist or are
reasonably foreseeable on the date hereof.
(e) The City's Administrative Services Director shall be responsible for making
the"reimbursement allocations"described in the Regulations, being generally the
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transfer of the appropriate amount of proceeds of the bonds to reimburse the source of
temporary financing used by the City to make prior payment of the costs of the project.
Each allocation shall be evidenced by an entry on the official books and records of the
City maintained for the bonds or the project and shall specifically identify the actual
original expenditure being reimbursed.
PASSED by the City Commission of Bozeman, Montana, this 28th day of July,2014.
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION
AND ASSOCIATED MILL LEVY ELECTION
City of Bozeman, Montana
November 4, 2014
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City Commission(the"Commission") of the City
of Bozeman, Montana(the "City"),that pursuant to a certain resolution duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the Commission on July 28, 2014, a special city election of the registered voters of
the City will be held in conjunction with the general election on November 4, 2014, for the
purpose of voting on the following question:
Shall the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana (the "City") be
authorized to sell and issue general obligation bonds of the City in one or more
series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Twenty-Three Million Eight
Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($23,800,000.00) bearing interest at rates
to be determined at the time of sale, payable semiannually over a term not to
exceed twenty years for each series of bonds, for the purpose of paying the costs
of designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing on land at the corner of East
Oak Street and North Rouse Avenue or other suitable location a new facility to
house the Bozeman Police Department, the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other
justice services and for paying costs related to associated site improvements and
costs associated with the sale and issuance of the bonds?
If this bond proposition is passed, it is estimated that, using current assessed
values of taxable property in the City, for a 20-year bond issued in the full
authorized principal amount, and bearing interest at an estimated average annual
interest rate of 4.25%, property taxes on a home with a current assessed value of
$275,000, the current median value in Bozeman, will increase by approximately
$71.89 per year.
The City Commission has determined that in conjunction with the bond
proposition it is in the best interests of the City to seek authority for a mill levy to pay the
costs of operating,maintaining, and repairing the facility and related improvements
described above by presenting to the voters the following question:
Shall the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana be authorized to
permanently levy up to 5 mills per year, currently raising approximately
$445,000, for the purpose of paying a portion of the costs of operating,
maintaining, and repairing a new facility to house the Bozeman Police
Department,the Bozeman Municipal Courts, and other justice services?
If this mill levy proposition is passed, it is estimated that, using current assessed
values of taxable property, property taxes on a home valued at$100,000 will
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increase by approximately$6.54 per year, on a home valued at$200,000 will
increase by approximately$13.08 per year, and on a home valued at$275,000,
the median home value in Bozeman, will increase by approximately$17.99 per
year.
If the bond proposition passes and the mill levy proposition fails, the City may, in
its discretion,proceed with issuing the bonds for the purpose described in the bond
proposition. If the bond proposition fails and the mill levy proposition passes, the City
will refrain from proceeding with the mill levy.
The polls will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and the
polling places for the election will be the normal polling places for City residents during
a general election. Beginning October 6,2014, absentee ballots may be obtained at the
office of the Gallatin County Election Administrator at Gallatin County Courthouse, 311
West Main, Gallatin, Montana,until 12:00 noon, November 3,2014.
DATED this day of ,2014.
Gallatin County Election Administrator
Publish: October 12,2014
October 19,2014
October 26, 2014
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