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R-04-05-13-13C1 - 5/13/2004RESOLUTION NO. R -04-05-13-13C1 WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock desires to negotiate the sale of its $20,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004, Now Therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, That First Southwest Company, Austin, Texas, is authorized and requested to prepare a Preliminary Official Statement containing financial, economic and other data necessary and desirable to facilitate the sale of said Bonds and to distribute said Preliminary Official Statement to the prospective underwriters of the Bonds. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. RESOLVED this 13th day of May, 2004. AT e. /// NYL or Ci y 'Round Rock, Texas CHRISTINE R. MARTINEZ, City Secret y @PFDesktop\,:0DMANORLDOX/0:NDOX/RESOLUTI/R40513C1.WPD/sc DATE: May 7, 2004 SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - May 13, 2004 ITEM: 13.C.1. Consider a resolution authorizing First Southwest Company to proceed with the preparation of bond offering documents for $20 million in General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004. Department: Finance Department Staff Person: David Kautz, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer Cindy Demers, Finance Director Justification: The General Obligation Bonds were authorized by voters in 2001 and will fund improvements for police and fire services, parks and recreation, downtown, streets and infrastructure. Funding: Cost: N/A Source of funds: N/A Outside Resources: First Southwest Background Information: Public Comment: N/A In November 2001 the voters of Round Rock authorized $89.8 million in general obligation bonds. The City has previously issued $35 million of the authorization. This is the 2nd issuance and will leave a remaining $34.8 million in authorized but unissued bonds. All projects in the authorization continue to remain on schedule. The issuance of these obligations is not expected to adversely affect the City's excellent credit rating because of the City's strong financial position and debt capacity.