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Consideration and approval of an Ordinance providing for the issuance of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024, in the sum of $6,300,000 by the City of Lawton, Oklahoma, authorized at an election duly called and held for such purpose; prescribing form of the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024; providing for registration thereof; approving the Official Statement pertaining to the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024; providing for the levy of an annual tax for payment of principal and interest on the same; fixing other details of the issue; and declaring an emergency.
INITIATOR: City Council
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: John Ratliff - City Manager; Tim Wilson - Deputy City Attorney
BACKGROUND: On September 12, 2023, City of Lawton qualified electors approved a Street Improvements Capital Improvement Program in the amount of $60,000,000 to be funded by ad valorem taxes. The ordinance approved by voters authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the street and roadway and bridge improvements repayable by such taxes.
On May 14, 2024, the City Council of the City of Lawton adopted a resolution fixing the amount of the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024, to mature each year; fixing the time and the place the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024, are to be sold; designating a paying agent/registrar; approving the preliminary official statement and distribution thereof; ratifying and confirming a continuing disclosure agreement; authorizing the City Clerk of the City of Lawton to give notice of said sale as required by law and fixing other details of the issue. The proposed Ordinance authorizes the selling of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024, to finance approximately $6,300,000 in street and roadway and bridge improvement projects.
In the previous agenda item at this meeting, the City Council will consider bids for the sale of the $6,300,000 in General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024, for a Street and Bridge Improvements C...
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