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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION NO. 2023-62Fairfvc / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds MINUTES TO AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF BONDS 419915-36 Fairfax, Iowa June 13, 2023 The City Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, met on June 13, 2023, at 6:00 o'clock p.m. at the Fairfax City Hall, 300 80th St. Ct., Fairfax, Iowa. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, and the roll was called showing the following Council Members present and absent: Present: Tom Nurre Mike Daly Kate Pacha Nick Volk and Marianne Wainwright Absent: None. After due consideration and discussion, Council Member Wainwright introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption, seconded by Council Member Volk. The Mayor put the question upon the adoption of said resolution, and the roll being called, the following Council Members voted: Ayes: Nurre Dalv, Pacha, Volk, and Wainwri� Nays: None. Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as hereinafter set out. ... At the conclusion of the meeting, and upon motion and vote, the Crty Council ad�ourned. � ����.Q� Jo Ann Beer, Mayor Attest: � �� , �j .' �;� p �, �'` �'`� �� Cyr�thia Stimson, City Clerk/Treasurer � -1- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfas / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds RESOLUTION NO. 2023-62 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A LOAN AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $1,300,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BONDS, SERIES 2023, AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF TAXES TO PAY THE SAME WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax (the "City"), in Linn County, State of Iowa, heretofore proposed to enter into a General Obligation Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa, and to borrow money thereunder in a principal amount not to exceed $1,350,000 for the purpose of paying the costs, to that extent, of constructing bridge and water tower improvements (the "Project"); and pursuant to law and duly published notice of the proposed action has held a hearing thereon on April 11, 2023; and WHEREAS, a Preliminary Official Statement (the "P.O.S.") has been prepared to facilitate the sale of the General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023 (the "Bonds") in evidence of the obligation of the City under the Loan Agreement, and the City has made provision for the approval of the P.O.S. and has authorized its use by Speer Financial, Inc. as municipal advisor (the "Municipal Advisor") as to the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to advertisement of sale, bids for the purchase of the Bonds were received and canvassed on behalf of the City and the substance of such bids noted in the minutes; and WHEREAS, upon final consideration of all bids, the bid of D.A. Davidson & Co., Denver, Colorado (the "Purchaser"), was determined to be the best, such bid proposing the lowest interest cost to the City for the Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Purchaser has executed a certain ofiicial bid form/sale agreement (the "Sale Agreement") with respect to the Loan Agreement and the Bonds, and the City Council has previously approved the Sale Agreement and has made provision for its execution and delivery; and WHEREAS, it is now necessary to make final provision for the approval of the Loan Agreement and to authorize the issuance of the Bonds; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, as follows: Section l. The City shall enter into the Loan Agreement with the Purchaser in substantially the form as has been placed on file with the City Council, providing for a loan to the City in the principal amount of $1,300,000 for the purposes set forth in the preamble hereof. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to sign the Loan Agreement on behalf of the City, and the Loan Agreement is hereby approved. -2- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds Section 2. The Bonds, in the aggregate principal amount of $1,300,000, are hereby authorized to be issued in evidence of the City's obligations under the Loan Agreement. The Bonds shall be dated June 28, 2023, shall be issued in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof and shall mature on June 1 in each of the years, in the respective principal amounts, and bearing interest at the respective rates as follows: Date 2024 2025 2026 2027 Principal $ 40,000 $ 95,000 $ 95,000 $100,000 Interest Rate 4.35% 4.35% 4.35% 4.35% Date 2028 2029 2030 2035 Principal $105,000 $105,000 $115,000 $645,000 Interest Rate 4.35% 4.35% 4.35% 4.35% Section 3. UMB Bank, n.a., West Des Moines, Iowa, is hereby designated as the Registrar and Paying Agent for the Bonds and may be hereinafter referred to as the "Registrar" or the "Paying Agent." The City shall enter into an agreement (the "Registrar/Paying Agent Agreement") with the Registrar, in substantially the form as has been placed on file with the Council; the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to sign the Registrar/Paying Agent Agreement on behalf of the City; and the Registrar/Paying Agent Agreement is hereby approved. The City reserves the right to optionally prepay part or all of the principal of the Bond maturing in the year 2035, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2030, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of the Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by the Registrar by lot. The Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. Principal of the Bond maturing on June l, 2035 is subject to mandatory redemption (by lot, as selected by the Registrar) on June 1 in each of the years 2031, 2032, 2033, and 2034, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date, in the following principal amounts: Principal Year Amount 2031 $120,000 2032 $125,000 2033 $130,000 2034 $135,000 2035 $135,000 (Maturity) If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Bond or Bonds (or portion thereo� to be redeemed shall be sent by electronic means or mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 days prior to such redemption -3- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfas / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds date. Any notice of redemption may contain a statement that the redemption is conditioned upon the receipt by the Paying Agent of funds on or before the date fixed for redemption sufficient to pay the redemption price of the Bonds so called for redemption, and that if funds are not available, such redemption shall be cancelled by written notice to the owners of the Bonds called for redemption in the same manner as the original redemption notice was sent. Accrued interest on the Bonds shall be payable semiannually on the first day of June and December in each year, commencing December 1, 2023. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Payment of interest on the Bonds shall be made to the registered owners appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid to the registered owners at the addresses shown on such registration books. Principal of the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the registered owners or their legal representatives upon presentation and surrender of the Bond or Bonds at the office of the Paying Agent. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City with the official manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor and attested with the official manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk, and shall be fully registered Bonds without interest coupons. In case any officer whose signature or the facsimile of whose signature appears on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds, such signature or such facsimile signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until delivery. The Bonds shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication thereon shall have been signed by the Registrar. The Bonds shall be fully registered as to principal and interest in the names of the owners on the registration books of the City kept by the Registrar, and after such registration, payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon shall be made only to the registered owners or their legal representatives or assigns. Each Bond shall be transferable only upon the registration books of the City upon presentation to the Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar or the assignment form thereon completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner. The record and identity of the owners of the Bonds shall be kept confidential as provided by Section 22.7 of the Code of Iowa. Section 4. Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, the Bonds shall be issued initially as Depository Bonds, with one fully registered Bond for each maturity date, in principal amounts equal to the amount of principal maturing on each such date, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC"). On original issue, the Bonds shall be deposited with DTC for the purpose of maintaining a book- entry system for recording the ownership interests of its participants and the transfer of those interests among its participants (the "Participants"). In the event that DTC determines not to continue to act as securities depository for the Bonds or the City determines not to continue the book-entry system for recording ownership interests in the Bonds with DTC, the City will -4- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfa�c / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds discontinue the book-entry system with DTC. If the City does not select another qualified securities depository to replace DTC (or a successor depository) in order to continue a book-entry system, the City will register and deliver replacement Bonds in the form of fully registered certificates, in authorized denominations of $5,000 or integral multiples of $5,000, in accordance with instructions from Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. In the event that the City identifies a qualified securities depository to replace DTC, the City will register and deliver replacement Bonds, fully registered in the name of such depository, or its nominee, in the denominations as set forth above, as reduced from time to time prior to maturity in connection with redemptions or retirements by call or payment, and in such event, such depository will then maintain the book- entry system for recording ownership interests in the Bonds. Ownership interests in the Bonds may be purchased by or through Participants. Such Participants and the persons for whom they acquire interests in the Bonds as nominees will not receive certiiicated Bonds, but each such Participant will receive a credit balance in the records of DTC in the amount of such Participant's interest in the Bonds, which will be confirmed in accordance with DTC's standard procedures. Each such person for which a Participant has an interest in the Bonds, as nominee, may desire to make arrangements with such Participant to have all notices of redemption or other communications of the City to DTC, which may affect such person, forwarded in writing by such Participant and to have notification made of all interest payments. The City will have no responsibility or obligation to such Participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees with respect to payment to or providing of notice for such Participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees. As used herein, the term "Beneficial Owner" shall hereinafter be deemed to include the person for whom the Participant acquires an interest in the Bonds. DTC will receive payments from the City, to be remitted by DTC to the Participants for subsequent disbursement to the Beneiicial Owners. The ownership interest of each Beneficial Owner in the Bonds will be recorded on the records of the Participants whose ownership interest will be recorded on a computerized book-entry system kept by DTC. When reference is made to any action which is required or permitted to be taken by the Beneficial Owners, such reference shall only relate to those permitted to act (by statute, regulation or otherwise) on behalf of such Beneficial Owners for such purposes. When notices are given, they shall be sent by the City to DTC, and DTC shall forward (or cause to be forwarded) the notices to the Participants so that the Participants can forward the same to the Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will receive written confirmations of their purchases from the Participants acting on behalf of the Beneficial Owners detailing the terms of the Bonds acquired. Transfers of ownership interests in the Bonds will be accomplished by book entries made by DTC and the Participants who act on behalf of the Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interest in the Bonds, except as specifically provided herein. Interest and principal will be paid when due by the City to DTC, then paid by DTC to the Participants and thereafter paid by the Participants to the Beneficial Owners. -5- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds Section 5. The Bonds shall be in substantially the following form: -6- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds (Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF IOWA LINN COUNTY CITY OF FAIRFAX GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BOND, SERIES 2023 No. $_ RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP % June 1, June 28, 2023 303898 _ The City of Fairfax (the "City"), in Linn County, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this Bond to Cede & Co. New York, New York or registered assigns, the principal sum of THOUSAND DOLLARS in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of UMB Bank, n.a., West Des Moines, Iowa (hereinafter referred to as the "Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December l, 2023, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date, and shall be paid to the registered owner at the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360- day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certiiicate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Registrar. This Bond is one of a series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023 (the "Bonds") issued by the City to evidence its obligation under a certain loan agreement, dated as of June 28, 2023 (the "Loan Agreement"), entered into by the City for the purpose of paying the costs, to that extent, of constructing bridge and water tower improvements. The Bonds are issued pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Chapters 76 and 384 of the Code of Iowa, 2023, and all other laws amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council, adopted on June 13, 2023, authorizing and approving the Loan Agreement and providing for the issuance and securing the payment of the Bonds (the "Resolution"), and reference is hereby made to the Resolution and the Loan Agreement for a more complete statement as to the source of payment of the Bonds and the rights of the owners of the Bonds. -7- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA FairfaY / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds The City reserves the right to optionally prepay part or all of the principal of the Bond maturing in the year 2035 prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2030, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of the Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by the Registrar by lot. The Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. Principal of the Bonds maturing on June 1, 2035 is subject to mandatory redemption (by lot, as selected by the Registrar) on June 1 in the years 2031, 2032, 2033 and 2034, respectively, in accordance with the mandatory redemption schedules set forth in the Resolution at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Bond or Bonds (or portion thereo fl to be redeemed shall be sent by electronic means or by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 days prior to such redemption date. All of such Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the redemption date. This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the City in the office of the Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this Bond to the Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar or the assignment form hereon completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner. The City, the Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the City, the Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa, to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations. -8- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Fairfax, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its City Clerk, as of June 28, 2023. CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA Attest: (DO NOT SIGN) City Clerk ^ Registration Date: (June 28, 2023) By (DO NOT SIGN) Mayor REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the within-mentioned Resolution. UMB Bank, n.a. West Des Moines, Iowa Registrar By (Authorized Si�nature) Authorized Officer ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UTMA (Custodian) As Custodian for (Minor) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above. -9- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds ASSIGNMENT For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to (Please print or type name and address of Assignee) PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE and does hereby irrevocably appoint , Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of substitution. Dated: Signature guaranteed: (Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.) NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. -10- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds Section 6. The Bonds shall be executed as herein provided as soon after the adoption of this resolution as may be possible, and thereupon they shall be delivered to the Registrar for registration, authentication and delivery to or on behalf of the Purchaser, upon receipt of the loan proceeds ($1,316,370.25), including original issue premium ($16,370.25) (the "Loan Proceeds"), and all action heretofore taken in connection with the Loan Agreement is hereby ratified and coniirmed in all respects. A portion of the Loan Proceeds ($25,512.50) shall be retained by the Purchaser as the underwriter's discount. A portion of the Loan Proceeds ($1,269,092.75) (the "Project Proceeds) received from the sale of the Bonds, shall be deposited in a dedicated fund (the "Project Fund"), which is hereby created, to be used for the payment of costs of the Project and to the extent that Project Proceeds remain after the full payment of the costs of the Project, such Proceeds, shall be transferred to the Debt Service Fund for the payment of interest on the Bonds. The remainder of the Loan Proceeds ($21,765) (the "Cost of Issuance Proceeds"), received from the sale of the Bonds shall be deposited in the Project Fund, and shall be used for the payment of costs of issuance of the Bonds, and to the extent that Cost of Issuance Proceeds remain after the full payment of the costs of issuance of the Bonds, such Cost of Issuance Proceeds shall be transferred to the Debt Service Fund for the payment of interest on the Bonds. The City shall keep a detailed and segregated accounting of th� expenditure of, and investment earnings on, the Loan Proceeds to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as hereinafter defined. Section 7. For the purpose of providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due, there is hereby ordered levied on all the taxable property in the City the following direct annual tax for collection in each of the following fiscal years: For collection in the fiscal year beginning July l, 2024, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $149,810; For collection in the iiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $145,678; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July l, 2026, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $146,545; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $147,195; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2028, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $142,628; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July l, 2029, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $148,060; -11- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds For collection in the fiscal year beginning July l, 2030, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $148,058; For collection in the fscal year beginning July 1, 2031, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $147,838; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2032, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $147,400; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2033, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $146,745; and For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2034, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $140,873. Section 8. A certified copy of this resolution shall be filed with the County Auditor of Linn County, and the County Auditor is hereby instructed to enter for collection and assess the tax hereby authorized. When annually entering such taxes for collection, the County Auditor shall include the same as a part of the tax levy for Debt Service Fund purposes of the City and when collected, the proceeds of the taxes shall be converted into the Debt Service Fund of the City and set aside therein as a special account to be used solely and only for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds hereby authorized and for no other purpose whatsoever. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 76.4 of the Code of Iowa, each year while the Bonds remain outstanding and unpaid, any funds of the City which may lawfully be applied for such purpose, including incremental property tax revenues derived pursuant to Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa, may be appropriated, budgeted and, if received, used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due, and if so appropriated, the taxes for any given fiscal year as provided for in Section 7 of this Resolution, shall be reduced by the amount of such alternate funds as have been appropriated for said purpose and evidenced in the City's budget. Section 9. The interest or principal and both of them falling due in any year or years shall, if necessary, be paid promptly from current funds on hand in advance of taxes levied and when the taxes shall have been collected, reimbursement shall be made to such current funds in the sum thus advanced. Section 10. It is the intention of the City that interest on the Bonds be and remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes pursuant to the appropriate provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations in effect with respect thereto (all of the foregoing herein referred to as the "Internal Revenue Code"). In furtherance thereof, the City covenants to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as they may from time to time be in effect or amended and further covenants to comply with the applicable future laws, regulations, published rulings and court decisions as may be necessary to insure that the interest on the Bonds will remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes. Any and all of the officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions as may be necessary to comply with the covenants herein contained. -12- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfaac / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds The City hereby designates the Bonds as "Qualiiied Tax Exempt Obligations" as that term is used in Section 265(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 1l. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has promulgated certain amendments to Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 C.F.R. § 240.15c2-12) (the "Rule") that make it unlawful for an underwriter to participate in the primary offering of municipal securities in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or more unless, before submitting a bid or entering into a purchase contract for the bonds, an underwriter has reasonably determined that the issuer or an obligated person has undertaken in writing for the benefit of the bondholders to provide certain disclosure information to prescribed information repositories on a continuing basis or unless and to the extent the offering is exempt from the requirements of the Rule. On the date of issuance and delivery of the Bonds, the City will execute and deliver a Continuing Disclosure Certificate pursuant to which the City will undertake to comply with the Rule. The City covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Any and all of the officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions as may be necessary to comply with the Rule and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Section 12. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 13. This resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its approval and adoption, as provided by law. Passed and approved June 13, 2023. /, � � ���r+�-- d�Z.�.e� Jo Ann Beer, Mayor Attest: � � ( , ( ,� R g^{,., � ,. � �.�.i. % << � �� .a�� �!� �f Cyn �'�ia Stimson, City Clerk/Treasurer ttt �r �v ', i k' . y r y� l� i # ; ; 9 �,: '�' i � 3�, � � t . � .. }v.� ¢ �. -13- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOIN�S, IOWA FairfaY / 419915-36 / Iss GO CP Bonds ATTESTATION CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF LINN CITY OF FAIRFAX �.�.� I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Fairfax, do hereby certify that as such City Clerk I have in my possession or have access to the complete corporate records of the City and of its City Council and officers and that I have carefully compared the transcript hereto attached with those corporate records and that the transcript hereto attached is a true, correct and complete copy of all the corporate records in relation to the adoption of a resolution authorizing a Loan Agreement and providing for the issuance of $1,300,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023 of the City evidencing the City's obligation under the Loan Agreement and that the transcript hereto attached contains a true, correct and complete statement of all the measures adopted and proceedings, acts and things had, done and performed up to the present time with respect thereto. I further certify that no appeal has been taken to the District Court from the decision of the City Council to enter into the Loan Agreement, to issue the Bonds or to levy taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds. WITNESS MY HAND this 14th day of June, 2023. � ali �� , �� . .� '� �} �-" .��t_ �� � � ��: �``r,��r. Cy ; thia Stimson, City Clerk/Treasurer -14- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax / 419915-36 ( Iss GO CP Bonds STATE QF IOWA LINN COUNTY COUNTY FILING CERTIFICATE SS: T., ihe t�nciersi�aed, Ccatt��ty 11�iditca�• of �irazi GQr�zz��, in the State ��'Iowa, do I�ereby eErtify that on the `�' � day c�f ,���*�,� , 2Q23, the City Cler� oi'ilie City o�k'�iria� filed in my affice a certified copy of a resolution of such City shown to have been adopted by the City Council and approved by the Mayor thereof on June i3, 2023, entitled: "Resolution authorizzng and approving a Loan Agreement, providing for the issuan.ce of $1,300,000 General Obligation Corporaie Purpose Bonds, Series 2023, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same," an.d that I have duly placed a copy of the resolution on file in my records_ I further certify that the ta7ces provided for in tlaat resolution will in due time, manner and season be entered on the State and County tax lists of this County for collection in the fiscal year beginniizg July l, 2024, and subsequent years as provided in the resolution. WITNESS MY HAND this ����"� day of �(�!1 ��,m_y u N�- 2023. P�- � „ . - . • . � 6 .` 4 s�a P s`.�♦ � f �y�]? i 4 S �r t. m! • t� t .. Y i Y,• � i � �� Y�}• � r p"e�N, �� ''� a^ + ; ,,. � a M • a�� �a �� �' ... , � � Y � � � «�` ! , � �.,. � '�, . �J' � ,fiY� ��,��" � •C:. ;�ti . ' w�._ � : <' . .� � � °���� � - �b •.o�� .:���� °^�'�.a ��, '•., =.�.A � �r. .,,,,, ����� ��v��� �. c :���� trzity Aud tor � -t s- DQRSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, bE5 MOINGS, IOWA LOAN AGREEMENT This Loan Agreement is entered into as of June 28, 2023 by and between the City of Fairfax, Iowa (the "City"), and D.A. Davidson & Co., Denver, Colorado (the "Purchaser"). The parties agree as follows: 1. The Purchaser shall loan to the City the sum of $1,300,000 and the City's obligation to repay hereunder shall be evidenced by the issuance of General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,300,000 (the "Bonds"). 2. The City has adopted a resolution on June 13, 2023 (the "Resolution") authorizing and approving this Loan Agreement and providing for the issuance of the Bonds and the levy of taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds for the purpose or purposes set forth in the Resolution. The Resolution is incorporated herein by reference, and the parties agree to abide by the terms and provisions of the Resolution. In and by the Resolution, provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same will respectively become due. 3. The Bonds, in substantially the form set forth in the Resolution, shall be executed and delivered to or on behalf of the Purchaser to evidence the City's obligation to repay the amounts payable hereunder. The Bonds shall be dated June 28, 2023, shall be in denominations of $5,000 or integral multiples thereof, shall bear interest, shall be payable as to principal on the dates and in the amounts, shall be subject to prepayment prior to maturity and shall contain such other terms and provisions as provided in the Bonds and the Resolution. 4. This Loan Agreement is executed pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa and shall be read and construed as conforming to all provisions and requirements of the statute. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto affixed our signatures all as of the date first above written. Attest: �� ° � � '1�1,�+��i.'=�./ � � 'r���%' �1,'C Cyn�hia Stimson, Crty Clerk/Treasurer CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA ��>_ > ,�� " ' �:< �� �� � � � F....A n� t 't, By ��� ����r�-- �` � ��� � �.` � Jo Ann Beer, Mayor � s ; A � � �. �� .� ' i t 1 4 x Y�.. i k�� k D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. Denver, Colorado : (Signature) (Print Name and Title) REGISTRAR / PAYING AGENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this June 28, 2023 (the "Dated Date") by and between the City of Fairfax, Iowa hereinafter called "ISSUER", and UMB Bank, n.a., a national banking association with its principal payrnent office in Kansas City, Missouri, in its capacity as paying agent and registrar, hereinafter called the "AGENT". WHEREAS, the ISSUER has issued, or is currently in the process of issuing, pursuant to an ordinance, resolution, order, final tenns certificate, notice of sale or other authoriziizg instruinent of the governing body of the ISSUER, hereinafter collectively called the `Bond Document" certain bonds, certificates, notes and/or other debt instruments, more pat-ticularly described as $1,300,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023 hereinafter called the "Bonds"; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Bond Document, the ISSUER has designated and appointed the AGENT as agent to perform registrar and paying agent services, to wit: establishing and maintaining a record of the owners of the Bonds, effecting the transfer of ownership of the Bonds in an orderly and efficient inanner, inaking payments of principal and interest when due pursuant to the tenns and conditions of the Bonds, and for other related purposes; and WHEREAS, the AGENT has represented that it possesses the necessary qualifications and inaintains the necessary facilities to properly perfonn the required services as such registrar and paying agent and is willing to serve in such capacities for the ISSUER; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of mutual proinises and covenants herein contained the parties agree as follows: 1. The ISSUER has designated and appointed the AGENT as registrar and payiilg agent of the Bonds pursuant to the Bond Document, and the AGENT has accepted such appoinhnent and agrees to provide the services set forth therein and herein. 2. The ISSUER agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to the AGENT a transcript of the proceedings related to the Bonds to contain the following docuinents: a) A copy of the Bond Document, and the consent or ap�i-oval of any other governmental or regulatory authority, required by law to approve oi• authorize the issuance of the Bonds; b) A written opinion by an attonley or by a firin of attorneys with a natioi7ally recognized standing in the field of Inunicipal bond financing, and any supporting or suppleinental opinions, to the effect that the Bonds and the Bond Document have been duly authorized and issued by, are legally binding upon and are enforceable against the ISSUER; c) A closing certificate of the ISSUER, a closing certificate and/or receipt of the purchaser(s) of the Bonds, and such other docuinents related to the issuance of the Bonds as the Agent reasonably deems necessaiy or appropriate; and d) Unless Paragraph 20 hereof is applicable, in addition to the transcript of proceedings a reasonable supply of blank Bond certificates bearing the inanual or facsiinile signatures of officials of the ISSUER authorized to sign certificates and, if required by the Bond Docuinent, impressed with the ISSUER's seal or facsimile thereof, to enable the AGENT to provide Bond Certificates to the holders of the Bonds upon original issuance or the transfer thereof. The foregoing docuinents may be subject to the review and approval of legal counsel for the AGENT. Furthermore, the ISSUER shall provide to the AGENT prompt written notification of any future amendment or change in respect of any of the foregoing, together with such documentation as the AGENT reasonably deems necessary or appropriate. 3. Unless Paragraph 20 hereof is applicable, Bond certificates provided by the ISSUER shall be printed in a manner to lninimize the possibility of counterfeiting. This requii-ement shall be deemed satisfied by use of a certificate fonnat meeting the standard developed by the Ainerican National Standards Coinmittee or in such other foi-�nat as the AGENT inay accept by its authentication thereof. The AGENT shall have no responsibility for the form or contents of any such certificates. The ISSUER shall, while any of the Bonds are outstanding, provide a reasonable supply of additional blank certificates at any time upon request of the AGENT. All such certificates shall satisfy the requireinents set forth in Paragraphs 2(d) and 3. 4. The AGENT shall initially register and authenticate, pursuant to instructions froin the ISSUER and/or the initial purchaser(s) of the Bonds, one or inore Bonds and shall enter into a Bond registry record the certificate number of the Bond and the nalne and address of the ownei•. The AGENT shall inaintain such registry of owners of the Bonds until all the Bonds have been fully paid and surrendered. The initial owner of each Bond as reflected in the registiy of owners shall not be changed except upon transfers of ownership and in accordance with procedui•es set forth in the Bond Document or this Agreement. 5. Transfez-s of ownership of the Bonds shall be inade by the AGENT as set forth in the Bond Document. Absent specific guidelines in the Bond Document, transfers of ownership of the Bonds shall be inade by the AGENT only upon delivery to the AGENT of a�i•operly endorsed Bond or of a Bond accompanied by a properly endorsed transfer instrument, accoinpanied by such documents as the AGENT may deein necessary to evidence the authority of the person inaking the transfer, and satisfactoiy evidence of coinpliance with all applicable laws relating to the collection of taxes. The AGENT reserves the right to refuse to transfer any Bond until it is satisfied that each necessary endorseinent is genuine and effective, and for that purpose it inay require guarantees of signatures in accordance with applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Cotnmission and the standards and procedures of the AGENT, together with such other assurances as the AGENT shall deein necessary or ap�ropriate. The AGENT shall incur no liability far delays in registering transfers as a result of inquiries into adverse claims or far the refusal in good faith to make transfers which it, in its judgment, deems improper or unauthorized. Upon presentation and sun-ender of any duly registered Bond and satisfaction of the transferability requirements, the AGENT shall (a) cancel the surrendered Bond; (b) register a new Boi1d(s) as directed in the saine aggregate principal ainount and inaturity; (c) authenticate the new Bond(s); and (d) enter the transfei•ee's naine and address, together with the certificate number of the new Bond(s), in its registry of owners. 6. The AGENT inay deliver Bonds by first class, certified, or registered inail, or by courier. 2 7. Owilership of, payment of the principal amount of, redeinption preiniuin, if any, and interest due on the Bonds and delivery of notices sha11 be subject to the provisions of the Bond Document, and for all other purposes. Thc AGENT shall have no responsibility to detennine the beneficial ownez�s of any Bonds and shall owe no duties to any such beneficial owners. Upon writteil request and reasonable notice frorn the ISSUER, the AGENT will rnail, at the ISSUER's expense, notices or other communications from the ISSUER to the holders of the Bonds as recorded in the registiy maintained by the AGENT. 8. Unless the Bond Document provides otherwise, the ISSUER shall, without notice fi•om or demand of the AGENT, provide to the AGENT funds that are immediately available at least one business day prior to the relevant interest and/or principal payinent date, sufficient to pay on each interest payrnent date and each principal payment date, all interest and principal then payable under the tenns and �rovisions of the Bond Docuinent and the Bonds. The AGENT shall have no responsibility to inake any such paytnents to the extent ISSUER has not provided sufficient iininediately available funds to AGENT on the relevant payment date. Unless the Bond Document provides otherwise, in the event that an interest and/or principal payinent date shall be a date that is not a business day, payment inay be made on the next succeeding business day and no interest shall accrue. The term "business day" shall include all days except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Missouri. 9. Unless otherwise provided in the Bond Docuinent and subject to the provisions of Paragraph 12 hereof, to the extetit that the ISSUER has inade sufficient funds available to it, the AGENT will pay to the record owners of the Bonds as of any record date (as specified in the Bond cet-tificate or Bond Document) the interest due thereon as of the related interest payment date or any redemption date and, will pay upon presentation and surrender of such Bond at inaturity or earlier date of redetnption to the owner of any Bond, the principal or redeinption amount of such Bond. 10. The AGENT may make a charge against any Bond owner sufficient for the reimbursement of any governmental tax or other charge required to be paid for any reason, including, but not limited to, failure of such owner to provide a correct taxpayer identification nuinber to the AGENT. Such charge may be deducted from an interest or principal payment due to such owner. 11. Unless payment of interest, principal, and redemption premium, if any, is made by electronic transfer all payments will be inade by check or draft and inailed to the last address of the owner as reflected on the registry of owners, or to such other address as directed in writing by the owner. In the event of payrnent of interest, the principal arnount of and redeinption premium, if any, by electronic transfer, the AGENT shall make payment by such means, at the expense of the ISSUER, pursuant to written instructions from the owner. 12. Subject to the provisions of the Botid Docuinent, the AGENT inay pay at inaturity or redeinption or issue new certificates to replace certificates represented to the AGENT to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or otherwise wrongfully taken, but first may require the Bond owner to pay a replacement fee, to furnish an affidavit of �loss, and/or furnish either an indemnity bond or other indemnification satisfacto�y to the AGENT indeinnifying the ISSUER and the AGENT. � 13. The AGENT sha11 coinply with the provisions, if any, of the Bond Document and the rules of the Securities and EXchange Cominission pei-taining to the cancellation and retention of Bond certificates and the periodic certification to the Issuer of the cancellatioil of such Bond certificates. In the evetit that the ISSUER requests in writing that the AGENT forward to the ISSUER the cancelled Bond certificates, the ISSUER agi•ees to comply with the foregoing described rules. The AGENT shall have no duty to retain any documents or records pertaining to this Agreement, the Bond Document or the Bonds any longer than eleven years after final payment on the Bonds, unless otherwise required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Cornmission or other applicable law. 14. In case of any request or demand for inspection of the registiy of owners or other related records maintained by the AGENT, the AGENT may be entitled to receive appropriate instructions from the ISSUER before pennitting or refusing such inspection. The AGENT reserves the right, however, to only pei-�nit such inspection at a location and at such reasonable tiine or times designated by the Agent. 15. The AGENT is authorized to act on the order, directions or instructions of such officials as the governing body of ISSUER as the ISSUER by resolution or other proper action shall designate. The AGENT shall be protected in acting upon any paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper official(s), and the ISSUER shall proinptly notify AGENT in writing of any change in the identity or authority of officials authorized to sign Bond certificates, written instructions or requests. If not so provided in the Bond Document, if any official whose manual or facsiinile signature appears on blank Bond certificates shall die, resign or be i•emoved from office or authority before the authentication of such certificates by the Agent, the AGENT may nevertheless issue such certificates until specifically directed to the contrary in writing by the ISSUER. 16. The AGENT shall provide notice(s) to the owners of the Bonds and such depositories, banks, brokers, rating agencies, information services, repositories, or publications as required by the terins of the Bond Document and to any other entities that request such notice(s) and, if so dii•ected in such other inanner and to such other parties as the Issuer shall so direct in writing and at the expense of the ISSUER. 17. The ISSUER shall compensate the AGENT for the AGENT's ordinaiy setvices as paying agent and registrar and shall reimburse the AGENT for all ordinary out-of-pocket expenses, charges, advances, counsel fees and other costs incurred in connection with the Bonds, the Bond Document arld this Agreement as set forth in the Exhibit A or as otherwise agreed to by the Issuer and Agent in writing. ln addition, should it become necessary for the AGENT to perfoi-m extraordinary services, the AGENT shall be entitled to extra coinpensation therefor and reiinbursement for any out-of-pocket extraordinary costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees. 18. The AGENT may resign, or be removed by the ISSUER, as provided in the Bond Docuinent, or, if not so provided in the Bond Document, upon thirty days written notice to the other. Upon the effective date of resignatiol7 or reinoval, all obligations of the AGENT hereunder shall cease and terminate. In the event of resignation or reinoval, the AGENT shall deliver the registry of owners and all related books and records in accordance with the written instructions of the ISSUER or any successor agent designated in writing by the Issuer within a reasonable period following the effective date of its removal or resignation. L'; 19. Whenever in the performance of its duties as Agent hereunder, the Bond Docuinent or under the Bonds the AGENT shall deeln it desirable that a inatter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or ornitting any action hereunder, under the Bond Document or under the Bonds, the AGENT may consult with legal counsel, including, but not limited to, legal counsel for the ISSUER, with respect to any inatter in connection with this Agreeinent and it shall not be liable far any action taken or ornitted by it in good faith in reliance upon the advice or opinion of such counsel. 20. In the event that the Bond Document provides that the initial registered owner of all of the Bond certificates is or may be the Depositoiy Trust Company, or any other securities depository or registered clearing agency qualified under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (a "Securities Depository"), none of the bei7eficial owners will receive certificates representing their respective interest in the Bonds. Except to the eXtent provided otherwise in the Bond Document, the following provisions shall apply: a) The registry of owners maintained by the AGENT will reflect as owner of the Bonds only the Securities Depository or its nominee, until and unless the ISSUER authorizes the delivery of Bond certificates to the beneficial owners as described in subsection (d) below. b) It is anticipated that during the term of the Bonds, the Securities Depository will make book- entry transfers ainong its participants and receive atld transmit payinents of principal and intei-est on the Bonds to the participants, unless and until the ISSUER authorizes the delivery of Bonds to the beneficial ownei•s as described in subsection (d) below. c) The ISSUER inay at any tiine, in accordance with the Bond Docuinent, select and appoint a successor Securities Depository and shall notify the Agent of such selection and appointinent in writing. d) If the ISSUER determines that the holding of the Bonds by the Securities Depository is no longer in the best interests of the beneficial owners of the Bonds, then the AGENT, at the written instruction and expense of the ISSUER, shall notify the beneficial owners of the Bonds by first class mail of such determination and of the availability of certificates to owners requesting the same. The AGENT shall register in the names of and authenticate and deliver certificates representing their respective interests in the Bonds to the beneficial owners or their nominees, in principal amounts and maturities re�resenting the interest of each, making such adjustments as it inay find necessary ar appropriate as to accrued interest and previous calls for redeinption. In such event, all references to the Securities Depository herein shall relate to the period of time when at least one Bond is registered in the name of the Securities Depositoty or its noininee. For the purposes of this paragraph, the AGENT rnay conclusively rely on information provided by the Securities Depositoiy and its participants as to principal ainounts held by and the naines and mailing addresses of the beneficial ownei-s of the Bonds, and shall not be responsible for any investigation to detennine the beneficial owners. The cost of printing certificates for the Bonds and expenses of the AGENT shall be paid by the ISSUER. 21. The AGENT shall incur no liability whatsoever in taking or failing to take any action in accordance with the Bond Document, and shall not be liable for any error in judgment made in good faith by an officer or einployee of the AGENT unless it shall be proved t11e AGENT was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts or acted intentionally in bad faith. The AGENT shall not be under any 5 obligation to prosecute or defend any action or suit in coimection with its duties under the Bond Document or this Agreement or in respect of the Bonds, wl�ich, in its opinion, may involve it in expense or liability, unless satisfactory security and indemnity is fui-�lished to the A�ent (except as inay result froin the AGENT's own negligence or willful miscoi7duct). To the extent pei-�nitted by law, the ISSUER agrees to indernuify the AGENT for, and hold it harinless against, any loss, liability, or expense incui-��ed without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in coilnection with its acceptaizce or administration of its duties hereunder, including the cost and expense against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or perfar7nance of any of its powers or duties under this Agreement. To the extent that the ISSUER lnay now or hei•eafter be entitled to claim, for itself or its assets, iininunity from suit, execution, attachment (befoi•e or after judgment) or other legal process, the ISSUER irrevocably agrees not to claim, and it hereby waives, such immunity in connection with any suit or other action brought by the AGENT to enforce the tenns of the Bond Document or this Agreement. The AGENT shall only be responsible for perfortning such duties as are set forth herein, required by the Bond Document, or otherwise agreed to in writing by the AGENT. 22. It is mutually understood and agreed that, unless otherwise provided in the Bonds or Bond Docuinent, this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, both as to interpretation and perforinance. 23. It is understood and agreed by the parties that if any part, tenn, or provision of this Agreement is held by the courts to be illegal or in conflict with any applicable law, regulation or rule, the validity of the remaining portions or provisions shall not be affected, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced as if the Agreement did not contain the particular part, term, or provision held to be invalid. 24. The naine "UMB Bank, n.a." shall include its successor or successors, any surviving corporation into which it may be merged, any new corporation resulting from its consolidation with any other corporation or corporations, the successor or successors of any such surviving or new coiporation, and any corporation to which the corporate trust business of said Bank may at any tiine be transferred. 25. All notices, demands, and request required or permitted to be given to the ISSUER ol• AGENT under the provisions het�eof inust be in writing and shall be deeined to have been sufficiently given, upon receipt if (i) personally delivered, (ii) sent by email or electronic ineans and confinned by phone oi• (iii) rnailed by registered or certified inail, with retutn receipt requested, delivered as follows: If to AGENT: UMB Bank, n.a. Attn: Coiporate Trust & Escrow Services 7155 Lake Drive, Suite 120 West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 If to ISSUER: City of Fairfax, Iowa Attn: City Clerk City Hall PO Box 337 Fairfax, Iowa 52228-0337 0 26. The parties hereto agree that the transactions described herein inay be couducted and related docuinents may be sent, received or stored by electronic ineans. Copies, telecopies, facsiiniles, electronic files and other reproductions of original executed documents shall be deeined to be autheiltic and valid counterparts of such original docuinents for all purposes, iizcluding the filing of any claiin, action or suit in the appi•opriate court of law. 27. In order to comply with provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended from time to time, the AGENT may request certain information and/or doculnentation to verify confii-�n and i•ecord identification of persons or entities who are parties to this Agreement. 28. If the Bonds are eligible for receipt of any U.S. Treasury Interest Subsidy and if so directed by the Bond Document or, as agreed to in writing between the Issuer and the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall comply with the provisions, if any, relating to it as described in the Bond DocuYnent or as otherwise agreed upon in writing between the Issuer and the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall not be responsible for coinpletion of or the actual filing of Foz-�n 8038-CP (or any successor forin) with the IRS or any payment from the United States Treasuty in accordance with §§ 54AA and 6431 of the Code. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have, by their duly authorized signatories, set their respective hands on the Dated Date. CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA � ��-�c�,,.� �I�Jt. Jo Ann Beer, Mayor Attest: € Cyn hia Stimson, i y Clerk/Treasurer UMB BANK, N.A., as PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR By: Authorized Signatory 7 %i'a�2%%>"�i%�/ e�v5a" 2";: „i<%/,� yi,/,y/;/i%i��'/'//,i�.:�"','//:��".s�.'��`:�Vfi',°,��°-P`,,..�.. �'�,.�'� ": PAYING AGENT, BOND REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT FEE SCHEDULE ADMINISTRATION FEE • Book Entry Bonds • Registered/Private Placement Bonds $300 iilitial/$600 annual $500 initial/$600 annual ��Initial l�ces ch<u��cd at Closii�g '�llnnual Fees char�;ed in arrears montl� of closin�; AllDITIONAL SEIZVIC�S • Placement of CDs oi• Sinking Funds • Late Payments • Optional or Partial Redemption • Mandatory Redeinption • Early Termination/Full Call • Paying Costs of Issuance $500 per set up/outside UMB $100 $300 $100 $500 $500 one-tiine fee SERVICES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST • Dissemination Agent $1,000 annual CIIANG�S IN FEE SCHEDULE UMB Bank, N.A. reserves the right to renegotiate this fee schedule Reasorrcable cha��ges will be n7ncle fol� czciclitioi��c�l sen�ices or reports r7ot conten�pla�tecl c�t the tz���e of execi�tion of t7�e Agreei��e»t o�� »ot coveYec� specificczlly elsewhei�e in. this scheclule. Extraorclinczr�� out-of-pocket expe�ses wzll be charged crt cost. I�owever, thi�s cloes not in�clucle ordinary out-of-poclzet expei�ses such as no��nzal postage anc� sup�lies, which are i»cluclec� in the c�f�i2u�l.fees quoted above. : Fairfax /4 1 99 1 5-3 6/CDC over ] 0 Million CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE This Continuing Disclosure Certificate (the "Disclosure Certificate") is executed and delivered by the City of Fairfax, Iowa (the "Issuer"), in connection with the issuance of $1,300,000 General Obligation Cotporate Putpose Bonds, Series 2023 (the `Bonds"), dated June 28, 2023. The Bonds are being issued pursuant to a resolution of the Issuer approved on June 13, 2023 (the "Resolution"). The Issuer covenants and agrees as follows: Section l. Purpose of the Disclosure Certificate. This Disclosure Certificate is being executed and delivered by the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Bonds and in order to assist the Participating Underwriters in complying with S.E.C. Rule 15c2- 12. Section 2. Definitions. In addition to the definitions set forth in the Resolution, which apply to any capitalized tenn used in this Disclosure Certificate unless otherwise defined in this Section, the following capitalized tenns sha11 have the followin� ineanings: "Annual Report" shall mean any Annual Report provided by the Issuer pursuant to, and as described in, Sections 3 and 4 of this Disclosure Certificate. `Bene�cial Owner" shall mean any person which (a) has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or consent with respect to, or to dispose of ownership of, any Bonds (including persons holding Bonds through narninees, depositories or other intermediaries), or (b) is treated as the owner of any Bonds for federal income tax purposes. "Dissemination Agent" shall mean the Disseinination Agent, if any, designated in writing by the Issuer and which has iiled with the Issuer a written acceptance of such designation. `BMMA" shall �nean the MSRB's Electronic Municipal Market Access systein available at http://emma.insrb.or�. "Fiilancial Obligation" shall inean a(i) debt obligation, (ii) derivative instrument entered into in connection with, or pledged as security or a source of payment for, an existing or planned debt obligation, or, (iii) guarantee of eitller (i) or (ii). The tenn "Financial Obligatioi7" sha11 ilot include inunicipal securities as to which a final official statement has been provided to the MSRB pursuant to the Rule. "Holders" sha11 mean the registered holders of the Bonds, as recorded ii1 the registration books of the Registrar. "Listed Events" shall mean any of the events listed in Section 5(a) of this Disclosure Certificate. "Municipal Securities Rulenlaking Board" or "MSRB" shall inean the Municipal Securities Ruleinaking Board, 1300 I Sh-eet NW, Suite 1000, Washin�ton, DC 20005. -1- Pairfax /419915-3G/CDC over 10 Million "Participating Underwriter" shall mean any of the ori�inal underwriters of the Bonds required to comply with the Rule in connection with offering of the Bonds. "Rule" shall mean Rule 15c2-12 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the same may be amended fi-om time to time. "State" shall mean the State of Iowa. Section 3. Provision of Annual Reports. (a) Not later than June 30 (the "Subinission Deadline") of each yeaz- following the end of the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the Issuer shall, or shall cause the Dissemination Agent (if any) to, file on EMMA an electronic copy of its Annual Report which is consistent with the requirements of Section 4 of this Disclosure Certificate in a format and accompanied by such identifying infonnation as prescribed by the MSRB. The Annual Report inay be subinitted as a single document or as separate documents comprising a package, and may cross-reference other information as provided in Section 4 of this Disclosure Certiiicate; provided that the audited financial statements of the Issuer may be submitted separately from the balance of the Annual Report and later than the Subinission Deadline if they are not available by that date. If the Issuer's fiscal year changes, it shall give notice of such change in the salne inanner as for a Listed Event under Section 5(c), and the Subinission Deadline beginning with the subsequent fiscal year will become one year following the end of the changed fiscal year. (b) If the Issuer has designated a Dissemination Agent, thei� not later than fifteen (15) business days prior to the Subinission Deadline, the Issuer shall provide the Annual Report to the Dissemination Agent. (c) If the Issuel• is unable to provide an Annual Report by the Submission Deadline, in a timely inanner thereafter, the Issuer shall, or shall cause the Disseinination Agent (if any) to, file a notice on EMMA stating that there has been a failure to provide an Annual Report on or before the Subinission Deadline. Section 4. Content of Annual Reports. The Issuer's Annual Report shall contain or include by reference the following: (a) The Audited Financial Statements of the Issuer for the prior fiscal year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles pi•omulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board as modified in accordance with the governmental accounting standards promulgated by the Govermnental Accounting Standards Board or as otherwise provided under State law, as in effect from time to time, or, if and to the extent such audited financial stateinents have not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting princi�les, noting the discrepancies therefrom and the effect thereof. If the Issuer's audited financial statements are not available by the Submission Deadline, the Annual Report sha11 contain unaudited financial infonnation (which may include any annual filing infonnation required by State law) accoinpanied by a notice that the audited financial stateinetits are not yet -2- Pairlax /41 99 1 5-3 6/CDC over 10 Million available, and the audited financial statements shall bc filed on EMMA when they become available. (b) Tables, schedules or other infoi-�nation contained in the official statement for the Bonds, under the following captions: Debt Information: Debt Limitation Summary of Outstanding General Obligation Bonded Debt General Obligation Debt Statement of Bonded Indebtedness Property Assessment and Tax Infoi•mation: Actual (100%) Valuations for the City Taxable (Rollback) Valuations for the City Tax Extensions and Collections Principal Taxpayers Property Tax Rates Financial Information Any or all of the iteins listed above inay be included by specific reference to other documents, including official stateinents of debt issues of the Issuer or related public entities, which are available on EMMA or are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the document included by reference is a final official stateinent, it inust be available on EMMA. The Issuer shall clearly identify each such other document so included by reference. Section 5. Reporting of Significant Events (a) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, the Issuer shall give, or cause to be given, notice of the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Bonds: (1) Principal and interest payinent delinquencies. (2) Non-payment related defaults, if material. (3) Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties. (4) Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties. (5) Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perfonn. (6) Adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of proposed or final deter�ninations of taxability, Notices of Proposed Issue (IRS Forin 5701-TEB) or other material notices or detei-�ninations with respect to the tax status of the security, or other material events affecting the tax status of the security. -3- Fairfax /41 991 5-3 6/CDC over ] 0 Million (7) Modifications to rights of security holders, if material. (8) Bond calls, if material, and tender offers. (9) Defeasances. (10) Release, substitution, or sale of property sec�uring repayment of the securities, if �naterial. (11) Rating changes. (12) Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar event of the obligated person. Note to paragraph (12): For the purposes of the event identified in subparagraph (12), the event is considered to occur when any of the following occur: the appointment of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for an obligated person in a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in which a court ar governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the obligated person, or if such jurisdiction has been assuined by leaving the existing governing body and officials or officers in possession but subject to tl�e supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority, or the entry of an order confii-�ning a plan of reorganization, arrangement or liquidation by a court or governmental authority having supervision or jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the obligated person. (13) The consuznmation of a znerger, consolidation, or acquisition involving an obligated person or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the obligated person, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry into a definitive agreernent to undertake such an action or the ter�nination of a definitive agreement 1•elating to any such actions, other than pursuant to its terms, if inaterial. (14) Appoinhnent of a successor or additional trustee or the change of name of a trustee, if material. (15) Incurrence of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, if inaterial, oi- agreement to covenants, events of default, reinedies, priority ri�hts, or other siinilar terms of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, any of which affect security holders, if material. (16) Default, event of acceleration, terinination event, inodification of terms, or other similar events under the ter7ns of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, any of which reflect financial difficulties. (b) If a Listed Event described in Section 5(a) paragraph (2), (7), (8) (but only with respect to bond calls under (8)), (10), (13), (14), or (15) has occurred and the Issuer has -4- Fairfax /4 1 99 1 5-3 6/CDC over 10 Million detennined that such Listed Event is material under applicable federal securities laws, the Issuer shall, in a tiinely manner but not later than ten busiiless days after the occui7�ence of such Listed Event, proinptly file, or cause to be filed, a notice of such occun-ence on EMMA, with such notice in a format and accoinpanied by such identifying information as prescribed by the MSRB. (c) If a Listed Event described in Section 5(a) paragraph (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8) (but only with respect to tender offers under (8)), (9), (11), (12), or (16) above has occun-ed the Issuer shall, in a timely inanner but not later than ten business days after the occun-ence of such Listed Event, promptly file, or cause to be filed, a notice of such occurrence on EMMA, with such notice in a forinat and accompanied by such identifying infoi7nation as prescribed by the MSRB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice of Listed Events described in Section (5)(a) paragraphs (8) and (9) need not be given under this subsection any earlier than the notice (if any) of the underlying event is given to Holders of affected Bonds pursuant to the Resolution. Section 6. Termination of Reporting Obli ag tion. The Issuer's obligations under this Disclosure Certificate shall terminate upon the legal defeasance, prior redeinption or payYnent in full of all of the Bonds or upon the Issuer's receipt of an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to the effect that, because of legislative action or final judicial action or adininistrative actions or proceedings, the failure of the Issuer to comply with the terms hereof will not cause Participating Undei-writers to be in violation of the Rule or other applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Section 7. Dissemination Agent. The Issuer may, from time to time, appoint or engage a Dissemination Agent to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Disclosure Cei�tificate, and may discharge any such Agent, with or without appointing a successor Disseinination Agent. The Disseinination Agent shall not be i-esponsible in any manner for the content of any notice or Aimual Report prepared by the Issuer pursuant to this Disclosure Certificate. The initial Disseinination Agent shall be Speer Financial, Inc. Section 8. Amendment; Waiver. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Disclosure Cei-tificate, the Issuer may amend this Disclosure Certificate, and any provision of this Disclosure Certificate may be waived, provided that the followiilg conditions are satisfied: (a) (i) the ainendment or waiver is made in connection with a change in circuinstances that arises froin a change ill legal requireinents, change in law, or change in the identity, nature ar status of an obligated person with respect to the Bonds, or the type of business conducted; (ii) the undertaking, as amended or taking into account such waiver, would, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, have coinplied with the requirements of the Rule at the time of the original issuance of the Bonds, after taking into account any amendinents or interpretations of the Rule, as well as any change in circumstances; and (iii) the amendment or waiver either (1) is approved by a majority of the Holders, or (2) does not, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, materially impair the interests of the Holders or Beneficial Owners; or -5- Fair�ax /4 1 99 1 5-3 6/CDC over ] 0 Million (b) the amendment or waiver is necessary to comply with modifications to or interpretations of the provisions of the Rule as amlounced by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the event of any amendment or waiver of a provision of this Disclosure Certificate, the Issuer shall describe such ametldment in the next Annual Report, and shall include, as applicable, a narrative explanation of the reason for the ainendinent or waiver and its impact on the type (or in the case of a change of accounting principles, on the presentation) of financial information oz operating data being presented by the Issuer. In addition, if the amendlnent relates to the accounting principles to be followed in preparing audited financial statements, (i) notice of such change shall be given in the same mamler as for a Listed Event under Section 5(c), and (ii) the Annual Repot-t for the year in which the change is made will present a comparison or other discussion in narrative fonn (and also, if feasible, in quantitative form) describing or illustrating the material differences between the audited financial statements as prepared on the basis of the new accounting principles and those prepared on the basis of the fonner accounting principles. Section 9. Additional Inforination. Nothing in this Disclosure Certificate shall be deemed to prevent the Issuer from disseminating any other inforination, using the means of dissemination set forth in this Disclosure Certificate or any other lneans of cominunication, or including any other information in any Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event, in addition to that which is required by this Disclosure Certificate. If the Issuer chooses to include any information in any Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event in addition to that which is specifically required by this Disclosure Certificate, the Issuer shall have no obligation under this Certificate to update such infonnation or inelude it in atly future Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event. Section 10. Default. In the event of a failure of the Issuei• to coinply with any provision of this Disclosure Certificate, any Holder or Beneficial Owner inay take such actions as inay be necessary and appropriate, including seeking inandate or specific perforinance by court order, to cause the Issuer to coinply with its obligations under this Disclosure Certificate. Direct, indirect, consequential and punitive damages shall not be recoverable by any person for any default hereunder and are hereby waived to the extent pertnitted by law. A default under this Disclosure Certificate shall not be deelned an event of default under the Resolution, and the sole reinedy under this Disclosure Certificate in the event of any failure of the Issuer to coinply with this Disclosure Certificate shall be an action to compel perfoi-�nance. Section 1 L Duties, Iminunities and Liabilities of Disse�nination Agetlt. The Disseinination Agent, if any, shall have only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Disclosure Certificate, and the Issuer agrees to indemnify and save thc Disseinination Agent, its officers, directors, einployees and agents, hannless against any loss, expense and liabilities which it may incur arising out of or in the exercise or performance of its powers and duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of defending against any claiin of liability, but excluding liabilities due to the Disseinination Agent's negligence or willful misconduct. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section shall survive resignation or removal of the Disseinination Agent and paymei�t of the Bonds. -6- Fairtt�x /419915-3fi/CDC over 10 Million Section 12. Beneficiaries. This Disclosure Certiticate shall inure solely to the benefit of the Issuer, the Disseinination Agent, the Participating Underwi-iters and Holders and Beneficial Owners froin time to time of the Bonds, and shall create no rights in any other person or entity. Dated: June 28, 2023 CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA By � (�a� ���Q�-' Jo Ani1 Beer, Mayor Attest: ,, 1 By � -' � %�a Cyntl a Stiinson, City Clerk/Treasurer -7-