2005-88 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS

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i ; ' i , r � TABLE OF CONTENTS ORDINANCE NUMBER ZOOS-88 Arr O�nv.�rrcE providing for the issuance of $4,705,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2005, of the City of Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, and providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual t� for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds. W��As by virtue of its population, the City of Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (the "City"), and pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, the City is a home rule unit and may exercise any power or perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to tax and to incur debt; and W�xEa,s pursuant to the provisions of said Section 6, the City has the power to incur debt payable from ad valorem property tax receipts or from any other lawful source and maturing within 40 years from the time it is incurred without prior referendum approval; and W��As on the 25th day of February, 1982, the Council of the City(the "Council") did adopt an ordinance determining the procedures to be followed in the borrowing of money for public purposes of the City and in evidence of such borrowing the issuing of full faith and credit bonds of the City without referendum approval, such ordinance being entitled: ORDINANCENO. gZ-22 Aiv Oxnn•r�vcE establishing procedures to be followed in incurring indebtedness for corporate purposes, issuing bonds to evidence such indebtedness and directing the levying of taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, for the purpose of paying principal and interest on such bonds as the same become due. (the "Enabling Ordinance"); and W�xEAs the City has heretofore issued the following outstanding and validly subsisting and unpaid obligations (the "Prior Bonds"): -vi-