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t <br /> . , <br /> k.i� t� � ' , � I�ICROFlLMED <br /> � <br /> � � � �� <br /> � 7-� � � � <br /> ORDINANCE NO . � U � � _ '� 3 <br /> AN ORDINANCE setting forth the determina- <br /> tion of the Council of the City of Decatur, <br /> • Macon County,Illinois , that it is in the <br /> public interest to assist hospitals serving <br /> residents of the City in financin� hospital <br /> facilities , and prescribing the procedures to <br /> be followed in the issuance of Hospital Facilit,y <br /> Revenue Bonds by the City. <br /> � � � <br /> WHEREAS, Section 6 (a) of Article VII of the 1970 <br /> Constitution of Illinois provides that "any municipality which has <br /> a population of more than 25,000 (is ) a Home Rule Unit ", and the <br /> City of Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (the "City") , has a <br /> population in excess of 25,000 and is therefore a Home Rule Unit <br /> and may under the powers granted by Section 6 (a) of Article VII I <br /> r`exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its ' <br /> government and affairs . . . "; and , <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore found and does <br /> hereby find that it is necessary and in the interests of the public <br /> health and the welfare of the residents of the City to use the <br /> powers granted to the City by said Section of the 1970 Constitution <br /> to authorize the issuance of bonds by the City so that the City may <br /> assist not-for-prof�t hospitals open to the public in building, <br /> maintaining and improving hospital and health care facilities for <br /> the benefit of the residents of the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the issuance of hospital facility revenue bonds <br /> to finance in whole or in part the cost of acquisition, purchase , <br /> Exhibit A � <br />