BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA  ORDINANCE NO. 07-2015  AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BY THE ISSUE OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTE IN THE AMOUNT OF $162,572.52 FOR SUNDRY PURPOSES; FIXING THE FORM, NUMBER, DATE, INTEREST AD MATURITY THEREOF; MAKING A COVENANT FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE NOTE; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SINKING FUND DEPOSITORY FOR THE. NOTE; AND AUTHORIZING CXECUTION, SALE AND DELIVERY THEREOF.  WHEREAS, it is necessary that the indebtedness of the Borough of Clarks Summit, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania ("the Borough"), be increased for the purpose of purchasing  a2016 dump truck ("the Truck"); and  WHEREAS, the Borough has received. preliminary realistic cost estimates from professional consultants indicating the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars Fifty-Two Cents ($162,572.52) will be needed to purchase the Truck; and WHEREAS, the proposed increase of debt, together with its non-electoral indebtedness and its lease-rental indebtedness currently outstanding, will not cause the limitations of the Borough debt-incurring power, pursuant to constitutional and statutory authority, to be exceeded; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Borough, and iti is SECTION 1. The aggregate principal amount oft the Note of the Borough proposed to be issued is One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars Fifty-Two Cents ($162,572.52), same to be issued for the foregoing purposes and. same to be incurred as  hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of same as follows:  non-electoral debt.  1    SECTION 2. The period of useful life of the improvements for which this obligation is SECTION: 3. Said indebtedness shall be evidenced by one general obligation Note ("the Note"), in fully registered form, in the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars Fifty-Two Cents ($162,572.52), dated and bearing interest from the earliest date of possible issue of said Note under the statutory time requirements as set forth in the Actof the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved the 28th day of April, 1978, being Act 52 of 1978 Session and known as the Local Government Unit Debt Act, at the rate ofi interest of 1.54% per annum, payable on the unpaid balance of the Note during the term of said Note, together with interest on overdue principal, and to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest, at the rate of1.54% per annum, (computed on the basis of 360 days to the year) until paid, which Note shall mature in installments on the annual anniversary date of said Note as  to be issued is estimated to be in excess oft ten (10) years.  follows:  YEAR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  PRINCIPAL ANNUAL PAYMENT  $1 13,547.71 $32,514.50 $3 32,514.50 $32,514.50 $32,514.50 1 18,966.79  The Borough reserves the right to anticipate any or all installments of principal or any payment ofinterest at any time prior to the respective payments dates thereof, without notice or  penalty.  The principal and interest of the Note shall be payable at the office of the sinking fund SECTION 4. The Note is hereby declared to be a general obligation of the Borough. The Borough hereby covenants that it shall include the amount of debt service on the Note for each fiscal year in which such sums are payable in its budget for that year; that it shall  depository selected for the Note as hereinafter provided.  2    appropriate such amounts to the payment of such debt service; and that it shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of the Note and the interest thereon at the dates and places and in the manner stated in the Note according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and for such proper budgeting, appropriation and payment, the full faith, credit and taxing power  ofthe Borough is hereby irrevocably pledged.  The amounts which the Borough hereby covenants to pay in each of the following fiscal  years on the basis of an interest rate of1.54%, fixed, are as follows:  YEAR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  PRINCIPAL ANNUAL PAYMENT  $ 13,547.71 $3 32,514.50 $3 32,514.50 $32,514.50 $32,514.50 1 18,966.79  SECTION 5. The form of the Note shall be substantially as set forth in the exhibit  attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A.  SECTION 6. The Note shall be executed in the name and under the corporate seal oft the Borough by the Borough Council president and the mayor oft the Borough and attested to by the secretary of the Borough. The treasurer of the Borough is hereby authorized and directed to deliver said Note to the purchaser, and to receive payment therefor on behalf of the Borough. The president of Borough Council, the solicitor and/or the secretary of the Borough are hereby authorized and directed to prepare, verify and file the debt statement required by Section 8110 of the Act and to take other necessary action, including, if necessary or desirable, any statements required to qualify any portion of the debt from the appropriate debt limit as self-liquidating or  subsidized debt.  SECTION 7. Landmark Community Bank, 2 South Main Street, Pittston, Pennsylvania,  3    is hereby designated as the Sinking Fund Depository for the obligation herein authorized, and there is hereby created and established a Sinking Fund to be known as "Sinking Fund 2015 General Obligation Note" for the payment of the principal and interest thereon which shall be deposited into the Sinking Fund no later than the date upon which the same becomes due and payable. The Treasurer shall deposit into the Sinking Fund, which shall be maintained until such obligation is paid in full, sufficient amounts for payment of principal and interest on the obligation no later than the date upon which such payments shall become due. The Sinking Fund Depository shall, as and when said payments are due, without further action by the Borough, withdraw available monies in the Sinking Fund and apply said monies to payment of principal  and interest on the obligation.  SECTION 8. The president of the Borough Council, the treasurer and the secretary of the Borough are hereby authorized to contract with Landmark Community Bank for its services  as Sinking Fund Depository for the Note and paying agent for the same.  SECTION 9. In compliance with Section 8161 of the Act, the members of the Borough Council of the Borough have determined that aj private sale by negotiation rather than public sale is in the best financial interest of the Borough. Therefore, the general obligation Note in the amount of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars Fifty-Two Cents ($162,572.52), herein authorized to be issued and sold is hereby awarded and sold to Landmark Community Bank, 2 South Main Street, Pittston, Pennsylvania, in accordance with its proposal toj purchase the Note at par; provided the Note is dated the delivery thereofto Landmark Community Bank and is in the form set forth in this ordinance as Exhibit A; and further provided that the proceedings have been approved by the Department of Community and Economic  Development if such approval is required under the provisions of the Act.  4    SECTION 10. The action oft the proper officers and the advertising ofa summary oft this ordinance as required by law in The Scranton Times-Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation, isra ratified and confirmed. The advertisement in said newspaper, or in other newspaper of general circulation, of the enactment of the ordinance is hereby directed within fifteen (15) days  following the day of final enactment.  SECTION 11. All ordinances or parts of ordinances not in accord with this ordinance  are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict herewith.  5    ORDAINED AND ENACTED this, day ofJuly 1,2 2015.  BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT  BY  a  GERMAINE CAREY K PRESIDENT, BOROUGH COUNCIL  ATTEST:  VIRGINIA KEHOE  SECRETARY,BORQUOHA OF CLARKS SUMMIT  1  APPROVED this 1st day ofJuly, 2015.  BY:  P Amn PATTY LAWLER  MAYOR, BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT  SEAL  6