§ 122-56. Issuance.

(a)

The Board of County Commissioners shall have the power and it is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time in series, for the issuance of bonds of the county for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of the projects. The principal of and interest on each series of bonds shall be payable from pledged revenues. At the option of the Board of County Commissioners, the county may covenant to budget and appropriate from nonad valorem revenue sources identified by the county by resolution or from general nonad valorem revenues of the county an amount necessary to make up and deficiency in the payment of the bonds.

(b)

In anticipation of the sale of bonds, the county may, by resolution, issue notes and may renew the same from time to time. Such notes may be paid from the moneys derived by the county from the sources described in subsection 122-46(6). The notes shall be issued in the same manner as the bonds. Bonds and notes shall be, and shall be deemed to be, for all purposes, negotiable instruments, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes for registration.

(c)

The bonds shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, shall mature at such times as may be determined by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the county, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Board of County Commissioners. The bonds may, at the option of the Board of County Commissioners, bear interest at a variable rate. The Board of County Commissioners shall determine by resolution the form of the bonds, the manner of executing such bonds, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of such bonds, the place or places of payment of the principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state, and such other terms and provisions of the bonds as it deems appropriate. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the Board of County Commissioners shall determine by resolution. The bonds may be delivered to any contractor for payment for his work in constructing a project or may be sold in such manner and for such price as the Board of County Commissioners may determine by resolution to be for the best interests of the county.

(d)

Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds of any series, the Board of County Commissioners may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary bonds, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. The Board of County Commissioners may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated, or be destroyed or lost. Bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this article.

(e)

The county may issue bonds for projects in different units pursuant to a single resolution, provided such resolution identifies each project to be financed and the unit in which it is located.

(f)

The county may, at its option, issue bonds bearing a variable rate of interest, whereupon the interest rate and installment payments applicable to special assessments shall be subject to adjustment as provided by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. In such event, the county may impose on such annual installment payments such rate of interest as shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by subsection 122-42(10) as shall be determined on the 15th day prior to the date the bill for such annual installment is mailed by the county. If amounts of interest collected by the county exceed, in the aggregate, the amount of interest that would have been collected if interest was imposed at the maximum rate permitted to be charged on special assessments as provided in subsection 122-42(10), the excess amounts shall be credited to the next installment or be returned to the property owners who paid such amounts, as provided by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. If the amounts of interest collected by the county are less, in the aggregate, than the amount of interest that would have been collected if interest was imposed at the maximum rate permitted to be charged on special assessments as provided in subsection 122-42(10), such deficiency may be imposed as a surcharge on the next installment.

(Ord. No. 88-23, § 6)