IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance of special obligation bonds (Justice with Dignity Project) Series 2022A of Jackson County, Missouri, and authorizing certain other documents and actions in connection therewith.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5667, September 19, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller and Jeanie Lauer, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, Jackson County operates pursuant to a County Home Rule Charter and is a political subdivision of the State of Missouri, duly created, organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, the County desires to finance, refinance, and reimburse the costs of certain capital improvements and is authorized under the provisions of the Constitution of Missouri and the County Charter to issue and sell special obligation bonds for the purpose of providing funds to finance, refinance, and reimburse the costs of certain capital improvements and to provide that the principal of and interest on such special obligations bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from annual appropriations by the Legislature; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature finds and determines that it is advantageous and in the best interests of the County that the County issue its Special Obligation Bonds (Justice With Dignity Project) Series 2022A (the "Bonds") for the purpose of (a) financing, refinancing and reimbursing a portion of the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, improving, furnishing and equipping a new detention center (the "Project"), (b) funding a capitalized interest fund, and (c) paying the costs of issuing the Bonds; and,
WHEREAS, it is hereby found and determined that it is necessary and advisable and in the best interest of the County and of its inhabitants that the Bonds be issued and secured in the form and manner as hereinafter provided to provide funds for such purposes and to provide that the principal ...
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