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Home My WebLink About2009-09-24-4:15PM-SPECIAL SESSION 0 oG ~0 7001 SEP 21 P 4: 12 ~Tr °F BgP ^Amlc(NkfPi tilYCIEE BRAZOS COUNTY fflym I BRYAN, TEXAS °+r NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BRAZOS COUNTY WILL MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON 24 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT 4:15 P•M. IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM OF THE BRAZOS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 200 S. TEXAS AVE., SUITE 106, BRYAN, TEXAS. 1. Call to Order. 2. Consideration of and action on an Order Approving and Authorizing Publication of Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation and other matters related thereto. 3. Adjourn Brazos County Courthouse • 300 East 2e St. Sulte 106 • Bryan, Texas 77803 Fax: (979) 823-6993 ~d5 asp COMMISSIONERS' COURT SPECIAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 A special meeting of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas was held in Commissioners Courtroom in the County Administration Building, 200 South Texas Avenue, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, beginning at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, September 24, 2009 with the following members of the Court present: Randy Sims, County Judge, Presiding; Lloyd Wassermann, Commissioner of Precinct 1, Absent; Duane Peters, Commissioner of Precinct 2; Kenny Mallard, Commissioner of Precinct 3; Irma Cauley, Commissioner of Precinct 4; Karen McQueen, County Clerk, Absent. The attached sheet contains the names of the citizens and officials that were in attendance. The County Judge called the meeting to order and then proceeded to consider an Order Approving and Authorizing Publication of Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation and other matters related thereto. On motion by the County Judge, seconded by Commissioner Cauley, the Court voted unanimously to adopt the Order Approving and Authorizing Publication of Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of obligation and other matters related thereto. A copy is attached. Vol W5 Page 9-1 Commissioners Court meeting September 24, 2009 2 There being no further business to come before the Court, the meeting was adjourned. Vol )a5 Page '958 The foregoing minutes of the Commissioners Court meeting held September 24, 2009 have been examined and are approved in open Court this the 970- day of OCfpb2r 2009, in Bryan, Brazos ounty, Texag FRO.//~L Randy S' s Lloyd assermann Coun Judge Commissioner, Precinct 1 Duane Peters Kenny Mall Commissioner, Precinct 2 Commissione Precinct 3 Irma Ca Commissione recinct 4 Attest: Ka en McQueen County Clerk Vol J d 5 Page J S 9 BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONER`!S// COURT Meeting on rr / 200f@ Name Organization / Department IQ c) CEO , P.V~Q, del PAGE of VOL 1(6P;GE c~ qP CERTIFICATE FOR ORDER We, the undersigned County Judge and County Clerk of Brazos County. Texas (the "County") hereby certify as follows 1. The Commissioners Court of the County (the "Commissioners Court") convened in special session, open to the public. on September 24, 2009, at the meeting place designated in the notice (the "yleetin;'). and the roll was called of the members, to wit Randy Sims. County Judge Kenny Mallard. Commissioner, Pct. 3 Llovd Wassermann. Commissioner. Pct. I Irma CaLllev, Coin inissioner. Pct. 4 Duane Peters. Commissioner. Pct 2 All members of the Commissioners Court were present. except jl oyd h 1d orla t? l thus constituting a quorum. Whereupon :unong other business. the following was transacted at the Meeting: a written ORDER APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO (the -'Order") was duly introduced for the consideration of the Commissioners Court. It was then duly moved and seconded that the Order be finally passed and adopted: and after due discussion, such motion, carrying with it the adoption of the Order prevailed and carried by the following vote: YES:4 NOES: O ABSTENTIONS: 4n . 2. A true. full, and correct copy of the Order adopted at the Meeting is attached to and follows this Certificate: the Order has been duly recorded in the Coin in issioners Court's minutes of the Meeting; the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full, and correct excerpt from the Commissioners Courts minutes of the Meeting pertaining to the adoption of the Order: the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph are duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and members of the Council as indicated therein: each of the officers and members of the Commissioners Court was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally. in advance, of the time, place, and purpose of the Nleeting. and that the Order Would be introduced and considered for adoption at the Meeting and each of such officers and members consented. in advance, to the holding of the Meeting for such purpose: and the Mecting was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting was given, all as required by Chapter » 1. Texas Government Code. as amended. 3. Karen McQueen is the duly elected and acting County Clerk of tile COLUM. SIGNED AND SEALED this September 24. 2009. /l ~-~/!mot-L. /.C _ ~'Iz-I f Keare McQueen Randy Sims / County Clerk, Brazos County. Texas County Jude. Brazos County. Texas (COMMISSIONERS COURT SEAL) v0 la5 pr,c.E 9-9 ORDER APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court (the "Court") of Brazos County, Texas (the "County"), finds that the design, planning, acquisition, construction, equipping, expansion, and/or renovation of the public property and payment of fees for professional services described in Exhibit "A" hereto would be beneficial to the inhabitants of the County, and such property is needed to perform essential governmental functions, and the Court has determined that certificates of obligation (the "Certificates") should be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, Section 271.041 at seq., Texas Local Government Code (the "Act'), for such purposes; WHEREAS, prior to the issuance of the Certificates, the Court is required under the Act to publish notice of its intention to issue the Certificates in a newspaper of general circulation in the County, the notice stating (i) the time and place the Court tentatively proposes to pass the order authorizing the issuance of the Certificates (the "Order"), (ii) the maximum amount of Certificates proposed to be issued, (iii) the purposes for which the Certificates are to be issued, and (iv) the manner in which the Court proposes to pay the Certificates; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The form and substance of the form of NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted and approved. Section 2. The County Judge or the County Clerk shall cause the notice to be published, in substantially the form attached hereto, in a newspaper, as defined in Section 2051.044, Texas Government Code, as amended, of general circulation in the County for two consecutive weeks, the date of first publication to be at least 30 days prior to the date tentatively set for approval of the Order. Section 3. Both the County Judge and the County Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the certificate to which this Order is attached on behalf of the Court and to do all things proper and necessary to carry out the intent thereof. r s r EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the Commissioners Court of Brazos County, Texas (the "County"), to issue interest-bearing Certificates of Obligation of the County to be designated and known as the "BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2009 (the "Certificates") for the purpose of providing for the payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in connection with the design, planning, acquisition, construction, equipping, expansion, and/or renovation of certain public property, specifically being the expansion of the exposition center and furnishings and equipment therefor; and the payment of contractual obligations for professional services in connection with such projects (including, but not limited to, financial advisory, legal, architectural, and engineering). The Commissioners Court tentatively proposes to authorize the issuance of the Certificates at its regular meeting place in the Commissioners Courtroom, Brazos County Administration Building, 200 South Texas Avenue, Suite 106, Bryan, Texas, at a Regular Meeting of the Commissioners Court to be commenced at 9:00 a.m., on the 27th day of October, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000. The Commissioners Court presently proposes to provide for payment of the Certificates by the pledge of an annual ad valorem tax levied upon all taxable property within the County, within the limits prescribed by law, and by a pledge of $1,000 of certain of the revenues received by the County from the operation of the Brazos Center. The Certificates are to be issued, and this notice is given, pursuant to Section 271.041, er seq., Texas Local Government Code. /s/ Randy Sims County Judge, Brazos County, Texas ATTEST: /s/ Karen McOueen County Clerk, Brazos County, Texas (COMMISSIONERS COURT SEAL)