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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No 2024 - 03 Police Department Equipment Lease AuthCity of Rexburg Police Department Equipment Lease Authorization Resolution No 2024 - 03 A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF REXBURG CITY, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN MUNICIPAL LEASE -PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, FINANCING AND LEASING OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE TERMS PROVIDED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF ALL OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, the City of Rexburg (the "Lessee'), a city duly organized and existing as a political subdivision, municipal corporation or similar public entity of the State of Idaho, is authorized by the laws of the State of Idaho to acquire, finance and lease personal property for the benefit of the Lessee and its inhabitants and to enter into contracts with respect thereto; and WHEREAS, the Lessee desires to acquire, finance and lease certain equipment up to $5oo,000 in total equipment financed constituting personal property necessary for the Lessee to perform essential governmental functions (the "Equipment"); and WHEREAS, in order to acquire such Equipment, the Lessee proposes to enter into Municipal Lease -Purchase Agreements (the "Agreements') with Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc. DBA Umpqua Bank Equipment Leasing & Finance (or one of its affiliates), as lessor, (the "Lessor'), the form of which has been presented to the governing body of the Lessee at this meeting; and WHEREAS, the governing body of the Lessee deems it for the benefit of the Lessee and for the efficient and effective administration thereof to enter into the Agreements and the other documentation relating to the acquisition, financing and leasing of the Equipment to be therein described on the terms and conditions therein and herein provided; Now, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the governing body of the Lessee as follows: Section 1. Findings and Determinations. It is hereby found and determined that the terms of the Agreements, in the form presented to the governing body of Lessee at this meeting, are in the best interests of the Lessee for the acquisition, financing and leasing of the Equipment. Section 2. Approval of Documents; Designation as Bank Qualified. The form, terms and provisions of the Agreements are hereby approved in substantially the forms presented at this meeting, with such insertions, omissions and changes as shall be approved by the City Council of Rexburg of the Lessee or other members of the governing body of the Lessee executing the same, the execution of such documents being conclusive evidence of such approval; and the Mayor of Rexburg of the Lessee is hereby authorized and directed to execute, and the City Clerk of the Lessee is hereby authorized and directed to attest, the Agreements and any related Exhibits attached thereto and to deliver the Agreements (including such Exhibits) to the respective parties thereto [, and the City Clerk of the Lessee is hereby authorized to affix the seal of the Lessee to such documents]. Section 3. Other Actions Authorized. The officers and employees of the Lessee shall take all action necessary or reasonably required by the parties to the Agreements to carry out, give effect to and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby (including the execution and delivery of a Final Acceptance Certificate, escrow agreements, disbursement requests and any tax certificate and agreement, as contemplated in the Agreements) and to take all action necessary in conformity therewith, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of any closing and other documents required to be delivered in connection with the Agreements, including designation of the Agreements as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" under Section 265(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if requirements for such designation can be met. Section 4. Appointment of Authorized Lessee Representatives. The Chief Finance Officer and the Mayor of the Lessee are each hereby designated to act as authorized representatives of the Lessee for purposes of the Agreements and any escrow agreements until such time as the governing body of the Lessee shall designate any other or different authorized representative for purposes of the Agreements or any escrow agreement. Section 5. Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Resolution shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Resolution. Section 6. Repealer. All bylaws, orders and resolutions or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency with respect to this Resolution. This repealer shall not be construed as reviving any bylaw, order, resolution or ordinance or part thereof. Section 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its approval and adoption. ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the governing body of the Lessee this loth day of March 2024. ORP0�9T ''-.G) EA L.:� .�•'O`�: OFVD P 0 ��imiunnuu�� ATTEST: By: Vl Printed: Name: Deborah Lovejo� Title: City Clerk THE CITY OF REXBURG, as lessee By: P ted N e: Jerry Merrill Title: Mayor