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said improvements or purposes, negotiable bond anticipation notes are hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to and within the limitations prescribed by the Local Bond Law.
Section 3.(a) The improvements hereby authorized and the purposes for which the obligations are to be issued consist of the acquisition of various police equipment for the Township, including body-worn cameras for officers and in-car video and communication systems for police vehicles, together with all purposes necessary, incidental or appurtenant thereto, all as shown on and in accordance with contracts, plans, specifications or requisitions therefor on file with or through the Township Clerk, as finally approved by the governing body of the Township.
(b)The estimated maximum amount of bonds or notes to be issued for the improvements or purposes described in Section 3(a) hereof is $836,435, as stated in Section 2 hereof.
- (c)The estimated cost of the improvements or purposes described in Section 3(a) hereof is $880,458, which is equal to the amount of the appropriation herein made therefor. The excess of the appropriation of $880,458 over the estimated maximum amount of bonds or notes to be issued therefor being the amount of said $44,023 down payment for said purposes.
- Section 4. All bond anticipation notes issued hereunder shall mature at such times as may be determined by the chief financial officer of the Township, provided that no note shall mature later than one (1) year from its date. All notes issued hereunder may be renewed from time to time subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:2-8. The notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates and be in such form as may be determined by the chief financial officer, who shall determine all matters in connection with notes issued pursuant to this ordinance, and the chief financial officer's signature upon the notes shall be conclusive evidence as to all such determinations. The chief financial officer is hereby authorized to sell part or all of the notes from time to time at public or private sale and to deliver them to the purchasers thereof upon receipt of payment of the purchase price plus accrued interest from their dates to the date of delivery thereof. The chief financial officer is directed to report in writing to the governing body at the meeting next succeeding the date when any sale or delivery of such notes occurs, such report shall include the amount, the description, the interest rate and the maturity schedule of the notes sold, the price obtained and the name of the purchaser.
- Section 5. The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited and stated:
- (a)The improvements or purposes described in Section 3 of this bond ordinance are not a current expense and are improvements or purposes that the Township may lawfully undertake as general improvements, and no part of the cost thereof has been or shall be specially assessed on property specially benefited thereby.
- (b)The average period of usefulness of the improvements or purposes, within the limitations of the Local Bond Law and taking into consideration the amount of the obligations authorized for said purposes, according to the reasonable life thereof computed from the date of the bonds authorized by this bond ordinance, is five (5) years.
- (c)The Supplemental Debt Statement required by the Local Bond Law has been duly prepared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk, and a complete executed duplicate thereof has been filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey. Such Statement shows that the gross debt of the Township as defined in the Local Bond Law is increased by the authorization of the bonds and notes provided in this bond ordinance by $836,435 and the obligations authorized herein will be within all debt limitations prescribed by that Law.
- (d)An aggregate amount not exceeding $15,000 for interest on said obligations, costs of issuing said obligations, engineering costs, legal fees and other items of expense listed in and permitted under N.J.S.A. 40A:2-20 is included as part of the cost of said