MINUTES OF
THE INDIANAPOLIS LOCAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND BANK
Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
February 25, 2008
MEMBERS PRESENT: Briane House
Fred Miller
Justin Christian
Jim Carr
BOND BANK PRESENT:
Kevin Taylor
Monica Durrett Kyle Willis
Jacqui Coe
Deron Kintner
Dario Requiz
OTHERS PRESENT:
Ann Forey, US Bank
Bruce Donaldson, Barnes & Thornburg
John Kirkwood, Krieg Devault
Jim Merten, City Securities
David Girton,
Curt Fritsch, CRF Financial Group
Terry Leffew, Raymond James
Diana Hamilton, Sycamore Advisors
Dennis Otten, Bose McKinney
Hans Steck, Bingham McHale
David Lewis, Chase
Mike Claytor,
Kostas Poulakidas, Kreig DeVault
Dawn Tabler, KeyBank
Sharon Karst, BNY
Molly Williams, IDI
Tom Guevara, Crowe Chizek
Steve Meno, Fifth Third
A Special Meeting of The Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank (“Bond Bank”) convened at 12:00 noon, Monday, February 25, 2008, in the City-County Building, 200 East Washington Street, Suite 224 Indianapolis, Indiana, pursuant to notice given in accordance with IC 5-14-1.5. Mr. House called the meeting to order after determining that a quorum was present.
The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes. Mr. House asked for a motion to approve the January 24, 2008 minutes. Ms. Williams made the motion to approve, seconded by Mr. Miller. All voted in favor and the motion passed. Mr. House then asked the Board for approval of the January 30, 2008. Mr. Christian made the motion to approve, seconded by Mr. Jim Carr. All voted in favor and the motion passed.
The next
order of business was an update from Mr. Kevin Taylor the Board on the Marion
County Bond Anticipation Notes - Voting Equipment. He has been working with
Mr. Kevin Taylor next gave a brief update to the Board on the status of the outstanding variable rate debt of the Bond Bank. The five variable rate bond issues total $624 million. The total outstanding is approximately $3.3 billion. The critical portion of the debt issues is the 2004A Waterworks Bonds ($50 million), are the only auction rate bonds, they are on a 35–day reset mode and to date the rate exposure is at 8-9% or 12%. The Bond Bank’s intent is to eliminate the auction rate obligation. The bonds are MBIA-insured and its downgrade in credit rating has nothing to do with the creditworthiness of the Department of Waterworks.
The next order of business was an update on the IAA – Midfield Terminal bond issue. Mr. Taylor has been in talks with Mr. Jeremiah Wise with the Airport Authority which is preparing for a bond issue on final sizing of the Midfield Terminal project. The estimated bond issuance should be approximately $450 million. This should come before the Board late Spring.
Mr. Taylor next introduced the Bond Banks two new staff members, Mr. Deron Kintner, Deputy Director/General Counsel, and Mr. Dario Requiz, Project Manager.
Mr. House commented on additional Bond Anticipation Notes that are outstanding with no issuance undertaken or anticipation the bond. He requested that the Board be provided with an overview of the BAN requiring attention for long-term funding.
Mr. Taylor then explained the general reading materials provided to the Board in order to understand the fundementals of what the Bond Bank does.
Mr. House adjourned the meeting at 12:22 p.m.