MINUTES OF
THE INDIANAPOLIS LOCAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND BANK
Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mary Titsworth-Chandler
Jacob Hall
Tom O’Donnell
DeVonne Richburg-Pollard
OTHERS PRESENT:
Barbara Lawrence, Indianapolis Bond Bank Amy Kosnoff, Baker & Daniels
Evert Hauser, Indianapolis Bond Bank Curt Fritsch, CRF Financial Group
Katie Aeschliman, Indpls. Bond Bank
Monica Durrett, Indianapolis Bond Bank
Jacqui Coe, Indianapolis Bond Bank
Laurie Canatsey, Indpls. Bond Bank
Kyle Willis, Indianapolis Bond Bank
Matt Hall, NatCity Investments
Connie Allman, Hoosier Trust Co.
Robert Clifford, City Controller
Kostas Poulakitas, Kreig DeVault
Diana Hamilton, Sycamore Adv., LLC
Hans Steck, Bingham McHale
Molly Williams, IDI
Bob Kocher, JP Morgan
Sharon Karst, JP Morgan
George Buskirk, Hoosier Trust
Jim Merten, City Securities
JC Lewis,
A Special Meeting of the Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank (“Bond Bank”) convened at 12:00 noon, Monday, June 19, 2006, at the City-County Building, 200 East Washington Street, Suite 224, Indianapolis, Indiana, pursuant to notice given in accordance with IC 5-14-1.5. Ms. Mary Chandler called the meeting to order after determining that a quorum was present.
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The first order of business was Resolution No. 9 – SRF Loan
9. Ms. Katie Aeschliman explained that the resolution authorizes the Bond Bank
to issue $35,250,000 of bonds at a rate not to exceed 4%. The Bond Bank will do
this through the SRF Program as loan No. 9. She then explained that in Fall
2005 the City-County Council authorized an increase in the sewer revenues and
an issuance of $160 million to complete the first phase of construction for the
sanitary-sewer projects. She then stated that in December 2005 the Bond Bank
Board approved $95 million for SRF loan No. 8. Loan No. 9 is the second part of
the first phase in the amount of $35.25 million. The Bond Bank anticipates
completing the first phase of the entire $160 million with an open market bond
issue in the next few months. She then mentioned that included in the
resolution were two amendments to the financial assistance agreements, for
loans 7 & 8 respectively, which extend the time of the drawdown period for
the Sanitary District. She explained that this was necessary due to changes to
the imminent domain law which occurred during the most recent session of the
General Assembly. This has caused delays in projects for the City of
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The next order of business was the Bond Bank Draft Audit
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Ms. Lawrence then explained that Katz, Sapper, & Miller
had been doing the Bond Bank’s audit work since 2000, and are well versed in
the Bond Bank’s operations. She mentioned that Scott Schuster has been the
managing partner overseeing the Bond Bank’s actual audit and had experience
working with the Bond Bank prior to the new administration for the City of
Mr. Schuster explained the contents of the handout given to the Board. He stated that it was a clean opinion and there were no significant changes in the Bond Bank’s accounting policies for the year. He then stated that the only major accounting estimate in the financial statement was where the Bond Bank advances money to different Qualified Entities during the year, whereas, Katz Sapper, & Miller has to set an allowance for what they expect the Bond Bank will recover from the advances. There were no disagreements with management or consultations with other independent counsel. There were no difficulties in performing the audit.
He then explained some of the dollar figures to the Board regarding, statement of revenues and expenses, interest income, and administrative costs to the bonds.
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The next order of business was ongoing issues with the Bond
Bank. Ms. Lawrence explained the companion bond issue to the SRF (open market
bond issue). The bond issue will be in the $40-$50 million range, primarily for
projects that are not eligible under the SRF program or from a timing
standpoint. This will possibly come before the Board in August 2006. Chair
The Bond Bank is working with the Controller’s Office on COIT (County Option Income Tax) Notes. The process is similar to the tax warrants program. Those will likely be issued in July 2006.
Mr. Jacob Hall asked Ms. Lawrence if the Bond Bank would be involved in a bond issue for infrastructure for the near-eastside. Ms. Lawrence stated that that is correct and it appears that early fall 2006 is the target.
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