Lake County, IL
File #: 10-0323    Version: 1 Name: Line transfer for General Obligation Bonds
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/30/2010 In control: Financial & Administrative Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/13/2010
Title: Resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,643,000 in the Bond Construction Fund with offsetting revenue resulting from bond proceeds and a line item transfer in that amount within the Corporate Capital Improvement Program Fund.
Title
Resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,643,000 in the Bond Construction Fund with offsetting revenue resulting from bond proceeds and a line item transfer in that amount within the Corporate Capital Improvement Program Fund.

Staff Summary
· In August of 2008, the Lake County Board authorized the issuance of $35,360,000 in General Obligation Bonds for the purpose of building the Lake County Permit Center, the Health Department Grand Avenue Facility and the Branch Court in Park City.
· Since the authorization to issue bonds, Lake County has received proceeds resulting from the bond issuance including interest earnings related to the bond proceeds, a bond premium and unspent budget in the amount of $1,643,000.
· Proceeds resulting from the sale of General Obligation Bonds must be spent in accordance with the bond ordinance.
· This resolution appropriates unrecognized proceeds from the bond issuance and transfers expense from the Corporate Capital Improvement Program to the Bond Fund to expend bond proceeds in accordance with the bond ordinance.
· A line item in the amount of $1,643,000 will occur in the Corporate Capital Improvement Program from the Central Permit Facility account to the Unallocated Building Improvements account.

Body
WHEREAS, in August of 2008, the Lake County Board authorized the issuance of $35,360,000 in General Obligation Bonds for the purpose of building the Lake County Permit Center, the Health Department Grand Avenue Facility and the Branch Court in Park City; and

WHEREAS, Lake County has received proceeds resulting from a premium paid on the bond issuance in the amount of $595,632, interest earning in the amount of $745,714 and unspent budgeted items in the amount of $301,654; and

WHEREAS, unrecognized proceeds in the amount of $1,643,000 must be spent in accordance with the bond ordinance which restricts the use of these types of proceeds to expense related to the subject of the bond issuance; ...

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