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CCR2009077-RLFManualAmend COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO RESOLUTION #077-2009 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND MANUAL WHEREAS, The City approved a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Manual on May 14, 1991 in accordance with the Wisconsin Department of Development, as a participant in the Wisconsin Development Fund (WDF) Loan Program; and WHEREAS, The Manual was rewritten to conform with current Wisconsin Department of Commerce requirements, and renamed “City of Muskego Revolving Loan Fund Program – Policies and Procedures Manual” as approved by the Common Council on June 24, 2003; and WHEREAS, The Manual was amended to increase the awareness of the Revolving Loan Fund process of the RLF Loans and the amendments were approved by the Community Development Authority on October 21, 2008; and WHEREAS, The amendments required approval of the WI Department of Commerce; and WHEREAS, The Committee of the Whole discussed the Revolving Loan Fund program and recommended the Community Development Authority (CDA) administer the RLF plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Common Council of the City of Muskego, upon the recommendation of the Community Development Authority, does hereby authorize the amendments to the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Manual in accordance with the Policies and Procedures Manual amendments attached. TH DATED THIS 26 DAY OF MAY , 2009. SPONSORED BY: Alderman Kert Harenda Alderman Keith Werner This is to certify that this is a true and accurate copy of Resolution #077-2009 which was adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego. ____________________________ Clerk-Treasurer 5.5.01 Project Application. SEWRPC staff shall review the application for completeness and verify that the proposed project meets the minimum requirements provided in Section 3.6. If the application is not complete, SEWRPC staff will inform the applicant of the deficiencies. A complete application, as determined by SEWRPC staff, must be received no less than 15 days prior to a scheduled Community Development Authority meeting in order to be available for discussion for that CDA meeting. After SEWRPC collects and verifies all documentation provided by the applicant(s), and upon SEWRPC notification of receipt of the complete application, the CDA will promptly schedule a meeting (possibly including a closed session if needed) to evaluate the loan application. The City of Muskego Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program retains a finite amount of funding at any given point in time. Muskego’s Community Development Authority (CDA) is responsible to assure these funds are used in such a manner as to optimize business stimulation / preservation goals per available RLF dollar. As a result, the CDA reserves the right to modify the criteria used to approve, amend, or deny loan applications based on the current interests of the City of Muskego. 5.6 CDA CONSIDERATIONS Below is a list of some of the criteria the CDA and Common Council may consider in the review of a loan at a public meeting in open or closed session. Further eligibility requirements are found in Section 3 of this manual. No one particular item will unduly advance or disqualify your application. The CDA looks at the full picture when choosing its RLF recipients. 5.6.01 Amount of the loan request. 5.6.02 Number of jobs to be created compared to the loan amount requested. 5.6.03 Number of jobs being made available to low-income and moderate- income persons. 5.6.04 Eligibility of activities the loan is requested for. See Section 3. 5.6.05 Personal financial information (Note: Submission of personal financial information may require the CDA go into closed session to keep this information private and available only to the City and SEWRPC. When reviewing any RLF loan application, the potential for going into closed session will be noted on that evening's CDA agenda so as not to postpone your application process. Providing for the possibility of a closed session on the agenda does not guarantee a closed session will be necessary.). 5.6.06 Application completeness. 5.6.07 If sufficient time was allowed for the Authority or Council to review the application. 5.6.08 Necessity of requested loan. 5.6.09 Adequate loan securitization by pursuable collateral. 5.7 MUSKEGO COMMON COUNCIL REVIEW The CDA will forward its recommendation(s) regarding each RLF loan application to the Muskego Common Council for further review. Unless specifically requested, only the CDA recommendation, not the full application file, will be forwarded. The Common Council has the final authority to approve or deny all RLF applications, and will communicate its decision directly to SEWRPC. If the Common Council issues loan approval, SEWRPC will follow all applicable steps through loan closing to assure the traditional banking loans and the RLF close as approved. 6.1.02 Loan Agreement. The City Attorney, or designee, shall prepare a loan agreement that shall be executed by the Mayor and City Clerk, as well as the authorized representatives of the business. A loan closing must take place within 120 days from approval of a loan by the Common Council or re-approval by the CDA and Council is required. 7.2 DOCUMENT RETENTION Assuming the loan closes successfully, SEWRPC must retain all documentation pertaining to this loan, until such time as the loan is: 7.2.01 Paid off in full: In this case, after three years, SEWRPC may destroy all loan documents EXCEPT the loan application form. 7.2.02 Forty-five days delinquent: In this circumstance, upon notification from the City of the default, SEWRPC must forward a copy of the file, including all application and loan closing documentation, to the CDA for discussion and consideration, which may include steps to legally perfect its RLF loan security claims to minimize any losses to the City of Muskego’s Revolving Loan Fund program. 7.2.03 Delinquent loan reinstatement: The CDA must return the complete loan file to SEWRPC, who will then retain the file based on the requirements of 7.2.01.