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CCR1996032'U :. (Defeasance of I99 I Bonds) of the Common Council Held January 23, 1996 Excerpts of Minutes of the Meeting Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, was held in open session upon due notice on January 23, 1996 at 7:45 P.M. in the City Hall. The following Alderpersons were present: Aldermen D'Acquisto, Misko, Patterson, Rasmussen, Salentine, Sanders, and Suhr. A duly-convened meeting of the Common Council of the City of The following Alderpersons were absent None The Mayor opened the meeting by announcing that this was an open meeting of the Common Council Notice of this meeting was given to the public at least 24 hours prior to the meeting by forwarding the complete agenda to the official City newspaper, the Muskeso Sun, and to all news media who have requested the same as well as posting Copies of the complete agenda were available for inspection at the City Clerk's office Anyone desiring information as to forthcoming meetings should contact the City Clerk's office. 0 (Here occurred business not pertinent to the authorization of the escrow agreement.) On motion made by Alderperson D'Acquisto Alderperson Patterson , the following resolution was adopted and seconded by by a vote of 7 to 0. Resolution NO. 3a -q\o A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION SEWERAGE BONDS, OF THE CITY OF MUSKEG0 DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1991 (the "City") has outstanding its General Obligation Sewerage Bonds, dated February 1, 1991 (the "1991 Bonds"); and WHEREAS, the City of Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Q82\205075.1 WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable to establish an escrow account for the purpose of providing for the payment of the 1991 Bonds which mature in the years 1996 through 2001; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, that: 1 Establishment of Escrow Account. The officers of the City are authorized and directed to execute an Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A with a bank or trust company approved by the Mayor and City Clerk The form of the Escrow Agreement may be modified by said officers prior to execution, the execution of such Agreement to constitute full approval of the City of any such modifications. The deposit into the Escrow Account to be established with the Escrow Agent of funds of the City in an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the 1991 Bonds which mature in the years 1996 through 2001 is authorized and directed to be accomplished concurrently with the execution of the Escrow Agreement and the subsequent use, investment and disbursement thereof by the Escrow Agent in the manner provided in the Escrow Agreement is authorized and approved 2 Call of 1991 Bonds The 1991 Bonds maturing in the years 1998 through 2001 are called for prior payment on November 1, 1997 at the price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. The Escrow Agent shall be directed pursuant to the Escrow Agreement to give notice of call of the 1991 Bonds to be redeemed. 0 (Here occurred business not pertinent to the escrow account authorization.) upon motion made and duly seconded, the meeting was adjourned. 0 -2 - Q02\206076.1 EXHIBIT A ESCROW AGREEMENT This Escrow Agreement is made and entered into this dav of , 1996, by and between - Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin ("City") ("Escrow Agent") and the City of Recitals The City has outstanding its General Obligation Sewerage Bonds, dated February 1, 1991 (the "1991 Bonds") The City desires to set aside funds sufficient to provide mature in the years 1996 through 2001. for the payment of the debt service on the 1991 Bonds which Escrow Agent has been appointed to hold and administer the Escrow Account herein established. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth, the parties therefore agree: 1 Escrow DeDOSit Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the City has irrevocably deposited $ which sum is necessary to accomplish the purposes hereof, to be held and used by Escrow Agent, together with any investment income accruing thereto, in escrow only as herein set forth. 0 when held, invested and paid in accordance herewith will be sufficient to make all payments required hereby, and agrees that deposit will not be so sufficient, it will, upon notice by the if at any time it shall appear to Escrow Agent that such escrow hand and legally available for that purpose to the extent Escrow Agent, forthwith deposit in the Escrow Account money on required to meet fully the payments required hereby. The City represents and warrants that this escrow deposit, receipt of the escrow deposit hereunder and accepts the responsibilities imposed on it, as Escrow Agent, by this Agreement . 2. Acceptance of Escrow. Escrow Agent acknowledges deposit the escrow deposit hereunder into an Escrow Account to be 3. ADDlication of Escrow DeDosit. Escrow Agent shall used and invested as follows: (a) Use of Escrow Deposit. The Escrow Agent shall: State and Local Government Series Book-Entry (i) on the date hereof, purchase the [U.S. Treasury Securities] [U.S. Government Securities] described on Schedule A hereto [ ("SLGS") I [("Securities") 1, in the principal amount of and for the price of $ and Pay for them from the monies in the Escrow Account, and hold the purchased [SLGS] [Securities] in the Escrow Account; and (ii) hold the $ balance of the escrow deposit in cash in the Escrow Account until distributed as provided in subsection (b) hereof (other than the cash held in the Escrow Account pursuant to (b) Distribution of Escrow Account. The Escrow Account subsection (a) (ii) above) shall remain invested in the [SLGS] Agent shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the [SLGS] [Securities] Except as provided in Section 4 below, the Escrow in the Escrow Account shall be permitted or made on behalf of the [Securities] and no further investment or reinvestment of monies City. Escrow Agent shall apply the monies in the Escrow Account amounts and to the depository set forth on the attached Schedule to the timely payment of the 1991 Bonds at the times and in the B. The Escrow Account cash flow is set forth on Schedule C. 4 Substitute Investments. At the written request of the City and upon compliance with the conditions hereinafter stated, the Escrow Agent shall have the power to [request the redemption of the SLGS] [sell the Securities] and to substitute direct guaranteed by, the United States of America, which are not obligations of, or obligations which are unconditionally subject to redemption prior to maturity and which are available for purchase with the proceeds derived from the disposition of Escrow Agent shall purchase such substitute obligations with the the [SLGS] [Securities] on the date of such transaction The proceeds derived from the sale, transfer, disposition or redemption of the [SLGS] [Securities]. The transactions may be effected only by simultaneous sale and purchase transactions, and only if (i) the amounts and dates on which the anticipated Bonds will not be diminished or postponed thereby, (ii) the transfers from the Escrow Account for the payment of the 1991 Escrow Agent shall receive, at the expense of the City, an opinion of a nationally recognized firm of attorneys experienced disposition and substitution would not cause any of the 1991 in the area of municipal finance to the effect that such Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder; and (iii) the Escrow Agent shall receive, at the expense of the City, a certification from an independent principal of and interest on the U.S. government obligations in certified public accountant that, after such transaction, the Account available for such purpose, be sufficient at all times to the Escrow Account will, together with other monies in the Escrow make the payments set forth on Schedule B. e -2- 082\206079.1 0 The City hereby covenants that no part of the monies or funds at any time in the Escrow Account shall be used directly or indirectly to acquire any securities or obligations, the acquisition of which would cause any of the 1991 Bonds to be Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended “arbitrage bonds“ within the meaning of Section 148 of the City has called the 1991 Bonds maturinq in the vears 1998 throuah 5. Notice of Redemption of the Defeased 1991 Bonds. The 200i for prior payment on November 1, 1997. The Escrow Agent shall cause timely notice of the call of the 1991 Bonds to be redeemed to be given by mailing a notice thereof, in the form attached hereto as Schedule D, by registered or certified mail no later than September 30, 1997 to the registered owner of each of the 1991 Bonds to be redeemed at the address shown on the registration books. - ~~2~- In addition to the official notice of redemption provided the 1991 Bonds shall be given by the Escrow Agent on behalf of for in the paragraph above, further notice of the redemption of the Issuer to all registered securities depositories then in the business of holding substantial amounts of obligations of types such as the 1991 Bonds (such depositories now being Depository Trust Company of New York, New York, Midwest Securities Trust Company of Chicago, Illinois and Philadelphia Depository Trust Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), to The Bond Buver, to MBIA Insurance Corporation and to one or more national obligations such as the 1991 Bonds Each further notice of information services that disseminate notices of redemption of redemption given hereunder shall be sent at least 35 days before the redemption date by registered or certified mail or overnight delivery service and shall contain the information set forth in the official notice of redemption provided on Schedule D. 6. Notice of Defeasance of the 1991 Bonds The Escrow Agent is directed and agrees to provide to the owners of the 1991 Bonds maturing in the years 1996 through 2001 a Notice of Defeasance, in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule E, as soon as practicable after the closing for the defeasance. The Notice of Defeasance shall also be provided to depositories and national information services and to MBIA Insurance Corporation as described in Section 5. 7 The Escrow Aqent. (a) Escrow Asent’s Fee The Escrow Agent shall be paid a fee of $ for the performance of its services hereunder. The Escrow Agent waives any lien upon or claim against any of the monies or securities now or hereafter held by it under this Agreement. 0 February of each year while this Agreement is in effect, and as (b) Annual Reuort. Escrow Agent shall, in the month of -3- Q’d2\206079.1 Soon as practicable after termination of this Agreement forward by first class registered mail to the City a report of the receipts, income, investments, redemptions and payments of and year, including in such report a statement, as of the end of the from all Of the Escrow Account during the preceding calendar preceding calendar year, regarding the manner in which it has carried Out the requirements of this Agreement The City shall of the Escrow Agent's records regarding the status and details of have the right, at any time during business hours, to examine all the Escrow Account. permitted under Section 3(b) hereof, Escrow Agent shall keep all (c) Separate Funds; Accountability. Except as otherwise monies and securities deposited hereunder, all investments and all interest thereon and profits therefrom, at all times in the special fund and separate trust account, wholly segregated from all other funds and securities on deposit with it; shall never commingle such deposits, investments and proceeds with other funds or securities of Escrow Agent; and shall never at any time use, loan or borrow the same in any way The several funds established hereunder shall be held separately and distinctly and not commingled with any other such fund Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring Escrow Agent to keep the identical monies, or any part thereof, received from or for the City's account, on hand, but monies of an equal amount shall always be maintained on hand as funds held by Escrow Agent as escrow agent belonging to the City and a special account thereof, evidencing such fact, shall at all times be maintained on the books of Escrow Agent. any property held hereunder, such property shall be and remain the property of the City and if, for any reason, such property cannot be identified, all other assets of Escrow Agent shall be impressed with a trust for the amount thereof and the City shall be entitled to the preferred claim upon such assets enjoyed by any trust beneficiary. Property held by Escrow Agent hereunder shall not be deemed to be a banking deposit of the City, and Escrow Agent shall have no right or title with respect thereto (including any right of set-off) and the City shall have no right of withdrawal thereof. In the event Escrow Agent is unable or fails to account for id) Liability. Escrow Agent shall be under no obligation to inquire into or be in any way responsible for the performance or nonperformance by the City or any paying agent of any of its obligations, or to protect any of the City's rights under any bond proceeding or any of City's other contracts with or franchises or privileges from any state, county, municipality or other governmental agency or with any person. Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, as Escrow Agent, or for any mistake of fact or law, or for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care and believed by it to be within the -4- QB2\206079.1 discretion or power conferred upon it by this Agreement, except for its negligence or its default in the performance of any obligation imposed upon it hereunder Escrow Agent shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the recitals or statements contained herein, including without limitation those purposes hereof, but they are made solely by the City. as to the sufficiency of the trust deposit to accomplish the (e) Resiqnations; Successor Escrow Aqent. Escrow Agent may at any time resign by giving not less than 60 days written notice to City. Upon giving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent and, if it does not, the resigning Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow agent Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribes, appoint a successor escrow agent of The resignation of the Escrow Agent shall take effect only upon comparable qualifications to those of the resigning Escrow Agent the appointment of a successor escrow agent and such successor escrow agent's acceptance of such appointment. Any successor escrow agent shall be a state or national bank, have full banking and trust powers, and have a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 Any successor escrow agent shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the City and to its predecessor escrow agent an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation of the predecessor escrow agent shall become effective and such successor escrow agent, without any further powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, nevertheless, on written request of the City or on the request of like effect as if originally named as escrow agent herein; but the successor escrow agent, the escrow agent ceasing to act shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor escrow agent, upon the terms herein expressed, all the rights, power, and duties of the escrow agent so ceasing to act. Upon execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and the request of any such successor escrow agent, the City shall certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor escrow agent all such rights, powers and duties Any predecessor escrow part of the escrow agent's fee hereunder. agent shall pay over to its successor escrow agent a PrOPOrtiOna~ 0 8 Miscellaneous (a) Third-party Beneficiary. This Agreement has been entered into by the City and Escrow Agent for the benefit of the holders of the 1991 Bonds, and is not revocable by the City or Escrow Agent. The Escrow Account has been irrevocably pledged to accordance with this Agreement Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of principal of and interest on the 1991 Bonds in 0 -5- QB2\206079.1 e this Agreement shall not be construed as creating any rights in or obligations to any person other than the parties hereto. provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or ineffective for any reason, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, it being expressly hereby agreed that the parties hereto notwithstanding any such invalidity. remainder of this Agreement would have been entered into by the (b) Severabilitv. If any section, paragraph, clause or November 3, 1997. Any funds hereunder as shall remain upon (c) Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on Agreement shall not, of itself, have any effect on City‘s termination shall be returned to the City. Termination of this obligation to pay the 1991 Bonds in full in accordance with the terms thereof (d) Indemnification. The City agrees to hold the Escrow Agent harmless and to indemnify the Escrow Agent against any attorney‘s fees and expenses), claims, or demands arising out of loss, liability, expenses (including but not limited to or in connection with the performance of its obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, except for negligent acts or omissions or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. The foregoing indemnities in this paragraph shall survive the resignation of the Escrow Agent or the termination of this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement, being duly authorized so to do, each in the manner most appropriate to it, on the date first above written CITY OF MUSKEGO, WAUKESHA COUNTY, WISCONSIN BY Mayor 0 ( SEAL ) (SEAL) Attest: City Clerk Escrow Agent By : Title Attest: Title -6- QB2\206079.L SCHEDULE A DESCRIPTION OF [U.S. TREASURY GOVERNMENT SERIES ("SLGS") 1 [SECURITIES] OBLIGATIONS - STATE AND LOCAL -7- Q02\206079.1 SCHEDULE B DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEDULE Depository = The Depository Trust Company New York, New York Q82\206019 1 i 0 SCHEDULE C ESCROW ACCOUNT CASH FLOW 082\206079.1 I. (Name and Address SCHEDULE n I of Registered Owner) Re: City of Muskego, Wisconsin General Obligation Sewerage Bonds Date of Original Issue - February 1, 1991 issue which mature on November 1 of the years and bear interest at the rates set forth below, have been called for prior payment on November 1, 1997 Notice is hereby given that the Bonds of the above-described Year Interest Rate CUSIP No. 627636HR7 5 90 627636HS5 6.00 627636HT3 6.10 627636HU0 1998 5 80% 1999 2000 2001 Upon presentation and surrender of said Bonds at our offices located at be paid the principal amount of such Bonds and accrued interest to the date of redemption. Owners of called Bonds should also provide a fully-executed W-9 Taxpayer Identification Number Certificate. , you will a Such Bonds will cease to bear interest on November 1, 1997. Very truly yours, Escrow Agent QB2\206079.1 SCHEDULE E Notice of the Partial Defeasance and Redemption of the General Obligation Sewerage Bonds, of the City of Muskego, Wisconsin (the "Bonds") dated February 1, 1991 1996 through 2001 (the "Defeased Bonds") of the City of Muskego, Notice is given that the Bonds which mature in the years Wisconsin (the "City") have been defeased by the City pursuant to an Escrow Agreement dated , 1996 between the City and Agent"). The Escrow Agent has been instructed to call all Defeased Bonds outstanding on November 1, 1997 for redemption on that date. United States government securities and cash have been placed in escrow with the Escrow Agent in an amount which, together with investment income on it, is sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Defeased Bonds up to and including November 1, 1997 and to redeem on November 1, 1997 the Bonds maturing November 1, 1998 through 2001 at a price of par plus accrued interest to November 1, 1997. Interest on the Defeased Bonds will cease to accrue on November 1, 1997 Payment of the redemption price will be made at the principal office of the Escrow Agent, upon the presentation and surrender of the Bonds. , (the "Escrow Dated , 19 - . as Escrow Agent QB2\206079.1