ORDINANCE 2021-11A authorizing the issuance and sale of $1,550,000 of

[City Clerk]

The following ordinance, which was previously introduced in written form at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, a summary thereof having been published in the official journal, together with a notice of public hearing which was held on December 13, 2021, in accordance with said public notice, was brought up for final passage on motion of Alderman Lancon and seconded by Alderwoman Moore:

ORDINANCE 2021-11A_

An ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of One Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,550,000) of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021, of the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of such bonds and providing for the payment thereof; providing for the sale of such bonds; authorizing an agreement with the Paying Agent; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of La. R.S. 39:531 and the other applicable provisions of Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority (the "Act"), the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), acting through its governing authority, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority") of the Issuer, issued $1,870,000 of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005, described in Exhibit A hereto (the "Refunded Bonds"); and

WHEREAS, the Issuer, has found and determined that the refunding of the Refunded Bonds would be financially advantageous to the Issuer and would result in a lower effective interest rate on such Refunded Bonds and debt service savings to the Issuer; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, it is now the desire of this Governing Authority to adopt this ordinance in order to provide for the issuance of One Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,550,000) of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021 (the "Bonds"), for the purpose of (i) refunding the Refunded Bonds, and (ii) paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds, to fix the details of the Bonds and to sell the Bonds to the purchasers thereof; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the application of the proceeds of the Bonds and to provide for other matters in connection with the payment or redemption of the Refunded Bonds; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, it is necessary that provision be made for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds described in Exhibit A hereto; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to fix the details of the Bonds and the terms of the sale of the Bonds;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), that:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in the preambles hereto, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" shall mean Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority.

"Agreement" shall mean the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and the Paying Agent pursuant to this Bond Ordinance.

"Bond" or "Bonds" shall mean any or all of the General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021, of the Issuer, issued pursuant to the Ordinance, as the same may be amended from time to time, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any previously issued Bond.

"Bond Register" shall mean the registration books of the Paying Agent in which registration of the Bonds and transfers of the Bonds shall be made as provided herein.

"Business Day" shall mean a day of the year other than a day on which banks located in New York, New York and the cities in which the principal offices of the Paying Agent and the Paying Agent are located are required or authorized to remain closed and on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed.

"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Costs of Issuance" shall mean all items of expense, directly or indirectly payable or reimbursable and related to the authorization, sale and issuance of the Bonds, including but not limited to printing costs, costs of preparation and reproduction of documents, filing and recording fees, initial fees and charges of any fiduciary, legal fees and charges, fees and charges for the preparation and distribution of any preliminary official statement and/or official statement, if paid by the Issuer, fees and disbursements of consultants and professionals, costs of credit ratings, fees and charges for preparation, execution, transportation and safekeeping of the Bonds, costs and expenses of refunding, premiums for the insurance of the payment of the Bonds, if any, and any other cost, charge or fee paid or payable by the Issuer in connection with the original issuance of Bonds.

"Defeasance Obligations" shall mean (a) cash, or (b) non-callable Government Securities.

"Executive Officers" shall mean, collectively, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the Issuer.

"Fiscal Year" shall mean the one year accounting period commencing on July 1 of each year, or such other one year period as may be designated by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer.

"Governing Authority" shall mean the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana, or its successor in function.

"Government Securities" shall mean direct general obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, which may be United States Treasury Obligations such as the State and Local Government Series and may be in book entry form.

"Interest Payment Date" shall mean March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing March 1, 2022.

"Issuer" shall mean the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana.

"Ordinance" or "Bond Ordinance" shall mean this Ordinance, as it may be amended and supplemented as herein provided.

"Outstanding", when used with reference to the Bonds, shall mean, as of any date, all Bonds theretofore issued under this Bond Ordinance, except:

(a) Bonds theretofore cancelled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;

(b) Bonds for the payment or redemption of which sufficient funds have been theretofore deposited with the Paying Agent in trust for the Owners of such Bonds as provided herein;

(c) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Bond Ordinance; and

(d) Bonds alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen which have been paid as provided in this Bond Ordinance or by law.

"Owner" or "Owners" shall mean the Person or Persons reflected as registered owners of any of the Bonds on the registration books maintained by the Paying Agent.

"Paying Agent" means Red River Bank, in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, as paying agent and registrar hereunder, until a successor Paying Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Bond Ordinance, and thereafter "Paying Agent" shall mean such successor Paying Agent.

"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

"Purchaser" shall mean Red River Bank, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to an Interest Payment Date, the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day.

"Refunded Bonds" shall mean the Issuer's General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005, maturing on July 13 in the years 2022 through 2045, inclusive, which are being refunded by the Bonds, as more fully described in Exhibit A hereto.

"State" shall mean the State of Louisiana.

SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. In this Bond Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, (b) words of the masculine gender shall be deemed and construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders and (c) the title of the offices used in this Bond Ordinance shall be deemed to include any other title by which such office shall be known under any subsequently adopted charter.

ARTICLE II
AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF BONDS

SECTION 2.1. Authorization of Bonds; Refunding of Refunded Bonds. (a) This Ordinance creates a series of Bonds of the Issuer to be designated "General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021, of the City of Jeanerette, State of Louisiana" and provides for the full and final payment of the principal and interest on all the Bonds.

(b) The Bonds issued under this Ordinance shall be issued for the purpose of (i) refunding the Refunded Bonds through a portion of the proceeds of the Bonds and (ii) paying the Costs of Issuance.

(c) Provision having been made for the orderly redemption of all the Refunded Bonds on the delivery date of the Bonds, in accordance with their terms, it is hereby recognized and acknowledged that as of the date of delivery of the Bonds under this Ordinance, provision will have been made for the performance of all covenants and agreements of the Issuer incidental to the Refunded Bonds, and that accordingly, and in compliance with all that is herein provided, the Issuer is expected to have no future obligation with reference to the aforesaid Refunded Bonds, except to assure that the Refunded Bonds are paid from the proceeds of the Bonds.

SECTION 2.2. Bond Ordinance to Constitute Contract. In consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds by those who shall own the same from time to time, the provisions of this Bond Ordinance shall be a part of the contract of the Issuer with the Owners of the Bonds and shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between the Issuer and the Owners from time to time of the Bonds. The provisions, covenants and agreements herein set forth to be performed by or on behalf of the Issuer shall be for the equal benefit, protection and security of the Owners of any and all of the Bonds, each of which Bonds, regardless of the time or times of its issue or maturity, shall be of equal rank without preference, priority or distinction over any other thereof except as expressly provided in this Bond Ordinance.

SECTION 2.3. Obligation of Bonds. The Bonds shall constitute general obligations of the Issuer, and the full faith and credit of the Issuer is hereby pledged for their payment and for the payment of all the interest thereon. The Issuer is bound under the terms and provisions of law and this Ordinance to impose and collect annually, in excess of all other taxes, a tax on all the property subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the Issuer, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds falling due each year, said tax to be levied and collected by the same officers, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected within the territorial limits of the Issuer. All ad valorem taxes levied by the Issuer in each year for the payment of the Bonds shall, upon their receipt, be transferred to the Governing Authority, which shall have responsibility for the deposit of such receipts for the investment and reinvestment of such receipts and the servicing of the Bonds and any other general obligation bonds of the Issuer.

SECTION 2.4. Authorization of Bond; Maturities. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, there is hereby authorized the issuance of One Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,550,000) principal amount of Bonds of the Issuer to be designated "General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021, of the City of Jeanerette", for the purposes set forth in Section 2.1(b) above. The Bonds shall be in substantially the same form set forth in Exhibit B hereto, with such necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as are required or permitted by the Act and this Bond Ordinance.

This Governing Authority hereby find and determines that upon the issuance of the Bonds, the total outstanding amount of general obligation bonds of the Issuer issued and deemed to be outstanding will not exceed the Issuer's general obligation bond limit.

SECTION 2.5. Denominations, Dates, Maturities and Interest. The Bonds shall be issued in the form of a single, fully-registered Bond numbered R-1, shall be dated the date of delivery thereof, and shall be issued in the denomination of $1,550,000. The unpaid principal of the Bonds shall bear interest at 2.25% per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, from the date thereof or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on each Interest Payment Date, commencing March 1, 2022, and shall mature in installments on March 1 of each year as follows:

MATURITY
(March 1) PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
DUE
2022 $40,000
2023 50,000
2024 50,000
2025 55,000
2026 55,000
2027 55,000
2028 55,000
2029 60,000
2030 60,000
2031 60,000
2032 60,000
2033 65,000
2034 65,000
2035 65,000
2036 70,000
2037 70,000
2038 70,000
2039 70,000
2040 75,000
2041 75,000
2042 80,000
2043 80,000
2044 80,000
2045* 85,000
*Final Maturity

The installments of principal of the Bond, as they fall due, and interest on the Bond shall be payable by check of the Paying Agent mailed by said Paying Agent to the Owner (determined as of the close of business on the Record Date) at the address shown on the Bond Register, except that for the payment of the final principal installment or upon prepayment in full, the payment shall be made upon presentment and surrender of the Bond to the Paying Agent. Each Bond delivered under this Bond Ordinance upon transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of any other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond, and each such Bond shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution.

No Bond shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Bond Ordinance, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate of registration, substantially in the form provided in this Bond Ordinance, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature.

ARTICLE III
GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE BONDS

SECTION 3.1. Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds; Persons Treated as Owners. The Issuer shall cause the Bond Register to be kept by the Paying Agent. The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Bond Register, which such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer, and only by the execution of an assignment form on the Bonds being transferred. A new Bond or Bonds, may, upon request, be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bond or Bonds after receipt of the Bond(s) to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond or Bonds shall be in an authorized denomination of the same maturity and like principal. The Paying Agent shall not be required to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on a Record Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date.

SECTION 3.2. Bonds Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost. If (a) any mutilated Bond is surrendered to the Paying Agent, or the Issuer and the Paying Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss, or theft of any Bond, and (b) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Paying Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Paying Agent that such Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Paying Agent shall register and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond, a new Bond of the same maturity and of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Bond, pay such Bond. Upon the issuance of any new Bond under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith. Every new Bond issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Bond Ordinance equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Bonds. The procedures set forth in the Agreement authorized in this Bond Ordinance shall also be available with respect to mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds.

SECTION 3.3. Cancellation of Bonds. All Bonds surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent, shall be promptly cancelled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Bonds previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. All cancelled Bonds held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer

SECTION 3.4. Execution. The Bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Issuer by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Executive Officers and the corporate seal of the Issuer (or a facsimile thereof) shall be thereunto affixed, imprinted, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon. In case any one or more of the officers who shall have signed or sealed any of the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the Bonds so signed and sealed shall have been actually delivered, such Bonds may nevertheless, be delivered as herein provided, and may be issued as if the person who signed or sealed such Bonds had not ceased to hold such office. Said officers shall, by the execution of the Bonds, adopt as and for their own proper signatures their respective facsimile signatures appearing on the Bonds or any legal opinion certificate thereon, and the Issuer may adopt and use for that purpose the facsimile signature of any person or persons who shall have been such officer at any time on or after the date of such Bond, notwithstanding that at the date of such Bond such person may not have held such office or that at the time when such Bond shall be delivered such person may have ceased to hold such office.

SECTION 3.5. Registration by Paying Agent. No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this Bond Ordinance unless and until a certificate of registration on such Bond substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto shall have been duly executed on behalf of the Paying Agent by a duly authorized signatory, and such executed certificate of the Paying Agent upon such Bond shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond has been executed, registered and delivered under this Bond Ordinance.

ARTICLE IV
SINKING FUND; PAYMENT OF BONDS

SECTION 4.1. Sinking Fund. For the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Bonds, the Issuer will maintain a special fund, to be held by the regularly designated fiscal agent of the Issuer (the "Sinking Fund"), into which the Issuer will deposit the proceeds of the aforesaid special tax for the sole purpose of paying the cost of general obligation bond retirement. The depository for the Sinking Fund shall transfer from the Sinking Fund to the Paying Agent at least three (3) days in advance of each Interest Payment Date, funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest falling due on such date.

All moneys deposited with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank or banks of the Issuer or the Paying Agent under the terms of this Bond Ordinance shall constitute sacred funds for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds, and shall be secured by said fiduciaries at all times to the full extent thereof in the manner required by law for the securing of deposits of public funds.

All or any part of the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall, at the written request of the Issuer, be invested in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State, in which event all income derived from such investments shall be added only to the Sinking Fund.

SECTION 4.2. Payment of Bonds. The Issuer shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid as herein provided the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same fall due and at the place and in the manner stated in the Bonds.

ARTICLE V
PREPAYMENT OF BONDS

SECTION 5.1. Prepayment of Bonds. The principal installments of the Bond are callable for prepayment by the Issuer in full or in part at any time on or after March 1, 2026, at the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.

Official notice of such call of any of the installments of the Bond for prepayment shall be given by means of (i) first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the prepayment date or (ii) electronic transmission not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the prepayment date addressed to the Owner of each Bond to be prepaid at his address or email address, as appropriate, as shown on the Bond Register.

ARTICLE VI
APPLICATION OF BOND PROCEEDS

SECTION 6.1. Preparation of Bonds and Application of Bond Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance, to cause the Bonds to be printed, to issue, execute and seal the Bonds, and to effect delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. As a condition of the issuance of the Bonds, the Issuer hereby binds and obligates itself to apply an amount of the proceeds derived from the issuance and sale of the Bonds, together with additional moneys of the Issuer, as may be required, as will enable the Issuer to immediately redeem the principal and interest of the Refunded Bonds on the redemption date, and the Executive Officers are hereby authorized to release existing monies from the Sinking Fund as necessary.

ARTICLE VII
SUPPLEMENTAL BOND ORDINANCES

SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Ordinances Effective Without Consent of Owners. For any one or more of the following purposes and at any time from time to time, an ordinance supplemental hereto may be adopted, which, upon the filing with the Paying Agent of a certified copy thereof, but without any consent of Owners, shall be fully effective in accordance with its terms:

(i) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Issuer in this Ordinance other covenants and agreements to be observed by the Issuer which are not contrary to or inconsistent with this Bond Ordinance as theretofore in effect;

(ii) to add to the limitations and restrictions in this Ordinance other limitations and restrictions to be observed by the Issuer which are not contrary to or inconsistent with this Ordinance as theretofore in effect;

(iii) to surrender any right, power or privilege reserved to or conferred upon the Issuer by the terms of this Ordinance, but only if the surrender of such right, power or privilege is not contrary to or inconsistent with the covenants and agreements of the Issuer contained in this Ordinance;

(iv) to cure any ambiguity, supply any omission, or cure or correct any defect or inconsistent provision of this Ordinance; or

(v) to insert such provisions clarifying matters or questions arising under this Ordinance as are necessary or desirable and are not contrary to or inconsistent with this Ordinance as theretofore in effect.

SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Ordinances Effective with Consent of Owners. Except as provided in Section 7.1, any modification or amendment of this Bond Ordinance or of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and of the Owners of the Bonds hereunder, in any particular, may be made by a supplemental ordinances, with the written consent of the Owners of a majority of the principal amount of the Bonds Outstanding at the time such consent is given. No such modification or amendment shall permit a change in the terms of redemption or maturity of the principal of any outstanding Bond or of any installment of interest thereon or a reduction in the principal amount or redemption price thereof or in the rate of interest thereon without the consent of the Owner of such Bond, or shall reduce the percentages of Bonds the consent of the Owner of which is required to effect any such modification or amendment, or change the obligation of the Issuer to levy and collect taxes for the payment of the Bonds as provided herein, without the consent of the Owners of all of the Bonds then outstanding, or shall change or modify any of the rights or obligations of the Paying Agent without its written assent thereto. For the purposes of this Section, Bonds shall be deemed to be affected by a modification or amendment of this Bond Ordinance if the same adversely affects or diminishes the rights of the Owners of said Bonds.

A supplemental ordinance, upon the filing with the Paying Agent of a certified copy thereof, shall become fully effective in accordance with its terms.

ARTICLE VIII
PARTICULAR COVENANTS

SECTION 8.1. Arbitrage. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Code to in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclusion from "gross income" of interest on the Bonds under the Code. The Issuer shall not take any action or fail to take any action, nor shall it permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indirectly in any manner, to acquire any securities or obligations the acquisition of which would cause any Bond to be an "arbitrage bond" as defined in the Code or would result in the inclusion of the interest on any Bond in "gross income" under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of the proceeds of the Bonds, (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of arbitrage earnings to the United States of America, or (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Bonds in a manner which would cause the Bonds to be "private activity bonds" under the Code.

The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section.

SECTION 8.2. Bonds "Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations." The Bonds are designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In making this designation, the Issuer finds and determines that:
(a) the Bonds are not "private activity bonds" within the meaning of the Code; and

(b) the reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax-exempt obligations which will be issued by the Issuer and all subordinate entities in calendar year 2021 does not exceed $10,000,000.

SECTION 8.3. Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12. The Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR '240.15c2-12].

SECTION 8.4. Post-Issuance Compliance. The Executive Officers and/or their designees are directed to establish, continue, and/or amend, as applicable, written procedures to assist the Issuer in complying with various State and Federal statutes, rules and regulations applicable to the Bonds and are further authorized to take any and all actions as may be required by said written procedures to ensure continued compliance with such statutes, rules and regulations throughout the term of the Bonds.

ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING FIDUCIARIES

SECTION 9.1. Paying Agent; Appointment and Acceptance of Duties. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifications hereinafter described for the performance of the duties hereunder for the Bonds. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Bond Ordinance is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of a ordinance giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Issuer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said officers on such Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder. No resignation or removal of the Paying Agent shall become effective until a successor has been appointed and has accepted the duties of Paying Agent.

ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.1. Discharge of Bond Ordinance; Defeasance. If the Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Owners of all Bonds then outstanding, the principal and interest to become due thereon, at the times and in the manner stipulated therein and in this Bond Ordinance, then the covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners shall be discharged and satisfied. In such event, the Paying Agent shall, upon the request of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Issuer all such instruments as may be desirable to evidence such discharge and satisfaction and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver to the Issuer all moneys, securities and funds held by them pursuant to this Bond Ordinance which are not required for the payment of Bonds not theretofore surrendered for such payment.

Bonds or interest installments for the payment of which money shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the Issuer of funds for such payment or otherwise) at the maturity date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section. Bonds shall be deemed to have been paid, prior to their maturity, within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section if they have been defeased pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto.

SECTION 10.2. Evidence of Signatures of Owners and Ownership of Bonds. (a) Any request, consent, revocation of consent or other instrument which this Bond Ordinance may require or permit to be signed and executed by the Owners may be in one or more instruments of similar tenor, and shall be signed or executed by such Owners in person or by their attorneys in fact appointed in writing. Proof of (i) the execution of any such instrument, or of an instrument appointing any such attorney, or (ii) the ownership by any person of the Bonds shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Bond Ordinance (except as otherwise therein expressly provided) if made in the following manner, or in any other manner satisfactory to the Paying Agent, which may nevertheless in its discretion require further or other proof in cases where it deems the same desirable:

(1) the fact and date of the execution by any Owner or his attorney in fact of such instrument may be proved by the certificate, which need not be acknowledged or verified, of an officer of a bank or trust company or of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the person signing such request or other instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness of such execution, duly sworn to before such notary public or other officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership, on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority;

(2) the ownership of Bonds and the amount, numbers and other identification, and date of owning the same shall be proved by the registration books of the Paying Agent.

(b) Any request or consent by the Owner of any Bond shall bind all future Owners of such Bond in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Issuer or the Paying Agent in accordance therewith.

SECTION 10.3. Moneys Held for Particular Bonds. The amounts held by the Paying Agent for the payment due on any date with respect to particular Bonds shall, on and after such date and pending such payment, be set aside on its books and held in trust by it, without liability for interest, for the Owners of the Bonds entitled thereto.

SECTION 10.4. Parties Interested Herein. Nothing in this Bond Ordinance expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the Issuer, the Paying Agent, and the Owners of the Bonds any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Bond Ordinance or any covenant, condition or stipulation thereof; and all the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Bond Ordinance contained by and on behalf of the Issuer shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Issuer, the Paying Agent, and the Owners of the Bonds and the owners of the Refunded Bonds.

SECTION 10.5. No Recourse on the Bonds. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds or for any claim based thereon or on this Bond Ordinance against any member of the Governing Authority or officer of the Issuer or any person executing the Bonds.

SECTION 10.6. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Bond Ordinance the Issuer is named or referred to, it shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns and all the covenants and agreements in this Bond Ordinance contained by or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind and enure to the benefit of its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 10.7. Subrogation. In the event the Bonds herein authorized to be issued, or any of them, should ever be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Owner or Owners thereof shall be subrogated to all the rights and remedies against the Issuer had and possessed by the Owner or Owners of the Refunded Bonds.

SECTION 10.8. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds, but this Bond Ordinance and the Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutory provision enacted after the date of this Bond Ordinance which validates or makes legal any provision of this Bond Ordinance or the Bonds which would not otherwise be valid or legal shall be deemed to apply to this Bond Ordinance and to the Bonds.

SECTION 10.9. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Authority having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with the Bonds herein authorized and having determined the same to be regular, the Bonds shall contain the following recital, to wit:

"It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of Louisiana."

SECTION 10.10. Publication of Bond Ordinance. This Bond Ordinance shall be published one time in the official journal of the Issuer; however, it shall not be necessary to publish any exhibits hereto if the same are available for public inspection and such fact is stated in the publication.

SECTION 10.11 Execution of Documents. In connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the Executive Officers are each authorized, empowered and directed to execute on behalf of the Issuer such documents, certificates and instruments as they may deem necessary, upon the advice of bond counsel, to effect the transactions contemplated by this Bond Ordinance, the signatures of the Executive Officers on such documents, certificates and instruments to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder.

ARTICLE XI
SALE OF BONDS

SECTION 11.1. Sale of Bonds. The Issuer hereby accepts the offer of Red River Bank, in Shreveport, Louisiana, for the Bonds, which offer is attached as Exhibit C hereto, and an Executive Officer is hereby authorized to execute said offer on behalf of the Issuer. As a condition to the delivery of the Bonds to the Purchaser, the Purchaser will execute a standard letter, acceptable to it and the Issuer, indicating it has conducted its own analysis with respect to the Bonds and is extending credit in the form of the Bonds as a vehicle for making a commercial loan to the Issuer.

ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION OF REFUNDED BONDS

SECTION 12.1. Call for Redemption. Subject only to the delivery of the Bonds, the Refunded Bonds are hereby called for redemption on or about December 16, 2021, at the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the redemption date, in compliance with the ordinance authorizing their issuance.

SECTION 12.2. Notice of Redemption. In accordance with the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Refunded Bonds, the registered owner of the Refunded Bonds have agreed to the refunding of the Refunded Bonds without official notice being presented to it.

This ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

Member Yea Nay Absent Abstain
Clarence "CJ" Clark X
Dorothy "Charlene" Moore X
Garland "Butch" Bourgeois X
Louis Lancon X
Willie "Poochie" Ward X

And this ordinance was declared adopted on this 13th day of December, 2021, and effective upon signature of the Mayor on this 13th day of December, 2021.


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Susan E. Colden Clerk Carol Bourgeois, Jr. Mayor