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1992 RES AUTHORIZING CREATION OF COP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONRESQLUTION N0. 1992 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE CITY OF PARIS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF P~RIS, PARIS, TEX~S; APdD CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT WHEREAS, the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Section 1 through 37, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, authorizes the creation and administration of industrial develop- ment corporations to act on behalf of cities, counties and conser- vation and reclamation districts in the promotion and development of commercial, industrial and manufacturing enterprises to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare; and, WHEREAS, the Act authorizes cities, counties and conser- vation and reclamation districts to utilize an industrial develop- ment corporation to issue obligations and bonds on behalf of the sponsoring city, county or conservation and reclamation district to finance projects promoting and developing commercial, industrial and manufacturing enterprises; and, WHEREAS, three natural persons, each of whom is at least eighteen years of age and a qualified elector of the City of Paris, Texas, a Unit under Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes; have filed with the City Council of the Unit a written application requesting that the Unit authorize and approve the creation of the CITY OF PARIS INDUSTRTAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, hereinafter re- ferred to as Corporation, and aAprove the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to be used in creating the Corporation; and, WHEREAS, the Corporation will be created and organized as a Texas non-profit corporation, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, for such limited purposes; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has reviewed and approved the Petition and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and has determined to authorize and approve the creation of the Corporation, a not-for-profit entity, as its constituted author- ity and instrumentality to accomplish the specific public purpose of the promotion and development of commercial, industrial and manufacturing enterprises to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That the CITY OF PARIS Ir1DUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is hereby authorized and approved for creation as an industrial develoPment corporation under the provisions of the Act. Section 2. That the Cor~oration is hereby designated as the duly constituted authority and instrumentality of the Unit (within the meaning of those terms in the regulations of the Treasury and the rulings of the Internal Revenue Service pre- scribed and promulgated pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) and shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Unit for the specific public purpose of the promotion and development of commercial, industrial and manufact- uring enterprises to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare; but the Corporation is not intended to be and shall not be a political subdivision or a political corporation within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas, including without limitation Article III, Section 52 of the State Constitution, and the Unit does not delegate to the Corporation any of its attributes of sovereignty, including the power to tax, the power of eminent domain and the police power. Section 3. That the Corporation may, under the con- ditions set forth in this Resolution, issue obligations on behalf of the Unit, acquire, lease, sell or convey certain properties and make loans for the promotion and development of commercial, industrial and manufacturing enterprises to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare. The Unit shall not lend its credit or grant any public money or thing of value in aid of the Corporation. Furthermore, obli- gations issued by the Corporation with the approval of the Unit shall be deemed not to constitute a debt of the State, of the Unit or of any other political corporation, subdivision or agency of the State or a pledge of the faith and credit of any of them, but such obligations shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided. The Corporation shall not be authorized to incur financial obligations which cannot be paid from proceeds of the obligations or from revenues realized from the lease or sale of a project or realized from a loan made by the Corporation to finance or refinance in whole or in part a project. "Project" shall mean the land, buildings, equipment, facilities and improve- ments (one or more) found by the Board of Directors of the Cor- poration to be required or suitable for the promotion of commerc- ial or industrial development and expansion, the promotion of employment or for use by commercial, manufacturing or industrial enterprises, irrespective of whether in existence or required to be acquired or constructed after the making of such findings by the Board of Directors. Section 4. That the Articles of Incornoration of the City of Paris Industrial Development Corporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and "B" respectively, are hereby approved for use and adoption by the Corporation; provided, however, that any amendments to the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to the further approval of the City Council. Section 5. That the City Council shall approve by written resolution any agreement to issue bonds, includinb refunding bonds, adopted by the Corporation, which agreement and resolution shall set out the amount and purpose of the bonds. Furthermore, no issue of bonds, including refunding bonds, shall be sold and delivered by the Corporation without a written resolution of the City Council adopted no more than 60 days prior to the date of the sale of the bonds specifically approving the resolution of the Corporation providing for the issuance of the bonds. Section 6. That, upon dissolution of the Corporation, the Unit shall accept title to or other interests in any real or personal property owned by the Corporation at such time. Section 7. That this Resolution is adopted for the purpose of satisfying the conditions and requirements of the Act and of Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and the regulations prescribed thereunder from time to time and for the benefit of the Corporation, the Unit, the owners or holders from time to time of the obligations of the Corporation and all other interested persons. Section 8. That the City Council has considered evidence of the posting of notice of this meeting and officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, and place of this meeting and of the subject of this resolution was posted on a bulletin board located at a place convenient to the public in the City Hall of the City of Paris for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of such meeting; and that such place of posting was readily accessible to the general public at all times from such time of posting until the scheduled time of such meeting; and that such meeting was open to the public as required by 1aw at all times during which the Resolution and the subject matter thereof was dis- cussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended. The City Council further ratifies, ap- proves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Passed and adopted this lOth day of December, 1979. ~ ~~%el. ~~aO~ one''r P%I c~a ATTEST: X~~ z 1z"dAL. H. C. G ene, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ; T K. Haynes, City Attorney ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF CITY OF PARIS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION We, the undersigned natural persons, each of whom is of the age of eighteen years or more and a qualified elector of the City of Paris, Texas, a Unit under ArticZe 5190.6, Vernon`s Texas Civil Statutes, acting as incorporators of a Corporation under the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, (the "Act"), do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such Corporation: ARTICLE I The name of the Corparation is CITY OF PARIS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. ARTICLE II The Corporation is a non-profit corDOration, ARTICLE III The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual. ARTICLE IV The Corporation is organized and may issue bonds on be- half of the City of Paris for the specific public purpose of promotion and development of commercial, industrial and manu- facturing enterprises to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare. ARTICLE V The Corporation has no members and is a non-stock cor- poration. ARTICLE VI The Corporation's internal affairs shall be regulated by a set of Bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, which have been approved by the City Council of the City of Paris, under whose auspices the Corporation is created. EhHIBIT "A" ARTZCLE VII The street address of the ini.tial registexed office of the Corporation is 135 lst Street S. E., Paris, Texas, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is T. K. Haynes. ARTICLE VIII The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation is seven (7), and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors are: Name Address J. B. Bankhead 3240 Clark Lane Paris, Texas E. Ridley Briggs 3015 Mahaffey Paris, Texas F. R, Cecil 3120 Clark Lane Paris, Texas Duran Davis 750 33rd Street S. E. Paris, Texas Moody L. Graham 3085 Abbott Lane Paris, Texas June Reep 910 Laurel Lane Paris, Texas Leon Williams 643 3rd Street N, E. Paris, Texas ARTICLE IX The name and street address of each incorporator are: Name Address Michael E. Malone 231-1/2 Kaufman Street Paris, Texas James W, Farris 3115 Mahaffey Paris, Texas T. K, Haynes 1790 Fairfax Paris, Texas ARTICLE X The City Council of the City of Paris has specificaZly authorized by resolution the Corporation to act on its behalf to further the specific public purpose of the promotion and development of commercial, industrial and manufacturing enter- prises to promote and encourage employment and the public - - _ . . . . } . . - . . - ' - . . _ ' ' . ' . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . - . _ . . " . . . . ~ - _ . . . . . . - . - . . . . _ . . , _ ~ - ~ , . . . . . . . . " . . welfare and has approved these Articles of Incorporation of the*Corporation, ARTICLE XI The Articles of Tncorporation may at any time and from time to time be amended by the Board of Directors or by the City Councii, subject to such restrictions and in accordance with such procedures as may be provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation; so long as the Articles of Incorporation as amended contain only such provisions as are lawful under the Act. Irt WITNESS WfiEREQF, we have hereunto set our hand this lOth day of December, 1979. Michae E. Ma one Jaries W. Farris T. K. Haynes THE STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF LAMAR X a I, the undersigned, a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on the day of December, 1979, personally appeared be- fare me: MICHAEL E. MALONE, JAMES W. FARRIS, and T. K. HAYNES, who each being by me first duly sworn, severally declared that they are the persons who signed the foregoing Articles as in- corporators, and that the statements therein contained are true, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal , the day and year above written. Notary Pub ic ' Lamar County, Texas My Commission Expires: ~ , M..:. ~ . . . _ . . . - ~ . ~ - - -.r..n _ . : : 1 ~ .e ....w~. z,,. . . _ ~ ........~"`='s ^S` BYLAWS OF CITY OF PARIS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARTICLE I POWERS AND PURPOSES Section l. Firiancina of Industrial Develo ment Pro'ects. In order to implement the nurposes or which t e Corporation caas formed as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, the Cor- poration shall issue obligations to finance a11 or part of the cost of one or more cor.imercial, industrial or manufacturing pro- jects to promote and develop commercial, industrial and manufact- uring enterprises to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare, pursuant to the provisions of the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Section 1 through 37, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. Section 2. Conditions Precedent to Issuance of Obliga~ tions. The Corporation shall not issue any obligations unless: 1) The City Council of the City of Paris, Texast a Unit under Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civi1 Statutes, has approved by written resolution any agreement to issue obligations adopted by the Corporation, which agreement and resolution sha11 set out the amount and purpose of the obligations. No issue of obligations, including re- funding bonds, shall be sold and delivered by the Corporr ation with a written resolution of the City Council adopted no more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of sale of the obligations specifically approving the resolution of the Corporation providing for the issuance of the obli- gations; and 2) The Texas Industrial Commission, or the executive director thereof, has approved the contents of any lease, sale or loan agreement made by the Corporation under the Act in connection with the issuance of obligations by affirmatively finding that the lessee, purchaser or borrower has the business experience, financial resources and responsibility to provide reasonable assurance that all obligations and interest thereon to be paid from or by reason of such agreement will be paid as the same be- come due. Section 3. Books and Records; A roval of Pro rams and Financial Statements. T e Corporation s a eep correct an complete books and records of account and sha11 also keep minutes of the proceedings of its Board of Directors and committees having any of the authority of the Board of Directors. A11 books and re- cords of the Corporation may be inspected by any director or his agent or attorney for any proper purpose at any reasonable time; and at a11 times the City Council will have access to the books and records of the Corporation. The Unit shall be entitled to approve all programs and expenditures of the Corporation and ann- ually review any financial statements of the Corporation. Section 4. Non-profit Corp.oration. The Corporation shall be a non-pro it corporation, and no part of its net earnings re- maining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine that sufficien.t provision has been made for the full payment of the E'X7_ HIB IT B ~ expenses, bonds and other obligations of the Corporation issued to finance all or part of the cost of a project, then any net earnings of the Corpozation thereafter accruing with respect to said project shall be paid to the Unit,. ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Powers, Number and Term of Office. The property and affairs of-the Corporation sha11 be managed and controlled by the Board of Directors and, subject to the restrictions imposed by law, the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board of Directors sha11 exercise all of the powers of the Corporation. The Board of Directors shall consist of seven (7) directorsp each of whom shall be appoznted by the City Council. The directors constituting the first Board of Directors shall be those directors named in the Articles of Incorporation, each of whom shall serve far six (6) years or until his or her successor is appointed as hereinafter provided. Subsequent directors shall hold office for a term of six (6) years or until their successors are appointed as hereinafter provided. Any director may be removed from office, by the City Council, for cause or at will. Section 2, Meetin s of Directors. The directors may hold their meetings at suc place or p.aces in the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine; provided, however, in the absence of any such determination by the Board of Directors, the meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Texas. Section 3. Regular Meetin s. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be he d without necessity of notice at such times and places as shall be designated, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 4. Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the Baard of Directors s all be held whenever called by the president, by the secretary, by a majority of the directors for the time beinb in office or upon advice of or request by the City Council. The secretary shall give notice to each director of each Special Meeting in person, or by mail, telephane or telegraph, at least two (2) hours before the meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all matters pertaining to the pur- poses of the Corporation may be considered and acted upon at a Special rleeting. At any meeting at which every director shall be present, even though without any notice, any matter pertaining to the purpose of the Corporation may be considered and acted upon. Section 5. Quorum. A majority of the directors fixed by the Artic es o Incorporation shall constitute a quorum for the consideration of matters pertaining to the purposes of the Corpor- ation. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is in attendance shall constitute the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required. by law. _2 ~ - .a - ~ _ Section 6, Conduct of Business, At the meetings of the Board of Directors, matters pertaining to the purposes of the Corporation sha11 be considered in such order as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the president shall preside, and in the absence of the president, the vice- president shall exercise the powers of the president. The secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Section 7. Executive Committee, The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority o the directors in office, may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such re- solution, sha11 have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the managernent of the Corporation, except where action of the Board of Directors is specified by laxa. The executive committee shall act in the manner provided in such resolution. The executive committee so designated shall keep regular minutes of the transactions of its meetings and shall cause such minutes to be recorded in books kept for that purpose in the office of the Corporation, and shall report the same to the Board of Directors from time to time. Section 8. Com ensation of Directors. Directors as such shall not receive any sa ary o compensation for their services, except that they sha11 be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. ARTICLE IZI OFFICERS Section 1. Titles and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time elect or appoint. One person may hold more than one office, except that the President sha11 not hold the office of secretary. Terms of office sha11 not exceed three years. All officers shall be subject to removal from office, with or without cause, at any time by a vote of a majority of the en- tire Board of Directors, A vacancy in the office of any officer shall be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors. Section 2. Powers and Duties of the President. The president~l-be t e c ie executive o icer o the Corporation and, subject to the Board of Directors, he shall be in general charge of the properties and affairs of the Corporation; he shall preside at a11 meetings of the Board of Directors; in furtherance of the purposes of this Corporation, he may sign and execute all contracts, conveyances, franchises, bonds, deeds, assignments, mortgages, notes and other instruments in the name of the Corpor- ation. Section 3. Vice President. The vice nresident shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of -3- . Directors and shall exercise the powezs of the pxesident during that officer's absence or inability to act, Any action taken by the vice president in the performance of the duties of the presi- dent shall be conclusive evidence of the absence or inability to act of the president at the time such action was taken, Section 4, Treasurer, The treasurer shall have custody of a11 t e un s and securities of the Corporation which come into his hands. When necessary or proper, he may endorse, on behalf of the Corporation, for collection, checks, notes, and other obligations and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banlcs or depositories as shall be de- signated in the manner prescribed by the Board of Directors; he may sign all receipts and vouchers for payment made to the Cor- poration, either alone or jointly with such other officer as is designated by the Board of Directors; whenever required by the Board of Directors, he shall render a statement of his cash account; he shall enter or cause to be entered regularly in the books of the Corporation to be kept by him for that purpose full and accurate accounts of all monies received and paid out on account of the Corporation; he shall perform all acts incident to the position of treasurer subject to the control of the Board of Directors; he shall, if_ required by the Board of Directors, give such bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such form as the Board of Directors may require. Section 5. Secretary. The secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of tEe Board of Directors in books provided for that purpose; he shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices; in furtherance of the purposes of this Corporation, he may sign with the nresident in the name of the Corporation, and/or attest the signature thereto, all contracts, conveyances, franch- ises, bonds, deeds, assignments, mortgages; notes and other in- struments of the Corporation; he shall have charge of the corporate books, records, documents and instruments, except the books of account and financial records and securities of which the treasurer shall have custody and charge, and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct, a11 of which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours, and he shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary subject to the control of the Board of Directors. Section 6. Compensation. Officers as such shall not re- ceive any sary or compensation for their services, except that they shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. ARTICLE IV PROVISIONS REGARDING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS Section 1. Effective Date, These Bylaws shall become effective only upon the occurrence of the following events: (1) The approval of these Byalws by the City Council of the City of Paris. (2) The adoption of these Bylaws by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Amendments to Articles of Incor oration and B laws Tie Artic es o Incorporation may at any time an rom time to time be amended, provided taht the Board of Directors files _ - 4- „40 with the City Council a written application xequesting that the City Council appxove such amendment to the Azticles of Incorporation, specifying in such application the amendment or amendments proposed to be made. If the City Council by appropriate resolution finds and determines that it is advis- able that the proposed amendment be made, authorizes the same to be made and approves the form of the proposed amendment, the Soard of Directors sha11 proceed to amerid the Articles as pro- vided in the Act. The Articles of Incorporation may also be amended at any time by the City Council at its sole discretian by adopting an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation by resolution of the City Council and delivering the Articles of Amendment to the Secretary of State as provided in the Act. These Bylaws may be amended, provided that the Board of Directors files with the City Council a written application re- questing that the City Council approve such amendment ta the Bylaws, specifing in such application the amendment or amend- ments proposed to be made, If the City Council, by appropriate resolution finds and determines that it is advisable that the proposed amendment be Made, authorizes the same to be made and approves the form of the proposed amendment, the Board of Directors shall proceed to amend the Bylaws, if the same is approved by a majority of said Board of Directors. Section 3. Interpretation of Bylaws. These Bylaws and all the terms and provisions ereo s all be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of these Bylaws, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of these Bylaws and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of these Bylaws to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. ART I CLE V Section l, Princi al Office. The principal office of the Corporation shall be ocate in City Hall, Paris, Texas. The Corporation shall have and continuously maintain in the State of Texas a registered office, and a registered agent whose business office is identical with such registered office, as re- quired by the Act. The registered office may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors, pursuant to the requirements of the Act. Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corpor- ation shall be-as determine by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Sea1. The seal of the Corporation shall be as determine y the Board of Directors. Section 4. Notice and Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice whatsoever is require to e given un er t e provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, said notice shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in a post office box in a sealed postnaid wrapper addressed to the per- son entitled thereto at his post office address, as it appears on the books of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to h.ave been given on the day of such mailing. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, - 5 - ~ Z - except where a directox attends a meeting for the express pur- pose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is now lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any Regular or Special Meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, unless required by the Board of Directors, A waiver of notice in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Section 5. Resignations. Any director or officer may resign at any time. Such Resignation sha11 be made in writing and sha11 take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the president or secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation. Section 6. Action Without a Meetin of Directors or Committees. Any action xa ic may e ta en at a meeting o the Board o Directors or of any committee may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken, shall be signed by all of the directors, or all of the members of the committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote and may be stated as such in any articles or document filed with the Secretary of State, the Texas Industrial Commission or any other person. Section 7. AE Body. To the extent the Unit or refer to and consent shall be ion, order or motion of Paris. 3roval or Advice and Consent of the Governin that these By aws re er to any approval by advice and consent by the Unit, such advice evidenced by a certified copy of a resolut- duly adopted by the City Council of the City Section 8. Organizational Control. The Unit, may, at its sole discretion, and at any time, alter or change the structure, organization, programs or activities of the Corporation (including the power to terminate the Corporation), subject to any limitation on the impairment of contracts entered into by such Corporation. Section 9. Dissolution of the Corporation. Upon dissolution of the Corporation, title to or other interests in any real or personal property oianed by the Corporation at such time shall vest in the Unit. ~ JT.. _