CITY OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
ORDINANCE NO. J-73
BOND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF VARIOUS CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE HOBOKEN PARKING UTILITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF HOBOKEN, COUNTY OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY; APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $1,000,000 THEREFOR; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE CITY OF HOBOKEN, COUNTY OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $1,000,000; MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS AND COVENANTS; AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN RELATED ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hoboken, County of Hudson, New Jersey (not less than two-thirds of all the members thereof affirmatively concurring), pursuant to the provisions of the Local Bond Law, Chapter 169 of the Laws of 1960 of the State of New Jersey, as amended and supplemented ("Local Bond Law"), as follows:
Section 1. The purposes described in Section 7 hereof are hereby authorized as general improvements to be made or acquired by the City of Hoboken, County of Hudson, New Jersey ("City").
Section 2. It is hereby found, determined and declared as follows:
(a) the estimated amount to be raised by the City from all sources for the purposes stated in Section 7 hereof is $1,000,000; and
(b) the estimated amount of bonds or bond anticipation notes to be issued for the purposes stated in Section 7 hereof is $1,000,000.
Section 3. The sum of $1,000,000, to be raised by the issuance of bonds or bond anticipation notes, is hereby appropriated for the purposes stated in this bond ordinance ("Bond Ordinance").
Section 4. The issuance of negotiable bonds of the City in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to finance the costs of the purposes described in Section 7 hereof is hereby authorized. Said bonds shall be sold in accordance with the requirements of the Local Bond Law.
Section 5. In order to temporarily finance the purposes described in Section 7 hereof, the issuance of bond anticipation notes of the City in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, is hereby authorized. Pursuant to the Local Bond Law, the Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized to sell part or all of the bond anticipation notes from time to time at public or private sale and to deliver the same to the purchasers thereof upon receipt of payment of the purchase price plus accrued interest from their date to delivery thereof. The Chief Financial Officer is hereby directed to report in writing to the governing body at the meeting next succeeding the date when any sale or delivery of the bond anticipation notes pursuant to this Bond Ordinance is made. Such report must include the amount, the description, the interest rate and the maturity schedule of the bond anticipation notes sold, the price obtained and the name of the purchaser.
Section 6. The amount of the proceeds of the obligations authorized by this Bond Ordinance which may be used for the payment of interest on such obligations, accounting, engineering, legal fees and other items as provided in Section 20 of the Local Bond Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:2-20, shall not exceed the sum of $200,000.
Section 7. The improvements hereby authorized and the purposes for which said obligations are to be issued; the estimated costs of each said purpose; the amount of down payment for each said purpose; the maximum amount obligations to be issued for each said purpose and the period of usefulness of each said purpose within the limitations of the Local Bond Law are as follows:
Purpose/Improvement
Estimated
Total Cost
Down Payment
Amount of Obligations
Period of
Usefulness
A.
Acquisition of Various Capital Equipment for the Hoboken Parking Utility including, but not limited to, Hop-on-Hop-Off Buses, together with the acquisition of all materials and capital equipment and the completion of all work necessary therefore or related thereto.
$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
10 years
Section 8. The average period of useful life of the several purposes for the financing of which this Bond Ordinance authorizes the issuance of bonds or bond anticipation notes, taking into consideration respective amounts of bonds or bond anticipation notes authorized for said several purposes, is not less than 10.00 years.
Section 9. Grants or other monies received from any governmental entity, if any, will be applied to the payment of, or repayment of obligations issued to finance, the costs of the purposes described in Section 7 above.
Section 10. The supplemental debt statement provided for in Section 10 of the Local Bond Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:2-10, was duly filed in the office of the Clerk prior to the passage of this Bond Ordinance on first reading and a complete executed duplicate original thereof has been filed in the Office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey. The supplemental debt statement shows that the gross debt of the City, as defined in Section 43 of the Local Bond Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:2-43, is increased by this Bond Ordinance by $1,000,000 and that the obligations authorized by this Bond Ordinance will be within all debt limitations prescribed by said Local Bond Law.
Section 11. The full faith and credit of the City are irrevocably pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or bond anticipation notes authorized by this Bond Ordinance and, to the extent payment is not otherwise provided, the City shall levy ad
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valorem taxes on all taxable real property without limitation as to rate or amount for the payment thereof.
Section 12. The applicable Capital Budget is hereby amended to conform with the provisions of this Bond Ordinance to the extent of any inconsistency therewith, and the resolution promulgated by the Local Finance Board showing full detail of the amended Capital Budget and Capital Program as approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, is on file with the Clerk and available for inspection.
Section 13. The City hereby declares its intent to reimburse itself from the proceed of the bonds or bond anticipation notes authorized by this Bond Ordinance pursuant to Income Tax Regulation Section 1.150-2(e), promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code") for "original expenditures", as defined in Income Tax Regulation Section 1.150-2(c)(2), made by the City prior to the issuance of such bonds or bond anticipation notes.
Section 14. The City hereby covenants as follows:
(a) it shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the interest paid on the bonds or bond anticipation notes is exempt from the gross income of the owners thereof for federal income taxation purposed, and will not become a specific item of tax preference pursuant to Section 57(a)(5) of the Code;
(b) it will not make any use of the proceeds of the bonds or bond anticipation notes or do or suffer any other action that would cause the bonds or bond anticipation notes to be "arbitrage bonds" as such term is defined in Section 148(a) of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder;
(c) it shall calculate or cause to be calculated and pay, when due, the rebatable arbitrage with respect to the "gross proceeds" (as such terms is used in Section 148(f) of the Code) of the bonds or bond anticipation notes;
(d) it shall timely file with the Internal Revenue Service, such information report or reports as may be required by Sections 148(f) and 149(e) of the Code; and
(e) it shall take no action that would cause the bonds or bond anticipation notes to be "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code.
Section 15. The improvements authorized hereby are not current expenses and are improvements that the City may lawfully make. No part of the cost of the improvements authorized hereby has been or shall be specially assessed on any property specially benefited thereby.
Section 16. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 17. In accordance with the Local Bond Law, this Bond Ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days after the first publication thereof after final passage.
Notice of Pending Bond Ordinance and Summary
The bond ordinance, the summary terms of which are included herein, was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Hoboken, in the County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, of August 12, 2026. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the City Council to be held at City Hall, 94 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey on September 2, 2026 at 7:00 o'clock P.M. During the week prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting copies of the full ordinance will be available at no cost and during regular business hours, at the City Clerk's office for the members of the general public who shall request the same. The summary of the terms of such bond ordinance follows:
Title: BOND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF VARIOUS CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE HOBOKEN PARKING UTILITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF HOBOKEN, COUNTY OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY; APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $1,000,000 THEREFOR; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE CITY OF HOBOKEN, COUNTY OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $1,000,000; MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS AND COVENANTS; AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN RELATED ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING
Purpose/Improvement
Estimated
Total Cost
Down Payment
Amount of Obligations
Period of
Usefulness
A.
Acquisition of Various Capital Equipment for the Hoboken Parking Utility including, but not limited to, Hop-on-Hop-Off Buses, together with the acquisition of all materials and capital equipment and the completion of all work necessary therefore or related thereto.
$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
10 years
Appropriation: $1,000,000
Bonds/Notes Authorized: $1,000,000
Grants (if any) Appropriated: $0
Section 20 Costs: $200,000
Useful Life: 10 years
JERRY LORE, RMC, City Clerk
