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DUTIES ON DEBT AND INDEBTEDNESS
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Determine Net Indebtedness of County - §133.07; §5705.01
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Certify Maximum Maturity of Debt Securities - §133.19
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Estimate Levies for Bond Issues - §133.18
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Maintain Record of
County Indebtedness -
§307.54
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Sign
All County Issued Bonds - §133.27
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Certify Rates of Taxation Necessary to Retire Debt of
County
Subdivisions - §133.18
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Calculation of Millage of Emergency Levies - §5705.195
Every subdivision
has a limit on how much debt it may incur. These limits, by code, are
based on upon a certain percentage of the total tax valuation of the
subdivision.
The County cannot incur net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to
one percent of its tax valuation. The Auditor is responsible for
calculating this debt limit for the County. The calculations are based
on the valuation of the County, outstanding debt, and excluding exempted
debt. Once the debt limit of the County is established, the Auditor
determines if the amount of debt is within the limit. The Auditor also
must certify the length or maturity of any voted debt issued by the
County. If the debt is within the County limit, the Auditor then
estimates the millage needed to service the debt. The millage is
calculated using the amortization schedule of the debt and the valuation
of the County. The Auditor completes a Ten Mill Certificate for the
County using those subdivisions within the taxing district with the
highest unvoted millage. The new millage together with the total millage
for the taxing district cannot exceed 10 mills. This same procedure is
used with the debt of other taxing authorities in the County.
If an emergency levy is to be put on the ballot, the County Auditor must
certify to the taxing authority the millage necessary to produce the
specific amount set forth in the resolution. Additionally, if a bond
issue is to be put on the ballot, the County Auditor must certify to the
taxing authority the average millage needed during the maturity of the
bond.
Once a bond issue has been passed, the Auditor must place the proceeds
from a debt levy into a separate Debt Retirement Fund at each tax
settlement. When a debt is fully amortized and no further payments are
necessary, excess proceeds remaining may be transferred from the Fund to
another Fund of like purpose. If a Fund of like purpose does not exist,
the unexpended balance, with the approval of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County, may be transferred to any other Fund of the subdivision. |