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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE BONDS BY THE VILLAGE OF PECK, MICHIGAN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Village of Peck, Michigan, (the “Village”) intends to issue limited tax general obligation bonds in one or more series in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $400,000 for the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost to acquire and construct certain capital improvements, including without limitation construction, reconstruction and improvements to the Village’s sidewalk system; acquisition of dump trucks and other capital improvements the Village shall determine to make; and to pay the costs of issuance of said bonds (the “Project”).
The bonds will bear interest from their date at a rate or rates to be determined upon the sale thereof but in no event to exceed such rates as may be permitted by law.
The bonds will be issued under and pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 34, Public Acts of Michigan, 2001, as amended, and the full faith and credit of the Village will be pledged to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same shall become due. The Village will be obligated, as a first budget obligation, to advance moneys from its general funds or to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within its corporate boundaries to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same shall become due; provided, however, that the amount of taxes necessary to pay the principal and interest on the bonds, together with the taxes levied for the same year, shall not exceed the limit authorized by law.

RIGHT TO PETITION FOR REFERENDUM
This notice is given, by order of the Village Council of the Village of Peck, to and for the benefit of the electors of the Village in order to inform them of their right to petition for a referendum upon the question of the issuance of the aforesaid bonds. The bonds will be issued, without submitting such a question to a vote of the electors, unless within 45 days after the date of publication of this notice a petition requesting a referendum upon such question, signed by not less than 10% or 15,000 of the registered electors residing within the Village, whichever is the lesser, shall have been filed with the undersigned Village Clerk. In the event that such a petition is filed, the bonds will not be issued unless and until the issuance thereof shall have been approved by the vote of a majority of the electors of the Village qualified to vote and voting thereon at a general or special election.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information relative to the issuance of said bonds, the purpose of the bonds and the subject matter of this notice may be secured at the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Peck, 30 East Lapeer Street, Peck, Michigan 48466.
This notice is given pursuant to the provisions of Act 34, Public Acts of Michigan, 2001, as amended.

Angela Van Sickle, Clerk
Village of Peck

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