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Gurnee Park District 2016-2017 Annual GFOA Budget

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DEBT POSITION<br />

Replacement/Development<br />

Fund. The <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong> was able to<br />

do this because of the healthy<br />

fund balance in the Capital<br />

Replacement/Development Fund<br />

and keeps the interest from these<br />

bonds in the <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong>. These<br />

are one year bonds and will be<br />

paid off in <strong>2016</strong> out of the Bond<br />

and Interest fund.<br />

SERIES 2015 B GENERAL<br />

OBLIGATION REFUNDING PARK<br />

BONDS - ALTERNATIVE REVENUE<br />

SOURCE ($3,910,000) – On June<br />

21, 2005 the <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong> issued a<br />

total of $6,310,000 in debt<br />

certificates to finance the<br />

construction of the Hunt Club <strong>Park</strong><br />

Community Center. On<br />

November 4, 2015 the <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

took the opportunity to refinance<br />

the Hunt Club <strong>Park</strong> Community<br />

Center debt and issued<br />

$3,910,000 in general obligation<br />

refunding alternative revenue<br />

source bonds. The refunding will<br />

a dance studio. The <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

uses revenue from fitness center<br />

operations ($65,000)<br />

accumulated in the Recreation<br />

Fund and property tax revenues<br />

to pay the debt service on this<br />

bond issue. The outstanding<br />

principal balance as of April 30,<br />

<strong>2016</strong> is $3,910,000.<br />

BOND RATING<br />

On October 1, 2015 the <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>District</strong> received a AA+ rating<br />

from Standard and Poor’s for the<br />

Series 2015 B bond issue, the<br />

<strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong>’s most recent issue.<br />

Standard and Poor’s stated in<br />

their Rating Rationale Report<br />

that “The district's recent<br />

financial performance has been<br />

strong and its overall financial<br />

position very strong”.<br />

Additionally, the <strong>District</strong>’s<br />

General Obligation Debt is rated<br />

Debt limit<br />

“A2” by Moody’s. Moody’s cites<br />

“the <strong>District</strong>’s financial operations<br />

will remain sound due to<br />

conservative financial<br />

management and healthy<br />

reserve levels. The <strong>District</strong> has<br />

historically maintained balanced<br />

or surplus operations which, in<br />

recent years has led to growing<br />

reserve levels.”<br />

DEBT LIMIT<br />

The <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong>’s statutory debt<br />

limit is 2.875% of the Equalized<br />

Assessed Valuation of all taxable<br />

property located within the<br />

boundaries of the district. Bonds<br />

are not included in the<br />

computation of statutory<br />

indebtedness unless taxes levied<br />

to pay for such obligations are in<br />

fact extended. See below for the<br />

<strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong>’s debt limit for fiscal<br />

year <strong>2016</strong>-17.<br />

save the <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong> around<br />

$300,000 over the remaining life of<br />

Amount<br />

Percent<br />

the bonds. The Hunt Club <strong>Park</strong><br />

Community Center is a 44,000<br />

square foot facility that has a<br />

4,000 square foot fitness center,<br />

basketball court, preschool<br />

rooms, administrative offices and<br />

Assessed Valuation - 2015 Levy $ 1,041,820,185<br />

Legal Debt Limit - 2.875% of EAV 29,952,330 100.00%<br />

Amount of Debt Applicable to Limit 951,325 3.18%<br />

Legal Debt Margin $ 29,001,005 96.82%<br />

<strong>Gurnee</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong> I FISCAL YEAR <strong>2016</strong>/<strong>2017</strong> ANNUAL BUDGET 55

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