3. Comm policy-Post Issuance Debt Compliance

CASS COUNTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL 21.52 SUBJECT: POST ISSUANCE DEBT COMPLIANCE POLICY ADOPTED DATE: AUGUST 4, 2014 PAGE 5 OF 9 (including sale of capacity rights, leases and subleases of facilities (including easements or use arrangements for areas outside the four walls, e.g., hosting of cell phone towers), leasehold improvement contracts, licenses, management contracts (in which the County authorizes a third party to operate a facility, e.g. cafeteria), research contracts, preference arrangements (in which the County permits a third party preference, such as parking in a public parking lot), joint ventures, limited liability companies or partnership arrangements, output contracts or other contracts for use of utility facilities (including contracts with large utility users), development agreements which provide for guaranteed payments or property values from a developer, grants or loans made to private entities (including special assessment agreements), naming rights agreements, or other arrangements that provide special legal entitlements to nongovernmental persons; and determine whether private security or payments that exceed the de minimus limits set forth in Section 141(b) of the Code have been provided by nongovernmental persons with respect to such obligation-financed facilities. ii. The County Auditor shall provide training and educational resources to any County staff that have the primary responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or inspection of obligation-financed facilities with regard to the limitations on the private business use of obligation-financed facilities and as to the limitations on the private security or payments with respect to obligation-financed facilities. b. The County Auditor shall undertake the following with respect to the obligations: i. an annual review of the books and records maintained by the County with respect to such obligations; and ii. an annual physical inspection of the facilities financed with the proceeds of such obligations, conducted by the County Auditor with the assistance of any County staff who have the primary responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or inspection of such obligation- financed facilities.