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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-10• RESOLUTION 2004-10 MORAL OBLIGATION RESOLUTION FOR GLOBAL CONTACT SERVICES, INC. LOAN FROM THE VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING AUTHORITY WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia has considered the benefits to accrue to the Town of Pulaski by supporting a loan from the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to Global Contact Services, Inc.; and WHEREAS, Global Contact Services, Inc. has recently located in the Town of Pulaski and has provided employment and tax revenue for the Town of Pulaski and WHEREAS the probability exists that further job creation may be possible with the aforesaid loan; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski has determined that support in the amount of $125,000 backed by a moral obligation resolution is consistent with the best interest and the general welfare of its citizens; and NOW, THEREFORE, it is HEREBY RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski that the Town agrees to be responsible for repayment to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, backed by the Town's Moral Obligation to do so, in an amount not to exceed $125,000 of the residual loan balance for a loan to Global Contact Services, Inc. from the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority in the amount of $272,500 for a period of five (5) years. Repayment of any residual balance by the Town • of Pulaski shall be made to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority only after all reasonable efforts have been exhausted to enforce the terms of its loan agreement with Global Contact Services, Inc. and formal written request has been made to the Town of Pulaski by said agency and further that nothing in this resolution shall be deemed to be a pledge of the faith and credit of the taxing power of the Town with respect to any sums which may become payable hereunder. This Resolution is effective immediately upon its passage, this 22nd day of March, 2004 by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski as follows: Bettye H. Steger John T. Bolen Pauline G. Mitchell Jeffrey S. Worrell - Aye Kenneth M. Fleenor -Aye - Aye James M. Neblett, Jr. -Absent - Aye E. G. Black, Jr. -Aye - Aye Town of Pulaski, Virginia By: ~~~~an.l%~.s~ Charles W. Stewart, Jr., Mayor ATTESTED: • ~~ ~ . Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council