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Under state law, port authorities are granted a variety of financing tools to aide economic development projects.


Bond Financing
Ohio law allows Port Authorities to issue revenue bonds for economic development purposes. The Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority is able and willing to be a partner in such financings having completed $40 million in financings since 2002. Contact the Port Authority to initiate discussions.

Conduit Financing
The Port Authority can serve as the conduit for financing of certain private, job-creating projects. The advantages of such financings are sales tax exemption on building materials and a slightly lower interest rate. Under certain circumstances, the debt may even be eligible for tax exempt status and may be classified as off balance sheet.

Non-Profits
A minimum of up to $10 million a year in Port Authority capacity for bank-qualified debt is available for non-profit capital projects. The debt, usually held by a single lending institution, can be at a negotiated rate and terms while taking advantage of tax exempt status.

Intergovernmental Projects
The Port Authority is uniquely positioned to issue debt for multi-jurisdictional projects. When two or more governmental entities are providing a revenue stream to a project or, in the case of pooled bonds, providing multiple sources of revenue, a port authority is often seen as a logical issuer.

Below, for review, are profiles of recent tax exempt bond issuances by the Port Authority.

Some Past Bond Financings:
  
2007 $10MM Licking Memorial Hospital [PDF]
  2005 $10MM Licking Memorial Hospital [PDF]
  2004 $1.95MM Family YMCA of Lancaster [PDF]
  2003 $9MM Licking Memorial Hospital [PDF]

Linked Deposits
State law was changed in 2005 to allow port authorities to create linked deposit programs. The Port Authority became the first in the state to offer such a program by establishing a program June 14, 2005. Program details follow.

Info:
  Guidelines [PDF]


  Last Updated: Oct. 25, 2007
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