20030516Confirmation Letter.pdf

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Tern Carlock
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington
O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Re:
Our File:
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' Chrjst,?pber J. Beeson
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Emily MacMaster Durkee
Thomas E. Dvorak
Roy Lewis Eiguren
Timothy P. Fearnside
Jeffrey C. Fereday
Steven J. Hippler
Karl T. Klein
Debora K. Kristensen
Anne C. Kunkel
Deborah E. Nelson
May 15 , 2003
Franklin G, Lee
David R. Lombardi
D. David Lorello, Jr,
Kimberly D. Maloney
John M. Marshall
Kenneth R. McClure
Kelly Greene McConnell
Cynthia A. Melillo
Christopher H. Meyer
Kendall L. Miller
L. Edward Miller
Patrick J, Miller
Judson B. Montgomery
Angela K. Nelson
W. Hugh O'Riordan
Columbine Telephone Company, Inc. RTFC $8 400 000 Loan
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Dear Tern:
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Michael C. Orr
Kenneth L. Pursley
Bradley V. Sneed
H. Barton Thomas
Conley E. Ward
Robert B. White
Raymond D. Givens
James A. McClure
Stephanie C. Westermeier
O'COUNSEL
John A. Miller, LL.M. .
TAX CONSULTANT
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Per our telephone conversation, this letter confirms our agreement that the deadline for
the Commission s decision on Columbine Telephone Company s $8,400 000 RTFC loan should
be extended until May 31 , 2003.
Also, I am enclosing the executed original and four copies of Columbine s Exhibit A in
this case.
If you have any questions, give me a call.
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CEW Itns
Enclosure
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RECEIVED
CERTIFIED COpy OF MINUTES AUTHORIZINb'ttgJAN
APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT 2003 MAY 15 PM -4: 17
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UTILITIES COMMISSION, Bonnie E. Hoopes, do hereby certify that: I am the Secretary of Columbine
Telephone Company, Inc. (the "Corporation
The following is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the minutes of a meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation held April 30 , 2003 , as they appear in the
Minutes Book of the Corporation, said resolutions duly adopted thereat; the meeting was
duly and regularly called in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation; the Loan
Application and Agreement (the "Agreement") to be submitted to Rural Telephone
Finance Cooperative ("RTFC") was authorized by the Board of Directors and said
resolutions have not been modified or rescinded:
The Board of Directors of Columbine Telephone Company having been advised
by its counsel that the Corporation is legally constituted, is in compliance with all
applicable statutory, regulatory and other legal requirements and is in good standing, and
that an application to be made to RTFC for a loan and its approval by RTFC, together
with the execution of an agreement as authorized by the Board, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable by and against the Corporation, in
accordance with the terms of these documents;
RESOLVED, that the Corporation borrow from the Rural Telephone Finance
Cooperative ("RTFC") an amount which shall not exceed in the aggregate
400 000 for a term as set forth in the Agreement, and at such interest rate or
rates as shall be prescribed in the Agreement executed by and on behalf of the
Corporation and delivered to RTFC, the proceeds of such loan to be used for
purposes set forth in the Agreement and consistently with the requirements of
existing agreements and security documents of the Corporation; and
RESOLVED, that the President of the Corporation be and is hereby authorized to
execute, on behalf of the Corporation, an agreement substantially in the form of
the Agreement presented to this meeting, to revise and modify said Agreement
within the amount so authorized; and to apply such further documents as may be .
need to comply with RTFC's requirements; and
RESOLVED, that the President is authorized on behalf of the Corporation to
request and receive funds pursuant to the Agreement; and
COLUMBINE TELEPHONE COMPANY
CASE No. COL-O3-
EXHIBIT A
RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers are authorized to take all actions they
deem advisable to carry out the purpose of these resolutions.
IN WITNESS ~P;REOF, I e he set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Corporation this~ day of flA 2003.
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Secretary
COLUMBINE TELEPHONE COMPANY
CASE No. COL- T -03-
EXHIBIT A