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<br />- 9 - <br />the information contained in the Official Statements. The Municipal Advisor’s duties, responsibilities and <br />fees arise solely as Municipal Advisor to the City and they have no secondary obligations or other <br />responsibility. <br /> <br />Municipal Advisor Registration: <br /> <br />BTMA is a Municipal Advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Municipal <br />Securities Rulemaking Board. As such, BTMA is providing certain specific municipal advisory services to <br />the City, but is neither a placement agent to the City nor a broker/dealer and cannot participate in the <br />underwriting of the Series 2021C Bonds. <br /> <br />The offer and sale of the Series 2021C Bonds shall be made by the City, in the sole discretion of the City, and <br />under its control and supervision. The City has agreed that BTMA does not undertake to sell or attempt to <br />sell the Series 2021C Bonds, and will take no part in the sale thereof. <br /> <br /> <br />Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations: <br /> <br />BTUS is an advisory, tax and assurance firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. BTUS and its affiliated <br />entities, have operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. BTUS is an <br />independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and <br />business advisory firms in 47 territories, with 33,600 professionals. <br /> <br />Baker Tilly Investment Services, LLC (“BTIS”) is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and <br />Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940. BTIS provides <br />discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to government and municipal <br />entities. BTIS may provide advisory services to the clients of BTMA. <br /> <br />Baker Tilly Capital, LLC (“BTC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of BTUS, is a limited purpose broker/dealer <br />registered with the SEC and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). BTC <br />provides merger & acquisition, capital sourcing and corporate finance advisory services. BTC may provide <br />transaction advisory services to clients of BTMA. <br /> <br />Baker Tilly Financial, LLC (“BTF”), a wholly owned subsidiary of BTUS, is an investment adviser registered <br />with the SEC. BTF provides both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, , consulting <br />and retirement plan management services to individuals and retirement plans. BTF may provide advisory <br />services to the clients of BTMA. <br /> BTMA has no other activities or arrangements that are material to its advisory business or its clients with a <br />related person who is a broker-dealer, investment company, other investment adviser or financial planner, <br />bank, law firm or other financial entity. <br /> <br /> <br /> CERTIFICATION <br /> <br /> <br />The City has authorized the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement for use in connection with the <br />initial sale of the Series 2021C Bonds and a Final Official Statement following award of the Series 2021C <br />Bonds. The Purchaser will be furnished with a certificate signed by the appropriate officers of the City stating <br />that the City examined each document and that, as of the respective date of each document and the date of <br />such certificate, each document did not and does not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to <br />state a material fact necessary, in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances <br />under which they were made, not misleading. <br /> <br />118