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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 40 - Issue 48 - December 2, 2021

(Published in the Kansas Register December 2, 2021.)

Unified School District No. 240,
Ottawa County, Kansas
(Twin Valley Schools)

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$5,900,000
General Obligation School Building Bonds,
Series 2022

(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)

Bids

Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated November 15, 2021 (the “Notice”), facsimile, email, and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Clerk of Unified School District No. 240, Ottawa County, Kansas (Twin Valley Schools) (the “Issuer”) in the case of facsimile bids, at the address set forth below, and in the case of electronic bids, through PARITY® until 11:00 a.m. (CST) December 16, 2021, for the purchase of the above-referenced bonds (the “Bonds”). No bid of less than 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds and accrued interest thereon to the date of delivery will be considered.

Bond Details

The Bonds will consist of fully registered bonds in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. The Bonds will be dated January 6, 2022, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2023 $200,000
2024 215,000
2025 225,000
2026 235,000
2027 245,000
2028 260,000
2029 270,000
2030 285,000
2031 295,000
2032 310,000
2033 320,000
2034 335,000
2035 345,000
2036 360,000
2037 370,000
2038 385,000
2039 400,000
2040 415,000
2041 430,000

The Bonds will bear interest from the date thereof at rates to be determined when the Bonds are sold as hereinafter provided, which interest will be payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 in each year, beginning on September 1, 2022.

Book-Entry-Only System

The Bonds shall be registered under a book-entry-only system administered through DTC.

Paying Agent and Bond Registrar

Treasurer of the State of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas.

Good Faith Deposit

Each bid shall be accompanied (in the manner set forth in the Notice) by a good faith deposit in the form of a cashier’s or certified check drawn on a bank located in the United States of America or a wire transfer in Federal Reserve funds immediately available for use by the Issuer in the amount of $118,000.

Delivery

The Issuer will pay for preparation of the Bonds and will deliver the same properly prepared, executed, and registered without cost to the successful bidder on or about January 6, 2022, to DTC for the account of the successful bidder.

Assessed Valuation and Indebtedness

The Equalized Assessed Tangible Valuation for Computation of Bonded Debt Limitations for the year 2021 is $48,615,062. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $6,605,000.

Approval of Bonds

The Bonds will be sold subject to the legal opinion of Gilmore & Bell, P.C., Wichita, Kansas, Bond Counsel to the Issuer, whose approving legal opinion as to the validity of the Bonds will be furnished and paid for by the Issuer, printed on the Bonds, and delivered to the successful bidder as and when the Bonds are delivered.

Additional Information

Additional information regarding the Bonds may be obtained from the undersigned or from the Financial Advisor at the addresses set forth below:

Issuer – Good Faith Deposit Delivery Address

Office of the Board of Education
Attn: Cindy Regnier, Clerk
107 N. Nelson
PO Box 38
Bennington, KS 67422
785-488-3325
Fax: 785-488-3326
cregnier@usd240.org

Financial Advisor – Facsimile and Email Bid Delivery Address

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Attn: Stephen E. Shogren
301 N. Main, Suite 800
Wichita, KS 67202
316-264-9351
Fax: 316-337-8492
shogrens@stifel.com

Dated November 15, 2021.

Cindy Regnier
Clerk

* Subject to change, see the Notice

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