Volume 41 - Issue 13 - March 31, 2022
(Published in the Kansas Register March 31, 2022.)
City of Augusta, Kansas
Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$2,325,000*
General Obligation Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2022-B
(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)
Bids
Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated March 21, 2022 (the “Notice”), facsimile, written, and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Clerk of the City of Augusta, Kansas (the “Issuer”) in the case of written or facsimile bids, at the address set forth below, and in the case of electronic bids, through PARITY® until 11:00 a.m. (CDT) April 18, 2022, 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 May 5, 2022, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:
| Year | Principal Amount* |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $155,000 |
| 2024 | 715,000 |
| 2025 | 725,000 |
| 2026 | 730,000 |
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 March 1, 2023.
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 $46,500.
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 May 5, 2022, to DTC for the account of the successful bidder or at such bank or trust company in the contiguous United States of America as may be specified by the successful bidder, or elsewhere at the expense of the successful bidder.
Assessed Valuation and Indebtedness
The Equalized Assessed Tangible Valuation for Computation of Bonded Debt Limitations for the year 2021 is $75,724,969. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $16,820,000.
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 Address
City of Augusta, Kansas
Attn: Erica Jones, Clerk
113 E. 6th
PO Box 489,
Augusta, KS 67010
316-775-4510
Fax: 316-775-4566
ejones@augustagov.org
Financial Advisor – Written and Facsimile Bid and Good Faith Deposit Delivery Address
Piper Sandler & Co.
Attn: Dustin Avey
11635 Rosewood St.
Leawood, KS 66211
913-345-3375
Fax: 913-345-3393
dustin.avey@psc.com
Dated March 21, 2022.
Erica Jones
Clerk
* Subject to change, see the Notice
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