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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 41 - Issue 43 - October 27, 2022

(Published in the Kansas Register October 27, 2022.)

Unified School District No. 388,
Ellis and Trego Counties, Kansas (Ellis)

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$4,550,000
General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)

Bids

Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated October 10, 2022 (the “Notice”), facsimile, written, and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Clerk of Unified School District No. 388, Ellis and Trego Counties, Kansas (Ellis) (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 10:00 a.m. (CST) November 14, 2022, for the purchase of the above-referenced bonds (the “Bonds”). No bid of less than 102.50% 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 December 6, 2022, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2023 $160,000
2024 230,000
2025 240,000
2026 250,000
2027 265,000
2028 280,000
2029 290,000
2030 305,000
2031 320,000
2032 335,000
2033 345,000
2034 360,000
2035 375,000
2036 390,000
2037 405,000

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 $91,000.

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 December 6, 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 2022 is $41,614,741. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $4,550,000.

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

Unified School District No. 388
Attn: Connie Waldschmidt, Clerk
1011 Washington
PO Box 256
Ellis, KS 67637-0256
785-726-4281
Fax: 785-726-4677
cwaldschmidt@usd388.k12.ks.us

Financial Advisor – Written and Facsimile Bid and Good Faith Deposit Delivery Address

Piper Sandler & Co.
Attn: Dustin Avey, Managing Director
11635 Rosewood St.
Leawood, KS 66211
913-345-3375
Fax: 913-345-3393
dustin.avey@psc.com

Dated October 10, 2022.

Connie Waldschmidt
Clerk

Doc. No. 050624