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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 41 - Issue 40 - October 6, 2022

(Published in the Kansas Register October 6, 2022.)

Unified School District No. 460, Harvey County, Kansas (Hesston)

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$33,475,000*
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 September 19, 2022 (the “Notice”), facsimile, email, and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Clerk of Unified School District No. 460, Harvey County, Kansas (Hesston) (the “Issuer”) in the case of email or facsimile bids, at the address set forth below, and in the case of electronic bids, through PARITY® until 10:00 a.m. (CDT) October 26, 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 November 17, 2022, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2024 $90,000
2025 135,000
2026 185,000
2027 235,000
2028 285,000
2029 345,000
2030 405,000
2031 470,000
2032 535,000
2033 610,000
2034 690,000
2035 760,000
2036 835,000
2037 915,000
2038 1,000,000
2039 1,090,000
2040 1,185,000
2041 1,285,000
2042 1,385,000
2043 1,495,000
2044 1,615,000
2045 1,740,000
2046 1,865,000
2047 2,005,000
2048 2,145,000
2049 2,295,000
2050 2,455,000
2051 2,620,000
2052 2,800,000

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 $669,500.

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 November 17, 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 2022 is $59,167,574. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $33,475,000.

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

Office of the Board of Education
Attn: Judy Reimer, Clerk
150 N. Ridge Rd.
PO Box 2000
Hesston, KS 67062
620-327-4931
Fax: 620-327-7157
judy.reimer@usd460.org

Financial Advisor

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

Dated September 19, 2022.

Judy Reimer
Clerk

*Subject to change, see the Notice

Doc. No. 050561