Volume 44 - Issue 3 - January 16, 2025
(Published in the Kansas Register January 16, 2025.)
Unified School District No. 355,
Barton County, Kansas (Ellinwood)
Summary Notice Of Bond Sale
$8,500,000*
General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025
(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)
Bids
Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated December 9, 2024 (the “Notice”), facsimile and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Clerk of Unified School District No. 355, Barton County, Kansas (Ellinwood) (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. (Central Time) February 10, 2025, for the purchase of the above-referenced bonds (the “Bonds”). No bid for less than 104% of the principal amount of the Bonds, and no bid for more than 110% 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 March 6, 2025, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:
| Year | Principal Amount* |
|---|---|
| 2027 | $440,000 |
| 2028 | 460,000 |
| 2029 | 485,000 |
| 2030 | 505,000 |
| 2031 | 530,000 |
| 2032 | 555,000 |
| 2033 | 585,000 |
| 2034 | 610,000 |
| 2035 | 640,000 |
| 2036 | 670,000 |
| 2037 | 700,000 |
| 2038 | 735,000 |
| 2039 | 775,000 |
| 2040 | 810,000 |
| * Subject to change, see the Notice | |
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, 2026.
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 $170,000.
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 March 6, 2025, 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 2024 is $43,344,090. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $8,500,000.
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 Municipal Advisor at the addresses set forth below.
Issuer
Unified School District No. 355
Attn: Brian Elliott, Clerk
District Office
300 N. Schiller Ave.
Ellinwood, KS 67526
620-564-3226
Fax: 620-564-2206
belliott@usd355.org
Municipal Advisor
Piper Sandler & Co.
Attn: Clayton Kelley
11635 Rosewood St.
Leawood, KS 66211
913-345-3300
Fax: 913-345-3393
clayton.kelley@psc.com
Dated December 9, 2024.
Brian Elliott
Clerk
Unified School District No. 355
Doc. No. 052789
