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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 43 - Issue 39 - September 26, 2024

(Published in the Kansas Register September 26, 2024.)

City of Hays, Kansas

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$2,660,000*
General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024-A

(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)

Bids

Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated September 26, 2024 (the “Notice”), email and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Director of Finance of the City of Hays, Kansas (the “Issuer”) in the case of email bids, at the address set forth below, and in the case of electronic bids, through PARITY® until 10:00 a.m. (Central Time) October 10, 2024, 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 October 30, 2024, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2025 $45,000
2026 35,000
2027 80,000
2028 85,000
2029 90,000
2030 95,000
2031 100,000
2032 105,000
2033 110,000
2034 120,000
2035 125,000
2036 130,000
2037 140,000
2038 145,000
2039 155,000
2040 160,000
2041 170,000
2042 180,000
2043 190,000
2044 195,000
2045 205,000
* 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, 2025.

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

The successful bidder shall provide (in the manner set forth in the Notice) a good faith deposit in the form of a wire transfer in Federal Reserve funds immediately available for use by the Issuer in the amount of $53,200.

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 October 30, 2024, 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 $339,626,552. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $16,636,792.25.

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

City of Hays, Kansas
Attn: Kim Rupp, Director of Finance
City Hall
1507 Main St.
Hays, KS 67601
785-628-7300
krupp@haysusa.com

Municipal Advisor

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Attn: David Arteberry
4622 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 1210
Kansas City, MO 64112
816-863-3230
arteberryd@stifel.com

Dated September 26, 2024.

Kim Rupp
Director of Finance
City of Hays, Kansas

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