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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 40 - Issue 9 - March 4, 2021

(Published in the Kansas Register March 4, 2021.)

Cowley County, Kansas

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$9,940,000*
General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)

Bids

Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated January 19, 2021 (the “Notice”), facsimile, written, emailed, and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Clerk of Cowley County, Kansas (the “Issuer”) in the case of written, emailed, or facsimile bids, at the address set forth below, and in the case of electronic bids, through PARITY® until 11:00 a.m. (CST) March 16, 2021, 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 April 8, 2021, and will become due on August 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2022 $395,000
2023 405,000
2024 415,000
2025 425,000
2026 435,000
2027 445,000
2028 455,000
2029 470,000
2030 480,000
2031 490,000
2032 500,000
2033 510,000
2034 520,000
2035 535,000
2036 545,000
2037 555,000
2038 570,000
2039 585,000
2040 595,000
2041 610,000

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 February 1 and August 1 in each year, beginning on August 1, 2021.

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 $198,800.

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 April 8, 2021, 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 2020 is $311,232,764. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $9,940,000.

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

Cowley County
Attn: Karen Madison, Clerk
321 E. 10th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
620-221-5406
kmadison@cowleycounty.org

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

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Attn: Bret Shogren, Director
301 N. Main St., Suite 800
Wichita, KS 67202
316-264-9351
Fax: 316-264-9370
shogrenb@stifel.com

Dated January 19, 2021.

Karen Madison
Clerk

* Subject to change, see the Notice

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