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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 43 - Issue 17 - April 25, 2024

(Published in the Kansas Register April 25, 2024.)

City of Manhattan, Kansas

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$32,590,000*
General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024-A

(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)

Bids

Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated April 16, 2024 (the “Notice”), email and electronic bids will be received on behalf of the Director of Finance of the City of Manhattan, Kansas (the “Issuer”) in the case of email bids, at the email address set forth below, and in the case of electronic bids, through PARITY® until 11:00 A.M. (Central Time) May 16, 2024, for the purchase of the above-referenced bonds (the “Bonds”). No bid of less than $32,590,000 (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 June 14, 2024, and will become due on November 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2025 $1,575,000
2026 1,670,000
2027 1,745,000
2028 1,840,000
2029 1,925,000
2030 2,020,000
2031 2,125,000
2032 2,235,000
2033 2,345,000
2034 2,450,000
2035 1,020,000
2036 1,075,000
2037 1,130,000
2038 1,180,000
2039 1,240,000
2040 1,290,000
2041 1,340,000
2042 1,400,000
2043 1,460,000
2044 1,525,000
* 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 May 1 and November 1 in each year, beginning on November 1, 2024.

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 $651,800.

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 June 14, 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 2023 is $740,828,743. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, is $334,945,000; such amount includes the Issuer’s temporary notes in the principal amount of $35,715,000, also dated as of the Dated Date, which will be issued on the Closing Date. Temporary notes in the principal amount of $58,855,000 will be retired out of proceeds of the Bonds, the proceeds of the Series 2024-01 Notes and other available funds, which will reduce the outstanding general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer to $276,090,000.

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 persons set forth below.

Issuer

City of Manhattan, Kansas
Rina Neal, Director of Finance
City Hall, First Floor
1101 Poyntz Ave.
Manhattan, KS 66502-5497
785-587-2465
Fax: 785-587-2409
neal@cityofmhk.com

Municipal Advisor and Email Bid Delivery Address

Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC
Attn: Bond Services
Wells Fargo Place
30 E. 7th St., Suite 3025
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651-223-3000
Fax: 651-223-3046
bids@bakertilly.com

Dated April 16, 2024.

Rina Neal
Director of Finance
City of Manhattan, Kansas

Doc. No. 052080