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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 44 - Issue 34 - August 21, 2025

(Published in the Kansas Register August 21, 2025.)

City of Hays, Kansas

Summary Notice of Bond Sale
$14,375,000*
General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025-A

(General Obligation Bonds Payable from Unlimited Ad Valorem Taxes)

Bids

Subject to the Notice of Bond Sale dated July 10, 2025 (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 10:30 a.m. (Central Time) August 28, 2025, 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 September 25, 2025, and will become due on September 1 in the years as follows:

Year Principal Amount*
2026 $370,000
2027 355,000
2028 380,000
2029 395,000
2030 415,000
2031 440,000
2032 455,000
2033 480,000
2034 495,000
2035 510,000
2036 725,000
2037 755,000
2038 785,000
2039 820,000
2040 855,000
2041 885,000
2042 925,000
2043 970,000
2044 1,010,000
2045 1,055,000
2046 305,000
2047 315,000
2048 330,000
2049 345,000
* 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 $287,500.

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 September 25, 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 2025 is $348,796,658. The total general obligation indebtedness of the Issuer as of the Dated Date, including the Bonds being sold, but excluding temporary notes to be retired with proceeds of the Bonds, is $29,854,000.

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

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
816-203-8733
arteberryd@stifel.com

Dated July 10, 2025.

Kim Rupp
Director of Finance
City of Hays, Kansas

Doc. No. 053418