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Prosper approves roughly $50 million general obligation bond package, including $19.45 million for street projects and $~30 million refunding
Summary
The council adopted a parameters ordinance authorizing the issuance of general obligation refunding and improvement bonds (Series 2025) totaling just under $50 million, including about $19.45 million of new money for street and transportation projects and callable debt of roughly $30 million proposed for refunding.
The Prosper Town Council unanimously approved a parameters ordinance June 10 authorizing the issuance and sale of Town of Prosper general obligation refunding and improvement bonds, Series 2025. The package totals just under $50 million and includes approximately $19,450,000 in new money for street and transportation projects and about $30 million in callable debt proposed for refunding.
Finance staff explained that the new-money portion will fund street and transportation projects including First Street, Coit Road, Coleman and Legacy (project phases and amounts were shown in staff materials). The refunding portion targets callable series from prior issues; staff and the town's financial advisor said they will select the callable issues that produce the largest savings. Jason Hughes (Hilltop Securities) told council the current market for 10-year tax-exempt bonds was approximately 3.25% to 3.40%, and a preliminary run earlier in the day showed about $20 million of callable bonds with anticipated savings in the low single digits (about 3.4% savings on the scenarios reviewed).
Council discussed the parameters ordinance length of delegation (the ordinance contained delegation to a pricing officer through June 4, 2026); staff said the full-year delegation is standard practice but could be shortened if council preferred. Several technical questions centered on coupon rates of earlier bonds (some at 5%, some at 3.5%) and which series would be economically refunded. The motion was made by Jeff Hodges, seconded by Marcus Ray, and passed unanimously.
Why it matters: the ordinance allows the town to refinance higher-coupon callable debt if market conditions warrant and to issue new GO debt for prioritized transportation projects. The final selection of refunded series and the precise savings will be determined at pricing under the delegated authority and reported back to council.
