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Collin County approves 2026 bond sale plan and parameters order, including potential refundings
Summary
The Commissioner's Court authorized sale of bonds and tax notes for 2026 and approved a parameters order allowing sale and limited refundings; both votes passed 3-1.
Collin County Commissioners Court on Tuesday authorized a 2026 bond sale covering courthouse and detention projects, animal shelter funding and parks and open space, and approved a parameters order that sets limits for pricing and the option to refund callable debt.
Budget and finance staff described four propositions that together would fund court and detention facility work and remaining animal shelter and parks projects, and a separate proposition for regional roads and right-of-way work. The county also proposed short-term tax notes to fund smaller, near-term building repairs.
The presentation from the county's budget finance office summarized the new-money items as about $98.7 million for courts/detention/animal shelter/parks and $113.9 million for roads and regional thoroughfares, and showed a combined total of about $220.7 million for new money plus tax notes. Staff said they do not plan to sell the full voter-authorized amount for the medical examiner program because not all authorized funds are needed now.
Hilltop Securities, the county’s financial advisor, presented a parameters order that would: set a ceiling interest rate for long-term bonds (5.25%), authorize delegated pricing officers to execute sale documents, allow up to $244,022,000 in maximum principal (to include potential refundings), and require a minimum net-present-value savings of 3% on any refunding. Hilltop said roughly $20 million of callable debt currently looks sensible to refund in current markets but included up to $30 million of callables in the order to preserve options.
Court members asked about market volatility, timing and the county’s practice not to extend final maturities when refunding. Staff said tax notes would include one- and two-year maturities (the short note was presented as $5 million already in fund balance and $3 million expected via the regular process) and that tax note principal was estimated at $8.1 million to fund near-term facility repairs.
Commissioners moved and approved the bond sale authorization and, separately, the parameters order. Both actions passed on 3–1 votes.
The court’s approvals direct staff to proceed with the sale subject to the parameters; staff said the timetable calls for rating calls and a sale window in early July, with closings about 30 days after pricing pending Texas attorney general review.
