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Ellis County panels OK bond sale to fund courthouse, EMS and sheriff projects
Summary
The Public Building Commission and county commissioners authorized offering bonds to finance multiple county building projects — including courthouse HVAC replacement and a new EMS building — with staff given limited authority to accept bids on March 9 and ratification set for March 10.
The Public Building Commission and the Ellis County Commission approved authorizations this week to offer bonds that would finance several county building projects, including a courthouse heating, ventilation and air‑conditioning overhaul and facility work tied to the sheriff’s office and emergency services.
“Once they vacate that facility, we would renovate it to remove office space and combine areas to expand the sheriff's department,” County Administrator Darren Myers said while summarizing the program of projects. Financial advisor Larry Klayman told commissioners staff would accept competitive bids on March 9 and that the PBC and county commission would ratify the action the next day. Klayman said the bond documents authorize county staff to accept bids up to $11,000,000 within specified interest-rate parameters.
Myers and county staff told the board the financing plan is structured to avoid a property-tax increase. Myers said the county plans to use accumulated savings, reserved sales-tax proceeds and the fact that payments on a 2020 bond expire in 2030 to cover roughly $750,000 a year in debt service—an estimate the county said will be refined when final bids are received.
Commissioners voted to authorize the sale, and they delegated signatory authority to Myers to approve bids on March 9 so the sale can proceed promptly.
