Bonds to fund a series of improvements within Hancock County Schools have been awarded, 10 months after being authorized by the county’s voters.

The Hancock County Board of Education met in a special session Thursday afternoon, awarding the sale of $10,650,000 in bonds to Fifth Third Securities Inc. of Cincinnati, which offered a purchase price of $11,167,939.15 and an interest cost of 3.32%.

Board Vice President Ed Fields noted, when the board had proposed the sale of the bonds as part of a levy approved by voters in November, officials had done so with a worst-case scenario for interest rates of 6% in an effort to explain the potential impact of the levy on county taxpayers.

“This is a lot better than what we were saying,” Fields said.

Hancock County voters approved the bond levy dur

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