Building Communities

It's What We Do.

  • Building Communities

    It's What We Do.

Who We Are

Ehlers is an industry-leading municipal advisory firm serving Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Illinois and Kansas. We leverage centuries of combined experience and specialized expertise to deliver innovative, fully integrated public finance solutions that help our public sector clients build strong, vibrant and sustainable communities.  We serve local governments, school districts, public agencies, special districts, community development authorities, joint powers boards and select non-profit organizations.

Post Issuance Services

Ehlers' disclosure coordinators have your back when it comes to continuing disclosure and payment requirements associated with a debt issuance. Trust our professionals to file the needed paperwork and payments promptly and accurately.

School Finance Services

Building outstanding learning communities takes thoughtful analyses, planning and budgeting along with the right financial tools expertly deployed at the right time. Ehlers' School Finance professionals can help strengthen your district's foundation as you pursue your vision of success.

Debt Issuance & Management

We've helped public sector clients realize their vision through creative debt solutions for more than six decades. It's why we consistently rank in the top three nationally for the number of competitive bond sales advised.

Economic Development & Redevelopment

Creating new jobs and revitalizing communities is what it's all about.  Our advisors leverage first-hand experience in local government to design financial solutions that bring your development visions to life.

Financial Management Planning

From annual budgets to capital improvement plans – and everything in between – Ehlers provides strategic, yet practical fiscal guidance to help clients fulfill immediate financial needs and achieve long-term community goals.

Investments & Treasury Management

Ehlers delivers comprehensive cash management and investment strategies for our public sector clients' cash-based assets. We also help clients create smart, safe investment policies that strive to support liquidity and return, while adhering to IRS regulations.

Fiercely Independent
Fully- Integrated

With client communities at the heart of everything we do, Ehlers' integrated advisory teams are highly qualified to deliver independent guidance across all areas of public finance. Not all financial advisory firms can say that.

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Bond Sales

Ehlers helps clients market and issue bonds through both competitive and negotiated processes. The occurrence and details of our clients' competitive bond sales are subject to change. Final details for each sale listed will be found in the official statement produced by Ehlers.

5 Upcoming Bond Sales

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City of Minnetrista, Minnesota

$4,330,000.00 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024A

Maturities
2026 - 2045

Sale Date & Time
October 7 2024, 10:00 AM CT

City of Platteville, Wisconsin

$5,975,000.00 General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 2024B

Maturities
2027 - 2044

Sale Date & Time
October 8 2024, 10:00 AM CT

Independent School District No. 347 (Willmar Public Schools), Minnesota

$35,760,000.00 General Obligation School Building and Refunding Bonds, Series 2024A

Maturities
2025 - 2036

Sale Date & Time
October 9 2024, 09:30 AM CT

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Interest Rate Indices

Municipal Debt Rates

As of September 12, 2024

Bond Buyer Index
3.83%
Revenue Bond Index
4.12%
10-Year Treasury Note
3.68%

Fixed Income Investment Rates

As of July 01, 2024

3-Month Commercial Paper
5.43%
1-Year U.S. Treasury Bill
5.12%
3-Year GO AA Muni
3.18%

Newsroom

Proposed New MN TIF Reporting Forms

Talking Points for use in OSA Feedback Submissions In late July, the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) introduced a beta version of its proposed new TIF reporting form, requesting that municipalities and professional services providers review overall form design and content, then provide feedback via online survey or email by September 20, 2024. After […]

Client Alerts

2023 Wisconsin Act 12: Levy Limit & Tax Incremental District Impacts

The recently enacted local government funding legislation (2023 Wisconsin Act 12) imposes significant changes to the shared revenue program, eliminates the personal property tax, and creates an innovation fund to encourage consolidation and transfer of services to promote cost savings. However, as a late-session compromise to gain the support needed to pass this legislation, Act 12 was amended to include provisions for how construction in tax incremental districts (TIDs) will be treated under levy limits that will impact newly created TIDs beginning next year.

Client Alerts

2022: The Year In Review

To say a lot has changed in the bond market this year would be a major understatement"¦changes that can largely be attributed to the actions taken by the Federal Reserve to combat persistent inflation. Let's review where we've been, where we are today, and where we're likely headed in 2023.

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