On July 1, 2022, the first day of its 2023 fiscal year, the Town of Bear Creek issued at par $4,200,000 of 8 percent term bonds to renovate a historic wing of its main administrative building. The bonds mature in five years on July 1, 2027. Interest is payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1. As illustrated in the table below, a sinking fund is to be established with equal semiannual additions made on June 30 and December