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Treasurer: Kings Local will maintain current levies; board adopts routine annual fiscal resolutions
Summary
Treasurer presented the district's tax budget and urged continuation of existing levies; the board approved routine annual motions including tax advance resolution, appointment to the tax incentive review council, payment-of-bills authority and designation of the public records custodian.
Kings Local School District Treasurer (Mister Morrow) told the board during the organizational meeting that the district's analysis shows it must continue to collect existing property tax levies to fund operations, bond service and permanent improvements.
“Every year, all schools across the state, analyze and and look at all of their property tax levies and make a determination of whether or not they need to collect those funds in the coming year,” Morrow said. He told the board the district will continue to collect its operating levies, maintain a 7‑mill alignment for bond service collections and rely on the permanent improvement levy passed in 1990 to upgrade and purchase technology and maintain facilities.
Morrow said the tax‑budget document will be submitted to the county budget commission — the auditor, treasurer and prosecutor — which will review the district's justification for continuing the levies. He also asked the board to approve standard annual resolutions that the district commonly adopts: a tax advance resolution (to allow the county to remit property‑tax advances for cash‑flow), appointment of the district representative to the Tax Incentive Review Council (TIRC), payment‑of‑bills authority to allow routine disbursements between meetings, and designation of the treasurer as the public‑records custodian.
The board approved those motions by roll call. Morrow also reported the district's enrollment tracker exceeded 5,000 students, which led him to slightly increase the revenue projection in the forecast because of state funding tied to enrollment.
The board also set its 2025 meeting calendar; trustees noted the July 10 date may be important for last‑day hiring items tied to contract rules for teachers, and said they would adjust if scheduling conflicts develop.
Those actions are routine annual business items intended to keep district operations and cash flow functioning between meetings and to comply with state and county review procedures.
