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Board adopts general fund appropriations and certifies 2025 tax levies; motions pass unanimously
Summary
The Williamson board approved the 2024–25 general fund appropriations and a final 2025 tax levy certification by recorded roll calls. The general fund appropriation totals and line items were read into the record; the tax levy motion included millage rates by township and passed unanimously.
The board unanimously approved a general fund appropriation resolution for fiscal year 2024–25 and separately certified tax levies for 2025 during the meeting.
The appropriation resolution read into the record listed revenues and appropriations the board adopted for the general fund; the transcript includes the amounts the administration provided in the meeting: local revenues $3,000,002.76 (noted in the statement), state revenues $21,930,981, federal revenues $870,399, transfers/other $1,754,909, for total revenues of $27,559,046 and an unappropriated fund balance of $6,915,762, yielding total available to appropriate of $34,474,808. The resolution appropriated $28,000,051.03 for expenditures, with major line items read as: instruction (total $15,463,357 including basic programs and added needs), support services (total $11,705,946), facilities acquisition $800,000, and long‑term debt $82,000.
The board then certified tax levies for collection in multiple townships. The motion listed millage rates for different collection areas. For example, collections within LeRoy, Locke, Ledgefield and Williamstown townships included 18.0 mills for general operations (non‑homestead only) and several debt/refinancing and sinking fund mills; collections within Meridian Township and the City of Williamston used different mill rates (9.0 mills for general operations non‑homestead only, and other debt/refinancing mills listed in the motion). Both measures passed by unanimous roll call.
Roll‑call votes on the appropriation and the tax levy certification were recorded as: Amanda — Yes; Chris — Yes; Dave — Yes; Deborah — Yes; Heather — Yes; Sarah — Yes; Nancy — Yes. The board president declared the motions carried.
The meeting also approved the minutes to the August 25, 2025 regular meeting by voice vote after a motion by the board (motion moved and seconded at the meeting); that motion carried by voice vote.
