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Monroe County School Board votes to advertise tentative 2025–26 budget and millage rates
Summary
The board authorized staff to publish notice of intent to adopt a tentative budget and tentative millage rates for fiscal year 2025–26 after hearing staff outline proposed millage components and capital priorities.
The Monroe County School Board on July 22 authorized district finance staff to advertise the board’s intent to adopt a tentative budget and tentative millage rates for the 2025–26 school year.
Board Chair Khan and district finance staff presented the district’s proposed millage components and capital priorities before the board voted to advertise the tentative budget. The motion to authorize advertisement was moved by Mr. Horan and seconded by Mrs. Talbot; the board voted with no recorded no votes and the motion passed.
The finance presentation listed the district’s proposed millage elements and example revenue estimates. In the presentation staff stated, “The required local effort is 1.049. 0.02 is a prior year adjustment. So this year's is 1.047 and then plus the 0.002 gets to the 1.049,” and said capital outlay was proposed at 0.6 mills. The presenter said additional operating and safety millages were shown as 0.5 and 0.05 respectively (0.55 total for additional millages), and that “The total millage for '25 to 26 that I'm proposing is 2.947.” The presentation also noted a projected capital amount generated by the capital outlay millage of about $34,000,000 and listed purchase items that included two school buses and maintenance vehicles.
Board members asked whether printed copies of the tentative budget were needed; staff said they would provide printed copies the following week for members who requested them. The board also confirmed the district had already submitted the three statutorily required budget advertisements to the newspaper and that the ads had been accepted by the state.
What the vote does and what comes next: the board’s action authorized staff to publish the statutory public notices required to begin the budget-adoption process (advertising tentative millage rates and a tentative budget). The board will consider formal adoption of a tentative budget and millage rates at a later meeting following the statutorily required advertisement and public comment period. No final millage or final budget was adopted at the July 22 meeting.
Clarifying details: the presenter gave itemized millage components and an overall proposed millage figure during the presentation; speakers repeatedly described the vote on July 22 as authorization to advertise only. The advertisement and subsequent hearings are part of the multi-step statutory budget adoption process.
Votes at a glance - Motion: “Authorize the director of finance and performance to advertise notice of the board's intent to adopt a tentative budget and tentative millage rates for school year 2025–26.” - Mover: Mr. Horan; Second: Mrs. Talbot. - Outcome: Passed (no recorded no votes).
