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Wayne-Westland board adopts 2025-26 budget, approves tax levy and seeks state pre-qualification for $125 million bond
Summary
The board adopted the 2024-25 final amended general fund and the 2025-26 starting general fund budget, approved the L-4029 tax levy and authorized submission of preliminary qualification documents to the state for $125 million of bonds to fund roofs, technology and parking-lot work.
The Wayne-Westland Community School District Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt final amendments to the 2024-25 general fund budget and to adopt the 2025-26 general fund operating budget as its starting budget for the coming year. At the same meeting the board approved the district’s 2025 tax levy paperwork (L-4029) and authorized the state preliminary qualification application for up to $125,000,000 in bonds for capital projects.
During a presentation to the board, the district’s business/finance presenter (identified in the meeting as “Mrs. Claire” for Business Services) described the current-year estimated general-fund revenue and expenses and noted an estimated fund balance of roughly $33.0 million. The presenter said that the district’s estimated fund balance would represent about 24.12 percent of its recommended reserve target, and that the newly adopted 2025-26 budget uses a conservative $400 increase per pupil in state revenue estimates because the state budget had not been finalized.
On the bond preliminary-qualification request, the presenter told the board the $125 million figure is intended primarily for roof repairs, technology and parking-lot work. Staff said they had made minor adjustments requested by the state’s review team, including a change to how enrollment for the Innovative Academy was counted; staff said the state’s adjustment did not affect the district’s ability to move forward with the application.
Board members asked clarifying questions about enrollment subtotals and the state’s review of trends; the presenter explained that the Innovative Academy figures had been adjusted by the state during the preliminary review and that the change did not affect the application outcome.
Votes on the budget, tax levy and bond-qualification resolution were unanimous (7-0). The board did not record any dissenting motions or amendments to the budgets or levy during the meeting.
The board’s formal actions: - Adopted the 2024-25 final amended general fund budget (motion carried 7-0). - Adopted the 2025-26 original general fund operating budget (motion carried 7-0). - Approved the L-4029 tax levy form for the 2025 tax year (motion carried 7-0). - Authorized submission of preliminary qualification documents to the state seeking approval to proceed with up to $125,000,000 in bonds for capital projects (motion carried 7-0).
The transcript does not include final project-by-project spending detail beyond the categories stated (roofs, technology, parking lots), and the presenter described several assumptions (conservative state aid estimate and curriculum purchases included in next year’s budget). Additional project-level details and the final bond structure would follow state review and later board action, the presenter said.
