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Greencastle-Antrim board approves 2025-26 budget, millage increase and routine contracts; vote counts recorded
Summary
The Greencastle-Antrim School District board on June 5 approved a proposed general fund budget for 2025–26, a real-estate millage increase that the board said would add revenue for capital projects, a homestead/farmstead exclusion resolution, transportation contracts and multiple personnel and invoice approvals.
The Greencastle-Antrim School District Board of Directors approved a package of fiscal and personnel actions at its June 5, 2025 interim meeting, including a real-estate millage increase, the 2025–26 general fund budget, a homestead/farmstead exclusion resolution and transportation contracts.
Board members voted 8–1 to increase the real-estate millage rate described in the meeting packet as moving “from 1 23.79 to 1 28.74” for the 2025–26 fiscal year; the board stated that change represents a 4.4% increase and “realizes a little over $1,100,000 in new revenue to be transferred directly into the capital projects fund.” Mr. Benitez voted no on the millage increase; eight other board members voted in favor.
The board then approved the proposed 2025–26 general fund budget on a roll call vote; the meeting record shows unanimous approval. The superintendent said the proposed operational deficit in the packet would be relieved with fund balance. The board also approved a resolution implementing the…
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