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Board approves ongoing summer tax levy, $350,000 transfer to capital projects and routine personnel and policy items
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Buchanan Community Schools Board adopted a continuing summer tax levy resolution, approved a $350,000 transfer from the general fund to the capital projects fund, certified three virtual academy graduates, and approved student handbook updates and a consent agenda of hires and contracts; all motions passed on roll call.
The Buchanan Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Nov. 18 to adopt several routine but fiscally meaningful items, including a resolution to continue imposing a summer tax levy, a $350,000 transfer from the general fund into the capital projects fund, approval of the 2024–25 Buchanan High School student handbook, certification of three Buchanan Virtual Academy graduates, and acceptance of the consent agenda that included minutes, warrants and multiple hiring and extracurricular contract recommendations.
The board adopted the summer tax levy resolution on a motion recorded in the transcript that instructs the superintendent or designee to forward the resolution to the governing bodies of the cities and townships in which the district is located so those jurisdictions can collect the summer taxes; the motion’s text as read included statutory references and directed that forwarding occur before Jan. 1, 2025. The resolution language in the transcript cites statutory provisions (quoted in the meeting) and authorizes the superintendent to negotiate reasonable collection expenses with local jurisdictions. "The board previously adopted a resolution to impose a summer tax levy to collect 100% of annual school property taxes," the motion states (as read aloud in the meeting); the board approved the resolution by roll call with all seven members voting yes.
On a separate motion the board approved transferring $350,000 from the general fund into the capital projects fund to support planned capital work. The superintendent explained the transfer follows previously approved account openings and available access funds; the motion passed on a unanimous roll call.
The meeting also certified graduation for three Buchanan Virtual Academy students (Richard Calderon, Cadence Dorton and Elan Wa Bridal) "upon satisfactory completion of the district requirements for high school graduation," and approved the updated student handbook for Buchanan High School for 2024–25. The consent agenda — which included minutes from the Oct. 21 regular meeting, warrants and expenditures for October 2024, an updated extracurricular contract, and several recommended hires and coaching appointments — was approved by roll call.
All motions listed above passed by recorded roll call with the seven board members (called in the transcript as Mister Carlson, Miss Brackett, Miss Reiter, Miss Lesh, Doctor Carlin, Miss Berry and Doctor Burnette) voting yes. The board set its next regular meeting for Dec. 16 and adjourned.
Authorities cited in the summer tax motion were read from the transcript; statutory citations in the reading were garbled in the audio transcript (e.g., the motion references "17 or to 19 76 PA 4 5 1 1 as amended" and specific MCL numbers). The board did not amend those readings during the meeting.
