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Kewanee CUSD 229 board approves 2025 tax levy, bond transfers and purchase of five diesel buses
Summary
The Kewanee Community Unit School District No. 229 Board approved a 2025 tax levy based on an estimated EAV of $138,504,657 (including windmills), authorized three county sales tax transfers to pay bond series totaling $588,700, and approved purchase of five diesel buses for $525,310. Multiple personnel and policy actions also passed.
The Kewanee Community Unit School District No. 229 Board of Education on Dec. 15 approved the district's 2025 tax levy, three bond-transfer resolutions funded by countywide sales tax, and the purchase of five diesel buses.
Superintendent Baney told the Board the district is using an estimated equalized assessed valuation (EAV) of $138,504,657 to calculate the levy. Baney said EAV increases include an approximate $2,316,054 rise in Bureau County and a $4,261,659 rise in Henry County and that "the windmills were added to the EAV totals," which she estimated would add about $7,350,000 to the district's EAV. She said, "these are the best estimates we have available." The district requested a combined…
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