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Columbia CUSD 4 board acknowledges 2025–26 budget display, schedules hearing and approves press policy; ground lease tabled
Summary
The school board approved the consent agenda and acknowledged the 2025–26 budget display to satisfy a 30-day posting requirement, set a budget hearing for Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., approved Board Policy No. 119 (press policy) on second reading, and removed a ground-lease item from the agenda for more information.
The Columbia CUSD 4 Board of Education approved routine business items and moved forward procedural steps for the 2025–26 budget at its regular meeting.
Administration presented the consent agenda — including minutes, financial reports, three resignations (Patricia Litikin, bus monitor; Leticia Linneman, custodian; Kimberly Johnson, administrative assistant), several new hires and a leave of absence — and recommended approval. A motion was made and seconded; the board approved the consent agenda by roll call vote.
The board acknowledged that the proposed 2025–26 budget has been on public display since Aug. 19, 2025, to meet a 30-day posting requirement and approved a motion to accept the budget-on-display status so that the district may proceed to final adoption next month. The board also set the budget hearing for 7 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2025, at its regular meeting.
Item C (the proposed ground lease) was removed from the agenda pending additional information and will be brought back when administrators can provide the needed details. The board approved the second reading of Board Policy No. 119 (press policy) as presented.
A public hearing to consider the district’s intent to issue up to $33,000,000 in bonds for high-school construction followed at 7:00 p.m.; the board invited public comment and then recessed the hearing after public remarks. A motion to adjourn the hearing carried and the meeting ended at 7:07 p.m.
The meeting record shows no formal vote on the bond issuance at this session; the board proceeded with the steps required to post and hold hearings related to the district budget and construction financing.
