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Garden City board approves 2026-27 budget, millage rates and facility purchases
Summary
After a June 22 public budget hearing, the Garden City Public Schools board adopted the 2026-27 initial budget and set millage rates, and approved three procurement items funded by Act 18 and sinking funds, plus ratified an administrators' contract.
The Garden City Public Schools Board adopted the district's 2026-27 initial budget on June 22 following a public budget hearing and a finance-committee review earlier that evening. The board also approved millage rates needed to support the budget and authorized several Act 18 and sinking-fund purchases for facility and classroom improvements.
At the public hearing, a district presenter recommended levying the full 18 mills on non-homestead property, saying, "we are recommending to levy the full 18 mills required by statute." The presenter explained Headley rollbacks reduced the sinking-fund replacement levy from 1.8285 mills to 1.7626 mills for 2026, and noted the district's total debt millage will remain at 6.3 mills to meet bond obligations.
The board approved the 2025-26 amended budget and then the 2026-27 general appropriations resolution after roll-call votes in which board members responded affirmatively. The initial-budget presentation used a $10,300 per-student foundation-allowance assumption and projected total general-fund revenues of $60.5 million with $62.2 million in expenditures, producing an estimated $1.7 million drawdown of fund balance to about $12.3 million (roughly 20.3% of revenues).
The meeting also produced these procurement approvals: - NBS Commercial Interiors: $319,782.76 to furnish classroom equipment for the Burgger Transition Center and additional Act 18 classrooms, funded by a June 1 Act 18 discretionary allocation. A board member noted the funds arrived late this year and expressed concern about timely delivery. - GameTime (via Omnia Partners cooperative pricing): $367,200 for playground renovations at Burgger Transition Center and Farmington Elementary, funded by a mix of sinking-fund and Act 18 dollars. - Floor Craft Floor Coverings: $89,977 to remove and replace flooring with Shaw LVT at the Burgger Transition Center, procured through a public bid and funded by Act 18 discretionary funds.
The board also ratified a collective-bargaining agreement with the Garden City Administrators Association (GCAA) covering July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 after a brief closed-session update and a subsequent roll-call vote to approve the agreement.
Board leaders said the budget was developed conservatively because the state had not yet finalized the school-aid budget; many revenue components remain subject to change pending legislative action. The board set its 2026 meeting schedule and closed the meeting after routine business.
Votes at a glance: - 2025-26 amended budget: approved (roll-call recorded affirmative responses from board members present) - 2026 millage rates resolution (operating 18 mills on non-homestead; debt and sinking allocations as presented): approved (roll-call affirmative) - 2026-27 initial budget (general appropriations resolution): approved (roll-call affirmative) - NBS Commercial Interiors contract, $319,782.76 (Act 18 funds): approved - GameTime playground work, $367,200 (sinking fund + Act 18): approved - Floor Craft flooring contract, $89,977 (Act 18): approved - GCAA collective-bargaining agreement (7/1/26—6/30/29): ratified
The board will reconvene for its next regular meeting on July 27 at central office.
