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Board rescinds amendment allowing automatic future millage increases; annual votes required
Summary
Board members voted to rescind a prior amendment that would have committed the district to take the maximum allowable millage each year without annual board votes; staff clarified millage increases must be approved year‑to‑year and reported that the county received a 9.8‑mill total figure related to this year's actions.
Union County School Board members voted to rescind an earlier amendment that would have attempted to allow automatic increases to millage in future years. Staff clarified that the board must take a millage vote each year and cannot adopt an open-ended authorization to apply the maximum permitted millage indefinitely.
During discussion, staff said the motion at the June meeting had included language to take the maximum amount permitted by state law going forward; legal and administrative review confirmed the board must vote on millage annually. The board noted a previously reported figure of 4.1 mills proposed in the current action and a county‑reported total of 9.8 mills related to the most recent filings.
A motion to rescind the amendment was made, seconded (second recorded as Mr. Truit) and approved by roll call with all present members voting yes. Board members asked staff to provide the source documentation in writing about where the annual‑vote requirement and the earlier amendment language originated; staff agreed to circulate the documentation to the board.
The decision restores the requirement that the board take discrete millage votes each fiscal year rather than relying on a standing amendment.
