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Newaygo school board hears 2025–26 budget amendments, reviews 2026–27 levy proposal
Summary
At a June 15 special meeting, the Newaygo Public Schools Board heard presentations from Business Manager Kim Bidwell on amendments to 2025–26 budgets and a 2026–27 budget proposal and resolution to levy 2026 taxes; the board approved routine agenda and consent items and scheduled its organizational meeting for July 20, 2026.
The Newaygo Public Schools Board of Education met June 15, 2026, in the Newaygo Elementary School cafeteria for a special budget hearing called to order by Board President Vince Grodus at 6:01 p.m.
Business Manager Kim Bidwell presented proposed amendments to the district's 2025–26 budgets for the General Fund, Food Service Fund and Student Activities Fund, and she also presented the 2026–27 budget proposal for those same funds along with a resolution to levy 2026 taxes. The transcript records the presentations; it does not record a formal board vote on the budget amendments or the 2026–27 levy resolution in the segments provided.
The board handled routine procedural business before the presentations. Thomas Frisbie moved to approve the meeting agenda; John Bull seconded and the motion carried unanimously (Ayes: 7, Nays: 0). The board agreed that the organizational meeting would be held before the regular meeting on July 20, 2026. Sara Rivera-Cronk moved and Mary Spicer seconded to approve the consent agenda as presented; that motion also carried unanimously (Ayes: 7, Nays: 0).
No members of the public spoke during the recorded public comment period.
At 6:13 p.m. Mary Spicer moved to adjourn; John Bull seconded and the motion carried unanimously (Ayes: 7, Nays: 0). The minutes were signed by Board Secretary Sara Rivera-Cronk.
Meeting participants listed in the record include Board President Vince Grodus and board members Jami Schultz, Sara Rivera-Cronk, Thomas Frisbie, Mary Spicer, John Bull and Bruce Gracik; Superintendent Ben Gilpin; and building administrators and central-office staff including Business Manager Kim Bidwell and principals from the district's elementary, middle and high schools.
Next procedural step noted in the minutes: the organizational meeting will precede the board's regular meeting on July 20, 2026.
