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Newaygo board adopts 2026-27 budgets and resolution to levy 2026 taxes
Summary
The Newaygo Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the 2026-27 General Fund, Food Service and Student Activities budgets and adopted a resolution to levy 2026 taxes after a budget hearing; the transcript does not specify dollar amounts or levy rate.
The Newaygo Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the district's 2026-27 budgets and adopted a resolution to levy 2026 taxes at its June 15 regular meeting.
During the Budget Hearing, Kim Bidwell, the district's business manager, presented an overview of the district's finances and recommended moving forward with the operating and ancillary fund budgets for 2026-27. Following that presentation, John Bull moved and Mary Spicer seconded a motion to approve the 2026-27 General Fund operating budget, the Food Service budget and the Student Activities Fund and to adopt the resolution levying 2026 taxes; the roll-call vote was unanimous (Mr. Grodus, Mrs. Spicer, Mr. Frisbie, Mrs. Rivera-Cronk, Mr. Gracik, Mr. Bull and Mrs. Schultz all voted Aye).
Earlier in the meeting the board also approved amendments to the 2025-26 budgets for the General Fund, Food Service and Student Activities Fund (motion by Sara Rivera-Cronk, seconded by John Bull), also by unanimous vote. The transcript documents the approvals but does not include dollar amounts for either the 2025-26 amendments or the adopted 2026-27 budgets, nor does it state the levy rate.
Board members did not attach spending or levy specifics in the recorded discussion; the Business Manager provided the financial update that preceded the votes. The board tentatively scheduled a July work session for July 16 at 6 p.m. to continue administrative and planning work.
What the board approved: the motions on the record were the 2025-26 amended budgets and the 2026-27 budgets with the accompanying tax-levy resolution. Specific budget figures and the tax levy percentage or millage were not specified in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: The board's adoption of the budget and levy resolution completes the district's local budget process for 2026-27 as recorded in the minutes; the transcript does not identify any additional procedural steps or external approvals required in that meeting.
