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Carman-Ainsworth board adopts $80.2 million 2026-27 budget, certifies 2026 tax rates
Summary
The Carman-Ainsworth Board of Education unanimously adopted the fiscal 2026-27 General Appropriations Resolution with $80,185,956 in revenues and $68,859,075 in expenditures, approved a 2025-26 budget amendment and certified 2026 tax rates including an 18.0000 mill operating levy on non-homestead property.
The Carman-Ainsworth Board of Education unanimously adopted the district's 2026-27 General Appropriations Resolution on June 23, approving revenues of $80,185,956 and expenditures of $68,859,075.
The action, moved by Board Member Gary Cousins and supported by Mary Margaret Gleason-Gidcumb, passed by roll call vote with six ayes and no nays. The board also adopted an amendment to the 2025-26 General Fund budget that updates the prior figures; amended 2025-26 revenues were listed as $80,158,064 and expenditures as $69,961,396.
Why it matters: the appropriation sets the district's legal spending authority for the coming fiscal year and the amended 2025-26 resolution revises prior-year figures recorded in the minutes.
Superintendent Ryan and district staff presented the tax-certification paperwork necessary to levy millages for the fiscal year. The board authorized the president and board secretary to sign the 2026 tax-rate certification and to levy the operating tax rate of 18.0000 mills on non-homestead property (excluding industrial personal property, which is exempt), an operating levy of 6.0000 mills on commercial personal property, a building-and-site levy of 0.4969 mills on all property classes and a debt-retirement levy of 4.10 mills on all property classes. The motion to certify the rates, moved by Gary Cousins and supported by Lisa Koegel, passed unanimously.
Board members thanked Mr. Parks for the budget presentation and district administrators reported year-end results and strong student participation in summer programs. No public comments were offered at the meeting.
Procedural details: all formal motions listed in the minutes (minutes approval, treasurer's report authorization, personnel actions, budget adoption, budget amendment and tax certification) were approved by voice or roll call vote; recorded roll-call results where provided show unanimous approval by the six members present: Gary Cousins, Mary Margaret Gleason-Gidcumb, La Cracha Handy, James Johnson, Lisa Koegel and President Gloria Nealy.
Next step: the board's Primary Organizational Meeting is scheduled for July 7, 2026, where additional organizational items will be considered.
