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Montrose R‑XIV board approves 2025 tax rate, defeasance resolution and several staff assignments
Summary
At its Aug. 20 meeting in Montrose, the Montrose R‑XIV School District board approved a combined tax rate of $4.6773, passed a resolution to defease outstanding general obligation bonds, certified Aug. 5 election results, assigned the district counselor multiple coordinator duties, updated MSBA Policy GCPB and offered the high school boys basketball coaching position; most motions carried unanimously or by 6-0 after one member departed.
The Montrose R‑XIV School District Board of Education approved a combined 2025 tax rate of $4.6773 — $4.2929 for incidentals and $0.3844 for debt service — during a tax rate hearing called to order at 5:55 p.m. on Aug. 20, Board President Janna Wareham announced. Richard Bailey moved the tax-rate motion and Karl Monard seconded; the motion carried 7-0.
After adjourning the tax rate hearing and opening the regular meeting at 6:05 p.m., the board approved the meeting agenda with amendments to add a defeasement resolution and a Davis annexation item. Kimberly Carter moved the amended agenda; Angela Steward seconded and the motion carried 7-0.
In the financial portion of the meeting, Mrs. Drehle presented June and July financial information (the transcript did not provide dollar totals). The board then approved a resolution "declaring the intent to defease and pay certain outstanding general obligation bonds of Montrose R‑XIV School District of Henry County, Missouri," on a motion by Richard Bailey and second by Kimberly Carter; the resolution passed 7-0.
The board also approved capital project invoices to Roark Heating and Air Conditioning and Custer Welding and Fabrication and approved checks numbered 49190 through 49287; motions approving those payments were made and seconded by Kimberly Carter and Angela Steward and carried 7-0.
Under New Business, Mrs. Drehle provided an update on the Davis annexation (no additional details were recorded in the provided segments). The board certified the Aug. 5 election results on a motion by Kimberly Carter, seconded by Angela Steward; the certification carried 7-0. Charles Meredith was recorded as leaving the meeting during this portion of the agenda.
The board approved several counselor assignments that consolidate student-support coordinator roles: the counselor was designated as the English learner coordinator (motion by Richard Bailey, seconded by Angela Steward), homeless coordinator (motion by Angela Steward, seconded by Richard Bailey) and foster care coordinator (motion by Karl Monard, seconded by Kimberly Carter). Each of those motions carried 6-0 after Mr. Meredith’s departure.
The board approved an update to MSBA Policy GCPB (resignation of professional staff members) on a motion by Kimberly Carter, seconded by Richard Bailey; the transcript records the vote as 6-0 (a typographical note in the minutes reads '6- O').
During the CSIP update, the board reviewed attendance targets: the district’s goal is 92% compared with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s state goal of 95%; the transcript contains an unexplained '90%' that was not further clarified in the provided text.
The board voted to enter closed session at 7:29 p.m., citing student-discipline confidential records and personnel matters under section 610.021 of Missouri law. The roll-call and executive-session citation were recorded in the minutes. The board returned to open session at 7:51 p.m., and on a motion by Richard Bailey, seconded by Angela Steward, moved to offer Tommie McClain Jr. the high school boys basketball coaching position for the 2025–2026 school year; that motion carried 6-0.
Karl Monard moved to adjourn at 7:53 p.m.; Richard Bailey seconded and the motion carried 6-0. The meeting minutes were signed and recorded with Janna Wareham as Board President and Amy Wagner as Secretary to the Board; Amy Wasner’s name appears on the record without a specified role.
Votes at a glance — key actions approved by the Montrose R‑XIV board on Aug. 20, 2025: 1) Tax rate: approve $4.2929 (incidentals) + $0.3844 (debt) = $4.6773; mover: Richard Bailey; second: Karl Monard; outcome: 7-0. 2) Defeasance resolution: approve intent to defease GO bonds; mover: Richard Bailey; second: Kimberly Carter; outcome: 7-0. 3) Capital project bills (Roark Heating & Air Conditioning; Custer Welding & Fabrication): approve; mover: Kimberly Carter; second: Angela Steward; outcome: 7-0. 4) Checks #49190–#49287: approve; mover: Kimberly Carter; second: Angela Steward; outcome: 7-0. 5) Certify Aug. 5 election results: approve; mover: Kimberly Carter; second: Angela Steward; outcome: 7-0. 6) Counselor assignments (English learner, homeless, foster care coordinators): approved in separate motions; outcomes: each 6-0. 7) MSBA Policy GCPB update: approved; mover: Kimberly Carter; second: Richard Bailey; outcome: 6-0. 8) Enter closed session (per §610.021): approved 6-0. 9) Offer high school boys basketball coach position to Tommie McClain Jr.: approved 6-0.
What the record does not show: the minutes record motions and high-level descriptions of board action but do not include detailed financial amounts for the June/July financial presentation, specifics about the Davis annexation update, or the text of the defeasance resolution beyond its intent. The transcript contains a typographical vote note ('6- O') for one item and an unexplained '90%' in the attendance discussion; those items are noted in this account rather than interpreted.
