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Marion School Board adopts contingency 2024‑25 budgets and sets matching tax-levy options tied to Nov. 5 referendums
Summary
The Marion School District board adopted three contingency 2024‑25 budget versions and approved corresponding tax-levy resolutions that will apply depending on the Nov. 5 referendum outcomes; all motions carried on unanimous roll-call votes with two members absent.
The School District of Marion School Board on Oct. 28 adopted three contingency versions of the 2024‑25 original budget and passed matching tax-levy resolutions that take effect depending on the results of two referendum questions on Nov. 5, 2024. Each motion carried on roll-call votes recorded 7–0, with Ronnie Faehling and John Schwartz absent.
The board approved: Version 1 (to be used if neither referendum passes); Version 2 (if one referendum passes); and Version 3 (if both referendums pass). The district also adopted three corresponding tax-levy resolutions. Under the "neither passes" scenario the board approved levying taxes to raise $2,281,825 for district operations and $180,000 for the Community Services Fund. The "one passes" resolution raises $2,281,825 for operations, $416,000 for debt service, and $180,000 for Community Services. The "both pass" resolution raises $2,281,825 for operations, $845,000 for debt service, and $180,000 for Community Services.
Board members who moved and seconded the budget and levy motions included Melissa Stuhr (mover on the budget and levy versions) with seconds from Nikki Bonikowske, George Graper and others as recorded in the official minutes. All three budget versions and all three levy resolutions carried on roll-call votes recorded as seven ayes, zero nays; the minutes list Faehling and Schwartz as absent for those votes.
The board took the budget and levy actions as formal motions on the published agenda; no additional public testimony or debate is recorded in the minutes. The motions set the district's formal financial plans conditionally — which budget and levy take effect will depend on the official results of the Nov. 5 referendum questions. The board did not specify in the minutes any interim steps between the election outcome and the budget implementation.
Votes at a glance
- Adopt agenda: carried by roll-call vote, 7–0 (Faehling and Schwartz absent). - Adopt 2024‑25 Original Budget Version 1 (neither referendum passes): carried 7–0. - Adopt 2024‑25 Original Budget Version 2 (one referendum passes): carried 7–0. - Adopt 2024‑25 Original Budget Version 3 (both referendums pass): carried 7–0. - Levy taxes (neither passes): raise $2,281,825 operations; $180,000 Community Services — carried 7–0. - Levy taxes (one passes): raise $2,281,825 operations; $416,000 debt service; $180,000 Community Services — carried 7–0. - Levy taxes (both pass): raise $2,281,825 operations; $845,000 debt service; $180,000 Community Services — carried 7–0.
The board meeting was called to order by Vice‑President Tiffany Krueger at 5:00 p.m. in the Marion Elementary School Library Media Center and adjourned at 5:48 p.m.
