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Lancaster Community School District board adopts $3.504 million tax levy; tables electric-bus decision
Summary
At a special Oct. 28 meeting, the Lancaster Community School District Board of Education adopted a $3,504,218 tax levy for 2024–2025 and voted to table consideration of electric buses until staff can gather more information.
The Lancaster Community School District Board of Education on Oct. 28, 2024, adopted a 2024–2025 tax levy of $3,504,218 and voted to table consideration of electric buses pending additional information, according to the board’s meeting minutes.
Nate Gallagher, a board member, moved to adopt the levy “of 3,504,218.00.” Chad Olmstead seconded the motion; the minutes record the motion as carried on a roll call vote of 5-0-1, with Gina Rollins recorded as abstaining. The minutes do not list individual yes votes beyond the abstention and the roll call tally.
The levy sets the district’s authorized property tax revenue for the fiscal year; the district provided the levy amount in the minutes but did not include further budget detail in the recorded text.
On a separate action, Gallagher moved and Andrew Taylor seconded a motion “to table the consideration for electric buses until more information can be gathered.” That motion passed on a roll call vote, 6-0-0. The minutes do not record additional discussion or staff reports about electric buses in the provided transcript.
The meeting opened at 7:09 p.m., with Clerk Dean Noethe calling the special monthly meeting to order and District Administrator Wagner stating that proper notice was given. The agenda was adopted by voice vote earlier in the session. A motion to adjourn, moved by Gallagher and seconded by Sara Mumm, carried by voice vote, 6-0-0; the meeting adjourned at 7:31 p.m. The minutes are signed "Respectfully submitted, Dean J. Noethe, Board Clerk."
