Waverly School Board adopts 2025–26 budget and sets property tax request

Waverly School District 145’s Board of Education on Sept. 11 unanimously adopted the district’s 2025–26 budget and approved a resolution setting the district’s property tax request during a special meeting at the district’s central office.

Board member Scott Claycomb moved to approve the 2025–2026 District 145 budget "as presented," and Board member Chad Kendall seconded. The motion passed on a 6–0 vote with Larry Adams, Scott Claycomb, John Cooper, Chad Kendall, Cole Stark and Jessica Zuniga recorded as voting yea. The transcript does not include the total budget amount or line-item details.

Shortly afterward, the board approved Resolution No. 2526001 to set the property tax request. Board member Cole Stark moved the resolution and Board member John Cooper seconded; the measure passed 6–0. The transcript does not record the dollar amount of the tax request or a levy rate.

The meeting record shows the board complied with Open Meetings Act posting requirements and that notice of the special meeting appeared in the Sept. 6, 2025, edition of the Omaha World-Herald. The agenda listed facilities and the budget and tax asking as discussion items, but the published transcript contains no substantive discussion of facilities or budget line items beyond the formal motions and votes.

The board reviewed statutory grounds for entering a closed session, including collective bargaining strategy, real estate matters, imminent litigation, security deployment, investigative proceedings and personnel evaluations; a line in the record indicates the board would "restate the reason" to enter closed session, but the specific reason is not recorded in the transcript provided. Following the actions, the board adjourned at 7:24 P.M.

The board did not state next steps for budget implementation or provide a schedule for public review of budget documents in the transcript; those details were not specified.