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Lyons-Decatur Board holds special budget hearing for 2025–26; no public comment
Summary
The Board of Education reviewed the proposed 2025–2026 school budget at a Sept. 8 special hearing; the budget was presented, no members of the public attended, and the hearing closed with no action taken.
President Christiansen opened a specially noticed hearing of the Board of Education of Lyons-Decatur School District No. 20 on Sept. 8, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the school media center to present the proposed 2025–2026 budget and to receive public comment.
The district published notice of the meeting in the Burt County Independent, posted it at the school’s front door and on lyonsdecaturschools.org (posted date 09/04/2025), and provided advance notice to board members and the superintendent’s office, according to the meeting record.
The proposed 2025–2026 budget was presented to the board. The hearing was convened to hear “support, opposition, criticism, suggestions, or observations of taxpayers” on the budget, but the record states that no visitors were present and no public testimony was given.
No formal action was taken during the hearing. President Christiansen closed the special budget hearing at 7:31 p.m.; the minutes include a certification by the district secretary that the agenda items were posted at least 24 hours in advance and that minutes would be available for public inspection.
Board members listed as present in the record were Archer, Bacon, Brehmer, Christiansen, Miller, Myers, Petersen, Troutman and Vlach. The minutes contain signature lines for the secretary and the board president; the secretary’s certification is included in the record but the secretary’s name is not shown in the transcript provided.
The record does not show any vote, amendment, public comment, or next procedural step taken at the hearing.
