Centennial Public School schedules Sept. 8 budget hearing; proposes $23.7 million budget

Centennial Public School (District No. 80-0567) will hold a public budget hearing at 8 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2025, at Centennial Public School in Utica, Nebraska, the district announced in a public notice filed under State Statute Sections 13-501 to 13-513. The hearing is intended to receive taxpayer support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations on the proposed budget.

The notice lists proposed 2025–26 budgeted disbursements and transfers totaling $23,682,682. It shows a cash reserve of $3,351,251, total resources before property taxes of $18,177,170 and a total personal and real property tax requirement of $8,946,226. The property tax requirement is broken down into $806,000 for bond purposes and $8,140,226 for non-bond purposes.

The district directs taxpayers to review the budget detail at the office of the Clerk/Secretary during regular business hours; the notice also provides a statewide education finance website for comparison of receipts, expenditures, cost per pupil and performance. The notice enumerates fund categories used in the budget, including General, Depreciation, Employee Benefit, Contingency, Activities, School Nutrition, Bond, Special Building, Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking, Cooperative and Student Fee funds.

No vote or formal action is recorded in the notice; the document is a call for a public hearing. The governing body is required by State Statute Sections 13-501 to 13-513 to publish the notice and to hold the hearing where taxpayers may comment. The notice identifies where the budget document may be inspected ahead of the hearing and provides the district identifier (80-0567) and the hearing location and time.