Myrtle Point SD 41 budget committee approves $19,431,498 budget and levies permanent tax rate

The Myrtle Point School District budget committee approved the district's proposed 2025–26 budget, listed in the meeting record as $19,431,498, and adopted a permanent tax rate of 4.5152 per $1,000 in support of the general fund.

Budget Chair Carl Wilson opened the meeting, handled a brief roll call and noted an agenda adjustment adding action item 5.2. A staff member and members discussed how committee members should review the proposed budget before the vote. The committee had no emailed public questions and heard no public comments during the session.

A budget staff member instructed committee members on priorities for review, urging them to focus on full‑time equivalent (FTE) staffing levels, beginning and ending fund balances, contingencies and large year‑to‑year variances. The staff member cautioned that a recent statewide forecast cited in the meeting was a projection and that a sustained downturn could reduce revenue, saying, "You should be looking at FTE." The staff member explained some special‑education and other positions are budgeted in multiple funds (for example, both the SPED fund and the general fund) to preserve services if federal funding is reduced.

With no further discussion, Justin Miller moved to approve the district budget as read aloud in the record; Miller read a total of $19,431,498 and a fund breakdown into the record. The motion's wording on the transcript: "I move that the Myrtle Point School District budget for 2526 in the accurate amount of $19,431,498 be approved as recommended by staff. General fund, $10,960. Special revenue fund, $4,691,498. Debt service fund, 465,000. Capital projects fund, 2,500,000. Interagency fund, 75,000. And trust and agency fund, $740,000." The motion was seconded and approved by voice/hand vote; the meeting record does not specify an exact roll-call tally.

Miller then moved that the permanent tax rate of 4.5152 per $1,000 value be levied in support of the general fund. That motion was seconded and likewise carried by voice/hand vote.

Clarifying detail: the transcript lists the general fund amount as "$10,960," which appears inconsistent with the total budget and typical fund‑breakdown magnitudes. The committee record did not supply a corrected line‑item breakdown during the meeting; the motion and total budget figure were accepted on the record as read. The article therefore reports the totals and the line items as stated during the meeting and flags the apparent truncation for later verification with district staff.

What happens next: by approving the budget and levying the permanent tax rate, the committee moved the district's budget forward according to its timeline; no additional committee votes were recorded during the session. The committee did not specify implementation dates for any line items during the meeting.