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Negaunee board adopts 2026-27 budget, sets tax rates and green-lights capital projects
Summary
The Negaunee Public Schools Board adopted a $24.4 million general fund budget for 2026-27, approved 2026 tax millages, and authorized several capital and safety projects, including $241,793 for football-field lighting. The board voted unanimously on the major finance measures.
The Negaunee Public Schools Board on June 22 approved its 2026-27 general fund budget, set the district’s 2026 tax rates and signed off on several capital and safety projects.
The board adopted the 2026-27 General Fund budget, with forecasted revenues of $24,418,056 and expenditures of $23,640,172, resulting in a projected increase in fund balance of $777,884 and a projected June 30, 2027 fund balance of $14,890,047. The budget includes a recommended transfer to the Athletic Fund. The motion to adopt the budget passed on a roll-call vote of 7-0. Superintendent Andy Skewis presented the proposed budget and explained that recent changes to 2025-26 projections — including 27L and 31aa fund adjustments, the late passage of the state budget, an UMERC tax settlement, sale of the administrative building and higher-than-normal snow removal costs — informed the district’s amended figures and 2026-27 forecasts.
Why it matters: The adopted budget determines next year’s spending on instruction, operations and capital projects and preserves a multi-million-dollar fund balance that the board said it will monitor. The board began the meeting with a public budget hearing during which district leadership answered questions about revenue assumptions and planned allocations.
The board also approved the 2025-26 budget amendment to reflect final-year numbers: revenues of $25,105,790 and expenditures of $25,142,612, reducing the fund balance by $36,822 to a projected $14,112,163 at fiscal year end. That resolution passed 7-0.
Tax and insurance decisions: The board set 2026 millage rates as follows: Non-Homestead — 18.0000 mills; 2017 Sinking Fund — 2.4454 mills; 2016 Refunding Bond Debt — 0.8000 mills; and 2020 Debt — 1.0500 mills. The motion passed on a 7-0 roll-call vote. The board also selected the “Hard Cap” health insurance option for employees (roll-call vote 7-0).
Capital and safety projects: The board approved a $241,793 base quote from Techline Sports Company for new football-field lighting paid from the sinking fund and approved emergency communication and security upgrades for district buildings, with trustees noting the advantage of a unified system. Both motions carried unanimously.
Other business: The board approved payment of May 2026 bills totaling $337,715.09 and received financial reports from Business Manager Michelle LaMere, who explained changes related to sinking fund spending and timing. The meeting included routine personnel items (hires, resignations, leaves) and athletic fee and drivers-education fees adopted without change from the prior year.
The board adjourned at 6:49 p.m.
