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Winfield SD 34 board approves agenda, hears proposed 2025–26 budget and adjourns hearing
Summary
At a budget hearing Aug. 21, Winfield School District 34’s board approved the meeting agenda, heard a presentation of the proposed 2025–26 budget (no line-item details recorded), received no public comment and adjourned the hearing by roll call vote.
The Winfield School District 34 Board of Education convened a budget hearing Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at Winfield Central. The meeting opened at 6:55 p.m. with Board President Dan Krasinski presiding and a roll call showing six members present and one absent.
Board member Lynn Kammes moved to "approve the agenda as presented." Heather Armstrong seconded the motion, and a roll call vote recorded all six present members voting yea; Member Matt Tibble was listed as absent. The minutes record the motion as "Passed." The meeting then proceeded to a public presentation of the proposed 2025–26 budget; the minutes state only that the proposed budget was presented and do not include line-item figures or further staff commentary in the transcript.
No members of the public addressed the board during the public comment period; the record states "None." After the presentation, Board President Dan Krasinski called for adjournment of the budget hearing. Kammes moved to adjourn the budget hearing and Armstrong seconded; the motion passed on a roll call vote with the same yea/absent pattern.
Superintendent Matt Rich and district staff including Chief School Business Official Lisa Honaker and board secretary Amanda Melsa were listed as present in the minutes. The record lists additional staff attendees and one visitor, Amy-Jo Werienga. The board’s regular meetings are noted to occur on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in the Winfield Central school cafeteria unless otherwise stated.
Actions recorded in the minutes for this session include approval of the agenda (moved by Lynn Kammes; seconded by Heather Armstrong; passed) and adjournment of the budget hearing (moved by Lynn Kammes; seconded by Heather Armstrong; passed). The minutes do not document any votes on budget adoption or specific funding amounts during this hearing.
