BISD board adopts 2024–25 general, debt and cafeteria budgets and sets tax rate

The Bellville Independent School District board voted unanimously to adopt the district’s 2024–25 General Fund budget showing total revenues and expenditures of $27,080,079, the 2024–25 Interest and Sinking budget showing $4,648,454 in revenues and expenditures, and the 2024–25 Cafeteria budget of $1,755,234. The approvals were taken at the agenda review meeting on Aug. 29, 2024 and carried by 7–0 votes.

The board also adopted a total tax rate of $0.95630, allocated $0.76280 for maintenance and operations and $0.19350 for debt service. The motion to adopt the tax rate was made by Heather Novicke and seconded by Regina Gillum; the minutes record a roll-call vote with all seven members voting in favor. The minutes cite Texas Tax Code 26.05(b)(1)(A) and (B) in noting the statutorily required tax-rate notice language included in the packet.

Board members proposing and seconding the budget motions included Grant Lischka (motion) and Kenneth Stein (second) for the General Fund adoption and Jared Lischka (motion) and Regina Gillum (second) for the I&S budget. The cafeteria budget motion was made by Kenneth Stein and seconded by Jim Batson. The minutes record the approvals as formal board action and include the included revenue and expenditure totals as part of the official minutes.

The adopted budgets and tax rate will guide district spending for the 2024–25 fiscal year and are recorded in the minutes as part of the district’s formal financial actions. The board packet and minutes list the specific function-level distributions and are incorporated into the official record of the meeting.