Milton-Freewater board moves to adopt $37 million 2025–26 budget and tax rate

The Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 board recorded and moved to adopt the district’s fiscal year 2025–26 budget at a tax rate the record cites as 4.7953 per $1,000 of assessed value. The reading of the budget included line items spoken into the record: $25,713,200 for general fund operations, $6,982,000 for special funds, $3,298,000 for debt service and $1,200,000 for capital projects, with a total spoken amount in the record of roughly $37,000,193,002 (figures reported verbatim from the meeting transcript)."Chair" read the budget into the record and initiated the motion to adopt.

Board members discussed related budget matters earlier in the meeting, including substitute pay rates, meal-pricing adjustments and expected state budget forecasts that may affect local allocations. The transcript shows staff noting the governor’s proposed education budget and forecasting uncertainty; no further vote tally appears in the transcript excerpt provided. The motion to adopt the FY2025–26 budget is recorded in the meeting actions.