Chair moves to approve 2026 levy after assessor valuation change; $944 budget adjustment noted

The presiding officer opened a special call on April 15, 2025, to consider the 2026 levy rate after a change in the assessor valuation.

"This is a notice of conditional approval study estimates," the presiding officer said, explaining that the Property Valuation and Training Commission put in an assessor valuation of "1.90" this year whereas the prior year figure was "1.85," which affected the meeting's budget calculations.

Staff pointed to packet page 17 and said the ad valorem amount in the budget was adjusted from $1,852,020 to $1,851,076 — a difference of $944 — which the presiding officer described as the balancing entry after changes to business-and-occupation projections and other estimates. The transcript records related B&O figures read aloud; the chair said the change "amounts to about $944."

The chair also described a carryover estimate of $750,000 compared with last year's reported carryover of $4,700,000 and said more than $3,000,000 of that prior carryover stemmed from higher-than-expected revenues and lower expenditures. Members agreed to include an explanatory note when returning documents to reviewers.

After discussion the presiding officer proposed approving the levy previously set in an earlier meeting and adjusting the budget accordingly. The transcript records the motion being moved and a second being called; the presiding officer concluded, "So moved." The transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote, a tally, or an explicit statement that the motion carried.

Next steps in the transcript: the chair asked if there was any further discussion; "hearing none," the meeting moved toward its procedural close. The final audible utterance in the transcript is unclear ('I got 604').