001and Michael >> present. >> Please stand al to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, first thing for the meeting is the election of the 2025 annual meeting chairperson. So interest nominate Wayne Tranjo to serve as chairperson of the 2025 annual school board meeting. >> I'll second Betsy is acting as fifth clerk tonight, >> so she's got to take that over. >> Thank you. >> Uh, any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passed that Wayne is the chairperson of the 2025 annual school district meeting. Okay. Um, like I said, Gloriano's not here. Uh, so Betsy will be taking minutes of the meeting. I'll have a reading of the notice meeting. Are we able to wave that for the motion? Would
002you like to >> I'd like to move that we wave the reading of the motion. Second. >> Second. >> Any further discussion? All those in favor? >> I post. >> All right. And we will move on to the treasures report. You missed it. I believe you could do the same. >> I move we wave a reading of the treasury report. Accept as presented. >> I second. >> All those in favor? >> Okay. We need to set the date for next year's annual meeting and it has to be between May 15th and October 31st. I just took if we stick with the fourth the fourth Monday in September that would be September 28th. a motion. I so move we have the annual meeting September 28th, 2026 at Wmont High School, Union High at 5:30 p.m. I
003was getting there. I almost said 5 a.m. I almost said among here. to you. >> I second that. >> All right. Any further discussion? All those in favor? >> I post. Okay. Um item number seven. Um we need to vote on the salaries and the schoolboard numbers. That's got to be through the whole We need them to say something to them, too. It can't be just us. >> Well, correct. Well, it's supposed to be them throughout this whole thing. Correct. Then weren't here. >> Okay. >> Then we >> I No, no, no. I meant the audience is what I'm saying. >> Well, we only have one audience. So, >> three. >> I don't think he can vote. I get it. I get it. I understand. It's a great thing. >> Is it the same as
004last year? >> I understand everything as is, but >> nothing. >> I don't want somebody to come back and goes. So last year the president made $2,800, vice president 2500, clerk 2700, treasurer 25, and all the numbers 25. I suggest keeping it the same as last year. >> We can't vote on a raise for ourselves anyway. >> Well, you wouldn't be. It wouldn't come effect until after each term is up. after. Well, no, it would take effect uh in a April next year. >> No raises. >> So, just fine. >> Yeah. >> So, there's a motion to keep the salaries as they are. >> Second. >> Can you do that? >> Okay. Are there any further? >> So was it? I didn't know. >> Okay. Is there any further discussion? >> All those in favor?
005>> Anybody post? All right. >> Are you looking for the budget documents? >> Yes. This one? This one will be >> six. >> She is going to go through what's on page seven in your >> page. Okay. So, I'm not going through a ton. Most of this is still the preliminary budget that Dave presented in May. uh there were just a few minor additions because certain funds did not had attention brought to them at that point. So before we published everything for the preliminary um there were just a couple things that were I wanted to make note of. So if you go to page four of that section you're going to see an area that says debt service fun 3839. there. >> No, that should be so kind of that section highlighted debt service funds
006funds 3839. Um, I just wanted to let you guys know that in the preliminary process of looking at the tax tax levy which is not set yet because we won't get all that information until October. Um, as you know with the referendum, the tax levy is supposed to go down. It is going to go down, but there is a opportunity to include a $550,000 extra debt levy and still allow taxes to come down, but that would put us in better shape to start paying off some of that long-term debt sooner, which would bring some of that interest down. It would still give a decrease to taxpayers, but it would allow us to kind of even off that tax levy over the next couple years and be beneficial in the long run. So, right now, a
007preliminary number in there that we are looking at all the pros and cons to and hopefully would do something that um and then the second thing I wanted to draw attention to um fun 50 is pretty that's our food service there had been nothing in there I just went with the average we don't really make any money on that it's just kind of an assumption of how many kids and how much they'll eat that number can change um but I did put something in there for it and then fund 80 you'll you'll see that it went up. Um, last year we levied 100,000 and this year we're thinking of levying 150,000. So, an additional 50,000 there. And that is for getting things ready for the daycare when it opens. Kind of giving us a little
008cushion so we're not hitting taxpayers all in one lump sum. Trying to kind of build a little bit for when those first like when we hire a director. those initial startup costs we wanted to make sure that we had something available for when it is needed. So that is where that number is increased. Other than that I don't really have anything to point out at this time because as I said this is still the preliminary numbers from Dave and we'll be looking more into depth over next month. Now your your debt service funds 38 and 39 that's going to help us also in interest rate you said correct. >> Yes. So a portion of that was already in there for Dave's preliminary. It was at 1.7. Um we added 550,000 into this preliminary as doing
009a little extra debt levy to try and help with the interest rate over the long term. And it would still allow the taxpayers a decrease in their what they're going to have to pay in this year. So, we're not taking that away for just making it a little small. >> Any questions on anything? >> So, the fund 80 um plans for the daycare really focuses on the staffing and like school supplies. So the referendum that was passed focuses on our like our structure and the construction and the furniture. So I just wanted to make sure that that's why we're going to start planning forward. We do need to do some increasing with that funding to start supporting the salaries and then the school supplies. And that's being brought up because I I brought a question
010to that, you know, you don't want to walk out there and tell people you voted for this and that was part of it and then come back and go we got to increase fund 80 to support that because they're going to ask what we already voted on that. >> You know what I'm getting at? >> Yeah. >> So, >> and it should be self-sufficient once it gets going. really the startup cost of getting a director in those supplies that you need at first. So, >> all right. So, now we have to we need a motion to approve budgeted. How much? >> 25 26 256. >> Okay. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? All those in favor >> I know the adoption of the text. Okay. So, the tax levy is if
011I'm I've got this right is 11 million 852,4 >> that's the proposed we won't have the final numbers until yes that's proposed Right. Is there a motion to approve that as presented? >> What do we figure the mill rate at? At that >> two I'm sorry >> $2.9. What was >> 320? >> That was 320. >> Wow. >> It's going to go down what? 293, >> but it's not going down as much because you're trying to even it out. >> Yes. And and in the projections right now, it shows next year coming down again. So, this would kind of still keep that even playing field, but the even tax value across and allows us to do some of that um that $550,000 she was talking about allows us to repay some of that debt back.
012>> And if our proposed levy goes up, which I I'm assuming it's even going to do, it'll come down even further possibly. Correct? If our levy of 118 goes up to say 128, we'd be able to reduce that bill rate even further. Correct. >> No, because the if you go if you're proposing for more, it's going to go up a little bit more, but we shouldn't have to go up from that because that number includes the 550,000. So that if we don't do that 550,000, it'll actually come down. >> All right. But you're the levy, I apologize, but not the levy, but the >> the mill the mill rate would come down if our if our overall words I'm looking for >> dollar amount for the school district >> like if the renovation paid or
013>> the equate the equalization if that goes up then the tax levy could go down even more >> that along with say if our assessments >> say Salem's Salem's assessment say 12 million instead of 10 million to the school our levy or our mill rate could go down even more yet correct I can't think of the word >> our assess if oh you're saying like the home values go assessed value. >> Yes, it could go down if the assessed values go up even more. We had year after year quite a large increase to the home values versus other areas. Um >> do you know when you'll get those final? >> So we get those numbers in October. >> I think it's October 15th when we get those numbers and that's why this is preliminary because
014all of that could change. You are correct. >> Thank you. Yeah, I needed to find the two words. I was looking for just redraw the blank. Yeah. So, if our assess value, which I'm pretty sure it's going to go up, >> correct? And it went up the same. Um, so >> which there is