001e special board meeting as set forth and each item is considered ready for discussion and action I move the agenda of Monday March 31st 2025 Board of Education special board meeting be approved to set forth and that each item is considered ready for discussion and or action is there a second second all those in favor say I I all those oppose same sign we have one public hearing for the Cedar Rapids Community School District tonight it's the fiscal year 2026 proposed property tax notice board secretary Sten have we received any written correspondence related to the public hearing on tonight's agenda no thank you do we have anyone who's requested to address the board this evening regarding the published hearing relating to the fiscal year 2026 proposed property tax notice yes we have two thank you
002um as you approach the podium to speak we ask that you provide your name and address uh board secretary siken if you want to call up our first Speaker Kevin th excuse me you'll have five minutes for your comments thank you thank you my name is Kevin thama um did you need the address too yes uh 1413 42nd Street Northeast Cedar Rapids Iowa I appreciate this opportunity to address the board um concerning property taxes I am retired I live on a fixed income and the continuous increases in property tax is killing retirees what I'm referring to is not too long ago we passed a one uh $146 million P this fall there's a a proposal for a $210 million Bond we sold Garfield we to undersold Garfield to a instead of sending it selling it
003to a competitor at almost half the double the price we sold it to a friendly individual for half the cost there's a lot of things that are going on that just financially I don't understand why the school board is making the decisions that they're making we could be a whole lot smarter and then when I look at the property tax you're looking at another raise and uh like I said living on fixed income it's killing us thank you thank you Kevin our next speaker is Laura Lee um yes I'm worly and I tend to agree um I'm at 1830 Driftwood Lane and again I'm on a fixed income um since I've moved here every year my property is going up well I have to pay more property is actually going down um but uh it
004seems to me that the voucher program took money away from the school and now we're expected to pay it back and I don't think that's fair I don't even have children I have my dog and um that that was basically all I had to say about it thank you come on thank you [Music] Mora that brings the hearing for the fiscal year 2026 property proposed property tax notice to um to a close do we have a motion to adjourn the meeting so moved do we have a second second all those in favor say I I all those oppos same sign with no further business we stand adjourned at 4:36 p.m. thank you