001being the meeting from March the 16th, 2026. Uh and this is uh uh West Virginia code. First item we have is again, this is the reconvene meeting to approve the proposed levy rates for the 2026-2027 school year. Um Kristen, any additional information about the proposed levy rates? And since then we have that is clearly set to close and approved by the auditor's office and I think I included a letter to that effect in your packet. So, the levy rates um that we talked about last time and that is about an increase in total of $2.5 million from last year. $1.5 million in regular taxes and $1 million in excess again excess levy taxes. And that increase is primarily due to the class three increase. Assess values explained by about $187 million. Uh so, that as
002far as I can see is due to um pipeline through our county. Thank you. Um with that being said, the the levy rates for the 2026-2027 school year have been approved. Um so, Mr. President, would you like to At this time we'll adjourn the March 16th meeting. So, I need a motion for adjournment of that meeting. Motion. Mr. Green makes a motion to adjourn the meeting March 16th. I second. Mr. Seabolt seconds. All in favor? I. Opposed? And at this time we'll call today's meeting to order for April 21st, 2026. Please stand for a moment of silent reflection. Thank you. Please join the board with the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
003justice for all. Mr. Coffey. All right, the agenda is pretty short today. Um We do have a few things on there. For your information, um the approved minutes from the April 6th, 2026 meeting was approved. Um the only update that I have additionally is just a reminder that this Thursday at 6:00 at Nicholas County High School will be the Super Scholars ceremony. Um we are looking forward to that. We do have or we are expecting a pretty big turnout from our students. I think our numbers are up as compared to previous years, so we're excited to see to celebrate the all of these students' academic accomplishments. So, we are looking forward to that. Um under new business, items that have been approved, A Bice Jones accounting firm will be performing the FY26 audit. Um Kristen
004Eckle has been appointed um has been approved as the board treasurer for the FY27 in accordance with with West Virginia Code 18-9-6. Um the the eight policies that are listed there have been approved, and most of those again were to minor technical corrections um on those policies. And there were two replacement policies due to changes in West Virginia Department of Ed um policy changes. And those were all those were related to transportation. We had two student expulsions that were approved. One was for a Richwood Middle School student and one was for a Summersville Middle School student and those effective dates were 4/3 of '26. Under the consent items on the next page, um the check registers that were approved with the approval dates as you can see there 3/4, 3/16, 3/27, and 4/6. Those checks,
005those payments and issuing of those checks were approved. The monthly treasurer's report for February, Kristen, that has been approved as well. There were budget supplements and transfers that Kristen submitted to WVEIS finance office which were approved for February and March of '26. And we had one contract approval for the purchase of an additional school bus and that is for 70 177 passenger um school bus and that is through bus replacement funds and that was approved 3/17 of '26. Is that gas or diesel? >> That is gas. Okay. And we had one student transfer that was approved out of county and the student is coming from East Preston to Summersville Elementary School in second grade. Under personnel, you will see um two resignations, you'll see three um extracurricular employments and those are all related the employments
006are related to the summer programming that's getting ready to kick off here in a couple months. And the two uh resignations were one a custodian for summer boost at Cherry River and one assistant volleyball coach at Nicholas County High School. Is that posted under job uh postings? The summer? Yeah. >> Yes. Summer programming, yes. And for your information, um May 4th is our next regular scheduled meeting. And that will begin at 5:00 instead of 4:00. And also, we're going to add a meeting on Tuesday, May 26th. That will be for the purpose of, um the work that Kristen is doing with her proposed budget for next fiscal year. Yes, and that will be the required mandatory budget hearing as well. And that is the day after is a I believe is Memorial Day that Monday
007the 25th. It is. Okay. Mr. President, that's all I have on the agenda for today. Okay. Do we have a motion to close the meeting? I make the motion. Mr. Green makes motion, seconded by I second. Mr. Seabolt seconds. We're back to 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. starting in May. All in favor? I. At 4:07. 5:00 p.m. starting in