September 11, 2023 at 5:15 PM - Budget Hearing/Tax Request

1. Call the 2023-24 Budget Hearing to Order

2. Excuse Absent Board Members

3. Approval of Agenda

4.  Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to adopt resolution increasing the school district’s base growth percentage used to determine the school district’s property tax request authority by up to seven percent (7%).

5. Discuss 2023-24 Budget

6. Patrons Wishing to Address the Board

Public Participation

Rationale: 
Board Policy 204.13 - Public Participation at Board Meetings

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK: This is the portion of the meeting when members of the public may speak to the board about matters of public concern.

• Getting Started: When you have been recognized, please stand and state your name.

 

• Time Limit: The board will generally allow a total of 20 minutes for the presentation of all public comments.  Individuals may speak only one time, and must limit comments to around 5 minutes. If there are more than 4 individuals who wish to address the board, the 20 minutes will be divided equally between the number of speakers. These time limits may be changed by a majority vote of the board members in attendance to extend the time for a specific item or speaker.

 

• Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or a student matter involving an individual, please understand that the district has a complaint policy and/or procedures to resolve such complaints and concerns.  The Board requests that you follow the policy and procedures before addressing these matters with the Board.  Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments about individual staff members or students.

 

• General Rules: This is a meeting in public for the conduct of school business. Comments from the audience while others are speaking will not be tolerated. Lewd, obscene, profane, slanderous, threatening, and hostile conduct or statements and fighting words (words whose mere utterance entails a call to violence) will not be tolerated.

 

• No Action by the Board: The board will not act on any matter unless it is on the published agenda.

7. Approve the 2023-24 Budget

8. Close the 2023-24 Budget Hearing

9. Call the Property Tax Request Hearing to Order. 

10. Discuss Tax Request

11. Patrons Wishing to Address the Board

Public Participation

Rationale: 
Board Policy 204.13 - Public Participation at Board Meetings

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK: This is the portion of the meeting when members of the public may speak to the board about matters of public concern.

• Getting Started: When you have been recognized, please stand and state your name.

 

• Time Limit: The board will generally allow a total of 20 minutes for the presentation of all public comments.  Individuals may speak only one time, and must limit comments to around 5 minutes. If there are more than 4 individuals who wish to address the board, the 20 minutes will be divided equally between the number of speakers. These time limits may be changed by a majority vote of the board members in attendance to extend the time for a specific item or speaker.

 

• Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or a student matter involving an individual, please understand that the district has a complaint policy and/or procedures to resolve such complaints and concerns.  The Board requests that you follow the policy and procedures before addressing these matters with the Board.  Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments about individual staff members or students.

 

• General Rules: This is a meeting in public for the conduct of school business. Comments from the audience while others are speaking will not be tolerated. Lewd, obscene, profane, slanderous, threatening, and hostile conduct or statements and fighting words (words whose mere utterance entails a call to violence) will not be tolerated.

 

• No Action by the Board: The board will not act on any matter unless it is on the published agenda.

12. Approve 2023-2024 Property Tax Request for Brady Public Schools-District 56-0006

13. Adjournment