[B. Meeting Opening]
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WITH GREAT PRIDE CADET, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DAVID LEE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICA AND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR A LONG WAIT, JUST ONE SECOND.
SUPERINTENDENT, MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? PRESENT DISTRICT ONE.
MR. BALLOON HERE, DISTRICT TWO, MR. LANA'S DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD DISTRICT FIVE.
MS. WARD JACKSON DISTRICT SIX, MS. DYSON DISTRICT SEVEN.
MR. DOES YOUR GATE, MS. BERNARD PRESENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[C.1. Discussion]
UH, ITEM C ONE TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING ADJUSTED NOISE RATES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2022.SET FORTH THE ADJUSTED MILLAGE RATES AFTER REASSESSMENT AND ROLLING FORWARD, THE TWO RATES NOT TO EXCEED THE PRIOR YEAR'S MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE PROTECTS YOUR 2022.
UM, LET'S TAKE A SECOND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL SIGNED IN THE BOARD DOCS.
NOT THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WE'LL KNOW.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, SENIOR BOARD COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ROLE FOR IT IN THE MIDDLE OF RATES? WHEN YOU'RE BORED BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
NRCS, UH, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SETTING THE MILITARY RATES.
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I FIGURED I'M GOING TO CLICK THIS.THE VOTERS APPROVED A TOTAL PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE OF 43.45 MILLS TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT, THE TAX ASSESSOR REASSESSES, THE PARISH PROPERTY EVERY FOUR YEARS.
SO IT WAS RECENT ASSESSMENT WAS IN 2020.
ONCE A REASSESSMENT OCCURS, THE BOARD DECIDES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT TAX COLLECTIONS AND REDUCE THE MILLS ARE, THEY MAY DECIDE TO ROLL FORWARD THE VILLAGE.
THIS MAINTAINS THE 43.4 OR FIVE MILLS AT AVR, BUT WILL INCREASE COLLECTION SINCE THE PROPERTY TAX WITH PROPERTY VALUE HAS INCREASED IN 2019, THE DISTRICT COLLECTED PROPERTY TAXES AT THE 43.25 MEALS RATE, THE BOARD DECIDED TO ROLL FORWARD THE MILLAGE AFTER THE 2016 REASSESSMENT AFTER THE 2020 REASSESSMENT, THE BOARD CHOSE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AND NOT ROLL FORWARD THE VILLAGE IN 2021, THE DISTRICT MAINTAINED THE 41.25 MEALS AS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR 2022, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO ROLL FORWARD THE MILLAGE TO THE PREVIOUS 43.25 MILITARY.
AS STATED EARLIER, THE MILITARY HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT 41.25 FOR A FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND FISCAL YEAR 2021, LOOKING AT THE DISTRICTS AND COMPARISON IN OUR AREA.
ZACHARY IS AT 79.2, ESSENTIALLY AS A 61.6.
CENTRAL IS THAT 56.6 AND BAKER CITY IS AT 42.
THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE STEADILY INCREASED.
IN 2019, WE SAW COLLECTIONS OF 172.1 MILLION.
IN 2020, WE SAW 176.8 MILLION AND IN 2021, WE SAW COLLECTIONS OF 179.3 MILLION.
THE ROLLING BOARD IN THE MILLEDGEVILLE INCREASED COLLECTIONS BY APPROXIMATELY $9 MILLION.
OUR 5% PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 48% ALL LIKE LOCAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS AND OF THE 9 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS.
25% WILL GO TO BLOKE TO THE FUNDING, LOCAL REVENUES FOR OUR TYPE ONE TYPE TWO AND TYPE FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE DISTRICT THAT CAN BE USED TO SUSTAIN ANY NEW DISTRICT INITIATIVES.
THE APPROVAL PROCESS REQUIRES TWO SEPARATE VOTES.
THE FIRST RESOLUTION WILL MAINTAIN US AT 41.25 MILLS AND ALLOWS THE TAX ASSESSOR TO PUT US ON THE TAX ROLL FOR NEXT YEAR.
THIS RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED EACH YEAR TO CONTINUE OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AND REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE RESOLUTION TWO WE'LL ROLL FORWARD THE MILLAGE AND INCREASE THE MILLS TO 43.45.
IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE BOARD.
EACH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS MUST BE READ INTO THE BOARD MINUTES AND A VOTE MUST BE TAISHA CAYDEN FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY FROM THE BOARD.
SO MR. GOODY HAS A QUESTION, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, NET TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER THE TAKEOUT FOR THE CHARTERS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OVER $6 MILLION AND WE TALK ABOUT SALARY INCREASES.
SO HOW MANY EMPLOYEES APPROXIMATELY DO WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT? THAT'S ABOUT 6,000.
SO IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, UH, AS WE LOOK AT, AS WE LOOK AT NEW SALARY CURVES AND ALL THE THINGS, UM, THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER EMPLOYEE, 125.
A THOUSAND HOURS PLUS BENEFITS, RIGHT? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT BENCHMARK BECAUSE, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO BE WEIGHED ABOUT IT AMONGST THE EMPLOYEES.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I DID APPRECIATE THE SURROUNDING PARISH MILLAGES AND, AND THAT COMPARISON, NOT VERY THANKFUL, BUT YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU THOUGHT TO INCLUDE THAT.
UM, I'M NOT ONE THAT TYPICALLY, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY I ROLL TAXES FORWARD.
UM, WITH ONLY WITH, UM, A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING HARD TIMES WITH, WITH OUR ECONOMY AND INFLATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT IN THIS SITUATION, I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT IF WE CHOOSE TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL FORWARD THAT, UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF A 90 DAY, UH, TURNAROUND TIME ON A, UM, COMPENSATION STATE.
AND I AM, UH, LOOKING VERY, VERY FORWARD TO, UH, THE DAY WHEN WE CAN, UM,
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LOOK AT ALL OF, UH, OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND OTHER CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES ON SCHOOL SITE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE FALLING BEHIND, WE'RE TRENDING BEHIND.UM, AND I WANTED TO ASK WHAT IS OUR SALARY FOR A FIRST TIME, RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE WITH A BACHELOR'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN VENTURE TO SAY THAT I WOULD ASK EITHER MS. HALL OR MS. WILLIAMS IS 46 5.
I JUST, UM, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING IN A, IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION ON THAT AND ALSO FOR RETENTION.
THANK YOU, MS. DICE, AND SEEING ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WISH TO COMMENT ON THE WHIRLPOOL AND MILLAGE? UM, WE WILL, I GUESS WE ADJOURN.
HUH? UM, MR. BERNARDI MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, MS. ARMAND, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYBODY LOGGED INTO THE NEXT MEETING.
WE CAN LOG INTO THE NEXT MEETING OR IF YOU HAVE NOT YET ALREADY, IF YOU CAN, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT FOR MISS ONLINE TO GET THAT DONE, BUT I WANT TO START THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN DO THE LOG IN.