Normandy Schools Collaborative board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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What happened
What happened at this meeting
Normandy board approves 5.1717 tax rate, down from last year's 5.1752 7:35
- The board held a tax rate hearing in which the chief financial officer recommended an operating fund rate of $3.3717 and a debt service rate of $1.80, for a total tax rate of 5.1717. 6:25
- A district staff member said last year's property tax rate was 5.1752 and this year's would be 5.1717, and Deonna Davis Day asked what the district had lost under the senior tax freeze. 25:25
- The board also approved a consent agenda item for BranchTop Solutions. 1:19:12
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Item by item (5)
- Opening and agenda approval 0:04
- The board established a quorum and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:56
- The presiding officer said there were no public comments and asked for a motion to switch the order of items 4.01 and 5.01 so the tax rate hearing would come first. 1:26
- Erica S. Edwards made the motion to switch the items. 3:29
- A staff member said the agenda was approved with the change. 6:18
- Tax rate hearing 6:25
- The chief financial officer said a $100,000 home would pay $982.62 in taxes to the school district and recommended a total tax rate of 5.1717; a staff member said last year's rate was 5.1752. 7:35
- Violet Taylor asked how a golf course project in Greendale would affect tax rates, and Monica Jefferson said any benefit would likely come through higher property values. 18:06
- One board member asked whether the rate was an increase, a decrease or unchanged, and another board member asked what the district had lost to the senior tax freeze and said there was not enough information to make an informed decision. 23:01
- A staff member announced that the yeses had it on the motion to approve the tax levy as presented. 46:23
- Item 47:11
- Erica S. Edwards asked whether the transfer would help offset a state funding shortfall, and Deonna Davis Day asked what districts not making the transfer were doing and how student enrollment affected the figures. 58:41
- Hearing notice and communications 1:11:10
- One board member said the district should not assume residents have internet access or visit the library and asked that hearing information be shared more widely with the public. 1:11:10
- Consent agenda and adjournment 1:19:12
- The presiding officer said the consent agenda included one item, the approval of BranchTop Solutions, and a staff member confirmed the superintendent was asking the board to support it. 1:19:12
- A motion to adjourn was made and seconded, and a staff member began calling the roll. 1:21:05
- A staff member told the president that the yeses had it. ~1:20:58
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Video: posted by the district as “Regular Meeting - Sep 29 2026”