August 28, 2023 at 5:00 PM - Education/Operations Committee Meeting

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 10 Minutes
Marathon County Parks and Rec Director, Ms. Jamie Polley, will describe the west side redevelopment plan.  She will also share the plans for the feasibility study for recreation facilities, including a potential additional sheet of ice. Administration recommends the District contribute $5,000 for the study. 

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 5 Minutes
Nutrition Services Director, Karen Fochs, will describe exciting new developments in the nutrition services department.

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 15 Minutes
First Student Director, Scott Anderson, will share preparations for the start of the 2023-24 school year and entertain Board member questions. 

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 5 Minutes
Nick Anderson, of Nexus and Josh Viegut, Assistant Superintendent of Operations, will provide a brief update on the status of referendum projects for the beginning of this school year. 

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 1 Minute
Josh Viegut, Assistant Superintendent of Operations is presenting a summary report presenting all legal counsel expenses incurred during 2022-2023. The report is broken down by law firm and by type of legal advice sought. This is a written report that requires no action.

Description:  Estimated Time to Present:1 minute
The presented summary lists the legal firms the District makes use of for a variety of necessary legal needs.

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 2 minutes
Administration asks the Education/Operations Committee of the Whole to recommend to the Board a date, time, and location for the budget hearing and annual meeting, thus allowing full Board approval in a timely manner. This will allow all notices and timelines to be met for an annual meeting between May 15 and October 31 pursuant to statute (s.120.08(1)(a)).

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 5 minutes
Prior to October 1, only equalized valuations from municipalities are available. In order to project property value changes by school district, an assumption must be made that all property values in any given municipality change in a uniform manner. With this assumption, the District's property value is projected to increase 9.08% for 2023-24 mill rate calculation purposes. Certified property value will not be available until October 1; the given projected property value will be used for the initial budget and during the annual meeting.

Description:  Estimated Time to Present:15 minutes
Assistant Superintendent of Operations, Josh Viegut offers the presented 2023-24 Budget Booklet for initial review. Contained in the publication is a preliminary budget which the Committee is being asked to recommend for use at the Budget Hearing and Annual Meeting.

Description:  Estimated Time to Present: 10 minutes
Contained in the presented 2023-24 Budget Booklet is the corresponding tax levy to support the budget. Once approved, this levy will be presented at the Budget Hearing and Annual Meeting.