Minooka 201 School Board Meeting Video Recordings December 16, 2015

Click here for a video of the Minooka CCSD 201 Truth in Taxation Hearing that occurred on December 16, 2015.

Click here for a video of the business portion of the Minooka CCSD 201 Regular Meeting that occurred on December 16, 2015.

Minooka 201 School Board Meeting Video Recordings November 18, 2015

Click here for a video of the Minooka CCSD 201 Committee of the Whole Meeting that occurred on November 18, 2015.

Click here for a video of the business portion of the Minooka CCSD 201 Regular Meeting that occurred on November 18, 2015.

Next Minooka 201 School Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Minooka CCSD 201 school board is Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The Committee of the Whole Meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. in the board room at the Minooka Primary Center located at 305 Church Street in Minooka. The Committee of the Whole Meeting will be followed by the regular Board Meeting at 7 p.m. Each of the meetings is open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend.  Information for the Committee of the Whole Meeting and the regular Board Meeting can be found here.

Board Docs: A New Information Portal for Minooka CCSD 201

Frequent readers of my blog will know that I am a strong supporter of transparency and sharing the maximum possible information regarding the inner workings of public entities.  In that vein, I am happy to share some news.  Minooka CCSD 201 has a new information portal:  Board Docs.  This site allows the District to easily share information such as meeting agendas, board packets, and the like with the stakeholders of Minooka CCSD 201 and other interested parties.  The link to the public information site is here.  If you are interested, "bookmark" the site for future reference.

Next Minooka 201 School Board Meeting and Tax Hearing

The next meeting of the Minooka CCSD 201 school board is Wednesday, December 16, 2015. The Committee of the Whole Meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. in the board room at the Minooka Primary Center located at 305 Church Street in Minooka. The Committee of the Whole Meeting will be followed by a Truth in Taxation (tax levy) hearing at 6:45 p.m. The Truth in Taxation hearing will then be followed by the regular Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. All of the meetings are open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend. You can find the agenda for each of the meetings here.

Information for the Committee of the Whole Meeting, the Truth in Taxation hearing, and the regular Board Meeting can be found here.

Finance Committee Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Minooka CCSD 201 school board on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the board room at the Minooka Primary Center located at 305 Church Street in Minooka.  The meeting is open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend.  You can find the agenda for the meeting here.

Next Minooka 201 School Board Meeting and Proposed Tax Levy

The next meeting of the Minooka CCSD 201 school board is Wednesday, November 18, 2015. The Committee of the Whole Meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. in the board room at the Minooka Primary Center located at 305 Church Street in Minooka. The Committee of the Whole Meeting will be followed by the regular Board Meeting at 7 p.m. Each of the meetings is open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend. You can find the agenda for each of the meetings here.

Information for the Committee of the Whole Meeting and the regular Board Meeting can be found here.

One item of note that will be discussed at both meetings is the proposed tax levy for fiscal year 2016.  The information regarding the proposed levy can be found here.  The proposed tax levy represents an increase of approximately 17% from last year.  About 7% of this increase is due to an increase in the Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) of the district.  However, the remaining 10% increase is due in large part to an increase in the levy for the Tort Immunity Fund from $650,000 last year to $2,000,000 this year.