School Board Meeting & WCLT Joint Board Meeting Minutes

March 15, 2010

WODEN-CRYSTAL LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Board of Directors Special Meeting
Crystal Lake Attendance Center

A Special meeting of the Woden-Crystal Lake Board of Directors met Monday, March 15, 2010 at the Crystal Lake Attendance Center with a quorum present.  The meeting was called to order by President, Ron Eden at 1:00 p.m.  Members present:  Ron Eden, Pat Hobbs, Jim Wellik and Travis Stohr.  Bruce Kluver was absent.  Also present:  Superintendent Dwight Widen and Board Secretary Roxanne Stohr.  Motion was made by Hobbs, seconded by Wellik, to approve the agenda with one (1) addition, Assistant Baseball Coach, all ayes, motion carried.  

The Instructional Support Levy Hearing was called to order by President Ron Eden at 1:03 p.m.,  no written or oral comments, motion was made by Wellik, seconded by Stohr,  to adjourn the hearing at 1:06 p.m., all ayes, motion carried.

RESOLUTION        

    WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Iowa Code Sections 257.18-257.21 an instructional support program is available to all Iowa school districts, and,
    WHEREAS, the Woden-Crystal Lake Community School District Board of Directors believes it is in the best interest of the school district to continue to participate in the instructional support program, and,
    WHEREAS, the Woden-Crystal Lake Community School District has held a public hearing on the continued participation of the district in the instructional support program and taken into account public input,
    BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1.    The Board of Directors of the Woden-Crystal Lake Community School District announces its intent to continue to participate in the instructional support program.
2. The Board also hereby answers the following proposition in the affirmative: Shall the Board of Directors of the Woden-Crystal Lake  Community School District in the Counties of Hancock and Winnebago, State of Iowa, be authorized for a period of five (5) years commencing with the 2010-11 budget year, to levy and impose an instructional support tax in an amount (after taking into consideration instructional support state aid) not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total of regular program district cost for the budget year and monies received under section 257.14 as a budget adjustment for the budget year and be authorized annually as determined by the Board to levy a combination of an instructional support property tax upon all the taxable property within the school district, commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 2011 and to impose an instructional support income surtax upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the school district on December 31 for each calendar year commencing with calendar year 2010 or each year thereafter (the percent of income surtax not to exceed twenty percent (20%) to be determined by the Board for each fiscal year), to be used for any general fund purpose?
2.    If, within 28 days following the adoption of this Resolution, the Secretary of the Board does not receive a petition seeking an election to approve or disapprove the action of the Board containing signatures of eligible electors in

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