GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Green Bay Area Public School District presented its balanced budget for the upcoming school year Monday night.
Chief Financial Officer Angie Roble said that the budget is balanced at $311 million for the year.
“We continue to try and decrease expenditures through staffing reductions, through attrition, as well as we just go through the consolidation, so we have reflected cost savings in our 2024-25 budget, which has also helped close that gap,” Roble told us.
She says one of the keys to balancing the budget was the closure of three schools in the district.
“With the consolidations, we saved over $2 million with the current, and then with the future, which will be effective in 2026-27, depending on the passage of the referendum — then we’ll be able to figure out what those savings will look like as well,” Roble said.
The referendum, which will be on the ballot November 5, plays a key role in this year’s budget. One such role is deciding the mill, or tax rate, for residents.
If the referendum passes, the mill rate would be a proposed $7.65. If it doesn’t, it will be $5.30.
“We have always been very strategic at trying to keep that mill rate as steady as possible,” Roble told FOX 11. “So it’s not a surprise to the taxpayers when they get their tax bill, so if it would drop significantly, the ask later when we come down the road next year, in a couple years to ask for money, then that’s going to be a significant increase in the mill rate.”
Roble says they’ll receive more accurate numbers in the coming days to inform the public. A public hearing is scheduled for October 28, where the board will vote on the budget and tax levy.
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