TAX REQUEST HEARING SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SEWARD 410 SOUTH STREET SEWARD, NE 68434 Monday, September 8, 2025 Tax Request Hearing will follow the Budget Hearing Attendance Taken at 5:40 PM. Paul Duer: Present Matt Hastings: Present Jill Hochstein: Present Ryne Seaman: Present Danielle Shipley: Absent Shawn Svoboda: Present 1. Call the Tax Request Hearing to order and announce the Open Meeting Act as posted. 2. Public Notice of the Tax Request Hearing, as publicized per board policy The public notice was publicized in the Seward County Independent and posted at city hall, library and courthouse. The public notice was dated September 3, 2025 3. Roll Call 3.1. Action to excuse board members if necessary Motion to excuse Danielle Shipley from tonight's meeting Passed with a motion by Matt Hastings and a second by Paul Duer. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 4. Tax Request overview for the 2025-2026 School Year Dr. Fields gave the board a tax request overview for the 25–26 school year. 5. Tax Request Hearing- Community Input and Discussion regarding support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations of taxpayers relating to the proposed property tax requests for the 2025-2026 school fiscal year (General Fund, Bond Fund, Special Building Fund and Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund) There was none. 6. Adjournment Motion adjourn the meeting at 5:44 p.m. Passed with a motion by Paul Duer and a second by Jill Hochstein. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea Prepared by: Jill Hochstein Heidi Covert Secretary SCI — September 17, 2025 ZNEZ
