Okaloosa County School Board — Special Meeting, July 22, 2015

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Special Meeting School District Administration Building Fort Walton Beach, Florida 9:00 a.m. 1. Opening of Meeting Subject : 1.1 Call to Order by the Chairman Meeting : Jul 22, 2015 - Special Meeting Type : Procedural 2. Approval of Agenda Subject : 2.1 Changes to Agenda and Approval of Agenda Meeting : Jul 22, 2015 - Special Meeting Type : Action Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Agenda Public Content A board member may request an item be removed from the Consent Agenda for more information or moved to the Discussion Agenda to be voted on separately. Following any corrections, additions, or deletions, the Board will approve the Agenda. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Agenda Motion by Rodney Walker, second by Melissa Thrush. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker, Lamar White 3. Discussion Agenda Subject : 3.1 Authorization to advertise the proposed Preliminary and Tentative Budget and Millage Rate for fiscal year 2015-2016, presented by Rita Scallan, Chief Financial Officer, and recommended by  the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Jul 22, 2015 - Special Meeting Type : Action Recommended Action : Motion to authorize advertisement of the proposed Preliminary and Tentative Budget and Millage Rate for fiscal year 2015-2016. Public Content The District is required by law to advertise in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the county or in a geographically limited insert of such newspaper, notice of its intent to tentatively adopt a millage rate and budget. The size, format, and placement of the advertisements are specified in the Truth-In-Millage (TRIM) guidelines and must not be modified. The advertisements will be in the Northwest Florida Daily News on Friday, July 24, 2015. A public hearing to tentatively adopt a millage rate and budget must be held not less than 2 days or more than 5 days after the day that the advertisement is first published. Accordingly, the public hearing to tentatively adopt the millage rate and the budget is scheduled for Monday, July 27, 2015. File Attachments Roll Back Rate.pdf (7 KB) P&T Booklet - Print - 7-22-15 - Final.pdf (1,019 KB) Motion & Voting Motion to authorize advertisement of the proposed Preliminary and Tentative Budget and Millage Rate for fiscal year 2015-2016. Motion by Rodney Walker, second by Melissa Thrush. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker, Lamar White 3. Discussion Agenda Subject :  3.2 Other business to be addressed by the Board Meeting : Jul 22, 2015 - Special Meeting Type : Action 4. Adjournment Subject : 4.1 Adjournment of the meeting by the Chairman Meeting : Jul 22, 2015 - Special Meeting Type : 5. Public Notices Subject : 5.1 Public Notice Meeting : Jul 22, 2015 - Special Meeting Type : Information Public Content PUBLIC NOTICE This meeting will be open to the press and the public. Any person who decides to appeal any decision made by the Okaloosa County School Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the School Board at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting the Superintendent of Schools at the School District Administration Building at (850) 833-3110.