DOUGLAS COUNTY WEST SCHOOL DISTRICT
Total budget: $10.5 million, down 0.64 percent.
General fund: $8.7 million, up 7.63 percent.
Proposed tax rate: $1.1163 per $100 of assessed valuation, down from $1.1311.
Major expenditures: Aimed at maintaining small class sizes throughout the district.
Public hearing and vote: Monday
Note: 96 cents of the tax rate is for the new learning community serving Douglas and Sarpy Counties. The money will be redistributed to the 11 districts based on a formula that considers each district’s enrollment and demographics. Separately, the learning community will collect an additional half-cent levy for capital projects.
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
Total budget: $2,269,872, up 5.6 percent
Operating budget: $1,214,785, up 27.7 percent
Proposed tax rate: 82 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, up from 79 cents
Major expenditures: $564,382 for Springfield Trail Phase 3 (trail project also supported by grants from the Nebraska Roads Department and the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District totaling $507,944); $100,000 for street paving project; $10,000 for mainstreet design plan
Public hearing and vote: Tuesday
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