Blair Board holds public hearing on proposed 2025-26 budget; no public comments

The Blair Board of Education convened a public hearing on the proposed 2025-26 budget on Sept. 8, 2025, at 7:02 p.m.; Business Manager Tom Shearer presented the budget materials to the board. The hearing was entered into the record and continued until 7:30 p.m., and no members of the public offered comments. The hearing was conducted under the Nebraska Open Meetings Law (Chapter 84, Article 14), and the board recorded the presentation but did not take a vote on the budget during the public hearing. Shearer shared the Blair Community Schools Budget Hearing presentation for board consideration; the transcript records no public testimony or formal amendments during the hearing. Because the item was a public hearing, it served to receive oral input and public observation; the board did not adopt the budget at that time, and no formal motion related to adoption was recorded in the meeting minutes. The hearing record will remain part of the board’s consideration of the 2025-26 spending plan as the district moves toward any subsequent budget adoption votes.