At a July 29, 2025 special-call meeting, members held a public hearing on a proposed 2026 millage rate; staff presented supporting tax-digest figures and rollback computations, and no members of the public spoke.

The presentation by staff member Larry Hammel laid out the proposed general millage change from 15.208 to 15.28 and explained the statutory rollback computation, which would produce a rollback millage of 14.626 for the general millage and a debt service rollback of 1.365 from a current debt-service millage of 1.418. Hammel said the rollback calculation uses the prior tax digest and a PT-32-1 form prepared with the tax commissioner's office.

Why this matters: the proposed change and the rollback calculation determine whether the jurisdiction must hold additional public hearings or certify a lower millage under state rollback rules; the presentation tied the millage discussion to recent growth in the local tax digest and explained how reassessment-driven increases affect the rollback figure.

Hammel summarized the tax-digest history, saying the net digest was about $13,100,000,000 in 2020 and that growth since then produced additional taxable value; he described roughly $900,000,000 in reassessment-driven value contributing to an approximate 3.98% reassessment increase that factors into the rollback computation. He also described a gross digest increase of about $1,500,000,000, noting differences between gross additions and net taxable value after exemptions.

Procedural actions: a motion to adopt the agenda was made by Mr. McCall and seconded by Mrs. Hoyes and approved unanimously. A motion by Mr. Grimes, seconded by Mrs. Hoyes, opened the public hearing; after waiting for registered and floor public comment and receiving none, Mr. Grimes moved and Mrs. Hoyes seconded a motion to close the public hearing, which passed unanimously. A motion to adjourn, moved by Mrs. Hoyes and seconded by Mr. Grimes, was also approved unanimously.

No substantive public comments were received during the morning hearing. Hammel said there will be at least one more public meeting later the same day at 5:00 p.m. for further public participation on the millage proposal.

The meeting record shows the session lasted about 15 minutes and focused on the presentation of the proposed millage, the rollback computation, and required public-notice steps; no final millage adoption vote is in the record from this meeting.