JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

OCTOBER 9, 2003

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN CALLED SESSION AT 4 P.M. ON OCTOBER 9, 2003, IN THE BOARDROOM.  THE PURPOSE OF THE CALLED MET WAS TO ESTABLISH THE MILLAGE RATE FOR 2003.  THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:  MR. RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN; MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON; MR. DERRELL CROWE, MR. STEVE HIX, MR. WILLIE HUGHEY, AND MRS. ANGELA MCKINNEY.  ALSO PRESENT WERE: DR. JOHN JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT AND MRS. KIM NAVAS, MINUTE RECORDER.

CALL TO ORDER

THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

ON MOTION BY MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER 9^TH MEETING WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ACTION ITEM

ESTABLISH 2003 MILLAGE RATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE SYSTEM’S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MILLAGE RATE FOR 2003 BE ESTABLISHED AT 14.25 MILS AND THE BOND MILLAGE RATE BE ESTABLISHED AT 2.30 MILS.  ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.

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RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN

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JOHN M. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT