Prairiland ISD Board of Trustees had been up late Monday night time because it unanimously accredited a decision to kind its personal police division and adopted the 2022-23 tax charge.
Superintendent Jeff Ballard stated the division is presently being fast-tracked for approval via the Texas Fee on Legislation Enforcement.
Trustees met in government session to think about, after which later unanimously accredited, the employment of former Paris Police Lt. John Berry, who will develop into the district’s chief of police pending approval of the division by TCOLE.
Ballard stated the district will rent two further officers to permit a police presence on every of its campuses.
“I’m excited for our lecturers, and I’m excited for the neighborhood,” Ballard stated Monday. “It’s one thing that the neighborhood wished, our lecturers undoubtedly wished it, and I believe it’s time with all the things occurring on the earth immediately. We owe it to our youngsters and we owe it to our lecturers to guard them as a lot as we will.”
The district’s property tax charge stays the identical as trustees unanimously adopted a $1.095 tax charge per $100 valuation to help its $14,851,487 funds for the 2022-23 fiscal yr.
“After we had the bond election, we instructed (taxpayers) that the tax charge wouldn’t go up, and it didn’t go up, so we stored our promise,” Ballard stated.
Trustees additionally met with John Blackburn of Reside Oak Public Finance by way of convention name to debate the district’s limitless tax faculty constructing bonds earlier than unanimously adopting an order to promote $9.69 million in bonds with an rate of interest of three.865 p.c.
Ballard stated roughly $8 million of these bonds will go in direction of the development of the district’s Profession and Technical Training Heart, with the remaining income used for building of the district’s indoor facility.
Trustees additionally unanimously accredited a $32,530 funds modification for six IP-access management methods for doorways on the district’s Deport campus.
Trustees met on the Prairiland ISD Administration Constructing, 466 FM 196 South.
