As an essential part of its budgeting process, the Melstone Public School 64J Board of Trustees is authorized by law to impose levies to support its budget. The Melstone Public School  Board of Trustees estimates the following changes in revenues and mills for the funds noted below for the next school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, using certified taxable valuations from the current school fiscal year as provided to the district:

Required 20-9-116 MCA Notice (Mills Calculated using prior Year Taxable Value):


2022-23 Actual Levies2023-24 Projections

Fund$/Mills$/ Mills                Change $Change MillsEst. Annual Tax Impact $100K homeESt. Annual Tax Impact $200K home
Transportation
$54,993/27.22
$54622/26
(371)(.082)(1.11)(2.22)
Bus Depreciation
Tuition
Adult Ed
Flexibility
Building Reserve Permissive
$6143/3.04(6.143)(3.04)(4.10)(8.20)
Grand Total$61,136/ 30.26$54,622/26.40(6514)(3.86)(5.21)(10.42)


2023-24 projections above are based on the certified taxable valuations from the current school

fiscal year (2022-23) and the State of Montana Office of Public Instruction’s Preliminary Budget

Data Sheet posted March 2023. The District’s final certified taxable valuations available August

1, 2023 may result in changes to these estimates.

Regarding the building reserve permissive levy and the building reserve voted levy, the

following are school facility maintenance projects anticipated to be completed at this time:

  1. , saving for project.

Dated this 14th day of March 2022 

Trustees of 

Melstone Public Schools 

Nate Roskelley, Board chairperson 

Justina Marshall, Business Manager/Clerk