Taxpayers speak out at 'pink postcard' hearing - The North Platte Bulletin
Taxpayers and local government officials made their cases in North Platte, from opposite sides of the property tax debate.
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Taxpayers and local government officials made their cases in North Platte, from opposite sides of the property tax debate.
Nine people were in the audience, including members of the press, when school board President Angela Blaesi called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. She adjourned it at 6:05.
No one spoke at a public hearing Thursday about the North Platte school district's call for $2 million more in property taxes in the 2023-24 fiscal year.
Stuart Simpson, North Platte Public Schools’ finance director, says the district’s full 2023-24 property tax request is “off the table” after school board members failed to ratify it Monday night.
The North Platte school board has approved a new budget on a 4-2 vote.