NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE
The WEBER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT is proposing
All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing PUBLIC HEARING Date/Time: 8/2/2023 6:00PM Location: Weber School District Offices Board Room To obtain more information regarting the tax increase,
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The Weber School District Board of Education will hold a Truth in Taxation hearing on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the BoardRoom at the District Office, 5320 S. Adams Ave.,Ogden. The purpose of this hearing is to consider increasing the tax rate along with providing opportunity for the public to comment on this matter.
In November 2021, voters approved a $279 million bond to build a new high school, junior high school, and elementary school in western Weber County, along with rebuilding Roosevelt Elementary in Washington Terrace. Escalating construction costs and inflation over the past two years have created some financial challenges in completing the rebuild of Roosevelt. The Weber School Board is considering other options to ensure this project is completed as promised under the 2021 bond.
The Board recently created a Municipal Building Authority which will enable the district to issue revenue bonds for capital projects. This is common practice utilized by municipalities, school districts and other government agencies.
During the Truth in Taxation hearing, the board will position itself to issue a revenue bond for $52 million to complete the Roosevelt rebuild project. The revenue bond will be funded by raising the Capital Outlay Levy; however, the board will also be lowering the Debt Service Levy to offset the tax increase. These adjustments are predicted to have a zero tax impact to taxpayers.
As outlined during the 2021 bond campaign, the board will also be considering making a scheduled adjustment to the local tax rate. This adjustment will go to fund the ongoing expenses associated with operating the three new schools. These expenses include utilities as well essential personnel such as a principal, head secretary, custodian, media specialist, school resource officer, and other non-teacher positions. There will be no increase in costs associated with the rebuild of Roosevelt Elementary since the school already exists with supporting faculty and staff.
The board will also consider making a one time adjustment to the Judgment Levy to offset the amount of $453,436 that was awarded to PacifiCorp and CenturyLink after they appealed their assessed property values to the State Tax Commission. This judgment affects tax revenues collected by the state dating back to 2018.
Members of the public wishing to attend the hearing can sign-up online. Public comments will be limited to three minutes per person.
Projects | Construction Bid | Construction Start | Expense as of 5/8/2024 | Estimated Construction End | Estimated Final Cost |
West Field HS (New Build) | $154,431,924 | 2/1/2022 | $122,550,443 | August 2024 | $154,431,924 |
Mountain View JHS (New Build) | $62,688,570 | 4/22/2022 | $55,765,214 | August 2024 | $62,688,570 |
Haven Bay Elem. (New Build) | $42,741,300 | 3/1/2023 | $24,246,207 | August 2024 | $42,741,300 |
Roosevelt Elem. (Replacement) | $46,393,324 | 12/20/2023 | $2,605,300 | August 2025 | $46,393,324 |
Total | $306,255,118 | $205,167,164 | $306,255,118 |
High Schools | Junior High Schools | Elementary Schools | Other Schools | Under Construction |
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Bonneville | Canyon View | A Parley Bates | Adult Education | West Field High Schoo |
Canyon View | North Ogden | Burch Creek | Weber Online K-12 | Mountain View Junior High |
Fremont | Orion | Canyon View | New Elementary | |
Roy | Rocky Mountain | Country View | ||
Two Rivers | Roy | Farr West | ||
Weber | Sand Ridge | Freedom | ||
Weber Innovation | Snowcrest | Green Acres | ||
South Ogden | H Guy Child | |||
T H Bell | Hooper | |||
Wahlquist | Kanesville | |||
Lakeview | ||||
Lomond View | ||||
Majestic | ||||
Midland | ||||
Municipal | ||||
North Ogden | ||||
North Park | ||||
Orchard Springs | ||||
Pioneer | ||||
Plain City | ||||
Riverdale | ||||
Roosevelt | ||||
Roy | ||||
Silver Ridge | ||||
Uintah | ||||
Valley | ||||
Valley View | ||||
Washington Terrace | ||||
West Haven | ||||
West Weber |
Data Loaded from Mystudent into PowerSchool | Status |
Student Accounts | Done |
Staff Accounts | Done |
Guardian Accounts | Done |
Courses | Done |
Student Enrollments | Done |
Immunizations | Done |
Program Enrollments | Done |
Transcripts | Done July 31 |
Incidents - setup complete | In Progress |
Incident Data (Historical Tracker Info) | October 1 for historical incidents (this info still in MyStudent) |
Test Scores | August 26 |
Weber Online Flex | No ETA; School created and ready 8/8. Working on 3rd party connections |
WIC Online | No ETA; School created and ready 8/8. Working on 3rd party connections |
Product | Status | Comment |
Import Lunch Balances into Titan | DONE | |
Lunch Balances in InTouch | DONE | 8/18/2023 |
Lunch Balances in PowerSchool | DONE | ETA 9/15/2023 |
LunchCode share w Fee Waiver Pgm Titan->PowerSchool | DONE | ETA 9/15/2023 |
Lunch Deposits sync from InTouch to Titan | DONE | 8/14/2023 |
Icons in PowerSchool: SPED, 504, ELL, etc. | DONE | 8/9/2023 |
WeberOnline Flex | In Progress | |
WIC Online | In Progress |
Product | Type | Status | Comment |
AcyMailer | SFTP | DONE | |
Canvas | Plugin | DONE | |
Canvas (WOL and WIC Online) | Custom App | In Progress | In-house app |
Clever | Custom Plugin | DONE | Done. Missing a few staff members still. Marking as Done. |
Destiny | SFTP | In Progress (Jill) | Assigned 8/22/2023 |
EasyBridge | Plugin | In Progress | Need to Test |
EdPlan | Custom Plugin | In Progress (Jill) | Need to Test |
HMH | Plugin | In Progress | Need to Test |
Identity Manager | Custom App | In Progress | Currently a nightly manual process; Working on automation |
IncidentIQ | Plugin | DONE | |
InTouch | Plugins | DONE | |
Learn Platform | Plugin | In Progress (Jill) | Assigned 8/22/2023 |
Level Learning | Plugin | In Progress (Jill) | Assigned 8/22/2023 |
Panorama | Plugin | In Progress | Plugin is done. Need to create 2 additional file exports |
Titan | Plugin & SFTP | DONE | 8/10/2023 |
Transfinder | Custom Plugin | DONE | Completed 8/10/2023; Testing done 8/15/2023 |
USIIS | SFTP | In Progress (Jill) | |
Utah Studies | SFTP | In Progress (Jill) | Assigned 8/22/2023 |
UTREx - State Reporting | Plugin | DONE | Cleaning up Errors in Data |
Haven Bay Elementary School is currently under construction.
Mountain View Junior High School is currently under construction.
West Field High School is currently under construction.
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