Richland R‑I board sets combined tax rate at $4.3333

The Richland R‑I Board of Education approved a combined property tax rate of $4.3333 — $4.0333 for operations and $0.3000 for debt service — at a tax-rate hearing on Aug. 28, 2026. Ms. Hollie Wheeler moved to set the rate, and Mr. Clinton Corlew seconded the motion. The board recorded six "yeas" and zero "nays," and President Dennis McGarity declared the motion carried.

"Ms. Hollie Wheeler made a motion to set operation and debt service at a combined tax rate of $4.3333 ($4.0333 for operating and $0.3000 for debt service)," the meeting record states. The item was listed on the agenda as the Tax Rate Hearing and was taken up during the meeting; the transcript records the motion and the unanimous tally but does not show any formal amendments or alternate figures being offered.

The agenda lists the hearing date as Aug. 28, 2026, at 7:30 a.m. in the Board of Education Room. The transcript shows the meeting concluded after the tax-rate motion: the board subsequently approved a motion to adjourn.