WHA school board certifies maximum levy authority for 2026 payable 2027

The Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School Board voted unanimously Sept. 14 to certify the district's maximum levy authority for 2026, payable in 2027. Michael Anderson moved to certify the levy and Barbara Sherman seconded; the minutes record the vote as Yea 5, Nay 0.

Board members said the certification sets the district's maximum levy limit for the next pay cycle and allows staff to proceed with budget planning under that authority. The action was taken during the regular meeting at Double Study Hall in Walker and is part of routine annual levy procedures.

The certification does not itself set the final tax rate; it establishes the maximum levy authority the district may use when preparing the 2027 payable-year levy documentation. The board took no additional, separate levy-approval votes at the Sept. 14 meeting.