(KLZA)-- The Pawnee City Board of Education has adopted the budget for the next fiscal year. Action on the budget occurred during a special Board meeting September 4. The action followed public hearings on various budget proposals.

Property values in the Pawnee City School District increased 1.95 percent this year. Based on the valuation increase the total property tax levy will be 98.3867 cents per $100 of assessed valuation which amounts to a tax decrease of 3.1 percent from last year.

The total operating budget of the school district will increased by 3.8 percent.

The property tax request for the General Fund will be $3,020,202; the property tax request for the Special Building Fund will be $80,808; the the tax request for the Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund was set at $114,749.

The Pawnee City School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday evening in the Elementary school Library.