The Woods County Excise Board met Wednesday morning in a special meeting to approve budgets and their meeting schedule for next year. Present were Bob Seivert, Joe Shirley and Chris Olson.

The board approved the following list of month appropriations:

Monthly Appropriations:

District #1 Highway Cash $ 174,702.43

District #2 Highway Cash $ 178,895.23

District #3 Highway Cash $ 173,702.43

District #1 CBRI Fund-105 $ 9,414.94

District #2 CBRI Fund-105 $ 9,414.91

District #3 CBRI Fund-105 $ 9,414.92

Enhanced 911 $ 20,462.93

Assessor's Fee $ 516.00

County Clerk's Lien Fee $ 2,555.65

County Clerk's Preservation Fee $ 1,400.00

Sheriff's Revolving Fund $ 5,221.57

Emergency Management $ 2,165.00

Treasurer's Resale $ 1,610.93

Sheriff's Commissary $ 15.46

Sheriff's Service Fee CHS $ 10,106.08

Mortgage Tax $ 115.00

2019 Meetings and Holidays

The schedule for next year’s excise board meetings was approved. The board meets the third Wednesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. Next year’s dates are Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 19, July 17, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 18.

The following list of Woods County holidays was approved:

Tuesday, Jan. 1, New Year’s Day

Monday, Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Monday, Feb. 18, President’s Day

Friday, April 19, Good Friday

Monday, May 27, Memorial Day

Thursday, July 4, Independence Day

Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Day

Monday, Oct. 14, Columbus Day

Monday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day

Thursday & Friday, Nov. 28-29, Thanksgiving

Wed.-Fri., Dec. 25-27, Christmas

Budgets

Budgets for three schools and one town were approved. The Alva School budget lists a general fund of $18,369,390.13, building fund of $2,794,323.67, child nutrition fund of $685,183.76 and sinking fund of $289,612.50.

The Freedom School budget shows totals of $2,242,167.71 in the general fund, $293,890.21 in the building fund and $41,739.36 in the child nutrition fund.

The Waynoka School budget includes a general fund of $9,906,772.28, building fund of $1,802,555.77, child nutrition fund of $137,390.05 and sinking fund of $$1,140,847.92.

The Town of Dacoma budget is for $406,976.90.