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Steve Massey, president of the Crescent-Iroquois Community Unit District #249 Board of Education called the Dec. 21 meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Secretary Jody Niebuhr took roll call with the following responding: Becky Dirks, Christi Pheifer, Tim Kollmann, Brock Johnson, Massey and Niebuhr. As there were no changes to the agenda, Superintendent Rod Grimsley brought up non-action items and led discussion on the Tax Levy. After going over the differences between the proposed taxes presented at the November meeting and the actual tax rates at this meeting, he said the actual tax rate will drop to 5.8792. This is the second year the board has reduced the tax rate for the district. ....