OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — At their monthly meeting July 12, the Johnson County Community College board of trustees agreed to lower the mill levy the college assesses county taxpayers by .14 mills. That will reduce the levy from 8.872 to 8.732 mills.

The board was able to reduce the mill levy because of increases of 5.6 percent in state aid and 5.8 percent in assessed valuation as well as higher income from investments. The college’s general fund budget for 2007-2008 is $132,928,376. The average homeowner will pay $241.06 in annual assessment for the college.

The notice of a public hearing regarding the college’s legal budget for 2007-2008 will be published next week. Following the hearing held at the August board meeting, the college’s legal budget will be approved by the board and filed with the county.

In other action, the board also elected officers for the 2007-2008 academic year. Lynn Mitchelson continues as the chairman of the board. Shirley Brown-Van Arsdale will again be vice chair and Jon Stewart treasurer. Terry A. Calaway, JCCC president,

will serve as secretary. Brown-Van Arsdale will chair the board’s facilities committee, with Virginia Krebs as member. Stewart will chair the board’s finance committee, with new trustee Don Weiss as member; Mitchelson will serve as the human resources committee chair, with Ben Hodge as member; and Brown-Van Arsdale will chair the audit committee, with Stewart as member.

The next meeting of the JCCC board of trustees is Aug. 2 in the Hugh Speer board room, 137 GEB. The board meeting will begin at 4 p.m., with the public hearing for the budget at 5 p.m. Board of trustee meetings are open to the public.