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Southern Kern Unified board approves unaudited actuals, construction change order and safety upgrades
Summary
The board reviewed unaudited 2024‑25 financials, heard a facilities update and approved several action items including resolutions on education funding, a change order for after‑school construction and a fire‑alarm panel replacement. No detailed vote tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Chief Business Officer Robert Irvin reviewed the district’s unaudited actuals for the 2024‑25 fiscal year, reporting that “overall revenues last year, came in at $72,300,000” and that estimated funded ADA was 3,345. He told the board the district began the fiscal year with a combined fund balance of about $42 million and ended the year at about $35 million (restricted and unrestricted combined), and that total expenditures for the year approached $80 million, reflecting one‑time construction payments and late negotiation settlements.
Irvin explained that salary and benefits represented about 70.3% of general‑fund expenditures and that, after backing out construction costs, that rate rose to about 72.6% as presented. He said higher costs in services and other…
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