Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Budget And Capital topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board approves FY24 carryover spending with Beasley roofing added; finance staff outline state funding changes
Summary
The board chose the carryover plan that adds a roofing project at Beasley Elementary and discussed roughly $2.1 million in FY24 rollover funds, county roofing fund balances and potential state budget changes that could increase revenue for the district next year.
Prince George County School Division and the school board agreed March 17 to forward a carryover spending plan to the Board of Supervisors that includes roofing work at Beasley Elementary, after staff presented two options for allocating roughly $2.1 million in fiscal-year 2024 rollover funds.
Assistant superintendent and finance staff described the two columns of spending options: the original plan without a roofing project and a second plan that applies part of the carryover to complete roofing sections at Beasley. After questions from board members and a request for clarity about roofing priorities, the board voted to approve the option that includes the Beasley roofing work.
Votes and amounts - Motion (Johnson; second: Ms. Crist) to adopt the carryover spending plan with Beasley roofing: approved (roll call recorded as yes by all voting members). The division described the available balance as “approximately just shy of $2,100,000” in FY24 rollover funds. Provenance: transcript statements beginning at 7441.27 and ending at 8427.245.
Finance presentation and state budget notes Finance director/members explained that the grant fund and school nutrition fund received supplemental appropriations from the county on March 11 following a board request. The grants fund increase was described as $580,227 (to a total of $4,645,816) and school nutrition was described as a $526,000 appropriation that raises that fund’s total on next month’s report.
Division financial staff also briefed the board on pending state budget actions: final amendments then before the governor would add roughly $635,000 for a bonus and other technical updates that together could mean about $1,000,000 in additional revenue to the district for FY25; the division said the bonus cost would be roughly $1,000,000 as well. Staff emphasized the governor had not yet signed the budget, and that any appropriations would require formal acceptance by the Board of Supervisors.
Board discussion Board members asked for clarity on which projects would be funded and the timing of appropriations; staff confirmed that some roofing money (about $107,569) is already in a county roofing fund and that dividing carryover between immediate projects and capital planning could allow work to occur in coming fiscal years. Members also raised technology and safety priorities; staff noted certain security purchases (object detectors and wand sets) were being funded separately from the carryover decision.
Ending Staff will present the board’s approved carryover plan — the option including Beasley roofing — to the Board of Supervisors at the supervisors’ April meeting for reappropriation and authorization to proceed.
