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District explains 2% fund split; state security grant to cover radios and cameras at some schools
Summary
District staff told the committee they reallocated items from an older project into a new 2% project code and that a state security grant will fund multimodal radios for all 12 schools and cameras at two schools, with local match required.
The district finance and operations staff explained changes to the 2% capital fund accounting and described how a recent state security grant will be used.
Daniel Barone told the committee he reorganized project 19007 to separate long-term camera and server items from a state security grant and moved the grant items into project 25103. Barone said the split is intended to give clearer transparency between ongoing capital equipment and grant-funded security purchases that had been bundled together in prior years.
Barone and facilities staff said the current state security grant covers multimodal radios (described in the presentation as the heavy-duty radios that can communicate with police and fire) and related components — chargers, batteries and base stations — for all 12 schools. The grant also funded cameras for two schools; staff said much of that work already was completed and that leftover grant money is earmarked for the school to which it was originally awarded and cannot be moved to another building.
Operations staff added that grant reimbursement is not always 100%: for this security grant the district expects a roughly 56% state share and a 44% local share. The group said security grants are tightly specified, and purchases must match the grant’s approved line items. Facilities staff said they plan to create a separate project for each future state security grant to avoid mixing grant items with long-lived capital purchases.
The committee discussed walkie-talkie replacement cycles (some radios are refreshed periodically and some are heavy-duty multimodal units) and that batteries and chargers are recurring costs. Staff noted cameras for the DAG vestibule remain a planned expense under the grant and that the grant’s match and procurement processes (bid requirements) govern how that money is spent.
