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Nutrition director: cafeteria fund healthy but district plans equipment purchases and to draw down reserves; bad meal debt about $940,000
Summary
District staff told the board that the central cafeteria fund (Fund 143) is self‑sustaining and in a healthy position; staff proposed using some reserve to buy kitchen equipment, maintain a 2.5% salary increase, add several positions and draw down the fund modestly, and reported bad meal debt around $940,000.
School nutrition staff and finance staff updated the board April 9 on the central cafeteria fund (Fund 143), which staff described as self‑sustaining through USDA reimbursements, meal payments and cafeteria expenditures. Staff said Fund 143 has a multi‑million dollar fund balance and that the district proposes a 2.5% salary increase for nutrition staff and to use a portion of reserves for equipment purchases and other one‑time needs.
Staff outlined plans to…
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