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Wheeling CCSD 21 approves $11.5 million transfer to capital projects; board posts $12.5 million surplus notice
Summary
At its March 20 meeting, the Wheeling CCSD 21 Board of Education held a public hearing and approved motions to move $11.5 million through funds into capital projects, approved the consent agenda, and voted to publish a $12.5 million surplus budget notice ahead of an April action.
The Wheeling CCSD 21 Board of Education on March 20 held a public hearing and approved a series of budget resolutions that move $11,500,000 from the Education Fund into Operations & Maintenance and then into the Capital Projects Fund, and authorized posting notice for a $12,500,000 surplus budget. The board also approved its consent agenda and several routine motions during the meeting.
Board members opened a publicly noticed hearing about the proposed transfers after the meeting was convened. Doctor Connolly (title stated in the meeting as “Doctor Connolly”) summarized the notice and the recommended transfers, saying the district had properly published notice in The Daily Herald and that the transfer was included in the budget as presented the previous month.
The board received no public-comment cards related to the transfer and no written public comments were reported. After the hearing, the board voted to reconvene the regular meeting and approved the transfer resolutions. The votes recorded on the floor showed unanimous support for the resolutions as read into the record.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (as presented except items A and B removed, then A and B approved separately): approved unanimously. - Resolution to convene public hearing on the proposed permanent transfer (education fund → operations & maintenance): approved. - Resolution to approve permanent transfer of $11,500,000 from the Education Fund to the Operations & Maintenance Fund: approved. - Resolution to approve permanent transfer of $11,500,000 from the Operations & Maintenance Fund to the Capital Projects Fund: approved. - Resolution to post notice to approve a surplus budget in the amount of $12,500,000 (notice to lead to action in April): approved.
Board members voting in favor were recorded on the transcript by their spoken names: Debbie (board member, role not specified in transcript), Bill (board member), Arlan Gould (board member), Phil Pritzker (board member), and one member recorded as “Degmora” (first name not specified in the transcript). The meeting record did not provide a roll-call tally listing absences or nay votes for these items; the motions passed on recorded affirmative votes.
The board’s finance and operations committee update earlier in the meeting noted that the district received an unmodified audit opinion from outside auditors Baker Tilly for Fiscal Year 2024 and that staff had paid down long-term debt and maintained other district services. Phil Pritzker summarized that audit finding during his committee report before the formal hearing.
Next steps: the surplus budget notice is the procedural step required before the board takes final action in April; the board will return to this matter at the next regular meeting to consider final adoption as posted.
Ending
Board members closed the public hearing and recessed back into the regular meeting after taking the votes. The board scheduled its next regular meeting for Thursday, April 24, where the surplus budget item is expected to appear for final action.
