Supervisors approve $175,000 supplemental for schools, keep UHY oversight to close FY25 books

The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors on July 30 approved a $175,000 supplemental appropriation for the school division to cover miscellaneous FY25 overspending and directed the school division and county to proceed with contract work by accounting firm UHY to stabilize year-end reporting. Jack Regan of UHY, who attended the special meeting with Superintendent Dr. Leslie, told the board the schools initially asked for $410,000 to create a cushion against unrecorded invoices but later refined the net need to roughly $89,835 based on transfers and current projections. Regan said the larger request was to "ensure that there is a little bit of cushion in the each of the appropriations categories" so the division would not have to return repeatedly to the board for additional supplemental appropriations if previously unknown invoices arrived. Why it matters: Supervisors and UHY described gaps in FY25 purchasing controls that left some invoices without purchase orders, creating uncertainty about final year-end…