Summersworth board approves up to $115,000 in year-end capital expenditures, splits funds for website and student equipment

The Summersworth School Board on July 30 approved up to $115,000 in end-of-year capital expenditures to cover technology, safety and communications projects and set aside a separate allocation for athletics and arts equipment. The vote amended an initial memo of proposed items and added two board-directed allocations: a not-to-exceed $20,000 “district website revamp and strategic communications materials” line and a not-to-exceed $15,000 allocation for multi-year athletic and arts equipment to be purchased by Sept. 1. The full package of end-of-year expenditures was approved in a single motion, with board members saying remaining unspent funds would be returned to the city audit fund. Board members and district staff said the purchases must meet the audit rule that unanticipated revenue be spent on capital, multi-year items and not on next year’s recurring salaries or annual operating expenses. “Unanticipated revenue must be returned to the city,” the superintendent said, adding the district sought city permission to include $200,000 of unanticipated revenue in next year’s budget and…