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Lapeer Community Schools board adopts 2025–26 budgets, approves $225,165 in construction and kitchen contracts
Summary
The Lapeer Community Schools Board of Education adopted the 2025–26 general, student activity and debt retirement budgets, affirmed a property-tax levy and approved contract awards totaling $225,165 for concrete and kitchen equipment.
The Lapeer Community Schools Board of Education adopted its 2025–26 general fund, student activity fund and limited tax school building and site debt retirement fund budgets and approved contract awards totaling $225,165 during a meeting that began with a public hearing on the budget.
The action finalizes budget items the district’s TLT committee reviewed on June 18. The committee recommended the budgets for board approval and reported a plan to submit Form L-4029 to township treasurers specifying levy amounts. The district reported an 18-mill levy for operating; the transcript references an additional 2.65 mills “for debt.”
Board members voted to adopt the 2025–26 general fund and student activity fund budgets as presented. The board also approved the limited tax school building and site debt retirement fund budget. During the meeting the board approved awarding Culver Development a contract not to exceed $73,400 for concrete work and Ainsworth Electric Incorporated a contract not to exceed $151,765 for kitchen equipment, for a combined total not to exceed $225,165.
District staff reported that Planté Moran (auditing firm) discussed pre-audit communications with the committee, covering the auditors’ responsibilities under generally accepted accounting standards and the planned scope and timing of the audit. The audit breakout allowed committee members to meet privately with auditors to raise matters that might affect the audit.
Committee members and staff also discussed cash-flow borrowing to cover increases in operating costs. The committee reached a consensus to place a cash-flow borrowing resolution on the July 25 agenda for board consideration.
No individual roll-call vote tally with member names was provided in the transcript; the meeting record shows motions made and multiple affirmative “aye” responses that carried the motions. The consent agenda reading was waived and approved before the budget votes. The board directed staff to file the Form L-4029 that informs township treasurers of the district’s levy and to move forward with the recommended contract awards.
The district will proceed with the contracts and the planned audit process; the cash-flow borrowing resolution will return to the board on the July 25 agenda for further formal action.
