Brandon Valley board approves May bills, hears cash report showing major tax draw

The Brandon Valley School District Board of Education on Monday approved routine bills and claims and heard a cash report that the district said included a substantial property‑tax draw in May.

The board unanimously approved the agenda, minutes and a slate of bills and claims after a motion and second. Mr. Lundberg, the district finance staff member presenting the financial items, told the board the packet included a payment to Pesca Construction (payment No. 9) that brings that contractor’s total to date to about $8.9 million, and a quarterly payment listed as “Key 12” for $308,909. He said the total bills in the packet were roughly $2,612,000 and listed a series of payroll and benefit items, including regular pay vouchers totaling about $184,000, pay for unused sick days of $60,562, unused personal days of $114,150, and year‑end lunch account refunds of about $95,000 totaling $1,127,937 in food‑service bills.

The cash report for May, Mr. Lundberg said, reflected a large tax draw: the district received about $12.8 million of property taxes during the month and total receipts for the month were reported at about $13.3 million. He described several interfund transfers, including a planned operating transfer of $1.4 million from the capital outlay fund to the general fund, and smaller interfund cash‑flow transfers from the special education and bond redemption funds. Payroll and benefits for May were reported at just under $2.9 million, with associated payroll tax withholdings of about $1.7 million.

On budget pacing, Mr. Lundberg said general‑fund spending was about 89.7% expended through May and projected to finish the year at about 98.7% of budget; special‑education expenditures were at 85.8% through May and were projected to finish nearer to 96%. The food‑service fund was running a net loss of about $346,000 versus a budgeted loss of about $300,000.

Board member Paul asked whether the “T12 bills” were end‑of‑year adjustments; Mr. Lundberg responded they were routine end‑of‑year items, including quarterly bills and late special‑education invoices.

The board voted to approve the financial report as presented.

The meeting record shows routine votes approving the agenda, prior minutes and personnel items; no contested votes were recorded.

Less critical line items in the packet — including communication and building permits — were provided to the board for review but required no action Monday.