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Board approves transportation budget amendment to buy three Type‑E buses
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved a budget amendment to buy one elementary and two high‑school Type‑E buses; administrators warned transportation reserves are low and the amendment addresses specific fleet needs.
The board approved a targeted transportation fund budget amendment to purchase one elementary and two high‑school Type‑E buses, a move administrators said will improve fleet replacement while the district’s transportation reserves remain thin.
Pat McHugh explained the amendment and said the transportation reserve percentages were low: “The reserves can be 20%, and we’re under 1 in the elementary,” he told the board, adding the high‑school reserve sits near 13 percent. The proposed amendment was tied to specific purchases detailed in the attached proclamation.
Why it matters: transportation fund reserves affect the district’s ability to replace buses without tapping the general fund. The amendment authorizes purchases not contemplated in the budgets adopted in August.
Trustees approved the elementary and high‑school motions separately and voted unanimously to adopt the amendment. The purchases will be executed under the transportation fund and the board discussed monitoring reserve targets going forward.
