Board approves consent agenda, personnel appointments and fourth-quarter supplemental transfer

The Board of Education unanimously approved several consent and action items Wednesday, including award of contracts, administrative personnel appointments, and the fourth-quarter operating budget supplemental and fund transfer for FY2024.

The board voted 7–0 to authorize award of contracts under consent items 6.01 through 6.04 and then voted 7–0 to approve administrative personnel appointments and personnel actions on the attached sheets. Each motion passed by unanimous roll call.

The superintendent recommended and the board approved a fourth-quarter operating-budget supplemental and transfer, which Chief Financial Officer Matt Stanski said reconciles newly received revenue. Stanski listed $18,600,000 in additional revenue: about $3,300,000 in federal funds, $1,800,000 in state aid (driven largely by non-public placements), $5,200,000 in local revenue (largely interest income), and $8,200,000 in restricted revenue tied to the health-care fund. He said the health-care fund had experienced elevated claims — about an 8% year-over-year increase — and that the supplemental would draw on reserves to shore up the fund as invoices come in.

Stanski said the board-approved supplemental will be submitted to the county executive and county council for inclusion in the county’s fourth-quarter transfer bill. The roll-call votes on the consent items and the supplemental were recorded as unanimous: all seven board members voted "aye."