Homewood SD 153 board places tentative amended budget on display, authorizes payments and awards sports-complex floor contract
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Summary
The Homewood School District 153 Board of Education voted to place a tentative amended fiscal 2025 budget on 30-day display to reflect life-safety bond proceeds and a $1.43 million state property tax relief grant, approved payments not to exceed $2,621,951.21 and awarded a $259,630 contract to replace the James Hart Sports Complex floor.
The Board of Education of Homewood School District 153 voted May 5 to place a tentative amended fiscal 2025 budget on 30-day display, authorize large payments for April and May and award a contract for replacement of the James Hart Sports Complex floor.
The board accepted a proposed amended budget that adds revenue from the recent life-safety bond sale and a $1,427,503 state property tax relief grant and moves the initial Willow roof payment into the life-safety fund. "This requires us to amend the budget because we didn't have any authorized expenditures in our life safety fund," said Dr. Turnberger, the district's chief school business official. The board set a public hearing to adopt a final amended budget for the June 9, 2025 meeting.
The administration also asked the board to authorize payments covering the second April 2025 bills and the first May 2025 bills, with a combined amount not to exceed $2,621,951.21. The motion passed on a roll call vote with the members recorded as voting yes in the transcript: Missus DePay; Mister Smith; Mister Zimmerman; Mister Scully; Mister Booth; Mister Castro; Mister Bash. The board recorded the motion as carried.
Separately, the board accepted a bid to replace the James Hart Sports Complex floor. The administration recommended a contract with Diversify Pro in the amount of $259,630 under a Sourcewell joint purchasing agreement; the cost will be shared with the Homewood Flossmoor Park District. The motion to accept the bid passed by roll call; the transcript records affirmative votes including Mister Zimmerman and Mister Booth among others and records the motion as carried.
Why it matters: The amended budget reflects new capital funding and reallocation tied to a life-safety bond sale and a state grant, which changes the district's operating surplus and authorizes initial capital outlays for the Willow roof project. The approved payments and the sports complex contract commit district funds and move planned capital work forward.
The board will hold a public hearing on the tentative amended budget at its June 9 meeting. The DCG roofing payment mentioned by administration is expected to be brought for approval at the June board meeting as part of the amended budget implementation.
