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Board approves financial report and two budget amendments; meeting votes at a glance
Summary
Madison County School Board approved the March expenditure report, accepted an updated financial format and approved two budget amendments to align the district’s books with what was submitted to the Department of Education; the board recorded a series of routine votes (all 4-0).
The Madison County School Board approved the March expenditure report and two budget amendments in a single vote after staff presented updated financial statements and a revised reporting format, the superintendent said; the motion carried 4-0.
Finance staff described changes to reporting format and noted that the district had contracted with an outside consultant to work through financial issues. Staff said total general fund revenues collected were about 76.09% and expenditures were about 74.98% through March, and that unrestricted (unassigned) funds were about 8.45% as presented. The first budget amendment corrects beginning balances to match what was adopted and submitted to the Department of Education; the second adjusts budget lines to reflect a third calculation used in internal reporting. The superintendent asked the board to approve both amendments together and the board did so.
The meeting included several other routine approvals, all recorded as unanimous (4-0): adoption of the agenda; approval of the consent agenda (with updated curriculum start/end dates to July 1–June 30-style alignment requested by the superintendent); acceptance of the dumpster repair low bid (Pickles and Sons Welding); approval of disposition milestones for surplus properties; approval of personnel changes (with a curriculum reassignment pulled for further advertisement); approval of volunteers and staff travel; and acceptance of the March expenditure report. The board adjourned at the end of the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Adopt agenda: motion by Miss Knight, second Miss Hagan; outcome: approved 4-0. - Consent agenda (minutes, curriculum with updated start/end dates, field trips, fundraisers, EIL plan): motion by Miss Thompson, second Miss Hagan; outcome: approved 4-0. - Dumpster repair (award to Pickles and Sons Welding): motion by Miss Knight, second Miss Hagan; outcome: approved 4-0. - Disposition of property (milestones to advertise and solicit proposals): motion by Miss Knight, second Miss Hagan; outcome: approved 4-0. - Personnel changes (multiple resignations; curriculum reassignment pulled): motion by Miss Knight, second Miss Thompson; outcome: approved 4-0. - Volunteers: motion by Miss Hagan, second Miss Thompson; outcome: approved 4-0. - Staff travel: motion by Miss Thompson, second Miss Knight; outcome: approved 4-0. - Expenditure report (March): motion by Miss Knight, second Miss Thompson; outcome: accepted 4-0. - Financial report and two budget amendments: motion by Miss Knight, second (unspecified in transcript); outcome: approved 4-0.
The board did not provide ordinance numbers, contract numbers or dollar totals for most items beyond the dumpster repair quote; where dollar amounts were not specified in the meeting, documents were described as “not specified.”
