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Board hears clean audit, budget update; administration proposes onetime purchases
Summary
The board received a clean financial audit for 2023–24, heard budget updates (PSERS rate drop, IDEA revenue decline) and a list of proposed onetime purchases including security cameras, upgraded vision screeners, a large‑format printer and a cardio room buildout estimated at $76,000.
Treasurer Joseph Wilson and business office staff told the board the district’s 2023–24 annual financial audit was clean and contained no findings; the single audit covering federal funds was also clean, the board record shows.
Business office staff reported an updated 2025–26 budget picture: the PSERS retirement contribution rate certified in December produced a net reduction of about $103,000 compared with an earlier projection. The district also noted a projected reduction in IDEA (federal special‑education) funding compared with the prior year — administration said IDEA funds for 2024–25 are approximately $54,000 less than the prior year and about $32,000 below the current budgeted amount.
Staff are also rolling forward enrollment projections and working through staffing and program placement needs; an early roll‑forward estimate reduced a placement budget area by roughly $61,000, according to the presentation.
Administration presented a proposed list of onetime purchases to consider funding out of the current year rather than adding to next year’s recurring budget. Requested items included additional targeted security cameras at specific locations, replacement of remaining vision screeners to match a recently acquired enhanced model (four units), a new large‑format printer for event signage and a phased cardio‑room buildout at the middle school that would replace the old wrestling floor and include specialty flooring and initial cardio equipment. Administration estimated the cardio‑room package at about $76,000 but said final costs for floor preparation were not yet fully priced.
Staff said further details and formal requests will be brought to the board in February for final approval; the meeting packet included the IDEA contract notice and the investment program guidelines the board later approved.
Ending: The district’s clean audit was acknowledged publicly, and staff will return in February with precise costs and formal requests for onetime purchases and staffing adjustments tied to the 2025–26 budget process.
