The finance committee recommended placement on the Jan. 23 action meeting agenda of routine December budget transfers and requests for proposals (RFPs) for auditing and insurance-broker services.

Staff reported $678,036.50 in December budget transfers to realign departmental spending and ensure correct account coding. Committee members said the transfers were routine and moved the item forward for board action.

Under professional services policy, the district must periodically put certain contracts out for competitive procurement. The committee advanced both an audit-services RFP (current five-year contract ended) and an insurance-broker RFP for placement on the Jan. 23 action meeting agenda; motions carried without objection.

Motions to place the budget transfers and the RFP advertisements on the Jan. 23 action agenda passed (budget transfers: motion by Mrs. McMurtry, second by Mr. Fusco; RFPs: motion by Mrs. Stoll, second by Mr. McBain; all listening committee votes recorded as "Aye," motion carries).