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Bennington Public Schools board approves $2.49 million in final 2024-25 invoices
Summary
Board approved $2,488,884 in general fund invoices and related transfers, marking unaudited final expenses for fiscal 2024-25 and authorizing depreciation account distributions and an initial software payment.
The Bennington Public Schools Board of Education approved $2,488,884 in final general-fund invoices for the 2024-25 fiscal year at its Aug. 25 meeting, clearing end-of-year bills and several accounting transfers.
The payments are unaudited and, if finalized as presented, would bring the district's total expenses for 2024-25 to $54,016,043. Board staff reported payroll accounted for just over $42 million (about 77.98% of expenses) and accounts payable about $11.9 million (just over 22%).
Board staff described several sizable items in the invoice report. The district authorized a $1,925,000 transfer from the depreciation fund split among planned accounts: $950,000 to technology, $875,000 to textbooks and $100,000 to vehicles. The board approved a roughly $26,000 mower purchase previously authorized, payment for Midtown concrete repairs, an activity-fund transfer and a general-fund payment covering high school car rental costs that staff said could have been charged to the special building fund.
The board also recorded the year-one payment for the district's previously approved migration to the Synergy student information system to replace Nessus; staff indicated the invoice covers the initial implementation installment and that recurring payments will continue next year.
A motion to approve the transfers and bills "as presented" was made from the meeting's presiding officer and was seconded; a roll-call vote was recorded and the motion passed unanimously. Board members who answered in the roll call at the vote were Jim (yes), Tara (yes), Joe (yes), Steve (yes) and Allison (yes). The payments and transfers are unaudited and will be reflected in the district's final financial statements when those are completed.
The meeting included routine reminders about upcoming meetings: a budget hearing at 6 p.m. on Sept. 8 at the district office, a budget adoption meeting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 23 and a Curriculum and Americanism Committee meeting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 5.
No additional formal actions were recorded on other budget items during the meeting; staff characterized the invoice report as a typical year-end clearing of charges including curriculum items approved over the summer and routine software renewals.
