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Allentown board committee moves 2025‑26 budget forward, approves insurance broker and SRO MOU to next meeting
Summary
At its finance committee meeting, the board moved the proposed 2025‑26 budget forward to the full board for approval, approved retaining Arthur J. Gallagher as broker, and advanced a memorandum of understanding with the Allentown Police Department on school resource officers.
The Allentown School District finance committee on May 22 advanced three action items to the regular board meeting: the proposed 2025‑26 fiscal year budget, a contract to retain insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, and a memorandum of understanding with the Allentown Police Department for school resource officers.
During an informational portion of the meeting, district staff reviewed a PFM budget projection and outlined key assumptions. On the revenue side, presenters said the projection assumes no increase in real‑estate tax rates. The presentation included multi‑year staffing and turnover slides drawn from the Skyward personnel system.
Committee members made motions to move each action item forward; each motion received a second and carried by voice vote. The committee held an executive session before the public meeting to discuss confidential personnel and investigatory matters, real‑estate and land acquisitions, and bargaining‑unit contract schedules, the chair said.
The retention of Arthur J. Gallagher and the SRO memorandum were presented as standard action items. Doctor Whartonby presented the SRO agreement and committee members moved it forward; the chair recorded that “motion carries and it will move forward.” There was no public card comment on agenda items during the finance segment.
All items will appear on the board’s next regular meeting for final votes and any roll-call tallies.
