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Staff reports: contracts, Bel Air safety upgrades, FY26 budget assumptions; communications team previews new materials and explains $9,800 billboard expense
Summary
Committee reports covered FY26 budget assumptions, two contracts for student transportation and delayed egress/fire alarm work at Bel Air Education Center, Columbus Well and education-center bid updates, upcoming bond sales, planned communications materials and videos, and a $9,800 digital billboard expenditure funded by a grant and booster ads.
During routine reports at the March 20 meeting, district staff summarized operational items including budget assumptions for FY26, recently approved contracts at the committee level, building projects, and communications work.
A committee representative reporting for the "09:16" group said the committee reviewed FY26 budget assumptions such as projected enrollment and revenue categories and noted two contracts that were approved at committee: a transportation services contract with Collaborative Student Transportation in Minnesota to serve roughly 916 students for between-program transportation, work-experience sites and field trips; and a delayed-egress and fire alarm upgrade at Bel Air Education Center designed to meet fire-code requirements while adding controlled egress for enhanced security.
Buildings and grounds staff (presented by Chrissy) summarized work on the Columbus Well, the awarded education-center construction bid from the prior meeting and an upcoming local bond sale (LTFN bond sales) the district expects to bring to the board in the next months.
Director Renbergetti and finance staff reported that the district's auditor (Jackie Heagle, LB Carlson) presented an FY25 revenue review, and staff reviewed a self-insurance bid tabulation and signaled a possible vendor selection that will return to the board for formal approval.
Communications Director McCann told the board the communications team plans refreshed print materials (the "Excellence Beyond Expectation" brochure), a spring/summer community-ad catalog, and a set of videos highlighting early literacy, performing arts and career and technical education. The board also discussed recent advertising expenditures: a $9,800 digital billboard purchase was questioned; staff explained the expense was covered in part by a Positive Community Norms grant that funds messaging and also by paid athletic-program advertising coordinated through booster clubs.
No formal board actions were taken on these reports at the March 20 meeting; several items (self-insurance selection and bond-sale timeline) were flagged to return for future board approval.
