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St. Helens business office reports improved budget transparency, hires temporary support ahead of spring budget cycle
Summary
Business manager Christie Woodard briefed the board on budget-to-actual reporting, temporary hires to support the business office and an updated budget calendar; the board declared two budget-committee vacancies.
Christie Woodard, the district business manager, told the St. Helens SD 502 board the business office has added temporary help from two former business managers to clear backlog, prepare for the budget season and provide more detailed budget-to-actual reports.
Woodard said the district has asked former business managers Andre Shalhoz and Galen Jacobson to help while staff finish records requests and prepare materials for the upcoming budget work session and hearings. She thanked Tracy and Beth from the business office for their work and said the team has reworked budget reports to show general-fund actuals through Jan. 31, encumbrances and projected balances.
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