Board approves audits, contracts, fiscal projection and personnel agreements in June 9 meeting

The Scotia-Glenville Central School District Board of Education on June 9 approved a package of audits, corrective-action plans, vendor agreements and personnel memoranda of agreement as the district moves through the budget season.

Board motions that passed included acceptance of the 2024–25 risk assessment, approval of the corresponding corrective-action plan, acceptance of the 2024–25 audit and purchasing audit corrective-action plans, and approval of intermunicipal and vendor agreements for internal and external auditing services.

District staff presented the third fiscal projection for 2024–25 before the vote. "We're about $2,900,000 behind last year," Drew, district business staff, told the board during his presentation, and said the district's unrestricted fund balance is now projected at roughly 1%, down from about 4% the prior year. He said the district was using reserves "to balance…