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Auburn School Committee approves $181,520 from excess fund balance for immediate facility needs
Summary
The Auburn School Committee approved using $181,520 from the district's excess fund balance to cover a contracted study on moving grade 6 and replacement parts for rooftop ventilation units at Fairview.
The Auburn School Committee voted Oct. 15 to use $181,520 from the school department's excess fund balance to cover immediate capital improvements and unbudgeted facilities maintenance.
Business manager Amanda Kudger told the committee the funds would pay for two identified needs: a Harriman Associates contract to study the possibility of moving grade 6 to the middle school ("contracted at about a $128,000") and replacement parts for 11 rooftop ventilator units at Fairview that run about $4,200 per unit ("there are 11 units that needed that part, replaced").
The chair called for the motion to approve using the $181,520; the motion was moved and seconded and the chair announced, "Motion carries." The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting transcript.
Why it matters: the use of excess fund balance reduces the district's unallocated reserves while addressing pressing facility issues and a planning contract that could affect building use and grade configuration. Amanda Kudger said the expenditures come from unallocated excess funds available to the department.
What's next: the committee approved the spending and the superintendent and business manager will proceed with contracting and procurement for the described projects and repairs.
