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Board hears budget, strategic-plan, website and construction updates; state budget delay prompts contingency steps
Summary
Administrators updated the board on the unresolved state budget and short-term debt-intercept options, an RFP process for a new strategic plan with 20 proposals, a website refresh narrowed to two finalists, and progress on construction projects including an $84 million Erie High rebuild and early purchase of long-lead switchgear.
At the Committee of the Whole meeting, district staff provided updates on the state budget stalemate, the strategic-plan procurement, a website refresh and ongoing capital projects.
Finance lead Mr. Cheesen told the board the state budget remained unsettled nearly two months after the June 30 deadline and that, in the interim, the state has allowed some districts to forego debt-service payments via a debt-intercept program. "We do have some debt service payments coming up... I'll take advantage of that plan," Cheesen said,…
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