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Auburn School Committee approves CIP reallocation and FY25 intra-budget transfer totaling $480,369
Summary
The committee approved using $34,369 in unspent FY22 CIP bond funds for several capital items and approved a $446,000 reallocation within FY25 cost centers to cover overspent articles including transportation; both measures were presented by Amanda Kuchar and carried without recorded opposition.
The Auburn School Committee on Aug. 20 approved two budget measures presented during new business: a $34,369 reallocation of FY22 capital improvement (CIP) bond funds and a $446,000 transfer within the FY25 operating budget to align cost centers with expenditures.
Business manager Amanda Kuchar explained that three of the FY22 projects (Park Ave condenser unit, AMS portable, and the CIP master plan) had been budgeted in the bond and that an additional Walton shelving project (approximately $7,500) required purchase of new freestanding shelving rather than reinstallation. "We had an adjustment to where our library is in Walton... that's about $7,500 is really the only addition to the budget for capital improvement there," Kuchar said. The committee approved reallocating $34,369 of unspent FY22 bond funds to cover these costs; Kuchar said that more than $35,000 would remain unallocated in the bond.
The committee also approved a transfer of $446,000 within the FY25 operating budget, moving funds from Article 5 (student and staff support) to cover overspending in Article 2 (special education, $46,000), Article 4 (other instruction, $10,000), Article 6 (other instruction, $66,000), Article 7 (other instruction, $63,000) and Article 8 (transportation, $261,000). Kuchar told the committee that the transfers reflect draft FY25 expenditures and are consistent with normal auditing practice to align cost centers with actual spending.
On transportation, Kuchar attributed the overage primarily to unbudgeted purchased services from Northeast Transportation that covered two bus runs. "We actually have been doing a little bit of work looking at the transportation budget to try to clean things up so that doesn't happen again," she said. Committee members described the transfers as an accounting measure and confirmed the total expenditures approved by voters remain unchanged.
Votes at a glance: - Consent agenda (agenda, minutes, two certified contracts): approved unanimously (motion carries). - FY22 CIP bond reallocation ($34,369): approved (motion carries). - FY25 budget cost-center transfers ($446,000): approved (motion carries).
Next steps: The approved reallocations will be recorded for audit purposes and implemented administratively; no additional committee action was scheduled at this meeting.
