Board approves several budget amendments, bus purchase bid and routine financial reports

The Lincoln County Board of Education approved a package of budget amendments and accepted a bus bid after the district finance officer outlined several adjustments.

Mister Nicks presented a $163,175 general-purpose fund amendment to cover special-education line-item adjustments and payroll projections; he also outlined a $5,000 allocation for a CTE-sponsored grant, a $25,000 transfer into a transportation attendance incentive (moved from equipment), a $141,001.69 payroll and insurance adjustment tied to the new Highland Rim building and mowing for LCHS, $4,060 in donor-restricted booster-club funds for coach supplements, and $126,240 to cover a human-services personnel position. Nicks said the federal fund revisions included small adjustments ($572.02, $32.86 and $425.55) to Title budgets.

On equipment procurement, Nicks reported a single bid from Central State Bus Sales at $166,580 per bus and said the district sought to buy three buses. Board members moved to approve the budget items, the bus purchase bid and the November financial reports; motions were seconded and each item passed on voice votes.

A board member asked where the $25,000 for the attendance incentive would come from; Nicks said it would be moved from the transportation equipment line to the bonus/attendance incentive line. The board approved the measures without a roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.

The board instructed staff to proceed with procurement and standard contracting steps for the buses and to post finalized financial reports.