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Committee forwards multiple budget resolutions and contract awards, including original and revised FY2025–26 budgets
Summary
The finance committee approved several budget items and a procurement award: original and revised FY2025–26 budgets for multiple funds, a $5 million transfer to the building fund, award of an ink-and-toner contract to Steyer Office World, and other fund adjustments and rollovers.
The finance committee advanced multiple budget and procurement items for full-board consideration.
For the original FY2025–26 budgets, staff presented budgets for the building fund, workers’ compensation, loss fund, group insurance claims fund, bond series 2025 project fund and special revenue funds. Staff said the building fund will receive a $5,000,000 transfer from the general operating fund to pay for ongoing projects, including an HVAC replacement at Village East and a wing addition at South Terrebonne; bids for the Terrebonne High School renovation had been issued and were scheduled to open Dec. 11.
Staff described special revenue items, rollovers and a Special Olympics Louisiana Unified Champion Schools grant. In discussing local funds for capital projects, staff referenced bonds issued for the Terrebonne High School renovation and an apparent figure cited during the presentation; staff should be consulted for the official bond totals because the transcript contains an unclear number.
On procurement, the committee recommended awarding the ink and toner cartridge contract to the lowest responsive bidder, Steyer Office World of Houma, for the period Dec. 5, 2025 through June 30, 2027; five bids were received and the lowest was selected. The motion to award the contract passed with no objections.
For revised FY2025–26 budgets, staff explained many increases are rollovers from unspent dollars in the prior year; ESSA formula grants were described as recurring but variable with student counts. One committee member recorded an objection to the revised budgets, but with only one objection the motion passed.
Provenance: original budget discussion SEG 925–1048; revised budgets SEG 1048–1164; procurement SEG 895–924.
