Committee reviews financials, flags rising delivery charges and an auditor question on 'main care revenue'
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Summary
Committee members reviewed financial reports, discussed that electricity delivery charges (not supply) are driving year‑over‑year increases, and noted auditors asked why ‘main care revenue’ is higher than budgeted; staff said auditors are close to finishing and may not need an extension.
During routine financial review, members discussed higher electricity costs and clarified that delivery fees — not energy supply costs — have driven much of the recent increase. Speaker 2 explained that "the delivery that's going up" and that delivery charges are affecting the district similarly to rising homeowner insurance and household energy bills (SEG 066–074).
Speaker 3 flagged what appeared to be a small or possibly mistyped line on page 4 showing a remaining student assessment amount of "$5.59." Speaker 4 explained this line is a residual used for testing kits and dyslexia screening purchases rather than a meaningful unspent budget line (SEG 119–152). Staff said the amount remaining was small and that annual purchases for the testing program had already been procured for the year.
On auditors, staff reported that auditors "are trying to finish by the end of the year" and that the auditors had asked why main care revenue came in higher than expected; staff said they will provide the requested explanation and that an extension may not be needed (SEG 396–411).
Committee members raised general revenue concerns; Speaker 5 asked "where's the money gonna come from?" and a member replied that the taxpayers ultimately cover local revenue shortfalls, signaling concern about future budget pressure but no new revenue source was proposed in the meeting (SEG 160–166). There were no formal budget decisions or policy changes recorded in the transcript during this segment.
The committee closed the financial review portion with an invitation for follow‑up if members had further questions; no formal votes on these financial matters were recorded in the excerpt.