District food services reports $112,000 savings, 70,000 summer meals; treasurer reports fund transfers
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Summary
District staff said procurement changes saved about $112,000 for food services and enabled overdue renovations; the summer feeding program served more than 70,000 meals and the treasurer reported $286,000 in reimbursements and a fund balance noted in the transcript.
District staff told the board that procurement changes and cooperative purchasing yielded immediate savings for the food-service program and freed funds for capital needs.
A district presenter described work to join a regional buying cooperative through Green River and HBS to broaden bidding and said Gordon’s won the district’s food bid. The presenter reported that between August and November this year food services had saved $112,000 compared with the prior year and said that the savings will allow the district to begin overdue renovation projects at the intermediate school and continue work at other schools.
The presenter also said the district’s summer feeding program served more than 70,000 meals this past summer and that staff hope to open a second site in the Pinald area to expand reach.
In the treasurer’s report, the district noted a building-fund transfer to capital outlay as required for bond payments and recorded $286,000 in food-service reimbursements. The treasurer also reported an ending balance in the funeral fund as stated in the transcript: 10,800,000; that figure appears in the meeting record and should be verified against official accounting statements for confirmation.
Board members had no actionable discussion on the treasurer’s report during the meeting; the board moved on to set meeting dates and adjourn.