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Finance committee recommends $382,727 carryover be applied to Madison high‑school baseball field
Summary
The Madison Board of Education finance committee voted 3–0 to recommend that a $382,727 year‑end carryover be applied to the already‑approved CIP baseball‑field project, offsetting part of the roughly $1.6 million project cost and signaling coordination with town officials.
The Madison Board of Education finance committee on Wednesday recommended applying a $382,727 fiscal‑year carryover to the district’s approved capital improvement project for the high‑school baseball field.
Unidentified Speaker 2 reported that the district’s final audit was issued and that the board ended fiscal 2024–25 with a $382,727 positive variance. Unidentified Speaker 1 said the baseball field behind Poulson is in need of substantial renovation and that the district previously had $1,511,192 approved for the project in the CIP; the project request shown in committee materials was about $1.6 million, with the carryover proposed to offset part of that amount.
Unidentified Speaker 1 said the softball field—managed by the town—was bid and completed under budget, but bids for the baseball field previously came in higher than the budget allotted. The presenter noted the carryover balance is typically applied to already‑approved projects and that the board had discussed applying these funds to the baseball field since May or June.
Unidentified Speaker 1 said the board would notify the first selectwoman and the board of finance chair of the plan to apply the carryover to the CIP; he described the step as informational and consistent with prior CIP approvals rather than a new request for town approval. "We would like to put that towards an already approved project being the baseball field," Unidentified Speaker 1 said.
Unidentified Speaker 3 moved that the finance committee recommend allocating the $382,727 carryover to the CIP for the baseball field; a second was recorded and the committee voted unanimously in favor. The motion passed by voice vote, 3–0.
The committee agreed the recommendation could be placed on the full board agenda for a formal vote or held until the January meeting. No public comment was offered on the item.
Next steps: the committee will prepare a written recommendation for the full Board of Education and notify municipal officials of the plan. The full board will consider the recommendation at a future meeting.
