Board approves $580,000 capital transfer for school security and Kennedy Pool repairs
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Summary
The Waterbury Board of Education approved a $580,000 transfer within the FY25-26 capital improvement budget: $430,000 to school security improvements and $150,000 for Kennedy Pool repairs, a finance-committee recommendation approved by vote.
On Dec. 18 the Waterbury Board of Education approved a finance committee motion to transfer $580,000 within the fiscal year 2025-26 capital improvement budget.
According to the motion presented to the board, the transfer moves $580,000 from account 547000 (capital improvement board of ed unallocated sinking fund) to two accounts: $430,000 to account 545013 for school security improvements and $150,000 to account 54300 for Kennedy Pool repair.
A board member moved the transfer during the finance committee report and the motion was seconded. The chair called for the vote; members responded "aye," and the motion carried, per the transcript. No roll-call tally or named vote record appears in the minutes supplied in the transcript.
The transfer was presented as part of the district's capital-improvement planning for FY25-26. The transcript does not include further details on the specific security projects to be funded from the $430,000 or a cost breakdown for Kennedy Pool repairs; those documents may be available in the board packet referenced at the meeting.
Next steps: Implementation details and project oversight were not described on the record; the approval authorizes the budget transfer that permits work or contracting to proceed under the identified accounts.