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Deerfield District 109 board accepts clean FY24 audit and adopts 2024 tax levies
Summary
At its Nov. 14 meeting District 109 accepted an unqualified FY24 audit from Lauterbach & Amen, approved a range of routine fiscal items and adopted aggregate and special levies for 2024; roll-call votes were recorded for each motion and several abstentions were recorded on minutes approvals.
The Deerfield Public Schools District 109 Board of Education on Nov. 14 accepted a clean fiscal year 2024 audit and approved a package of routine fiscal items and tax levies that fund district operations for the coming year.
Don Shaw, principal auditor for Lauterbach & Amen, reported an unqualified (clean) audit opinion for FY24 and recommended board approval. Following discussion, the board voted by roll call to accept the audit.
The board took the following actions by motion and roll-call vote:
- Approved the consent agenda (meeting minutes, bills for payment, and destruction of specified closed-session audio) — motion carried by roll call. - Approved the treasurer's report — motion carried by roll call. - Approved regular meeting minutes from 09/19/2024 (Mr. Morrison recorded an abstention) and 10/17/2024 (President Montgomery abstained); both motions carried. - Approved an intergovernmental agreement with LCSMART. - Approved the final 2025–26 public school calendar. - Approved the fiscal year 2025 school maintenance grant. - Accepted the FY24 audit (unqualified opinion) and noted continued strong finance-department performance. - Adopted the 2024 aggregate levy and a supplemental property tax levy to pay principal and interest on outstanding limited bonds. - Adopted a special tax levy to fund special education purposes. - Granted the district's appointed delegate authority to vote with independent discretion at the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) delegate assembly on a proposed constitutional amendment.
Several board members publicly congratulated the finance team for consistent performance and awards. The board recorded roll-call votes for each motion (the meeting transcript records board members Ms. Jackamew, Ms. Joyce, Mr. Kuo, Mr. Morrison, Ms. Bonner, Dr. Dornfeld and President Montgomery responding in the roll-call sequence and voting Aye on the fiscal motions; abstentions were recorded as noted above for two minutes approvals).
