Clarkston board approves 2024–25 audit, debt consolidation and several finance motions
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Summary
The Clarkston Community School District board approved the district udit for 06/30/2025, a debt-fund consolidation resolution, vendor and signatory changes, and construction change orders after receiving a clean audit opinion and a federal-compliance update showing $4.3 million in federal expenditures.
The Clarkston Community School District Board of Education on Monday approved the district udit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and several related finance and policy motions after auditors reported a clean opinion on major programs.
Auditor (unnamed in the transcript) told the board the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards was fairly stated and that total federal expenditures for fiscal year 2025 were $4,300,000. The auditor identified two Type A federal programs—or testing: the special education (IDEA) cluster and the child nutrition cluster, and said the IDEA cluster accounted for roughly 46% of federal expenditures tested; no audit findings were reported.
Why it matters: the auditor said the district—nded the fiscal period with a general-fund balance approximately equal to 22% of 2025–26 budgeted expenditures, above the commonly recommended 10–15% reserve range and sufficient to avoid short-term borrowing, according to the auditor.
Votes at a glance: the board approved a bundle of routine and financial items by voice vote or roll call:
- Personnel changes (Item 6.1): approved by voice vote. Mover/support not specified in the transcript.
- Authorized signatory for district accounts (Item 6.2): the board approved Kirsten Nag as an authorized signatory for district bank accounts and investments by voice vote.
- Debt fund consolidation resolution (Item 6.3): approved by roll call. Trustees Hyer, Egan, Clark, Love, McGinnis, Mead and Crane each voted "Yes," and the motion carried.
- Approval of the 2024–25 audit (Item 6.4): motion made and approved by voice vote. The auditor reaffirmed the clean/unmodified opinion and explained that certain federal filings remain delayed due to a reported federal shutdown.
- Policy service provider (Item 6.5): the board approved Miller Johnson as the district's new policy-service provider after trustee McGinnis summarized the policy committee iscussion and recommended Miller Johnson for more in-person support and not requiring the district to host a server.
- Construction change orders at Clarkson Junior High (Item 6.6): approved. The board approved a change order for Johnson and Sons Excavating for $81,064 and a change order for G2 Consulting Group for $94,500.
What board members said: Trustee McGinnis, who led the policy-committee report, said the committee compared two providers and favored Miller Johnson because it offered in-person policy review, deeper administration regulations and did not require the district to buy or host a server. "Their presentation seemed more personal and less commercialized," McGinnis said in explaining the recommendation.
Next steps: the approved motions will be implemented by district staff as recorded in the agenda; the audit letter to the board included no issues or irregularities and the auditor noted remaining federal submission timing depends on the federal filing process.
Notes on provenance and outstanding details: the auditor's federal-expenditure total ($4,300,000) and the IDEA share (46%) were presented during the audit overview (transcript SEG 100 nd following); the debt-consolidation roll call appears at SEG 856 nd the audit approval motion at SEG 878. Several motions were recorded as carried by voice vote without a detailed roll-call tally in the transcript; movers and seconders are not always identified in the spoken record and are listed as "not specified" where the transcript did not provide a clear attribution.
