Chilton County Schools reviews January finances and approves several capital projects including high school gym
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Summary
The board reviewed January financials — revenues at 36.4% of budget, expenditures at 30.73%, accounts payable $2.72M and an ending fund balance of $62.82M — and approved multiple consent and construction items, including a competitive gym project reported as coming in under an $8 million budget.
The Chilton County Schools board reviewed January financial statements and approved a series of consent and capital project items at its Feb. 17 meeting.
District finance staff reported that through four months of the fiscal year the district had received 36.4% of budgeted revenues and expended 30.73% of budgeted expenditures. For January 2026 the district had accounts payable of $2,718,237.47 and gross payroll expenditures of $6,058,172.51. The general fund ended the month with revenues exceeding expenditures by $2,338,905.62 and an ending fund balance of $62,820,607.71, representing about 8.22 months of reserve.
A board member moved to approve the financial report; another member seconded and the chair called for a voice vote, which the meeting transcript records as the approving action (no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript).
Following routine personnel and consent-agenda approvals, the board addressed several construction and procurement items listed on the agenda. The board moved to approve a property purchase at Isabella and to award multiple project bids as presented in meeting materials, including:
• Chippewa County High School football concession project (project number 25130) — motion and voice approval recorded.
• Robina Index Classroom kitchen activity building addition (project 25-060) — motion and voice approval recorded.
• Verlina High School competitive gym (project 25-032) — the board discussed the project and requested the low-bid and budget information. Mr. Payton said the low bid came in under the project budget and provided scope details: "the budget for that project was $8,000,000, and it was under budget," and described the planned competitive gym, bathrooms, concessions, plaza, parking and a ticket booth for softball, baseball and football. The board then approved the item by motion and voice vote.
The meeting transcript shows motions, seconds and chair calls for voice votes on these items; the record in the transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies. The agenda packet referenced paperwork and bid sheets; the board did not record additional conditions or contingency language on the record during the meeting.
