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North Santiam SD 29J board approves $1.85 million supplemental budget
Summary
The North Santiam SD 29J Board approved a supplemental budget recognizing about $1.85 million in additional appropriations driven by a higher beginning fund balance and several grants, including allocations for instruction, support services and contingency; no public comments were received.
The North Santiam SD 29J Board approved a supplemental budget recognizing approximately $1,846,829 in additional appropriations at a special session on Feb. 14, 2025.
Steven, identified in the meeting as the district’s finance director, told the board the supplemental budget modifies the adopted budget through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, to account for unanticipated or post-budget grant awards and a higher beginning fund balance. "We are here tonight to present to the board a supplemental budget, and there's a resolution for the approval of that supplemental budget," he said.
The finance director said the district proposed increases in the general fund and special revenue funds so the district has the authority to spend newly recognized resources. The presentation listed increases of about $55,000 for instruction services (function 1000), $617,000 for support services (function 2000), and $338,000 for contingency. Aggregate increases were shown as just over $1,000,000 in the general fund and about $835,964 in special revenue funds, for a total of $1,846,829.
The finance director identified several grants that arrived or were finalized after the adopted budget, including allocations tied to SIA high school success programs, Title grants and an early literacy grant. He said the increases had been included in board reports since July and reflected expected uses rather than an unrestricted windfall: "This is not as if we have an additional $1.8 million to spend any way we want," the Chair clarified during discussion, and Steven confirmed the grants had been applied for with anticipated spending plans.
Board members displayed the resolution text on-screen and discussed whether it needed to be read in full. A motion to "approve the supplemental budget as presented by the finance director and printed on the screen" was moved and seconded; the board approved the resolution by voice vote with the Chair calling for "Aye" and hearing no opposition. The meeting record does not include a roll-call tally.
The Chair opened the public comment period but said no comments had been submitted in advance and no one stepped forward to speak. The meeting was adjourned shortly thereafter.
The supplemental budget alters previously adopted appropriation categories and provides spending authority for grants and related programs through June 30, 2025. The board’s action was procedural approval of the resolution as presented; no further implementation details or departmental assignments were recorded in the meeting minutes.
