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Sto-Rox board reviews Act 1 millage resolution, financial update and federal-account administrator
Summary
Board members heard a midyear finance report showing revenues at roughly 68% of budget and discussed an Act 1 resolution that would limit any millage increase to the statutory index (6.3%); the board also considered designating Miss Hoover as the district’s SAM.gov administrator for federal program accounts.
At the Sto-Rox School District board meeting, members received a midyear financial briefing and discussed a routine Act 1 millage resolution that would cap any future property-tax increase at the state index.
Mister Agnew, who presented the budget-to-actual report, said revenues are about 68% of what was budgeted and expenses are roughly 40%, noting the district has reached the fiscal midpoint. “Anytime we put out projections, they are just that,” he said, adding staff will continue to monitor how the year progresses.
Board members questioned whether a prior increase meant the district could avoid raising the tax rate this year. Mister Agnew replied the resolution does not itself raise taxes; rather, it sets that the district would not exceed the index — a 6.3% increase — without following Pennsylvania Department of Education procedures. Director Kullenberg said the district remains bound by its financial recovery plan and that the recovery officer can recommend alternatives; she said, “You are bound by the financial recovery plan that you are to raise the taxes annually up to at least the index level.”
Mister Agnew also called attention to a Ready-to-Learn grant provision that could reduce the district’s tax increase by about $76,000 if applied.
Separately, the board discussed designating Miss Hoover, a district employee, as the authorized administrator for the district’s SAM.gov account used for federal grants and vendor checks. Doctor Sofo and Mister Agnew said naming a district employee preserves institutional memory and enables the district to manage access if business-office personnel change, while contractors would still carry out operational functions related to the account. “I think it needs to be somebody in the district,” Doctor Sofo said, citing concerns about long-term institutional memory.
No roll-call vote or tally was recorded in the public transcript for the Act 1 resolution or the SAM.gov administrator designation; minutes indicate these items were put before the board during the meeting agenda.
