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District architect warns maintenance needs outstrip $1.5M major-maintenance budget; committee urges review of fund-balance policy
Summary
John Sutter and facilities staff mapped an extensive backlog of roofing, asphalt, HVAC and security projects and said the major-maintenance budget is $1.5M; CFO Tarek Hampton reported an unassigned fund-balance (~$67.5M measured 06/30/2024) and the committee voted to recommend full-board review of policy 3323’s percentage thresholds.
A presentation to the Kenosha School District’s Audit, Budget and Finance Committee detailed a broad set of capital and maintenance needs across district facilities and prompted a committee recommendation that the full school board review fund-balance policy 3323.
John Sutter, the district architect and facilities director–elect, told the committee that the major maintenance budget stands at $1,500,000 this year, down from a prior $2,000,000 figure. “My main goal is to keep our buildings watertight and operational,” Sutter said as he walked members through roofing, asphalt, HVAC, plumbing and security priorities across the district’s roughly 30 schools. Sutter said the district manages about 2,000,000 square feet of roof area and nearly 4,800,000 square feet of asphalt valued in the tens of…
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