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District plans $700,000 food‑service equipment purchases from surplus; stormwater permit renewal set for vote in two weeks
Summary
Business staff told trustees the food service fund has a year‑end balance and proposed about $700,000 in equipment purchases funded from the surplus; staff also said a stormwater permit renewal resolution is in the packet and will come to the board for a vote in two weeks.
District business staff presented two operational items March 3: a stormwater permit renewal that will be voted in two weeks, and a proposal to spend roughly $700,000 on food‑service equipment paid from the food service fund surplus.
Doug (staff, S5) said the stormwater permit is a routine renewal that governs runoff from parking lots and other district facilities; the resolution before the board affirms the district will follow its attached policy and notes the renewal process is normally done every five years (it has been three in this case). Staff said the board will vote on that permit renewal in two weeks.
On food service, Doug said the district’s food service fund generated surpluses in recent years in part because of the state‑funded universal breakfast and lunch programs. He said the fund had a balance of $1,200,000 and proposed using a portion of the surplus to purchase equipment across eight schools (he described the packet quote as approximately $700,000). He also said the district is pursuing a $1‑per‑hour pay increase for food‑service workers and is considering adding an assistant director to manage increased meal volumes.
Doug noted the quote in the packet had expired and that final dollar amounts may change when new quotes are received. The transcript includes an inconsistent spoken surplus figure in the meeting that staff should confirm against budget documents; the board did not vote on the equipment purchase at the March 3 meeting.
