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Board reviews budget update and site-level budget breakdowns; trustees ask for more detail
Summary
District finance staff presented the monthly budget update: salaries and benefits are about 79% (roughly 82% including contracted positions), COVID one-time funds expired in Sept. 2024, and trustees requested clearer, itemized breakdowns of operating and contracted services.
District finance staff presented the monthly budget update and a second presentation that breaks down district and site budgets, object codes, and one‑time versus ongoing expenses.
Paula said the only recent changes were additional insurance-claim revenues and associated recoveries; she reported salaries and benefits at roughly 79% of operating costs, and explained that adding contracted positions would raise that to about 82%. She noted COVID one‑time funding ended with the last allowable spending round in September 2024, which affects year‑over‑year percentages.
Trustees pressed for clarity on why services and other operating expenditures rose (projected to about $10.6 million vs. a budgeted $8.4 million), and staff explained that unfilled positions were covered by contracted services (instructional assistants, counselors and related special-education services). Trustees requested an itemized, line‑by‑line presentation for the 5800/5000 object‑code categories at the second interim.
The board moved and approved the monthly budget update.
What’s next: staff said they will produce more granular reports for the second interim and provide a detailed breakdown of consultant and contracted services.
