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Urbandale board adopts corrected FY27 certified budget after staff correction
Summary
Board voted unanimously to approve a corrected FY27 certified budget after the chief business officer disclosed a missing FY26 nutrition-sales entry in the published estimate and said she obtained Department of Management approval to proceed with adoption.
The Urbandale Community School District board unanimously approved the fiscal year 2027 certified budget on a motion made by a board member and seconded at the meeting, after staff disclosed a correction to the published document.
The chief business officer told the board she had discovered a missing re-estimation entry for FY26 nutrition program sales in the version of the certified budget that had been published and posted online. "It was an oversight on my behalf," she said, and added that she had "reached out to the Department of Management and have a written approval that we can proceed with the hearing and adoption of the '27 budget provided the board's agreement." The board then closed the public hearing and proceeded to the vote.
Why it matters: certified budgets are legal documents used for state reporting and property-tax calculations; some line items cannot be changed after publication without specific procedures. The chief business officer noted there are five budget lines that cannot be changed after publication and said the missing nutrition-sales line was on an entry that could be corrected without canceling the hearing.
Board action and vote: A board member moved to approve the FY27 certified budget with the corrections stated at the start of the meeting; the motion was seconded and adopted by roll call. The clerk recorded affirmative votes from board members present; the motion passed.
Details and context: The staff explanation said the omission affected the re-estimation column for FY26 and that the corrected document has been uploaded to the district’s agenda system alongside the originally published certified budget for transparency. The chief business officer characterized the error as a data-entry oversight and apologized to the board.
Next steps: With the vote the district has adopted the FY27 certified budget as corrected and staff will proceed under the Department of Management guidance described during the meeting. The board did not identify any immediate follow-up or appeals stemming from the correction at the time of the vote.
