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Board accepts FY25 audit, approves staff supplements and several capital items
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Summary
The board accepted an unmodified FY25 audit with a 7–1 vote, approved a $2,000 state supplement (plus pro rata amounts for part‑time staff) to eligible employees and authorized several capital items including a Hartley Elementary kitchen renovation GMP of $2,545,896 and a $200,000 amendment for electric vehicle charger infrastructure.
The Bibb County Board of Education accepted the fiscal year 2025 audit, approved staff supplements, and authorized a set of capital and contract actions during Thursday’s meeting.
Hope Pendergrass, the district’s audit partner, told the board the audit for the year ended June 30, 2025, resulted in an unmodified (clean) opinion and commended the district’s financial reporting. "You all received an unmodified opinion or a clean opinion, which is the best that you all can receive," she told the board. The audit team reported four management recommendations but no federal findings.
The board voted 7–1 to accept the audit after committee review and discussion. Finance director Eric Bush presented seven‑month financial results through Feb. 28, 2026, including a general fund balance of $66.7 million and liquid assets across funds that staff characterized as a strong liquidity position.
On compensation, staff recommended applying $2,000 supplements provided by the state to eligible full‑time employees and $1,000 pro‑rata supplements to eligible part‑time staff and contracted individuals, with an estimated district contribution of about $2.4 million from the general fund plus other sources. The board approved the recommendation unanimously.
Capital and procurement actions approved at the meeting included:
- Authorization to sell the former Barton Elementary School (2521 Anderson Drive) with a contract to be returned when a purchase price is settled by the buyer; the Macon‑Bibb Head Start program has operated in the building and indicated interest in purchase.
- Approval of a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $2,545,896 for Hartley Elementary School kitchen renovation, funded from an East Floss fund. A motion to postpone the contract until rezoning decisions was moved but failed for lack of a second; the GMP motion then passed unanimously.
- Approval of a $200,000 amendment to apply remaining clean school bus grant funds toward Highland Electric vehicle charger infrastructure; staff projected more than $266,000 in savings over the agreement life.
What’s next: staff will provide requested management‑letter copies to board members who asked for them, return with school‑level fiscal scenarios tied to rezoning options, and execute the approved procurement and capital contracts.
