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Lee County Board approves consent agenda (including two buses), receives audit award and sets budget hearings
Summary
The Board voted unanimously to approve routine consent items — including the purchase of two buses — accepted the March financial report and set budget hearings for June 3 and June 9; the Georgia Department of Audits presented a Certificate of Excellence for the district's 2024 financial reporting.
The Lee County Board of Education convened May 12 and voted unanimously on routine business: approving previous meeting minutes, accepting the March 2025 financial report and approving the personnel and consent agendas, which included the purchase of two new International buses.
Early in the meeting Dr. Truit introduced Mr. Jerry Connley from the Georgia Department of Audits, who presented a Certificate of Excellence to the district for its 2024 fiscal year financial reporting. Connley said the district met the November reporting deadline, had no audit findings and received a clean opinion; only 25 boards earned the award this year.
On consent items, staff noted the district requested two buses at $142,500 each (total $285,000). The transcript states $176,220 will come from state funds and lists a local investment figure as $18,800; staff did not reconcile those line items during the presentation. Board members asked how long delivery would take and were told the vehicles are on the lot.
Mr. Gary Kelly, executive director of finance and operations, presented highlights of the preliminary FY26 budget and proposed hearing dates. The board discussed calendar constraints and voted to hold the remaining budget hearings on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:00 p.m. and Monday, June 9 at 5:00 p.m.; the motion passed 5 to zero. The board emphasized that no final budget adoption was required at this meeting; the final FY26 budget will be adopted at a later meeting after the hearings.
Recorded votes and outcomes at the meeting included approval of the April 14 and April 29 minutes (vote recorded 5 to zero); approval of the March 2025 financial report (5 to zero); approval of the personnel consent agenda (5 to zero); approval of the consent agenda (5 to zero, which included the bus purchase); and a motion to set two budget hearings (5 to zero). The board also moved into executive session twice for personnel matters.
Next steps: staff will publish hearing notices, proceed with the scheduled budget hearings and circulate proposed code‑of‑conduct redlines and the planned AI policy work for review over the summer.
