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Committee roundup: unanimous approvals for payroll software renewal, transportation contracts and budget amendments
Summary
At its April 30 committee meetings, Cumberland County Schools’ committees approved a UKG (Kronos) time-and-attendance renewal, multiple transportation contracts and several budget amendments, with unanimous committee votes reported; details on costs and fiscal context were presented by central staff.
The Cumberland County Schools committees on April 30 approved several operational and budget items during separate Budget & Finance, Curriculum and Personnel committee meetings.
In Budget & Finance, committee members approved a two-year renewal of the district’s Vertisoft/UKG time‑and‑attendance system, the tool used for employee clock‑in/out and leave requests. “What you have before you is our contract for what we refer to as time and attendance,” said Jay, the district finance presenter, who explained the district currently runs two systems and expects the UKG (Kronos) rollout to require culture and process changes at school sites. Jay reported the renewal at about $284,000 per year. The motion to approve the renewal carried unanimously.
The committee also approved contract transportation agreements for McKinney‑Vento (homeless students) and certain EC (exceptional children) routes; Jay said the district uses three vendors for outsourced vans and that each contract exceeds board‑approval thresholds (reported as over $90,000). Members voted to approve those vendor agreements unanimously.
Committee members approved budget amendments for fiscal year 2025–26 that, Jay said, include a routine late transportation allocation and several federal carryovers. Jay told the committee the district’s revenue report shows an original state budget line of roughly $390 million and an added $2.9 million, producing the revised total cited during the meeting. The amendments passed with unanimous committee approval.
What happens next: The items that require additional policy cleanup or full‑board action — including the personnel and policy changes discussed the same day — will be referred through the standard policy and full‑board channels for final adoption.
Votes and outcomes: All motions covered by this article were recorded in the transcript as approved unanimously; exact numeric tallies were not specified in the record.
