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Wilmette SD 39 staff recommend one-year renewal of Baker Tilly audit engagement for FY26
Summary
District staff told the Committee of the Whole they received FY26 engagement documents from Baker Tilly and recommended a one-year renewal to cover the district audit, a small payroll audit requested by the SELF insurance group, and a WICSI audit component; no formal board vote on the renewal is recorded in the transcript.
At the April 13 Committee of the Whole meeting, district staff recommended the Wilmette School District 39 board approve a one-year renewal of its audit engagement with Baker Tilly for fiscal year 2026. "I would recommend that we approve Baker Tilly for a one-year renewal for the fiscal year 26," said Mr. Boltmeier, who presented the engagement letter to the School Finance committee.
Boltmeier told trustees the FY25 audit concluded a three-year contract with Baker Tilly and described three components of the proposed work: the district's main financial audit, a small payroll audit requested by the SELF insurance group (a single-employer liability insurance cooperative), and a small WICSI audit. He said, if approved, FY26 would be the seventh consecutive year Wilmette SD 39 would use Baker Tilly for auditing services.
The presentation in the Committee meeting covered the scope and the recommendation but did not include a formal motion or roll-call vote on the engagement in the portions of the transcript provided. The transcript records questions and routine board discussion but no final board action on the Baker Tilly engagement during the Committee portion shown.
Next steps were not specified in the recorded discussion. The committee meeting proceeded to other agenda items and later adjourned to executive session; the transcript does not show a board vote to approve or reject the Baker Tilly engagement within the segments provided.
