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Southern Columbia board weighs measures to close roughly $1.2 million budget gap
Summary
Finance staff told the board the draft budget shows about $27.194 million in revenue versus $28.4 million in expenditures (≈$1.2M shortfall). Members discussed one‑time solar credits, selling SREx, modest tax-collection increases, capital reserves and trimming expenditures as ways to narrow the gap.
A draft budget presented to the Southern Columbia Area School District board showed approximately $27.194 million in projected revenue and $28.4 million in proposed spending, leaving an estimated $1.2 million deficit under current assumptions.
Chris, the district's finance director, told the board that the numbers depend heavily on uncertain items such as state aid, interest income and one-time credits. "We are not putting any SRE revenue in here," he said, and recommended budgeting conservatively rather than assuming volatile income streams.
Board members and staff discussed a set of possible steps to reduce the gap. Measures under…
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