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Budget hearing: Deuel board reviews preliminary 2025–26 budget and flags declining wind‑tower revenue
Summary
At a July 14 hearing the Deuel School District 19‑4 board reviewed the preliminary 2025–26 budget, which shows general fund expenditures around $5.43 million and includes wind‑tower revenue in projections; board members emphasized preserving fund balance as those revenues decline in coming years.
The Deuel School District 19‑4 board held the required budget hearing July 14 to review the 2025–26 preliminary budget and related financial assumptions.
Business manager presented key figures: general fund expenditures shown at $5,425,342 with a planned use of fund balance of $237,294; salaries were listed as the district’s largest expense at just over $4 million. The preliminary budget includes wind‑tower revenue (discussed in the packet as roughly $681,000) and capital fund levies and outlays calculated on an enrollment base of 523 students. Capital outlay expenditures were listed in the packet and the district noted a projected increase of $578,299 to capital fund balance under current assumptions.
Board members and staff discussed that wind‑tower payments are temporary and will decline in future years; several members emphasized building reserves now to prepare for the expected decline in that revenue stream. The board also noted a planned bus purchase, debt service payments and software and textbook purchases in capital outlay. Staff said the final levy numbers and federal meal reimbursement rates could affect some enterprise figures and that any adjustments required after publication would be handled through the usual amendment process.
The hearing concluded with no substantive changes required; the board moved on to other agenda items and reserved final levy certification for the statutory schedule.
