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Board hears options to change school appropriation schedule; requests controls detail
Summary
County staff recommended annual appropriations for the school budget with strict controls; supervisors asked staff to present control implementation for annual and twice-year options and tabled the decision until next week's meeting.
County finance and school staff presented alternatives on April 30 to the quarterly appropriation approach for the school division and recommended procedures to manage spending.
Dr. Pica presented multiple appropriation options and recommended annual appropriations backed by strict controls. Supervisor Keith Harris said twice-yearly appropriations appealed to him because they would allow the Board to "reset" if problems emerged during the year.
Chairman James W. Brann said he had no objection to annual appropriations but asked staff to clarify what control mechanisms would look like in practice. The Board asked that staff return with proposed control implementation for both the annual and twice-year options so members could compare oversight and flexibility.
The Board tabled further action on appropriation schedule changes to the next meeting.
