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Board approves 2027 budget, selects People's Bank and adopts benefit and salary measures
Summary
In roll-call voice votes the board approved the 2027 budget and salary scale, selected People's Bank as district bank for a three-year term, approved health reimbursement plan funding, and approved personnel items including a resignation; motions carried by voice vote.
At its May 19 meeting the Harrison County Board of Education approved multiple routine but consequential items: the 2027 budget, salary scale and supplements for the 2026–27 school year; designation of People's Bank as the district bank for the July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029 term; and a health reimbursement plan. Each motion was moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote.
Board members discussed specifics of the proposed bank agreement, noting People's Bank offered an interest rate tied to the federal funds rate with a minimum guaranteed rate of 1.5% and extended the same proposed rate to school deposit accounts. The board voted to approve People's Bank as the district depository.
On the 2027 budget, trustees clarified levy allocation language and confirmed facilities money can be applied to athletic facilities such as the Liberty Middle School field. After a brief discussion, the board adopted the budget and approved the 2027 salary schedule and supplements.
The board also voted to approve a health reimbursement plan that will reimburse employees for qualified medical expenses at the same funding level as prior years and approved the personnel agenda (including the added resignation of a third-grade interventionist at Big Elm Elementary). Several motions referenced statutory authority for executive-session discussion where appropriate; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded on the public record beyond standard "ayes" and "motion carries."
