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Coffee County School Board approves budget, facility work and personnel policy revisions
Summary
At an alternate-location meeting, the Coffee County School Board approved the FY2026 budget and routine operational items including a summer painting contract and furniture purchases, and adopted revisions to employee leave policies; vote details were recorded as voice approval in the meeting.
The Coffee County School Board met in an alternate location and approved the fiscal 2026 budget and several routine operational items, the board chair said.
Those actions included approval of a districtwide summer painting project that the board discussed would standardize interior colors across schools, a furniture, fixtures and equipment purchase for the new board office to be procured off a state contract, and revisions to employee leave policies that change how the personnel leave bank operates.
The painting discussion noted a color change to match the high school's west green and referenced additional costs tied to that option — the meeting cited increases of about $8,000 for one site and about $15,000 for another and referenced a figure of roughly $99,000 for the painting work. The board said the color change would allow a consistent color palette across the district.
On furnishings, staff told the board the board-office furniture purchase would be made from a state contract. The presentation also noted that certain chairs previously proposed were removed and that some items will be procured from a different vendor under the procurement threshold.
The board reviewed policy revisions described in the meeting as "GH employee leaves and absences" and a related personnel leave-bank policy. Staff and board members clarified that employees will no longer be able to transfer leave to other nonspouse employees; the meeting recorded that spouse-to-spouse transfers of up to 10 days annually remain permitted.
The meeting recorded the budget and the routine items as being approved by the board; the chair noted there were no questions and the motion was met with the board's favor. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally or named votes beyond the chair’s statement that the motion carried.
Next steps: staff will implement the approved purchases and policy changes and proceed with the planned painting cycle and board-office furnishings procurement as discussed in the meeting.
