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Board approves routine bids, rejects insurance buy‑down and moves transfers to cover deficits
Summary
The Deuel School District board approved vendor bids for food, milk and bread, rejected a wind/hail deductible buy‑down option for insurance, and approved transfers totaling $130,000 to cover food-service and preschool needs.
The board approved several procurement and financial measures during the June meeting.
Ellen summarized the food‑service procurement process: the district’s cooperative received only one responsive prime‑vendor bid (Performance) and approved that vendor for the coming term. The board also approved a milk bid from Prairie Farms (staff noted pricing in the packet around 38–39 cents per carton) and accepted the lowest compliant bread bid (Pan of Gold through Vera Pace). "This was the only one that they received back," Ellen said, describing the limited bidding responses in the consortium process.
On insurance, administrators presented an option to buy down the wind/hail deductible to $100,000 at an additional premium (presented in the packet at roughly $18,793). The board voted to reject the buy‑down option and approved the renewal premium as presented; staff discussed that rejecting the buy‑down leaves the district self‑insuring at a higher deductible level.
The board approved a fuel‑bid arrangement (the district chose not to lock in a pump price option) and approved a $50,000 transfer from the general fund to the food‑service fund to cover a deficit. The board also approved an $80,000 transfer from the general fund to the enterprise fund to support the preschool program; administrators reported preschool enrollment of 22 in the morning session and six in the afternoon. Both transfers were made by voice vote.
Other routine business included approval of surplus equipment (older Chromebooks and six pole‑vault poles) and standard stipend and grant‑related payments, including a $2,000 Perkins consortium stipend approved for the district’s consortium coordinator.
Board members characterized these decisions as routine fiscal management steps necessary to close the fiscal year and to prepare for the 2026–27 budget process.
