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Coffee County approves school budget amendments to secure state grants and boost summer feeding funds
Summary
The Budget & Finance committee approved a school budget amendment to revise state grants so Coffee County Schools will fully spend allocated funds and added money to cover retirement and cafeteria costs tied to summer meal packing; commissioners noted the state reimburses meals and volunteers are supporting the program.
The Coffee County Budget & Finance committee on June 11 approved a set of school budget amendments that revise two state grants so the district can spend the awards in full and add additional funding to personnel retirement and cafeteria accounts.
Miss April, identified in the meeting as representing the school board, presented budget amendment 141202629 and said the district revised two state grants and needed to add retirement funding "for extra labor" so it would not lose the grant money if it went unspent. Commissioners moved to approve the amendment and voted in favor.
Separately, the committee approved an increase in the food-service budget after staff described logistics for the county's summer feeding program. School staff said food for the summer program must be preordered and prepacked—often two weeks in advance—to meet pickup demand. The program operates at Coffee County Middle School on Woodbury Highway on Thursdays (pickup generally beginning about 3 p.m.). Meeting discussion noted staff prepacked roughly 700 meals the prior week and that the state reimburses the school for each qualified meal.
Commissioners and staff said the additional cafeteria funding (the packet indicated the prior amendment had underbudgeted food by about $150,000) would help prepack and supply meals for the summer program. One commissioner urged residents to volunteer and promote the program so participation—and federal/state reimbursement—would increase.
The approvals were routine budget adjustments meant to align the county's books with actual grant receipts and program needs. No votes to raise taxes were tied to these amendments; the committee later confirmed it would not raise county taxes this year.
