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Board approves June accounts payable; trustees emphasize finance transparency
Summary
The board approved the June accounts payable docket after staff detailed several notable claims including cafeteria repairs, diesel fuel purchases and scholarship waivers; trustees urged public review of finance-committee materials and transparency about funding sources.
The Vigo County School Corporation board voted to approve the June accounts payable docket after a finance-committee review and staff presentation.
Donna Wilson, who presented the docket, identified several pulled or notable claims: Vanco Commercial Service LLC for $8,741.34 to repair cafeteria equipment at six schools (paid from school lunch funds); Keystone Cooperative for about $98,196.79 for unleted diesel fuel (mostly charged to the referendum fund); scholarship waivers to Indiana State University ($4,250) and Indiana University Indianapolis (amount described as scholarship waivers for three students) funded by a West Vigo recon grant; and a Legacy Millworks LLC invoice for $41,635.70 for plumbing, chases, sinks and faucets in prototype science classrooms (paid from building improvement funds).
A motion to approve the docket passed by voice vote. Board members used the discussion to remind the public that the committee meeting is open to the public and that the full claims and sources are available for review. "I just hope people ... pay attention to when Mrs. Wilson gives her report that she lists the items we asked about during the finance committee," one trustee said during discussion, praising the transparency of the monthly review.
What happens next: the district will post the finance-committee materials and continue monthly docket reviews; board members signaled they will continue regular scrutiny of claims and funding sources.
Notes: amounts and fund attributions were presented by the finance staff during the meeting; some invoice line details (Indiana University scholarship dollar amount) were described as scholarship waivers but the specific dollar figure was not read into the record in the excerpt presented.
