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Wooster Board approves year-end budget adjustments, permanent transfers and FY27 temporary appropriations
Summary
The Wooster Board of Education on June 29 approved FY26 amended appropriations, year-end advances, permanent fund transfers to a severance and the recreation/golf fund, and temporary FY27 appropriations; votes were recorded as affirmative for members present.
The Wooster Board of Education voted unanimously on a package of fiscal motions at a June 29 special meeting, approving year-end adjustments for FY26, short-term advances to cover federal-grant timing, permanent fund transfers and temporary spending authority for FY27.
Board member Starcher, Board member Klein, Board member Degan and Board member Goodright recorded affirmative roll-call votes on motions brought by the superintendent. The board approved amended FY26 appropriations described in the meeting as "our final appropriation" to be submitted to the county budget commission. The transcript records the total as "91,428,51.96"; the superintendent presented it as the district's final spending tally for the year.
The board next approved FY26 year-end advances from the general fund to other funds to cover federal grants that are reimbursed on a reimbursement basis. The superintendent said these advances are an "in and out" measure to avoid closing the fiscal year with negative balances and noted the district is still awaiting roughly $150,000 in food-service receipts for May.
Trustees then approved permanent fund-to-fund transfers. The superintendent described two transfers: $450,000 to the district's severance/termination fund to cover retiree payouts, and approximately $66,000 to the G fund (recorded in discussion as the district's golf/recreation fund) to address recurring operational shortfalls.
Finally, the board approved FY27 temporary general and other fund appropriations in the amount recorded in the transcript as 72,445,815, giving the district spending authority for the start of the fiscal year while permanent appropriations are finalized in September.
No formal dissent or amendments to the motions were recorded during the meeting. The superintendent said staff will bring permanent appropriation figures back in September once salaries and benefits are finalized.
