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Union Township Board adopts $15.87 million tentative 2025'2026 budget after 5'4 vote
Summary
The Union Township Board of Education adopted a tentative $15,870,236 budget for 2025'2026 on March 18, approving reserve withdrawals and scheduling a public hearing on April 28. The vote was 5 in favor and 4 opposed; the record includes an enrollment adjustment and several finance-related approvals.
The Union Township Board of Education voted 5'4 on March 18 to adopt a tentative $15,870,236 budget for the 2025'2026 school year, setting a public hearing on the budget for April 28 at 6:30 p.m.
The tentative budget lists General Fund current expense at $12,141,164, General Fund capital outlay at $903,055, Special Revenue at $1,262,995 and Debt Service at $1,563,022. The amount to be raised by local property taxes is listed as $11,274,351. The board also voted to advertise the tentative budget as required by state law.
Board action included multiple finance items built into the tentative budget: a capital reserve withdrawal of $819,938 listed for a well-system upgrade and a transfer to the debt service fund, an emergency reserve withdrawal of $50,000 for security upgrades, and designation of a Health Care Cost Adjustment of $115,096 to be banked as cap for the next three years. The board set an annual travel maximum of $30,425 for board and staff travel for 2025'2026 and approved related travel-reimbursement language.
The record shows approval of an enrollment adjustment described in different places in the agenda: the agenda summary lists $261,492 but the motion text adopted by the board specifies $251,063 to be included in the tentative budget and $10,429 to become banked cap; the article reports the motion text amount ($251,063) as the figure incorporated into the tentative budget. The board approved the enrollment adjustment at the same meeting.
Votes at a glance from the March 18 meeting: - Adoption of tentative 2025'2026 budget (F8): Passed 5'4 (roll-call vote). - Enrollment adjustment (F9): Approved (motion text specifies $251,063). - Finance consent items including monthly reports, budget transfers and bills ($1,567,215.59): Approved by roll call as part of the consent motions. - Termination of specified shared-services contracts with Franklin Township (F15): Approved as part of the finance consent items; termination dates are listed in the motion.
The board packet and in-meeting materials provided the dollar amounts and a schedule for the next steps. A public hearing will give residents an opportunity to comment before the board submits the budget to the county executive superintendent for approval.
