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Hamilton board approves $3.28 million in payments, adopts budget calendar and revises facility fees and policies
Summary
Board approved $3,282,387.90 in bill payments, adopted the 2025–26 budget development calendar, approved revisions to facility rental procedures and fees, and adopted revised board policies at second reading.
The Hamilton School District board approved several routine but consequential administrative items on Nov. 18, including district bill payments totaling $3,282,387.90, a budget development calendar for 2025–26, facility rental‑fee changes, and the second reading and adoption of revised board policies.
Financial approvals: Speaker S3 moved to approve bill payments totaling $3,282,387.90; S13 seconded and the board approved the payment by voice vote. Board discussion noted referendum items and a double payment related to a Dairyland Hamilton bus entry.
Budget calendar: S3 moved to approve the 2025–26 budget development calendar, S4 seconded. The calendar will operate as a two‑year (biannual) budgeting cycle in 2025–26; the board discussed the timing (draft in April, working draft in May) and the need to account for state biennial budget and equalization aid timing.
Facility fees and rental procedures: S3 moved (seconded by S13) to adopt revisions to facility rental procedures that raise custodial overtime to a time‑and‑a‑half average, add junior charger tournaments to a level‑2 category, and change outside field charges to a per‑day rather than per‑hour basis with a seasonal maximum. Speaker S5 explained the overtime calculation and said the schedule is intended to be cost neutral; board members asked how weekend usage would be cost‑neutral and S5 explained the averaging approach.
Policy adoption: During second reading, S4 moved to approve reviewed and revised board policies as presented and the motion carried by voice vote. Dr. Cote (S11) pointed board attention to three items of note: updates to distance‑education policy (3.43), release time for religious instruction to match Wisconsin statute 118.155, and clarified language in the drug‑free workplace policy strengthening testing requirements.
What to watch: the budget calendar approval and fee schedule adjustments set timelines and revenue assumptions that will shape next year’s operational and referendum decisions; administrators reminded the board that final state aid figures may arrive late and that some funding assumptions could change.
