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Scobey K‑12 board adopts 2025–26 budget and operating reserves, adds $23,000 to leverage state match
Summary
The Scobey K‑12 Schools board voted to adopt the district’s 2025–26 budgets, mills and operating reserves and approved an additional $23,000 contribution intended to draw state matching funds for building projects including roofing, locker rooms and door fobs.
The Scobey K‑12 Schools board voted to adopt the district’s 2025–26 budgets, mills and operating reserves after a presentation from the district budget director.
Director (S2) told the board the district’s taxable value had fallen and explained staff adjustments to transportation and bus depreciation reserves. He said the district included an additional $23,000 so the state match program would yield a larger match (staff stated that $23,000 would be expected to generate about $90,000 in state matching funds). The director listed intended projects the building reserve is meant to fund: an elementary roof, commons bathrooms, junior‑high locker room improvements and door fob access at selected doors, plus window replacements and concrete repairs.
Committee member (S3) moved to adopt the budgets, mills and operating reserves "as presented" and the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
In discussion, S2 described choices made to reduce the transportation cash balance and increase bus depreciation reserves to prepare for vehicle replacement; he said one yellow bus is fully depreciated and another is aging. The director said the district levied $100,000 as part of a five‑year, $500,000 plan and that an additional 23 (the transcript used both the phrasing "$23,000" and alternately said "23 mills" in separate lines) was placed in the budget materials to maximize the state match. The transcript is inconsistent on whether the speaker's shorthand referred to dollars or mills; the budget presentation explicitly referenced $23,000 as the contribution that would elicit the cited match.
The board did not identify a deadline for the projects but noted roofing and locker‑room work as near‑term priorities. The motion passed by voice vote; board members recorded multiple "Aye" responses and no formal roll‑call tally appears in the transcript.
The board expects to pursue the listed building projects using the adopted reserves and the state match once administrative follow‑up confirms exact match totals and project timing.
