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Board approves tentative $5.01 million FY27 budget, 1% pay increase and geotech contract
Summary
Jenkins Independent trustees approved a tentative FY27 general fund budget of $5,013,633 with a 4.7% contingency, a 1% salary increase, a $9,830 geotechnical contract for a new auditorium and a memorandum of understanding to continue dual‑credit partnerships.
The Jenkins Independent School Board approved several fiscal and operational items on May 26, including a tentative FY27 budget, salary increases, a geotechnical contract for an auditorium project and continued dual‑credit partnership with KCTCS.
Superintendent presented a tentative general fund budget of $5,013,633 and said the district is projecting revenues based on current receipts. The budget includes a contingency of 4.7% ($237,348.59). After brief discussion a board member moved to approve the tentative budget; the motion was seconded and the chair announced the motion passed.
On personnel costs, the superintendent recommended a 1% pay increase for FY27, noting the district absorbed a loss of roughly 0.5 percentage points of occupational tax revenue and estimated the impact at about $36,000. The board approved the salary tables, adopting the 1% increase.
Capital work moved forward when the board approved a geotechnical engineering proposal from LE Greg Associates for $9,830 to perform soil sampling and provide the reports required to proceed with the new auditorium’s foundation work. The motion to approve the geotechnical contract passed.
Administrators also summarized the dual‑credit program with Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS); the superintendent noted students had earned multiple associate degrees through the partnership. The board approved a memorandum of understanding to continue the dual‑credit offering for the 2026–27 year.
Other approved items included retroactive and pending overnight student trips and advertising and soliciting proposals for external audit services after the district’s auditor requested an extension and the audit timing shifted.
What happens next: Approved items allow staff to proceed with budget development toward adoption, finalize the geotechnical scope to begin site work planning, implement the salary schedule in FY27, and complete formal contracting for the KCTCS dual‑credit partnership.
