Port Huron board adopts first-quarter revisions to 2025-26 budget

The Port Huron Area School District Board of Education on Dec. 15 adopted first-quarter revisions to the district's 2025-26 appropriations, approving staff resolutions that amend the General Fund, Food Service Fund and Student Activity Fund budgets.

CFO Kate Peternel presented the first-quarter update and supporting exhibits showing revenue and expenditure adjustments. The General Fund preliminary revenue is listed at $110,465,058 with total expenditures shown as $109,221,943; the attachments record proposed changes and a net change in General Fund balance of (76,009) for the presented period. The board approved the action by a voice vote: "It was moved by Member McCulloch, supported by Member Murphy, that the Board of Education approves the First Quarter Budget Revision by adopting the resolutions amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 to the General Fund, the Food Service Fund, and the Student Activity Fund." (Yeas: 6 Nays: 0).

The Food Service Fund exhibits show total revenue of $5,851,974 and expenditures of $6,005,689 for the preliminary year; the attachments list a projected fund-balance decline. The Student Activity Fund exhibits list preliminary revenue of $2,037,940 against student activity expenses of $2,078,880. Board members asked questions during the presentation; CFO Peternel addressed those questions before the vote. The resolutions become part of the district's official appropriations for fiscal 2025-26.