Milton-Freewater board approves supplemental budget adjustments

The Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 board voted unanimously to approve a supplemental budget that adjusts the district's general fund, special revenue funds and the capital projects fund. Chair called the vote after staff presented three related resolutions and no board member requested further discussion.

District staff member Denise summarized the proposals, saying, "In the supplemental budget, we have three different resolutions." She described increases to general fund revenue tied to property-tax adjustments, basic school support and beginning fund balance, and said the board would appropriate additional dollars to instruction and support services and increase transfers out to capital projects. Denise also explained a $300,000 increase in facility-acquisition appropriation funded by an increased transfer from the general fund. The transcript of some exact dollar figures in the presentation is unclear; the district's published supplemental budget packet contains definitive line-item numbers.

The board handled the three resolutions together and then voted. Chair called, "All those in favor, please say aye," and the motion passed unanimously, closing the supplemental budget hearing portion of the meeting. No individual board member roll-call votes were recorded in the provided transcript.