Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Budget Transparency topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Resident urges board to disclose dollar amounts and funding sources for budget amendment and two new positions
Summary
A Santa Rosa resident said the agenda’s budget amendment lists no dollar amounts and asked how the proposed Coordinator of External Funds and Specialist for Special Needs & 504 would be funded. The board approved the consent agenda (including both job descriptions) but the transcript shows no funding source was specified.
Rene Rangel, a member of the public, used the meeting’s public‑comment period to press the Santa Rosa Independent School District board for clearer disclosure on a budget amendment and on two new job descriptions. “On the budget amendment that there is no amount,” Rangel said, adding that he has repeatedly urged transparency and that taxpayers “have the right to know.”
The board approved a multi‑item consent agenda that included a budget amendment and the job descriptions for a Coordinator of External Funds and a Specialist for Special Needs & 504. The consent motion passed 5‑0. The transcript and the meeting packet show the board approved the items but do not record a dollar amount or an explicit account line for the budget amendment or identify the funding source for the two positions.
