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Board schedules public hearing after staff signals need for $600,000 budget extension for solar panels

Washtucna School District Board of Directors · February 25, 2026
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Summary

District staff told the board its capital project fund did not include a $600,000 allocation for proposed solar panels and asked the board to set and advertise a budget hearing for a budget extension; members agreed to schedule the hearing at the next board meeting.

Staff reported that the capital projects fund did not include a $600,000 allocation proposed for solar panels and asked the board to set a budget hearing and advertise it for two weeks. The staff member told the board: “we budgeted for a lot of things, but we did not budget 600,000 for, solar panels. So, we need to do a budget extension.”

Board members agreed to schedule a budget hearing at the next board meeting and directed staff to publish the required two-week notice; staff also noted the district is in planning phases for several capital projects and will provide scoping and budgeting details during the upcoming site visit by engineers.