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Board backs Marquette-Alger RESA 2025–26 budget, citing modest projected surplus
Summary
The Marquette Area Public Schools board voted unanimously April 7 to support the Marquette-Alger RESA General Fund operating budget for 2025–26; presenters showed $64.2 million in planned expenditures and a roughly $1.20 million projected surplus.
The Marquette Area Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously April 7 to adopt a resolution expressing support for the Marquette-Alger RESA (MARESA) 2025–2026 General Fund operating budget.
CFO Tony/Anthony Bertucci presented the budget and said the General Fund expenditures are budgeted at $64,215,023 with total proposed revenues of $65,339,791, producing a projected surplus of about $1,199,768. The presentation identified major expenditure categories including instructional staff support, state fiscal agent grants and Talent Together programming.
Member Jennifer Klipp moved the resolution under Section 380.624 of the Revised School Code, and Member Cherryl Maddox-Smith seconded. The motion carried 6-0. The resolution directs the superintendent or designee to submit the Board's action and any objections or recommended changes to MARESA before June 1, 2025, consistent with the statutory timeline.
Board members asked questions during the presentation about where General Fund dollars are allocated; Bertucci walked the board through revenue sources (state, federal and local) and how the ISD uses general fund dollars for programs and passthrough grants. The budget documents presented list total state grants of $34,850,000 and federal grants of $22,290,000 in the proposed 2025–26 revenues.
The board's vote does not itself change MARESA's budget; the resolution records the district's support and compels submission of any objections to the ISD prior to the statutory deadline.
