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Board debates travel, dues and departmental cuts; staff offers workshop and manual options
Summary
Board members proposed trimming travel and dues to find savings for employee pay or contingency; CFO Jonathan recommended either reviewing after Skyward posts on Sept. 11 or using a manual reports/CSV process to make earlier cuts and asked members to schedule workshops to examine department-level line items.
Board members raised multiple ideas for trimming district expenses, citing travel, dues and other line items as potential savings to help address budget pressure or partially fund raises for classified employees.
One member said cutting board travel from $15,000 to $2,500 and placing FSBA dues in abeyance could free $28,000. Other members pushed for a broader review of department line items and noted the need for clarity on carry-forward and actual spending before making cuts. Jonathan, the CFO, recommended two practical pathways: wait until after the Skyward system is opened on Sept. 11 (when departments can see their final numbers and the district can task them to clean up by the end of September), or use a manual printout-plus-CSV process to collect department adjustments sooner.
"So 1 suggestion would be to review this after that. And right when I flip that switch September 11 after our meeting and they can see everything, we can give them a task saying, hey. We need you to clean this up by the end of September," Jonathan said. Board members agreed to review options and, where necessary, to schedule workshops to drill into department-level requests before the final hearing.
