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Committee member urges using contingency funds to avoid deferring bus purchase
Summary
Dr. Dildora Beaulieu recommended using contingency funds—which she said exceed the required 10%—to avoid deferring a planned bus purchase; discussion occurred but no reallocation motion was recorded.
Dr. Dildora Beaulieu raised a proposal that the district avoid deferring a planned bus purchase by using contingency funds, noting the contingency exceeds the district's required 10 percent threshold.
Beaulieu asked the committee to consider a recommendation to use contingency reserves for the bus because deferring the purchase could make it harder to buy next year. Superintendent Susan Penrod and other members discussed the point, but the committee did not take a formal vote or adopt a reallocation of contingency funds during the meeting.
The exchange highlighted a tension between preserving reserves for uncertain future liabilities—Penrod pointed to PERS and federal funding uncertainty—and meeting near-term operational needs such as transportation equipment replacement.
