Budget Hearing Held at NJ-SP School Board Meeting

Posted on September 22, 2018
Author Jacque Ryan, WKVI

North Judson San Pierre school board members held a hearing over the 2019 budget, capital project plan and bus replacement plan when they met on Tuesday.

No public comments were provided. The hearing was adjourned and members moved onto the budget adoption section of the meeting, where a number of items were listed for their consideration.

In addition to adopting the 2018 General Fund and Rainy Day Fund appropriations reduction resolutions, members adopted the budget and the capital projects and bus replacement Plans for 2019.

Members also adopted a resolution for an advertised budget reduction, resolutions to establish the Education and Operation Funds, as well as resolutions to establish the initial funding for those funds.

The final resolution permitted funds to be transferred from the Education Fund to the Operation Fund.

Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin provided some clarification about this resolution, stating that certain non-education related expenses that used to be paid out of the General Fund will now need to be paid out of the Operation Fund.

However, since the funds that were previously stored in the General Fund will now go into the Education fund, a resolution has to be in place to allow those transfers to be made. Zupin added that any future transfer requests will still need to come before the school board for approval.