Galatia Community Unit School District 1

The budget includes estimated beginning and ending fund balances, receipts/revenues from local, state, and federal sources, and disbursements/expenditures for various functions such as instruction, support services, community services, and debt service. It covers educational operations, maintenance, debt service, transportation, municipal retirement/social security, capital projects, working cash, tort, and fire prevention & safety. The budget also includes student activity funds and a summary of cash transactions.

The agenda for this Regular Meeting includes an audience for visitors, specifically regarding Bernadri Securities Inc. A significant portion of the meeting is dedicated to an Executive Session to discuss personnel matters, including appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of employees or legal counsel, as well as student discipline or review of executive session minutes. Reports are scheduled from the Principal, Superintendent, and several committees (Transportation, Building and Grounds, Athletics). New Business items slated for discussion include approval for Out-of-State Field Trips, High School Heating, and the QNS Phone System.

The key discussion topics for this rescheduled meeting include holding an executive session to address matters concerning district employees or legal counsel, and hearing reports from the Principal, Superintendent, and various committees (Transportation, Building and Grounds, Athletics). New business encompasses a resolution for the issuance of not to exceed $1,150,000 General Obligation School Bonds to increase the Working Cash Fund, approving the Baybridge Benefits Program and a related MOU with GEA, discussing a Field Trip, and approving an Interactive Smartboard for HS Math and a Shot Clock for FY27. Additionally, there is a plan to seal Executive Session minutes from January 2025 through June 2025 and destroy Executive Session Recordings from January 2024 through June 2024.