Forest Hills Public Schools special meeting, date not confirmed yet
35 min · 0 public speakers
Click any moment below to jump the video to that second. Video length 35 min.
This board doesn’t post agenda times.
What happened
What happened at this meeting
School board holds public hearing on 2026-2027 budget 0:03
- The Forest Hills Board of Education held a special meeting that included a public hearing on the 2026-2027 budget. 0:03
- A presenter said the proposed budget assumed a foundation allowance increase of $250 per pupil and projected a fund balance of about $16.1 million, or 11.1%, for next year. 1:28
- Motions were read to adopt the 2026-2027 general fund and special revenue fund appropriations act amendment resolutions. 26:37
Item by item (12)
- Opening of special meeting 0:03
- The meeting was called to order as the June 17th special meeting, with a public hearing on the 2026-2027 budget and separate public comment periods for the hearing and regular business. 0:03
- The meeting included the Pledge of Allegiance, and a substitute recording secretary was noted because the secretary was absent. 0:48
- Budget hearing presentation 1:28
- A presenter said the general fund revenue assumptions represented a net increase of $454,000, while grants showed a total reduction of about $2.94 million, and contract settlements approved June 8th represented about $4.79 million in expenses. 2:25
- The presenter said pending custodial, food service and admin support settlements, roughly $842,000 in general fund impact, were not included, and no wage increase was built in for the bus driver group still in negotiations. 9:47
- The presenter said the district would levy 18 mills for operating after a rollback of about 2.422 mills, and revenue for next year was proposed at about $138.1 million. 12:53
- Board questions on budget 19:54
- Asked how long the operating millage was approved for, a district staff member said it ran through '31. 20:12
- A district staff member said the district cannot get below 18 mills and would have to act to return to 18 if it appeared to fall below, so it does not lose funding. 21:00
- A district staff member said the upcoming year would be the third year of the Michigan School Meals program. 22:02
- Hearing comment and approval of minutes 23:58
- Amendments to 2025-2026 budgets 24:34
- Adoption of 2026-2027 budgets 26:37
- District-wide copier contract 27:38
- A motion was read to award a 5-year district-wide copier refresh contract to Applied Innovation at a cost not to exceed $593,000 for equipment and an estimated $558,000 for consumables, maintenance and software licenses. 27:38
- Replacement device purchases 28:26
- A motion was read to purchase replacement devices from Apple Inc. at a cost not to exceed $31,864 and from People Driven Technology at a cost not to exceed $188,335. 28:26
- Employee agreements and salary schedule 28:58
- Superintendent's report 30:27
- During the superintendent's report, a staff member thanked two staff members for work on the budget and said their department had received the ASBO International Award again for 2025 fiscal year. 30:27
- The superintendent said the state budget had not been approved and might not be done until July 2nd and 3rd. 30:31
- The superintendent said August 20th is the opening day. 33:00
- Board communications 33:43
- Public comment and adjournment 34:53
- No public comment was offered, and the meeting was adjourned. ~34:53
Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.
Who spoke
Who spoke
We can’t yet tell who is speaking at this board’s meetings.
Video: posted by the district as “Forest Hills Public Schools Board of Education Special Meeting, June 17, 2026”