By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

As requested by Hays USD 489 Board of Education members, district staff presented the school board with a budget document that is easier to decipher at Monday’s work session.

At past school USD 489 meetings,  some board members have voiced concerns about the layout of the budget — stating the budget was difficult to understand.

As board members looked over the draft of the simplified budget, board President Greg Schwartz, said while he did not want the board or staff to become “bogged down in the details,” he did ask for a few revisions such as moving all salaries to a separate category.

“I want to make sure you guys are looking at (the budget) on a district level as to the finite details,” said Schwartz.

“And we are,” said Tracy Kaiser, district business manager. “Month by month, I’m still going line by line and comparing those numbers. We just tried to get something simplistic for (the board) and the public to understand.”

Kaiser said staff would continue to work on the budget’s layout.

“We want to do this right,” added Superintendent Katt.

A look at the drafted budget layout can be found on page 20 of Tuesday’s agenda.