By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Hays USD 489 administrators are expected to ask the Board of Education to approve the use of the district’s contingency funds to pay staff salaries.

The request is on the agenda for next week’s USD 489 board meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Rockwell Administration Center.

According to the agenda, the Kansas Department of Education has recommended using the contingency funds for the district’s June payroll.

USD 489 has a little more than $394,000 in contingency funds.

According to Superintendent Dean Katt, the budget will be reviewed Monday and either all or part of the contingency funds could be used for payroll.

The report said the Education Department and district auditors have recommend carrying a balance in the contingency fund but, “at this time, the use of these funds to balance the budget and close the FY14 books is the only option.”

In addition, a review of the past, present and  future of the district’s budget are among other items scheduled for the upcoming meeting. Superintendent Dean Katt and business manager Tracy Kaiser will present a  budget overview presentation to review “observations of past budget trends and present a budget forecast for 2015 and beyond.”

Katt is also expected to provide some good news as he presents an update of the year’s district events, activities and accomplishments.

Other agenda items include to a request of applications to fill a vacancy on the board of Hays Recreation Commission, and Anita Scheve, director of the Learning Center of Ellis County, will ask the board to renew of the the online curriculum used at the Learning Center of Ellis County.

A complete agenda is available on the USD 489 website.