Board accepts FY25 audit, hears budget update and approves nearly $77,000 in monthly donations

YUMA, Ariz. — At its Feb. 12 meeting, the Yuma Union High School District board received a budget update from Director of Finance Brenda Guerra, voted to accept the district’s fiscal year 2025 audit and approved a roster of donations totaling $76,916.86 for the month.

Budget: Brenda Guerra told the board the report covered activity as of Feb. 2 (January month-end). She summarized the district’s maintenance-and-operations pages, departmental expenditures and the capital budget. The transcript contains several numeric figures from her presentation (for example, she cited a general budgeted amount of 106,000,976 and a capital budgeted amount of 11,087,304 and reported the student-activities ending cash balance as $763,189.83), and Guerra stated there were no major January expenditures to note. (Note: some numbers in the transcript appear garbled; the district’s posted budget report should be consulted for verified figures.)

Audit acceptance: Neil, the district auditor presenter, summarized the audit process performed by Heinfeld, Meech & Co. (the audit firm named in the report) and noted there was a single-audit finding this year. The district included a corrective-action plan describing the issue and steps to resolve it; the district set a target of June 30 to complete corrective actions. The board moved and accepted the FY25 audit via roll call: Shelley — Aye; Carlos — Aye; Jackie — Aye; Christie — Aye; David — Aye. The board recorded the motion as carried unanimously.

Donations and consent items: The board approved a long list of in-kind and monetary donations to campuses across the district — from booster-club uniforms to transportation donations from Grand Canyon University — totaling $76,916.86 for the month and $552,357.95 year-to-date. The consent agenda was approved after a motion to pull item 31 from the routine personnel list; the board then voted to accept the donation list and the motion carried.

Other actions: The board also approved an intergovernmental agreement to participate in the Arizona Board of Regents ‘50% by Fall’ FAFSA incentive program (allowing qualifying campuses to receive incentive dollars) and approved new job descriptions (enterprise data systems manager effective Feb. 12, 2026; director of counseling effective July 1, 2026). Those items passed by voice vote; the IGA vote was recorded as unanimous.

What’s next: The audit corrective-action plan is due to be resolved by June 30. The board scheduled its next meeting for March 11.