The board approved the 2026-27 Food Service Fund budget with total appropriations of 6989912, primarily 6939912 for food services plus 50000 in outgoing transfers. Revenues of 4885440 come largely from federal (4168500) and state (356440) sources, with a sizable beginning fund balance of 2443124 supporting an expanded program relative to 2024/25 actuals. This indicates a multi-million-dollar nutrition operation covering food, kitchen supplies, equipment, and potentially outsourced services, though no specific vendors are named. Food service management companies, commodity and fresh food suppliers, kitchen equipment vendors, and software providers for nutrition and POS systems can use this as a signal of the district’s scale and the likelihood of ongoing bids, renewals, and replacement purchases during FY 2026-27.
Expenditures increased significantly from 4864913 actual in 2024/25 to 6939912 proposed in 2026/27, ...
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In the Education Fund, Geneva CUSD 304’s FY2026-2027 draft budget includes 1502723 for non-capital equipment and 1502723 (typo in base, but budget lists 152802; we will stick to non-capital figure from table) and 1502723 for supplies of 1502723; more importantly, the assumptions note that supplies and materials are “proposed to support initiatives/CPI 3.2%, utilities, fuel.” The Education Fund budget for supplies is 1502723 and non-capital equipment is 152802, indicating planned purchases of instructional materials, classroom and office equipment, and other non-capital items. This line, combined with an 84.99M Education Fund revenue budget, signals ongoing curriculum, technology-adjacent equipment, and classroom resource needs tied to district initiatives rather than one-off purchases. Vendors offering instructional materials, classroom devices and peripherals (excluding large capital IT systems), and consumables can engage curriculum and business offices to align with planned initiatives and ensure their products fit within the CPI-based budget growth.
Budget assumptions explicitly state supplies and materials are proposed to support initiatives and C...
Pittsford Area School District adopted its 2025-2026 Food Service Fund budget, appropriating 339,389 from 457,440 in available food service revenues and fund balance. The budget allocates 89,263 for salaries and benefits, 35,735 for purchased services, and 214,391 for supplies and materials, with no current capital outlay line item. This establishes the spending envelope for cafeteria food, paper goods, kitchen supplies, and outsourced food service-related services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Vendors in K-12 food products, kitchen consumables, small equipment, and food service management or consulting can position around helping the district optimize this sizable supplies and purchased services spend as they execute the budget and make purchase decisions under it.
Budget shows strong reliance on federal food service funding (274,000) and maintains an ending fund ...
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