(KLZA)-- The Pawnee City School Board conducted a public hearing Monday night concerning amending the 2018-19 school district budget.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, actual expenditures for the current fiscal year would have exceeded budgeted expenditures for the Activities Fund by $22,305, unless the budget of expenditures was revised. There was no public comment and the Board members voted to approve the amended budget as published.

In other Board action, the agreement to have Dana F. Cole & Company continue as the District's auditing firm for school years ending August 31, 2019, 2020 and 2021 was approved. The Board voted to recognize the Pawnee City Education Foundation Association as the bargaining unit for the 2021-22 teacher negotiations process and approved renewal of membership in the Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association at a cost of $850.

An additional $5-thousand for Learn to Dream scholarships for 2019-20 were approved bringing the total to $15-thousand. Use of grant money from Farm Credit for the purchase of a hydroponic table was approved along with the expenditure of up to $2,575 to have Audio Visions of Omaha repair stage lights and up to $2,500 for on-site Amplify Science curriculum teacher training. The $3,500 lease of the former Table Rock School gymnasium for high school sports was approved and end-of-year transfers totaling $160-thousand to various accounts was approved.