Snow cost the board its January meeting, so $69.8 million in bills was approved a month after the fact

What happened

The January 26, 2026 meeting was lost to a snow closure, as were February 23 and 24, and the board did not meet again until Thursday February 26. At that meeting it ratified the entire January agenda alongside February's business in a single consent motion, covering January bills of $69,799,335.00 and February bills of $43,098,219.66 together. The revised agenda for the meeting also dropped the auditor's presentation of the 2025 financial report, the attendance presentation, committee-chair reports and board-member comments.

Why it matters to families

When two months of business is approved in one motion, the practical effect is that a month of spending was paid out before the board formally approved it, and the items that would normally get discussion time were cut from the agenda to fit.

The evidence

The February minutes carry headings such as 'FINANCE & FACILITIES – JANUARY 26, 2026 – RATIFIED', and a March resolution confirms the cause: 'These changes are due to the snow closures on Jan. 26, Feb. 23, and Feb. 24'.

The source