Vo-tech has opening for new business manager
The Fayette County Area Vocational-Technical School Operating Committee accepted the resignation of its business manager Monday and agreed to advertise for the position. Greg Hensh, hired in January 2006, has accepted a higher-paying position as business manager with the Laurel Highlands School District. His resignation is effective March 27.
Hensh said he thinks the school is doing a “fantastic job” and noted working at the school the past year has been an “eye opening” experience.
“This school is something the community needs,” Hensh said at the committee’s monthly meeting.
Albert Gallatin Area School District Superintendent Walter Vicinelly thanked Hensh for his service on behalf of the superintendents of sending school districts.
“Hensh came in and hit the ground running, addressing questions and concerns we had,” said Vicinelly.
The committee also approved an audit report for the fiscal year ending June 2006 and heard from two representatives of Cypher & Cypher Certified Public Accountants, who conducted the audit.
Representatives of the accounting firm noted positive moves that provided the needed oversight of the business office. Adding a business manager and changing specific job duties were noted as positives as well as installing new business office accounting software last school year and providing accounting personnel with the needed training to use the software.
The auditors also reported quarterly cash flow reports for the Perkins Grant not being remitted in a timely manner to the state Department of Education. A similar problem was reported with the last audit, according to the report. The report noted that the administration is attempting to correct the matter through training and a change in personnel.
The firm recommended the school assist with cafeteria fund losses of $51,131 by transferring money to the account from the general fund, which totaled $3.1 million as of June 30.
Overall, according to the report, “the committee should be pleased with the financial operations of the Fayette County Area Vocational-Technical School.”
Next month, the auditors will return to report findings on each school district’s share of a $2.9 million unreserved fund balance.
The auditors presented the committee with options to take regarding the fund balance. Options were: transferring funds to a capital reserve fund or the building authority, retaining adult education program profits in the general fund or refunding member districts.
The fund balance was created after a Fayette County judge ordered funds be deposited into an account after sending school districts could not agree on the formula used to determine each district’s share of the school’s operating expenses.
The report noted that the ultimate resolution of the matter and the impact of an unfavorable decision upon the financial position of the school are uncertain.
The school years in dispute are 1992-93, according to the report.
The committee is trying to settle the matter by approving revised Articles of Agreement, which define the operation of the school.
After reviewing the new information next month, the committee will decide whether to refund the money to the districts or to allow the school to keep it, noted the director of the school, Dr. Edward Jeffreys.