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The fee fund’s cash fell $103,853 in FY2024; four journal entries then brought in $254,121 in FY2025.
1 · The facts
$137,846
cash at the start of FY2024
-$103,853
net change in cash, FY2024
$33,993
cash at the end of FY2024
$390,300
all money in, FY2025
$254,121
into the fee fund on four journal entries, FY2025
65.1%
of the money in, FY2025, from those entries
-$122,882
FY2025 close without them (our arithmetic)
our estimate
$131,333
cash on the export’s last day, FY2026
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what the journal entries moved, and from where
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The fund’s cash fell by $103,853 in FY2024, to $33,993 at the year’s end.
2
In FY2025, 65.1% of the money into the fund came on four entries labelled expense adjustments.
3
Take those entries away and the fund closes FY2025 at -$122,882, by our arithmetic.
The fee fund’s cash, by year
Year
Opening cash
Money in
Paid out
Of money in: journal entries
Closing cash
FY2026
$131,239
$171,248
-$171,154
$0
$131,333
FY2025
$33,993
$390,300
-$293,054
$254,121
$131,239
FY2024
$137,846
$213,151
-$317,004
$49,925
$33,993
MUNIS journal exports for fund 1301. Each year’s close ties to the next year’s printed opening. The latest year stops on 12 June 2026.
What was said
“in the past 6 months or so there have been things that have come up, athletic revolving fund was running in a deficit, I was told over $100,000”
“She emphasized the need for all revolving accounts to have a budget, even if they are not town meeting revolving accounts, to prevent negative balances from going unnoticed.”