Usual purchases skipped

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10 payees the schools used every year were paid under half as usual in FY2026; 5 got nothing.

Below their usual, by payeeour estimate

	Value
Rivers Bros.,Inc	-$456
Blanchard Piano Serv	-$617
Comm Of Ma Dept Of F	-$617
Gregory Hines	-$716
Norel	-$1,458
United Ag	-$2,239
Signet Electronic Sy	-$9,743
Johnson Controls	-$17,937
Control Technologies	-$23,270
Valley Communication	-$26,567

FY2026 against each payee’s FY2023 to FY2025 average. Highlighted: paid nothing.

1 · The facts

10
usual payees under half their usual
our estimate
5
of them paid nothing at all
our estimate
$83,618
below their usual, together
our estimate
$26,567
Valley Communication, usual a year
our estimate
$9,743
Signet Electronic Sy, usual a year
our estimate
24
paid in FY2026 and in no year before
$16,453
new payees, security, doors and keys, FY2026
—
whether the work was done some other way
not published

2 · What it shows

1
Paid every year from FY2023 to FY2025, 10 payees fell $83,618 below their usual in FY2026.
2
Valley Communication and Signet Electronic Sy, usually $26,567 and $9,743 a year, were paid nothing in FY2026.
3
Small yearly purchases stopped too: irrigation system; piano tunings; boiler inspections.
4
New security, doors and keys payees were paid $16,453 in FY2026, against the $36,310 the two usually got.

What building upkeep usually buys, and did not in FY2026

	Type of work	Invoices read	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026	Usual
Valley Communication	Security, doors and keys	911 COMPLIANCE	$18,576	$2,463	$58,661	fell, $0	$26,567
Control Technologies	Heating, cooling and plumbing	CONTROL, REPAIRS F	$32,614	$33,679	$39,990	fell, $12,157	$35,428
Johnson Controls	Fire, elevators and inspections	SPRINKLER AND FIRE	$15,036	$25,014	$17,411	fell, $1,217	$19,154
Signet Electronic Sy	Security, doors and keys	SERVICE TO SECURIT	$12,669	$8,621	$7,939	$0	$9,743
United Ag	Grounds and fields	JOHN DEERE SUPPLIE	$2,571	$1,625	$5,310	$930	$3,169
Norel	Fire, elevators and inspections	FIRE SYSTEM BATTER	$2,373	$2,843	$1,878	$907	$2,365
Gregory Hines	Other repairs and supplies	IRRIGATION SYSTEM	$975	$872	$300	$0	$716
Blanchard Piano Serv	Other repairs and supplies	PIANO TUNINGS	$650	$350	$850	$0	$617
Comm Of Ma Dept Of F	Other repairs and supplies	BOILER INSPECTIONS	$800	$500	$550	$0	$617
Rivers Bros.,Inc	Other repairs and supplies	`1 TON OIL CHANGE	$336	$1,791	$65	$275	$731

Paid in every year FY2023 to FY2025, and in FY2026 under half of that average. Invoice text as MUNIS prints it, cut short. ▲ ▼ mark a change of $10,000 or more.

1 · The facts

2 · What it shows

Sources