Haslett Public Schools - Select Vendor Expenditures FY 2024-25

[Shadowninja]

Dearest reader,

We have reached Step 4 in the Haslett Public Schools ledger.

This is where I start following the checks. 🧐

The district's 2024–25 check register contains more than 2,200 entries, so what you see below is not every vendor or every dollar spent.

These are selected expenditures that caught my attention while working through the ledger.

🏨 JW Marriott Grand Rapids
Travel/Lodging: $13,387.54

You may remember this one from our earlier breadcrumb.

This was part of the Haslett administrative weekend retreat we recently looked at.

And right beside it in the ledger:

📋 Larry Lobert & Associates, Inc.
Consulting: $14,634.00

Together, those two retreat-related expenditures total:

💰 $28,021.54

There were several other consulting payments:

🔎 Secure Environment Consultants LLC
$2,000.00

📐 Matrix Consulting Engineers Inc.
$650.00

📋 Steve Seward Consulting
$500.00

Altogether, the clearly identifiable consulting vendors shown here received $17,784.00.

Then there is legal.

⚖️ Thrun Law Firm PC
$66,140.23

That total came through 10 separate checks during the year.

And finally, one vendor that dwarfs everything else on today's graphic:

🏫 D Squared Facilities Management
$919,552.40

Nearly $920,000 in one fiscal year.

A check register doesn't always tell us why a payment was made. It tells us who was paid, when they were paid, and how much.
Sometimes that's enough to answer a question.

Sometimes it simply gives us the next breadcrumb. 🍞

Either way, the receipts stay in the ledger.

One more step to go for Haslett.

With receipts and respect,
Lady B 👑

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