Fiscal Services
Bill Boyd is the Director of Business. He is responsible for supervision of staff in this department. Boyd’s responsibilities consist of forecasting revenues for the school district, preparing and monitoring the budget, preparing SBDM allocations per Board policy, preparing reports required by KDE and other agencies, training in finance to Central Office staff, school principals and bookkeepers, assisting in the area of procurement, and advising the Superintendent on financial matters.
Barry Cooke serves as Director of Finance. He works to ensure that payroll entries are in compliance with the employee’s contract, the adopted board salary schedule, federal, state, and local regulations, and board policy. This includes salaries, payroll taxes, retirement, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, voluntary deductions and accruals. He also reconciles the monthly and annual Kentucky Teacher Retirement reports, the annual County Employees Retirement Report, and annual W-2 registers. Cooke records all revenues received throughout the fiscal year as well as requests funds for federal grants. He creates the bond payment schedule for each fiscal year and sees that payment is made according to that schedule. Cooke serves as the health insurance coordinator and researches records to complete data required for retirement and disability reports, and employment verifications.
Jenny Wooten serves as Payroll Clerk. She processes all fulltime and substitute time sheets, service reports, leaves of absences, payroll checks, W-2’s, address and W-4 changes, and employment verifications for about 1,500 employees. Wooten maintains and reconciles all pay records for employee leaves of absence. She is responsible for the U.S. Department of Labor monthly reports and original documentation for sick, personal, and emergency accrual system as well as the sick bank accounting system. She also assists with documentation during the annual audit and data entry for Accounts Payable.
Carylon Burdine serves as Accounts Payable Clerk and Bookkeeper. She processes approximately 1,000 general fund invoices a month. There is daily maintenance of account payable files, address changes, researching payment history, and keeping bills on a current status. She completes tax exempt certificates and credit applications. Burdine is responsible for dental insurance, classified staff retirement, and daily bank deposits. Burdine prepares 1099 tax documents for non-employees and documentation for the annual audit. Burdine also performs secretarial duties for supervisors Bill Boyd, Barry Cooke, and Carole Hancock.
Peggy Leese is an Accounts Payable Clerk and Bookkeeper. Leese processes about 750 invoices per month for SEEK, Fund 2 (KECSAC, ESS, Preschool, Professional Development, Textbooks, FRYSC's, Title I, Migrant, etc…), Fund 6 (School To Work), Fund 71 (Adult Basic) and Fund 72 (Day Treatment) for payment approval. She also processes purchase order requests for all funds. Leese serves as the support person for the Bookkeeper and/or Secretary at each school for purchase order and invoice processing. In addition, she processes the Schoolworks' accounts receivable invoices and internal purchase journal entries, including billing schools for their in school purchases. She enters sick leave data for individual employees. She is responsible for daily maintenance of the payroll deductions for American Fidelity, Citizens Security, Commonwealth Credit Union, Conseco, Deferred Comp, Group Life Insurance, Investor’s Heritage, Jefferson Pilot, KASA, KEA, Life Investors, Met Life, Monumental, NTA, New York Life, Professional Retirement, AIG, AFLAC, One America, and Putnam. She is also responsible for the monthly billing submissions to these vendors, processing life insurance, classified retirement, COBRA, and automated payroll taxes. She assists Mr. Cooke with daily and monthly maintenance of health and COBRA insurance. Leese assists with the preparation of documents for the annual audit and performs secretarial duties for Mr. Bill Boyd and Mr. Barry Cooke and assists other Finance Department staff with various projects.
Rebecca Wright serves as Finance Officer I. Wright is responsible for reconciling the general and payroll checking accounts. She also handles the processing and reporting of payroll taxes both monthly and quarterly. In addition, Ms. Wright records all incoming revenue for the district. She assists Mr. Cooke with maintenance of health and COBRA insurance. Wright assists accounts payable with monthly invoice processing and with payroll on an as needed basis. She is responsible for assisting auditors during the annual audit and providing administrative support to Mr. Boyd and Mr. Cooke.
Suzanne Kidd serves as a Account Clerk/Secretary. Ms. Kidd's primary responsibility is monitoring the State and Federal Projects and Preparation of Reports to assure Receipt of Project Revenues on a timely basis. She assists Mr. Cooke and Mr. Boyd with secretarial duties and other duties when assigned.