[Work Session on May 11, 2026.]
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HEY, GOOD, GOOD EVENING.UM, GOOD EVENING FROM THE LEWIS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND WELCOME TO THE FYI 2020 6 227, UM, BUDGET.
UM, TONIGHT, UH, MR. HOLMAN HAD, UH, BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF, SO HE WILL NOT BE HERE TONIGHT WITH US, BUT THE, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE MS. SHERRY, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS TONIGHT, SPEAKERS.
SO THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SESSION SECTION IS CLOSED AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER, SIR, TO YOU AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH THIS, SIR.
YOU DO HAVE YOUR BUDGET NOTEBOOK.
I'LL GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS BUDGET IS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AT THIS TIME.
UH, THEN FOLLOWED WILL BE FOLLOWED UP, MR. MAYFIELD ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN MR. SEBASTIAN WILL GO INTO DEPTH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET.
THE BUDGETS THAT, AS IT IS STANDS RIGHT NOW SHOWS THAT ALL CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF WILL RECEIVE AN INCREASE.
TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A 3.3% INCREASE.
CLASSIFIED STAFF WILL RECEIVE A 1% INCREASE IN ADDITION TO THEIR STEP BEGINNING TEACHER PAY WILL START AT $50,016, AND THAT'S WITH A BACHELOR'S AND ZERO YEARS EXPERIENCE.
THE BEGINNING PAY FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES WILL INCREASE TO 1447 PER HOUR, INCLUDING IN HIS BUDGET.
HIS EMPLOYER MEDICAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION PER EMPLOYEE INCREASED TO $9,615.
THIS IS AN INCREASED MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION EXPENDITURE FROM THE, OUR BUDGET TO OUR EMPLOYEES IN THAT FUND BY $2,373,000.
INSTRUCTION INCLUDES A, A NET OF 12 GENERAL EDUCATION POSITIONS, THREE GROWTH POSITIONS.
SPECIAL EDUCATION IS GONNA INCLUDE FIVE NEW SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND TWO GROWTH POSITIONS AND FIVE NEW EA POSITIONS.
VOCATIONAL INCLUDES GENERAL FUND PICKING UP THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AVIATION POSITION, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE THREE CTE POSITIONS AT THE K EIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE CAUSE FOR THESE POSITIONS WAS PREVIOUSLY SPLIT WITH INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS MODEL GRANT AND, AND WAS ON A, A STEP PLAN THAT WHERE WE WOULD ENCUMBER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THESE POSITIONS.
THERE'S NO, NO NEW ITEMS IN ATTENDANCE.
HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF A NURSE POSITION FOR CENTRAL PI ELEMENTARY.
THE SCHOOL HEALTH COORDINATOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WOULD BE RECLASSIFIED TO A COUNTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SUPERVISOR, AND THE SCHOOL HEALTH COORDINATOR SPLITTING THOSE JOBS.
THE NURSE COORDINATOR RECLASSIFIED TO A NURSE SUPERVISOR AND INCREASED OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES BY 180,000 FOR THE ATHLETIC TRAINING, UH, RFP THAT WE, WE PUT OUT EARLIER.
STUDENT SUPPORT INCLUDES ONE NEW GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY.
INSTRUCTION SUPPORT INCLUDES ONE NEW LIBRARIAN AT THE CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY, AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT DECREASES THE CONTRACT WITH PRIVACY AGENCIES BY $1 MILLION.
THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT, YOU'LL SEE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE CTE COORDINATOR SALARY NOW PICKED UP THE GENERAL FUND INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS HAD PAID 50% LAST YEAR, AND THE EPP COORDINATOR IS NOW BEING PAID A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S IN, UH, TAKING OVER FOR THE INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS THAT PAID A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT LAST YEAR.
TECHNOLOGY IN INCLUDES RENEWALS INCREASING BY 65,001 NEW IT FIELD TECHNICIAN POSITION.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION LINE ITEM INCLUDES AN TI MADE AN INCREASE IN THE INSURANCE RENEWAL OF APPROXIMATELY 10%, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES ADDING CENTRAL PIKE FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE.
UH, CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND A BOOKKEEPER.
HIS NEW POSITIONS FINANCE WILL BE RE RECLASSIFYING ACCOUNTS PALE POSITION TO GRADE 10, UH, DUE TO ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF DISTRICTWIDE PURCHASING CARD.
HUMAN RESOURCES INCLUDES ONE NEW COORDINATOR POSITION TO SERVE AS AN INVESTIGATOR.
WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING AN INCREASE FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES AND WASTE SERVICES DUE TO CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY BEING ADDED.
BRINGING THEM ON BOARD ALSO WILL BE AN INCREASE FOR MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES AND CONTRACTED SERVICES WITH OTHER CHARGES BEING DEC DECREASED DUE TO FUNDING INCLUDES AN
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INCREASE IN VEHICLE INSURANCE OF ESTIMATED 10%.ACCOUNTS WERE INCREASED OR DECREASED BASED ON CURRENT YEAR EXPENDITURES.
BE DECREASING TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT BY 1000 OR 1,000,500, AND THEN HAS A NOTE EARMARKED FOR THIS AMOUNT.
THAT'S FOR OUR SCHOOL BUSES BE, WE WILL BE PAYING FOR THOSE EARMARKING OUT OF FUND BALANCE FOR THAT.
UH, FINALLY, WE ALSO ASKING TO RECLASSIFY ONE POSITION COORDINATOR IN, IN THE VOLUNTARY PRE-CARE GRANT FROM THE STATE FUNDS HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED YET.
SO WE WE WILL NEED FOUR NEW SPED PRE-K EAS AS WELL.
THE NEXT PAGE, YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO RESTRICT FROM FUND BALANCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRACTED SERVICES, 2.5 MILLION TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FOR THIS CYCLE, 4.6 MILLION OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY OF 500,000.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, POTENTIALLY BOILERS OR ROOFS, UH, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEAR.
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, I JUST MENTIONED 1.5 MILLION THERE AND OUR CHROMEBOOKS 1.1 MILLION FOR A TOTAL FUND BALANCE RESTRICTION OF $10,229,000.
YOU SEE THE NEXT PAGE IS THE, UH, TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET AS A BALANCE BUDGET AND, UH, THAT BALANCES EVERYTHING OUT.
THAT IS JUST A SUMMARY AS WE GO INTO THIS DISCUSSION, MR. ED WILL BE, BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON, ON SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS. YOU HAVE ALL THOSE EXPLANATIONS YOU MOVE THROUGH YOUR BUDGET BOOK THAT, THAT SHOWS WHERE EVERY ALLOCATION IS, IS MARKED FOR.
NEXT THING TO BRING UP IS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I KNOW MR. MAYFIELD PRESENTED YOU, HE'S GOT THREE PAGES ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
DO WANNA SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED, FUNDED OR NOT FUNDED, AND, AND, UH, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK'S BEEN DONE THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE BIGGEST BULK OF THAT HAS BEEN OUR ROOFING PROJECTS.
WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE TODAY THAN WE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NOT A PLAN.
THERE WAS NO BUDGETING DONE AND A LIST OF SCHOOLS THAT NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH.
AND WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH THOSE MOST OF 'EM IN FIVE YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE GOT IT BUDGETED OUT BASED ON, UH, FUTURE NEEDS AND, AND, AND WARRANTIES RUNNING OUT.
AND SO, UH, GOING, GOING AT THIS TIME, ASK MR. MAYFIELD IF HE WILL COVER THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY.
CAN I GET ONE OF THOSE PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE AN EXTRA ONE OF THESE.
OH, SO YOU HAVE THREE SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU.
ONE OF 'EM IS BASICALLY YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY PLAN FROM 2021 TO 25, 26, THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW I'VE DESIGNATED SOME OF 'EM AS IT WAS REQUESTED, IT WAS APPROVED, IT WAS IN PROGRESS.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BLEED OVER IN THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR TO THE NEXT SHEET, UM, WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OUTLINED ON A SEPARATE SHEET.
UH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FROM 25, 26 ARE STILL ONGOING, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THE BIG CHANGES WERE IN THE, UH, ROOFING WHERE YOU SEE THE ACTUAL AND THE BLUE COLUMN OR THE BLUE NUMBERS WHERE YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE ROOFS AT SOUTH SIDE, WEST ELEMENTARY AND, UM, WA WRIGHT OUT OF THIS CURRENT YEAR.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PROJECTS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE RENOVATION.
I PUT THREE 50 'CAUSE THAT PROJECT IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'LL COME IN AT.
SO, UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TRACK RESURFACING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER, BUT THAT IS THE, UH, BID THAT WAS BOARD APPROVED.
AND THEN I TOOK THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND TRY TO TO PUSH IT OUT INTO ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
AND ALL OF THIS IS REALLY A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT THE BOARD WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO LOOK AT OPTIONS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT BASED ON KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN LOOKING AT TENNIS COURTS AND TRACKS, I TRIED TO ALTERNATE THOSE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO THE DISTRICT ISN'T, DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE IMPACT IN ANY ONE YEAR FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS.
I FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD GET THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN ON TRACK, WE WOULD BE GOOD SHAPE AS FAR AS OUR, OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES OF TRACKS AND TENNIS COURTS, WHICH SEEM TO BE A HIGH DISTRICT COST RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO I TOOK THE ROOF WARRANTY INFORMATION, WHICH YOU HAVE THAT ON THE THIRD PAGE IN ORDER TO LOOK AT AN OUTLAY PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR ROOFING.
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SO I COLOR CODED THOSE AS WELL.AND THE LEGENDS THERE ON THE TOP RIGHT.
BUT BASICALLY BLUE IS WHAT HAD, HAS BEEN APPROVED.
YOUR YELLOW IS OUTTA WARRANTY, BUT THEY'RE NOT WITH SEVERE ACTIVE LEAKS LIKE YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AT THE RED SCHOOLS, WHICH WOULD BE CAROL AND ELEMENTARY, THAT ARE REALLY THE PRIORITY, UH, MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS ROOFS GO.
I'LL NOW REFER YOU TO TAB SEVEN OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN, AN OVERVIEW OF, OF THE WILLS COUNTY'S SCHOOL'S HISTORICAL PAYROLL DATA.
WE PUT A NEW PAY PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE YEAR OF 23.
YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, 22, 23, 23, 24, ALL THE WAY UP TO CURRENT WITH THIS BUDGET OF A, FOR A CERTIFIED OF OF A STEP PLUS 3.3% INCREASE.
THAT BRINGS YOUR TOTAL PERCENTAGE INCREASES SINCE PHYSICAL YEAR 23 OR SINCE 22, 23 TO 18.8% PLUS STEP.
AND WHEN YOU FIGURE THAT THE DIFFERENT STEPS, THE VARIOUS STAGES, JUST A LITTLE HISTORY, WHEN WE REDID THAT PAY PLAN, INSTEAD OF IT BEING JUST A REGULAR STEP EQUAL, WE, WE LOOKED AT DATA WHERE WE WERE LOSING TEACHERS AT CERTAIN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
SO THROUGHOUT THAT STEP PLAN, WE'RE GONNA SHOW THAT TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
YOU CAN SEE AT CERTAIN EARMARKS IN A CAREER OF A TEACHER OF WILSON COUNTY, THEY GET LARGER STEP INCREASES.
SO AGAIN, 18.8% PLUS STEP IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THIS GETS OUR STARTING SALARY TO $50,016 FOR CLASSIFIED INCREASE.
THIS
THE CLASSIFIED SHOULD BE STEP PLUS 1%.
SO, SO YOU CAN SEE, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE IN 2223, OUR CLASSIFIED STARTING HOURLY WAGE WAS 10 20.
THE NEXT ITEMS ACROSS THAT PAGE ARE YOUR TWO 40 COORDINATOR PERCENT INCREASES OVER TIME OVER THE SAME TIME AS 11% TO 60 13%.
YOUR SUPERVISOR PERCENTAGE INCREASE 12% AND DIRECT FINANCIAL OR FINANCE.
AND, AND OUR ATTORNEY PERCENT INCREASES 9%.
AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR INCREASES OVER THAT TIME OF 20%.
THE NEXT PAGE DOES SHOW YOU OUR SALARY SCHEDULE.
THIS BUDGET IS APPROVED OF 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, BEGINNING WITH THE ZERO EXPERIENCE SHOWS ALL OF YOUR DEGREES AND WHAT, WHAT IS ADDED TO IT.
AND THEN EVERY YEAR OF STEP GOING OUT TO 30 YEARS.
ALSO INCLUDE ON THAT AS YOUR PRINCIPAL SUPPLEMENT FOR 260 DAY EMPLOYEES.
YOUR ASSISTANT SUPPLEMENT, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SUPPLEMENT, I'M SORRY, YOUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST SUPPLEMENT YOUR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUPPLEMENT YOUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND YOUR CIP CERTIFIED TEACHER, UH, SUPPLEMENT AS WELL.
THE NEXT PAGE IS YOUR 1% INCREASE PLUS THE STEP FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SALARIED CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL ON THE DIFFERENT GRADES AND, AND YOUR, YOUR VARIOUS GRADES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC JOB ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, BUT THAT SHOWS WHAT EVERYONE WILL MAKE DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY FALL UP UPON THAT SCHEDULE.
THE LAST OR THE NEXT PAGE IN THAT TAB IS, IS SHOWS YOUR SALARY CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL CHART THAT WOULD BE APPROVED THROUGH THIS BUDGET.
AND, AND IT GIVES YOU A GRADE ALL THE WAY TO 12 AND, AND SHOWS WHO MAKES UP THOSE JOBS.
THE HOURLY CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL PAGES IS NEXT WITH A 1% CLASSIFIED INCREASE PLUS A STEP, AND AGAIN, SHOWS THE PAY GRADES ALL THE WAY TO YEAR 25 FOR THEIR STEP.
THE NEXT PAGE IS, IS YOUR HOURLY CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL CHART.
AND IT SHOWS YOUR GRADES AND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE EACH OF THESE EMPLOYEES JOBS, WHERE THEY FALL ON THE GRAY.
I KNOW YOU GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE'LL BE GLAD TO, TO ANSWER THOSE.
WAS IN THIS SECTION OR WE INCLUDED THE SUBSTITUTE PAY AS WELL OR IS THAT IN A DIFFERENT SECTION THAT IS NOT IN THIS SECTION? WELL, WE DID NOT INCREASE, WE'RE NOT INCREASING IN THIS BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT INCREASING, UM, SUBSTITUTE PAY AND, AND MR. RED, IF YOU WON'T WAIT AND TALK ABOUT THAT LATER UNTIL HE GETS THAT POINT.
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AT, AT ON THE CURRENT PAY PLAN, THAT IS A, A SUMMARY.AND THEN AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER MR. SEBASTIAN FOR HIM TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF, AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
HOPE Y'ALL ARE DOING WELL TONIGHT.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING FORTH A BALANCED BUDGET, GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND.
UM, AS WE CAN SEE, OUR BUDGET HAS DEFINITELY INCREASED SINCE LAST YEAR.
BALANCED BUDGET IS 236 MILLION 195 0 93.
SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF JUMP RIGHT IN.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE REVENUE BREAKDOWN.
AS FAR AS THE SUMMARY PAGE ON THE TAB NUMBER TWO, IF YOU GO A FEW PAGES FORWARD, YOU'LL LAND ON A, UM, REVENUE AND EXPENSE SUMMARY THAT KIND OF DETAILS OUT A, UH, VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AS FAR AS OUR ANTICIPATED REVENUES VERSUS OUR ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY.
UH, THE BIG, UH, CONTRIBUTING REVENUES FOR US ARE PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX INTOSA FUNDING.
OUR PROPERTY TAX CURRENTLY, THIS IS USING THE ESTIMATE THAT THE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE DELIVERS TO US.
UH, OUR BUDGET IS INCREASING FROM 54 6 0 7, 7 0 4 TO 56, 928 1 58.
THAT'S AN ESTIMATED GROWTH OF $2.3 MILLION.
HOWEVER, UH, WE FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT THE PRELIMINARY TAX RATE THAT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US HAS NOT YET BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE STATE.
I DID SPEAK TO THE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT AS FAR AS VOLATILITY OF THE ESTIMATES THAT THEY PROVIDED ME, THEY SAID IT'S PLUS OR MINUS ONE PENNY.
SO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT SHOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANT BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME.
SO THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER THAT WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE PRESENTING AS FAR AS ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
THE NEXT, UH, BIG ITEM ON HERE THAT WE HAVE IS THE LOCAL OPTIONS SALES TAX.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, IN TALKING WITH THE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE AND LOOKING AT TRENDS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH PRESENTING AN INCREASE OF AN ESTIMATED 8% IN LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX.
SO THAT BRINGS OUR REVENUES UP FOR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FROM AN ESTIMATED 35,200,000 TO 38 0 16.
AND THEN LASTLY ON HERE IS THE TISA ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE YEAR.
WE RECEIVED THE APRIL ESTIMATE CAME IN AT 132 MILLION 391 754.
WE ALSO WENT AHEAD AND BUDGETED 1.3 MILLION OUTCOME FUNDING BONUS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK ONCE AGAIN TO, TO RECEIVE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE JUST, UH, OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON HERE.
ONE THING TO NOTE IS THE IDA HIGH COST HAS BEEN COMING IN AT A PRETTY GOOD RATE, SO I WENT AHEAD AND BUMPED THAT UP FROM 250 ESTIMATED TO FOUR HUNDRED AND SIX OH FORTY EIGHT BASED ON HISTORICAL TRENDS.
YES, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING YOU AND I'M NOT SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT PAGE.
IS IT JUST THE FIRST PAGE? NO, MA'AM.
IF, UM, TAB ONE, IF YOU GO FORWARD A FEW PAGES, UH, I WOULD SAY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN PAGES, YOU'LL LAND ON A PAGE CALLED REVENUE AND EXPENSE SUMMARY.
IT'LL STATE THAT ON THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE PAGE.
THIS ONE I WON'T APPROACH YOU SEE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE RIGHT PAGE 'CAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA THAT'S OKAY.
SO EVERYBODY SEE THAT ONE EVERYONE PAGE SO WE'RE NOT ALL ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I CAN REPEAT THE INFORMATION AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE.
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DID YOU, DID YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER? ALSO TAKING THAT 1.3 MILLION OUT IN CASE WE DECIDE TO CHOOSE TO GIVE THAT AS BONUSES OR AS THAT CALCULATION IS PART OF OUR FUND BALANCE CALCULATION THAT I'LL SHOW LATER ON IN THIS.BUT AS FAR AS THE ESTIMATED REVENUES, NO, I, BECAUSE THAT REVENUE SHOULD BE COMING INTO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE REVENUES THAT I'M PRESENTING CURRENTLY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
SO IT'S JUST ON TOP OF JUST SITTING THERE WAITING FOR US.
IT HASN'T COME IN YET, BUT IT, BUT AS FAR AS PERTAIN TO, UH, THE FUND BALANCE, I'LL BE PRESENTING HERE SHORTLY.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A DECREASE.
SORRY, I WAS LETTING Y'ALL GET CAUGHT UP ON THE REVENUES AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH AND START TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, ONCE YOU GUYS ARE READY.
OF COURSE, THE VERY, THE VERY LAST, UH, 4 9, 749 700 IN, OR NO, I'M SORRY, THE ONE BELOW THAT.
49 800 TRANSFERS IN PAYMENTS FOR LHS AND G-H-S-G-H-H-S INDIRECT COSTS FROM 1 1 42.
WHAT IS THAT? THOSE ARE PAYMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, THE, THE COUNTY.
I DIDN'T HAVE A, I DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, CHANCE TO GET ADDITIONAL DETAIL, BUT ONE OF THEM FOR LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, UH, WE RECEIVE A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH 2032 EACH YEAR FOR THAT.
I'LL GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS FOR A GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, WE'LL RECEIVE $424,425 EVERY YEAR THROUGH 2041 FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THIS IS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FROM THE COUNTY TO US.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOES BACK TO HISTORY ON THAT WAS THE WAY THEY FUNDED THOSE PROJECTS, IF I'M CORRECT.
YEAH, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DIG A LOT ON THAT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THAT ANSWER.
AND ON THE, UH, THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THINGS, UM, YOU NOTICE MOST OF THE ITEMS WILL HAVE AN INCREASE.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, AS MS. MCGEE POINTED OUT, ALSO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT, YOU DO NOTICE A DECREASE OF 1,000,013 THOUSAND 248.
UH, WE DID HAVE A NOTE ON THAT, THAT WE REDUCED THE OTHER CONTRACTED, EXCUSE ME, THE CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE AGENCIES LINE BY A MILLION DOLLARS.
HOWEVER, WE TURNED AROUND A YEAR MARK 2.5 MILLION, GIVING THAT LINE A TOTAL FUNDING OF POTENTIAL 4.5 MILLION.
CURRENTLY, THE LINE'S GOT 2 MILLION.
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REDUCTION IN EX ESTIMATED EXPENSES.UH, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS.
SO WE ARE, THE NET EFFECT OF THAT IS, UM, I BELIEVE THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT THAT AT CLOSE TO $5 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL BUDGET.
WE REDUCED THAT ABOUT HALF A MILLION DUE TO SOME CONSOLIDATIONS OF CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, TAKING A LOT OF EFFORT AND SLOW ROLLING THING.
BUT, UH, SO THE OVERALL CONTRACTED SERVICES BUDGET POTENTIAL IS $4.5 MILLION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THERE THAT YOU NOTICE A REDUCTION IS UNDER THE 7 2 6 2 OH MAINTENANCE OF PLANT.
UM, ON THAT ONE, WE DO HAVE A, UM, WE'VE GOT A LINE ON IN THERE THAT WE USE FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, RE-ROOFING PROJECTS, UH, PLAYGROUND MULCHING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DID HAVE THAT AT 754,000 IN ORDER TO ALLOW ME TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, I REDUCED THAT LINE BY $273,000.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, THE NET EFFECT OF THAT YOU SEE IS A REDUCTION OF 104,000 FOR THAT LINE.
UH, THE NEXT LINE THAT YOU DO SEE A REDUCTION ALSO IN, UH, EXPENSES IS THE TRANSPORTATION LINE.
I DID REDUCE THEIR BUDGETED LINE FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT BY, LET ME PULL IT UP.
THEIR TRANSPORTATION LINE GOT REDUCED BY 1.5 MILLION.
HOWEVER, WE TURNED RIGHT AROUND INTO EARMARK 1.5 MILLION FOR BUSES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT LINE THAT YOU SEE ON THERE THAT HAD A REDUCTION IN, UH, EXPENSES IS THE REGULAR CAL CAPITAL OUTLAY LINE.
UH, I REDUCED THAT LINE BY 500,000, JUST EARMARKED IT IN CASE WE NEED IT FOR THE YEAR.
TYPICALLY, THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT LINE.
WE'VE USED UP ABOUT 80% OF THAT LINE THIS YEAR.
SO TO PRESENT YOU A BALANCED BUDGET CURRENTLY, REDUCE THAT BY 500,000.
OF COURSE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT ANYTIME IN THE YEAR BACK.
THE, THE DEFICITS TO THE FUND BALANCE TO RESTRICT FOR THE FOLLOWING.
SO SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE EARMARKED, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER CAPITAL OUT LIKE THE 500,000, THAT IS TECHNICALLY WHAT WE WOULD REFER TO AS A RECURRING EXPENSE.
SO ON IN THAT INSTANCE, YES, WE'RE TAPPING INTO FUND BALANCE FOR A RECURRING EXPENSE FOR THAT.
UH, SAME WITH THE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT.
THAT ONE IS KIND OF LIKE ON A CYCLE.
SO THEREFORE THAT 1.5 MILLION WOULD TECHNICALLY BE CLASSIFIED AS A RECURRING EXPENSE, BUT WE'RE EARMARKING IT FOR FUTURE USE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO JUST PEOPLE LISTEN, LIKE THIS IS MONEY WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE SPECIFIC TO COVER THOSE THINGS.
MORE THAN LIKELY THOUGH, THE, DEFINITELY THE TRANSPORTATION, THE CHROMEBOOKS, UH, THE TEXTBOOK ONE, WE'RE HOPING THAT'S HIGH, BUT THAT'S THE QUOTES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THESE TEXTBOOK COMPANIES.
IT'S A LARGE ADOPTION THIS YEAR.
UH, THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE ARE IN, WE ONLY HAD $2 MILLION A YEAR MARK, SO GOING FROM 2 MILLION TO 4.6 MILLION WAS A PRETTY BIG INCREASE FOR TEXTBOOKS ON THAT.
UH, SO WE SEE THE NET EFFECT OF HOW EXPENSES OVER LAST YEAR INCREASES BY $10.3 MILLION.
AS WE STATED IN THE SUMMARY, ABOUT 2.4 MILLION OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE INCREASED OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO, UH, FOR MEDICAL INSURANCE ON BEHALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, TO HELP OUR SELF INSURANCE FUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS, UM, THE SUMMARY TAB THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON.
AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU FLIP BACK ONE PAGE, IT'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER BREAKDOWN.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO THE FUND BALANCE AT THE MOMENT FOR FUND 1 41.
SO UNDER FISCAL YEAR 2026 REVISED, IF YOU FOLLOW THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.
JULY 1ST, 2026 WAS 54 MILLION 493 3 99.
THIS NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY PULLED FROM OUR, FROM OUR AUDITED PAPER.
THAT NUMBER INCLUDES A UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 42 MILLION 4 93, 3 99, PLUS THE 12 MILLION THAT WE HAD EARMARKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO IF YOU FOLLOW THAT CALCULATION DOWN, UH, JUST THIS MONTH WE REQUESTED THE EARMARK 586,000 FOR A ROOF.
SO BACKING THAT OUT, OUT OF FUND BALANCE, WE USE THE 12 MILLION THAT WE EARMARKED.
AND THEN CURRENTLY FOR THE YEAR,
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WE ARE ESTIMATING A 5.5 MILLION INCOME.NOW, WHEN I SAY INCOME, IT'S NOT LIKE THE WAY YOU WOULD THINK AS FAR AS LIKE, WE'RE NOT SELLING ANYTHING.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR PROJECTED REVENUES ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO INCREASE OUR BUDGETED REVENUES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA USE FOR, FOR INCOME.
UM, AS I SHARED WITH Y'ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE MONTH, OUR SALES TAX REVENUE HAS BEEN COMING IN VERY STRONG.
IT'S LOOKING CLOSER TO THE NINE, 9.3% OVER LAST YEAR AS FAR AS TREND.
SO IN THE INCOME PROJECTED INCOME THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU, IT IS CURRENTLY PROJECTING A $3.6 MILLION OVER BUDGETED ESTIMATE FOR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX, A 650,000 OVER BUDGETED, UH, PROPERTY TAX.
AND IN THIS MR. PADILLA, I'VE ALSO GOT ESTIMATED THE 1.1 MILLION THAT THE STATE SAID THEY WOULD GET US BY JUNE 30TH FOR THE, UH, HIGH PERFORMING LEA BONUS.
WE TAKE ALL THAT CALCULATION, THAT LEAVES US WITH A FUND BALANCE, AND THIS IS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 47 MILLION 4 0 7 7 1 4.
IF YOU HOP OVER NOW TO THE COLUMN OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU SEE THERE, OUR ESTIMATED 2027 FUND BALANCE CARRIES FORWARD AS A 47 4 0 7 7 14.
IF YOU FOLLOW THAT DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE ASSIGNING $10.2 MILLION EARMARKED FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, LEAVING US A TOTAL OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 33 MILLION 2 9 3 440 9%.
UH, IS THAT 33 MILLION AS FAR AS BEING RESERVE? UH, 33 MILLION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 13 TO 15%.
AND SO IF, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET INTO THE, THE 1.1 OUTCOMES MM-HMM
IF, IF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS 33 MILLION, SO IT WOULD GO DOWN TO 32 IF WE IT WOULD GO YES, IT WOULD DOWN TO 32.
CURRENTLY I'VE GOT THAT AS PROJECTED IN THERE.
IF, IF, UH, THE BOARD DECIDES TO PAY THAT AS A BONUS, AND THEN IF BACK OUT, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT WE DECIDE, LIKE IF WE WANTED TO RAISE SUB PAY $10, IT WOULD COME FROM THERE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? ONE MORE TIME? IF WE, IF, IF WE DECIDE TO WANNA RAISE SUB SUB PAY FOR $10 OR RAISE ANYTHING, UM, IT WOULD COME FROM THERE.
SO IT WOULD IT ALL AFFECT OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.
NO, THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THAT.
WE'LL BE GOING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION WHEN WE WERE DOWN THERE WORKING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, I MEAN YOU, YOU COULD IF YOU WANTED TO.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, BY LAW YOU GOTTA STAY AT 3% THUMB BALANCE.
OUR PAYROLL ALONE IS HOW MANY MILLION? OH, IT'S BEEN INCREASING, I THINK.
UH, PER PAYROLL FOR, UH, THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT BETWEEN SIX AND 7 MILLION.
SO THAT TIMES TWO IS 14 MILLION.
AND THAT'S FOR GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND LOAN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IS KIND OF SUGGESTED TO KEEP IN YOUR COFFER.
ON TOP OF THAT 3%, I THINK THERE'S A BLUE BOOK.
UH, PER THE, UH, GFOA BLUE BOOK GUIDANCE, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICES, UH, OFFICE ASSOCIATION, UM, IN BEST PRACTICE, IT TALKS ABOUT THAT IT IS RECOMMENDED TO KEEP UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT TWO MONTHS WORTH OF YOUR IMMEDIATE EXPENSES, WHICH MOST OF OUR EXPENSES, I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMMEDIATE BECAUSE WE, WE, WE PAY MONTHLY BILLS, MONTHLY UTILITIES, WE PAY OUR MONTHLY PAYROLL.
SO IF WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR ENTIRE $236 MILLION BUDGET AND YOU DIVIDE THAT BY 12, A ESTIMATED PER MONTH EXPENSE IS ABOUT 19 MILLION.
SO TIMES TWO WOULD GET US ABOUT 38 MILLION.
SO THE, UH, THE 33 MILLION IS A VERY, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE THAT IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS SUCH AS, AND I HATE TO BRING IT UP, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN THE TORNADO STRUCK, THAT'S THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT YOU TAP INTO TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR OPERATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
THOSE UNEXPECTED EXPENSES THAT YOU MAY HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE PORTABLE.
THOSE COST US ABOUT A HUNDRED TO $200,000 A MONTH FOR THE PORTABLES TO BE BROUGHT IN.
AND THAT'S ONLY THE, THE LEASE RENTAL FEE.
THAT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDING LIKE THE SETUP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT
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YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CAN USE YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR.I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT THE MONEY, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MONTH TO MONTH, HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING EVERY MONTH AND MR. MACK, YOU KNOW, COULD THAT BE, THAT WOULD BE GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE COUNTY, WHICH COULD BE DONE? UM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT.
I'M, YOU AND I WHEN WE AT WATERTOWN, WE WERE THROWING AROUND SOME IDEAS, SOME IDEAS HOW TO PAY FOR THAT.
THAT'S, AND I'VE WORKED, WORKED WITH THE MAYOR AND THINK THAT WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING OKAY.
WITH WHERE THEY'RE AT ON THAT RATIO.
NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT PROPOSING GIVING ANY MONEY TO ANYBODY.
I'M WELL, IT'S ALL THE SAME THOUGH.
IT'S ALL OUR TAXPAYER MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND SURE.
THE RECOMMENDED IS 38 MILLION.
WELL, THE PER BLUE BOOK, IT'S TWO MONTHS WORTH OF YOUR EXPENSES.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR $236 MILLION BUDGET FOR EXPENSES, JUST, JUST, AND THIS IS VERY ROUGH.
YOU DIVIDE THAT BY 12, IT'S ABOUT 19 MILLION.
SO TIMES TWO WOULD BE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES AT AROUND 38 MILLION.
SO IDEALLY 38 WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
IDEALLY, IDEALLY, VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE TARGET.
WE'RE A LITTLE, WE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BE BELOW THAT IF THIS BUDGET IS PASSED AS PRESENTED, BUT IT'S STILL NOWHERE WE ARE BEING WORRIED ABOUT BEING IN SOLVENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ONE THING TELLING US THREE TO 5%, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TELLING US TWO MONTHS WORTH.
LIKE WHAT'S, WHY IS THERE AER THE THREE, THE 3% IS BY STATE STATUTE.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP 3% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES AS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WOULD BE SAVED THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, YEAH, NO, NO.
BUT I WOULDN'T WANT BE THERE, BUT THEN USING IT, YOU KNOW, TO YEAH.
'CAUSE TO SAVE TWO, I MEAN JUST, UM, THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S GOOD.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD CALL BEST PRACTICE IS KEY.
NOW, NOT EVERYTHING INTO $236 MILLION BUDGET IS AN IMMEDIATE EXPENSE.
BUT OUR PAYROLL, UH, PER MONTH IS ABOUT 12 TO 13 MILLION.
SO EVEN WITH THAT, IF YOU DEALT WITH THAT, OUR PAYROLL, IT'S ABOUT $26 MILLION IN TWO MONTHS THAT, THAT WE'LL BE PAYING OUT.
UM, THERE'S AN ECHO IN HERE FOR ANYBODY WATCHING.
THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA ASK, BECAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS TOO.
THE FUND BALANCE I SEE ON HERE IS 40,000 AND I HEARD 32 I THINK, OR UH, 40 MILLION, EXCUSE ME.
IS THAT SUBTRACTING THE THINGS THAT ARE RESTRICTED? IS THAT MATH SOMEWHERE THAT I'M MISSING? YES.
UM, IF YOU WERE ON THE SUMMARY PAGE YEP.
LOOKED AT THAT AND YOU GO BACK ONE PAGE THE FURTHER THE FURTHEST RIGHT COLUMN UNDER THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
I'VE GOT A CALCULATION THAT BREAKS OUT WHAT MAKES UP THE 47.
UM, AT THE VERY BOTTOM I'VE GOT 33,000,293 AS UNASSIGNED PLUS 10,000,229 AS A SIGNED FUND BALANCE.
THE 3.8 MILLION IS A NUMBER, IS A FIGURE THAT THE AUDITORS GIVE US.
THIS IS FOR MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SET ASIDE FOR, UH, RETIREMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST A SMALL POT OF MONEY OF $1,200.
ALL OF THAT EQUALS YOUR 47 MILLION 4 0 7 7 14, UH, TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF THAT 33 MILLION IS UNASSIGNED.
AND SO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING TO, UM, THE 3% IS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND THEN THE TWO MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSES IS, UM, BEST PRACTICE, AND THAT NUMBER EBBS AND FLOWS, IT CAN CHANGE DAY BY DAY.
WHAT'S IN THERE? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE, UM, 2% OR HELP ME OUT HERE, THE RE THE MINIMUM, THE 3% IS BY STATE STATUTES? NO, NO.
BUT THE, THE RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICE IS THAT THE NUMBER THAT'S ON RECOMMEND, UH, THAT'S SHOWN ON 39 100 THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE? NO, THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LEFT OVER AFTER YEAR MARKING ALL OUR MONEY.
SO WHICH, WHICH BUDGET NUMBER IS THE THIRD, THE ONE THAT YOU SAID NEEDED TO BE 38 MILLION OR GREATER? OH, I'M SORRY.
THAT THAT WAS JUST TAKING, THIS IS VERY ROUGH MATH.
IT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE ANYWHERE, BUT THAT WAS JUST TAKING OUR $236 MILLION BUDGET, UH, EXPENSE, JUST DIVIDING THAT BY 12 MONTHS AND THEN TIMES TWO.
AND I, I REALIZE THE 38 IS JUST A WILD GUESS.
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THAT I COMPARE IT TO ON, ON THIS PAGE? OH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE 33,000,293.SO THAT'S KIND OF, SO LINE 39, 100 ITEM 39 100.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT NUMBER.
AND, AND IT'S A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE THAT I UNDERSTAND, I'M TELLING YOU UNDERSTAND.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
IT'S TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES.
I WANNA GO BACK TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
UM, UNDER OTHER SALARIES IN WAGES, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A REDUCTION FROM 2026 TO 2027 OF ABOUT 220 MILLION, I MEAN 220,000.
UH, DID, WHICH, WHICH CATEGORY DID YOU SAY I'M SIGNING? IT IS UNDER, UH, 7 2 2 2 0.
LET ME, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT.
WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES? ARE THOSE THE CONTRACTS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? THE OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES IS OUR, WE HAVE THREE SOCIAL WORKERS.
THE, THE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE DETAIL PAGE, CURRENTLY UNDER THE 180 9 OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES, WE'VE GOT THREE SOCIAL WORKERS ON THERE,
A REDUCTION IN THOSE POSITIONS OR I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE YOU SEE A REDUCTION UNDER 72 2 20.
I SEE WHERE YOU'RE YEAH, 5 1 8 9 OH OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES.
I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY NOTES.
WE KEPT THE SAME NUMBER OF STAFFING IN THAT LINE ITEM.
AND SO I'LL HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT GOT REDUCED IN THAT LINE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
THERE WAS NO STAFF REDUCTION IN THAT LINE.
WE KEPT THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF IN THAT.
UH, TWO MORE QUESTIONS UNDER THAT SECTION.
SO THEN IF YOU GO DOWN TO 5 3 1 2 0 CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE AGENCIES, THOSE ARE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE REDUCED? YES.
SO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WE HAD IN 2026 WAS 3 MILLION.
UH, I BELIEVE WE, WE HAD 2 MILLION EARMARKED, AND IN THE REVISED BUDGET THAT YOU SEE IN 5.6 MILLION, THAT INCLUDES ANY CARRYOVER PURCHASE ORDERS FROM 2025 INTO 2026.
SO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THOUGH, THAT WE ARE COMPARING IS GONNA BE THE 3 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE USED TO 2 MILLION, HOWEVER, WE TURNED AROUND AND EARMARKED FOUR AND A HALF MILLION, EXCUSE ME, TWO, 2.5 MILLION.
THAT'S YEAR MARK FOR CONTRACTED SERVICES.
NOW THAT 5.6 MILLION BUDGET THAT YOU SEE THERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND ALL OF THAT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO SPEND AT THE MOST, THE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION, IF NOT LESS.
AND SO TAKING THE ACCOUNT, THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT SHOULD LOWER OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THAT LINE TO A MAX OF FOUR AND A HALF MILLION BASED ON THE TREND FOR ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
AND THEN THE LAST IS JUST THE IN-SERVICE DEVELOPMENT.
I SEE THERE'S AN, UH, AN AMOUNT UNDER THE 2026 REVISED BUDGET OF 205,000, BUT THEN UNDER FY 2027 PROPOSED IS 75.
YEAH, SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, SO THE, THE REVISED ONE WILL INCLUDE, UH, BUDGET FOR ANY CARRY FORWARD PURCHASE ORDERS.
SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN MONEY EARMARKED IN 2025 THAT WASN'T FULLY SPENT.
AND IN OUR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE, IT POSTED AS AN INCREASE IN BUDGET, ALTHOUGH IT'S REALLY NOT.
IT'S JUST A CARRY FORWARD PURCHASE ORDER.
SO AS YOU SEE IN 2026, WE HAD ALSO, UH, BUDGETED A 75,000 IN THAT LINE.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
JUST ONE THING, KIND OF GOING BACK, UM, YES.
SO ON THE, UM, SO I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE 47 4 TOTAL RESERVES, AND THEN WE HAVE THE RESTRICTED, RIGHT? THE 47 4 IS THE TOTAL, TOTAL RESERVES FUND IS THE TOTAL, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE RESTRICTED HOME BALANCE.
AND THEN FROM THAT, YOU, YOU TAKE 10, SUBTRACT OUT WHAT WE YEAR MARK 10.2.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF, IS IT LIKE A SAVINGS TO THE SAVINGS? LIKE WHAT ARE, OR WHAT ARE WE,
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF, OF RESTRICTING THAT MONEY AND NOT HAVING IT IN THE, IN THE, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, TEXTBOOKS.THAT'S SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY EARMARK EVERY YEAR.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS YEAR IT CAME IN AT A $4.6 MILLION ON THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONES WERE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE INCREASES IN THEIR MEDICAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE WANTED TO REFLECT, WE WANTED TO REFLECT THOSE AS, UH, RECURRING EXPENSES IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE MEDICAL INSURANCE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MEDICAL INSURANCE PER EMPLOYEE EXPENSE ON THAT.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GONNA USE THE ENTIRE BUDGET TO BREAK UP BY 12 MONTHS AND COME UP WITH THAT GOOD PRACTICE, 19 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE 38 MILLION, RIGHT? YES.
IF WE INCLUDED THIS, WHICH I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, THEN THE 47 WOULD PUT US OVER THAT 38 AND WOULD LEAVE US A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ME, YOU KNOW, MORE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF THE BUDGET.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN WE BUMP IT DOWN TO 33, IT MAKES IT SEEM TO ME LIKE WE HAVE LESS, I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE RESTRICTING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO, BUT WE'RE USING NUMBERS TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, DIVIDING BY 12 TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE NEED THIS MUCH.
AND SO WE CAN'T USE BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
WHEN, WHEN ALL ACTUALITY WE HAVE THIS AS WELL.
SO IF I WANTED TO GIVE THE BONUS TO THE TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE USING THE 47, BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE 33 BECAUSE WE'VE ALLOCATED MONEY HERE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S JUST THE WAY I'M, I'M, YEAH, NO, OF COURSE.
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, THE, THE, THE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES, UH, THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE.
OKAY? THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE, WE CAN'T TAP INTO THE MONEY THAT, THAT WE HAVE THERE.
UM, IT, IT'S JUST WHEN YOU START TO GET TOO LOW, THAT'S WHEN YOU, OKAY, IT'S WORKING.
IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S WORKING.
UH, THAT'S WHEN YOU RUN INTO THE RISK OF YOU COULD BECOME IOL.
UM, BUT YES, SO THAT 33 MILLION, THAT'S UNASSIGNED, UH, THAT DOES CURRENTLY INCLUDE THE ESTIMATED 1.1 MILLION FROM THE STATE.
SO IF YOU WERE TO THIS, IF YOU DID DECIDE TO PAY THAT BACK OUT TO THE EMPLOYEES, WE WOULD JUST REDUCE THAT NUMBER BY A MILLION.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO MONEY, UM, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE COVERED THIS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO MONEY? SO LIKE I SEE MONEY FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO BE PAID, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO WE HAD A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RESIGN AND A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOU KNOW, GO AWAY.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT MONEY? WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? SO AT THE, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL LOOK AT OUR, UH, BUDGETED REVENUES VERSUS BUDGETED EXPENSES AND THEN COMPARE THAT WITH THE ACTUALS.
ESSENTIALLY, THE INCOME THAT I'M PROVIDING YOU IS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE ESSENTIALLY SPEND ALL THE BUDGET.
SO IT, THAT PROJECTED INCOME COULD INCREASE.
BY, I DON'T KNOW, ANOTHER MILLION, ANOTHER THE 2 MILLION WITHOUT SEEING THE, UH, THE ACTUAL SALES TAX COME IN FOR THE REIGNING OF THE YEAR.
I, I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU A HIGHER NUMBER.
THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER, BUT YES.
ESSENTIALLY, AND I WAS JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT THAT, THAT WILL ALL ROLL INTO FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN CAN WE, IS IT, ARE YOU GONNA GO INTO LIKE WHAT WE BREAK DOWN OR WHAT WE HAVE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR, LIKE SUBSTITUTES THIS YEAR, VICE SUBSTITUTES LAST YEAR, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE HAVE THAT MONEY AND LIKE IF WE BUDGETED THIS A MONTH THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, HOW CLOSE DID WE GET TO THAT AND IF WE DIDN'T EVEN GET CLOSE TO IT AND THERE'S SOME LEFTOVER, LIKE WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT MONEY? SO I GUESS THAT'S JUST, YES, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE, ALL THE LEFTOVERS.
THEY GO IN A POT SOMEWHERE AND, UM, I JUST WANNA GET CLOSER ON WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING SO THAT WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF EVERYBODY.
WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY GET INTO THAT ALSO AS FAR.
UM, I CAN START HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT.
WE CAN START WITH REGULAR INSTRUCTION AND JUST GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND JUST DO A DEEP DIVE IN, IN THIS BOOK.
CAN WE START, WILL YOU JUST TELL US EACH TIME THE NUMBER AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE THAT YOU'RE ON SO WE CAN SURE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS REGULAR INSTRUCTION, 71 100.
UH, FOR A REGULAR INSTRUCTION, YOU SEE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, 1,157 TEACHERS BUDGETED.
UH, THIS INCLUDES 15 NEW GEN ED TEACHERS.
UH, WE'VE GOT ONE HOMEBOUND TEACHER, WE'VE GOT 104 EAS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 12 ISS POSITIONS.
THE NEXT LINE BUDGETED AT 300,000 IS A SUBLINE, AS WELL AS THIS NEXT LINE AFTER THAT AT 1.1 MILLION.
THAT IS A SUBLINE ALSO THAT ON THOSE SUBLINES, MR. PADILLA, YOU WERE ASKING,
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YOU DIDN'T SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT BECAUSE AT LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT BUDGET, WE WERE NOT CLOSE TO SPENDING THE FULL BUDGET YET.THEREFORE, I LEFT THOSE LINES AS STATUS QUO ON THE, THE SUBLINES THERE.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE BUDGETED LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SO MORE, SO MANY INCREASED FIELD POSITIONS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THAT, THAT HAD BEEN BUMPED UP A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK WE'RE REACHING A POINT WHERE WE'RE KIND OF ESTIMATING A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER AS FAR AS THE BUDGET THAT WE NEED FOR SUBS AND ANYBODY WATCHING, WE WENT FROM 200 UNFILLED POSITIONS A FEW YEARS AGO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO 20 THIS YEAR.
I GUESS THAT, AND I DON'T WANNA BE STUCK ON SUBS.
THAT'S NOT THE, THE THEME OF WHAT I'M TRYING.
I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING AT EVERY GROUP GETTING AN INCREASE AND, UM, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY WITH SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND ONE THING WAS COMPETITIVE PAY COMPARED TO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
AND SO I JUST DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT MOMENTUM AND BE STAGNANT IN THAT.
AND EVEN IF IT'S 10, 15, 20 BUCKS, UM, EVERYTHING MATTERS.
AND IF, IF YOU'RE A SUB TO SEE, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN, IN OUR SUCCESS BY, UM, NOT HAVING TO HAVE TEACHERS COVER CLASSES AND LETTING 'EM HAVE THEIR PLANNING PERIOD.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THAT AS LITTLE PAY RAISE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST MY TAKE IN THE BOARD WHEN WE DECIDE WE'LL HAVE TO, TO DECIDE, BUT I'M JUST, THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
I'M PRETTY SURE, YOU KNOW, SO, YEAH.
SO, UH, JUST A, A QUICK ESTIMATE ON, ON THOSE TWO LINES ALONE, IF WE DID A 15% INCREASE, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT A $20 INCREASE, UH, CURRENTLY THEIR DAILY RATE AT THE MAX IS $150 A DAY, UH, THAT WOULD COST US ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THOSE TWO LINES ALONE.
UM, ON THOSE TWO LINES, THE, THE 1 95 IN THE 1 98 SUBLINES, IF WE DID A 15% INCREASE ON THEIR DAILY RATE, THAT WOULD BUMP THEM FROM 150 AT THE, THE MAX RATE TO ABOUT $170.
THAT WOULD COST US ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THOSE TWO LINES ALONE.
SO IT WOULD'VE TO FLOW THAT THROUGH ALL THE CATEGORIES THAT USE SUBS.
MR. SEBASTIAN ON THAT, IF, IF, IF OUR YEAR TO DATE, IF WE'VE NOT SPENT CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, WOULD THERE BE ROOM TO INCLUDE AN INCREASE AND LEAVE YOUR BUDGETED LINE ITEM THE SINK? YES, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE MAY HAVE TO TAP INTO FUND BALANCE OR REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM ANOTHER LINE TO COVER THE, THAT COST.
SO IN ESSENCE, IF WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET, WE, THERE'S STILL A A, THERE'S STILL A, A CHANCE OR IS THERE STILL AN OPPORTUNITY, OR IS THIS FINAL WITH THE MONEY LEFT OVER THAT WE COULD REALLOCATE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE SUBS AND THEN MAYBE IT'S NOT 15%, MAYBE IT'S 10%, MAYBE IT'S 8%, MAYBE IT'S 5%.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF PERCENT, YOU KNOW.
UM, IF, IF, IF, IF WE LOOK AT THAT AND CAN FORECAST OUT, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE DAYS ARE COMING SHORT WITH SUBS BEING LEFT AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THAT FUN, IF WE JUST MOVED THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MOVED IT OVER, JUST IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR ME, SIR.
IF, UM, LIKE I SAID, CURRENTLY THE, THE, THE TOP DAILY RATE IS 150 GOES DOWN TO 125.
UM, SO IF, IF YOU THINK, UH, 15% IS TOO AGGRESSIVE, I CAN SCALE THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT AT 15%.
THAT 150 GOES UP TO ABOUT 170, UH, PER DAY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A FULL DAY ON THAT.
SO IF SOME OF THE OTHER YEAH, THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND IF THEY CAN GO SUB IN METRO AND MAKE, I MEAN OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST, BUT IF THEY CAN GO SUB IN METRO, MAKE 30, 40 BUCKS MORE WITH, WITH GAS AND THE ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING, US, I JUST DON'T LIKE SEEING US STAY STAGNANT IN THERE.
I'D LIKE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, BUT THAT'S JUST, YEAH.
UH, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN DO AN INTERNAL DECISION ON THAT AS FAR, SORRY, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CHANGE THE PAY RATE TO 170, BUT LEAVE THE BUDGET WHERE IT IS.
AND THEN JUST IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REALLOCATE FUNDS OR WORST CASE SCENARIO, TAP INTO FUND BALANCE TO HELP US, UH, NOT OVERSPEND THAT, THAT BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THIS RIGHT NOW.
BUT AT LEAST YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M JUST, SO IF WE CAN FIND, SO THEN WE CAN, AND I'LL LET, I'LL LET IT GO AND WE CAN MOVE ON.
UH, THE NEXT SEVERAL LINES, SOCIAL SECURITY STAY, RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE, MEDICAL INSURANCE, ALL OF THAT SCALES OUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE BRING IN.
UM, SO THOSE COSTS INCREASE AS OUR STAFF SIZE INCREASES ALSO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THERE IS OUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
THIS IS CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE TO SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT BE FOR SUPPLIES.
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WE, WE SEND 75,000 FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND SUPPORT AND THEN ALSO, UH, COMMISSION PAYMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE THAT GET REALLOCATED BACK TO THE SCHOOLS.FOR PEPSI, WE'VE GOT OUR OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES LINE, $170,000.
UH, WE'VE GOT MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ON THERE.
ONE OF THEM THAT WE PAY IS OUR STARS CONTRACT.
UH, AND THEN JUST MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT COME OUT OF THAT.
WE DID DECREASE THAT BY 15,000.
UH, THE OTHER INSTRUCTION, EXCUSE ME, THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS LINE, UH, $550,000.
UH, WE LEFT THAT, UH, WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, IN THIS ONE WE DO SEND, UH, WHAT WE CALL A DM FUNDS TO THE SCHOOLS.
SO AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR, WE SEND SOME MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS BASED ON SUITING POPULATION IN THE CATEGORY AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE ON THAT.
UH, THE A DM IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS.
AND THEN AS WELL AS THE TISA FUNDS FOR THE, UH, THE TEACHERS, THEY RECEIVE THEIR TISA FUNDS OUT OF THIS LINE.
ALSO, UH, THE TEXTBOOKS LINE, UH, WE TYPICALLY JUST BUDGET ABOUT 300, 305,000 IN THAT LINE.
THIS ONE GETS ADJUSTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED ON THE EARMARKED MONEY THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE PURCHASE ORDERS THAT CARRY FORWARD FROM PRIOR YEAR THAT ARE NOT FULLY SPENT THAT ADJUST THAT LINE.
UH, IN OUR SOFTWARE, OUR STUDENT FEE WAIVERS, UH, 110,000, WE DID DECREASE THAT BY 5,000, UH, THROUGH THE YEAR.
WE HAD SPENT 80,853 AND THOSE HAD STOPPED COMING IN.
BUT JUST SINCE WE ARE OPENING IN THIS SCHOOL, I DID NOT WANNA REDUCE THAT TOO MUCH.
SO I JUST DECREASED THAT LINE BY $5,000.
UH, THIS TEST ON BEHALF, I, THE STATE WANTS THAT BUDGETED, THEY GAVE ME A MATCHING NUMBER, AND SO I ESTIMATED 300,000, UH, FOR THIS TIS ON BEHALF.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A MATCHING 300,000 IN REVENUE.
THEY SENT IT TO ME AND I POST REVENUE AND POST A MATCHING EXPENSE ON THAT.
SO THAT ONE'S JUST AN ESTIMATED FROM THE STATE.
AND THEN, UH, OUR INSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT LINE 245,000, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE LINES THAT WE SEND, UH, FUNDS TO THE SCHOOLS BASED ON POPULATION.
SO WE ARE MARKET AND THEY CAN BUY EQUIPMENT IF AS NEEDED.
UH, THIS YEAR WE SPENT 220,000 FOR, FOR THE, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE, EQUIPMENT FUNDS THAT WE EARMARK SENT TO THE SCHOOLS.
WE ARE NOW ON THE, UH, 71 200 PAGE.
UH, WE HAVE 127 SPED TEACHERS.
THAT INCLUDES SEVEN NEW SPED TEACHERS.
WE MET THE NEEDS THAT THEY NEEDED.
AND AS FAR AS STAFFING, UH, JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MENTION IT, THAT WE DID MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS FOR STAFFING, UH, FOR TEACHERS AND SPED TEACHERS, UH, GEN ED TEACHERS.
SO THERE WAS NO, UM, THERE WAS A NET EFFECT AS FAR AS MAYBE POSITIONS SHIFTING TO LIKE CENTRAL PIKE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE OVERALL NET EFFECT, WE DID HAVE A POSITIVE INCREASE IN, IN ALL OF OUR, UH, TEACHER LINE, EXCUSE ME, TEACHERS AND SPED TEACHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE HOME BOUND, WE'VE GOT TWO POSITIONS IN THERE, AND THEN WE TYPICALLY PAD THAT A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TEACHERS HAVING TO WORK AFTER HOURS IF NEEDED.
UH, FOR SPED EAS, WE'VE GOT 231 FULL-TIME SPED EAS THAT'S ADDING FOUR NEW EAS IN THAT, UM, THAT LINE THAT, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDED, THEREFORE WE FOUND IT AND GAVE 'EM FOUR ADDITIONAL EAS.
UH, SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, WE'VE GOT 22 FULL-TIME POSITIONS WITH ONE PART-TIME IN THERE, 1.5 MILLION, UH, TOTAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THIS CATEGORY.
WE'VE GOT 382 FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTION.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, WE'VE GOT THE SUBLINES AT 25,000 AS WELL AS 325,000.
THAT'S JUST BETWEEN CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED.
AND THEN THE NEXT LINES ARE ON THERE, OUR SOCIAL SECURITY STATE, RETIREMENT INSURANCE, MEDICAL INSURANCE, THE FRINGES THAT GO WITH THOSE POSITIONS.
UH, THE NEXT SEVERAL LINES AS FAR AS, UH, EQUIPMENT, OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES AND SUPPLIES OF MATERIALS.
I LOOKED AT THEIR ACTUAL EXPENSES, WHICH I'VE GOT KIND OF MARKED
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THERE.I LEFT THOSE LINES STATUS QUO, THOUGH.
I DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY REDUCE ANY, ANY OF THOSE LINES JUST IN CASE THEY, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME NEEDS.
UH, THE SPED DEPARTMENT, THEY MAY HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT COME IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE THEY DO NEED TO USE THESE LINES AS FAR AS BUYING SPECIALIZED, UH, MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO I LEFT THOSE LINES STATUS QUO.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU NOTICED THE 300,000 FOR THE TISA ON BEHALF.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S AN ESTIMATED NUMBER THAT THE STATE WANTED ME TO PUT IN THERE, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT.
IS WAS THAT TISA ON BEHALF? WAS THAT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TOO? IT IS NOT.
UM, THEY SEND THIS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THEY ESSENTIALLY GIVE ME, UH, THEY SEND THE MONEY, BUT THEN THEY GIVE ME AN ENTRY AND SAY, POST IT TO THIS REVENUE LINE AND ALSO POST THE OFFSETTING EXPENSE TO THIS EXPENSE LINE.
AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECTS REALLY IN OUR BOOKS.
WE DON'T GET ANY NEW REVENUE AND THE REVENUE WE RECEIVE, IT'S OFFSET BY THE EXPENSE THAT THEY TELL ME.
SO IT WASN'T ON THERE, BUT THEY WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING BUDGETED THIS CURRENT YEAR.
THEREFORE I JUST KIND OF TOOK WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR AND PUT IT IN OUR BUDGET LINES SO THAT, THAT TESSA ON BEHALF THAT COULD BE USED FOR ANYTHING.
SO THAT TISA ON BEHALF IS WHAT IS WHERE THEY TELL ME TO POST IT.
SO IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE SUMMARY PAGE THAT WE, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, THERE'S A LINE THAT'S LABELED TISA ON BEHALF.
THERE'S 600,000 FOR ESTIMATED REVENUE, BUT THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SEE THAT EARMARKED AS A LINE TO SELL ON BEHALF.
SO IT'S ONLY THESE TWO FUNDS THAT, THAT YEAH, THOSE TWO CATEGORIES GET THAT YET NOT, IT'S NOT CONTINUED THROUGHOUT OUR OKAY.
NO, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S, WE REALLY DON'T GET ANY NEW REVENUE, BUT WE ALSO DON'T GET ANY NEW EXPENSES.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY SEND ME OFFSETS EACH OTHER.
WHAT ABOUT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY? WHERE IS THAT? I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE, UH, FURTHER IN THE, IN THE WORKBOOK.
AS FAR AS THE, UH, LIKE CONTRACTED SERVICES.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND THE REVISED BUDGET AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT ON THE SALARY.
UH, THAT WILL BE IF WE HAD ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS FAR AS WHETHER WE REALLOCATED FUNDS TO A LINE ITEM BECAUSE WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL STAFF OR IF THE STATE SENT ADDITIONAL MONEY THROUGH A GRANT, WE PUT THAT IN IN THE LINE.
SO ALL THAT ON THE SALARIES IS REFLECTED UNDER THE REVISED BUDGET.
ON THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THINGS AS FAR AS THAT ARE NOT SALARY.
THE REVISED BUDGET THAT YOU SEE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE, UH, PURCHASE ORDERS CARRYING FORWARD.
SO IF WE HAD AN ORIGINAL BUDGET OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE HAD 50,000 IN POS THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND, THAT CARRIES FORWARD AND GETS ADJUSTED IN OUR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE.
AND IT REFLECTS THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND NOW AS 150,000 BECAUSE THE PURCHASE ORDERS GET CARRIED FORWARD AND SO ON, ON LIKE THE EXPENDITURE, LIKE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS OR MAYBE WE HAD A, UM, A TRAINING.
SO STAFF DEVELOPMENT, THOSE POS THAT WERE UNSPENT CARRY FORWARD AND THEN THEY GET ADDED TO THAT LINE IN OUR SOFTWARE AND THEREFORE REFLECTS A REVISED BUDGET THERE.
I GUESS WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME, I WOULD, I BACKED UP TO THE PREVIOUS SECTION UNDER 71 0 0 0.
THE TEXTBOOKS, WE, WE BUDGETED WE HUNDRED AND 3,456, AND THAT JUMPED TO 5.9.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S UNSPENT PURCHASE ORDERS FROM 2025 THAT CAUGHT UP, THAT CARRIED FORWARD.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEW MONEY, BUT IT'S JUST POS THAT WE HADN'T SPENT.
AND IT'S EARMARKED IN OUR, WHAT WE CALL ENCUMBRANCES, WHICH IS, UH, IT IS NOT CALCULATED IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE LINE ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
WE ARE NOW ON VOCATIONAL ED INSTRUCTION, 71 300.
WE'VE GOT 131, UH, CTE TEACHERS BUDGETED OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES WAS REDUCED BY 356,679.
THAT WAS REDUCED IN CONSULTATION WITH, UM,
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ACADEMICS AND THE CTE SUPERVISORUM, AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE, THE WORDING FOR THE CTE STIPENDS THAT WE PAY OUTTA THAT, BUT IN LOOKING AT CURRENT YEAR EXPENSES AND, UH, THE STIPULATIONS THAT WERE PUT SET FORTH AS FAR AS WHAT QUALIFIED YOU FOR A STIPEND, WE HAVE NOT BEEN USING THAT AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT.
THEREFORE, WE WENT AHEAD AND REDUCED THAT BY 356,000 BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY OVER BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT YEAR, UH, FOR THE STIPENDS THAT WE WERE GONNA PAY OUT IN THAT LINE.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT SUBS IN HERE AT 20,000 FOR CERTIFIED AND 120,000 FOR NON-CERTIFIED.
ONCE AGAIN, THE FRINGES THAT GO WITH THE SALARIES, THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR EQUIPMENT.
I LEFT THAT LINE STATUS QUO AT 20,000.
UH, THE OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES, WE LEFT THAT AT 80,000.
UH, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE PAY OUT OF THERE IS A SALARY FOR TCA.
UH, THROUGH THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAD SPENT 43,900 ON THAT.
THAT'S A, UH, A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH TCA.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THERE IS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.
WE'VE GOT BUDGETED AT 185,000.
OF THAT 30,328 IS EARMARKED AS CARRY FORWARD FROM OUR INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS GRANT.
AND THEN LASTLY, INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR CTE.
WE'VE GOT BUDGETED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT, ONE FIFTY THREE.
OF THAT 688, 1 53 IS EARMARKED FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS, CARRY FORWARD FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON THE, THE SALARIES FOR THE, UH, VOCATIONAL CTE.
UM, IN THE SUMMARY PAGE AT THE BEGINNING, UH, WE GENERAL FUND ENDED UP PICKING 100% OF AN AVIATION POSITION, AS WELL AS 100% OF THREE CTE POSITIONS AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
SO THERE WAS A SPLIT COST, UH, IN PRIOR YEARS.
BUT WITH ISM COMING TO A CONCLUSION, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, UH, GP HAS PICKED UP THOSE, UH, THOSE SALARIES AND UNDER 71 300.
OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ATTENDANCE.
WE'VE GOT AN ATTENDANCE SUPERVISOR, ONE SECRETARY, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL WE HAVE IN, IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT, UH, JUST ANOTHER CHARGES LINE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM FOR SOME MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES AT 11,000.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAD SPENT THIS YEAR, WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING THAT STATUS QUO, THAT 11,000.
SO THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE ATTENDANCE DEPARTMENT IS 241,000 OH 87.
UH, THE NEXT SECTION IS HEALTH SERVICES 7 2 1 2 0.
AS STATED EARLIER IN THE SUMMARY PAGE, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF CHANGES AS FAR AS THE STAFFING IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE TAKING A POSITION THAT WAS BOTH A SCHOOL HEALTH COORDINATOR AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND WE RECLASSIFIED IT AS A COUNTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SUPERVISOR, AND A SCHOOL HEALTH COORDINATOR.
WE ALSO RECLASSIFIED OUR NURSE COORDINATOR TO A NURSE SUPERVISOR.
AND AS FAR AS OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL, WHICH IS OUR NURSES, WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF 28 POSITIONS.
THAT INCLUDES ONE NEW NURSE AT CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A SECRETARY.
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SO IN THAT DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 32 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.SO THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT FEW LINES ARE FRINGES THAT GO ALONG WITH THOSE POSITIONS.
THEN WE'VE GOT A, UH, TRAVEL LINE FOR SOME OF THE TRAVEL THAT THE COORDINATOR NOW THAT, EXCUSE ME, THE NURSE COORDINATOR WHO NOW IS A NURSE SUPERVISOR, UH, SHE DOES SOME TRAVELING IN THAT LINE AS FAR AS VISITING SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE HAD OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES.
THIS GOT INCREASED BY 180,000.
UH, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE RFP THAT WE LOOKED AT, I THINK IN, IN APRIL, BEGINNING OF APRIL.
THAT'S FOR THE ATHLETIC TRAINING, RFP AT 180,000.
UH, OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS STATED 18,500.
AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER CHARGES LINED.
UH, THIS IS FOR, UH, THINGS LIKE THE VERIZON BILL AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES THAT THEY HAVE AS FAR AS CELL PHONE, OFFICE, COPIER, TROPHIES, PLAQUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, ATHLETIC RELATED THINGS THAT WE PURCHASE FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT WE SENT TO THEM.
THIS, UH, OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR 180 1.
COULD YOU, WHAT IS, WHAT IS ONE OF THIS? WE PAID AN L IT SAYS THE EMPLOYEE FOR SCHEDULING.
UM, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN, UM, WE INCREASED IT TO 180,000.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT LIKE SPECIFIC, WHAT IS THAT PAYING FOR? THE 180,000 IS A VANDERBILT, RFP.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER STUDENT SUPPORT.
THIS DEPARTMENT HAS A TOTAL OF 56 FULL-TIME POSITIONS BUDGETED.
WE'VE GOT ONE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND 55 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, AND THAT INCLUDES ONE NEW AT CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY.
THE NEXT LINE ON HERE ARE THE FRINGES, SOCIAL SECURITY, RETIREMENT, ALL OF THAT, UH, EVALUATION AND TESTING.
WE LEFT THAT BUDGET AT 370,000.
THIS IS FOR, UH, SOMETHING CALLED INSTRUCTURE AND SEEK TESTING.
UH, WE HADN'T FULLY SPENT THAT LINE, BUT ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO REDUCE IT IN CASE WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL JUST BECAUSE OF ANY TYPE OF STUDENT GROWTH.
SO I LEFT IT AT 370,000, UH, OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES.
I INCREASED THIS BY AN ESTIMATED $10,000.
WE PAY OUR CANINE SRO SALARIES OUT OF THIS LINE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A FINAL BUDGET INCREASE ON THEIR END OF THE COUNTY, BUT I JUST WENT AHEAD AND INCREASE THAT LINE BY $10,000.
WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST THIS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON WHAT BUDGET THEY PASS AT THE COUNTY, THEY COULD PASS MORE THAN A, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10%.
SO THAT THIS WILL AFFECT THE, UH, THIS LINE THAT WE HAVE HERE WHERE WE PAY OUR SRO SALARIES.
OUT OF, UM, OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS LEFT OUT AT $8,000, WE'D ONLY SPENT ABOUT $5,700 FOR THE YEAR SO FAR.
SO I FELT COMFORTABLE LEAVING AT STATUS QUO.
AND THEN, UH, IN SERVICE STAFF DEVELOPMENT LEFT THAT AT $40,000 WITH 10,000 EARMARKED FOR STUDENT SERVICES.
SO THIS LINE ITEM ABOUT K NINE SRO, THAT'S ONLY A CERTAIN SUBSET OF THE SROS.
IT'S THE, THE, THE, OUR CANINE HANDLERS.
WHERE DO THE OTHER SROS SHOW UP ON THE BUDGET? THEY, THEY'RE PAID FOR IT TO THE COUNTY.
BUT WE, WE PAY FOR THE CAN NINES, UH, FOR THE HANDLERS FOR THE CANINES.
BUT WE PAY THAT TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE PAY THAT TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, INSTRUCTION SUPPORT, 7 2 2 1 0.
UH, THIS APARTMENT HAS A TOTAL OF 43 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
WE'VE GOT, UH, 10 SUPERVISOR POSITIONS.
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UH, HIGH SCHOOL SUPERVISORS, MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY.WE'VE GOT SOME COORDINATORS IN THIS, THE SUPERVISOR LINE.
THAT INCLUDES ONE NEW LIBRARIAN AT CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY.
UH, WE'VE GOT FIVE CLERICAL PERSONNEL.
AND THEN THE OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES AT 405,000, 400,000 OF THAT IS EARMARKED FOR TUTORING.
UH, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN, UH, WE USED TO RECEIVE A GRANT FOR TN ALL CORE, BUT THOSE EXPENSES GOT ROLLED INTO TISA.
AND SO LOOKING AT THE EARMARK MONEY FOR TUTORING, WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING THAT AT 400,000.
WE HAD SPENT MAYBE 60 TO 70% OF THAT BUDGET.
HOWEVER, IN CONSULTING WITH THE SUPERVISOR THAT'S OVER TUTORING, SHE WANTS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO DO MORE SERVICES FOR TUTORING.
SO I FELT COMFORTABLE LEAVING THAT SINCE SHE DID HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION TO HOPEFULLY USE UP MORE OF THIS BUDGET FOR TUTORING.
WE LEFT IT AT 400,000, AND SHE'S GONNA ATTEMPT TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SESSIONS OR EXPANDED HOURS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS AS FAR AS TUTORING GOES, BUT WE LEFT IT AT 400,000 EARMARKED FOR TUTORING.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT SUBS IN THIS, THIS, UH, CATEGORY 2300 FOR CERTIFIED SUBS, AS WELL AS 17 250 FOR NON-CERTIFIED.
THE NEXT LINE ON HERE, THE NEXT SEVERAL ARE FOR FRINGES.
UH, HERE WE HAVE EARMARKED 500,000 FOR, UH, RETIREES INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, UNLIKE OUR EMPLOYEES, WHERE WE HAVE A SET AMOUNT THAT WE CONTRIBUTE PER EMPLOYEE, WHICH IS 96 15.
NOW, UH, RETIREES, THIS IS WHERE WE BUDGET AS FAR AS LIKE THE RETIREE INSURANCE HERE.
UH, WE LEFT THAT AT 500,000, UH, TRAVEL, UH, 45,000 WITH 48, 4800 OF IT YEAR MARK FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, UH, WE'VE GOT 202,000 BUDGETED FOR STARS COUNSELORS.
WE'VE GOT 127,000 FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES.
ALL OF THIS IS EARMARKED FOR, ONCE AGAIN, OUR TUTORING PROGRAM.
WE'VE GOT 101,000 EARMARKED FOR LIBRARY, A DM.
THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE SEND TO THE SCHOOLS, UH, BASED ON STUDENT POPULATION.
I LEFT IT STATUS QUO BECAUSE TYPICALLY WITH A NEW BUILD, WE WILL, WE, WE FURNISHED A LIBRARY FROM THE GET GO.
AND THEN WITH, UH, STUDENTS TRANSFERRING TO THE NEW SCHOOL, WE DIDN'T THINK THE STUDENT POPULATION WOULD REALLY INCREASE.
SO WE LEFT THAT BUDGET FOR THE LIBRARY AT 101,000, UH, FOR EARMARK FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY TO THE SCHOOLS FOR LIBRARY USE, OTHER SUPPLIES OF MATERIALS.
WE'VE LEFT BUDGET AT 80,000 WITH, ONCE AGAIN, 43 1 1 12 EARMARK FOR TUTORING.
WE LEFT THEM 10,000 FOR IN-SERVICE STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER CHARGES, UH, WE LEFT AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THIS IS WHERE WE SEND COPY PAPER TO SCHOOLS.
WE SPENT ABOUT 65,000 THIS YEAR, WHICH WERE DONE WITH THAT SPENDING.
AND OF THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, ALSO 20,000 IS YEAR MARK FOR TUTORING.
JUST REAL QUICK ON INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, UM, I SAW WHERE, WHERE, WHERE WE PUT, UM, THINGS LIKE COPY PAPER, AND THIS IS FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS.
FOR INSTANCE, IF, LIKE, UM, IF A TEACHER WANTS TO DISSECT A FROG OR SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT, OR IT'S NOT IN THE, WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY COME FROM IF, IF WE WERE TO PAY FOR IT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OF OUR BUDGET, OR IS SOMETHING THAT THE, WE GIVE TO THE SCHOOL AS A PRINCIPAL AND THEY DETERMINE? IS IT, WHERE DOES THAT, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? YEAH, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN WE RECEIVE CLASS ROSTERS FROM EACH SCHOOL, UH, WE SEND THEM, UH, TISA FUNDS AS WELL AS WE ALLOCATE.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, I MAY, MAY MISSPEAK, BUT IT'S EITHER ONE REAM OR ONE CASE OF PAPER PER TEACHER.
AND THEN ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THAT, THOUGH, THE PRI, THE PRINCIPAL HAS A DISCRETION TO USE THE SCHOOL FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT ANY ADDITIONAL PAPER NEEDS THAT THE TEACHERS
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NEED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.BUT WE DO AT THE BEGINNING, ALLOCATE PAPER TO EACH SCHOOL.
AND SO THE $65,000 THAT WE SPENT THIS YEAR YEAH.
WAS THE INITIAL US ALLOCATING PAPER TO ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY BASED ON THE ROSTER THAT THEY SENT US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
I GUESS I JUST, IT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT, THAT I GET SOMETIMES IS, YOU KNOW, A TEACHER CAN'T AFFORD TO DISSECT FROGS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEY GOTTA PAY FOR THEIR OWN.
AND SO I'M TRY, I SAID, WELL, I'M GONNA ASK AND FIND OUT WHERE'S THAT BUDGET FROM OR WHERE SHOULD THAT COME FROM? UM, AND, AND SO I'M HERE ASKING, OOH, AND MAYBE MAYBE YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR SCHOOL FEES TOO.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE CHARGING A SCHOOL FEE IN THAT CLASS, THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR.
UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYBODY HAVING THAT ISSUE.
IF THEY ARE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S ALL KIND OF MECHANISMS WHERE THOSE KIND OF THINGS CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH THE SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, JUST I WANTED TO GET THE ANSWER.
'CAUSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO GET TO THE TRUTH AND SPEAK ON IT IN A BOARD BEING AN OFFICIAL SETTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE A TEACHER, AN EDUCATOR, YOUR PARENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST REACH OUT TO, TO THE PRINCIPAL AND TO ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S DONE MORE IN THE UPPER GRADES.
AND BOTH OF MY GIRLS HAVE DISSECTED RECENTLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
NO, IT'S LIKE, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF MYTHS OUT THERE, AND I KNOW I JUST WANNA GET RID OF THOSE MYTHS.
I WILL SAY, MR. PADILLA, I KNOW AT RUTLAND WE HAD THREE ACCOUNTS BECAUSE WE HAD OUR BEP, I GUESS IT'S NOW CALLED TISA.
YES, I'M SURE WHAT THEY CALL IT NOW.
AND WE HAD OUR SCHOOL WHERE WE HAD OUR, OUR FEES, AND THEN WE WERE ALWAYS LUCKY THAT OUR PTO GROUP GAVE US, SO WE HAD A DONATION, SO WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THAT WE COULD PULL FROM.
NOW I'M NOT SAYING TEACHERS STILL DID DIP INTO THEIR OWN POCKET, BUT WE DID, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THREE ACCOUNTS TO PULL FROM.
THAT'S THE SAME ACCOUNT STRUCTURE THAT WE STILL HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING HIM ABOUT THAT.
THEY'VE GOT THE TISA, WHICH IS NOW, WELL, EXCUSE ME.
YEAH, IT'S TISA, THEIR FEE ACCOUNT, AND THEN THE DONATION ACCOUNT ALSO EACH, EACH TEACHER'S SET UP WITH THAT.
UH, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT.
WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF 26 FULL-TIME POSITIONS BUDGETED.
UH, 12 ARE PSYCH PERSONNEL, SEVEN FULL-TIME ASSESSMENT PERSONNEL.
IS THE ASSESSMENT PERSONNEL, UH, PT AND OT? I AM ASSUMING, UH, YEAH, I THINK IT IS.
SORRY, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE NAMES THAT I'VE GOT LISTED ON HERE.
I'M ASSUMING WITH THE CONTRACTS GOING DOWN YES.
AND THEN, THEN THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING UP.
SO THAT'S YES, THAT'S, THAT'S, YES.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE ONES THAT PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHY IS THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY LINE ON 7 1 200 AND NOT OVER HERE? LIKE WHY IS IT NOT ALL ON THE SAME SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND OT AND PT? UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES.
I, I, I'D HAVE TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND WHAT THEY, UH, WHAT'S CATEGORIZED AS DIRECT, UH, INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS IN THE WAY YOU WOULD CONSIDER SUPPORT, IT'S, IT'S IN THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS.
I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DIG IN AS FAR AS WHY WE CATEGORIZE THEM, BUT I MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, JUST MOVING ON, WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, THREE SOCIAL WORKERS AND WE DO ADD AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 TO THE SOCIAL WORKER LINES FOR SERVICES OUTSIDE OF, UH, SCHOOL DAY.
JUST HELPS WITH, WITH THOSE SALARY LINES.
UH, THE NEXT LINE ON THEIR, ONCE AGAIN, UH, FRINGES.
UH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE DID DECREASE.
HOWEVER, WE TURNED AROUND IN EARMARKED 2.5 MILLION, UH, MID-APRIL.
OUT OF THAT LINE, AS YOU ALL SAW, THE, THE UPDATED BUDGET WAS 5.6 BECAUSE OF CARRY OVER POS.
WE WERE SITTING AT ACTUAL EXPENSES OF $2.8 MILLION.
SO THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE HAD AS THE REVISED BUDGET LISTED THERE.
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UM, ONCE AGAIN, THE, THE SPED DEPARTMENT, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS.THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AS FAR AS CONTRACTED SERVICES.
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED CONTRACTS, CONSOLIDATED AS MANY AS WE CAN, UH, MOVE STUDENTS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE MORE, UH, WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE PLACED AT IT.
AND THAT HELPED REDUCE SOME COSTS.
AND SO IN LOOKING AT THE TREND TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AS FAR AS ACTUAL EXPENSES, WE LOOKED AT THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE FOR HALF THE YEAR.
WERE GONNA GET US TO ABOUT FOUR TO FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ACTUAL EXPENSES.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND SEE THAT AT OVER A FULL YEAR, WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING A TOTAL BUDGET OF 4.5, AND THAT INCLUDES THE 2.5 THAT WE'VE GOT EARMARKED OUT OF FUND BALANCE FOR CONTRACTED SERVICE OR, OR SPED.
UH, THIS ONE THOUGH HAS BEEN INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT WE REALIZED THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THIS, UH, CONTRACTED SERVICES WAS SNOWBALLING INTO A MONSTER.
AND SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF EFFORTS IN THEM REVIEWING THESE CONTRACTS.
ONCE AGAIN, TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THEM AND REDUCE AND GETTING THE BEST, UH, SERVICES FOR STUDENTS ON, ON THOSE CONTRACTED SERVICES.
UH, THE NEXT LINE ON THERE IS, UH, TRAVEL.
WE HAD SPENT UP THROUGH MID-APRIL 26,000, SO WE DECREASED THAT LINE BY 5,000.
SO THE BUDGET IS 40,000, UH, OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS THAT SPENT ABOUT 9,000 FOR THE YEAR.
SO I FELT COMFORTABLE LEAVING THAT AT 15,000.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH MONEY AWAY FROM, FROM THIS CATEGORY IN CASE WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL THINGS NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, STAFF DEVELOPMENT LINE, 75,000 OF THAT.
THEY SPENT, UH, 30,000, CLOSE TO 31,000.
I TEACH, UH, WE PAY CPI CERTIFICATIONS OF 12,000 FOR THE YEAR AND OTHER PD AND TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.
AND THIS IS FOR TRAVEL TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
UH, THROUGH MID-APRIL, WE HAD SPENT ABOUT 17,000.
SO WE HAD, WE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE LEAVING THAT LINE AT 75,000.
JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, MR. SEBASTIAN, SIR, DO, DO YOU NEED A BREAK OR DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS NEED A BREAK? BE AN HOUR AND A HALF.
IF YOU'RE FINE CONTINUING, IT'S FINE, BUT WHATEVER YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU WANT, I WOULDN'T MIND ONE IN A MINUTE.
WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK.
MR. SEBASTIAN, SIR, WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, BOTH BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SECTION, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UNDER EVALUATION AND TESTING, I'M WONDERING, DID, DID THOSE, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN 2025 OR 2026? UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, WHICH, WHICH, UH, UNDER, UNDER 7 2 2 0 7 2 2 2 0.
UNDER EVALUATION AND TESTING? YES.
NOTHING IN 2025 OR 2026, BUT THEN WE REVISED TO A THOUSAND AND NOTHING AGAIN FOR 2027.
MY MAIN QUESTION WOULD BE, DOES THAT FALL UNDER SOMETHING ELSE NOW, OR ARE WE NOT DOING EVALUATION AND TESTING? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAYBE MOVED SOME MONEY INTO THAT LINE THIS YEAR.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A, A PURCHASE ORDER CARRY FORWARD.
SO I'LL HAVE TO SEE, DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EVALUATION AND TESTING WE DO IN-HOUSE FOR, FOR THIS, SO I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT.
SO THAT MIGHT FALL UNDER THE CONTRACTS OR OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES, YEAH.
OR, OR, OR OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK ON.
UH, VOCATIONAL ED SUPPORT, 7 2 2 3 0.
WE'VE GOT A TOTAL A OF, UM, FOUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN, IN THIS DEPARTMENT, OUR CTE SUPERVISOR, BOOKKEEPER, AND A CTE COORDINATOR AND EPP COORDINATOR.
THOSE TWO SALARIES ARE NOW 100%
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GP FUNDED.IT WAS A SPLIT COST, OR IT IS A SPLIT COST IN THE CURRENT YEAR WITH, UH, INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODEL FUNDS.
BUT WITH THAT GRANT, UH, BEING COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, UH, WE PICKED UP THE SALARIES 100% GP THIS YEAR.
AND THE ONLY, UH, LINE THAT WE HAVE ON HERE IS, ASIDE FROM SALARIES, IS JUST A TRAVEL LINE AT $30,000 THAT WE HAD BUDGETED LAST YEAR.
WE FELT COMFORTABLE LEAVING THAT THIS YEAR.
THE NEXT, UH, CATEGORY TECHNOLOGY 7 2 2 5 0.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 23 FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THIS CATEGORY, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISOR AS WELL AS 22 TECHNICIANS, EXCUSE ME, SPELL 22 POSITIONS.
20 OF THOSE ARE TECHNICIANS WITH ONE BEING ADDED THIS YEAR, AND THIS LINE ALSO INCLUDES OUR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR AND SIS POSITIONS.
UM, THE NEXT LINE ON THERE ARE FRINGES AND DOWN TO THE COMMUNICATION LINE AT $25,000.
UH, WE FELT COMFORTABLE DECREASING THAT BY 3000 BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR.
UH, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS FOR, UH, INTERNET FOR THE DISTRICT 420,000.
AND WE DO THESE ON A CONTRACTED RATES.
SO WE ESSENTIALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AS FAR AS COSTS MOVING INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
UH, THEY'VE GOT A BUDGET OF $6,500 FOR TRAVEL.
THIS IS FOR CONFERENCES THAT THEY GO TO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS IS FOR VARIOUS ANNUAL RENEWALS THAT WE USE FOR THE DISTRICT.
SEVERAL CON, EXCUSE ME, SEVERAL, UH, SUBSCRIPTIONS, RENEWALS GO INTO THIS CATEGORY.
WE DID INCREASE IT BY 65,000 BASED ON ESTIMATED INCREASE IN THE SUBSCRIPTION COST FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF $2,865,000 IN CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS THAT ARE USED DISTRICT WIDE, UH, DATA PROCESSING SUPPLIES, WE LEFT THAT AT $55,000.
THIS CAN BE ANY TYPE OF, UH, DATA SUPPLIES.
WE USE AMAZON FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
AND ALSO WE'VE GOT A BUDGET FOR CHROMEBOOKS AND LAPTOP PARTS THAT'S BUILT INTO THAT.
WE'VE GOT OUR REGULAR INSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AT 500,000, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 1.1 MILLION EARMARKED FOR CHROMEBOOKS THAT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING THIS LINE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, THE NEXT CATEGORY IN HERE IS, UH, BOARD OF ED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN HERE.
WE'VE JUST GOT ONE PART-TIME POSITION, BOARD SECRETARY, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE, UH, BOARD MEMBER FEES ON HERE.
THE NEXT ITEM'S ON THERE ARE FRINGES, AND WE ALSO PAY OUR AUDIT SERVICES, WHICH IS, IS THE AUDIT AT THE SCHOOLS.
UH, WE JUST ESTIMATED ABOUT A $2,000 INCREASE FOR THE INCOMING YEAR, THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY USED PARKS AND BERRY, UH, TO DO THE SCHOOL FUNDS AUDITS EVERY YEAR, DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS.
THIS IS FOR TSBA TOSS AND OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS AS FAR AS DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS.
UH, LEGAL SERVICES IS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR WESTLAW AND TSPA ONLINE.
UH, WE REDUCE THAT BY 62 50, $40,000 FOR UPCOMING YEAR FOR
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TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS RELATED TO TSBA SUMMER LAW.
TS BA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES, UH, THORN WEIGHT AND COMPANY ARE ACTUARY.
WE REDUCE THAT BY 7,000 FOR THE ACTUARIAL STUDY.
OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AT 4,000.
THIS IS THANKS FOR LIKE, NAME PLATES.
UH, THIS HELPS SUPPORT THE FOOD FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS, AND THEN ANY TYPE OF, UH, BUILDING INCIDENTALS FOR THE A TC FOR THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
WE GOT OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A FINAL ESTIMATED COST FROM TENNESSEE RISK.
SO JUST AS LAST YEAR WE HAD DONE A 10% INCREASE, WE WENT AHEAD AND BUDGETED ANOTHER 10% INCREASE, UH, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY BEING ADDED ON TO OUR INSURANCE.
THIS ONE, WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE BUDGET.
IT CAME IN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED, SO JUST WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS.
UH, THE INSURANCE, UH, WITH THEM NOT SENDING US AN ESTIMATE AHEAD OF TIME, WE JUST KINDA KIND OF GO WITH A SAFE ESTIMATE, BUT SOMETIMES WE, WE UNDERSHOOT IT, UH, TRUSTEES COMMISSION.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE COMMISSION THAT THE TRUSTEE IS ALLOWED TO CHARGE US BY STATE STATUTE AS FAR AS HANDLING THE FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVE IN THEIR OFFICE AND REDISTRIBUTING IT BACK TO US.
SO THIS IS OTHER, UM, THIS IS OTHER MONIES SUCH AS PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
UH, AS OUR REVENUE INCREASE, SO DOES OUR TRUSTEE COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THEM.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED IT BY 5% ON THAT.
UH, WORKERS' COMP, UH, INSURANCE, UH, 875,000.
UH, OF THAT 38,000 IS FOR DRUG SCREENS, AND THE REST IS EARMARKED FOR JUST A WORKERS' COMP INSURANCE, ONCE AGAIN, FOR TENNESSEE RISK.
SO OF THAT POOL OF MONEY, WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THAT BY 10%.
SO ALL OF THE TENNESSEE RISK INSURANCE THAT WE PAY ACROSS THE BOARD AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WERE ALL INCREASED BY AN ESTIMATED 10%.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THIS ONE IS GRADUATION COSTS PER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ACTUALLY INCREASED THAT BY $5,000 PER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTRIBUTE 10,000 PER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT THESE COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO CLIMB.
AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO ALLOW THEM TO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WITH SCHOOL FUNDS, AND JUST TREATING THIS MORE OF A DISTRICT LEVEL EXPENSE, WE INCREASED THE CONTRIBUTION FROM 5,000 TO 10,000 PER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN BTA STAYED AT 3000, SO TOTAL OF 53,000 IN THAT, UH, THAT CATEGORY.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, 7 2 3, 2 0.
NOT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY, BUT I CURRENTLY HAVE AS A PLACE MARKER FOR DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS BUDGET AT $210,000.
I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP RECENTLY.
UH, SO THAT'S CURRENTLY THE, THE PLACEHOLDER AMOUNT ON THERE.
OF COURSE, IT'LL, IT, IT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE, THE CONTRACT THAT THE BOARD DECIDES ON FOR THE NEW INCOMING DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, UH, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL SECRETARIES ON HERE ALSO IS A FULL-TIME POSITION.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR STAFF ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IN THIS CATEGORY UNDER THE 180 9 OTHER SALARIES AND WAGES.
THE NEXT SEVERAL LINES ARE JUST ONCE AGAIN, FRINGES, UH, COMMUNICATION, $55,000.
WE DECREASED THAT BY 5,000 COMPARED TO ACTUAL EXPENSES IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, THIS IS FOR, UM, JUST, JUST SEVERAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ON THAT.
UH, POSTAL CHARGES FOR THINGS THAT WE MAIL, UH, $16,000 IN THAT CATEGORY.
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UH, STATUS QUO TRAVEL LINE.THIS IS JUST FOR TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT EXPENSES TO THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS FOR DIFFERENT CONFERENCES AND HOTEL CHARGES AND THINGS OF THE SORT, OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES AT 24,000.
THIS HOUSE IS, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES OUT OF, OUT OF HERE, BUT, UM, FOR RJ YOUNG, IT IS A MACHINE.
UH, WE'VE GOT EIGHT MACHINES HERE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE, OR EXCUSE ME, AT THE, AT THE A TC THAT WE PAY OUT OF THIS LINE.
EIGHT OF THEM ARE HERE IN A TC AND THEN, UH, TWO MACHINES IN FINANCE.
AND WE GOT A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PRINTERS THAT WE HAVE ON THERE.
CURRENTLY THOUGH, FOR RJ YOUNG, WE HAVE ONLY SPENT 13,000 FOR THE YEAR FOR ALL THESE PRINTERS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
SO WE DID DECREASE THAT LINE BY $4,000 BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
AND LASTLY, ON HERE, OTHER CHARGES.
WE DECREASED THAT BY $3,000 BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENSES.
UH, WE LEFT 7,000 IN THAT LINE.
THIS IS FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
AS FAR AS THINGS THAT WE NEED FROM AMAZON, WE DO BUY SOME BEREAVEMENT GIFTS, AND THEN JUST JOURNALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE NEED OUTTA THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
NEXT CATEGORY, OFFICE OF PRINCIPAL, 7 2 4 1 0.
WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF 167 PULL FULL-TIME POSITIONS PAID OUT OF THIS CATEGORY.
WE HAVE 25 PRINCIPLES THAT I, THAT LINE REFLECTS THE PRINCIPLE FOR CENTRAL PIKE.
THAT ONCE AGAIN REFLECTS A BOOKKEEPER ADDED TO CENTRAL PIKE.
WE'VE GOT 51 ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
THIS ADDS A NEW AP AT CENTRAL PIKE.
AND THEN THIS HAS 66 SECRETARIES FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THE NEXT ITEMS ARE RELATED FRINGES ON THAT.
THE COMMUNICATION LINE, 62,500.
THIS CATEGORY WE USE TO SEND MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS IN THE FORM OF THE EARMARKED, UH, BOARD OF ED FUNDS THAT WE SEND THEM THAT THEY CAN USE FOR THEIR PHONE BILLS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, 294,000 FOR OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES.
THAT MONEY IS USED TO SEND, UH, MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS FOR COPIER CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UH, UP THROUGH, UP THROUGH APRIL, WE HAD SPENT 288,000 WITH INCLUDING A NEW SCHOOL.
WE FELT COMFORTABLE INCREASING THIS BUDGET LINE BY $5,000.
AND THEN LASTLY, OFFICE SUPPLIES.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A CATEGORY WHERE WE SEND, UH, MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUY OFFICE SUPPLIES.
WE INCREASED THAT BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO TOO MUCH BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE ARE GETTING A NEW SCHOOL, TYPICALLY WE, WE PROVIDE THE NECESSITIES AS FAR AS THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, UH, FURNITURE, THINGS LIKE THAT AT NEW SCHOOLS.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE THAT TOO MUCH AND OVERSHOOT THAT.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, 7 2 5 1 0.
WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF 11 FULL-TIME POSITIONS ON THERE.
GOT MY POSITION IN THERE, MY SENIOR ACCOUNTANT.
AND THEN NINE POSITIONS RANGING FROM PAYROLL, UH, COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT, INTERNAL AUDITOR, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
ONE CHANGE TO NOTE ON THIS IS WE'VE GOT REQUESTED A RECLASSIFICATION OF OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE POSITION BE MOVED FROM A GRADE SEVEN TO A GRADE 10.
THE REASON BEING IS ADDITIONAL DUTIES ARE GOING TO BE ADDED ON TO THIS POSITION FOR A DISTRICT-WIDE PURCHASING CARD PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING.
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SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN OUR K EIGHT SCHOOLS.THIS PROGRAM IS TO HELP OFFSET THE BURDEN OF TEACHERS HAVING TO PUT RESERVATIONS ON THEIR PERSONAL CREDIT CARDS FOR THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE STUDENTS TO, SUCH AS EVENTS, CONFERENCES, THINGS OF THE SORT.
UM, IT, IT'S, IT BECAME AN ISSUE THAT THEY WERE HAVING TO PUT TOO MUCH MONEY ON THEIR PERSONAL CREDIT CARDS.
AND SO IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THAT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS NEW PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GONNA ISSUE PURCHASING CARDS TO, ONCE AGAIN, THE HIGH SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND OUR K EIGHTS TO HELP WITH THE BURDEN OF THE RESERVATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS.
UH, THE NEXT SIGN'S ON THERE, ONCE AGAIN, UH, FRINGES RELATED TO THE POSITIONS.
UH, WE'VE GOT $8,000 BUDGETED FOR DATA PROCESSING SERVICES.
UH, THESE ARE FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS SUCH AS LIKE OUR KEV GROUP, WHICH IS THE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE THAT THE SCHOOLS USE.
WHEN WE SET UP NEW ACCOUNTS, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CALL A PENNY TEST.
AND SO THEY CHARGE US FOR EACH TIME WE DO THAT.
UH, THE FINANCE, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE ACTUAL PRINTER FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT WE PAY OUT OF THAT LINE ALSO.
AND OF COURSE, ANY BID ADVERTISEMENTS AND THINGS OF THE SORT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY GETS PAID OUT OF THIS LINE.
ALSO, UH, THE TRAVEL LINE IS INCREASED BY $1,000.
THIS IS WHAT WE, UH, PAY OUT OF WHEN WE HAVE TO SEND OUR BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT TO THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WHETHER IT BE COVERING BOOKKEEPERS THAT ARE EITHER OUT ON, UH, SICK LEAVE, MEDICAL LEAVE, THEY'RE OUT ON VACATION, OR, UH, BOOKKEEPERS AND PRINCIPALS WANNA SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THEIR BOOKS.
THIS IS WHERE WE PAY THE MILEAGE FOR SENDING OUR BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND SIT DOWN AND DO ONE-ON-ONES WITH THE SCHOOLS AND LOOK OVER THEIR FINANCES.
UH, WE DO PAY FOR SOME, WHAT WE CALL TYLER FORMS, WHICH IS, THIS COULD BE CHECK STOCK THAT WE ISSUE, THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, PRINT OUR CHECKS ON.
AND THEN, UH, WE DO BUY SOME MISCELLANEOUS IF NEEDED, UH, OFFICE EQUIPMENT OUT OF THIS, SUCH AS DESKTOP SCANNERS AND THINGS OF THE SORT.
ALSO, WE, WE BUY LIKE MAILING STUFF AS LIKE ENVELOPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE, WE HAVE A CLOSET RIGHT ACROSS OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT THAT EVERYBODY USES.
SO WE KIND OF STOCKED THAT UP WITH THINGS NEEDED FROM AMAZON, STAPLES, PAPERCLIPS, ADDITIONAL BINDERS, THINGS OF THE SORT.
AND THEN LASTLY, FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT, WE INCREASED THAT BY 1500.
UH, WE TAKE A FEW PEOPLE EVERY YEAR TO TA SBO.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EXPENSES.
AND SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO CONTINUE OUR, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN, IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES 7 2 5 2 0, SORRY, MY BOOK IS OUT OF, OKAY.
UH, WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF 15 FULL-TIME POSITIONS BUDGETED.
WE ARE ADDING ONE NEW POSITION, AND THAT'S, UH, GONNA COME IN AS A COORDINATOR.
AND IT'S AN INVESTIGATOR THAT WAS REQUESTED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
THE NEXT LINE'S ON THERE, FRINGES RELATED TO THE SALARIES, AND THEN OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES.
UH, THERE'S MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES OUT OF HERE.
UH, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE PAID OUT THIS YEAR.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PAY IS A QUICKBOOK SUBSCRIPTION THAT THEY USE.
UH, TEACHER ORIENTATION BAGS, INTERPRETATION SERVICES, UH, VERIZON BILL, JUST MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES THAT WE PAY OUTTA THAT CONTRACTED SERVICES LINE.
UH, IN SERVICE STAFF DEVELOPMENT, WE INCREASED THAT BY 5,000.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS, THIS WILL COVER, UM, VARIOUS MEMBERSHIP FEES THAT ARE NEEDED.
UH, REGISTRATION FEES FOR CAREER FAIRS, UH, CONFERENCE
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REGISTRATIONS AND MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS TO EMPLOYEES.THEN LASTLY ON HERE, OTHER CHARGES, 110,000.
UH, WE PAY THE BULK OF THIS IS OUR BACKGROUND STUFF.
SO FINGERPRINTING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS, UH, COMBINED EXPENSES FOR THAT IS NEARLY $70,000 FOR THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE PAY OTHER CHARGES AS FAR AS, UM, UH, SUPPLIES FROM STAPLES AND NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION SUPPLIES, ET CETERA.
WE DID LEAVE IT AT 110,000, THOUGH.
NEXT, UH, CATEGORY OPERATION OF PLANT 7 2 6 1 0.
UH, THIS ONE JUST HAS, UH, TWO SALARIES ON HERE, SAFETY DIRECTOR AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
THE NEXT SEVERAL LINES AFTER THE LINE ARE FRINGES.
THAT WAS INCREASED BY 213,000 OH 87.
THAT'S BASED ON THE CONTRACT AMOUNT PROVIDED TO US BY A BM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
SO A TOTAL OF 5 MILLION 453 0 87.
UH, THAT IN THAT INCLUDES CENTRAL PIKE IN THEIR JANITORIAL SERVICES, DISPOSAL FEES, WASTE MANAGEMENT, CITY OF LEBANON.
UH, SINCE WE ADDED A NEW SCHOOL, WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THAT BY $20,000, UH, THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, WE HAD SPENT 248, BUT WE EXPECT THAT TO GET CLOSER TO THREE, 310,000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THAT BY 20,000 SINCE, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE ADDING A NEW SCHOOL TO, TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL FEES.
OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES, UH, 700,000.
UH, THIS INCLUDES OUR MOWING CONTRACT FOR 228,720.
OUT OF THIS, WE ALSO PAY, UH, PEST MANAGEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN, UH, FIRE PANEL, PHONE LINES, UH, MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT PHONES ARE PAID OUT OF THIS.
ELECTRICITY, UH, WE ARE, WE LEFT IT STATUS QUO, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WE STARTED GOOD.
AND THEN JUST THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY HAS KIND OF INCREASED.
WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTED TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS FOR NEXT YEAR TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S KIND OF BEEN FLUCTUATING, BUT AS YOU SEE, THROUGH, THROUGH MID-APRIL, WE HAD SPENT 3.9 MILLION ON ELECTRICITY.
SO WE STILL HAD ABOUT 1.3 MILLION LEFT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS HAS INCREASED AS FAR AS THE COST, I THINK.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS LINE INTO NEXT YEAR.
UH, NATURAL GAS, WE INCREASED THAT BY 50,000, SO TOTAL OF 650,000.
AND THAT'S, UH, COMPARING A COMPARABLE SIZED SCHOOL TO CENTRAL PIKE.
THAT'S WHY WE INCREASED IT 50,000 SINCE WE'RE GONNA ADD A NEW SCHOOLS TO THIS LINE.
JUST LOOKING AT A SIMILAR SIZE SCHOOL OF CENTRAL PIKES, THE TOTAL BUDGET OF WATER AND SEW WERE AT 1,450,000.
BOILER INSURANCE, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN INSURANCE FOR TENNESSEE RISK.
WE INCREASED THIS BY 10%, SO TOTAL OF 60,500.
AND THEN, UH, LAST ITEM FOR OTHER CHARGES, 45,000.
UH, STEVE SPENCER DOES A LOT OF THE PURCHASING OUTTA THIS LINE FOR VARIOUS SAFETY NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
UH, THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, HE'D ONLY SPENT ABOUT 17,000, BUT THAT'S A LINE THAT HE DOES BUY MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FOR, UH, SAFETY STUFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO DIDN'T WANT TO REDUCE THAT TOO MUCH.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OR NEXT CATEGORY IS MAINTENANCE, 7 2 6 2 0.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 26 POSITIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
ONE SUPERVISOR'S SALARY, ONE BOOKKEEPER, AND 24 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS.
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THE NEXT LINE'S ON THEIR FRINGES, OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES GOT INCREASED BY $25,000.UH, THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT CURRENT YEAR EXPENSES AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, JUST THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS KIND OF INCREASED.
SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A BUFFER IN THAT LINE.
UH, THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, THEY HAD SPENT $396,000.
SO THEY'RE STILL BELOW THEIR BUDGET ON THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY IN THERE FOR THE, ANY POSSIBLE INCREASES.
AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, WE INCREASE THAT LINE BY 1,000,500, EXCUSE ME, WE INCREASED IT BY 75,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 1,575,000 THROUGH MID-APRIL.
THEY HAD SPENT 1.3 MILLION OF THEIR 1.5 MILLION BUDGET FOR ACTUAL EXPENSES.
UM, THEY DID HAVE SOME CARRY FORWARD POS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVISED BUDGET IN THE DETAIL, THE REVISED BUDGET WITH A CARRY OVER POS IS 1.6 MILLION.
SO THAT'S PURCHASE ORDERS FROM LAST YEAR THAT CARRIED OVER INTO THIS YEAR.
UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THEY'VE NOT HAD MANY EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS ONE EXPENSE FOR EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHT, EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY $5 FOR TRAININGS.
EXPENSED, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD EXPENSIVE TO THE INCORRECT ACCOUNT, SO I'LL MOVE THAT.
BUT WE DID DECREASE THAT LINE BY $10,000 SINCE THEY HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY ACTIVITY FOR THAT IN THE PRIOR YEARS.
UH, THIS OTHER CHARGES LINE, UH, WE DO MISCELLANEOUS, UH, EXPENSES OUT OF THAT.
UH, IT INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS HANDHELD METAL DETECTORS, PLAY, UH, PLAYGROUND, MULCHING, REROOFING, ET CETERA.
THAT WAS DECREASED BY $273,000 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, THAT WAS DECREASED DUE TO, DUE TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
SO WE'LL JUST, UH, WE KIND OF USE THAT LINE IN TANGENT WITH THE OTHER SUPPLIES OF MATERIALS.
THE 1.5 MILLION THAT'S UP THERE, WE KIND OF USE THOSE TWO LINES HAND IN HAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN LASTLY, MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
THEY DID BUY A VEHICLE OUT OF THAT LINE, BUT THEY ALSO BUY MISCELLANEOUS, UH, MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAD BOUGHT 10 HAND TRUCKS THIS YEAR.
ALSO, TRANSPORTATION, 7 2 7 1 0.
WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF 157 BUDGETED FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
THAT INCLUDES THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, EIGHT MECHANICS, AND 140 FULL-TIME BUS DRIVERS.
BUT WITHIN THE BUS DRIVER LINE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR THE PART-TIME IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, THAT LINE, THE 140 THAT I HAVE ON THERE IS FOR ACTUAL FULL-TIME, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART-TIME.
UH, THE SALARY LINE DOES INCLUDE PART-TIME, UH, SALARIES IN THERE ALSO.
UH, WE'VE GOT CROSSING GUARDS ALSO ON THERE.
460,000 FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS.
UM, NEXT LINE ON THERE ARE OUR FRINGES, THE COMMUNICATION LINE AT 15,000.
THAT'S JUST FOR SUBSCRIPTION COSTS.
THE TOTAL THEY SPENT THROUGH, THROUGH THE YEAR CURRENTLY IS $12,000, UH, THROUGH THE MID-APRIL.
SO WE FELT COMFORTABLE, EXCUSE ME, WE INCREASED IT BY 2000.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY HAD SPENT 12,000, UH, THROUGH MID-APRIL ON THAT FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION COST, UH, MOST OF THAT IS FOR EQUIPMENT ON THE BUSES THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
UH, WE'VE GOT $40,000, UH, FOR SPED STUDENTS.
THIS IS A NEWER LINE, BUT THIS IS FOR, UH, PARENTS THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH WHO TRANSPORT THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR CHILD TO FACILITIES.
IT WAS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO A CONTRACT WITH THEM INSTEAD OF SENDING A WHOLE BUS TO TRANSPORT THESE STUDENTS.
WE JUST DO A CONTRACT WITH SOME PARENTS.
UH, WE DID DECREASE THAT LINE FROM 50,000 TO 40,000 IN THE, IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, JUST BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENSES.
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IS FOR UNIFORMS AND THINGS OF THE SORT.A LOT OF THE EXPENSES THROUGH CINTAS, UH, MAINTENANCE IN REPAIR TO VEHICLES.
UH, WE LEFT A BUDGET AT 475,000 THROUGH MID-APRIL.
THEIR TOTAL EXPENSES HAD COME UP TO 369,000.
SO WE FELT COMFORTABLE LEAVING THAT WHERE IT IS AS FAR AS STATUS QUO, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS ADDING EVERY YEAR WE ORDER NEW BUSES.
SO WE EXPECT THAT TO GET CLOSER TO FULLY SPENT.
UH, ALL THEIR CONTRACTED SERVICES, WE INCREASED THAT BY 20,000, UH, THROUGH MID-APRIL.
UH, ON THIS ONE, THEY'VE GOT DIFFERENT SOFTWARES THAT THEY USE AS FAR AS I BELIEVE, ROUTING AND, UH, CLOCK IN, CLOCK OUT SERVICES AND, AND VARIOUS THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ON HERE.
UM, ONE OF THEM ALONE IS $75,000.
YOU CAN SEE VERIZON IS ANOTHER 35,000.
SO IT'S JUST FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BUSES THAT THEY USE.
DIESEL FUEL, UH, THROUGH APRIL.
OUT OF THEIR 1 MILLION BUDGET, THEY HAD ONLY SPENT 667,000.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT FUEL COSTS ARE CURRENTLY PRETTY HIGH.
SO ALTHOUGH THEY HAD ONLY SPENT THAT MUCH, WE'RE THINKING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, THE FUEL COSTS MAY NOT REDUCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WE INCREASE THE DIESEL FUEL ON BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UH, EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY PARTS, WE LEFT AT A 6,000, UH, THROUGH APRIL.
THAT'S JUST SHOP TOOLS AND EXPENDABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY USE.
SUPPLIES, UH, GASOLINE, UH, WE LEFT THAT AT 105,000.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS 10,000 OF INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS CARRY OVER EARMARKED IN THAT LINE.
UH, FOR GASOLINE, WE HAD ONLY SPENT 44,000 THROUGH APRIL.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, WITH FUEL COSTS, WE WANTED TO LEAVE THAT LINE STATUS QUO, JUST IN CASE.
THIS LINE REDUCED SOME SINCE WE'VE ADDED THE CONTRACTS WITH PARENTS.
LINE IS THE, SO, SO THIS, THIS, UH, GAS LINE IS FOR COUNTY VEHICLES.
I WAS JUST READING WHERE IT SAYS MILEAGE TO PARENTS TO TRANSPORT SPED STUDENTS IS THE FIRST NOTATION YOU'VE GOT ON GASOLINE.
SORRY, THAT LITTLE SNIPPET SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY NOT BEEN IN THERE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, THAT WAS A COPY AND PASTE ERROR ON MINE.
SO IT SHOULD JUST SAY OFFSITE UNLEADED GAS.
SO THE MILEAGE TO PARENTS OF TRANSPORT SPED STUDENTS SHOULD BE REMOVED.
THAT'S AN OVERSIGHT ON MY END, THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE CONTRACTS WITH PARENTS UP THERE.
THIS IS FOR, UH, SCHOOL BUS EXTERIOR WASHING THROUGH APRIL.
THEY'VE SPENT 9,600, UH, AND PRINTER NEEDS ALSO, THEY PAY OUT OF THIS.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THAT BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ESTIMATED INCREASE IN EXPENSES ON THAT.
ONCE AGAIN, WE DID INCREASE THIS BY 10%.
THIS IS A TENNESSEE RISK INSURANCE, UH, STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, A LOT OF THIS IS FOR HOTELS, A SE TESTING AND IN THE PER DIEMS THAT ARE REIMBURSABLE TO THE EMPLOYEES.
OTHER CHARGES, WE DECREASED THAT BY 5,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 40,000 BUDGET, UH, THROUGH APRIL.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES.
UH, THIS IS FOR DRUG TESTS AND PHYSICALS.
AND THEN JUST OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES THAT THEY PAY OUT OF THIS, UH, DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS FOR LAPTOPS AND THINGS OF THE SORT THAT THEY, THAT THEY BUY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REPLACE EITHER OLD OR IF THEY NEED NEW LAPTOPS.
UH, THROUGH APRIL, THEY HAD ONLY SPENT ABOUT 4,800, BUT WE WANTED TO LEAVE THAT LINE JUST IN CASE THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY THIS ONE, UH, WE DID DECREASE THIS LINE BY 1.5 MILLION.
HOWEVER, WE EARMARKED THAT 1.5 MILLION.
THIS IS FOR THE BUS PURCHASES.
UH, THEY ESTIMATED THE NEW BUSES THAT WERE WRECKED THAT WE NEEDED TO BUY IN THE UPCOMING YEAR ORDER WAS RIGHT UNDER 2.1 MILLION.
SO THE 600,000 IN THERE PLUS A 1.5 MILLION IS, UH, 2.1 MILLION
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IN THAT LINE.WE DO SEE, UH, INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS THAT US CARRY OVER 199,000 IN THAT LINE.
SO THAT 1.5 THAT WE REDUCED, WE SEE THAT EARMARKED IN OUR FUND BALANCE EARMARKING.
UH, NEXT CATEGORY IS COMMUNITY SERVICES, 73 300.
UH, WE'VE GOT SEVEN FULL EX, YEAH, SEVEN FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND SOME PART-TIME POSITIONS.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? WILL YOU TELL ME ONE MORE TIME WHAT PAGE THAT IS? YEAH.
UH, SEVEN FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
AND THEN THE MOST OF THE LINES ON THIS IN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE GONNA BE FRINGES.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE, UH, OTHER CHARGES, 30,000.
UH, THAT'S AN ESTIMATED FOR NEXT YEAR.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE POCKETS OF MONEY THAT GO INTO THAT.
UH, SOME OF IT IS FOR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.
UH, SOME OF IT IS FOR THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER.
SO THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATED OF WHAT COULD BE, UH, EARMARKED FOR THOSE LITTLE POCKETS OF MONEY THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT ACCOUNT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, 73 400.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, 23 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
THIS DEPARTMENT THOUGH, DOES RECEIVE WHAT'S CALLED THE VOLUNTARY PRE-K GRANT.
WE DID AN ESTIMATED, UH, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN ONE OH NINE THAT THE STATE WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THE EXPENSES RELATED TO PRE-K EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
SO OF THAT 1.6 THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED IN THIS CATEGORY ABOUT 857 ESTIMATED, THE, UH, THE STATE WILL REIMBURSE US IN A FORM OF A GRANT.
ON THIS ONE, WE DO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A POSITION BEING RECLASSIFIED TO A COORDINATOR POSITION, AND THAT WE DO HAVE SUBS BUDGETED IN THIS LINE AT 4,025 FOR CERTIFIED.
AND 35, 30 4,500 FOR NON-CERTIFIED.
AND THEN, UM, WE'VE GOT 10,000 FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.
THEY'VE ONLY SPENT 7,600 THROUGH THE MID-APRIL, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO REDUCE THAT.
WE FELT COMFORTABLE LEAVING THAT STATUS QUO.
AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.
UH, WE DO SEND SOME PRE-K FUNDS TO SCHOOLS.
UH, THROUGH APRIL WE SPENT 47 50, AND THEN WE HAD SPENT ABOUT 1500 FOR OTHER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAD ALMOST FULLY SPENT THEIR BUDGET, THEY SPENT 29 70 FOR THE YEAR, SO WE LEFT THAT AT $3,000.
UH, THE NEXT CATEGORY IS JUST A REGULAR CAPITAL OUTLAY.
NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THIS ONE.
UH, WE HAD 20,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS CARRY OVER ESTIMATED FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY.
THIS ONE WE DO MISCELLANEOUS, UH, PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE DID DECREASE THAT BY 500,000, BUT WE WENT AND HAD AND EARMARKED 500,000 ALSO OUT OF FUND BALANCE FOR OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT, UH, THE YEAR OUT OF THIS ACCOUNT.
NOW, NOT ALL OF THESE THAT YOU SEE ON HERE, WERE OUT OF THIS, UH, OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY.
SOME OF IT WAS THE MONEY THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY EARMARKED THE 12 MILLION THAT WE EARMARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES ARE, ARE PAID THROUGH THIS ACCOUNT.
SO IF YOU SEE THE, UM, THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THIS ACCOUNT, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ORIGINAL TO WHERE IT'S AT, REVISED JUMPS FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGET
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OF 1 MILLION TO A REVISED BUDGET OF 9.1.A LOT OF THAT IS MADE UP BECAUSE OF THE YEAR MARK FUNDS WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR, UH, VARIOUS, UH, PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND THE LAST CATEGORY ON HERE IS JUST THE, UH, THE BOND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE TO THE COUNTY.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS FOR AN ENERGY EFFICIENT BOND FROM 2019.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, HVAC LEASE THAT WE PAY, UH, A CAPITAL LEASE PAYMENT TO THE COUNTY ON THAT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE CATEGORIES IN THE GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO THE VERY LAST PAGE OF YOUR, UH, BINDER.
THERE IS A SALARY BUDGET BREAKDOWN.
MR. BADILLA HAD REQUESTED A, UH, A CHART THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SALARIES.
AND THIS IS JUST REFLECTING GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUNDS, SINCE IT'S OUR BIGGEST, UM, OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE AS FAR AS SALARIES.
UH, ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
UH, MR. PADILLA, I TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE THEM, BUT I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE EXPENSES BY PRINCIPALS, BY SUPERVISORS, TEACHERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO OUT OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET OF $236 MILLION, $197,310,385 MAKES UP OUR BUDGET.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 83.54% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS JUST IN SALARIES.
NOW, THAT DOES INCLUDE, IF YOU SEE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, STATE, RETIREMENT, LIFE INSURANCE, MEDICAL INSURANCE, DENTAL, UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, UH, MEDICARE, RETIREMENT, AND OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS.
SO I THINK THE QUESTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP HOW MUCH OF OUR BUDGET TRULY IS IN SALARIES.
THIS, ONCE AGAIN, UH, I KNOW THE, THE NUMBER FLOATS AROUND 85%, BUT IT IS, IT IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
THIS YEAR, WITH IT BEING 83.54% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS SALARIES.
AND THEN JUST, UH, OF THAT 46% IS TEACHER SALARIES AT $91.8 MILLION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE LARGEST, UH, PIECES OF THE CHART THERE THAT YOU'LL SEE.
UM, ONE OTHER NOTE, THE, YOU'LL SEE THERE, THE MEDICAL INSURANCE THAT'S ESTIMATED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT IS $22.8 MILLION.
UH, SINCE WE DID INCREASE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS PER EMPLOYEE, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS ABOUT A NET EFFECT OF $2.4 MILLION.
UH, IN TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND MR. LURA AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS.
WE WERE, WE WERE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR MORE, BUT AS YOU SEE, AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 PER EMPLOYEE COST, A GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND, $2.4 MILLION.
SO IF WE WOULD'VE DONE $1,500, IT WOULD'VE SCALED OUT TO ABOUT 3.6 IF WE WOULD'VE DONE AN ADDITIONAL 2000 PER EMPLOYEE IF WOULD'VE SCALED OUT TO A $4.8 MILLION INCREASE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.
AND SO WE STRATEGIZE, UM, AS FAR AS HOW WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR, WHERE WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE, WHERE WE COULD EARMARK MONEY, BUT WE WANTED TO REFLECT THE CONTRIBUTION PER, UH, PER EMPLOYEE FOR THE MEDICAL INSURANCE TO BE ACTUALLY SOLIDIFIED IN THE BUDGET AND PRESENTED AS A RECURRING, AS A RECURRING EXPENSE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, FUND 2 64 IS TECHNICALLY NOT BUDGETED, BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ON 1 41.
I'LL PAUSE AND, AND FIELD THOSE, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF DIVE IN AS FAR AS THE, THE INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THINGS, I GUESS NOT QUESTIONS, BUT JUST MOVING FORWARD, UM, FOR YOU, WHAT WOULD BE BEST IF,
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'CAUSE WE HAVE A POSSIBLE ANOTHER MEETING, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE, THE INTERVIEWS AND THEN ALSO THE FINAL VOTE FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.UM, IF WE WANTED TO GET THESE NUMBERS WITH ADDING, LET'S SAY $10 ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SUBS AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO GIVING THAT 1.1 MILLION TO, TO TEACHER BONUSES.
UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, TO BRING THOSE TWO ITEMS SEPARATE TO WHEN WE VOTE? OR WOULD YOU WANNA DISCUSS THESE AT THE NEXT MEETING? WHAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR YOU SO THAT YOU'RE NOT RUSHED OR YOU'RE NOT IN THE BOARD, MIGHT NOT EVEN WANNA ENTERTAIN THOSE THINGS, BUT I WAS GONNA, YOU KNOW, UM, WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT OPTION OUT THERE.
SO THE, UH, THE, THE 1.1 THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UM, THAT ONE IS AN EASY ONE.
I WOULD JUST BACK OUT THE, UH, THE ESTIMATED WHAT, WHAT I'M CALLING, UH, INCOME, UH, GAIN.
SO I WOULD JUST BACK THAT OUTTA THAT NUMBER.
NOW AS FAR AS ADDING PERHAPS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL $10 FOR THE SUBS, I CAN DO LIKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE AND INCREASE OUR BUDGETED LINES FOR THAT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT THAT HAS.
UH, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, WHEN I LOOKED AT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $20, AND THIS IS JUST, YEAH, ARBITRARY, IT WAS ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION JUST ON THE REGULAR INSTRUCTION CATEGORY.
SO IF WE DO 10, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT 125,000 IMPACT ON THAT.
AND THEN I'D HAVE TO DO THAT FOR EACH, EACH CATEGORY, EACH CATEGORY THAT, THAT HOUSES SUBS.
BUT IT'S VERY DOABLE AND I CAN SHOW YOU, I CAN EITHER SHOW YOU HOW IT LOOKS LIKE BY DEPARTMENT OR I CAN JUST GIVE YOU A TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE OF WHAT IT WOULD INCREASE OUR EXPENSES.
UM, FOR, FOR, YEAH, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK TOTAL DOLLAR WOULD BE, WOULD BE BEST.
UM, BUT NOW WITH THAT, THERE'S ONE QUESTION I GUESS AND IT'S, ARE WE WANTING TO USE FUND BALANCE TO OFFSET THAT EXPENSE? OR ARE WE WANTING TO LOOK AT DECREASING AN EXPENSE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE? SO IT BALANCES ITSELF AND I, AND I'D SAY, LET'S GET THIS INSURANCE THING WRANGLED, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'VE GOT LEFT.
I LIKED WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ON LEAVING THE LINE ITEMS THE SAME AND POSSIBLY INCREASING THE SUB PAY BECAUSE WE'VE NOT USED AS MANY SUBS, AND THAT'S A WIN-WIN THERE.
AND IF WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND MAYBE NEED TO SUPPLEMENT IT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN KNOW TO ADDRESS IT AGAIN GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT BUDGET.
BUT WE USED BELOW WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE SUBS THIS YEAR.
IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S SUPPORT, SUPPORT TO LOOK AT THIS IF WE LEAVE THE LINE ITEMS, BUT DEFINITELY ADDRESS THIS WHEN WE HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY FROM WHAT WE DIDN'T USE.
BECAUSE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT'S NOT AFFECTING OUR FUND BALANCE OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THEN YEAH, THE, THE SUB THING, IF, IF YOU AGREE THAT'S, UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO BRING THAT I'M USING IT WITHOUT MESSING THE LINE ITEMS UP, BUT USING THE EXTRA MONEY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY.
UM, SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE, WE, WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES AS FAR AS THE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR, UM, OUR INSURANCE FUND.
THE, THE HISTORY BEHIND THAT IS, IF YOU LOOK 10 YEARS AGO, THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT CAUSED THIS, THIS, UH, THIS EXPENSE TO GROW.
NUMBER ONE IS 10 YEARS AGO, OUR STAFF SIZE WAS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE KIND OF EXPLODED, NOT KIND OF, WE HAVE REALLY EXPLODED.
SO WITH THAT, WE, IT WASN'T REALLY ADJUSTED AS FAR AS THE CONTRIBUTIONS PER EMPLOYEE THAT WE WERE PUTTING IN THE INSURANCE FUND.
NOW, 10 YEARS AGO, WE WERE MAYBE LOOKING AT ABOUT 10 TO $12 MILLION IN EXPENSES FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
I THINK THIS WAS BACK IN 2015.
AND AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO GROW, OUR EXPENSES ALSO GREW WITH IT.
BUT I THINK BACK IN 20 15, 20 14, UH, EMPLOYEES USED TO CONTRIBUTE, I THINK $75 PER MONTH THAT GOT STOPPED.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME IT WAS FINE BECAUSE I THINK THE, UH, THE FUND WAS IN A HEALTHY STATE.
AND SO YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO ASK EMPLOYEES TO PAY IN INTO A FUND THAT'S GOT A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT GOT STOPPED.
BUT FLASH, UH, MOVED FORWARD ABOUT FIVE YEARS FROM 2015 TO 2020, THAT'S WHEN YOU START SEEING THAT GROWTH.
AND THEN IT, IT KIND OF SPILLED OUT OF THE, OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
AND SO WITH US HIRING MORE PEOPLE, THAT CAUSED OUR EXPENSE TO GO UP AS FAR AS WHAT WE PAY FOR THESE, UM, MEDICAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO.
LIKE MERITAN FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BLAME ANYBODY JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, IT SHOULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN REVISITED AGAIN WITH THE MINDSET THAT IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER, THIS, THIS EXPONENTIAL GROWTH MAY CONTINUE.
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THE FUND BALANCE WAS STILL HEALTHY AND MAYBE WE DIDN'T EXPECT OUR GROWTH TO CONTINUE TO, INSTEAD OF A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND AS FAR AS STAFFING GETS KIND OF CURVED UP SHARPLY.AND SO FLASH FORWARD FROM 2015 TO 2010, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE HAS SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED.
THEREFORE, WHAT WE PROVIDE THEM AS FAR AS THE BENEFITS HAS ALSO INCREASED.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THE BILLS THAT COME ATTACHED TO THAT HAVE ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED.
THE THING THAT HASN'T SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED AND NOT KEPT UP WITH THE PACE AS IT SHOULD HAVE WAS THE PER EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION, EXCUSE ME, PER EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE EMPLOYER DOES.
WE, WE TRIED TO MOVE IT UP TO 86 15, BUT THE RATE THAT ALL OTHER EXPENSES INCREASED, WE DID NOT KEEP UP WITH THAT.
AND SO I KNOW THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? HOW DID IT HAPPEN? UNFORTUNATELY, I INHERITED THE PROBLEM.
BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT 10 YEARS AGO AND THEN FIVE YEARS AGO AND LOOK AT THE TRENDS, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE, OUR STAFF HAS INCREASED, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT OUR EXPENSES ALSO RELATED TO INSURANCE HAVE INCREASED, BUT OUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE PACE AS FAR AS HOW WE NEEDED IT.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THERE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, OF SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN AS FAR AS THAT TALKS ABOUT MEDICAL COSTS.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE BIG FACTORS THAT HAVE ALMOST AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO THE INSURANCE COSTS AND INSURANCE FUND.
NUMBER ONE IS, OF COURSE, MOVING PLANS GOING TO THE STATE.
IF WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT, THE NEXT THING THAT'S INTERNAL IS YOU LOOK AT THE COVERAGE THAT WE PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES.
YOU LOOK AT THE DEDUCTIBLE, AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION PER MONTH.
THOSE THREE THINGS HAVE ALMOST AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
NOW, I SAY IMMEDIATE, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T MAKE THOSE CHANGES UNTIL THE NEW PLAN YEAR STARTS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT, THAT IN ANY PRESENTATION THAT I'VE ATTENDED THAT TALKS ABOUT MEDICAL COSTS, AND IT'S JUST NOT US.
I MEAN, THROUGHOUT THE NATION, MEDICAL COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO CLIMB.
AND SO WE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF STRATEGIC ANGLE IN ORDER FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR INSURANCE IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT IN-HOUSE.
AND AS A SELF-INSURED DISTRICT, ONCE AGAIN, THE, THE THE STATE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPTION.
I DON'T HAVE FULL DETAILS ON THAT.
IT COULD BE A COST SAVINGS, COULD NOT, WE'D HAVE TO DO MORE OF A DEEP DIVE IN THAT.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WOULD MAKE FOR THE BOARD TO PLEASE CONSIDER AS FAR AS US CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO FUND FUND 2 64.
ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY BUDGETED, BUT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED AND THE OTHER FUNDS CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
SO WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO OFFSET THE COSTS ON THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE STATE PLAN IS PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE LIKE, JUST FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM THE TWO THAT SPOKE THE OTHER NIGHT, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE MORE COSTLY.
UM, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE COULD CONTROL IT WAS BY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR INCLUSIONS WERE.
UM, BECAUSE MEDICAL COVERAGE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED, UH, AS MUCH.
IT'S NOT JUST INCREASED EMPLOYEES, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I'D SAY SINCE COD, THE COST OF MEDICAL CARE HAS REALLY GONE UP.
AND, AND AS FAR AS LIKE THE COVERAGE, UH, MS. OWENS WOULD BE MORE OF THE PERSON TO ASK THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS, BUT THE, THE, THE DOING AS FAR AS ADJUSTING WHAT YOU COVER, THAT'S ONE OF THE COST SAVING STRATEGIES.
THAT'S BEEN ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT ANOTHER REASON THIS HASN'T REALLY BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE.
WELL, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT MELISSA, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME ON THIS, UM, UM, AROUND THE TIME THAT THEY STOPPED PAYING IN WAS PROBABLY THE TIME THAT THEY WERE TOLD THAT WAS THEIR RAISE FOR THAT YEAR.
I KNOW THAT WE HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT, YOU WILL.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THIS WAS KIND OF A RECRUITING THING, KEEPING IT LOW.
AND I KNOW IT IS STILL INCREDIBLY LOW COMPARED TO ANYTHING SURROUNDING, BUT I DO THINK THAT'S WORTH JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT IS WHY IT WASN'T INCREASED.
THEN LET, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
MAKE SURE MY BACK OF THE ENVELOPE NUMBERS, WHICH I SHARED WITH YOU AT THE BREAK ARE RIGHT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A SHORTFALL OF ABOUT $9 MILLION IF YOU ANNUALIZE THE 76 40 FOR EIGHT OR 10 MONTHS, ABOUT $9 MILLION.
SO IF YOU DIVIDE, IF YOU CAN, CAN WE, DO WE HAVE 9 MILLION MORE DOLLARS TO JUST PAY THIS AND STICK WITH THE SAME PLAN AND THE SAME CONTRIBUTIONS? YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT FUND BALANCE NUMBERS.
I MEAN, AN EASY THING THAT WOULD MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY IS STICK WITH A PLAN, STICK WITH THE PREMIUM SCHEME
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WE HAVE NOW, AND THE BOARD JUST COMES UP WITH 9 MILLION MORE DOLLARS.IT MAY NOT BE THAT BIG HIT IN FUTURE YEARS.
I'M JUST SAYING LET'S GET IT FIXED.
I DON'T, I DON'T CARE HOW WE SOLVE IT AS MUCH AS I CARE ABOUT GETTING IT FIXED AND WANTS IT FOR ALL.
AND IF, IF WE CAN EAT $9 MILLION, THEN GET IT UP TO SNUFF.
AND, AND I, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY GRIPING ABOUT THAT.
UM, ON THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST INSTEAD OF GOING AHEAD AND ALLOCATING THAT UPFRONT, WE UH, WE LOOK AT IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, WHILE THE TREND HAS BEEN UPWARD, I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE THE EIGHT TO 10% INCREASE.
IT, IT, IT COULD, IT COULD BE LESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, BUT LET'S BUDGET FOR IT THEN.
AND IF WE DON'T NEED IT, WE'LL TURN IT BACK INTO YOU.
YOU KNOW, BUT I, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE TO NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST AND SAY WE DON'T HAVE IT BUDGETED.
LET'S YEAH, LET'S EAT THE MON NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO EATING THE $9 MILLION AND GETTING IT FIXED.
THE, THE 22 THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S JUST FOR GENERAL PURPOSE.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CONTRIBUTIONS ALSO FROM THE FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND, UH, OUR CAFETERIA, CENTRAL CAFETERIA NOR, UH, EXTENDED SCHOOLS.
SO THAT ALONE WILL ADD MAYBE ANOTHER 1.5 TO 2 MILLION TO THE, THE FIGURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
MY POINT TO EVERYBODY IS, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE ABOUT CUTTING ANYTHING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE, I JUST WANT THE NUMBERS TO ADD UP.
IT'S, UM, I AGREE WITH MR. MACK.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF FOUNDATION AND STABILIZATION AND KNOW THAT HEY, THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
NOW WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, UM, UH, I'M ALL ABOUT STABILIZING IT AND, AND, AND PLANNING FOR IT, OKAY? MM-HMM
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, US BEING STEWARDS OF TAXPAYERS MONEY, HAVING GALLAGHER BE FEEDING US INFORMATION AS WE'RE LOOKING AT MONTHLY TO SEE ABOUT GOING TO DIFFERENT TIERS OR DIFFERENT COVERAGES AND ALL THOSE THINGS SO THAT, YES.
UM, AS WE GROW AND GET BIGGER, WE'RE NOT REACTIVE, WE'RE PROACTIVE AND CORRECT.
WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE KIND OF BEING REACTIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE POSITION WE'RE IN AND, AND THAT YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH.
UM, 10 YEARS AGO MAYBE IN ANALYZING ALL OF THIS, WHICH WE, WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE 10 YEARS AGO, WE WERE GONNA GROW THIS, THIS MUCH.
BUT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WE PAY IN CONTRIBUTES CLOSE TO $2.2 MILLION A YEAR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT ANOTHER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT ESSENTIALLY DOUBLES THAT TO $4.4 MILLION.
SO $200 A MONTH TO KEEP THE PLAN SIMILAR OR TO WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, WHICH WOULD STILL BE A GREAT PLAN.
COUPLE THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS US CONTRIBUTING MORE ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEE.
IT'S JUST LOOKING AT ALL THOSE FACTORS ON THAT.
IF WE, IF WE COVERED IT NOW AND THEN WE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RAISE IT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEES SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, A SNAP JUDGMENT WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR A MONTH BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA TURN THE NUMBERS IN, BUT IT'S SAY, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STABILITY.
I, I I DON'T THINK JUST, YEAH, JUST, JUST PLANNING AHEAD FOR ANY POSSIBLE PLAN CHANGES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, GIVE THEM PLENTY OF NOTICE JUST JUST SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN.
AND WE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT.
I MEAN, OUR BUDGET IS WHAT IT IS AND WE HAVE TO TURN, AND SO WE, YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE'RE CONSTRAINED BY IS, IS REVENUE.
AND AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO LEVY TAXES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE ANY, ANY NEW REVENUE.
WE SOLD IT, RELY ON OUR THREE BIG REVENUE RESOURCES, WHICH IS PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, ANTICIPA FUNDING.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE THE $9 MILLION, YOU'VE, YOU'VE, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A PLAN WITH A THOUSAND DOLLARS A ADDITION THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED THAT KNOCKS OFF, I THINK WE SAID $2.34 MILLION OF IT.
SO YOU STILL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UNDER $7 MILLION THAT YOU GOT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO COMPLETELY CLOSE THE GAPS, NOT, NOT ANOTHER NINE ON TOP OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE INSURANCE, BUT ASKING EMPLOYEES TO PAY ANOTHER A HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD IT, I WISHED I ONLY HAD TO PAY $200 A MONTH FOR MY INSURANCE.
I'VE HEARD IT FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S LIKE SAYING WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS RAISE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BACK BECAUSE I JUST FIGURED OUT WHAT THE RAISE FROM
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THE, OF COURSE, STEP ZERO AND IT EQUALS OUT TO ABOUT THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.SO REALLY I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU, BUT NOT REALLY.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE IT RIGHT BACK FROM YOU.
YES, I SEE YOUR POINT OF VIEW.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT BACK TO THE, UH, THE MISCELLANEOUS ON THE HISTORICAL PAYROLL DATA.
IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON INCREASE FOR PAY RAISES THAT THE TEACHERS AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES HAVE RECEIVED, THE TEACHERS HAVE RECEIVED 18.8% INCREASE PLUS THE STEP.
SO YES, FOR THIS YEAR IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT EATS IT FOR THAT ONE YEAR, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE, THE RECENT HISTORICAL DATA OF THE LAST JUST FIVE YEARS, THAT WAY OFFSETS THE, THE, THE WHEN, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT IT WOULD WAY OFFSET THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT FOR THE, LIKE JUST THE LAST FIVE YEARS ALONE.
AND, AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH MS. LIN, UM MM-HMM
WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S JUST A, A, A THOUGHT OR A PLAN OUT THERE, RIGHT? YES.
BUT THIS, THIS, THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE, THIS POINT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WAS CREATED BY NOT DOING ANYTHING IN THE PAST.
SO IF WE, IF WE DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YES, IT'S BEING DRASTIC AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AND MAKE THAT UNPOPULAR DECISION.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF BOARDS PREVIOUS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
SO, UM, AT SOME POINT, LIKE I SAID, AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST EXPLORING.
THIS DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO RAISE IT.
AND, AND WE, WE'VE GOT TO BE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH MONEY.
'CAUSE WITH CUTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
AND, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A, A HARD DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE.
AND, UH, AS YOUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, I NEEDED TO PRESENT THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OPTIONS THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE.
IT'S MY DUE DILIGENCE AS YOUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU HAVE THE MOST INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHY I KIND OF PREFACE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY AS FAR AS LIKE 10 YEARS AGO WHERE WE LOOKED AT HIS EXPENSES TO NOW HOW MUCH IT'S, IT'S CREATED A MONSTER
BUT AS YOU STATED, THESE ARE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS AND IDEAS THAT I HAVE, BUT I HAVE TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU AS YOUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, IT IT, LIKE MELISSA SAID ABOUT TEACHERS, WE'VE GOTTA REMEMBER TOO, OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, LIKE WHAT THEIR PAY IS, WHAT THEIR RACES ARE, AND THEN WHAT AN INCREASE LIKE THIS WOULD DO TO THEM.
UM, I ABSOLUTELY NEXT YEAR WANT TO SEE A, UM, HIGH DEDUCTIBLE OPTION.
UM, I DON'T WANNA SCARE ANYBODY, BUT THOSE ARE VERY POPULAR.
THEY'RE COST SAVINGS FOR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY.
BUT THERE, THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD IMPLEMENT THAT.
ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE COULD IMPLEMENT THAT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE HAS TO BE AN IN-DEPTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A COST SAVINGS TO US.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HEAR OVER AND OVER ABOUT THE FAMILY COVERAGE IS HOW COSTLY IT IS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN.
I REALLY WANNA SEE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
ED, CAN YOU, CAN YOU BRING US A BUDGET THAT DOESN'T CUT ANYTHING? KEEPS THE CURRENT PROVIDER AND DOESN'T REQUIRE HIGHER PREMIUMS FROM THE EMPLOYEES.
AND THE, THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY PRESENT THAT WOULD BE JUST PULLING IT ALL FROM FUND BALANCE TO DO PULL IT FROM THE FUND BALANCE.
IF, IF WE'RE WANTING, UH, EVERYTHING TO LOOK THE SAME AT NO COST PASSED ON TO ANYBODY BUT US, THEN REALLY THE ONLY, THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT WOULD BE STRICTLY FUND BALANCE.
SO OUR 33 MIGHT GO DOWN TO SEVEN? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT NOW WE'RE, NOW YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 7 MILLION IS THE MINIMUM OF THREE.
SO THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO ABOUT 26.
AND IF WE TAKE ANOTHER SEVEN TO 8 MILLION FROM THAT BRINGS US BELOW $20 MILLION AT THAT POINT, I THINK I WOULD'VE TO RECOMMEND WE DON'T DO THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S GETTING AS DANGEROUSLY LOW TO A, JUST LESS THAN ONE MONTH OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAVE EARMARKED, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE HAVE THERE AVAILABLE TO US AT OUR DISPOSAL.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, ALSO, IF WE DO THAT, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR WE'LL HAVE A GROWTH IN PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX THAT WILL HELP OFFSET THAT.
AND THEN WITH, UH, THE EMPLOYEES RECEIVING A STEP RAISE EVERY YEAR, EVEN IF WE DON'T UP THE, THE, THE TABLES BY PERCENTAGE, THEY STILL WILL COST US IN THE FORM OF THEM GOING UP A STEP.
AND THAT'LL ALSO COST A FEW MILLION DOLLARS ON ITS OWN EVEN IF WE DON'T BUMP THE TABLES UP BY PERCENTAGE.
SO WE HAVE 47 MILLION RIGHT NOW IN FUND
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BALANCE.UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING, WHAT, NINE OR SEVEN? OKAY.
SO LOOKING BACK AT THE FUND BALANCE RESTRICTIONS, 10 MILLION SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRACT SERVICES.
BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA NEED THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SPEND WHAT WE DID BUDGET LAST YEAR.
I'LL GIVE YOU THAT OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY.
WHAT IS THAT? THE 500,000? YEAH.
WHAT IS THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE, THAT WE'VE BEEN USING SOME OF THAT TO DO LIKE THESE ROOFING PROJECTS AND UH, THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS FOR LIKE ROOF LEAKS.
SO IF SOMETHING COMES UP, UM, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, HOW MANY BUSES DO WE NEED NEXT YEAR? I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX OR SEVEN.
BY LAW, BASED ON THE LIFECYCLE, WHICH, UH, MR. MAYFIELD MAY HAVE A LITTLE BETTER INPUT ON THAT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO CHROMEBOOKS.
ARE WE REPLACING THE SAME NUMBER OF CHROMEBOOKS THAT WE'VE BEEN BUYING? BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT HOW MANY GRADES THAT DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 'EM? UH, THEY, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE THEM.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY THAT BALANCES THAT.
THERE'S, BECAUSE YOUR TESTING STILL REQUIRED, IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN JUST GET AWAY WITH CHROMEBOOKS.
THAT LAW, THE FINAL LAW SAYS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY AS AN LEA TO, TO LOOK AT BALANCING THAT.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO BUY CHROMEBOOKS FOR THOSE GRADES.
SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT OUR STATE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE THIS YET AGAIN.
AND SO I, I SEE THE, I SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR THE FUND BALANCE.
HERE'S THE NEXT THING I WANNA RECOMMEND.
AND THIS IS FOR THE, THE, THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS.
NEXT YEAR WE HAVE TO PRESENT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO THE COUNTY.
AND PART OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'LL ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR THIS INSURANCE FUND.
SO FOR THE INCOMING DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT NEXT YEAR AS A, AS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASSESS, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT THEN.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S TOO, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE EXPERT, BUT WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE HEALTHY RIGHT? IN OUR, IN OUR FUNDS, UM, TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT DOING BEST PRACTICES, BUT WE'RE CLOSE TO IT AND WE STILL HAVE, WE'RE MEETING THE STATUTE OF HAVING 3%.
UM, I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IF WE'RE SITTING HAPPY.
AND, AND, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ALMOST A DIRE POSITION, I GUESS FOR ME TO DO A NEEDS IF WE CAN HANDLE IT IN-HOUSE.
LIKE MR. MAX SAID, IF WE CAN BUDGET FOR IT AND WE HAVE IT, THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M AT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WORK AS HARD AS WE'VE WORKED AS LONG AS WE WORKED TO GET THE, THE, THE $50,000 LEVEL AND THEN PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER AND SAY, OH, NOT REALLY.
YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PREMIUM'S GONNA GO UP A LOT.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, I'D RATHER NOT.
I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD RATHER NOT.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, YOU CAN HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH SOMETHING REALLY DIFFICULT IN A SELF-FUNDED PLAN AND THAT'S GONNA SHOOT COST THROUGH THE ROOF JUST BECAUSE IT'S SELF-FUNDED.
YOU PAY, I MEAN, LOOK AT A LOOK AT A HOSPITAL STATE, WHICH YOUR COST IS THAT MIGHT LULL AND EVEN BACK OUT.
AND MAYBE WE WILL GET AN EBB TOO, BUT WE CAN'T COUNT ON THAT.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS IS NOT, UM, I'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS OF US GETTING BEHIND AND IT'S NOT, WE COULD FIX THIS WITH ONE BUDGET TRANSFER.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO PLAN.
SO PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND PUTTING SOMETHING INTO PLACE IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THIS ISN'T SUSTAINABLE.
THERE'S GOTTA BE MORE OPTIONS.
'CAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP BAILING IT OUT LIKE THIS.
SO, UH, IF YOU DECIDE TO REC, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
AND I DO LIKE THE FACT JUST THE TALK.
WE, WE, WE CAN, LIKE YOU SAID, ONE, ONE SWIPE AND WE CAN, I THINK TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY TO GO BACK FIVE YEARS AGO AND YOU CAN SEE THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT WE, THE PLAN WAS THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO ATTACK WAS A PAY.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT.
WE STARTED LOOKING AND, AND USING FUND BALANCE TO PROP UP THAT INSURANCE FUND.
THE FIRST THING I WILL TELL YOU, YOU CAN'T MAKE A CHANGE OF PLAN
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UNTIL JANUARY ON YOUR NEW OH YEAH.I I, OF COURSE I WON'T BE HERE.
IT IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S
BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR WITH THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION GOING UP, IF YOU, IN JANUARY, IF YOU CAN GET SOME PLAN OPTIONS THAT OFFER SOME SAVINGS, I THINK THEN AT THAT POINT YOU'RE, YOU CAN MAKE A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER AT ANY TIME YOU WANT TO.
WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS, THEY WON'T CLOSE UNTIL, UH, JUNE 30TH.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE CONSERVATIVE, THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT YOUR NET INCOME IS MORE.
SO I LIKE THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE THIS SOLVED BEFORE I DID RETIRE.
UH, AND, AND THEN SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE, WE MADE IN JANUARY, ALL THESE PROJECTIONS ARE THAT PROJECTIONS.
BY JANUARY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL RUN TO SEE WHAT YOUR COSTS ARE, WHAT YOUR TOTAL REVENUE IS.
THE OTHER THING, PLEASE RE AND I, I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING, BUT I DO WANT TO STATE BEFORE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR INSURANCE TOTALLY.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION OF TEACHERS.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GIVING THEM THE GOOD INFORMATION IF IT EVER COMES TO THAT OF ALL THE INFORMATION ON, ON WHAT IS REQUIRED.
AS FOR THE COMMISSION, I WANNA SAY THIS, FIVE YEARS AGO WE HAD TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET OUR GROWTH MONEY AUTOMATICALLY.
AND, AND, AND WE ARE ALLOWED NOW AUTOMATICALLY.
AND IF I LOOKED AT IT WHILE AGO, IT'S ABOUT FIVE OR 6 MILLION THAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO BUDGET WITH HAVING TO ASK ANYBODY BECAUSE OUR COMMISSION HAS SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU YOUR GROWTH MONEY SO YOU CAN DO YOUR BUDGET.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO COME IN AND SAY, WE WANT THAT.
PLUS WE WANT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THAT'S MY 2 CENTS AFTER WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNTY COMMISSION.
AND ONE OF THE MOST THINGS I'M PROUD OF IS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND, AND, AND SO I I I THINK TO SAY THAT WE'RE, WE WANT THE GROWTH, BUT THEN WE AUTOMATICALLY WANNA DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS IN IN THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP OF OUR FUNDING BODY.
ESPECIALLY WITH A FUND BALANCE OF 47 MILLION.
AND YOU DO THAT JANUARY, WHEN IS IT? JANUARY WHEN OPEN ENROLLMENT IN UH, OCTOBER.
BUT TO GO INTO EFFECT BY JANUARY.
SO IN OCTOBER YOU CAN START HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH GALLAGHER AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU THEIR PROJECTIONS OF HOW MUCH THEY THINK THAT'S GONNA SAVE THE FUN.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
'CAUSE WE, WE, I MEAN WE COULD PRESENT A BUDGET WHERE YOU JUST GO IN THERE AND, AND GET IT ALL.
NOW I, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, THE SOONEST WE CAN GET THEM OUT HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN OPTION TIERS, TIERS, TIERS, NOT REQUIRED, BUT TIERS.
BECAUSE IF WE VOTE FOR THAT, I JUST DON'T THINK OCTOBER TO JANUARY IS ENOUGH TO EDUCATE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THEY WILL BE WILLING TO COME.
THAT'S, AND THEN THAT, THAT GROSS MONEY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT, THAT WHEN WE GET THE OVER EXPECTED SALES TAX AND, AND PROPERTY TAX, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR INCREASE IN, IN PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
SO IF IT SHOOTS UP WAY HIGH AND WE, LIKE IT DID NOW OVERESTIMATE, THAT HELPS US.
NOW IF WE START DOING THESE ASSESSMENT, THE COMMISSION COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA KEEP YOUR GROWTH AND WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DICTATE WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE TO PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS.
AS I STATED EARLIER, AS YOUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, I'VE GOTTA PRESENT THESE OPTIONS.
IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO DO IT, I'M JUST PRESENTING ALL THE, THE RESPONSIBLE OPTIONS ON MY BEHALF.
I MEAN, LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS TAKE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND DRAIN IT TO ZERO.
BUT WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL NEED HERE THAT WE HAVE A ONETIME THING WE'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF.
SO I'M I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA BREAK OPEN THE PIGGY BANK.
UM, SO THE ONETIME THING, SO, UM, SAY WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT A RECURRING EXPENSE.
SO FOR THE UH, 20, 28 YEAR, IF WE TAKE 8 MILLION
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OUT OF FUND BALANCE AND PUT IT TOWARDS A SELF-INSURANCE FUND IN 2028, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND WHERE IN OUR BUDGET CAN WE OFFSET $8 MILLION TO ALLOW THIS TO BECOME RECURRING.BECAUSE IF NOT, IN 2028, IF WE KEEP ALL EXPENSES GROWING AS THEY HAVE BEEN, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE SHORT SIX TO $8 MILLION AGAIN.
SO I COULD SAY THE SAME FOR THE TEXTBOOK AND THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND WOULD THAT BE YOUR PREFERRED METHOD, VICE TAKING IT NOW AND PUTTING A CHUNK IN THERE? WOULD IT BE, UH, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, I CAN GO AHEAD AND EARMARK WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PREFERRED, I MEAN IF YOU HAD THE OPTION OF IF IT STAYS IN THE FUND BALANCE WON IT CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE INTEREST, THE LONGER IT STAYS IN THERE.
UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, UH, WE RECEIVED SOME INTEREST ON THAT.
IF WE MOVE IT ALL OVER TO THE INSURANCE FUND, WE'LL GET NO INTEREST.
DON'T THINK THAT'S AN INTEREST VARYING ACCOUNT.
THE ONE THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR THE INSURANCE.
I HAVE, BUT WE'RE PAYING A DEBT, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO WE WON'T GET ANY INTEREST ON THAT.
AM I MAKING SENSE? I I SO YOU'RE SAYING IF WE MOVE THE MONEY FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE INSURANCE, YOU'RE SAYING WE MIGHT GET INTEREST ON THAT? 'CAUSE UH, THE BANK ACCOUNT THAT THE MONEY SITS IN, WE DON'T RECEIVE INTEREST, UH, ON THAT.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE STATEMENTS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
WELL, I THINK, AND I THINK ONE THING THAT MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE OPEN TO IS, 'CAUSE WE ALL GET IN OUR CARS, WE'RE GONNA THINK OF MORE STUFF AND MAYBE WE SHOOT YOU SOME EMAILS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ASK YOU ABOUT SOME THINGS.
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE SUPER LONG DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING, A MISSING PUZZLE PIECE OR A ISSUE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING UP TO US THAT MIGHT HELP OR MIGHT CRUSH OUR DREAMS. OKAY.
SO, UH, THEN MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME IS WE LEAVE THE FUND BALANCE HOW IT IS WITH THE YEAR MARK MONEY THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE WILL ASSESS IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THEN WHATEVER MONEY WE NEED TO EARMARK AND PULL FROM THAT, WE'LL DO IT.
ONCE AGAIN, THE TRENDS WE'VE SEEN IS COSTS HAVE INCREASED, BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT IT'LL CONTINUE AT THE RATE THAT IT HAS.
IT, IT COULD PLATEAU, COULD NOT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON, ON THE COST FOR, FOR THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
MORE PEOPLE TO SHOP WILSON COUNTY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR FUND 1 41.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE READY TO MOVE ON, WE'LL LOOK AT THE OTHER FUNDS.
WHAT DO WE, SO THE, THE, THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE THE SMALLER ONES.
IT'S OUR PRETTY SCHOOL FEDERAL PROJECTS, CENTRAL CAFETERIA AND, UH, EXTENDED SCHOOLS.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WE DON'T PUT ALL THE DETAIL.
WE JUST KIND OF PRESENT YOU THE BUDGET.
WE CAN GET THROUGH THESE THAT YOU'LL GO FROM THERE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL GO, GO THROUGH THESE SIR.
YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA GO? IT'S EITHER NOW OR WEDNESDAY.
WE MIGHT AS WELL GET IT OUTTA THE WAY NOW.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS OUR SCHOOL FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 1 42.
UH, THIS ONE WE ALWAYS PRESENT JUST A PRELIMINARY BUDGET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE FINAL ALLOCATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF CARRYOVER MONEY ON IT.
ALL, ALL OF THIS STAYS THE SAME FOR STAFFING ON THIS.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE REFLECTED IN, IN THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE, WE HAVE REFLECTED TITLE ONE, TITLE TWO, TITLE ONE, NEGLECTED TITLE THREE IDEA AND IDEA PRESCHOOL.
SO IN THE BUDGETED NUMBERS YOU SEE THERE FOR ESTIMATED REVENUES AND ESTIMATED EXPENSES, THOSE ARE CURRENTLY THE REFLECTED ONES.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVISED EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, YOU SEE IT WENT FROM AN ORIGINAL 7.3 TO 8.9 MILLION.
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THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FINAL ALLOCATIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE CARRYOVERS YET.SO, BUT AS FAR AS THE STAFFING, IT REMAINS THE SAME FOR THE, THE FUNDS.
MOST OF THE STAFFING IS IN, UH, TITLE ONE THAT'S STAFFING 23 POSITIONS.
AND THEN IDEA, WHICH IS SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT STAFFS 40 POSITIONS.
AND THEN THIS ONE ALWAYS BALANCES BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL FEDERAL PROJECTS IS A, UH, REIMBURSABLE, UH, GRANT FUND.
SO WHAT WE SPEND THE STATE REIMBURSES RIGHT BACK.
SO THERE'S NO FUND BALANCE IS ZEROS OUT EVERY YEAR.
OKAY, WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO NUTRITION.
THIS BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE, UH, NUTRITION DIRECTOR TINA HUTCHINS.
UM, HER ESTIMATED REVENUES $10.4 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES, UH, LUNCH PAYMENTS AS WELL AS, UH, THE USDA REIMBURSEMENTS SHE RECEIVES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENSES, YOU WILL SEE THAT HER EXPENSES ARE EXCEEDING HER REVENUES BY $1.4 MILLION.
SO HER EXPENSES ARE 11.9 FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
HOWEVER, IF WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE ESTIMATING 8.2 MILLION FUND BALANCE.
SO IF WE USE THAT TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, IT LEAVES HER WITH A HEALTHY 6.7 MILLION FUND BALANCE.
AND HER FUND, A LOT OF THIS MONEY IS COVID ERA MONEY, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
SO WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH PRESENTING THE BUDGET THE WAY IT IS AT THIS TIME.
WE DON'T FEEL THE NEED THAT WE NEED TO RAISE ANY TYPE OF, UH, LUNCH PRICES, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'LL LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR AND REASSESS IN ONE ITEM.
ONE LINE I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, UH, FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT.
WE BUDGETED 300,000 'CAUSE SHE NEEDS SOME EQUIPMENT THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON AS TO WHY HER, UH, EXPENDITURES EXCEED OUR REVENUES.
SO WE VERY HEALTHY FUND ON THAT.
EXTENDED SCHOOLS, THIS IS A FUND THAT WE HAD MAJOR CHANGES IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN.
THIS ONE WAS, UH, THIS BUDGET WAS BUILT IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, MS. JO BETH, HER ESTIMATED REVENUES.
AND THIS IS BASED ON, UH, ATTENDANCE AS FAR AS WHAT WHAT SHE'S GOT.
UM, PROJECTED THAT KIDS ARE GONNA ATTEND REVENUES 4.1 MILLION.
HER EXPENSES ARE PROJECTED AT 4.2 MILLION.
OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WAS 1,130,714 DUE TO THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR WERE ACTUALLY PROJECTED AT A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF HER MAKING, HAVING AN INCOME OF $350,000.
SO THAT PUTS HER ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE AT 1.3 MILLION ENDING.
SO FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, HER EXPENSES ARE EXCEEDING HER REVENUES BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO WE'RE USING THAT TO OFFSET HER BUDGET.
THEREFORE IT'S AN ESTIMATED $1.2 MILLION FUND BALANCE ENDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
THE BIG CHANGE IN THAT, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT YOU SEE THERE, IS THERE OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY? WE BUDGETED A HUNDRED THOUSAND UNDER THAT 'CAUSE SHE NEEDS SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
AM I MISSING A SHEET OR WHERE IS THE REVENUE FOR THIS? I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE PUT IT BACKWARDS.
THE REVENUE IS THE SECOND PAGE.
I JUST NOTICED MINE WAS, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
OH, THIS PAGE? YEAH, THIS, THAT'S THE THREE 50 THAT SHE'S PLUS.
AND THEN LASTLY IS OUR, JUST OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
UH, THIS HOUSES JUST THE, UH, OUR ONGOING CONSTRUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH APRIL, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 MILLION LEFT TO DRAW DOWN IN BOND MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN OUR REVENUES FOR BONDS ISSUED.
UH, THE MISCELLANEOUS REFUND, WE JUST PUT THAT EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S JUST, WE RECEIVE REBATES FROM, FROM OUR DELL CONTRACT.
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SO WE PUT A BUDGET IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.AND SO YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THINGS, WE'RE BALANCING THAT AND OFF BALANCING IT WITH JUST ONCE AGAIN WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF 20,000,763 AND WE HAD 299,000 LEFT FOR ARCHITECT FEES.
UH, CASH ON HAND ESTIMATED AT $3.1 MILLION FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S AN ESTIMATED IT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE INVOICES THAT WE PAY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I BRING, UH, THE INFORMATION YOU GUYS WANT ON WEDNESDAY.
SO WE WANTED TO SEE AN ADDITIONAL $10 FOR THIS.
ANYTHING I'M ASKING FOR? YEAH, THAT'S AN, THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
I'LL JUST ADJUST THE, UH, THE FUND BALANCE THAT I PRESENTED THERE.
I, I THE ONE THE OUTCOME MONEY.
I DO WANT US TO LOOK AT HOW THAT WAS SENT OUT AND WHO QUALIFIED FOR THAT.
AND YOU SAID JUNE 30TH, SO IT IT MIGHT BE SEPTEMBER, UH, AUGUST.
SO, SO OUR FISCAL CONSULTANT AT THE STATE SAID THAT THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTY BY JUNE 30TH THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS NO HARD DEADLINE ON THAT.
SO I'VE KIND OF GOT IT ESTIMATED IN THAT, THAT FUND BALANCE NUMBER ON THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF WE WAIT TILL JUNE 30TH, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME WE SHOULD DO, WE'RE LOOKING AT END OF AUGUST, 1ST OF SEPTEMBER BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THAT MONEY.
'CAUSE I'D HAVE TO ROLL THE BOOKS AND GET EVERYTHING SET UP FOR THE NEW YEAR.
SO IT COULD, IF IT COMES IN VERY LATE, IT COULD TECHNICALLY HAVE TO SIT IN FUND BALANCE AND WE'LL JUST DRAW IT DOWN AND PAY IT OUT THAT WAY.
UM, AND THE CRITERIA THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE, THE BOARD HAD ORIGINALLY VOTED ON THAT CRITERIA? UM, I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THAT CRITERIA.
TOOK THE DIRECT, I I, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS AND THEY HAD, I MEAN, THEY HAD TO SET PARAMETERS BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN YEAH.
'CAUSE IF NOT, THERE'S NO WAY I COULD BUDGET.
THERE'S RUNOFF FOR, FOR IN IN SOME, YEAH.
THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE BUDGETED IF WE JUST INCLUDED EVERYBODY.
UM, AND IT WOULD'VE DILUTED THE PAYMENT PER EMPLOYEE ALSO.
UM, SO IT'S UP TO THE BOARD ON, ON THE CRITERIA, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU CHANGE THE CRITERIA, I'LL HAVE TO RECALCULATE EVERYTHING AND THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT LESS MONEY GOING OUT TO, TO PEOPLE'S POCKETS.
WHAT OTHER CRITERIA ARE YOU LOOKING AT, MELISSA? WELL, I KNOW THAT WE HAD TEACHERS THAT MAY HAVE GONE ON LEAVE, LET'S SAY THEY TAUGHT LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE A LEVEL FIVE TEACHER, BUT THEY WENT ON A LEAVE THIS YEAR, SO THEY WERE CONSIDERED PART-TIME.
SO THEY DIDN'T GET THE MONEY, BUT A BRAND NEW TEACHER TO OUR DISTRICT DID GET THE OUTCOME MONEY BONUS.
SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO, I, I KNOW IT'S, IT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE TO LOOK THROUGH ALL THAT TO FIGURE OUT WHO WAS, WHO WASN'T AND ALL THAT.
BUT I, I THINK IT'S, TO ME, IT'S UNFAIR FOR SOMEONE THAT WORKED HARD TO HELP GET THAT SCORE AND HELP RECEIVE THAT MONEY NOT TO BENEFIT FROM IT AND A BRAND NEW TEACHER GET IT.
THAT WASN'T EVEN PART OF THAT.
DOES THAT MAKE, AM I MAKING SENSE? BUT I DON'T WANNA SOMEBODY THAT LEAVES OUR DISTRICT AND GOES TO METRO, I DON'T WANNA TRACK THEM DOWN EITHER AND SEND THEM A BONUS.
LIKE I'D RATHER IT BE A NEW TEACHER HERE THAN SOMEBODY THAT LEFT US TO GO TO METRO.
BUT THIS TEACHER DIDN'T LEAVE US.
SHE WAS JUST ON A LEAVE AND CAME, CAME BACK LIKE MATERNITY LEAVE OR A MEDICAL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LEAVE WAS.
I JUST KNOW SHE WASN'T HERE FOR PART OF THE TIME.
I THINK WE SAID IT WHAT, 120 DAYS? 120 WORK DAYS? YES.
HAD TO, HAD TO WORK 120 DAYS TO GET IT.
IS IS IS THE, IS WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE, THE BOARD HAD WE PRESENTED THAT, THE BOARD, UM, VOTED ON THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE.
UH, ACTUALLY MS. MS OWEN'S DEPARTMENT DID THE EXPORT OF THAT AND LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND PROVIDED ME
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THE LIST THAT QUALIFIED IN THE CRITERIA THAT WAS SET FORTH BY THE BOARD.UM, I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO, HOW THAT WOULD LOOK IF WE CHANGED IT FOR THIS POT OF MONEY.
DON'T, IT'S LESS, IT'S LESSER THAN THE LAST TIME.
OR IT'S A LOT LESS THAN LAST TIME.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST PEOPLE THAT GO ON LIKE A STANDARD MATERNITY LEAVE OR PATERNITY LEAVE WOULD STILL QUALIFY FOR THAT, RIGHT? IT SHOULD.
IT WAS, IT WAS JUST APPEALING TIMING IF WHAT WAS CONSIDERED 120 WORK DAYS.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS TECHNICALLY IF THEY HAD UNPAID DAYS, IF THEY WERE ON SOME KIND OF LEAVE WITH UNPAID DAYS, THAT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS 120 WORK DAYS.
I THINK I, I, I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGULAR SITUATION AND JUSTIFY IT, BUT WE CAN LIKE, I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP IT THE SAME AS LAST TIME BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
I THINK THERE HAS, HAS TO BE PARAMETERS OR THERE'S JUST NO BUDGETING.
SO IF YOU CAN KEEP IT THE SAME AND THEN OKAY.
ANYBODY WANTS TO AMEND IT, THEY CAN OR REQUEST AN AMENDMENT.
ARE WE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? LAST THING.
MS. LIN ON THE BOOKKEEPERS FOR THE TWO 40 TO TWO 60, THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
I FORGOT TO ADD A NOTE FOR THAT.
THEY DID BUMP UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THEY DID AGREE THEY BUMPED UP FROM TWO 40 DAYS TO TWO 60.
I FORGOT TO PUT A NOTE IN THERE, BUT YES.
AND THAT'S FOR THE K EIGHT SCHOOLS? THREE OF THEM.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL, UH, JUST A COUPLE COMMUNICATIONS, JUST REMINDER EVERYONE BTA A'S GRADUATION IS TOMORROW AT 6:00 PM AT THE EXPO CENTER.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE EARLY 'CAUSE IT GETS, IT GETS PACKED PRETTY QUICK IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN, UH, MAY 13TH WE HAVE THE INTERVIEW STARTING AT 12, GO UNTIL FIVE AND THEN FIVE 30 ANOTHER BUDGET WORK SESSION WHERE, YOU KNOW, BRING MAYBE THAT ONE CHANGE THAT WE HAVE AND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY EMAIL QUESTIONS WE CAN DISCUSS.
AND THEN MAY 14TH, THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER, UH, GRADUATION AT 7:00 PM AT FAIRVIEW CHURCH.
IS THERE ANY OTHER CENTRAL PIKE TOMORROW, TOM? I THINK THERE IS CENTRAL PIKE FOUR O'CLOCK.
YOUR AND, UH, WEST WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GONNA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOMORROW, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG SENDOFF, I THINK AROUND 11.
SO IF YOU CAN BE OUT THERE, UH, THAT'D BE A GREAT, WE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS GOING ON SPORTS WISE WITH THE, THE HAWKS, THE GIRLS HAWKS AND, AND THE BOYS BASEBALL.
SO IF THAT'S IT, I GUESS WE'RE, UH, WE'RE OUT.