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OUR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SPECIAL CALL WE'RE MEETING, DISCUSS THE BUDGET.

THE DATE IS MAY, 1120 21.

WE ARE IN THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, MEDIA CENTER, AND THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING.

AND IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAM BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL CAPACITY IN THE MEDIA IS LIMITED TO 60 INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS, INDIVIDUALS MUST STAY AT LEAST THREE FEET APART AND MASTER REQUIRED SEATING BEYOND FIRST BASIS.

WE HAD NO, UM, COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING.

SO WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND GIVE THEM A SECOND.

EARL CAMPBELL.

I HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA MADE BY MICHELLE CAMPBELL.

AND SECOND BY ROW CAMPBELL.

ANY DISCUSSION VOTING IS OPEN.

YES, NOT YET.

IT'S OPEN NOW.

YES, YES.

FOR MIDDLETON.

WE WILL NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH SENTENCE THE MEDIA.

WHAT WAS THAT YOU MENTIONED? ARE THERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED, THEN WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT IN 2021, 2022, LITERARY BUCKETS RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU.

THEN, AS WE ENTERED INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE, PRIMARY ON OUR MIND IS THE IMPACT THAT THIS PANDEMIC IS HAVING IN THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD TO ACCELERATE THE ACADEMIC RECOVERY OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, MANY PARENTS HAVE OPTED TO KEEP THEIR PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN, UH, STUDENTS AT HOME, UH, DURING THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, AS WE KNOW THAT, UH, SEMINAR 10 STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT ARE PROJECTED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UH, TO BE A BELOW GRADE LEVEL.

WE KNOW

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THAT HIGH SCHOOL WORK IS IMPACTED AS WELL AND POTENTIALLY GRADUATION RATES AND ET CETERA.

WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A REAL NEED FOR A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH.

WE BELIEVE THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC PROGRESS IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECRUITING HIGH QUALITY TALENT, COMPENSATING OUR TOWNS IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN OUR WORK, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF RETAINING THAT HIGH QUALITY TALENT, THIS WILL REQUIRE SOME HR POSITIONS THAT WERE CERTAINLY JUSTIFIED NOT ONLY BY THE NEED, BUT ALSO BY THE EFFICIENCY STUDY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO DEVELOP THE EXISTING TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GROW ON A REGULAR BASIS.

A LONGTERM STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS IS EXPANDING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM BECAUSE AS WE SPOKE ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, 82.7% OF KINDERGARTNERS ARRIVED, NOT READY FOR ANYWHERE.

AND JUST LAST WEEK, I SHARED AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL AND PROGRESS MONITORING THAT WE KNOW WILL REQUIRE PERSONNEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT A LOT OF WORK, UH, LIES AHEAD TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS IN THAT ACADEMIC.

WE COVERED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THAT WORK.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME, MS. CROSBY.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

THANKS.

GREAT.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THIS IS OUR THIRD, UH, LEGIT SESSION AND OR CONVERSATION.

AND, UM, AT THE LAST BUDGET MEETING ON APRIL 23RD, UM, WE PRESENTED A BUDGET THAT INCLUDED BASICALLY PROPOSED STATE MANDATES AND SOME OF THE BASIC OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, THEY, THOSE WERE MAINTENANCE COULD, UH, INSURANCE, UH, OTHER, OTHER SERVICE CONTRACTS LIKE CUSTODIAL AND GROUNDS.

UM, SO REALLY IT WAS NOT MUCH IN THE BUDGET OTHER THAN STATE MANDATED OR CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED ITEMS. UH, THIS BUDGET, UM, CONTAINS, UH, MORE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF, OF THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE GET STARTED AND I FELT LIKE THE BEST PLACE TO START WITH REVENUE, UM, IN THIS LIFE BECAUSE IT REALLY, UH, REVENUE DRIVES THE WAY THE AMOUNTS IN THE BUDGET, THE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES WE CAN APPROVE AND, AND EXPAND.

SO REALLY WE'RE LOCKED INTO SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT'S WITHIN THAT CATEGORY WITHIN REVENUES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE RIGHT GRANT MANGER OF THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET.

SO THERE WAS A, AN INTEREST EXPRESSED BY THIS OR TO, LET'S NOT DO THE BARE MINIMUM.

WE WANT TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER STRATEGIC GOALS, SUCH AS RECRUITING AND RETENTION AND, UM, REALLY DEVELOPING THEIR INTERNAL TALENTS.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE MUST INCORPORATE THOSE AND, AND REACH OUT FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, IN THE FORM OF OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.

SO, UM, AS WE HAVE HEARD JUST GROWN IN A PANDEMIC, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.

AND SO TODAY, WHAT WE WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE REVISIONS ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS BUDGET TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIC CONCERNS, STRATEGIC GOALS.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER BUDGET YEAR, MOST ARE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER, BUT THIS ONE WAS YET EVEN MORE, UM, JUST, UM, ANY, EVEN MORE CHALLENGING THAN EVER.

UM, SO THE FIRST THING THAT, UH, ONE OF THE, THE ITEMS I'VE LISTED THREE HERE, LOCAL STATE AND THE CENSUS.

SO AS FAR AS THE STATE LEGISLATURES, UM, WE HAVE, UH, RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED.

UM, MR. MURPHY IS MY LEGISLATIVE GURU.

HE IS VERY IN TUNE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR LEGISLATURE AND KEEPS ME UPDATED ON A DAILY BASIS OF HOW, AT WHAT MILLS ARE IN PROCESS, WHERE THEY'RE AT MINI OR HOUSE, WHAT DID I PASS OR NOT? AND SO JUST RECENTLY, AS OF, I BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY, UM, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE, THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR EDUCATION IS, UM, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE, HAS NOW GONE TO THE HOUSE AND HAS BEEN SENT TO HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.

SO I THINK YOU ALL MAY HAVE, THERE'S AN UPDATE IN YOUR EMAIL FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.

AND SO THAT, THAT SAME INFORMATION IS IN THAT FOR YOU, YOU AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A GOOD AREA TO FOLLOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL.

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UM, SO WHAT WHAT'S DIFFICULT IS THAT THE STATE, IT HAS NOT COMPLETED AND WILL NOT COMPLETE TILL JUNE AND OUR BUDGET WILL NEED TO BE CERTIFIED BEFORE THEN.

AND PERHAPS GO THROUGH ONE, AT LEAST ONE READING WITH COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THAT DATE.

SO IF THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY EVOLVING PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND IT MAY EVEN SOME OF THE CHANGES MAY OCCUR IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AND WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THEM.

SO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

UM, SO ANOTHER PIECE OF NEWS IS THE CENSUS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT WE HAD OUR CENSUS DATA CAME IN, UM, WAS RELEASED.

THE CENSUS DATA WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK.

AND AS OF YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, FISCAL AFFAIRS, WHICH DOES ALL THE TIME CALCULATIONS.

AND WE RECEIVED OUR VILLAGE YESTERDAY.

OUR MILLAGE CAP IS TWO POINTS, 81%, EXCUSE ME, 2.8.

WHAT PERCENT OF THE CURRENT YEAR'S MILLAGE, WHICH IS UNDER 14 MILS, UM, THAT GIVES US THE, UH, 3.2 MILS AVAILABLE.

PLUS THE 4.4 MILLS, UM, THAT WERE BANKED AS YOU WILL FROM THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

WHAT I BUY, I HAVE TO CELEBRATE TODAY IS THAT I WAS 0.01% OFF OF MY ESTIMATE 0.01%.

I ESTIMATED THAT OUR INCREASE WOULD BE A VERY CONSERVATIVE 2.8081, EXCUSE ME.

AND IT CAME IN AT 2.80.

SO THE CALCULATION IS THE SAME.

WE WILL GET, UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RAISE, UM, UTILIZE 3.2 ADDITIONAL MILS, UM, FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL, IF THAT IS THE DECISION OF THE SPORT.

SO, UM, THE LAST ITEM IS THE TAX DELAY.

UM, THE TAX BILL IS GOING OUT AND THE MARCH CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGE THROUGH THE NEW YEAR.

NOT ONLY DOES IT AFFECT THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND SOME STABILITY IN THAT AFTER, UM, BY THE SPRING.

UM, SO, UH, THE COUNTY SEAT RECENTLY INFORMED US THAT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE TO, UM, DOES NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING DATA ON THE VALUE OF THE NO UNTIL SOMETIME IN JUNE.

I THINK THAT WAS A NEWSPAPER IN THE, UH, ISLAND NEWS, UH, SOMETIME LAST WEEK.

AND, UM, WE DID ANTICIPATE THIS DELAY AND TAX REVENUE.

SO WE, THE OBJECTIONS I'M SHOWING YOU TODAY PROVIDE UPDATES FOR THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE REVENUES WE'RE SEEING IN OUR ACCOUNTS, BUT I'M STICKING WITH THE 1% GROWTH FACTOR GOING FORWARD TO BE VERY CONCISE.

SO, UM, BUT DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION, UM, FROM, FROM THERE, UM, THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON THOSE NUMBERS.

SO THAT'S, UM, YOU'LL SEE PROJECTIONS, UM, TODAY, BUT YOU, THEY MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.

UM, IT'S LIKE IT'S CURRENT TAX REVENUES, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BUSY, BUT THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE CURRENT YEAR 2021 BUDGET.

AND SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT YEAR HALLWAYS AND NOW HAVING CURRENT TAX REVENUES ARE RECORDED IN GREEN AT 98 HALF PERCENT.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S, AS OF APRIL 15TH DATA, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY APRIL 30TH DATA THAT THEY HAD NOT REPORTED TIP ENTRIES YET.

SO IT WASN'T COMPLETED WELL BRINGING THAT TODAY.

UM, BUT WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE AN EXCESS THIS YEAR IN TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND THE FAR, UM, I SHOULD HAVE NUMBERED NAME, THESE COLUMN HEADINGS, BUT 147,568,940.

THAT IS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WE'VE COLLECTED SO FAR.

AND A BUDGET IS 149.7 MILLION.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO 1.2 MILLION SHORT, BUT AVERAGE OF THE THREE YEARS OF COLLECTIONS BETWEEN APRIL 15TH AND JUNE 30 HAS SHOWN TO BE ABOUT 4.8 MILLION, THE DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD COLLECT.

UH, AND SO TAKING US OVER THE BUDGET BY ABOUT TWO TO TWO TO TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

SO AS YOU LOOK AT 20 IN COMPARISON, 2018 AND 2017 AND YEARS WHERE WE WERE AT ABOUT 98 OR 99% AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, WE HAD EXCESSES OF 2.6 AND 3.8 MILLION THOSE YEARS.

SO I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR, FOR EIGHT YEAR, NOT ANOTHER, BUT A YEAR OF AN EXCESS, UM, UH, TAX

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REVENUE.

AND SO NOW THERE ARE SOME, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE REDUCTION IN STATE REVENUE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THAT'S EFA WENT DOWN.

UM, SO IT MAY OFFSET SOME OF THAT REVENUE.

AND SO, UH, WE'LL KNOW MORE, YOU KNOW, EACH TIME EACH MONTH AND AS WE GET CLOSER AND I CAN CERTAINLY KEEP BOARD FORM OF THAT.

SO, SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, VERY GOOD THING.

SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ADD, UH, FUNDING IN, WITHIN, WITHIN THE CURRENT MILLAGE AND, UM, WE HOPE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, HAVE THAT KIND OF PATTERN IN THE FUTURE OR, UM, W AND PREVENTING ANY SHORTFALLS AS WE'VE SEEN HERE DIRECTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS.

THE NEXT LINE IS IT'S ABOUT BUDGET REVISION SINCE APRIL 23RD.

SO IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, UM, ABOUT REVENUE, THIS IS JUST REVENUE.

UM, BUT WE HAVE SEEN AN IMPROVED OUTLOOK ABOUT LOCAL TAX REVENUES.

LIKE WE JUST DISCUSSED, UM, IN THIS BUDGET, WE WERE REVISING IT TO, UM, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MILLAGE AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT AND, UH, AND BEYOND, AND ALLOW FOR INCREASES ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST THE BARE MINIMUM OF MANDATORY INCREASES AND CONTRACTUAL INCREASES.

UM, THERE IS A TEACHER STEP IS ACTUALLY A, UM, RESTORING THE TEACHER STEP THAT WAS LOST BACK IN 2011 AND 12 SCHOOL YEAR.

UM, SO WE'VE BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS AND WITHOUT A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT PROPERLY REFLECTS, UM, STEP INCREASES FOR MANY OF OUR STAFF.

UM, SO THERE IS FUNDING IN THIS BUDGET, SO THOSE ARE LOCAL ITEMS I WAS WANTING TO.

AND THEN ITEMS THREE THROUGH SIX ARE ALL, UM, EXCUSE ME.

UM, YES, ALL EXPENDITURE INCREASES ON THE REVENUE TIME.

SO TEACHER STEP, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING SOME FUNDS THERE.

A THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE BASE TEACHER SALARY.

UM, BUS DRIVERS ARE SPECIFICALLY INDICATED IN THIS, IN THE MIDDLE OF PROCREATION SKILL AS 5% INCREASE.

AGAIN, THIS IS STILL POST, UH, AND HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE, UH, IS GOING TO BE CROSSED THAT WE'LL NEED TO ASSUME.

SO THE ESTIMATES OF, UM, ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE WE'RE ESTIMATING THE COST.

UH, WE WILL RECEIVE REVENUES APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 20, EXCUSE ME, 90% OF THE COST OF THOSE, UM, INCREASES.

SO, UM, WE'LL, AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY BRING THAT FORWARD.

UM, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FINAL REVENUE SLIDE, AND THIS SHOWS THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AND THE PROJECTED ACTUALS.

UM, I MEAN, IT WILL BE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE, UM, IN OUR PROJECTION WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT $2 MILLION EXCESS.

AND SO IN COLUMN C, THAT IS THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU SAW ON APRIL 23RD.

AND SO THE CHANGE IS IN COLUMN D AND THIS IS, UH, COLUMN D HAS A MILLAGE OF 7.6 IN THAT, UH, AND MAKES ALLOWS US TO RECEIVE 10 MILLION, $10.2 MILLION ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT BUDGETS.

SO, UM, IN THE STATE REVENUE, WE HAVE JUST, AS I MENTIONED, JUST A MOMENT AGO, THE ADDITIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS, THE BUS DRIVER INCREASE AND THE ADDITIONAL THOUSAND DOLLAR TEACHER'S SALARY.

AND THOSE ARE THE CHANGES COLUMN E.

AND SO THIS PROVIDES YOU SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE IN A REVENUE PROCESS, BUT THESE ARE PRETTY CRITICAL TO BUILD, TO ALLOWING US TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH TO BUILD OUR BUDGET ON, RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO EXPENDITURES.

SO, UH, THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET OR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET WAS 254.3 MILLION, AND THAT WAS THE STARTING PLACE FOR THIS BUDGET.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT WE, UM, SORT OF CATEGORIZE THINGS INTO TO HELP MAKE SOME SENSE OF, UM, OF WHERE THE PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET ARE ADDRESSING WHICH THINGS THAT BUDGET IS DRESSING.

AND SO STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES ARE SIX, 7.3 MILLION, UH, STAFFING ALLOCATIONS, 800,000 OPERATIONAL INCREASES 1.6 MILLION OTHER INCREASES OF 2.3

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AND DECREASES OF 1.2 MILLION.

SO WE WERE AT A POINT OF 265.1 MILLION.

AND SINCE THIS WAS THE BEGINNING POINT, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE.

AND SO THE NEXT SECTION IS GOING TO BE REVISIONS SINCE THAT DATE.

SO THE FOCUS OF OUR PATIENTS, REALLY THE THING THAT STUCK OUT THE MOST AS, UM, A NEED FOR AN ONGOING RECURRING BUDGET, UH, AS RECURRING ITEMS WAS COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS.

SO YOU'RE, YOU HAVE ALREADY MANY OF YOU, OR HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND THE HANDOUTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY.

AND THIS IS PRIMARILY, THERE IS $7 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET FOR TEACHER SALARY AND RECENTLY ALONE ALONE.

UM, THAT IS REALLY, UM, THAT'S AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER.

IT IS, IS VERY ENCOURAGING STATES PROVIDING, UM, MANDATING SOME OF THOSE INCREASES.

AND THEN WE DON'T, WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOME OF OUR OWN TODAY.

SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION AND WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS WITH BOARD AND COUNTY COUNCIL EVENTUALLY TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MOST, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS WE HAVE.

SO, AND NEXT IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON WE'RE HERE.

UM, FORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE, UH, THIS YEAR SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, AND I HAVE A FEW SLIDES AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, THE CARES ACT AND ESTHER ACTS AND ARPA ACT FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING.

UM, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY DEALING WITH SPECIFICALLY TO INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING LOSS.

WHAT ARE THE FACILITIES THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE IN AND MAKING SURE THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY IS, IS GOOD.

THESE ITEMS ARE RECURRING AND WILL STAY WITH US FOR MANY YEARS.

SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE HAVE ADDED, UM, BACK SOME FUNDING.

AND, UH, REALLY TOOK A LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EFFICIENCY STUDY IN THIS VERSION AS WELL.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL POSITIONS COMING OUT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.

UH, THERE'S ALSO SOME, UH, DISTRICT SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT WERE EITHER RESTORED OR THE NEEDS ARE GREAT TO PUT THOSE POSITIONS IN PLACE.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALIGNING THE ITEMS WITH OUR STRATEGIC GOALS.

SO, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 20 2124, A IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS DARN STRATUS.

RECENTLY WORKED WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE VERY DILIGENTLY AND WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE, UH, THE GOLDEN CC HERE FOR YOU IF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATIVE QUALITY RESCHOOL CLIMATE AND GIFTED AND TALENTED WITH THOSE CATEGORIES.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, IN EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE MENTIONING AND THEN SLIDES AND IN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE LINKING THOSE BACK TO STRATEGIC GOALS.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE ARE THAT THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE ADDITIONAL, UH, INCREASES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED AS A RESULT OF, UH, REQUESTING A, UH, 7.6 MIL RATE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE STEP THAT IS CURRENTLY MANDATED TO THE OUT OF STATE AND WAS IN OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, A NEW AMOUNT FROM THE STATE HAS BEEN, UM, IS BEING DISCUSSED AND IS IN A BILL TO INCREASE TO FACE TEACHER SALARIES BY $1,000, WHICH EQUATES TO AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT ONE, 2%.

SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT STATE MANDATE, IT COSTS 1.8 MILLION, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO RESTORE THE STEP INCREASE FROM 2011 12, UH, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER $1.5 MILLION, UM, THAT WAS WAIVED IN 2011, 12, AND NEVER FUNDED TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO THIS WAS, IS SOMETHING MANY DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY RESTORED THAT STEP.

UM, NOT MANY HAVE, ARE, ARE STILL AT A POINT WHERE THEY HAVEN'T AFFORDED IT AS WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE FOR OUR TEACHERS.

UM, ALSO, UM, RACE, WE WERE RECOMMENDED TO RAISE THE MAX TEACHER STAFF FROM 24 YEARS TO 25 YEARS.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO SAY IS THAT ALL TEACHERS WILL GET AN INCREASE, EVEN THOSE FROM 24 YEARS TO 44 YEARS, EVERYONE THAT'S AT THE TOP STEP, WE'LL GET A BUMP IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT THOUSAND DOLLAR VASE.

SO I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT.

AND, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY MUCH, UM, IS VERY MUCH NEEDED, VERY MUCH, WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UH, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT 2%,

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UM, ALIGNED WITH A THOUSAND DOLLAR TEACHER BASE.

UM, IT'S BEING MANDATED BY THE STATE.

SO IT'S A SIMILAR, UH, I I'M COMPARING IT TO THAT SORT OF, UM, INCREASE THAT IS MANDATED ALSO THE ANTICIPATED MANDATE FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AT A 5% COST OF LIVING INCREASE.

THAT COST WOULD BE 180,000.

SO, UM, THESE TOTAL ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, JUST THE, UM, COMPENSATION INCREASES.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY STUDY.

UM, SO I, UH, UM, WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH ALICE.

SHE PROVIDED THE BACKUP EFFICIENCY STUDY DOCUMENTATION, AND I READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING HIGHLIGHTING, CIRCLING, AND THEN THERE'S A SUMMARY IN THE BACK AS WELL.

AND SO, ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE ITEM THIS YEAR, UH, MANY OF THE ITEMS ARE BEING ADDRESSED, UM, IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.

SO THERE ARE POSITIONS, THERE'S A POSITION IN INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES OR A DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, ALTHOUGH THE EFFICIENCY STUDY INDICATED THERE WAS A NEED OR 17 POSITIONS, THERE ARE FIVE THAT ARE BEING, EXCUSE ME, FOUR THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED HERE IN THIS BUDGET.

UH, IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION, THERE WILL BE TWO POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, AND ONE ACCOUNTANT.

YOU SUPPORT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY SESSION, THERE IS ONLY ONE I, AND THAT IS SECURITY GUARDS.

AND DOES ADDRESS THE BOARD POLICY, UH, OF, OF PROVIDING TRAINED AND CERTIFIED SECURITY PERSONNEL TO ALL SCHOOLS.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE SROC ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND A COUPLE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BASED ON THE LAST OF SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

UM, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO FILL IN THE GAPS OF WHERE SCHOOLS ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING SERVED BY A SECURITY PERSONNEL.

SO THIS ALLOWS US TO APPLY THAT, UM, AND EAT THAT AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD POLICY.

UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ITEMS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

UM, THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS REQUESTED THEIR LITERACY AND MATH SPECIALISTS WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH TEACHERS, COACHES, AND LEADERSHIP FOCUS ON LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

UM, THIS ITEM IS ALSO IN THE EFFICIENCY STUDY.

I, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO PICK ONE, ONE CATEGORY.

SO I BELIEVE, I THINK IT'S STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT CERTAINLY OF OUR GOALS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE HERE IN THIS CATEGORY, THE GUIDANCE, THIS IS FOR YOU'RE FOLLOWING THAT IN CONVERSATION IN THE EFFICIENCY STUDY, UH, WHERE, WHERE YOU HIGHLIGHTED A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION, BUT ADDITIONALLY HIGHLIGHTED, UH, SPECIALIST POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE WORK, UH, AT THE SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY THE PERFORMING SCHOOL AND, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FOR TWO SCHOOLS TO MEET, UH, THE 301 RATIO.

SO WITH THIS, THERE WERE THREE IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET REQUEST, UH, FROM ON APRIL 23RD, THIS ADDS ADDITIONAL TWO GUIDANCE COUNSELORS.

AND THIS ALLOWS US TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUESTED OPPOSITIONS TO MEET THAT 301 RATIO.

AND THEN FINALLY, IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SECTION, UH, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, WE ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED 15 TEACHER POSITIONS TO CUT, UH, AND MOVE, OR ACTUALLY NOT TO CUT, BUT YOU REALLOCATE TO OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDING SOURCES.

UM, I REALLY, AGAIN, THOSE FUNDING SOURCES ARE NOT NON-RECURRING FUNDS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE TWO YEARS.

THIS IS, UM, A PREFERENCE TO KEEP THESE POSITIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND, CONTINUE TO FUND THEM AND NOT TO LOSE THOSE POSITIONS WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, BUT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING DIRECT INTERVENTIONS.

THEY WOULD BE USED TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE AND POTENTIALLY I EXPAND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM.

SO THESE ARE AVAILABLE AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IN COMING MONTHS, UM, WHAT ACTUALLY, WHERE TO PLACE THOSE POSITIONS SHOULD THESE, UH, ITEMS REMAIN IN THE BUDGET.

UM, SO, AND FINALLY, THE CATEGORICAL AREAS THAT DISTRICT SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, WE'RE STORING THREE POSITIONS.

UH, THESE WERE CUT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

UM, THEY WERE POSITIONS CUT INTO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE WAS A NEED FOR SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF FINE ARTS, GIFTED AND TALENTED AND HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

UM, AND THEN

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RESTORING OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REDUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS BUDGET.

UH, WE DID CUT BACK SOME INCREASES THAT WERE REQUESTED, AND THIS ALLOWS SOME OF THAT INCREASED.

SOME OF WHAT WE CUT OUT CAN GO BACK INTO THE SUPPORT, THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION, HUMAN RESOURCES.

UH, I HEARD LOUD, LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW, UH, FOR A SALARY AND COMPENSATION STUDY.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE IN CASE THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION OR WITH THAT STUDY.

AND SO THERE IS SPENDING IT HERE, WHAT A STUDY, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED BY HUMAN RESOURCES FOR JUST NORMAL OPERATIONS AND, UH, FINALLY ONE POSITION TO SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF AUTOMATION OCCURRING, UM, WITH OUR US STOP.

UH, GPS SYSTEM IS IN OUR TRIP TRACKER FOR ATHLETIC TRIPS AND FIELD TRIPS AND OVERALL, UM, COMMUNICATIONS FOR PARENTS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING TRANSPORTED VIA BUS.

SO THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THOSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THOSE INCREASES, AND I REALIZED THAT, UM, MAYBE 20, 21, 21 BUDGET ON THE FIRST TOP OF THE FIRST ROW ON THE LEFT SIDE IS NOT ACCURATE.

THAT SHOULD BE WHERE WE STARTED OUT AS A MARCH, APRIL 23RD.

SO THIS IS NOT PRIOR YEAR BUDGET POWER.

THIS IS, UM, BUT THAT INFORMATION, ALL OF THE OTHER INFORMATION IS ACCURATE.

THEY'RE JUST, UH, JUST THE WRONG DATE.

UM, SO OVERALL THIS BUDGET IS, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 9.2 BILLION BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UM, IN PRIMARILY IN, UH, MARCH AND APRIL.

UH, IT IS A $20 MILLION INCREASE OVERALL, UH, AND 7.9%.

SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 274 MILLION, 274,600.

SO, UM, AND THEN WE BREAK THOSE DOWN INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOCUS OF OUR WORK IS INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND $196,000 OF THIS BUDGET IS IN THOSE THAT CATEGORY AND 71% OF THIS BUDGET LEADERSHIP AND THE OTHER 28 AND HALF, AND EXCUSE ME, OPERATIONS AT ABOUT 50 MILLION.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CATEGORIES AND BREAK DOWN AND THIS, UH, DOCUMENT, UH, REFERS TO A HANDOUT AND THE, UM, THE SECOND DOCUMENT THAT I POSTED IN FOUR DOTS.

SO IT WAS A VERY DETAILED, UM, BUDGET WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT INCREASES AND DECREASES WERE OCCURRING.

SO THIS IS THE HIGH LEVEL CATEGORIES THAT ARE SEEN IN DETAIL IN THE HANDOUTS.

AND, UH, AS SUMMARIZING THE BUDGET, WE ARE LOOKING ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE BUDGET SUMMARY, UM, OVERALL REVENUE CHANGES, LOCAL REVENUES UP, UH, WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 13.6 MILLION STATE REVENUE ABOUT 5 MILLION.

UM, SO THAT MAKES UP THE, UH, AREAS OF, OF FUNDING FOR THIS BUDGET.

TOTALING, AN INCREASE IN REVENUES OF 21 MILLION.

AND THE INCREASING EXPENDITURES IS ABOUT 20 MILLION AS WELL.

WE ARE PRESENTING A BALANCED BUDGET THIS YEAR, OUR PREVIOUS, OR OUR CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET HAS A BUDGETED USE OF FUND BALANCE OR BRINGING FORWARD A BALANCED BUDGET KEY THIS YEAR WITH NO INCREASES OR DECREASES, UM, ON THE END OF FUND BALANCE.

SO IT WOULD REMAIN AS IS INTACT AND THAT A BALANCED BUDGET IS REQUIRED AND OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION FIVE.

SO, AND THE NEED INCREASES COMES A NEED, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ON THE LOCAL SIDE.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ABOUT 23% OF OUR CURRENT STATE FUNDING IS, UH, UM, OUR EFA PORTION OF STATE REVENUES IS, UH, 25% 20, EXCUSE ME, 22%.

AND, UH, SO THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TAXES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET AND TO, UM, MOVE THE NEEDLE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND SO I PROVIDED SOME SCENARIOS OF THE IMPACT ON TAX CARE, APPROXIMATELY $114

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ON A $250,000 SECOND HOME OR PROPERTY, UM, NON OWNER OCCUPIED, AND THEN A HUNDRED DAYS, $2 ON A, UM, ON AN ESTIMATED $400,000 PROPERTY.

AGAIN, THOSE WERE ON, UM, NOT ON RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS, THEY'RE ON, UH, THOSE THAT ARE PROPOSING A SIX OR 10% AND THE OTHER ASSESSMENT RATIOS.

SO, UM, THE FINAL AREA I WANTED TO MENTION IN THE POWERPOINT IS SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO THE JUST SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF, UH, FEDERAL GUNS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19.

UM, AND YOU'VE SEEN THESE A FEW TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE RECEIVED THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS AND THE ANSWER TO IS ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS.

UM, THE LATEST, UH, WAS, UM, WAS THE ARCO FUNDS A FEE OF $50.9 MILLION.

WE WERE INFORMED, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT OUR ALLOCATION IS 50.9 MILLION OF THE NEW FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THAT IS PRETTY MONUMENTAL.

UH, A AND WE ARE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF BEGINNING TO PLAN FOR THOSE FUNDS.

SO, UH, WE HAVE SPENT ALMOST ALL OF THE CRF FUNDS AND THIS MAKES A SMALL CATEGORY IN THE SAME SMALL CIRCLE HERE, UM, OF THE WE HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION REMAINING TO SPEND AND ESTHER THREE, EXCUSE ME, AS HER WAND AND ASKED HER TO, UM, ASK HER TO, WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $720,000 SO FAR AND PRIMARILY IN THE AFTER SCHOOL, 2.0 PROGRAM.

UM, BUT THAT PLAN IS NOT HAVE HAD FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE STATE YET.

WE ARE, UM, THE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE ARE WAITING IN ANY DAY.

NOW WE WILL RECEIVE THE, UH, FINAL WORD THAT PLAN HAS BEEN THROUGH.

UM, AND I'VE ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT TO HAVE ANY DAY.

AND THEN THE MOST RECENT ONES, UH, WE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO RECEIVE GUIDANCE ON THESE FUNDS AND TO START REELING A PLAN, UM, OR THE USE OF THOSE RESOURCES, UM, LATEST OUR FUNDS EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER, 2024.

SO OVERALL IN THOSE FEDERAL TIME CATEGORIES, WE'VE SPENT OUT $7.7 MILLION IN THE LAST YEAR AND ALLOW CATEGORIES ARE VERY SIMILAR AND ALL OF THE ITEMS. SO SLIDE 27.

UM, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE FUNDING IS TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS.

SO MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS NEEDED TO BE, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT.

AND SO FAR WE, MORE THAN ENOUGH, UH, MEET THAT EXPECTATION.

UH, WE ARE, WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT THE, UH, S OR TWO APPLICATION FORM.

AS SOON AS THAT APPROVAL COMES, WE WILL BE, UM, BRINGING THAT FORWARD FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW.

UM, AND THAT IS AGAIN, UM, UH, OVER 60% OF THE TOTAL SPENDING IS IN THE CATEGORY OF LEARNING LOSS.

UM, OUR ARC OF GUNS ALSO PROVIDE AS THE OTHERS DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN HAVE DO A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR THAT, AS WELL AS, UH, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S, IT'S USED TO ADDRESS RETURNING FACE-TO-FACE SAFELY.

UM, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED, UM, ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT, AND WE WANT TO, IT ADDRESSES PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING SUMMER LEARNING AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. UH, IT PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ENHANCE SANITATION EFFORTS AND OUR INDOOR AIR QUALITY ISSUES, UM, THAT INDOOR AIR QUALITY ISSUES THAT MAY BE PRESENT.

SO THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY CATEGORIES THAT WE MUST FOLLOW.

UH, SO WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY REMIND OURSELVES THAT THOSE THERE'S TWO YEARS, TWO SCHOOL YEARS WORTH OF FUNDING THERE.

UM, AND SO, UM, WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF, UH, THINGS THAT ARE NON-RECURRING, UM, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE USING FOR, FOR THOSE FUNDING SOURCES.

SO, UM, AT THIS POINT WE ARE LOOKING OR JUST CONTINUE WITH INPUT FROM THE BOARD, AND THEN WE WILL BE BUILDING A AFTER, AFTER THE SEATING'S MEETING AND FURTHER DIRECTION, WE WILL BE GOING TO FEEL WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A VIRTUAL FORUM.

AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING NEXT, UH, WITH THE LATEST, UH, INFORMATION, UH, AND THEN WE

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WILL NEED TO BE GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY COUNTY OFFICIALS TO TALK TO THEM SOME MORE, UH, IN BEGAN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGET.

AND SO, UM, BEFORE I CLOSE, I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS, SANDY KNOW THAT PROVIDED.

UM, SO I HAVE CIRCLED A FEW THINGS, UH, LET'S START WITH PAGE 19 PAGE 19 PROVIDES THE COMPARATIVE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WHEN I STEPPED BACK FOR A MOMENT AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY WE DID THIS BIG DOCUMENT, UM, EACH YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE DEVELOP A BUDGET DOCUMENT.

WE CALL THE BUDGET BOOK AND WE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WHAT'S, YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS DOCUMENT IS, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL IT, THIS WILL LOOK VERY FAMILIAR WHEN WE GET DONE.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE VERY BEGINNING AND IT GETS, UH, HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW THE ALLOCATIONS ARE PROVIDED SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS.

AND, UH, THEN IT GETS INTO THE FINANCIAL SECTION WITH ALL THE NUMBERS.

UM, AND THEN WHEN THAT IS INFORMATIONAL SECTION OF VARIOUS, UM, VARIOUS ITEMS LIKE, UM, THE PROPOSED TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE VERSUS IN A COMPARATIVE FORMAT WITH THIS YEAR HISTORY OF, UH, VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'VE FUNDED OVER THE YEARS AND, AND HOW THE COST OF LIVING AND, UM, HISTORICAL CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED AS WELL.

PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MENTION THE SEASONING IS, UM, THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET ON PAGE 30, ONE 30 31 AND 32 THIS YEAR, UM, AFTER OUR, UM, CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR REGARDING DEBT SERVICE, UM, WE DID FIND THAT IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, THERE IS ACTUALLY A I DOCUMENT OR EXCUSE ME, OH, S TWO REQUIRES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, RECOMMEND AN ANNUAL OPERATING, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND, A DEBT SERVICE AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD.

NO CAPITAL BUDGETS ARE APPROVED WHEN THOSE COME ABOUT 8% OR REFERENDUM, BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY APPROVED.

HE GETS SERVICE BUDGET.

SO THEY, UH, BASED ON LEGAL ADVICE, I'M I WAS RECOMMENDED THIS YEAR TO MOVE FORWARD, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ON THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET PROVIDERS, BACKUP DOCUMENTS, INFORM THE BOARD OF WHAT THE MILLAGE CURRENTLY IS.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES AND THERE ARE NOT ANY PROPOSED CHANGES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR CERTIFICATION OR ON MAY 18, OR THE NEXT TIME THE BOARD, UM, IS GOING TO HAVE THAT BOARD CERTIFICATION.

SO WOULD, THEY WILL COME IN TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, RECOMMENDED MOTIONS, ONE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, ONE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO, UM, THAT SERVICE IS MUCH SIMPLER, A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAN, UH, THAN THE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, TAX REVENUE COMING IN LITTLE BIT OF STATE REVENUE AND A LOT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS GOING OUT AND THAT'S VALID.

SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS ALL THE DETAIL, EVERY LINE OF THE DETAIL, UM, THAT IS IN THAT BUDGET.

AND SO, UM, IT IS AS WELL AS THE CASHFLOW ANALYSIS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE, OR THE 36.3 MILS OF DEBT SERVICE FOLKS.

SO WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD AND WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNSEL ON HOW TO, UM, PAY OR THE ORDINANCE, UM, IF ANY MODIFICATIONS NEED TO BE MADE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE FOR THE SEPARATION OF THOSE TWO, UM, TOPICS, GENERAL FUNDED DEBT SERVICE.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK I CAN PAUSE HERE AND, UM, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WAS ME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I GREATLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THIS IT'S.

I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE EXPRESSED IN QUESTIONS WE ASKED AT THE LAST

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ONE, UM, YOU HAVE CERTAINLY ANSWERED AND BROUGHT FORWARD A VERY COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF, OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

UM, I REALLY JUST WANT TO ASK HER A QUESTION SO I CAN TAKE THIS MASK OFF, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.

UM, 13, UH, SECURITY GUARDS IS A STATE NOT PROVIDING ANY FUNDING FOR, UM, I'M SORRY.

BACK IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FIRST POWERPOINT NOW, THE HANDOUT, IT SAYS 900, $5,000 FOR A SECURITY GUARDS.

UM, IS IT SAFE? I MEAN, IF THOSE ARE SRO, IS, IS A STATE NOT PROVIDED SOME MORE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR SRS.

THERE IS A, UM, A PORTION OF THE BILL THAT HAS TO DO WITH SU SAFETY OFFICERS OR SORROWS.

UM, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOUTH WILL BE ALLOCATED.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED, UH, TO IN THE PAST YEAR.

UH, SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT, UM, IF WE DO RECEIVE IT, THE FUNDING GOES STRAIGHT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND NOT THROUGH DISTRICTS.

SO THEY GO BEYOND SAY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND OR THE CITY FOR, OR SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IT WILL BE ON THE MUNICIPALITIES.

THEY WILL RECEIVE REVENUES AND PAY THAT SRO.

SO THERE COULD BE FUNDING.

UM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, UM, WHETHER IT WILL, THERE WILL BE, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO SINCE THIS WOULD BE SECURITY.

OFFICER SECURITY PERSONNEL, UM, WILL BE CONTRACTED ROLE.

UH, THEY CAN BE REPLACED WITH AN SR, AN SRO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE WITHIN THE EXPERIENCE SAVINGS IN OUR BUDGET AS A RESULT.

SO PROBABLY ONE MORE, UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO ASK HIM A BUNCH OF THE QUEUE, RIGHT.

THEN I'LL JUST DO ONE MORE.

THANK YOU.

I'M ON PAGE 15 WHERE IT SAYS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, RESTORATIVE, PREVIOUS DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS.

CAN YOU PLAY US TO THE HANDOUT WHERE THAT WAS GIVEN A LITTLE MORE CONVENTION? I DON'T HAVE A DETAIL ON THAT TODAY THAT I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE IT FOR THE NEXT MEAT CATEGORY.

THANK YOU.

UM, MY QUESTION IS ALSO ON PAGE 15.

UM, THE FIRST LINE WAS STAR THREE POSITIONS, SUPPORT, FINE ARTS AND GIFT OF ENCOUNTERED IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

CAN YOU TELL ME MAYBE DR.

STRATOSE, WHICH OF OUR AREAS SUBJECT AREAS HAVE SUPPORT? UM, I DON'T THINK SOCIAL STUDIES HAS ONE ANYMORE.

UM, SO WHO HAS IT AND WHO DOES IT EVENINGS ISRAEL BUYING AT THIS CURRENT? CURRENTLY WE HAVE A MATH AND SCIENCE COORDINATOR.

YEAH.

AND THEN MELISSA MARRIED DIRECTOR, WE JUST ONBOARDED TEACHING AND LEARNING DIRECTOR WHOSE SPECIALTY IS SOCIAL STUDIES.

SO SHE WILL COVER THAT AREA AS WELL.

OKAY.

TECHNICALLY, WELL, THURSDAY WOULD BE MRS. DILLARD'S LAST WORKING DAY.

FRIDAY IS HER LAST OFFICIAL DAY.

SHE HAS BEEN HANDLING FINE ARTS, KIND OF GIFTED AND TALENTED FOR US.

THAT WAS QUITE A REQUEST FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS RIGHT THERE.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVE AS HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

SO THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THOSE REQUESTS.

THANK YOU.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALL COVERED AT THIS POINT, THEN MAJOR AREAS WITH THIS, RIGHT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY CRITIQUE OF THIS? SAY IF WE GAVE YOU THE DIRECTORS SOME BACKWARD, UH, BUT FROM WE'LL COPY ENERGETIC BUDGET TOWARDS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND THE PARENTS IS THAT YOU PATTERNED YOUR BUDGET WITH STAFF THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO WITHOUT.

SO WHAT WAS THE LEVEL OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR? WE ASKED YOU TO COME BACK.

THAT'S THE QUESTION, THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

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WHAT I SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FIRST OF ALL, 15 BACK 15 STAFF THAT WE ASSIGN, WE ASSIGN THEM.

THERE WAS LOST POSITION BEFORE PULLS RIGHT OFF POSITION.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AMAZED.

WHAT ARE THE QUALITY OF IT? YOU KNOW, REASSIGNMENT PROCESS IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IF THERE WERE EXPENDABLE AND NOW YOU'LL AREAS, I SUPPOSE.

NO.

UH, SO, SO WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS ADVERTISING FOR, UH, UM, UH, PARTICULAR SPECIALIST POSITIONS TO, TO GO TOWARDS, UM, I'M GOING TO CALL IT A SPECIALIST POSITIONS.

OKAY.

BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, IS THAT BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXERT.

OKAY.

AND, AND WE WANT TO TARGET OUR, UH, OUR, OUR ROLE OR PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THERE.

JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE I'M SAYING THEIR POSITIONS AND MOVING DOWN TO OTHER AREAS OF THE DAY.

NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GNOSTIC OF THAT, RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, UH, STRATEGIC, UH, UH, PERSONNEL FOR, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE LIFT, THE HEAD.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY.

I DON'T WANT TO GET HIM TO REPEAT DETAILS OF THE STAFF, BUT ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE, UH, OF THE FOUNDATION PHASE, BUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, I SUPPOSE, RIGHT.

35 BILLION PER YEAR.

AND I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU YOU'LL BE ANYWHERE HOW WE UTILIZE THAT.

AS I JUST SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A BRAND.

I REMEMBER, I WOULD SAY, REMEMBER THAT, THAT, THAT AMOUNT WAS JUST GIVEN TO US.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT WAS.

THE ROAD DEFINITELY 5,202 ALL THE TIME WITH VENDORS.

WELL, THE 22 HASN'T BEEN APPROVED WHERE WE SPEND THE 22 MILLION AND THE PLAN COMES BACK AND IT'S NOT APPROVED.

NOW WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AND FIND 22 WILL.

RIGHT? NO, I WON'T PLAN.

NO, NO, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU SPEND THAT 22 MILLION AND THE STATE COMES BACK AND SAYS, THAT PLAN IS NOT APPROVED.

NOW, NOW YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH 22 MILLION.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, I MEAN, I WAS JUST AT A ROUND TABLE, UH, THIS WEEK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE.

AND THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME SITUATION BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING TO GET THEIR PLANS APPROVED.

UH, SO, SO THAT THEY CAN THEN MOVE FORWARD.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A PLAN ON HOW TO SPEND 22 MILLION? WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A ON WHERE WE ALLOCATED THE 22 MILLION TO BE SPENT WITHIN THEIR BUCKET AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY APPROVE THAT, THAT THAT'S BEEN OKAY.

THAT DOESN'T YOU THOUGHT WE'D SPEND THE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT AND STRATEGIC PROGRAM TODAY, ASK TWO THINGS.

HOW DOES IT CROSS REFERENCE? SO THE BUDGET.

SO ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS RIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE, IS IT THE POTENTIAL TO EXTEND THE LEARNING DAY, PARTICULARLY AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND PARTICULARLY AT OUR, UH, UH, LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

RIGHT.

AND SO WE WANT TO SEE HOW FAR WE CAN TAKE THAT, RIGHT.

UH, IN ORDER TO MORE LEARNING TIME.

RIGHT.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

GOING TO APPROVE THAT UP THERE.

UM, THEY WOULD VOTE.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY MR. CAMPBELL, I DID READ ALL THE MATERIALS.

SO THIS QUESTION, UH, DOESN'T SEEM WELL-INFORMED, IT'S JUST FROM A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, FROM A LACK OF PREPARATION, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS EXPANDED IT'S IN HERE EXPANDING EARLY CHILDHOOD PRESCHOOL.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A MEETING RECENTLY WHERE THE BOARD BASICALLY VOICED A DESIRE TO ADD ANOTHER, SOME POLITICAL BILLS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.

DOES THIS BUDGET ADDRESS ANY OF THAT OR IS IT KIND OF ALL THE EXPANSION OF THE PRE-K ON HOLD? LIKE WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? YES.

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SO, UH, THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS WITHIN THIS BUDGET, BUT THEY'RE ALL ALSO OUR OTHER RESOURCES.

UH, THE 15 POSITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN BE PLACED WITH A PLAN OF SPECIFIC AREAS, UM, TO EXPAND CERTAIN AREAS THAT HAVE SPACE, UM, CURRENTLY.

SO WE DO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF USING THAT.

UM, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, GOTCHA.

$1.2 MILLION POTENTIALLY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM EXPANSION.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD A LONGER TERM PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS, UH, ANY EXPANSION ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE RIVER WITH YOUR HARVEST SILLIES.

UM, THE NORTHERN SIDE WOULD, I NEED A RECONFIGURATION OF SOME SORT, BUT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE MORE SPACE ON THIS SIDE.

SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, OR TO A PLAN COMING FORWARD FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD OFFERS.

SO MULTI YEARS OF WHAT WE WERE, WHAT, UH, WHERE NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND IN GREATER SERVE THAT, THAT POPULATION OR THAT GRADE LEVEL STUDENTS.

SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE SAYING THIS BUDGET KIND OF STARTS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND IT'S, THERE'S A LONG TERM VIEW DOWN THE ROAD.

OKAY.

SO, SO IT'S KINDA TRYING TO GET AT, THANK YOU.

SO, UM, PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT YOU WERE JUST ASKED, SO WHAT, W W WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD THE 1.2 MILLION, I MEAN, CAN YOU SORT OF, UH, QUANTIFY WHAT THAT WOULD, HOW THAT WOULD APPLY TO EARLY CHILDHOOD, LIKE THAT WOULD ALLOW 34 STUDENTS TO ATTEND? I'D HAVE NO IDEA WHAT, WHAT IS KATIE GOING TO BE SOMETHING CONCRETE TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASS SIZE MAX, SUCH MONEY STUDENTS PER CLASS SIZE? UM, SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ABROAD TO, UM, SHIFT STUDENTS OR MAKE SPACE FOR A POTENTIALLY LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR EARLY CHOCOLATE.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE SPACE TO HAVE TO, UM, OFFER THOSE PROGRAMS, UM, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, GET MORE INTEREST IN AND RECRUIT MORE STUDENTS TO, TO COME FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN ON THE SEVEN SIDE, YOU KNOW, SPACE IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS MORE OF AN INTERVENTION STYLE, UM, OPPORTUNITY THERE, I BELIEVE RECENTLY, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, UH, RUBRICS THE BACON AROUND, UH, UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND FUNDING FOR UNIVERSAL PRE-K, UH, WHICH, WHICH WE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH RIGHT THEN, AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME DOLLARS COMING ALONG.

SO I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE GOT, UM, YOUR HANDOUT IN YOUR, UM, OKAY.

AND, UM, AND THE HOUR WERE EXCELLENT.

AND I REALLY THINK, UH, YOU ALL, YOU AND DR.

RODRIGUEZ AND THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REALLY LISTENED TO WHAT THE, THE BOARD, UH, BROUGHT UP AT THE, AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND I THANK YOU.

ALL OF YOU THAT WORKED ON, UM, MR. SMITH, HELLO, HOW YOU DOING, UM, OUTSIDE WITH THE STAFF FOR, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE A REVIEW.

YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LOT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, UM, HAVE YOUR EAR MOUTH CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE WILL HELP, BUT KEEPS YOU JUST STARTED YOU PLEASE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME THAT WAY THERE? OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS AS REGARDING THESE TWO, WHY WAS THAT MY FIRST I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UH, DR.

RODRIGUEZ SAID MRS. CROSBY FOR THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, UM, UH, JOB WELL DONE.

BUT, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ARE IN TERMS OF, I HEARD WHAT HE WAS TAUGHT, WHAT HE WAS, WHAT HIS COMMENTS WAS TO MR. CAMPBELL.

BUT MY, MY, MY FOLLOWUP QUESTION WOULD BE WELL NOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT AS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING, WHEN CAN THE BOARD EXPECT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO WHAT, TO, HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE.

NOW, NOW THAT WE KNOW WE'RE TACKLING, UH, UM, A LOT OF THAT WORK RIGHT NOW, UH, TO LOOK AT, UH, AT THAT 50 MILLION,

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UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE TRENDS, THE CHURCH ON THE ASK WOULD BE STRATEGIC THAT FALL WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THOSE DOLLARS.

UM, AND, AND THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS GOING TO BE AROUND, UH, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR KIDS.

SO WHETHER THAT BE IN THE WAY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDED, WHETHER THAT'D BE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING THE LEARNING DAY, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND MAY, MAYBE I DIDN'T ASK MY QUESTION ARE, ARE CLEAR, BUT, UH, MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION WAS I HEAR WHAT Y'ALL, I HEAR THOSE THINGS, BUT MY QUESTION IS AS WHEN CAN THE, WHEN CAN THE BOARD EXPECT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF WHAT, WHAT PROCEDURE, WHAT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES WILL BE, WILL BE TAKEN? HOW WILL, HOW WILL THEY MOVE? HOW WILL YOU AND YOUR STAFF MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING? YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PLAN AND WE'LL BE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON THAT PLAN.

I HAVE A DEFINITIVE DATE FOR YOU TO SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT ON MAY 30TH OR ON JUNE, YOU KNOW, 15, YOU KNOW, AT THE MOMENT, BUT, UH, IT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT LAID OUT SO WE CAN, UH, WE HAVE TO WORK ON IT ON EXECUTE.

I DEFINITELY BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK TO THE MORNING.

THANK YOU.

I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 2% RAISE FOR THE, UH, FOR, FOR THE CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATORS, UH, CAN WE, UH, CLASSIFIED STAFF CONSIST OF, OF WHO THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF POSITIONS IN THAT CATEGORY? UM, THEY WOULD INCLUDE, UM, SCHOOL KEEPERS.

UM, THEY WOULD INCLUDE DRIVERS.

THEY, UM, HMM.

MAJOR ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE OF THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION OR, OR, UM, CLASSIFIED STAFF HERE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDINGS.

AND THE REASON WHY WE ASK THAT, BECAUSE I HAD SOMEONE WHO HAD ASKED ME THAT AFTER THE LAST MEETING, AND I KIND OF EXPLAINED THAT, BUT I WANTED IT MAYBE TO BE IT'S POSSIBLY TO BE EXPLAINED AGAIN, IF PEOPLE WERE LISTENING, BECAUSE, UM, MY QUESTION THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT IS IF W W W IF WE'RE GIVEN, WE HAVE A WEEKLY ADMINISTRATION AND ON THE 2% RAISE, ARE WE, ARE WE GIVING THEM A, A BIGGER RANGE THAN WHAT, THAN WHAT WE'RE GIVING THE TEACHERS? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION.

UM, 2% IS PROPORTIONATE OR A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR BASE SALARY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

AND SO, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD WOULD PROVIDE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF INCREASES FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SALARY.

SO EVERYONE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ON THE SALARY TABLE.

THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR, UM, THE POSITIONS.

OKAY.

AND YEAH, JUST SOMEBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, MR. GUY, THANK YOU, MADAM.

SURE.

UH, ON PAGE 19, THE IMPACT OF THE TAX PAYER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT UP HOME, RENTERS, PEOPLE THAT RENT HOMES, THEIR LANDLORD IS GOING TO BE PAYING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND BUSINESSES.

SO IF YOU HAVE A RENTAL PROPERTY WORTH $250,000 ASSESSED VALUE OR LESS, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING $114 A YEAR.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU WILL RAISE THE TENANTS RE UH, RENT.

IF YOU DID IT ON YOUR ONE $49 AND 50 CENTS A MONTH, YOU GOT A $400,000 HOUSE YOU'RE RENTING OUT.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THAT RENTERS RENT UP AT $15 AND 20 CENTS A MONTH.

YOU KNOW, I HEAR A LOT THAT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW WE ARE NOT, UH, WE HAVEN'T, WE CAN'T RAISE THESE TAXES AND WILL HURT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WELL, THINK ABOUT WHO IS RENTING THESE HOMES.

THESE ARE NOT PROPERTY

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OWNERS.

THESE ARE, THESE ARE RENTERS LIVING IN THESE HOMES.

THEY DON'T PAY OPERATIONAL BOSH BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S THEIR CONTRIBUTION, AN EXTRA $10 A MONTH FOR LOW PRICE RENTAL PROPERTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE THAT SAY, WELL, IT'S ON THE BACK OF OUR FORESTS FOLKS.

WELL, YES, IT WILL BE A $10 A MONTH TAX, BUT I'LL BET YOU THAT THE LANDLORDS RAISE IT MORE THAN $10 A MONTH AND GET BLAME US FOR THAT.

SO JUST LOOK AT THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT PER MONTH COST TO THE AVERAGE OWNER.

THE ANOTHER THING ON THE TEACHER PAY, UH, YOU NEED TO SHOW WHERE WE WERE FOR TEACHER PAY AND YEARS AGO AND THE STATE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW FOR TEACHER PAY IN THE STATE.

WE USED TO BE EITHER NUMBER ONE, OR NUMBER TWO, TEACHER SALARY IN STATE.

UH, LAST BRIEFING WE GOT, WE ARE EIGHT AND THE LOWER ORDER OF THE STATE.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS TEACHER'S SALARY IS GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS.

AND SALARY IS A MAJOR PORTION, ESPECIALLY IN THE RECRUITING PIECE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STAY, DO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TEACHER A IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP ON TOP OF.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT.

WE'RE ADDRESSING PART OF IT, BUT THIS BUDGETS THAT WEREN'T THOUGH.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I THINK I JUST HAVE THREE QUICK, UM, STATEMENTS AND PERHAPS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE.

I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE QUESTIONS THAT COME DOWN, UM, FROM EITHER A PUBLIC OR FROM COUNTY COUNCIL, AS WE CONTINUE TO RUN THROUGH THIS.

UM, AND ONE OF THEM INTO COLONEL GUYERS POINT ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE SALARY AND WHERE WE USED TO BE, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IS I THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE OPTICS OF INCREASING THAT PAY.

UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UM, ALLOCATING MONEY TO DO A SALARY AND COMPENSATION STUDY, IT'S ALMOST AS IF SOME MIGHT SAY, UM, YOU'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT I THINK PROVIDING THAT DATA LIKE COLONEL GEIER POINTED OUT OF WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WILL REALLY HELP TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO, UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT GOES, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY RELEVANT POINT.

UM, AND, AND KIND OF TO THAT SAME VEIN, THE, ALSO THE INCREASE IN POTENTIAL STAFFING AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING FROM THE SURVEY OR THE STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE.

UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PREPARATION FOR THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT UP PROBABLY, UM, IN CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE.

UM, LASTLY, UH, IN REGARD TO THE SR AND, UM, RPA EXPENDITURES, UM, I KNOW MR. SMITH BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE THAT? UM, I THINK THAT KIND OF GOES INTO THE WHOLE PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND CONVERSATION OF WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GETTING ALL THIS MONEY, WHAT ARE THEY SPENDING IT ON? UM, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE GOTTEN THAT QUESTION A LOT, UM, RECENTLY OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY AND WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING WITH IT AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET TALKS.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING EXPENDED AND HOW THOSE IMPACT OR DON'T IMPACT OUR BUDGET.

UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE JUST SOME POINTS TO CONSIDER.

THANK YOU.

DOCKER WAS NASTY THING.

THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR THOSE SPOTS, I THINK, UH, UM, BECAUSE I'LL THINK LET'S SAY THAT THOSE ARE SOMETHING WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO, INTO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE CONVERSATION WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.

UH, YOU KNOW, , I THINK ONE THING WE PROBABLY SHOULD, SHOULD EXPRESS EVEN MORE, UH, THAN WE DID TODAY.

CAUSE WE KNOW YOU'VE NEVER, BUT, BUT AS WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT IS THAT, UH, ONE OF THOSE SPENDING WAS A SPENDING CREASE THAT OUR TEACHERS NEVER GOT.

RIGHT.

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UH, AND, AND, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE.

I'LL THINK ANOTHER THING THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M GOING TO SAY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, RIGHT.

UM, IT HAS EXPERIENCED, OR IS EXPERIENCING LOSS OF, UH, OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETIRE, UH, OR, OR ANY NUMBER OF VERNACULAR REASONS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT RIGHT, UH, CONCERNS OVER THE PANDEMIC.

WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? THE COP, THE, THE, THE COMPETITION FOR ATTRACTING AND RECRUITING TALENT AND MAINTAINING CAMP TOWN WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT WAS ALWAYS, OR HAS BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, UH, STIFF, RIGHT.

EVEN MORE SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, THAT WE CAN RETAIN THAT WE CAN.

UH, UH, AND I KNOW IT'S ALL SALARY, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S CULTURAL COMPONENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WORKED ON THAT SUPPORT THAT WORK, BUT YOU GOTTA GET THEM HERE AND, AND YOU WANT HIGH QUALITY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING IN.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT.

UH, PROBABLY, UH, PROBABLY EVEN MORE AS WE MOVE THROUGH.

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, MR. OCAMPO.

YES.

UM, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT SAY, IF YOU'RE SICK, THEN WE'LL PULL THEM, UM, UH, TOO LONG, WE HAVE YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAXES.

UM, AND THEN IT REPLACES THAT HIRES PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY, THEY DON'T GET A DECENT WAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T MIND PAYING MY TAXES.

I DON'T HAVE A CHALLENGE THROUGH MY HEAD, WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

UH, I'M PROUD OF THE EDUCATION THAT THEY GET, BUT THE THING THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS BOARD, TACTICAL, THIS COUNTY, WE OLD ADDRESS BRINGING IN LARGE COMPANIES TO HELP US WITH THESE TAXES.

CAN I GO, WELL, YOU DON'T NEED ALL THE BIG COMPANIES BECAUSE YOU, THE MOST PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY THAT IS VACANT ALL THE TOWNS AROUND US, THEY ALL ARE BRINGING IN BUSINESSES, BUT BUFORD COUNTY SHORTLY BRING A FEW TAXI POP UP THERE.

THEY'RE MEETING TOM, TALKING ABOUT LAWS, COMING THEM, WANTING TO COME HERE YEARS AGO.

AND MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP IT RUDE.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FOLKS THERE LIVING HERE FOR LONGER LIFE AND HAS PROPERTY.

THEY CAN'T EVEN DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROPERTY BECAUSE OF COUNTY PLANNING ISSUES IN THIS COUNTY AND, AND, AND, AND THE CONS.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I READ THE LAST 20 YEARS OF NO POCKET.

NO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT A EDUCATED COMMUNITY SAFE COMMUNITY, YOU GOT TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEY WILL, IF HE KNOWS YOUR KIDS, YOUR CHILDREN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN JAIL.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY WILL TAKE WHATEVER THE HECK YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

NO COMMUNITY WOULD, THEY WILL COME IN AND TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE.

SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PUSH HARD ON THE DELEGATION, THE COMMON COUNCIL PLANNING, DEPAUL, BRINGING JOBS AND DISCOVERY, PUT PEOPLE TO WORK AND SORT IT CAN HELP WITH THE TASK.

THERE'S PATRICK.

MR. KIM, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID.

I DEFINITELY WITH THAT, UM, UM, FROM, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN

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THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT TOO, ARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, ABOUT POSITIONS IN A DISTRICT AND, AND FUNDING.

WHEN WILL WE BE BRINGING BACK THE CUSTODIANS? UM, AND I WENT, AND I HAVE, I'VE SAID THAT LAST TIME, I THOUGHT, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE BRING BACK THE POSTAL, CUSTODIANS AND HOUSING THAT WE, UH, STOP CONTRACTS THAT WORKED OUT.

I THINK THAT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD THEN GET PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT ONLY JUST WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU WILL GET TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, BUY-IN NOT SAYING THAT OTHER COMPANIES DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU WILL ALSO GET MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO WORK IN SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, AND WHO ARE WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OUT AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT, UM, IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE HAD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, WHEN WILL WE CONSIDER BRINGING THE CUSTODIANS BACK IN? THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL ASK DR.

RODRIGUEZ AND MRS. CROSBY.

AND I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT IN THIS BUDGET, UH, SUPPOSEDLY, BUT HOPEFULLY THE NEXT QUESTION IS THE NEXT BUDGET THAT COULD POSSIBLY REBECCA PROPOSAL TO WHAT THAT MAY HAVE COST US TO BRING THE CUSTODIANS BACK TO WORK FOR THE, FOR THE DISTRICT, UH, AS TAX PAYERS AS WELL.

UM, AND THE, WELL, I, I, I, I SEE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MISSPELLED.

RIGHT? I'LL BE BRIEF.

I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO MR. CAMPBELL.

I AGREE WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT ABOUT, WE NEED TO GET THE TAX PAYERS ON BOARD, WHICH IS SORT OF A THEME HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A LITTLE CARROT, YOU NEED A LITTLE STICK AND YOU POINTED OUT SOME STICK.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THESE KIDS EDUCATED.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN THEM TO AVOID PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT I JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO PUT OUT A LITTLE BIT OF CARROT BECAUSE I WENT TO MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY TO THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, GORGEOUS SCHOOL, WONDERFUL KID IS MOTIVATED DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, I GOT A LITTLE MOTIVE.

IT WAS VERY INSPIRING.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF CARROT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE, NOT ONLY IS IT AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE, AS FAR AS WHAT WE NEED FROM CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S AN INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF RAISING THESE WONDERFUL FAMILIES AND THIS BEING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO COUNTERBALANCE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY AN INSPIRING MORNING.

UM, BUT I WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD WANT TO FUND THAT.

YEP.

TANYA, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH A LITTLE EXERCISE HERE IF I AM A, UM, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING AND NEXT YEAR WILL BE MY SECOND YEAR.

WHAT, WHAT RAISES AM I, UM, PRIVY TO EVEN DISPLEASURE, OKAY.

WITH THIS BUDGET, YOU WOULD MOVE TO A STEP ONE.

UM, SO THERE WOULD BE A, THIS YEAR, THERE WOULD BE ACTUALLY AN INCREASE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC PERCENTAGES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.7% AND 2% WOULD BE THE VALUE OF THE STEP INCREASES.

SO THAT IS THE, UM, FOR STORAGE STEP, THE TEACHER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME TO STAY IT ALSO REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL STEP INCREASE.

AND THEN THERE'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE BASE.

SO IF A TEACHER PUT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, UH, CURRENTLY AS AN IN FIRST YEAR WOULD MAKE 36,098 AND THEY WOULD MOVE TO A STEP ONE, WHICH WOULD BE 38,741.

SO ABOUT ALMOST A $2,000 INCREASE THERE.

NOW WHAT'S REALLY POWERFUL IS THE NEXT STEP.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER A STEP TO ALL THE TEACHERS.

YEAH, WELL COMMENTS.

UM, BUT I THINK THE SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE, UM, IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, YES, IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, AND YOU'VE GOT A GOOD PAGE HERE IN THE HANDOUT PAGE 21 THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THAT MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED, BUT I THINK, AND AS YOU ALSO POINTED OUT, UH, TONIGHT, TANYA, THAT'S ROUGHLY GOT TWO MORE YEARS AND ROUGHLY 35 MILLION EACH OF THOSE YEARS, YOU'D BE SORT OF ESTIMATED TO BE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER, IT'S NOT RECURRING.

AND THAT IS KEY THAT IT'S NOT RECURRING, ESPECIALLY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PURCHASE EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY COSTS A LOT TO KEEP UP ALL A LOT OF TIMES WE INITIAL LA IS, YOU KNOW, A FRACTION OF THE COSTS WHEN YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR COSTS FOR OVER SEVERAL YEARS IS GOING TO BE.

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I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THE PUBLIC REALIZES THAT.

AND, UM, I WAS THINKING, UH, WHEN I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT FOR COUNTY DOES, WHAT SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME, FOR A COUNTY EDUCATING ITS CHILDREN.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUR FUTURE, THEY'RE OUR WORKFORCE.

THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY GREAT.

ESPECIALLY IF, IF WE CAN EDUCATE THEM, EDUCATE THEM.

WELL, YES, IT TAKES MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT JUST MONEY.

IT'S GOOD QUALITY FEATURES AND GOOD QUALITY SUPPORT SYSTEM.

AND I REALLY THINK THAT, UM, WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT PUTS EMPHASIS ON THAT.

NOT JUST THROWING MONEY AT, AT THE, UM, STUDENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED.

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO WORD IT.

UM, MR. GUYER, THANK YOU, MAN.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS CASHFLOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN ASK FOR IT LATER.

AND THAT MEANS IF WOMEN ARE TALKING $50 MILLION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY WATCH HOW WE SPEND IT WHEN WE SPEND IT SO THAT WE DON'T GET IN THE HOLE AND DON'T HAVE THE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AND THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THE BILLS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE, I THINK, WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, SOCIAL, YES, WE ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT.

UM, THE TAX ANTICIPATION OF DISCUSSIONS ONLY HAPPENS IN JUNE THAT THE APPROVALS FOR THE ALL, UM, TAX ANTICIPATION THAT WE WOULD NEED AS A RESULT OF REDUCED CASH FLOWS.

UM, SO WE WILL CERTAINLY BE COOPERATE A SCHEDULE OF SPENDING FOR ALL THE NEW FEDERAL FUNDS, IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING ONES, UM, BASED ON A SPEND AND RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS LATER, SORT OF ACTION.

SO, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCORPORATE THESE FEDERAL FUNDS INTO THAT CASHFLOW ANALYSIS, AS WE DETERMINE THE AMOUNT THAT WE WILL NEED IN THE FALL.

SO WE'LL BE GRANTING THAT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, IN NET WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS IS YOUR ALSO, I LIKE MY QUESTION WAS WHEN IT COMES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT, UH, WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS PROGRAM KIND ONE 39, UM, AND THERE IS IN THIS BUDGET AND THE GENERAL FUND, THERE IS $5.9 MILLION ALLOCATED TO SPECIAL ED, UM, TO EARLY, EARLY CHILDHOOD.

DID YOU SAY EARLY CHILDHOOD THIS YEAR AND, UH, AND 5.6 MILLION BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO HERE, SO ABOUT $10 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE, UM, FUNDING IN GIA EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT COMPANY FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. AND I DO NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS WITH ME BY CHANCE.

DO YOU, WELL, I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT $700,000 AT THIS TIME.

UH, AND, AND THAT WOULD BE PER YEAR.

SO 1.5 AND 10.

SO ABOUT 12 MILLION, I WOULD SAY TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRENTLY.

OH, OKAY.

IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD, COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH COULD YOU POSSIBLY SHARE WITH THE BOARD IN THE FORM OF EMAIL OR HOW MUCH MONEY THAT, HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD WITHIN THE LAST TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THIS YEAR COMING UP? I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE, THOSE WITH YOU.

SO THAT'S WHY I JUST ASKED, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK AND LOOKING AND LETTING ME KNOW THAT I WAS A BOARD AS WELL? SO PUT IT BACK UP, PLEASE.

GO AHEAD.

OH, OKAY.

ONE THING, UH, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT KIND OF RAISED THE QUESTION I HAVE YOU, UH, YOU MENTIONED LAST, UH, DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD

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DENIED SOME WISHLIST THINGS, BOTH PRINCIPALS WORK, AND THEN COME BACK RESERVOIR DEPARTMENTS LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

IT WAS THE UNDER PROCESS.

YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD ENGAGE THE DEPARTMENT.

HAS THEY GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF SALVATION OF WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WOULD BE? AND, UH, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MANY OF THOSE FOLKS UTILIZE ALL OF THE DOLLARS THAT THEY REQUESTED LAST YEAR? HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME UP, THEY DIDN'T USE ALL THAT MONEY AND YOU SIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR'S REQUEST THE REASON BEHIND THAT.

AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE EXACTLY I WOULD ANTICIPATE THEY WOULD ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE THAN YOU COULD GIVE THEM.

AND THEY ALWAYS GOT A FORWARD THINKING PROCESS IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE OR THE WEB TO, TO FUND THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM WHERE THESE ARE ANOTHER TOPIC AND I'M NOT TEACHING ON DEPARTMENTS.

I SEE WHERE THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND EFFICACY STUDY DICTATED IT EVEN MORE WELL.

THEY ASKED FOR FOUR PEOPLE OR NEW PEOPLE NOW, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE EARLIER BUDGET REQUEST.

AND I'M SAYING FOR NEW FOLKS, FOR WHAT, WHAT WAS THE FORWARD THINKING THAT WAS GOING HOME, THAT WE DIDN'T GET SOME OF THAT EARLIER, BECAUSE AT MY MOM, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE THINKING IS SO WE CAN EXPECT SHORTAGES AND CUTBACKS ON YOUR BOX.

AND, UH, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT THIS, AND I LOOK AT, THAT'S WHY I SAY, OKAY, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NEED FOUR NEW RESOURCE PEOPLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN, BUT THAT WAS THE BOARD'S REQUEST IS VIRGINIA JUDGES.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED IN THAT, THAT BEING A RESOURCE OR PUSHED BACK TO SAY, WE CAN'T DO, UNLESS YOU DO THIS FOR US, BUT I'M JUST SAYING ACROSS THIS CHANTE COMMENT HAD BECOME STAGNATED.

AND I THINK MAYBE THE GO A LITTLE BIT MORE FORWARD THINKING IN THE PROCESS.

THAT'S ALL THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

THANKS.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST COVER NEXT STEPS? YES.

NEXT STEPS.

UH, WE WILL BE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DONE TO PUT TOGETHER A VIRTUAL BUDGET FORUM.

UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, REPORTED RODRIGUEZ WITH COMMENTS, TO ME WITH THE BASE, SOME OF THE MUCH OF THE SAME INFORMATION YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN HERE TODAY.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR VIDEOGRAPHER TO DO THAT, AND WE'LL BE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S PUT INTO THAT PLAN, UM, ON COMMUNICATIONS TO SLIP THAT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, GET IT OUT ON YOUTUBE AND GET IT OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN REACH AS POSSIBLE.

WE SET UP A NEW WEBSITE, A STUDENT EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE LAST SLIDE OF THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW WEBSITE, A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS BUDGET AT WEAVER.

UH, AND I CAN SEE THE REST OF IT.

BUT, UM, WITH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, K-12 K-12 AT SC GOT US.

SO QUESTIONS CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THAT EMAIL ADDRESS.

AND THAT IS THE, UH, JENNIFER HAMLIN IS OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET PROCUREMENT.

THAT'S HER PHONE NUMBER.

UM, SHE COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY, UH, FOR SOME OTHER REASONS, BUT, UH, SHE WILL, HE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED AS LILIUM REGGIE HAVE BEEN AS WELL AND THE PREPARATIONS FOR THIS BUDGET.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL NEED

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IMMEDIATELY COMING FORWARD.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE PREPARING, UH, WORKING WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE ORDINANCES ORDINANCE, UH, WHAT A BUDGET THAT WE'LL, UM, WE'LL BRING IN A DRAFT FORM TO YOU ON OUR NEXT BUDGET, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING THAT MAY T AS WELL AS TWO MOTIONS, UM, AND SOME BIO SUMMARY INFORMATION, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU'VE REQUESTED HERE, UH, INCLUDING, UM, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AT LEAST S OR TO PLAN, WHICH WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED PLAN, NOT A FINAL APPROVED PLAN, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT AT VERY LEAST FOR THAT TWO OF THE SRQ FUNDING.

UM, AND WE'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS YOU HAD TODAY IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

AND, UH, THEN ON MAY 24TH, I BELIEVE MONDAY, MAY 24TH IS FIRST READING THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

I IMMEDIATELY FIND PROCEED THAT COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, CHAMBERS.

SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CERTIFICATION ON, ON MAY 18TH PROPOSED TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGETS.

THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN IF WE HAVE A CONSENT ORDER, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.