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          NEUTER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SPECIAL CALLED BOARD 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 VIA HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING. 
          AND IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAM BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL CAPACITY IN THE MEDIA CENTERS, 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-COME 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. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE SECOND EARL CAMPBELL, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA MADE BY MEL CAMPBELL. 
          AND SECOND BY EARL CAMPBELL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION VOTING IS OPEN. 
          YES, NOT YET. 
          IT'S OPEN NOW. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          FOR MIDDLETON, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          WE WILL NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE , WHICH SAYS THE MEDIA WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED MENTIONED. 
          THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED. 
          SO WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 2021, 2022 BUDGET. 
          AND THE RODRIGUEZ AS WE ENTERED INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE, PRIMARY ON OUR MIND IS THE IMPACT THAT THIS PANDEMIC IS HAVING. 
          AND THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD TO ACCELERATE THE ACADEMIC ACADEMIC RECOVERY OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, UH, 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, UH, BELOW GRADE LEVEL. 
          WE KNOW THAT HIGH SCHOOL WORK IS IMPACTED AS WELL AND POTENTIALLY GRADUATION RATES AND ET CETERA. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S 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 ARRIVE, NOT READY FOR KINDERGARTEN. 
          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 WHO RECOVERED. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THAT WORK. 
          CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME, MS. CROSBY? GREAT, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          THANKS. 
          GREAT. 
          IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK 
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BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          THIS IS OUR THIRD, UH, LEGIT SESSION AND OR CONVERSATION. 
          AND, UM, AT THE LAST BUDGET MEETING, I'M THE 23RD. 
          WE PRESENTED A BUDGET THAT INCLUDED BASICALLY PROPOSED STATE MANDATES AND SOME OF THE BASIC OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          UM, 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 MORE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE GET STARTED AND I FELT LIKE THE BEST PLACE TO START, UH, WITH REVENUE, UM, IN THIS LIFE BECAUSE IT REALLY, UH, REVENUE DRIVES THE WAY, THE AMOUNTS IN THE BUDGET, THE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES WE 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 VENDOR OF THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET. 
          SO THERE WAS, UH, 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, UM, 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 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 ITEMS I'VE LISTED THREE HERE, LOCAL STATE AND, AND THE CENSUS. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS CONCERNED, UM, WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED, MR. MURPHY IS MY LEGISLATIVE, WHO RULE. 
          HE IS VERY IN TUNE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR LEGISLATURE AND KEEPS ME UPDATED ON A DAILY BASIS OF HOW, UH, WHAT MEALS ARE IN PROCESS, WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHETHER THEY'RE IN COMMITTEE OR HOUSE, WHETHER THEY PASSED 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 AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD AREA TO FOLLOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          UM, SO WHAT WHAT'S DIFFICULT IS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT COMPLETED AND WILL NOT COMPLETE TILL MID 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 THOSE. 
          SO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. 
          UM, SO, 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 AND FISCAL AFFAIRS, WHICH DOES ALL THE CALCULATIONS. 
          AND WE RECEIVED OUR ABILITY TO YESTERDAY. 
          OUR MILLAGE CAP IS TWO POINTS, 81%, EXCUSE ME, 2.80. 
          WHAT PERCENT OF THE CURRENT YEAR'S MILLAGE, WHICH IS UNDER 14 MILS, UM, THAT GIVES US THE 3.2 MILS AVAILABLE, PLUS THE 4.4 MILLION, UM, THAT WERE, UM, BANKED AS YOU WILL FROM THE LAST YEAR OR TWO. 
          WHAT I 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 2.808 
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MONTHS IS 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 RES UM, UTILIZE 3.2 ADDITIONAL MEALS FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, IF THAT IS THE DECISION OF HER SPORT. 
          SO, UM, THE LAST ITEM IS THE TAX DELAY. 
          UH, THE TAX BILL I WAS GOING OUT IN THE MARSHALL KEY CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGED THROUGH THE NEW YEAR. 
          NOT ONLY DOES IT AFFECT THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND SOME STABILITY IN THAT, UH, AFTER, UM, PRIOR THE SPRING. 
          UM, SO, UH, THE COUNTY, THE CFO ACTUALLY 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 NAME, UM, SOMETIME LAST WEEK. 
          AND, UM, WE DID ANTICIPATE THIS DELAY AND TAX REVENUE. 
          SO WE, THE OBJECTIONS I'M SHOWING YOU TODAY, UH, PROVIDE UPDATES FOR THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE REVENUES WE'RE SEEING IN OUR ACCOUNTS, BUT AS STICKING WITH THE 1% GROWTH FACTOR GOING FORWARD TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE. 
          SO, UM, BUT DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION FROM, FROM THERE, UM, THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA 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, THE NEXT SLIDE IS CURRENT TAX REVENUES, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BUSY, BUT THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE, UH, CURRENT YEAR 2021 BUDGET. 
          AND SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT, YOUR HOMELAND, AND NOW CURRENT TAX REVENUES ARE RECORDED IN GREEN AT 98 HALF PERCENT, RIGHT? THAT'S AS OF APRIL 15TH DATA, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY APRIL 30TH DATA THAT THEY HAD NOT RECORDED TIF ENTRIES YET. 
          SO, UM, IT WASN'T COMFORTABLE 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 147,562,940. 
          THAT IS THE ACTUAL MELON 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 COLLARS 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, IN COMPARISON IN 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 TWO YEARS. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR, FOR A YEAR, NOT ANOTHER, BUT A YEAR OF AN EXCESS, UM, UH, TAX REVENUE. 
          AND SO NOW THERE ARE SOME REGIONS, 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, 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 THIS IS A GOOD, VERY GOOD THING. 
          SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ADD, UH, FUNDING IN WITH THEM, UM, WITHIN THE CURRENT VILLAGE, 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 YOUR DAUGHTER CHLOE 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 ABOUT REVENUE, THIS IS JUST REVENUE. 
          UM, WE HAVE SEEN AN IMPROVED OUTLOOK ABOUT LOCAL TAX REVENUES, BUT CAN WE JUST, 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 IN 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 
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YEARS AND WITHOUT A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT IT 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 TEACHERS STEP, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING SOME FUNDS THERE, A 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 POSED, UH, AND HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE, UH, IS GOING TO BE ACROSS THAT WE'LL NEED TO ASSUME. 
          SO THE ESTIMATES OF, UM, ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE 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, 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 HAD 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 THE REVENUE PROCESS, BUT THESE ARE PRETTY CRITICAL TO BUILD IN 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, UM, 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 ADDRESSING. 
          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 AND DECREASES OF 1.2 MILLION. 
          SO WE WERE AT A POINT OF 265.1 MILLION, AND 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 MADE 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, SO 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 SPACE. 
          SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION AND, AND WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS WITH THE BOARD AND COUNTY COUNCIL EVENTUALLY TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MOST, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO, AND NEXT IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THAT IS, UM, 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 
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AND ESTHER ACTS AND ARPA ACT FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING. 
          UM, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY DEALING WITH SPECIFICALLY TO INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING LOSS 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 IT A FIVE. 
          AND YOUR PLAN IS STRATUS RECENTLY WORKED WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE VERY DILIGENTLY, AND WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE GOLDEN CC HERE FOR YOU STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER, AND ADMINISTRATIVE QUALITY RESCHOOL CLIMATE AND GIFTED AND TALENTED WITH THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE IN EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE MENTIONING IN SLIDES AND IN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE LINKING THOSE BACK TO THE STRATEGIC GOALS. 
          SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE ARE THAT THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE ADDITIONAL INCREASES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED AS A RESULT OF, UM, REQUESTING, UH, 7.6. 
          NO. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THE, THE STEP THAT IS CURRENTLY MANDATED TO THIS 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 100, 2%. 
          SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT STATE MANDATE, IT COSTS ABOUT 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 FLOODED TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO THIS WAS, IS SOMETHING MANY DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY RESTORED THAT STEP. 
          UH, NOT MANY HAVE, WE 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, I MANAGED 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 THOUGH FROM 24 YEARS TO 44 YEARS, EVERYONE IT'S AT THE TOP STEP, WELL, GET A BUMP IN ADDITION TO THE THOUSAND DOLLAR VASE. 
          SO YOU'RE 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 OR WE HAVE THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT 2%, UM, ALIGNED WITH A THOUSAND DOLLAR TEACHER BASE IT'S BEING MANDATED BY THE STATE. 
          SO IT'S A SIMILAR, UH, I I'M COMPARING IT TO THAT SORT OF YEAH. 
          UM, INCREASE THAT IS MANDATED ALSO THE ANTICIPATED MANDATE FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AT A 5% 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 VERSUS 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 PHYSICIAN 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 POP, EXCUSE ME, FOUR THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED HERE IN THIS BUDGET, UH, IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION, THERE WILL BE TWO POSITIONS. 
          DO YOU SUPPORT THE FACILITIES, PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, AND ONE ACCOUNTANT, YOU SUPPORT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
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SO IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY SECTION, THERE IS ONLY ONE ITEM AND THAT IS SECURITY GUARDS. 
          AND THIS DOES ADDRESS THE BOARD POLICY OF, OF PROVIDING TRAINED AND CERTIFIED SECURITY PERSONNEL TO ALL SCHOOLS. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE AT 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 PROVIDE THAT, UM, AND EAT THAT AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD POLICY ON THE NEXT SLIDE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ITEMS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          UM, THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS REQUESTED THEIR LITERACY AND MATH SPECIALISTS TO 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 ONE OF OUR GOALS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE HERE IN THIS CATEGORY. 
          THE GUIDANCE THIS PARTICULAR FOLLOWING WAS, WAS, UH, IN CONVERSATION IN THE EFFICIENCY STUDY, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE HIGHLIGHTED A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION, ADDITIONALLY, HIGHLIGHTED A SPECIALIST POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE WORK, UH, AT THE SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY, 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, UH, POSITIONS TO MEET THAT 300 HUNDRED RATIO. 
          THEN FINALLY, IN THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SECTION, UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, WE ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED 15 TEACHER POSITIONS TO CUT, UH, AND MOVE, OR ACTUALLY NOT TO CUT THAT 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 EXPAND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM. 
          SO THESE ARE AVAILABLE AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IN COMING MONTHS, UH, WHAT ACTUALLY, WHERE TO PLACE THOSE POSITIONS SHOULD THESE, UH, ITEMS REMAINING BUDGET. 
          UM, SO, AND FINALLY, IN THE CATEGORICAL AREAS THAT DISTRICT SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, WE'RE STORING THREE POSITIONS. 
          UH, THESE WERE CUT AND 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 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 FUNDING IN 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. 
          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, UM, 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 PROBLEM, THE FIRST ROW ON THE LEFT SIDE IS NOT ACCURATE. 
          THAT SHOULD BE WHERE WE STARTED OUT AS A MARK, APRIL 23RD. 
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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 A 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 THIS $20 MILLION INCREASE OVERALL, UH, AND 7.9%. 
          SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 274 MILLION, 274,000. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN WE BREAK THOSE DOWN INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORY. 
          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. 
          YES. 
          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, UH, 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 OF OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION FIVE. 
          SO WITH 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, IN ORDER 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 ON A $250,000 SECOND HOME OR PROPERTY, UH, 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 RATIO. 
          SO 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 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, UM, 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 MADE THIS MAKES A SMALL CATEGORY IN THE SAME SMALL CIRCLE HERE, UM, OF THE  WE HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION 
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REMAINING TO SPEND AND ESTHER THREE, EXCUSE ME,  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 FINAL WORD BACK PLAN HAS BEEN THROUGH, UM, AND I'VE ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE ANY DAY AND THEN THE MOST RECENT FUNDS, UH, WE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO RECEIVE GUIDANCE ON THESE FUNDS AND TO START REALLY A PLAN, UM, OR THE USE OF THOSE RESOURCES, UH, LATEST OUR FUNDS EXPIRE IS SEPTEMBER 20, 24. 
          SO OVERALL IN THE FEDERAL CLIENT CATEGORIES, WE'VE SPED OUT $7.7 MILLION IN THE LAST YEAR AND ALLOW, HAVE WORRIES 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. 
          UM, ARE YOU LOST 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 AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. UH, IT PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ENHANCE SANITATION EFFORTS AND OUR INDOOR AIR QUALITY ISSUES. 
          UM, BUT ANY 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, A BUDGET FORUM. 
          AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING NEXT, UH, WITH THE LATEST, UH, INFORMATION, UH, AND THEN WE WILL NEED TO BE GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY COUNTY OFFICIALS TO TALK TO THEM SOME MORE, UH, BEGAN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGET. 
          AND SO, UM, BEFORE I CLOSE, I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS HANDING OUT 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 DEVELOPED A BUDGET DOCUMENT. 
          WE CALL THE BUDGET BOOK AND WE'VE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND WHAT 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 THEN IT GETS, UH, HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW THE ALLOCATIONS ARE PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND, UH, THEN IT GETS INTO THE FINANCIAL SECTION WITH ALL OF THE NUMBERS. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN THAT IS INFORMATIONAL SECTION OF VARIOUS, UM, VARIOUS ITEMS LIKE, UM, THE PROPOSED TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE VERSUS AN IN A COMPARATIVE FORMAT WITH THIS YEAR HISTORY OF, UH, VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'VE FUNDED OVER 
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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 SEEDING 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 GROW APPROVAL BY THE BOARD. 
          NO CAPITAL BUDGETS ARE APPROVED WHEN THOSE COME ABOUT 8% OR REFERENDUM IN THE PAST, WE HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY APPROVED. 
          HE GETS SERVICE BUDGET. 
          SO THEY BASED ON LEGAL ADVICE, I'M I WAS RECOMMENDED THIS YEAR TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, ALL THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET PROVIDERS, BACKUP DOCUMENTS, INFORM THE BOARD OF WHAT THE MILLAGE CURRENTLY IS. 
          AND IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES AND THERE ARE NOT ANY PROPOSED CHANGES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FOR CERTIFICATION OR ON MAY 18TH OR THE NEXT TIME BOARD, UM, IS ON THAT BOARD CERTIFICATION. 
          SO WOULD, THEY WILL COME IN TWO MOTIONS, RECOMMENDED MOTIONS, ONE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, ONE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          SO, UM, THAT SERVICE IS MUCH SIMPLER FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, TAX REVENUE COMING IN A 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 CASH FLOW ANALYSIS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE, OR THE 36.3 MILS OF DEBT SERVICE FUNDS. 
          SO WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD AND WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNCIL 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 FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK I CAN PAUSE HERE AND, UM, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IT'S DENDRITIC, CROSBY. 
          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 ONE, YOU HAVE CERTAINLY ANSWERED AND ROLLED FORWARD A VERY COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF, OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, I REALLY JUST WANT TO ASK YOU 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, THE FIRST POWERPOINT, THE HANDOUT, IT SAYS A HUNDRED, $5,000 FOR A SECURITY GUARDS, UM, IS THE SAME. 
          I MEAN, IF THOSE ARE SRO, IS, IS A STATE NOT PROVIDING SOME MORE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR 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 BUFORD 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, NOT THROUGH DISTRICTS. 
          SO THEY GO BEYOND SAY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON OR THE ONE CITY FOR, OR A 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, WE'LL BE 
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CONTRACTED ROLE. 
          UM, THEY CAN BE REPLACED WITH AN SR AND SRO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND THEN THERE WAS AN EXPERIENCE SAVINGS IN OUR BUDGET AS A RESULT LINE. 
          ONE MORE, UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO ASK A BUNCH OF THE QUEUE, RIGHT, THEN I'LL JUST DO ONE MORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON PAGE 15 VERSUS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, RESTORATIVE, PREVIOUS DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS. 
          CAN YOU APPLY THOSE TO THE HANDOUT WHERE THAT IS? I'M DOING A LITTLE MORE CONVENTION. 
          I DON'T HAVE A DETAIL ON THAT TODAY, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE IT FOR THE NEXT WEEK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS ALSO ON PAGE 15. 
          UM, THE FIRST LINE WAS STAR THREE POSITIONS TO SUPPORT FINE ARTS GIFTED 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? OKAY. 
          CURRENTLY WE HAVE A MATH AND SCIENCE COORDINATOR AND THEN MELISSA MARRIED, DIRECTOR ONBOARDED TEACHING AND LEARNING DIRECTOR WHOSE SPECIALTY IS SOCIAL STUDIES. 
          SO SHE WILL COVER THAT AREA AS WELL, WHERE WELL, THURSDAY WOULD BE MRS. DILLARD'S LAST WORKING DAY. 
          FRIDAY IS HER LAST OFFICIAL DAY. 
          SHE HAS BEEN HANDLING FINE ARTS AND GIFTED AND TALENTED FOR US. 
          THAT WAS QUITE A REQUEST REQUESTED THOSE TWO POSITIONS RIGHT THERE. 
          WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVE AS HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION VACATION FOR THOSE REQUESTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALL COVERED AT THIS POINT, THEN THE MAJOR AREAS WITH THIS, WITH THIS RIGHT, MR. NOEL  WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A CRITIQUE OF THIS SAYING IF WE GIVE YOU THE DIRECTORS SOME BACKWARD, BUT MORE CONCRETE, ENERGETIC BUDGET TOWARDS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE PARENTS IS THAT YOU PATTED YOUR BUDGET WITH STAFF THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO WITHOUT. 
          AND SO WE'LL WAS THE SAME LEVEL OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          WELL, WE ASKED YOU TO COME BACK. 
          THAT'S THE QUESTION. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION. 
          WHAT I SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FIRST OF ALL, 15 BATH, 15 STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE ASSIGN, WE ASSIGN THEM. 
          THERE WAS LAST POSITION BEFORE BOWLS WAS RIGHT OFF POSITION. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE RESIGNED. 
          WHAT ARE THE QUALITY OF IT? YOU KNOW, THE ASSIGNMENT PROCESS IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IF THERE WERE EXPANDABLE AND NOW YOU'RE PUSHING THEM INTO OTHER AREAS, I SUPPOSE, OF AREAS. 
          SO, SO WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS ADVERTISING FOR, UH, UM, UM, SPECIAL, UH, PARTICULAR SPECIALIST POSITIONS TO GO TOWARDS, UM, I'M GOING TO CALL IT SPECIALIST POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, IS THAT, CAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO ANSWER, AND WE WANT TO TARGET OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THEIR SPINE TO MAKE SURE THEIR POSITIONS AND MOVING DOWN TO OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT. 
          IT'S, IT'S A GNOSTIC OF THAT, RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, UH, STRATEGIC, UH, UH, PERSONNEL FOR, UH, FOR THE, TO LIFT THE HEAD. 
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IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT DETAILS OF THE, OF THE STAFF, BUT ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE, UH, BILLION DOLLARS AS SIR OF THE FOUNDATION PHASE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, I SUPPOSE. 
          RIGHT. 
           UM, UH, I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU YOU'LL BE ANYWHERE. 
          HOW ARE WE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT? AS I JUST SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A BRAND. 
          WELL, REMEMBER, I WOULD SAY, REMEMBER THAT, THAT, THAT AMOUNT WAS JUST GIVEN TO US. 
          WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT WAS GOING TO BE, WAS JUST GETTING ALL THE TIME. 
          WE SPENT LESS THAN A MILLION OF THAT 22 HASN'T BEEN APPROVED OR SO WE SPENT 22 MILLION AND THE PLAN COMES BACK AND IT'S NOT APPROVED. 
          NOW WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT FIVE 22 WE'LL RIGHT. 
          NO, I WON'T. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHAT I, 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. 
          SLOWLY. 
          ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE LAND ON HOST 22 MILLION? WE HAVE, WE HAVE A PLAN ON WHERE WE ALLOCATED THE 22 MILLION, UH, 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 WOULD SPEND THE MONEY OR WE'RE GOING TO SPEND AS STRATEGIC 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 HAVE MORE LEARNING TIME. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          THEY GOING TO APPROVE THAT VOTE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY MR. GAMBLE, 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 TALK ABOUT IS EXPANDING 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, AND ANOTHER, SOME POLITICAL BILLS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. 
          DOES THIS BUDGET ADDRESS ANY OF THAT OR IS IT KIND OF ALL THE, THE EXPANSION OF THE PRE-K ON HOLD? LIKE WHERE ARE WE ON THAT PROCESS? 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, ONE DAY, YEAH, $1.2 MILLION POTENTIALLY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING SANCTION. 
          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 WOULD REQUIRE FACILITIES. 
          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, FOR, TO A PLAN COMING FORWARD FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD THAT OFFER. 
          SO MULTI YEARS OF WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WERE THE NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND IN GREATER SERVE THAT, THAT POPULATION OR THAT STUDENTS. 
          SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTAND, AS YOU'RE SAYING, THIS BUDGET KIND OF STARTS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THEN THERE'S A LONG-TERM VIEW DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO, UM, PIGGY BACKING ON WHAT YOU, WE WERE JUST ASKED. 
          SO W W W WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD THE 1.2 BILLION AND YOU SHOWED US, UH, 
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QUANTIFY WHAT THAT WOULD, HOW THAT WOULD APPLY TO EARLY CHILDHOOD LIKE THAT WOULD ALLOW, I DON'T KNOW, 34 STUDENTS DO ATTEND, I'D HAVE NO IDEA WHAT, WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING CONCRETE TO HAVE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASS SIZE NEXT SET OF 20 STUDENTS PER CLASS SIZE? UM, SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ABROAD TO, UM, SHIFT STUDENTS OR MAKE SPACE FOR, UH, POTENTIALLY A LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE, UM, OR EARLY CHOCOLATES. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE SPACE TO COME TO, UM, OFFER THOSE PROGRAMS, UM, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, GET MORE INTEREST AND RECRUIT MORE STUDENTS TO, TO COME FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SIDE, YOU KNOW, SPACE IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. SO WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS MORE OF AN INTERVENTION STYLE, UM, OPPORTUNITY THERE, I BELIEVE, UH, RECENTLY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, UH, MOVES THE, UH, SPEAKING AROUND, UH, UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND FUNDING FOR UNIVERSAL PRE-K, UH, WHICH, WHICH WE SHOULD, IF THAT DOES MOVE THROUGH RIGHT, THEN WE SHOULD SEE, UH, SOME DOLLARS COMING ALONG. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, YOUR HANDOUT IN YOUR, UM, OKAY. 
          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 WORK, UH, BROUGHT OUT AT THE, AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          AND I THANK YOU. 
          ALL OF YOU THAT WORKED ON, UM, SEEING MR. SNAKE, HELLO, HOW YOU DOING, UM, OUTSIDE STOPPER, THE STAFF FOR, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HAVE YOUR EAR NOW CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE. 
          THAT KEEPS ME JUST STARTED YOU PLEASE. 
          DO YOU HEAR ME NOW? WAY THERE? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS AS REGARDLESS TO, WHY WILL THAT I FIRST I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ AND MRS. CROSBY FOR THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, UM, UH, 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 FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WOULD BE WELL, NOW THAT YOU HAVE, AS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING, WHEN CAN THE BOARD EXPECT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO WHAT W W 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, UM, 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, BUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          AND MAY, MAYBE I DIDN'T ASK MY QUESTION AROUND ARE CLEAR, BUT, UH, MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION WAS I HEAR WHAT I HEAR THAT THERE ARE 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. 
          WE HAVE A BIG FOR YOU TO SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT ON MAY 30TH OR ON JUNE 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, SO WE CAN, UH, WE HAVE TO WORK ON EXECUTING ON, OH, GOD, I DEFINITELY BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DEFINITELY 
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APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN IT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 2% RAISE FOR THE, UH, FOR, FOR THE CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATORS, UH, CAN WE, UH, CLASSIFIED STAFF, THE SYSTEM OF WHO, OKAY. 
          THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF POSITIONS IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          UM, THEY WOULD INCLUDE, UM, SCHOOL BOOKKEEPERS. 
          UM, THEY WOULD INCLUDE, UM, BUS DRIVERS, THEY, UM, MAJOR ASSISTANCE TEACHER ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE, ASSISTANCE STAFF IN THE OFFICES OF THE SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATOR, OR, UM, CLASSIFIED STAFF HERE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE ASK THAT BECAUSE I HAD SOMEONE QUIT WHO HAD ASKED ME THAT I, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, AND I KIND OF EXPLAINED THAT, BUT I WANTED IT MAYBE TO BE IT'S POSSIBLY TO BE EXPLAINED AGAIN, GAMES 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, UH, 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 A PROPORTIONATE OR A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR BASE SALARY OF THE INDIVIDUAL. 
          AND SO, UH, 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, OKAY. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, JUST SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, MR. GUY. 
          OKAY. 
          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 ONE $49 AND 50 CENTS A MONTH, YOU GOT A $400,000 HOUSE YOU'RE RENTING OUT. 
          UH, YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THAT RENDERS A RENT UP AT $15 AND 20 CENTS A MONTH. 
          YOU KNOW, I HEAR A LOT 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 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, RIGHT? LOW PRICED 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 FOREST 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 BLAME US FOR THAT. 
          SO JUST LOOK AT THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT PER MONTH COST TO THE AVERAGE, UH, OWNER. 
          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, OR TEACHER PAY IN THE STATE. 
          WE USED TO BE EITHER NUMBER ONE, OR NUMBER TWO TEACHER'S SALARY IN THE STATE. 
          UH, LAST BRIEFING WE GOT, WE ARE EIGHT AND THE LOWER ORDER OF THE STATE. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS TEACHER 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 
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THE RECRUITING PIECE. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STATE 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 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 IS  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, UH, PREPARATION FOR THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT UP PROBABLY, UM, IN CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, LASTLY, UH, IN REGARD TO THE ESSER 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 LET'S SAY THAT THOSE ARE SOMETHING WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO, INTO THE PRESENTATION AND THE CONVERSATION WITH ANSWER QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE THING WE PROBABLY SHOULD, SHOULD STRESS EVEN MORE THAN WE DID TODAY. 
          CAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT AS WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S TO DO THAT, IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THOSE SPENDING WAS A STEADY INCREASE THAT OUR TEACHERS NEVER GOT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, AND, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE. 
          I 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. 
          UH, IT HAS EXPERIENCED, OR IS EXPERIENCING LOSS OF, UH, OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETIRE, UH, OR, OR ANY NUMBER OF, FOR ANY NUMBER OF 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 WORK 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 IT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE 
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TO DRIVE THAT HOME. 
          MR. OCAMPO. 
          YES. 
          UM, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT YOU'RE SICK IN ORDER. 
          UM, FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE , YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAXES, UM, AND 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 WITH SCHOOL. 
          I HAD WORKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          UH, I'M PROUD OF , BUT IF WE GO IN A DRESS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT WHATEVER THIS BOARD IS COUNTY, WE ALL GET DRESSED, BRINGING IN LARGE COMPANIES TO HELP US WITH THESE TAXES. 
          AND I GO, WELL, YOU DON'T NEED ALL THE BIG COMPANIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT 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. 
          DEPOP UP THERE NEAR ME, BUT I'M TALKING, TALKING ABOUT LAWS COMING COMPANY THAT WANTED TO COME HERE YEARS AGO. 
          AND MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT SAY THEY WANT TO KEEP IT RUDE. 
          NO, I DO HAVE FOLKS THERE AND LIVING HERE FOR LONGER LIFE AND HAS PROPERTY. 
          THEY CAN'T EVEN DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROPERTY BECAUSE OF COUNTY PLAN ISSUES IN THIS TOWN AND, AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING I READ THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT NO, LISTEN, NO, IF YOU WANT A EDUCATED COMMUNITY SAVED COMMUNITY, YOU GOT TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KID TO YOU SHOWING YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN JAIL. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY WILL TAKE WHATEVER LITTLE, FEW MONEY AS YOU HAVE YOU SAYING, THAT'S NOT TRUE, NO COMMITTED LIVING AGAIN COMMUNITY, BUT THEY WILL COME INTO SHIT COMMUNITY AND TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE. 
          SO I THINK WHAT WE NEEDED IS TO PUSH HARD ON THE DELEGATION, THE COUNCIL PLANNING DEPARTMENT, PUTTING IN JOBS IN THIS COUNTY TO PUT PEOPLE TO WORK. 
          AND SO IT CAN HELP WITH THE 10 STAIRS. 
          MR. KIM, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID. 
          I DEFINITELY GROOVES THAT, UM, UM, FROM, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT TOO, ARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, UH, ABOUT POSITIONS IN A DISTRICT AND, AND FUNDING. 
          WHEN WILL WE BE BRINGING BACK THE CUSTODIANS? UM, AND I WENT OUT 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 THEN GET PEOPLE WHO WILL ACKNOWLEDGE, JUST WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU WILL GET TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, BUY-IN NOT SAYING THAT OTHER COMPANIES DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU 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, UM, MRS. CROSBY. 
          AND I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT IN THIS BUDGET, UH, SUPPOSEDLY, BUT HOPEFULLY THE NEXT QUESTION, THE NEXT QUESTION, THAT CAN 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 JUST, I JUST, I SEE THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BOATWRIGHT, 
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I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO MR. CAMPBELL, BUT I AGREE WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT ABOUT, WE NEED TO GET THE TAX PAYERS ON BOARD, WHICH HAS SORT OF A THEME HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A LITTLE CARROT AND MAYBE 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 KIDS, MOTIVATED DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
          AND I HAD TO SAY, I GOT A LITTLE MOAT. 
          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 MS. GOODRICH TELLING HER, 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 PROVING TO EVEN DISPLEASURE 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 PERCENTAGE 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, THE STATE IS ALSO REQUIRING ANOTHER STEP, AN ADDITIONAL STEP INCREASE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE BASE. 
          SO A TEACHER WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE THAT CURRENTLY IS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR WOULD MAKE 36,988, AND THEY WOULD MOVE TO A STEP ONE, WHICH WOULD BE 38,007 41. 
          SO ABOUT ALMOST A $2,000 INCREASE THERE. 
          NOW THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL IS THE NEXT STEP. 
          AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER A STEP TO ALL TEACHERS. 
          SO, SO A COUPLE OF 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, UM, PAGE HERE IN THE HANDOUT PAGE 21 THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THAT MIND 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 SORT OF ESTIMATE IT 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 ON. 
          A LOT OF TIMES THE INITIAL LA IS, YOU KNOW, A FRACTION OF THE COST WHEN YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR COSTS FOR BEING AN APP OVER SEVERAL YEARS IS GOING TO BE, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT 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 YOU FOR COUNTY DOES? WHAT SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME, FOR A COUNTY EDUCATING CHILDREN? THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUR FUTURE, THEY'RE OUR WORKFORCE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS A 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 YET AT, AT THE, UM, STUDENTS ARE DISTRICTED HOWEVER YOU WANNA WORD IT. 
          UM, MR. GUYER, THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS CASH FLOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN ASK FOR IT LATER. 
          AND THAT MEANS IF WE, WHEN TALKING $50 MILLION, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY WATCH HOW WE SPEND IT WHEN WE SPEND IT, 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. 
          YES, 
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WE ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, THE TAX ANTICIPATION OF DISCUSSIONS ONLY HAPPENS IN JUNE THAT THE APPROVALS FOR THE ALL 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, UM, ACTION. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCORPORATE THESE FEDERAL FUNDS INTO THAT CASHFLOW ANALYSIS, AS WE DETERMINE THE AMOUNT THAT WE WILL MEET IN THE FALL. 
          SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, IN, WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO, IS YOUR BOY SMITH ALSO? I LIKE MY QUESTION WAS WHEN IT COMES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY WERE YOU SPENT, UH, WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS PROGRAM CODE 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 EARLY THIS YEAR? AND, UH, AND THERE IS A 5.6 MILLION BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO YOU'RE SO ABOUT $10 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE, UM, FUNDING IN EIA 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. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IF YOU, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD, COULD, COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH, UH, IF YOU WOULD, COULD YOU POSSIBLY SHARE WITH ME IN THE BOARD, IN THE, IN THE FORM OF EMAIL, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY THAT, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE 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? THAT OKAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL GET ONE THING. 
          UH, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION KIND OF RAISED THROUGH THE QUESTION I HAVE YOU, UH, YOU MENTIONED LAST, UH, BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD DENIED SOME, SOME WISHLIST BANKS, PRINCIPALS, WHOEVER ELSE WERE INVOLVED. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN COME BACK WITH THINGS, I GUESS, WHAT WISHLIST THAT YOU COVERED THIS GUY  THAT'S ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT, LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU'LL SEE ON THE PROCESS. 
          YOU SAID THAT YOU DO ENGAGE THE, THE DEPARTMENT, HAS THEY GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF SALVATION OF WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WOULD BE AND WHY? 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 REQUEST WAS THE REASON BEHIND THAT. 
          AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE EXACTLY EARLY CHILDHOOD, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE THAN YOU COULD GIVE THEM. 
          AND THAT THEY ALWAYS GOT A FORWARD THINKING PROCESS IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE  OF THE WEB TO FUND THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM WHERE THESE A, B OR ANOTHER TOPIC, AND I'M NOT TEACHING ON DEPARTMENTS. 
          I SEE WHERE THE HUMAN RESOURCES, AND YOU SAID, EFFICACY STUDY DICTATED IT EVEN MORE. 
          THEY ASK FOR FOUR 
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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 ON, THAT WE DIDN'T GET SOME OF THAT EARLIER, BECAUSE AT MY MILE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE THINKING IS SO WE CAN EXPECT. 
          SO I DIDN'T JUST CUT BACK. 
          SO I KNEW A BOX. 
          AND, UH, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THAT'S WHY I SAY  NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NEEDED FOR NEW RESOURCE PEOPLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN, BUT THAT WAS THE BOARD'S REQUEST IS VIRGINIA JUDGES. 
          I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT, THAT BECAME A RESOURCE OR PUSHED BACK AND SAY, WE CAN'T DO, UNLESS YOU DO THIS FOR NO, I'M JUST SAYING HE'S GOT STAGNATED AND I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE FORWARD-THINKING AND THE PROCESS, THAT'S ALL NOT SEEM TO BE ANY OTHER HANDS UP. 
          DO YOU WANT TO JUST COVER NEXT STEPS? YES. 
          NEXT STEPS. 
          UH, WE WILL BE, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO PUT TOGETHER A VIRTUAL BUDGET FORUM. 
          UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, REPORTED, UH, RODRIGUEZ COMMENTS TO ME WITH THE, SOME 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 THAT PLAN ON COMMUNICATIONS TO, UH, 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, WHAT SPECIFICALLY BUDGET THOUGHT K-12 YES, 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 LOUIE REGGIE HAVE BEEN AS WELL AND, UH, PREPARATIONS FOR THIS BUDGET. 
          UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL NEED 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 80 AS WELL AS TWO MOTIONS. 
          UM, AND SOME BIO SUMMARY INFORMATION, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU'VE REQUESTED HERE, UM, 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, A S OR TWO 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 PROCEEDING 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. 
          IF WE HAVE A CONSENT ORDER. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
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