[00:00:05] >>> GOOD AFTERNOON I CALLED THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF [1.01 Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Silence] EDUCATION MEETING TO ORDER STARTING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. [1.03 Budget Amendments F 2025] >> FIRST WE HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVAL FOR FY 2026. I INVITE MR. JOHNSON. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MY NAME IS SCOTT JOHNSON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ENDING TODAY IT IS RECOMMENDED THE BOARD APPROVED FISCAL YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDING UNRESTRICTED FUND , THE FOOD SERVICE FUND AND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND. SPREADSHEET IS INCLUDED IN THE BOARD PACKET THAT PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL FY 25 BUDGETS, THE CURRENT BUDGETS AND PROPOSED FINAL FY 25 BUDGET. THE RECOMMENDED FY 25 YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT INCLUDING THE BUDGET TRANSFERS ARE PRESENTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS PUBLIC POLICY AND SUBSEQUENT TO BOARD APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED YEAR END BUDGET OF MOVEMENT AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO COUNTY APPROVAL. PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS INCLUDE MORE UP-TO-DATE BUDGET INFORMATION FOR THESE FUNDS AND FOR BUDGET ACCOUNTS THAN WHAT WAS AVAILABLE WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED ONE YEAR AGO THIS MONTH. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> YES. >> OKAY MR. HARRISON. >> HI SCOTT HOW ARE YOU? HOW MUCH OF THIS 288 , 125 THAT'S THE NUMBER NOW RIGHT? >> FY 26. >> NOW ARE WE VOTING FOR FY 26? WANT TO MAKE SURE. WE ARE DOING FY 25 FIRST. OKAY. OKAY. SO, FOR FY 25 I HAVE ANOTHER SET OF QUESTIONS. DID WE GET A NUMBER FOR THE ENDING FUND BALANCE , THIS WILL BE ONE QUESTION. TIED INTO THAT WE HAVE WHAT YOU MENTIONED TODAY, 60 DAYS FOR ACCRUAL AND WE KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT OF ACCRUAL IS EXPECTED TO BE FOR FY 25. >> WE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT TODAY. HERE ARE REASONS WHY. ONE IS THE ACCRUAL WOULD INCLUDE ANY REVENUE THE DISTRICT RECEIVES WITHIN 60 DAYS FOLLOWING THE FISCAL YEAR END. THROUGH AUGUST 29 ANY REVENUE THE DISTRICT PERCEIVED , THEY WOULD NEED TO PUT BACK INTO THE FY 25 AND A CREW FY 25. THERE IS SOME REVENUE AMOUNTS WE WON'T KNOW TODAY UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET THE FUNDS, FOR INTEREST, INTEREST EARNINGS THAT WE RECEIVE AND EARN IN JUNE WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL YOU GET THE BANK STATEMENT AND GET THAT AMOUNT AFTER THE END OF THE MONTH. ALSO, WE WILL HAVE EXPENDITURE WE INCURRED IN JUNE PAID IN JULY WHICH WOULD INCLUDE INVOICES FOR GOODS OR SERVICES RECEIVED IN JUNE OR EARLIER. IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE HOURLY PAY FOR SUBSTITUTES AND OTHER HOURLY EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE PAID IN THE PAYROLL IN MID JULY AND A HOST OF OTHER EXAMPLES AS WELL SO THE ACCRUALS WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE YEAR END FISCAL YEAR CLOSEOUT PROCESS. OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER. >> I CAN ASK THIS QUESTION WHICH BEGS THIS QUESTION. HOW SURE ARE YOU OF THE FY 25 FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET? >> AS SURE AS ONE CAN BE JUNE 30 AND THERE WILL BE VARIANCES BETWEEN BUDGET AND ACTUAL, THERE ALWAYS WILL BE IN A DISTRICT APPROXIMATING $300 MILLION AND WE CAN LOOK BACK AT YEAR END AUDIT REPORTS FROM YEARS AND DECADES AGO. >> WHAT AMOUNT DID WE ACCRUE IN FY 25, FOR FY 24? DO YOU HAVE [00:05:09] THE NUMBER? >> I RECEIVED THE QUESTION THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LAST HALF HOUR AND IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE QUESTION IS REGARDING REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE AND FOR WHICH FUND BUT ULTIMATELY ANY FOR THE FY 24 ARE ALREADY REFLECTED IN THE FY 24 AUDIT REPORT. >> ONE OTHER QUESTION. IN THE FIXED CHARGES, WHICH INCLUDE OUR HEALTHCARE CORRECT? WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENTIAL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD? HAVE WE FINALLY GOT THE NUMBER? >> I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M SORRY. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK THAT UP FOR YOU. >> WE DID GET THE NUMBER? >> HARDEN ME. >> WE DID GET THE NUMBER? >> IF THERE WAS RETURN IF WE RECEIVED A REFUND OR PREMIUM OR REBATE OR A FAVORABLE CHECK TO HELP OUR TO REFLECT A FAVORABLE RETURN OR LOSS FAVORABLE EXPENDITURE. COMPARED TO PROJECTED , I DON'T RECALL RIGHT OFF I AM SORRY. >> HOLD ON A SECOND. FROM WHAT YOU ARE ASKING, YOU SAY YOU DID NOT HAVE THE NUMBER HANDY SO WHAT I WAS ASKING IS CLARIFICATION, WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OR DID WE NOT YET? >> I'M SURE WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER, THE NUMBER COULD BE ZERO I JUST DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND BUDGET ACCOUNTS. >> SO WE DID GET IN ONE MORE. TALKING ABOUT THE ACCRUAL AND YOU GAVE THE EXAMPLE, SOMETHING THAT MAY COME BACK IN AND BE EARNED INTEREST, WHAT DID WE AVERAGE FISCAL YEAR TO DATE FOR INFORMATION THAT YOU DO KNOW WE EARNED IN THE EARNED INTEREST AND COULD YOU USE THAT TO MAKE A CONSERVATIVE PROJECTION ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BE? >> FOR THE YEAR OR THE MONTH? >> ANY YEARS REMAINING IT IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR? >> THE BUDGET REFLECTS MY BEST ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL INTEREST EARNINGS FY 25 AND THAT IS A LITTLE OVER $1.6 MILLION. AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE THE DISTRICT HAS EARNED SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST EARNINGS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN PRIOR YEARS. >> OKAY, THE REASON I WAS FOCUSED ON THE REBATE FROM THE HEALTH INSURANCE, I COULD HAVE SWORN THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO SHARE THAT REBATE WITH PARTICIPANTS IN SOME PROPORTION. HAS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST? >> YES IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, IN FY 24 THE DISTRICT PROVIDED A HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM HOLIDAY FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES WHO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH THE DISTRICT SO THAT MEANT THERE WAS A MONTH I BELIEVE SPRING OF 2024 IN WHICH NO WITHHOLDINGS WERE MADE FROM EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE HEALTH, DENTAL VISION OR AT LEAST HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR THE MONTH, HOWEVER, WE TRACKED OVER THE YEARS WITH ANY REFUND OR FAVORABLE PREMIUM IN FY 25 NOT SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT A PREMIUM OR HEALTH INSURANCE HOLIDAY IN FY 25. >> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ACCRUED AT SOME POINT? >> IT WILL BE TRACKED AND DEPENDING ON THE CLAIMS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THE DISTRICT MAY BE IN A POSITION WHERE IT COULD ONCE AGAIN OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM HOLIDAY BUT AT THIS TIME IT IS NOT KNOWN TO PREMIUMS OR CLAIMS IF THEY WILL BE FAVORABLE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. >> I JUST WANT TO LEARN HOW THAT MONEY MAY BE PART OF A SET ASIDE THAT WOULD GO TO THE FUND BALANCE AS OPPOSED TO OTHER EXPENSES HERE. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU DO OR IS THAT NOT DONE HERE? >> WE HAVE AN COMMITMENT IN FUND BALANCE IN THE AUDIT REPORT, THE REPORT DETAILS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUND BALANCE AND ONE SECTION NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE NEAR THE AUDIT REPORT IS TITLED COMMITTED FUND BALANCE AND WE HAVE THE AMOUNT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COMMITMENT. [00:10:02] >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND THE FY 25 BUDGET, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE FY 26 BUDGET APPROVAL. [1.02 Budget Approval FY2026] >> THIS EVENING IT IS RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE FY 25 INITIAL BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND WHICH INCLUDES UNRESTRICTED FUND AND RESTRICTED FUND, FOOD SERVICE FUND AND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND, THEIR SPREADSHEET PROVIDED PRESENTS THE INITIAL PROPOSED INITIAL FY 26 BUDGET FOR EACH OF THE MENTIONED FUNDS AND THIS BUDGET RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL BEFORE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS TOMORROW IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARYLAND STATUTE SUBSEQUENT TO BOARD APPROVAL FY 26 BUDGET THE BUDGET IS NOT SUBJECT TO EXTERNAL APPROVAL. AS OF JUNE 25, MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD NOT RELEASED FY 26 STATE EIGHT AMOUNTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SINCE THEN WE HAVE RECEIVED FRIDAY MORNING AS IT WAS AND THAT AMOUNT ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET. WHEN I CHECKED IT QUICKLY I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK EACH LINE BUT THE TOTAL MATCH RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AS PRESENTED THE INITIAL FY 26 BUDGET FOR THE UNRESTRICTED FUND, RESTRICTED, FOOD SERVICE FUND AND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? >> OH, YEAH. THANK YOU. LADIES FIRST. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST. SINCE WE JUST DID APPROVAL OF THE 25 AMENDMENT, CAN YOU QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 25 AMENDMENT AND THE 26 PROPOSED WE ARE ABOUT TO DISCUSS? >> YES, IN THE BOARD PACKET ON THE SECOND PAGE IS A SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS PROPOSED FY 26 INITIAL BUDGET AND THERE'S A COLUMN THAT SAYS FY 25 FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE COLUMN IN THE BLUE IS THE FY 26 PROPOSED INITIAL BUDGET. >> CAN YOU SEND THIS TO ME IN EXCEL PLEASE? >> HAPPY TO DO THAT TOMORROW, YES. >> CAN YOU DO IT NOW? SORRY, IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE DISCUSSION IF I HAVE IT IN AN EXCEL. >> WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL I WOULD REQUEST I PROVIDE THAT TOMORROW AFTER I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUKE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NOT ANY SENSITIVE NOTES IN THAT FILE. >> SO I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE, FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND WE ARE DOWN UNFORTUNATELY TO THE WIRE AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE TIME LEFT TO MEET TO HAVE SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS TO PROVE THIS BUDGET. SO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE NEED TO TAKE A RECESS I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE THE DOCUMENT IN EXCEL AND SEND IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING IN THE DOCUMENT WE HAD BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS PRIOR, IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE THINGS ON BLACK AND WHITE PAPER WITH THE SMALLEST FONT EVER AND EVEN HARDER TO DO IT ON A PDF ON A LAPTOP WITHOUT EXCEL. YOU MIGHT HAVE THOSE ABILITIES BUT I DO NOT AND I THINK WOULD AGREE. WE CAN TAKE A FEW MINUTES. 10 MINUTES DOES THAT WORK? WE WILL RECESS. >> ASK VERIFICATION MAY I ASK SPECIFICALLY WHICH DOCUMENT YOU WOULD LIKE? THESE ARE IN MULTIPLE FILES. >> AT THE VERY LEAST I NEED A [00:15:01] SUMMARY OF THE TWO. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN GET THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE BY SUMMARY AND CATEGORY. >> HESITATION TO DO THAT WITH SENSITIVE INFORMATION, WHAT IS I GUESS THE CATEGORY OF WHAT TYPE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION MIGHT BE IN THAT? WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING SOME OF THE SINCE JUNE 12 MEETING AND REHEAR JUNE 30 AT THE LAST MINUTE TO APPROVE A BUDGET AND WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THE ENTIRE TIME SO WHAT'S THE SENSITIVE INFORMATION YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT IN THERE? JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY. >> WHEN I PREPARE BUDGET DOCUMENTS I WILL SOMETIMES LIKE OTHER PEOPLE IN MY POSITION PUT NOTES FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. FOR INSTANCE THERE MIGHT BE LINES OR SOME ACCOUNTS THAT WE MIGHT I MIGHT MAKE A NOTE CONSIDER PROPOSING THAT WE ADJUST THAT STAFFING LEVEL, IN OTHER WORDS POTENTIALLY REDUCE OR ELIMINATE POSITION IN SOME SITUATIONS. I AM RELUCTANT TO HAVE THAT ON A DOCUMENTTHAT WOULD BE IN PUBLIC AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING UNNECESSARY ANXIETY TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS OR THAT OCCUPY ANY SUCH POSITIONS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THOSE POSITIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL BUT IT WOULD BE VERY UNFORTUNATE, IN MY VIEW, TO HAVE SOMEONE UNNECESSARILY ANXIOUS ABOUT A POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN FORCE WHEN IT MAY NEVER OCCUR , SO I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE IMPACT THAT IT MIGHT HAVE ON PERSONS THAT THERE MAY BE OR POSITIONS THAT MAY HAVE NOTES OF THAT NATURE. >> THAT TYPE OF NATURE IN PERSONNEL? IT IS THAT NATURE OF A NOTE IN PERSONNEL YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT? >> IF THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT HE SENDS TO US DOES NOT BECOME PUBLIC OUTSIDE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT RECEIVE IT? >> IT IS FINANCIAL SO IT'S ALL PUBLIC. >> AND WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T KEEP NOTES IN A EXCEL FILE FOR FINANCIAL STUFF THAT IS PUBLIC. >> SINCE RIF'S ARE NOT ON THE TABLE I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY NEEDS TO BE UNDER CONCERN AT THIS POINT, >>> THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF THERE WAS A MOTION AND SECOND TO PROVE THE FY 26 BUDGET AND WE WERE ASKED IT BE SUBMITTED TO US IN EXCEL, THAT HAS SINCE BEEN DONE SO I WILL YIELD TO GOSHORN. THERE IT IS. >> IS ONE OF THE TABS IN THIS THE ONE WITH THE REFERENCES ON THE PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET IN THE REFERENCE COLUMN, WHICH TAB ARE THEY ON THE SPREADSHEET? >> THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED , THAT IS A SEPARATE SPREADSHEET. >> OKAY THEN I WOULD ASK THE QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR THEM MYSELF AND THEN EVERYONE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE ANSWER. SO UNDER 201 ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF 184,000, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT T U AN B ARE IN THAT REDUCTION? >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. PERHAPS IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO PULL OPEN THE SPREADSHEET WE INCLUDE IN THE JUNE 12 BOARD MEETING IT HAS ALL OF THE NOTES. THANK YOU. IT IS THE ONE FOR FY 26. THANK YOU. YES. [00:20:15] YES. AND I BELIEVE THE NOTES AR >> I AM WONDERING IF THE REFERENCES NOW ARE STILL VALID BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS INCREASE OF 115,000, NOW IT IS A DECREASE OF 184,000 AND THE REFERENCE FROM THIS DOCUMENT ONLY SHOW INCREASE. WHAT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE MADE THIS CHANGE FROM THE 12 MEETING UNTIL NOW SOME CHANGE REDUCTION AND SOME THAT IS INCREASE AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE REDUCTIONS ARE AND WHERE THE INCREASE IS LIVE. >> SURE, THOSE ARE LISTED HERE THE BOTTOM HALF WHERE IT SAYS ADDED TO JUNE 12, 2025 PROPOSED FY 25 BUDGET. >> RIGHT, WHEN THEY WERE ADDED TO THIS ONE THAT IS PRIOR TO JUNE 12 WHEN WE WERE SEEING AN INCREASE OF 115,000 WHICH IS WHAT THIS REFLECTS, RESTORE FUNDING, AT FUNDING READER ACADEMY AND SOFTWARE BUT NOW FROM THIS VERSION OF JUNE 12 TO THE ONE WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW FOR TODAY IT IS A REDUCTION OF 184,000. I'M CURIOUS WHAT IS THE 184,000 REDUCTION. >> THAT IS THE NET OF REDUCTIONS AND ADDITIONS MADE IN VARIOUS LINE ITEM ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE 12 AND SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF THE CHANGES SINCE JUNE 12 INCLUDE LINE ITEM ACCOUNTS , LINE ITEM ADJUSTMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES, SALARY AND WAGE ACCOUNTS TO REFLECT THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT ALSO UPDATED INFORMATION ON WAGE AND BENEFIT PROJECTIONS, WAGE PROJECTIONS EMPLOYEES COVERED BY MEET AND CONFER RECENTLY AGREED UPON, ALSO UPDATED SALARY AND WAGE INFORMATION, WAGE PROJECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE SPECTRUM FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT BACK WHEN THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED , IT WAS BASED ON RELATIVELY FEW EMPLOYEE RETIREMENTS. SINCE THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED IN JANUARY WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO SUBMITTED LETTERS A RETIREMENT OR RESIGNATION AND WE USE THE INFORMATION TO UPDATE THE WAGE AND SALARY PROJECTIONS FOR FY 26 BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE DATA FIVE OR SIX MONTHS AGO. >> SO I KNOW THE AGREEMENTS WE MADE WITH THE TWO UNITS YOU DISCUSSED WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A INCREASE IN THAT FUND AND EVEN IF PEOPLE RETIRED OUT OF 201 CATEGORY ADMINISTRATION WE WOULD BE REPLACING THEM AND I'M NOT UPSET THEIR SAVINGS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SAVINGS ARE SO WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE INCREASED NOT A DECREASE WHICH IS WHY I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE DID YOU FIND $184,000 IN ACCOUNT 201 BETWEEN THE 12TH AND TODAY. >> ONE EXAMPLE WE HAVE ON HERE THE MAY HAVE BEEN FACTORED AND I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE JUNE 12 BUDGET, BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES INCLUDING REDUCING THE COST FOR PRESCHOOL PRIVATE PRE-K PROVIDERS , ORIGINALLY THIS FISCAL YEAR THE COST IS EXPECTED TO FLOW THROUGH THE DISTRICT WE RECEIVED STATE AID AND IN TURN WE NEED TO WRITE A CHECK TO THE PRE-K PRIVATE PROVIDERS IN FY 25 AND WHEN I BUILT UP THE BUDGET I ASSUMED WE WOULD DO THAT AGAIN IN FY 26 BUT THE STATE HAS CHANGED PLANS SO NOW I HAVE REDUCED REVENUES FROM STATE AID SOMEWHAT AND REDUCED EXPENDITURES ACCORDINGLY FOR THAT, THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A CHANGE THAT WOULD RESULT IN REDUCTION OF COST. >> I SEE THE CHANGE FOR REVENUES STATE AND FEDERAL, BUT AGAIN CAN YOU GO TO THE OTHER DOCUMENT FROM THIS MEETING PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET? THE ONE WITH THE REALLY SMALL PRINT. [00:25:13] >> THAT ONE, YES. UNDER EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT 201. IN THE DOLLAR CHANGE COLUMN THERE IS $184,533 FROM JUNE 12 MEETING TO THE JUNE 25 MEETING. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES IS WHAT EXACTLY CHANGED TO RESULT IN THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. UNDERSTAND THE REVENUE, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DOLLAR CHANGE IN 201, 202, 202 , TWO OR THREE AND DOWN BECAUSE THOSE REFERENCES HERE ARE NO LONGER VALID. >> BECAUSE WE'RE COMPARING DIFFERENT BUDGETS? >> THE REFERENCE BEFORE WAS THE CHANGE FROM FIRST BUDGET TO THE JUNE 12 SO NOW THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE THOSE REFERENCES ARE NOW INVALID FOR THIS DISCUSSION. >> WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PULL OPEN THE SPREADSHEET THAT HAS THE CHANGES OVER $25,000. THAT WOULD BE THE PACKET FOR THIS EVENING, THANK YOU. >> THE ATTACHMENT SENT LAST WEDNESDAY EVENING NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET. WHILE WE'RE WAITING OF A HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER CHANGE OR TO INCLUDED IN THE FY 26 BUDGET SINCE BACK ON JUNE 12. THE MOST RCENT VERSION INCLUDES SOME WAGE AND SALARY LAPSE ACCOUNTS. WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE IN THE BUDGET IN THE PAST AND BY WAGE AND SALARY LAPSE ACCOUNTS WE ARE REFERRING TO THE AMOUNT THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT THE DISTRICT WOULD SAVE WHEN ONE EMPLOYEE LEAVES AND SUCCESSOR IS HIRED AND BEGINS BECAUSE MANY, BUT NOT ALL POSITIOS THERE IS A LAG BETWEEN THOSE DATES SO THERE IS SOME SAVINGS, OBVIOUSLY FOR SOME POSITIONS WE NEED TO HAVE AND HIRE SUBSTITUTES, FOR SOME TEACHERS, FOR SOME SUB SECRETARY POSITIONS AND A VARIETY OF OTHERS BUT THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS WHERE THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE HIRED DURING THE LAPSE PERIOD SO THE DISTRICT REALIZE A SAVINGS DURING THE PERIOD, THAT WAGE OR SALARY LAPSE SO FY 26 SINCE THE JUNE BUDGET WAS RECOMMENDED I HAVE ADDED A FEW ACCOUNTS THAT ARE NOW SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WAGE AND SALARY LAPSE AND THAT IS TO HELP PRESENT AN EVEN MORE ACCURATE BUDGET BECAUSE VIRTUALLY THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME WAGE AND SALARY LAPSE AND WE INCLUDE, IN THIS VERSION OF THE BUDGET A SOFT ESTIMATE OF THE WAGE AND SALARY LAPSE FOR FY 26 AND THAT WILL SHOW SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS WELL OVER $115,000 AND THERE IS ALSO A NEW ACCOUNT IN THE FY 26 BUDGET, FOR THE LEAVE WITHOUT PAY , WE HAVE A VARIETY OF EMPLOYEES TAKING LEAVE DAYS , USING LEAVE DAYS IN WHICH THEY HAVE NO AVAILABLE LEAVE, NO VACATION OR ANNUAL LEAVE, NO SICK LEAVE AND PERHAPS LIMITED OR NO NUMBER OF PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS , SO THOUGH DAYS ARE TAKEN WITHOUT PAY IN THE DISTRICT I HAVE BUDGETED FOR US TO PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT WHEN THEY USE TIME WITHOUT PAY, THE DISTRICT REALIZES SAVINGS FOR THAT LEAVE WITHOUT PAY TIME. SO TO MAKE THE BUDGET MORE ACCURATE FY 26 WE INCLUDED A SPECIFIC ACCOUNT FOR LEAVE WITHOUT PAY AND IT IS A NEGATIVE DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT REDUCE THE ACTUAL COST TO WAGES AND SALARIES FOR [00:30:03] EMPLOYEES. >> SO WHEN SOMEONE WAS TO TAKE LEAVE AND THEY DON'T HAVE LEAVE IN THE BANK WE LET THEM TAKE LEAVE? WHERE I WORK THEY DON'T LET YOU TAKE LEAVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IN THE BANK. OKAY I GOTCHA. >> NOT TO GO OFF, UNATTENDED OR DOWN A RABBIT HOLE BUT IF INDIVIDUAL TAKES LEAVE WITHOUT PAY THERE IS ALSO STIPULATIONS THEY CAN BE ON IT FOR SO LONG AND THEN IT IMPACTS YOUR BENEFITS AND THAT SORT OF THING ALL DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS NOT JUST ENDLESS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. >> THERE IS ALSO A SICK BANK PEOPLE CAN DONATE TIME AND STUFF TO SO THERE IS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEAVE, BUT IF YOU EXHAUSTED MEN YES IT'S LEAVE WITHOUT PAY . >> LEAVE THEY DON'T USE IS SEEN AS COST SAVINGS BUT WHEN THEY RETIRE THEY CAN RECOUP THE MONEY SO IS IT REALLY SAVINGS? LIKE BELIEVE THAT THEY DON'T? >> THIS YEAR IT IS. YEAH. THIS YEAR IT IS, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT VARIES YEAR-TO-YEAR. >> I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO THE EMAIL YOU SENT THIS AFTERNOON AT JUST ABOUT 4:00 WHERE YOU GAVE NOTES ON THE UPDATES. ONE BEING REMOVAL OF THE INCREASE IN TEACHER PENSION COST ORIGINALLY BELIEVED TO BE PAYABLE BY THE DISTRICTS SO WITH THAT CHANGE WHAT WAS THE SAVINGS AMOUNT AND WHERE WAS THAT USED WITHIN THE BUDGET? >> THE SAVINGS AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 OR 1.6 MILLION. WHEN WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE IT APPEARED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE LIABILITY, AT THE TIME THE STATE DID NOT COMMUNICATE THE AMOUNT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY BUT MY COLLEAGES AND I WERE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION THAT MADE IT APPEAR REASONABLE TO ESTIMATE 1.6 MILLION , 1.5 OR 1.6 SO THAT'S WHAT I ADDED TO THE RETIREMENT COST FOR THE BUDGET IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR RETIREMENT COST INCREASE FOR TEACHERS. I HAVE SINCE BACKED THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET SO THAT WAS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PART OF SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET AND THAT HELPED IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO OFFSET THE COUNTY REDUCTION OF FUNDING COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR. SORRY COMPARED TO THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION WAS REDUCED WITH MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND WE DID NOT GET THE NUMBER UNTIL WHEN DID WE GET THE FINAL NUMBER? >> I BELIEVE ON OR ABOUT JUNE 10. >> TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR MEETING. THAT TUESDAY WE GOT THE OFFICIAL NUMBER FOR OUR BOARD MEETING WAS THURSDAY. >> WE DO NOT GET THE STATE NUMBER UNTIL FRIDAY CLOSE OF BUSINESS. >> IS THAT FUND BALANCE? >> MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT . >> MONEY FROM TAXPAYERS SO THE COUNTY THEN BY REDUCING MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT BY 1.6 MILLION OR 1.7 THEY TURNED AROUND AND COVERED RETIREMENT COST THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO PAY CORRECT? >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YES THEY WILL COVER THAT. >> DON'T HAVE TO? YEAH. >> THANK YOU, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. >> GO AHEAD. >> OKAY, SO CAN WE GO, FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION I LOOK AT EVERY $100,000 IN THE BUDGET AS A STAFF PERSON. SOME PEOPLE MAKE MORE SOME PEOPLE MAKE LESS SO WHEN THERE'S CHANGES OF $100,000 I SEE PEOPLE AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE HERE IS OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL COST. WE HAVE GONE FROM FY 25 PROPOSED AT 5.3 AND THEN WENT TO 8.1 MILLION WHICH IS 2.8 MILLION , THAT IS ON PROPOSED FY 26 INITIAL BUDGET [00:35:06] PAGE. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THIS FONT RIGHT HERE THAT HAD ME GET A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES. >> SORRY, SMALL. >> PICKED THOSE UP TODAY . >> CATEGORY 204? >> 205 , YEAH. YEAH, 2793. AND THAT JUST CATCHES YOU ATTENTION BECAUSE IT IS 52.5% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. >> GIVE US A MOMENT TO PULL THAT UP? >> PERHAPS WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT. THANK YOU. >> YES, SO LOOKING AT THIS LOOK AT BUDGET UNIT 201 I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE SAME AS CATEGORY 201. THE FIRST THREE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, 140,000 IN ADDITION, 48,000 REDUCTION, 41,000 IN ADDITION STILL DOES NOT EQUAL THE 184,000 REDUCTION . >> AND THAT ONE BECAUSE THESE TWO PAGES INCLUDE ONLY THE BUDGET CHANGES OVER $25,000. IT DOES NOT LIST EVERY SINGLE CHANGE. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EVEN MORE CHANGES OF LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNTS UNDER 25,000 SO IF YOU WERE TO ADD UP THESE IT WILL NOT NET TO $115,000. >> IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN SHOW US WHAT MADE UP THE $184,000 IN REDUCTION? AND $296,000 REDUCTION RIGHT? IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE THE BUDGET , WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN A BUDGET AND $1.1 MILLION WORTH OF REDUCTION JUNE 12 TO JUNE 25 ANOTHER WAY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT PERFECTLY BALANCES THE CHANGE I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE SCHOOL. SO I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE ON IT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IT. >> TO REITERATE MOST REDUCTIONS ARE DUE TO REMOVING THE TEACHER PENSION INCREASE BEING BORNE BY THE COUNTY RATHER THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ANOTHER PORTION IS THE REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD PAY FOR PRESCHOOL PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND A HOST OF OTHER CHANGES I THINK I'M PROBABLY MISSING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT WAS IN THE EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON. THE WAGE AND SALARY LABS SAVINGS ESTIMATES AND THE LWOP OR LEAVE WITHOUT PAY NEGATIVE BUDGET AMOUNT TO REFLECT ESTIMATED SAVINGS FROM THE LEAVE WITHOUT PAY. >> AM I MAKING SENSE? >> I CAN RESPOND FURTHER IF THAT [00:40:09] WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> IF WE CAN JUST GO AND NOT IN SUMMARY, REDUCTION IN WAGE. I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WORD TO RECUT $184,000 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN 201, WHERE DID WE COULD $296,000 IN 202? AT THAT LEVEL I NEED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS AGAIN IF WE LOOK AT 201 ALONE IT IS SHOWING AN INCREASE OF 136,000 AND CHANGE, BUT THE SUMMARY SHOWING 184,000 IN REDUCTION. >> I WILL ASK MS. MAXEY IF THERE IS A WAY FOR ME TO DISPLAY FROM MY COMPUTER OR IF I NEED TO SEND YOU THE FILE. >> YOU THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GOING TO NEED YOU HERE TONIGHT. >> OH, THANK YOU. >> QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET LAYOUT SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR LEFT COLUMN F IS THE BUDGET UNIT AND WE PARSE OUT VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE BUDGET CODE AND THEN WE HAVE A SHORT ACCOUNT CODE AND THEN THE OBJECT ONE SALARIES AND WAGES AND THE BUDGET UNIT DESCRIPTION ACCOUNT TITLE IS NEXT, THE COLUMN IN THE BLUE REPRESENTS THE FY 25 ORIGINAL BUDGET AND THE NEXT COLUMN IS THE AMOUNT PROPOSED BY VARIOUS BUDGET ADMINISTRATORS AND TO THE RIGHT OF THAT ON THE SLIDE OVER THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT PROPOSED BUDGET FROM BACK IN JANUARY THEN FEBRUARY OR WAS IN MARCH BOARD PROPOSED BUDGET IS THEN PROPOSED FOR FY 26 AS A LAST WEDNESDAY EVENING. >> OKAY SO , CAN YOU GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WELL, THERE'S NO VARIANCE COLUMN. WE NEED A VARIANCE COLUMN AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS 183,000 ON 201 AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE THE DIFFERENCES ARE. >> JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, THE CHANGE FROM THE BUDGET PRESENTED THIS EVENING AND WHICH ADDITION? >> THE CHANGE BETWEEN JUNE 12 AND WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY. >> FOR JUNE 12 I DO NOT HAVE A LISTING BY ACCOUNT , I HAD IT AT THE CATEGORY LEVEL. [00:45:03] >> SO I AM JUST CURIOUS. HOW DID WE GET TO 183,000 IF WE DON'T HAVE IT AT A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL? >> TO JUNE 12 BUDGET WAS BASED ON THE BUDGET CHANGES, MEANING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR THE BUDGET ADDITIONS MADE, BACK IN LATE FEBRUARY. AND UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING VARIOUS REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS. AND, THE BP COLUMN RIGHT HERE REFLECTS THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE ESTIMATED MOST RECENTLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END BUDGET. >> BREAD, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS SHOWING. I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS DOCUMENT SAYS WE'RE SAVING $104,533 IN ADMINISTRATION BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL HOW YOU GOT TO THE NUMBER. >> I UPDATED THIS COLUMN HERE, IN HINDSIGHT IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO KEEP THE PREVIOUS COLUMN BUT I UPDATED THIS COLUMN. >> IS THEIR PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE FILE YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER THAT YOU COULD TAKE THE DATA FROM? >> I CAN CHECK. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR COMPUTER OFF-LINE WHEN YOU SEARCH JUST SO YOU DON'T PULL ANYTHING UP. >> I DID CHECK MY PREVIOUS VERSION. UNFORTUNATELY, I USED THE SAME COLUMN FOR THAT. >> BP , FOR THE ? CAN YOU COPY AND PASTE THAT COLUMN INTO THE NEW FILE AND DO THE VARIANCE THAT BY? >> COPY AND PASTE IN THE NEW FILE? >> YOU OVERRODE IT YOU ARE SAYING? >> RIGHT. >> OKAY CAN YOU PULL UP THE FILE YOU ARE SHOWING BACK UP PLEASE? >> SURE. >> CAN YOU SEND US THIS TAB ? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> IT WILL TAKE ME A MOMENT TO DELETE INFORMATION THAT'S UNRELATED. [00:53:40] >> IT HAS BEEN SENT. [01:00:11] >> MR. JOHNSON , CAN YOU CONFIRM ONE AT COLUMN 80 IN THE [01:00:17] SPREADSHEET YOU SENT, IT SHOULD MATCH THE NUMBER ON THE TINY SHEET. THAT IS THE BOARD PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET INCLUDING PROPOSED REVISIONS. SHOULD THAT COLUMN IN THE AO IN YOUR SPREADSHEET MATCH? I ASK BECAUSE SPOILER IT DOES NOT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT THING. >> I SHOULD UP A DRAFT ON THE COLUMN TITLE. I DID NOT ANTICIPATE IT RING REQUESTED THIS EVENING SO IT WILL NOT MATCH. THOSE WERE PUT IN AT ESTIMATES AT THE TIME BUT THEY DO NOT MATCH. BUT THEY WILL ON COLUMN THREE FY 26 PROPOSED. >> OKAY SO IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CHANGES ARE. AND THAT IS JUST WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT. >> I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP. IN THIS COLUMN I CAN FILTER BY CHANGES OR REDUCTIONS OVER ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT AND IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, WE CAN FILTER OR QUICKLY WALK THROUGH CHANGES THAT ARE SAY 100,000 OR MORE OR REDUCTIONS $100,000 OR MORE. >> CAN YOU THROW THAT BACK UP THERE? >> I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IT WAS 115 OVER WHICH WE KNOW THAT WAS IN THE REFERENCE IN THE LAST MEETING NOW 184 UNDER AND SINCE THE DETAILS IN THIS SPREADSHEET I CANNOT FIND THE 184,000 WHERE IT WENT. AND WE PROBABLY WON'T FIND IT WHEN IT'S ONLY 184,000 CHANGE. WE CAN GIVE IT A SHOT. >> JUST TO BUTYRATE, THIS INCLUDES UPDATED INFORMATION BASED ON EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ANNOUNCED RESIGNATION, RETIREMENTS SO THE SALARY AND WAGE ACCOUNTS IN QUITE A FEW BUT NOT ALL HAVE BEEN UPDATED. IN HINDSIGHT MAYBE IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER NOT TO UPDATE THOSE BUT IN THE GOAL TO MAKE THE BUDGET AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE FOR FY 26, THE INITIAL BUDGET. USING THIS COLUMN WAY OVER HERE, A CUE I HAVE PUT IN THE FORMULA AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THE FORMULA LOOKS LIKE. SO IT'S TAKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUDGET PROPOSED THIS EVENING, THIS COLUMN AND THE BOARD PROPOSED BUDGET. AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT GOING TO EXACTLY MATCH THE AMOUNTS FROM BACK IN MARCH OR FEBRUARY. THIS SHOWS THE CHANGE AND I WILL SCROLL DOWN, QUICKLY FIND USING CONDITIONAL FORMATTING THE CHANGES $100,000 OR MORE. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAGE AND SALARY LABS , THIS IS THE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL. WE HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT INCLUDED FOR THE WAGE AND SALARY LABS. THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND ALSO THE SCHOOL SECRETARY'S. LOOKING FURTHER DOWN WE CAN SEE REDUCTION FOR A FEW TEACHER ACCOUNTS, THESE REPRESENT UPDATED ESTIMATES BASED ON RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS. SO WE CAN SEE THE PINK HIGHLIGHTING THOSE ARE REDUCTIONS, HERE YOU CAN SEE REDUCTION IN NBC STIPENDS . AND, EARLIER VERSIONS THIS HAD A LUMP SUM AMOUNT FOR SOME OF THESE AND WE HAVE SPREAD THOSE ACROSS THE BUILDINGS SO THAT'S WHY YOU WILL SEE A PRETTY BIG REDUCTION THERE BUT THE COST OFFSET IS INCLUDED IN OTHER ACCOUNTS. HERE YOU CAN SEE REDUCTION IN PSYCHOLOGIST AND WE HAD TWO PSYCHOLOGIST ACCOUNTS NOT USED AT ALL THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, DID NOT SEEM PRACTICAL TO INCLUDE SO IT WAS REMOVED. AND THEN ANOTHER WAGE AND SALARY LABS ACCOUNT AND HERE IS A LEAVE WITHOUT PAY SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATED SAVINGS LEAVE WITHOUT PAY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRIVATE PRE-K PROVIDERS , THAT'S A BIG REDUCTION BECAUSE BEFORE WE ANTICIPATED HAVING FUNDS FLOW THROUGH THE STATE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, PLUS WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE AMOUNT WOULD BE FOR THE PRE-K PROVIDERS SO THAT HAS BEEN [01:05:01] REDUCED. THIS IS A THERAPIST ACCOUNT. LOOKING FURTHER DOWN HERE IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, WAGE AND SALARY LABS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS IN CATEGORY 209. THAT WOULD BE, I AM LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE I THINK. YEAH, THAT IS IN TRANSPORTATION. AND IT IS A SOFT ESTIMATE I'M SORRY IT IS CONTRACTED BUS ROUTES. THE BUS TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE SOMEWHAT SOFT IN THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS IF WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE BUS CONTRACTORS ON THOSE AMOUNTS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER BIG REDUCTION HERE, THIS WOULD BE THE TEACHER RETIREMENT COST. THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WOULD BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY. AND I BELIEVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS CLOSER TO 1.5 WERE $1.6 MILLION BUT I REDUCED BY 1.25 BUT I REDUCED BY $1.25 MILLION BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT COSTS. SO IN A NUTSHELL THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES. TEACHER RETIREMENT, PRE-K PRIVATE PROVIDERS, WAGE AND SALARY LABS AND THE LWOP. >> OKAY I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT GETTING VERY FAR. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE CHANGE, AND AGAIN I KNOW THE AO COLUMN WHICH WE ARE TARGETING OFF OF DOES NO DIRECTLY MATCH BUT IT IS THE TOTAL SPREADSHEET AT 201 IS 7,919,000 AND CHANGE. WHERE WE HAD OUR CHANGE SPREADSHEET , 7,995,000. THEN WE JUMP TO 8.1 MILLION WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE WERE ADDING TUV WHICH WAS RESTORING FUNDING FOR TAM, ADDING FUNDING FOR SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND ADDING SOFTWARE COST DIFFERENTIAL WHICH GOT US UP TO 8.1 MILLION, THEN AGAIN WE ARE DOWN 184,000. SO, IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION WAGES AND CHANGES IN THOSE BECAUSE WE ADDED LEADERSHIP ACADEMY , WHICH IS STILL ON THIS OTHER SHEET OF, SORRY , AND ADDITIONS AND THE OTHER TWO THINGS THAT I SAID. SOFTWARE AND RESTORING FUNDING FOR TAM. >> IS THE ONLY CHANGES FOR WAGES? NO. >> OKAY SO WE NEED TO GET A LISTING OF THE $184,000 CHANGE FROM LAST MEETING TO THIS MEETING AND WE CANNOT GET TO IT FROM THIS SPREADSHEET. >> YOU'RE RIGHT WE CANNOT GET TO IT FROM THIS SPREADSHEET AND I'M SORRY I DID NOT REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JUNE 12 MEETING AND THIS EVENING WOULD BE VALUED MORE THAN THE AMOUNT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR EACH BUDGET CATEGORY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. >> SO LET'S GET PAST THE ADMINISTRATION. 203, STRUCTURAL SALARIES AND WAGES. A DIFFERENCE A REDUCTION 718,000. AND THEN WE GO TO SPECIAL EDUCATION INCREASED 343,000, STUDENT SERVICES INCREASED 389,000 AND THEN DOWN TO TRANSPORTATION REDUCTION OF 318,000 OPERATION OF PLANT REDUCTION 318 -- 313,000. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO PASS A BUDGET WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND WE DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. SO WE GO SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD APPROVE THE BUDGET, WE APPROVE THE BUDGET TODAY WE GO SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD AND WHOEVER'S COMING BACK UP AND SAYING WE NEED MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE NEED $200,000 IN TRANSPORTATION AND THEN LOOK THE BOARD APPROVED A BUDGET WITH REDUCTION OF $313,000 FROM TRANSPORTATION. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU GOT THESE CHANGES FROM. TONIGHT. >> I AM HAPPY TO SHARE. EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR AMOUNT THIS [01:10:02] EVENING. >> BUT THIS IS NOT COMPARING THE NUMBERS YOU GAVE US ON THE 12TH AND AGAIN WE HAVE REFERENCES FOR THE CHANGES BETWEEN ONE OF THOSE COLUMNS MAY BE COLUMN TWO AO AND WHAT WAS PROPOSED JUNE 12 WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. ON THE LAST ONE WE WERE ADDING A BUNCH OF STUFF SO NOW IN MANY CATEGORIES TO SAY WE ARE REDUCING, WHERE ARE WE REDUCING BECAUSE I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I HAVE TO KNOW I'M NOT VOTING TO REMOVE SOMETHING SCHOOL SYSTEM AND I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER RIGHT NOW. >> WE DO NO PROGRAM REDUCTIONS, THE REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE ARE THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED PLUS THE ONES SHARED LAST WEEK AND THE LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNTS WE HAVE HERE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF REDUCTIONS OF THE LOW DOLLAR REDUCTIONS UNDER $25,000 WERE UPDATES FOR WAGES AND SALARIES BASED ON UPDATED STAFFING INFORMATION. >> UNDERSTAND AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT. >> ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION. THE BOARD HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO REQUEST TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT ANY TIME IN THE FISCAL YEAR THE BOARD CAN APPROVE. FOR INSTANCE THE BOARD COULD VOTE TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND A MONTH. >> UNDERSTAND WE CAN APPROVE AMENDMENT AT ANY TIME, IT'S ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TODAY AND I AM NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. SO NOT TO ASK FOR ANOTHER RECESS BUT I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, IN DETAIL HOW YOU GOT TO EACH ONE OF THE NUMBERS OF THE CHANGE BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I TRUST YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU JUST SAY A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS REDUCTION AND BALANCING SELLER CATEGORIES. I CAN'T GO INTO THE GROCERY STORE AND DEFEND THAT. AND PEOPLE WILL STOP ME IN THE GROCERY STORE AND LITERALLY EVERYWHERE ELSE THAT I GO. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT CHANGED. IN DETAIL. >> LET'S START WITH WAGES AND SALARIES. BACK AND I BELIEVE JANUARY I WORKED WITH A COLLEAGUE IN I.T. AND SHE PROVIDED INFORMATION ON WAGE AND SALARY PROJECTIONS FY 26 BASED ON STAFFING DATA AT THE TIME. THAT REFLECTS THE EMPLOYEE'S WAGE PROJECTIONS FOR FY 26 BASED ON THE THEN CURRENT STEP IN THE CURRENT STEP NOW. AND WHAT STEP THEY WOULD BE ON NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THAT IS BASED ON THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WEATHER FOR THE CEA OR CASE OR BACK THEN WE DID NOT HAVE THE AGREEMENT FINALIZED WITH CASSA SO THOSE WERE ESTIMATED AMOUNT AND WE DID NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT THE AMOUNTS WOULD ULTIMATELY BE BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT FINISHED NEGOTIATING, LIKE WAYS FOR THE MEET AND CONFER HAD NOT BEEN FINALIZED. THE BUDGET FOR WAGES AND SALARIES WAS BASED ON PROJECTIONS ON A CONTRACT THAT HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETELY NEGOTIATED. I'M SORRY THE AGREEMENT AND HAD NOT BEEN AGREED UPON WITH MEAT AND CONFER SO WE DID NOT HAVE THE DATA FINALIZED, PLUS BACK THEN WE DID NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHO WOULD BE RETIRING OR RESIGNING IN THE REMAINING SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR SO THAT WAS BASED ON WAGES AND SALARIES WHEN THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED. I RECEIVED AN , IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS UPDATED INFORMATION THAT REFLECTS ANNOUNCED RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS. AND WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION NOW ON NEGOTIATED AND AGREED UPON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH CASSA AND THE MOU WHERE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO THAT DATA WAS INCLUDED IN THE COLUMN AP TO MAKE THE BUDGET ESTIMATES AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE FOR FY 26. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE BUDGET. IN TERMS OF QUANTITY. THE BIG DOLLAR CHANGES ARE IN THE PRE-K PRIVATE PROVIDERS THE TEACHER PENSION REQUIREMENT , THE LWOP AND SALARY LABS THE WAGE AND SALARY LABS . >> I DID NOT GET INTO SOME OF THE MINUTIA. MAYBE I SHOULD [01:15:03] HAVE. I LOOKED SPECIFICALLY AT CATEGORIES THAT SAY OTHER. AS ONE OF MY SUSPICIOUS OKAY TALK LOUDER SORRY. I WILL PUT MY VOICE ON. SO, I LOOK AT THE OTHER CATEGORY PARTICULARLY NUMBER 205 AND I LOOKED AT THE EMAIL YOU SENT US TODAY JUST BEFORE THE MEETING. AND A CHOSEN CATEGORY 205 AN FY 24 ACTUAL OF 4.5 MILLION. FAIR ENOUGH. IN THE FY 25 BUDGET IT SHOWS A NUMBER OF 6 MILLION . I'M SURE THERE WAS SOME EXPLANATION FOR THE $1.5 MILLION DIFFERENCE. FY 25 FINAL YOU ARE SHOWING HERE IS 5.3 MILLION. OKAY? THAT'S $700,000 SAVINGS, AWESOME. THE 26 SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET WAS 9.4 MILLION, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. KNOW WE ARE GOING TO THE 26 PROPOSED BUDGET OF 8.1 SO THAT IS A PRETTY LARGE VACILLATION BACK AND FORTH AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN EVERY LINE ITEM. BUT BECAUSE OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS, I WANT TO GET A SENSE OF IS THAT AN ISSUE OF UNCONTROLLED EXPENSES OR CONTROLLABLE EXPENSES OR YOU KNOW OTHER IS IT HARMING STUDENT INSTRUCTION IF WE DO NOT SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY? I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A POSITION HERE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SPENDING MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSES TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. CERTAINLY TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR STAFF TO WANT TO WORK HERE. AND JUST BECAUSE OF THESE LARGE VACILLATION'S, I AM PROBABLY NOT AS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT , IT STILL DOES GIVE ME PAUSE , WHEN WE GO INTO SOME OF THE NUMBERS. AGAIN I LOOK AT IT AS EVERYONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IT'S A PERSON. THAT'S HOW I CONSIDER IT. SO INSTEAD OF EXPANDING ALL OF THOSE YEARS IT'S DIFFERENT, COULD YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THE 2.793 MILLION , THE DOLLAR CHANGE FROM FY 25 FINAL TO THE FY 26 PROPOSED ? WE WENT FROM 5.3 TO 8.1 MILLION. IF WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT THAT WILL GIVE ME SOME SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. >> CAN REPEAT WHICH CATEGORY NUMBER? >> SURE, 205. >> THANK YOU. >> THE TOTAL VARIANCE AS YOU HAVE THE LABELED DOLLAR CHANGE IS 2.793 MILLION. >> A LARGE PIECE OF THAT REDUCTION IS FOR THE COMMISSAR YOU'RE LOOKING AT FY 25 FINAL? >> GOING FROM FY 25 FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE 26 INITIAL PROPOSED BUDGET THE DIFFERENCE IS AN INCREASE OF 2.793 MILLION OR 52.5%. >> IN THE SPREADSHEET I HAVE FY 25 ORIGINAL NOT THE FINAL BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL VERSUS FY 25 COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED FY 26. >> THAT NUMBER FY 25 WAS 6.0 MILLION IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. >> I BELIEVE IN FY 25 , THE OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL COST DID NOT , LET ME PULL IT OPEN RATHER THAN SPECULATE. >> YOU STATED THE ORIGINAL 25 ON THE CATEGORY TO FIVE WAS 6.0 MILLION? SO, IN 25 WITH FINAL AMENDMENT WE'RE GOING TO UNDER SPEND THAT CATEGORY BY ROUGHLY [01:20:02] 3/4 MILLION , BUT 26 PROJECTION IS 2.7 MILLION HIGHER AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND. HOW DID WE GO FROM RUNNING UNDER 750,000 HOW DID WE GO FROM RUNNING UNDER $750,000 ESSENTIALLY TO PROJECTING GOING OVER BY 2.7. >> BRIGHT AND SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET WAS 9.4. SO, SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE EXPLAINED. >> I WILL CHECK TO SEE IF THAT'S RELATED . >> YES, THE CHANGE 1.5 MILLION APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION $1.5 MILLION. IN FY 26, THAT WAS NOT IN FY 25 I BELIEVE AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF SR FUNDING, WE LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS HAD A FUNDING CLIFF, THE SR FUNDING RAN OUT EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> RELATED TO COVID? >> WHAT AND THAT DROP OFF BE IN OUR REVENUE CATEGORY, NOT EXPENDITURE CATEGORY? EXPENSE IS THE SAME RIGHT? >> SORRY I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE EXPENSE CATEGORY. REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE REVENUE CAME FROM SR FUNDS THE EXPENSE WOULD HAVE BEEN CATEGORY OR A DIFFERENT EXPENSE CATEGORY BEFORE? >> IN PREVIOUS YEARS IT WAS FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT AND IN ONE OR TWO OF THE MORE RECENT FISCAL YEARS THE SR FUNDS PAY FOR THIS INSTEAD NOW THAT THE FUNDS HAVE RUN OUT, THE COST IS RETURNING TO THE GENERAL FUND. YES, YES SORRY. >> ALL RIGHT THAT IS 1.4 MILLION OF THAT? >> 1,500,000 ABOUT. >> OKAY WE NEED TO FIND 1,300,000 >> AND IN FY 26 WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING, IN THE BUDGET DIGITAL LICENSES AND FEES INCREASE COST , INCREASE OF , LET ME MAKE SURE I AM READING THIS FROM THE RIGHT COLUMN . YEAH. [01:26:17] >> SO YES, VISUAL LICENSES AND OTHER PROPOSED INCREASE, 467,000 $467,132 FROM THE FY 25. >> I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT NUMBER SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE DID THIS LAST TIME BECAUSE I HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED. I WAS TRYING TO LOOK. I DON'T KNOW SUSAN OR JACKIE, IF YOU KNOW BUT I FEEL LIKE WE DID TALK ABOUT 467,000 IN ADDITION BEFORE I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS FOR. >> THERE ARE VARIOUS DIGITAL LICENSES, MANY OF THOSE LICENSES WERE FUNDED OUT OF ESR SO THERE'S SOME OVERAGE IN THE GENERAL BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE END OF THE FUNDING. >> I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE I JUST COULDN'T REMEMBER. THANK YOU. >> STILL LOOKING FOR 900,000 OR SO BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS WITH SOME OF THOSE FUNDING PROVISIONS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT RAISES OUR NON- GRANT FUNDED BASE WHEN IT EXPIRES. RIGHT? >> THAT'S TRUE AND THE DISTRICT WAS CAUTIOUS ABOUT USING SR FUNDS TO SUPPLANT COST AND, BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL HAVING COST COME BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. ANOTHER INCREASE WAS IN THE FY 26 BUDGET THREE PRE-K PRIVATE PROVIDERS . RIGHT NOW HAVE $250,000 IN THERE BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE LESS. >> THAT IS 205? ALSO IN 201. >> CATEGORY 205, YES. >> STILL ABOUT 650. >> MR. JOHNSON, IS 205 SPECIFICALLY IN DIGITAL LICENSES FOR INSTRUCTION OR ACROSS THE DISTRICT? >> FOR INSTRUCTION. >> SO THERE WAS ALSO THE CHANGE FROM THE I.T. BUDGET TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PERFORMANCE MATTERS SO THERE WERE SOME OF THOSE COSTS IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. >> GOOD POINT, THANK YOU. >> ON THE SAME SET OF QUESTIONING AROUND FUTURE READY. SO, ON THIS SHEET OF NONRECURRING COSTS. THERE IS $3,560,000 FOR THE FUTURE READY COMPUTERS, BUT THIS IS THE BUDGET CATEGORY IS 201. >> THAT'S ON THE DOCUMENT. THAT WAS ON THE DOCUMENT FROM WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY FOR THE 25TH IN THE PACKET FOR TODAY? YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> I DO. >> THE QUESTION TO THAT IS IF WE GO ONE PAGE UP TO THIS SHEET AND YOU HAVE 201 THE $7,764,000 BUDGET AND WE GO DOWN TO BUDGET RECAP BY OBJECT CLASS. FOR THE [01:30:03] ADOPTED OR PROPOSED BUDGET. ANY OF THEM, THE HIGHEST BUDGET AMOUNT YOU HAVE IS THE 5224 UNDER SALARIES AND WAGES SO THE QUESTION IS WHERE'S THE $3.5 MILLION WITHIN 7.7 OR 7.9 MILLION WITHIN 7.7 OR $7.9 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE 201 WHEN THE ONLY THING IS SALARY AND WAGES THAT COULD BE HIGH ENOUGH FOR $3.5 MILLION UNDER THE TO NOT GO TOGETHER AS THEY DO APPEAR TO GO TOGETHER? >> IF YOU CAN HELP ME. >> GO TO TODAY'S BOARD DOCUMENT I BELIEVE IT'S IN THERE. >> THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET BY CATEGORY AND OBJECT. OKAY. >> THE LAST TWO PAGES , THIS IS REALLY LOUD. THOSE LAST TWO PAGES THAT MISS MAXEY WENT AND GOT EARLIER. PAGES EIGHT AND NINE. >> THESE? >> NO. >> NONRECURRING COST? >> YES THE 3.5 MILLION. >> SO THE TWO PAGES AHEAD OF THAT WAS THIS SHEET WHICH IS A BUDGET SUMMARY BY BUDGET CATEGORY WAS 7925 AND PROPOSED BOARD ADOPTED FISCAL 26 BUDGET. AND THEN SKIP DOWN TO BUDGET RECAPPED BY OBJECT CLASS UNDER TO ONE IN THE SAME COLUMN A TOTAL OF 7925 BUT WITHIN THE 201 PART OF THE ON THE LINE ITEM GIVE ENOUGH FOR THE 3.5 MILLION IS THE ONE TIMES SALARY AND WAGES TO IS THE 3.5 NOT IN 201? ARE THEY NONRELATED? >> I'M SORRY. >> THAT'S THE QUESTION IS IT NOT IN THERE, NOT RELATED? >> I BELIEVE 201 COME I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE IN. LET ME VERIFY THE CATEGORY. [01:35:16] >> THANK YOU FOR WEDDING THERE SHOULD BE TO FOR CATEGORY 204 IT IS MISTYPED. >> ARE WE STILL INTERESTED IN DETERMINING WHERE THAT 600,000 REMAINING IS? >> WELL I MEAN IT IS A LITTLE LOOSE BUT I UNDERSTAND MOST OF IT. I AM WONDERING . >> OF THE 3.5. [01:42:15] >> ONE OF THE CHANGES I SHOULD NOTE IN FY 25 EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR THERE WAS A BUDGET CONTINGENCY OF MINUS 613,000 SO THAT CONTINGENCY IN FY 26 IS ZERO SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT APPEAR THERE IS A $600,000 INCREASE FOR THAT. >> OKAY SO DID YOU FIND WHERE, WHICH ITEM THOSE SHOULD BE IN? SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS, THE 3.5. THAT MAKES SENSE , YOU'RE JUST GETTING THE NUMBER BACK TO ZERO? [01:45:59] >> WHILE SCOTT IS LOOKING FOR THAT LET ME ASK A QUESTION. SO, WHEN WE MET , WHEN WE MET FOR A PREVIOUS MEETING , WE LOOKED AT THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES. WE HAD ASKED FOR SEVEN SROS, NOW I SEE IN THE BUDGET IT IS ONLY FOR TWO. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY WE CANNOT GET SEVEN? >> WHAT WE DISCUSSED WHEN I WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH SHERIFF COX AS PART OF THE MOU WE DISCUSSED PHASING IN TWO PER YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPORTING US AND THEY REALIZED WE CANNOT DO IT IN ONE SITTING AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PLAN SINCE I JOINED THE TEAM TWO EVERY YEAR ADDED WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING FULLY STAFFED SO THAT'S WHAT WE SHARED AND IT WAS BASED OFF THE MOST RECENT MOU. >> WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT IS WE HAVE SEVEN SCHOOLS NOW WITHOUT A SRO AND WILL GET TWO MORE SO GETS THE TWO? >> THAT'S WHY SHERIFF COX AND O'DONNELL CHIEF SRO WORKS ON BUT I WILL SHARE FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE CAMPUSES LIKE PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY AND PLUM POINTE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WOULD SHARE THE SRO ON THE CAMPUS THEY DON'T HAVE ONE DEDICATED SAY WINDY HILL OFFICER PARKS IS AT WINDY HILL AND ALSO HE SUPPORTS ELEMENTARY AS WELL AND THAT IS A CONCERN SO IT IS SCHEDULED NICELY WHERE THERE IS COVERAGE ON CAMPUS BUT FOR ONE IN THE BUILDING WE WANT TO ADD THOSE BUT WE DO FOR THOSE TO THE RESOURCE OFFICER'S LEADERSHIP , THEIR LEADERSHIP. >> I WOULD LIKE, IN THE FUTURE IF THERE IS A CHANGE WE WOULD BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD. >> ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE BOARD REQUESTED OF THIS CUT? >> THAT WASN'T , THAT WAS JUST COMPOSED BASED OFF THE MOU, BUT ONLY CUTTING WITH THE BOARD ASKED TO CUT SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HIRED FOR THE SYSTEM PRINCIPLES WE DID THAT LAST BOARD MEETING. >> THE SROS IS THE ONLY REDUCTION? >> YES BUT IT WAS BUILT INTO A PLAN TO ADD TWO EVERY YEAR, THE CONVERSATION MUST COMPLETE STAFF BUT MY GOAL WAS HOW DO WE GET IT COMPLETELY STAFF? AND IT WAS TO PHASE IT IN. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE, I GUESS TECHNICALLY THAT WOULD NOT BE PERSONNEL COST SO WE COULD USE FUND BALANCE FOR THAT CORRECT? THAT IS A CONTRACT COST. >> IT IS NOT SALARY. >> IT IS A COST WHERE WE WOULD PAY FOR THE VEHICLE AND WEAPONS. >> CONTRACT COST, RIGHT . MAKE SURE WE DON'T PAY FOR SALARY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. >> WELL IT IS RECURRING COST. >> IT IS A RECURRING COST. >> SOMETHING ABOUT A REDUCTION IN THE JUNIOR ROTC? >> THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF 125,000. MONEY THAT CAME IN FROM A GRANT. GRANT FUNDING . >> FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE OTHER THING WE ASKED FOR THE MOU ON WAS THE COUNTY'S , NOW THE COUNTY FINANCE PERSON HAS LEFT , I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A NEW PERSON TO BACKFILL THAT BUT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE MOU ON CASH AND MAKING SURE THEY COULD BACKSTOP US FOR CASH. DID WE EVER GET THAT? >> THEY DO NOT HAVE NAMED ACTING I DON'T KNOW. WITHOUT A [01:50:02] DIRECTOR RESERVE TO THE EXECUTIVE. >> THAT IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE USE SOME FUND BALANCE HERE TO CLOSE OUT 25 AS A DETERMINED AMOUNT OF ACCRUAL AS WELL I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CRITICALLY LOW FOR THE CASH. >> OKAY, YEAH. >> DID WE DECIDE TO ADOPT THE TWO MONTHS OF CASH IN THE FUND BALANCE OR? >> THAT IS A POLICY COMPOSED. >> BRIGHT, SORRY I DID NOT MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. >> A PROPOSED POLICY. >> THERE WAS SOME, AFTER THE MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, MR. JOHNSON WAS GOING TO CONSIDER A FEW OTHER THINGS AND I NEEDED TO BE REWORKED BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THE SECOND READING. >> OKAY THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION. SORRY FOR THE DELAY THE BUDGET INCLUDES $3,560,038 FOR THE FUTURE READY. >> BRIGHT, BUT IS THAT IN THE 201? >> IT IS IN CATEGORY 205 SO IT WAS MISTYPED. >> WHAT ABOUT THE SMART BOARDS ABOVE 424,000 IS THAT ALSO IN 205 NOT 201? >> THAT WOULD BE ALSO IN 205. >> CAN WE GET A CLEANED UP AND A MAYBE DOUBLE CHECKED VERSION OF THIS AFTER THE FACT? >> YES AND WE RECEIVED UPDATED INFORMATION FROM ONE OF THE COLLEAGUES IN TRANSPORTATION SO WE WILL UPDATE A COUPLE LINES THERE. >> WHAT NEEDS UPDATED IN TRANSPORTATION? >> THE SOFTWARE. LET ME TAKE A QUICK LOOK. SOFTWARE AND ROUTING SOFTWARE I WILL UPDATE THOSE AMOUNTS. >> ARE THEY GOING UP OR DOWN? >> I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THE EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED. >> OKAY AND THEN BACK TO THE 201 AREA OF THE SAME SHEET THERE ARE NOTES ABOUT THE JUNE 30 WERE ANY OF THESE ITEMS THE ONES WE APPROVED IN ONE OF THE RECENT BOARD MEETINGS IN MAY IT WAS BUDGETING 30 OR THAT WAS JUST TRANSPORTATION HAPPENING BY JUNE 30 TWO SURE IT WAS IN THE 25 FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT ON THE RECENT PURCHASE ORDERS APPROVALS A LOT OF IT WAS BASED ON GETTING IN BY JUNE 30 SO IT WAS ON 25 FISCAL YOU'RE NOT 26. IT ALL HAPPEN OR NOT? >> FOR THE BUS CAMERAS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DOUBLE CHECK. I KNOW AS OF TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO WE WERE ON TRACK TO RECEIVE THOSE BUT PERHAPS WE HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION. >> THEY HAD BEEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED. >> THE BUS HARDWARE THE JUNE 30 WAS IT ANY SMART BOARDS OR OTHER STUFF WE APPROVED ON THE I.T. SIDE? >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE INCLUDED SMART BOARDS DEFINITELY NOT THE FUTURE READY COMPUTERS. >> NATURALLY, THOSE ARE FUTURE. OKAY. >> THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A FEW OTHER RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS. ONE WAS NETWORK ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT UNDER $25,000. >> THERE WERE TWO NEW VEHICLES FOR THE FACILITIES. DID YOU GET THOSE IN FY 25? >> OKAY. MISS GOSHORN? >> OKAY, ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS I REQUESTED WAS THE PURCHASE ORDER REPORT THAT YOU SENT OVER TODAY. ON THE REPORT ON PAGE 144 OF 495 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DID NOT GET THROUGH IT ALL THERE IS A PO FOR THE BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY. IS THAT FOR THE DUAL ENROLLMENT? >> I WILL BE HAPPY TO CHECK. >> LOOKS LIKE THERE IS $30,000 PO WITH 21,000 REMAINING MEETING WE SPENT ABOUT 9000 OF IT IN THE ROUNDED NUMBERS. >> ALMOST THERE. AND CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE PAGE NUMBER? [01:55:05] >> 144. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> WE SPENT ABOUT 8300 OF THE 30,000 ALLOTTED BECAUSE THERE IS 21 SEVEN REMAINING. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. AND IT IS A BLANKET PO RECURRING COST OF SOME SORT. >> $30,000. >> WITH THE BALANCE 21 SEVEN THAT MEANS WE HAVE SPENT 8.3 ROUGHLY IN THE BALANCE IS WHAT WE HAVE REMAINING OPEN? >> WOULD WE BE PAYING TUITION REIMBURSEMENT? OR CONTINUING EDUCATION? >> SO THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WE PROVIDE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD GETTING THEIR MASTER DEGREES OR CERTIFICATION. THE BLANKET PO IS FOR COURSES TAKEN AT BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. >> BE WHY WAS IT IN 2/12? >> OH. SOME EMPLOYEE BENEFIT COSTS ARE NOT REPORTABLE AND RECORDABLE IN CATEGORY 212. IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST LIKE TO SAY, I'M FEELING VERY UNEASY ABOUT VOTING ON THIS BUDGET. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN A LESS THAN IDEAL PLACE. NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW WE MAGICALLY BALANCED THE CHANGE OF $1.1 MILLION, NOT KNOWING IF IT IS GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT MAKES ME VERY UNEASY. AND I JUST, I KNOW, LEGALLY, THE LAWYER SAYS WE HAVE TO PASS THE BUDGET TONIGHT, AND I'M JUST, IF I CAN'T GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, I'M UNSURE WHAT SAFEGUARDS DO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THIS DECISION ISN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM? >> I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE BUDGET AT ALL TIMES IS A LEAVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT, YOU CAN COME BACK ANY MONTH, ANY BOARD MEETING TO REQUEST AND DISCUSS BUDGET AT ANY TIME, TO ENSURE THERE IS NOTHING NEGATIVELY IMPACTING, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD APPROVED IS NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STAFF. THE GOAL IS TO BE AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND I TRUST THAT WE'VE DONE THAT. I'D ALSO SHARE, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, OF EVERYTHING WE'VE ASKED THE BOARD TO APPROVE OR READJUST, REALIGN, SHOW THE ACADEMIC RETURN O THOSE INVESTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW YET BUT WE RECEIVED OUR EMBARGO TEST DATA THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, AND OUT OF 21 CATEGORIES, SEEING AN INCREASE IN 16 OF THOSE, IT JUST SHOWS THAT EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO WITH REGARDS TO TEACHING AND LEARNING. AS SUPERINTENDENT I FEEL GOOD AND CONFIDENT BUT I DO WANT OVERTIME, EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF COMFORT ABILITY, MORE THAN HAPPY TO OPEN OUR OFFICE IS UP FOR ONE ON ONES AND SIT DOWN TO KIND OF SCRUB THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT MEMBERS HAVE TO GET THAT LEVEL OF COMFORT BUT I'M CONFIDENT WE HAVE A GOOD BUDGET THAT CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY OF TEACHING TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND KEEP OUR STAFF IN PLACE. AT LEAST IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUE TO QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SUGGESTING THE [02:00:05] USE OF $11.7 MILLION OF FIND BALANCE, LAST YEAR, WE REQUESTED 25, YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND. WE WOULD SEE A SAVINGS OF -- OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY. IT ALSO MAKES ME VERY UNEASY THAT WE ARE BUDGETING LIKE LAST YEAR WE BUDGET FOR $25 MILLION FOR THE FUND BUDGET WE MAGICALLY SAVE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE MAGICALLY, WE HAD WORK GOING TO, YOU GUYS MADE DECISIONS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE $8 MILLION AND YOU ARE STILL ASKING FOR A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF SPENDING FROM LAST YEAR AND AGAIN TO MY EARLIER POINT, I AM NOT CONFIDENT I CAN FULLY DEFEND THOSE DIFFERENCES, BECAUSE, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. AND SO, WE ARE JUST PUT IN THIS POSITION WHERE WE ARE, BY LAW, LEGALLY REQUIRED TO APPROVE A BUDGET. I DO NOT WANT TO SUGGEST SWEEPING CHANGES BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGES WILL AFFECT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTION. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM DOING WHAT I AM REQUIRED TO DO AND WHAT EVERYONE IS EXPECTING ME TO DO WHICH IS TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB, MAKE SURE WE ARE DELIVERING A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND THE STUDENTS THAT GO HERE. I TRUST, OKAY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED STAFF HERE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH THAT FOR ONE SECOND. I KNOW WE DELIVER GREAT RESULTS. I'M NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH THAT AT ALL. I ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE EXPECT THINGS FROM US THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW I CAN DELIVER. SO I'M JUST BEING PUT IN A REALLY BAD POSITION, QUITE HONESTLY. >> MAY ALSO ADD, I WANT TO ADD ONE THING YOU SHARED WAS ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE, DON'T FORGET, THE REASON WHY WE ARE IN THIS TOUGH POSITION IS BECAUSE WE LOST $22.5 MILLION. AND THE THING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN RAISE OUR LUNCHES BY FIVE DOLLARS TO MAKE UP THE EXTRA REVENUE, WE CAN'T DO THAT WHERE WE ARE DEPENDENT ON WHAT WE RECEIVE, AND EVERYTHING ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. SO IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF HARD WORK TO REALLY TRY OUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND AND TO FREEZE INTO ATTRITION THE ENTIRE SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE NEVER, I MEAN COME BY THE GRACE OF GOD, SO FAR, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE ARE NOT GETTING BACK $22.5 MILLION WE LOST. THAT'S WHAT THE SITUATION IS. IT'S NOT A LACK OF, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT. THAT'S THE BULK OF THE CONCERN. OUT OF WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS IN THE PAST, SUBTRACT 22.5, AND WE PLAN TO SPEND $25 MILLION THIS YEAR, WITH WHAT WE HAVE FROM THE BOARD, AND THAT'S A FEATHER IN THE CAP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE NEARLY BUDGET, IT'S SUPER HARD-CORE TO DO WITH THE POSITION WE FIND OURSELVES IN. >> I AM FULLY AWARE OF THAT. WE ALSO GOT $23 MILLION MORE FROM THE STATE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. >> TRUE STORY. THE FUNDING WAS RESTORED. >> RIGHT. >> NO. NO. >> THE FINAL 25 BUDGET, $86 MILLION FROM THE STATE AND THIS YEAR IT'S $109 MILLION FROM THE STATE. >> LET'S BE CLEAR, LAST YEAR OUR STATE AID WAS CUT 22.5, SO WE LOST IT. >> FOR ONE YEAR, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THOUGH. WE GOT IT BACK. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO USE -- >> LET'S BE CLEAR, WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING BACK. >> WE ARE RESTORED THIS YEAR. >> CORRECT, BUT WE ARE IN THE HOLE, 22.5. >> RIGHT, WHICH IS WHY LAST YEAR IT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO USE A FUND BALANCE OF $25 MILLION BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE LOST, AND SOME INFLATION, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN RESTORED $23 MILLION THIS YEAR. YET, WE ARE STILL GOING TO SPEND $11,725,000. SOME OF THAT IS THE COST OF INCREASES, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREASES FROM THE BLUEPRINT NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS, INFLATION, SOME OF IT IS THE COST OF THAT AND SOME OF IT IS A REDUCTION OF FUNDS AND WE HAVE TO PUT THAT INTO THE UNRESTRICTED, LIKE I UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE ALL OF THESE THINGS. THE REALITY IS, THOUGH, WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUND BALANCE AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS, RIGHT, AND WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR BUCKLE A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS WHY I REQUESTED THE PURCHASE ORDER ACCOUNT. >> WE'VE BEEN TIGHTENING. >> YES, TO BE FAIR, CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN, WHICH IS WHY I REQUESTED THE PO REPORT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS HAPPENING HERE SO LET ME BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO QUOTE ME, BUT, IN GOVERNMENT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE MENTALITY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT TO SPEND THE MONEY, RIGHT, NOT [02:05:06] SAYING IT'S HAPPENING HERE, OKAY. VERY CLEAR, NOT SAYING IT'S HAPPENING HERE BUT IN GOVERNMENT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE THAT MENTALITY AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT STAFF TO DELIVER THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE AND NOT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND OUT OUR BUDGET. BECAUSE, IT'S GOING TO GET TO A POINT, NEXT YEAR, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARDER CONVERSATION THAN THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE, WE KEEP GOING LIKE THIS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BALANCE AND WE ARE GOING TO GET TO A POINT IS TO CUT PEOPLE AND I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. >> LET ME SHARE, WE PREDICT THAT BECAUSE WE DECIDED NOT TO CUT THIS YEAR. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE, IT WAS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE, OVER TIME, I THINK WE'VE SHOWN THAT, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RAPID SPENDING, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE SAVINGS IS BECAUSE WE STOPPED THAT PRACTICE IF IT EVER, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ONLY GET WHAT YOU MUST HAVE, WHICH IS WHY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, EVERYONE CUT THEIR BUDGET 10%. SO, WE IN CALVERT COUNTY, I BELIEVE OVER TIME, YOU WILL REALIZE OUR TEAM REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THE ACCURATE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WE DID NOT FRIVOLOUSLY SPEND , AND I THINK IT'S SHOWN, EVEN IF YOU SCRUB ALMOST 500 PAGES OF THE PURCHASE ORDERS, THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ADULTS. BUT, I AGREE, IT'S KEEPING THE HAND ON THE PULSE OF HOW TO ENSURE WE ARE NOT RANDOMLY SPENDING, THIS, RIGHT HERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WE UNDERSTAND OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION ONCE COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY AND THAT'S WHY AM OPEN TO THE POTENTIAL OFFICE HOURS OF SIT DOWNS TO GET THAT REAL DEEP DIVE, BECAUSE THE MORE YOU HAVE THAT OVER TIME, THE BETTER YOU WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT LOOKING AT CATEGORIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS, OF THE SIT DOWN, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? >> TO BE FAIR, I'VE REQUESTED A LOT OF THINGS, TO MAKE THIS PROCESS EASIER THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN, SO A SITDOWN WOULD BE GOOD, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT I REQUESTED THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN. SO IT'S NOT OUT OF AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND. >> ALL RIGHT, ONE THING GOING BACK REAL QUICK MR. JOHNSON, TO WHAT, WAS ALLUDING TO, THE 612 TO THE 630, AND WERE ALL THE SAVINGS CAME FROM TO MAKE UP THOSE TOTALS, IS THAT DATA ANYWHERE THAT YOU COULD GET THAT TO US SOMETIME IN THE SHORT TERM, AFTER TONIGHT, SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT AND FEEL BETTER AT THE END OF THE DAY. >> I'LL BE HAPPY TO CHECK. I LIKE TO RECAP THE BIG THREE CHANGES IN REDUCTIONS. THOSE ARE THE TEACHER RETIREMENT COSTS THAT WILL BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY, THE NEXT BIGGEST REDUCTION IS THE WAGE AND SALARY LAPSE THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, FIRST TIME THEY WERE INCLUDED. AND SAVINGS, $650,000. SO FOR THOSE THREE, IT TOTAL 6 MILLION --, THOSE WERE OFFSET BY SOME ADDITIONAL, SOME COST INCREASES, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE THREE BIGGEST AMOUNTS OF COST REDUCTIONS ARE. >> NOTED AND APPRECIATED BUT IF WE COULD GET FURTHER DRILL DOWN TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE EVERY LINE OF THAT CAME FROM BETWEEN 12 AND 30, IF YOU CAN SEE IF YOU CAN RESURRECT SOME OF THAT DATA, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> I'LL CHECK. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT I WOULD MAKE, TOO, SO, OUR BUDGET IS INCREASING BY 6.1%. 6.1% WITH INFLATION, CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 2.3%. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF. DR. TOWNSEND, YOU SAID IT EARLIER IN YOUR BUDGET VISITATION, YOU SAID 86% OF THE BUDGET IS STAFF. SO, AS THINGS HOPEFULLY GO UP 2.3% OR YOU KNOW, MAY BE 3% AT THE MOST, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE SIX POINT -- BUDGET INCREASES. >> I WILL CLARIFY, WE DID ADD A BUNCH OF POSITIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST INFLATION, WE ADDED GAIT TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, -- >> WE ARE ALSO FUNDING AND OUT OF FUND BALANCE. WE ARE FINDING OTHER THINGS, TO ALLOW THE BUDGET TO FUND, IT'S A CUP GAME, RIGHT? SO, THAT'S WHAT I [02:10:02] WANT TO CAUTION PEOPLE, WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ROUND OF BUDGETS FOR FY 27 , THAT AS WE HAVE INCREASES OF SIX $17 MILLION AND THE ALLOCATION APPROPRIATION IS THE SAME THAT MAKES FOR A SMALLER ORGANIZATION, THAT'S WHAT I THINK YOU SHOULD ANTICIPATE, ROUGHLY 27. >> WE WILL NOTE THAT, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. >> SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE FY 26 BUDGET, ALL THOSE IN [2.01 Comments by the Board] FAVOR? AYE MOTION CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR INCREDIBLY BRIEF BOARD COMMENTS, WE WILL START WITH YOU. >> THANKS, EVERYONE FOR COMING, THANKS MR. JOHNSON AND STAFF, FOR PREPARING THIS, THANK YOU. >> MR. MARSHALL? >> HE YIELDS BACK HIS TIME. >> THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. WE HAVE SPOKEN ENOUGH TONIGHT, OTHERWISE. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. HARRISON? >> I JUST, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, THAT IF THE MONEY COMING IN STAYS THE SAME AND THE EXPENSES GO UP , THE ONLY WAY THAT WE HAVE TO SAVE MONEY, 86% OF WHICH IS STAFF, SO I WANT PEOPLE TO BE CAUTIOUS OF EXPECTATIONS COMING FOR FY 27, THANK YOU. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR WORKING ON THIS BUDGET. IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS. EVERYONE WANTS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE A TOP * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.