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STARTED. GOOD. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, I CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON JUNE 13TH, 2024 AT 9:02 A.M. THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN A VIRTUAL FASHION. MISS ROLLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. MISS ALVAREZ, PRESENT MISS BRUCE HERE. MISS KOCHER. HERE DOCTOR MUELLER, PRESENT. MISS PERRY. MISS PERRY, SHE'S MUTED.
WE CAN HEAR I'M HERE. THANK YOU, MISS SABIROVA. I BELIEVE MISS SABIROV IS ABSENT THIS MORNING.
MR. SEWELL HERE. MISS STRAUSS HERE. VICE PRESIDENT HAHN PRESENT. PRESIDENT BOYNTON HERE.
SUPERINTENDENT PAULSEN HERE. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE YOUR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS , PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, I WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME
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BEFORE SPEAKING. MOVING ON TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO. I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS MELISSA AND I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS DIANE. I SECOND THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES YES. IF THERE ARE ANY OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO. THANK[A. Decision on Board of Education's FY2025 Budget, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, Mr. Eric Clark, Director of Budget, and Ms. Mary Edmunds, Budget Analyst]
YOU. THE MOTION PASSES ITEM A AND THE ONLY ITEM FOR TODAY IS DECISION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED CAPITAL AND FOOD NUTRITION BUDGETS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MISS DEBORAH JUDD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES. MR. ERIC CLARK, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MISS MARY EDMONDS, BUDGET ANALYSIS. WELCOME AND PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE WITH YOU, PLEASE INTRODUCE THEM. GOOD MORNING. YES, WE HAVE JOSH STANGER AND JOE MUELLER WITH US, BUDGET ANALYST AS WELL, SO WE ARE IN A CONFERENCE ROOM TOGETHER. IF FOR SOME REASON THERE ENDS UP BEING A CHALLENGE WITH THE AUDIO, PLEASE LET US KNOW. SO, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. SO IF WE'RE READY TO START, WE'LL SHARE THE SCREEN AND JUMP INTO OUR BUDGET. OKAY WE ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO , PRESENT AND APPROVE REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET. WE HAVE FOUR BUDGETS, ACTUALLY, THAT WILL BE ASKING APPROVAL FOR TODAY. SO THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE OPERATING BUDGET. THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE RESTRICTED FOOD AND NUTRITION AND CAPITAL BUDGETS THAT WE WILL NEED APPROVAL FOR.SO WE'LL START WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET OF GOING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS AND MOVE THROUGH THE SLIDES RATHER QUICKLY. THESE ARE THE SAME SLIDES THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. THERE IS, CHANGES THAT PERTAIN TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TUESDAY NIGHT. SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED AS WELL. BUT OTHERWISE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED CHANGES ARE THE SAME AS THOSE PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. SO STARTING WITH REVENUE OF ALL FUNDS, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT EXPENSE FUND OF $698.3 MILLION. THAT'S CAN COMPRISED OF THE UNRESTRICTED AND THE RESTRICTED BUDGETS TOTAL INCREASE IN BOTH OF THOSE OF 6.7, AND THEN THE FOOD SERVICE DEBT SERVICE CAPITAL AND PENSION FUNDS AS WELL. SO TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS $851 MILLION, WITH WHICH IS A CHANGE OF 25.4 MILLION, OR 3.1% FROM FY 24. LOOKING AT THE OPERATING BUDGET, WE HAVE A $6.5 MILLION CHANGE IN OUR LOCAL FROM FY 24 TO FY 25. THAT'S A 2.1% INCREASE. THE 6.5 MILLION IS THE CHANGE IN REVENUE PROPOSED BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S BUDGET CAME OUT AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO THAT REFLECTS THAT CHANGE. THE MARYLAND INCOME CHANGE REVENUE CHANGE IS $17 MILLION. WE'RE PROPOSING NO CHANGE IN FEDERAL
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FUNDS, SMALL CHANGE IN OTHER FUNDS, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF FUND BALANCE OF $15.2 MILLION, BRINGING OUR TOTAL ASSIGNMENT OF FUND BALANCE TO $30.2 MILLION. THAT BRINGS US TO THE SIX $653.3 MILLION PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS IS THE SUMMARY. WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES THAT SHOWS THE CHANGE OF $39.7 MILLION IN THE OPERATING BUDGET FROM 24 TO 25. SO EACH OF THE AREAS THAT ARE LISTED THERE, WE WILL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THOSE SLIDES AND SHOW THOSE CHANGES. I'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE RATHER QUICKLY. WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK TO THEM AT THE END. BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM WHAT YOU SEEN IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. SO THE SALARY AND WAGE PACKAGE, THE FINAL AMENDED PROPOSED BUDGET IS $15.4 MILLION. CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. THERE IS A REDUCTION PROPOSED OF $376,000, BRINGING THE AMENDMENT TO A REDUCTION IN THAT BUDGET OVERALL OF $226,000. EDUCATION SERVICES. WE HAVE PROPOSED ADDITIONS AND REDUCTIONS TO THAT BUDGET, WITH A TOTAL OF $6.5 MILLION PROPOSED. FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A PROPOSED REDUCTION OF $357,000, WITH A FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASE OF $62,000. HUMAN RESOURCES REDUCING THAT ONE REQUEST FROM THAT INITIAL REQUEST, LEAVING NO INCREASE OR CHANGE TO THEIR BUDGET. THE SCHOOL SERVICES THE SAME. REMOVING THAT ONE POSITION TO A GRANT, LEAVING A FINAL PROPOSED INCREASE OF ZERO INSURANCE AND OTHER FIXED CHARGES. WE HAVE A SMALL INCREASE AND A DECREASE TO THAT BUDGET, RESULTING IN A FINAL PROPOSED OF $5.3 MILLION. THE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND INCREASE OF $300,000, FOR A TOTAL OF $500,000. PROPOSED OFFICE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY A REDUCTION OF $805,000. $480,000 FOR THE PROPOSED ONE REDUCTION IN SCHOOL SAFETY LIAISON. SO A $70,000 REDUCTION IN THAT THAT AREA. SPECIAL EDUCATION CHANGE OF $200,000 INCREASE A REDUCTION OF 210,000, RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME INITIAL PROPOSED BOE BUDGET OF $8 MILLION. STUDENT SERVICES A PROPOSED INCREASE OF $250,000, A REDUCTION OF $1 MILLION, RESULTING IN A REDUCTION TO THAT AREA OF $165,000. SWAN CREEK NO CHANGES FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN FEBRUARY. $1.7 MILLION. TRANSPORTATION A SMALL REDUCTION OF $25,000, RESULTING IN A TOTAL INCREASE TO THAT AREA OF $2.4 MILLION. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION A REDUCTION OF ONE FTE IN EACH AREA, FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED REDUCTION IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF $94,000 AND EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION $70 MILLION. SO THE GRAND TOTAL OF THE CHANGES IS $3 MILLION IN ADDITIONS THAT WE'VE JUST REVIEWED, 22.2 FTE DECREASES, RESULTING IN $10.6 MILLION REDUCTION FOR A TOTAL AMENDED INCREASE TO THE BUDGET OF $39.7 MILLION. OKAY AND MR. CLARK IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. GOOD MORNING, ERIC CLARK, THIS IS A BASE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. WE PROCESS THESE THROUGH THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS WHEN WE HAVE SOME SOME THINGS TO CLEAN UP, IN TERMS OF, SPLITTING, POSITIONS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OR WE GET REQUESTS FROM OUR BUDGET MANAGERS TO MOVE MONEY AROUND WITHIN THEIR BUDGET, THIS IS A STANDARD, PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH EACH SPRING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, THIS IS A POSITION SUMMARY, THE TOTAL UNRESTRICTED, CHANGE IS AN ADDITION OF 150.4. AND THEN THERE'S A, TOTAL RESTRICTED REDUCTION OF 84.2[00:10:04]
FTE, BRINGING THE GRAND TOTAL. WHEN WE ADD IN FOOD SERVICE, NO CHANGES TO AN ADDITIONAL 66.2, IN THE CURRENT EXPENSE FUND. AND FOOD SERVICE FUND. LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT THE RESTRICTED BUDGET, THIS FIRST SLIDE IS OUR FEDERAL GRANTS. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY COVID RELIEF FUNDS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL 22 AND 23, WE ARE PROJECTING NO BUDGETED COVID FUNDS IN FY 25.OUR TRADITIONAL FEDERAL GRANTS, WE ARE, PROJECTING $24.5 MILLION. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 3.7 MILLION. STATE RESTRICTED FUNDS. WE ARE PROJECTING 20.5 MILLION. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 1.6 MILLION FROM FY 24. AND THEN LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS. WE ARE PROJECTING 88,000. AND THESE, THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION FROM FY 24 OF JUST UNDER $1 MILLION, SO TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS, 45.1 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 4.3 MILLION. THESE SLIDES ARE OR THESE, PROPOSALS ARE THE EXACT SAME AS THEY WERE IN FEBRUARY. THE FOOD AND NUTRITION, BUDGET. WE ARE PROJECTING JUST UNDER $22 MILLION IN REVENUE THAT COMES FROM STUDENT PAYMENTS AND ALSO OUR REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FEDERAL AND STATE. AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, THAT TIES OUT TO THE 21 OR ALMOST $22 MILLION. EXCUSE ME, AND WE HAVE OUR SERVICE AREA DIRECTION AND THEN OUR PREPARATION AND DISPENSING. THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE, STATE AND COUNTY APPROVED THAT THE COUNTY APPROVED ON TUESDAY. SO THE, PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING, WE'RE LOOKING AT 15.4 MILLION FROM THE STATE AND 37.6 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY, FOR A TOTAL OF 53 MILLION. AND THEN THE LOCAL ONLY FUNDED PROJECTS, WE ARE LOOKING AT $5.1 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY. THE STATE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE. AND WE ALSO INCLUDED, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE LOCAL BALANCE TRANSFER THAT YOU APPROVED, AT THE LAST MEETING, BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IN MAY, THE COUNTY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THAT. IT NETS TO ZERO, BUT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THE TOTAL CAPITAL BUDGET WOULD BE FOR FY 25. SO STATE AND LOCAL SOURCES, WE'RE LOOKING AT $58.1 MILLION FOR THE FY 25 CAPITAL BUDGET. SO THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REVIEW AND APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BUDGETS FOR FY 25. WITH THE AMENDMENTS PRESENTED, THE UNRESTRICTED FUND WOULD BE $653,257,474. THE RESTRICTED FUND WOULD BE $45,079,390. THE FOOD AND NUTRITION FUND WOULD BE $21,972,500, AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WOULD BE 58,000,102 22,741. SO, DOCTOR, POINT WHAT WE WOULD ASK NOW IS WE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF WORK BACKWARDS FROM THIS SLIDE. WE'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO, APPROVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, THEN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOOD AND NUTRITION FUND. A VOTE ON THAT, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESTRICTED FUND, A VOTE ON THAT. AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE UNRESTRICTED FUND, WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OUR, PRESENTATION. WE NEED TO GO TO A, AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS THE AMENDMENT SO THAT, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU VOTE ON THE UNRESTRICTED FUND, WE CAN SHOW YOU THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED EARLIER AND THEN ALSO ENTERTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL THAT THE BUDGET STAFF HAS, SPENT MANY HOURS THIS WEEK MEETING WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH WE APPRECIATE. AND MANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. SO EACH OF THESE ARE FOR UNIQUE LINE ITEMS. SO WE WILL CALL EACH OF THESE, I WILL REQUEST A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY, STARTING WITH THE, WITH THE THREE, SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL REQUEST A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AT THIS. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. LET ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BRUCE. LET ME JUST. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER AT $58,122,741. CAROL BRUCE. SO MOVE. THANK YOU. DENISE, CARRY A SECOND MOTION. THANK YOU. I HEARD DENISE PERRY SECONDED THAT. I DIDN'T HEAR THE OTHER PERSON, BUT WE HAVE TWO. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES YES YES. IF THERE ARE ANY OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO. THANK
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YOU. THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PASSES . MOVING ON TO FOOD SERVICES FUND. OUR REQUEST A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE FOOD SERVICES FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 21,972,000 AND $500. MELISSA AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FOOD AND NUTRITION FUND AT $21,972,500. THANK YOU. LAUREN.AND I SECOND, THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES YES YES YES YES. IF THERE ARE ANY OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. AND FINALLY, THE, I WILL REQUEST A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESTRICTED FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,079,390. CAROL BRUCE. SO MOVE. THANK YOU. I SECOND THE MOTION SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES, YES. IF THERE ARE ANY OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO UNRESTRICTED FUND. OKAY. LET US SWITCH OUR SCREENS HERE SO WE CAN GET THE, SPREADSHEET UP. AND JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT DOCTOR BOYNTON. YES, WE CAN. OKAY, SO WE HAD THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER IS THE CHANGES IN REVENUE. SO WE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHAT YOU GUYS APPROVED OR WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN FEBRUARY. SO, THE LOCAL REVENUE DECREASE WAS FROM THE 354.9 MILLION TO THE 321 352. SO IT'S AN ACTUAL REDUCTION OF $33.56 MILLION. THE OTHER REVENUE, AS MISS JUDD EXPLAINED, WAS AN INCREASE OF A MILLION. THERE WAS A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO STATE REVENUE OF, A DEDUCTION OF OR A DECREASE, I SHOULD SAY, OF 243,000. AND THEN THE FUND BALANCE ASSIGNMENT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TO THE 5 MILLION THAT WAS IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PROPOSED BUDGET, 25.2 MILLION. THE SECOND AMENDMENT ARE THE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF, OF THE REDUCTION OF 22.2, AND THEN A DECREASE OF $7.6 MILLION. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SMALL, THE TWO POINT SOMETHING INCREASE AND THE TEN POINT SOMETHING DECREASE. SO YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT THERE IS THE $653,257,474 OF BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. YOU COULD, YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS. YOU CAN DO THEM EITHER AS A BLOCK AMENDMENT ONE AND TWO, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO ANY ADDITIONAL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. OKAY. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE, I'M SORRY, WOULD WE VOTE ON EACH OF THE AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN THERE'S A TOTAL THERE'S A, SORT OF A FINAL VOTE FOR THE UNRESTRICTED IN THE AMOUNT OF 653 MILLION. OR COULD WE INCORPORATE IT? OKAY. OR COULD WE INCORPORATE IT ALL INTO ONE VOTE? YOU THINK WE CAN JUST DO ONE VOTE WITH AMENDMENTS? IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD DO A VOTE WHICH INCORPORATED NECESSARY AMENDMENTS. YEAH WE COULD. YES.
THAT'S FINE. WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY. WE COULD EITHER VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS AND THEN VOTE ON THE FINAL BUDGET. BUT WE CAN ALSO, ENTERTAIN ANY AMENDMENTS THAT GET PASSED BY THE BOARD NOW AND THEN JUST DO A FINAL VOTE WITH AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED THAT. YEAH, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, SO, MR. SEWELL, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR AMENDMENT? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BOYNTON, SO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD AROUND THIS AMENDMENT AND EXPLORATION AND MAKING SURE WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BUT, WHAT I'M PROPOSING, SO, I PROPOSE THAT, THIS BOARD, FIND A PLACE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE HARFORD COUNTY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION WHICH ELECTS OUR OWN STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, TO FUND JUST THEIR VERY MINIMAL, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY AMOUNT TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR EXPENSES THAT ALLOW THEM TO ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THEIR BUSINESS, THE ACTUAL BUSINESS OF, THE OVERALL STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS AND ELECTING THIS, STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, OUR TRANSPORTATION COSTS, AND ALSO THEIR REGISTRATION COSTS TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS AND PARTICIPATE, SO THAT COST, IS
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ROUGHLY $25,000. AS THE, ORGANIZER CURRENTLY EXISTS, IF ORGANIZATION EXPANDS, WHICH ACTUALLY BELIEVE THEY WILL THIS YEAR, THAT, EXPENSE WILL BE HIGHER FOR THEM. HOWEVER, THEY, THEY DO, FUNDRAISING, THEY'VE THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO FUNDRAISE, IN THE PAST, THEY JUST HELD, A BINGO, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY WELL DONE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO GROW FROM THAT, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY DID THAT TYPE OF AN EVENT TO RAISE FUNDS, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEIR OVERALL EXPENSES ARE, MORE THAN FOUR TIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SUGGESTING WE FUND AS, AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO THAT IS, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE, ADD $25,000 FOR, PRESQUE, JUST FOR CLARITY, MR. SEWELL, I BELIEVE YOUR INITIAL REQUEST WAS SOMETHING LIKE 25,300. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A FLAT 25,000? WELL, THE 25,300 WAS BASED ON A SPECIFIC, CALCULATE OF THEIR EXPENSES, AND, THAT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PREFER IT TO BE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS BOARD, YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S YOUR IT'S YOUR IT'S YOUR AMENDMENT. MR. SEWELL. SO YOU CAN JUST TELL US WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO PUT IN YOUR AMENDMENT.OKAY? YES. 25,300, WOULD BE THE NUMBER THAT WE PUT ON THEM FOR THIS, THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. SEWELL. SO WE HAVE A, A THIRD AMENDMENT OF H CRAFT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 25,300, WHICH IF MY MATH IS CORRECT. YES. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT THE OFFSET TO THAT 25,300, WHAT IS THE BOARD'S PREFERENCE OR WHAT IS MR. SEWELL'S PREFERENCE TO OFFSET THAT? 25,300? WE'LL NEED TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO EITHER HAVE TO BE A REVENUE SOURCE OR IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES. MR. SEWELL, DID YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THAT? I GUESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE STATED AS WELL IN THE IN THE REQUEST. SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE ANY SINCE THIS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IS A PIECE OF THIS BUDGET IS FUNDED BY FUND BALANCE. RIGHT. AND ANYTHING ADDITIONAL WOULD NEED TO COME FROM FUND BALANCE. I SUGGEST THAT THIS COMES FROM FUND BALANCE. IS THAT APPROPRIATE? IS THAT THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YES. THAT'S THAT'S YOU CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T GIVEN THE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. SO OKAY, SO, WHICH WOULD COME FROM THE FUND BALANCE. OKAY. SO, JUST TO I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. CLARITY. CLARITY. WOULD THAT MEAN THAT IT WOULD ALWAYS COME FROM FUND BALANCE. OR WHAT? NO, THIS IS A THIS IS A THIS IS A ONE YEAR FUNDING REQUEST. AND SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. SO WE THE BOARD, IF THE BOARD WANTED TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE IT IN, IN THE PERMANENT OPERATING BUDGET. SO THIS IS A ONE YEAR REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO WAY TO MOVE IT INTO THE PERMANENT BUDGET AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A MECHANISM TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO DO ONE YEAR AND TO ADDRESS THAT NEXT YEAR. BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, PLEASE CHIME IN. BUT THERE'S REALLY NO SUCH THING AS A PERMANENT BUDGET , RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, IT'S ALL A FUNCTION OF HOW WE BRING IT FORWARD. NO, NOTHING, EVEN IN THE RECURRING OPERATING BUDGET IS GUARANTEED NECESSARILY. IT'S JUST THAT NORMALLY WE SPEND OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE OPERATING BUDGET, SO, SO, I MEAN, DEBORAH, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT? BUT NO, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING'S FUNDED ON A ONE YEAR BASIS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE WE MAKE CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY WELL STATED. DOCTOR BOHLSEN. OKAY. MR. CLARITY, THAT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. SO THAT WOULD BRING THE TOTAL THEN ON THE UNRESTRICTED FUND. AND, MISS JUDD, IF YOU WANT TO VERIFY THIS TO $653,282,774, NO, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. 774. OKAY. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER AMENDMENT REQUESTS?
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AT THIS TIME, I'LL REQUEST A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE UNRESTRICTED FUND WITH AMENDMENTS IN THE AMOUNT. OF $653,282,774. THIS IS TERRY. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS HAHN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES YES, YES. IF THERE ARE ANY OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE BY SAYING THIS IS THE CULMINATING POINT OF REALLY A YEAR'S WORTH OF HARD WORK FROM EVERYBODY HERE. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE NOT ONLY DONE THE BEST THAT WE COULD DO, BUT WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, WITH THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE CHALLENGING BUDGET CYCLE THAT WE'VE HAD. SO DON'T THINK ABOUT BUDGET FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. TAKE THE REST OF THE DAY OFF. BUT GUESS WHAT? TOMORROW SHOW STARTS THE 2026 BUDGET YEAR IN OUR HEAD. SO WE'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR, SO AT THIS TIME , IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE CAN POINT THAT I JUST. DOCTOR POINT, COULD I? YES JUST MAKE ONE, ONE POINT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MARY EDMONDS FOR HER SERVICE, IN THE BUDGET OFFICE FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, MARY, SHE, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS RETIRING AUGUST 1ST. SO THIS IS HER LAST BUDGET. SO, I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK HER. SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO BE HARD TO REPLACE. SHE'S GOT A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I. I SAID THAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS US. SO HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT AWAY. WE GO. YEAH. SORRY. WE DO HAVE ONE HAND UP. I HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION IN ORDER FOR US TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BUDGET COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN, WORK ON THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR. OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? I THINK THE COMMITTEE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UP TO THE PREROGATIVE OF THE OFFICERS TO ESTABLISH THAT COMMITTEE OR IF IT WOULD REQUIRE A BOARD VOTE. THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMITTEE. YEAH, THE BOARD IS.
SO THEN SOMETHING YOU COULD DO IN ANOTHER MEETING. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ATTACHED TO THIS VOTE. SO WE COULD GET AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND THEN LOOK AT IT THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH.
THE QUICK ANSWER IS I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. OKAY AND SO I DON'T NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA WHICH WA
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