order and welcome everyone. >> Okay. Adequate notice of the special meeting of the count board of education has been provided to the home news trabune the local source cranford chronicle and star ledger on March 11th 2026. A copy has been filed with the counterworth bur clerk posted in the board of education business office
Harding and Berley schools and the counterworth burough hall as is provided by the open public meetings act. >> Thank you. Please rise and join us in the salute to the flag 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. >> Mr. Can we please have roll call? >> Miner >> here. Crinkoli >> here. >> David. >> Haber >> here. >> Herd. >> Lead >> here. >> Kenichi >> here.
>> Tears >> here. >> Zimmerman. We have quorum. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The purpose of this evening's meeting is to review the annual school budget for the fiscal year 2627
uh and approve the f uh tentative uh budget to be submitted to the executive county superintendent by the statutory deadline of March 27th, 2026. Okay. Uh good evening everyone. Uh hope you're having a good day and um Mr. Ganell and
I are here tonight to present the 2627 annual school budget. Um, as you know, last or earlier this month on March 9th, we had our previous board meeting where he and I discussed the impending school budget fiscal cliff and the potential
for an April vote. Um, the point of that meeting presentation was to sound an alarm. We have very big dreams uh and grand plans for our students and our schools here in Kennallorth and the community has the same expectations for big ideas and big results as they articulated in our strategic planning
process earlier uh this past winter. The March 9th meeting was a laying of the ground of groundwork for the reality that the current budget structure doesn't support our needs um let alone our dreams. But tonight uh I'm not going to tell you about all the wonderful things we cannot
do. Um tonight we're going to talk to you about what this budget does do. Um so first I'm going to go over our budget goals and refresh uh on that. Talk about the school experience and I'm going to pass over the bulk of the presentation to Mr. Ganella who's going going to go
into the finer details of the numbers. Um so that's our agenda for our presentation tonight. Um so I do want to take you back to October. We presented these goals to the public and the board. Um our goals were six-fold. We wanted to prioritize the needs and requests that
have the greatest impact on curriculum, instruction, assessment, and achievement. That was number one, of course. We also wanted to prioritize the requests that support all district goals. Uh we wanted to develop extra athletic and co-curricular opportunities for the David Brley Middle School since that is a new school with new
leadership. We committed to zerobased budgeting. We also wanted to prioritize our prek staffing to make sure that we were honoring our promises to the community. And then our other goal was to minimize the tax impact by maximizing the use of tax dollars. Um so those were
our our six budget goals that we went into this whole process with back in October and I'm proud to say that um we're in the process of achieving those six goals. Um despite all the you know limitations and conditions placed upon us um we are proud that we are um we are
in the process of executing those goals. So what does this school budget actually do? Uh I want to share with you the school experience. Uh it does the following things. It does honor our commitment to full day four-year-old prek as a priority. Um we committed to
the community regarding that with our referendum. The community supported us and we want to support the community moving forward with this budget despite its uh constraints. Uh so we're we're happy about that. Um we we maintain the instructional co-curricular and athletic programming currently in placement
within our district. Um, so we're not making cuts to those programs and I'm proud of that. Uh, it affords a modest expansion of middle school co-curricular programming. Again, that was one of our budget goals and we want to make sure we're supporting our middle school students uh, with clubs, activities, athletics, and we're able to do that on
a modest basis with this budget. This um, budget does shift resources from supplies to personnel. You'll see Mr. Ganella reference that in his numbers. Um, we did um, have to do some shifting around. You know, obviously personnel is our biggest expense as is,
you know, for everyone. Um, so we had to make some shifts there. Um, with that said, it does enable us to pursue some deeper efficiencies in scheduling. We're looking forward to that where we want to prioritize personnel and per and staffing with our scheduling process with the intent um
the intent to potentially hire a librarian and potentially hire an additional classroom teacher um to ease some of the burden that our teachers are experiencing at all three schools. Um so that is uh a goal of ours but we believe that this budget enables that to happen.
And then lastly there the this budget ensures the district remains in compli uh compliance in terms of certifications, special education, NJ DOE and NJQAC requirements um which we have to maintain at all times. Uh so I'm going to turn it over now to Mr. Ganella
who's going to go into some more of the details of our budget. Before I do, any questions about what I presented? >> Great. Thank you, >> Mr. Ganella. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Davies. Um so tonight's budget presentation is going to focus a
little more on the technical aspects of the submission of the budget. Um so statutoily we're required to submit the budget to the executive county superintendent by Friday March 27th. Uh that timeline was changed due to the new governor coming in. Uh delayed our state
aid figures uh which resulted in trickle down to this state being adjusted. So tonight I'm going to be focusing a little bit on the uh technical aspects of of of that. Um uh later when we adopt the budget um officially at the public
hearing in April, we'll be getting more into more into the into the weeds of the numbers and the reasons why and some of the benefits of what we're doing trying to do at least and some of the the dangers. Um so first I'd like to review our state aid. As you can see, our state
aid did go up a little bit, $19,310, which was a very nice uh pleasant surprise. We were potentially anticipating a $652,000 loss of loss of of um of uh equalization aid, but the the state did promise that
they were going to continue to uh honor the three plus 3% 3% plus or minus uh uh increase or decrease in state aid. So we uh did fall within that range. Um so that was a good thing. Um but you'll see
that there's a shift in the composition of of the aids. So you see the the equalization aid actually went up which was surprising to me. Um and the categorical aids such as special education, transportation, and security aid all went down. Um which is a little
bit of a concern. If this were if this funding formula to remain intact, this would be concerning to me, but hopefully it will not um uh to to the typically the equalization aid is based on
property, wealth, um uh and income. Uh so to see that increase was very surprising to me. Uh and the categorical aid such as special education, transportation, and security is based on enrollment. our enrollment hasn't
significantly changed at all. So why we had the decreases in those and the increases in the equalization uh uh uh aid, I'm just convinced that this was the way the state committed to staying within that 3 plus 3 minus uh range. Uh
so it really doesn't really mean much. Um, I would have preferred to see the reduction in equalization aid and increases in the categorical aid to be honest with you, but hopefully this the the state recognizes that the current uh
funding formula remains a systemic challenge uh to be needs uh based funding. So, it's got to change. Um, to show you how out of kkilter it is, we lost $83,000 in special education aid, but we spent over
$9 million in special education. Um, so, and that's a a state responsibility, so to speak. Um, expenditures. Um you'll see here uh that the the fixed cost drivers we got
doubledigit increases in health benefits almost 20 over 20% increase in our health benefits. Uh other insuranceances such as our property property liability are is going up and utilities are going up. So some of those fixed costs are are intense as well as the the labor costs
the general labor costs in including health benefits but also the our our obligations that are outlined in the collective bargaining agreement. uh are also um uh fixed cost drivers that we have to overcome. Um so uh as Mr. uh
Davies alluded, we had some operational tradeoffs uh to fund some of the ma um uh mandated state special education uh and benefits appropriations to facilities, supplies, textbooks have been reduced and you can see that uh in this chart right here. Um the core
challenge is the cost of business is outpacing revenue growth. um uh and the the the cap and the tax levy cap and our board's commitment to try to keep the tax levy relatively low uh is challenging um uh in today's uh um
expenditure uh landscape. So when you get to revenues, you can see here that the tax levy proposed uh 3.75% um utilizing the statutory uh adjustments. I'll be going into more depth on the statutory adjustments a
little later, which allowed us to go from the 2% increase to the 3.75% increase. We are appropriating a significant amount of reserves uh to bridge that gap um uh this year. $2.5 million specifically will be
appropriated from uh our surplus uh to bridge that gap. We'll talk about the dangers of that uh a little bit later. And then um the good news if there's any good news in this is that the the debt service uh is is is be becoming
stabilized. So if you recall back in um 23 24 we appropriated $2 million from our capital reserve to offset the tax levy increase to the due to the referendum. Uh and then in uh 2042 25 uh
we appropriated uh $474,000 uh for that same purpose. And then last year we didn't have any more capital reserve. So that's when we saw that larger hit uh hit the the the tax levy. Um the good news is this year uh it
stabilized um and we'll get be you'll see it clearer a little bit later on. Um and that stabilization will happen from now until 202930 when the 2016 bond referend bond expires. At that time that comes off the
books and uh you'll see either a substantial decrease in in the the the tax uh debt service tax levy or the board has opportunities to expand it uh in different ways. Uh, and you know, there are a lot of different opportunities that the board can can
pursue at that time. Give me a call. I'll be on the beach and maybe we could discuss it together. So, um, so where are we today? Um, there's two charts here uh to provide a uh complete and transparent fiscal picture. Uh,
we're looking uh at a budget through two distinct lenses here. Um the first is a year-to-year comparative unadjusted uh chart um that presents our budget using unadjusted figures. Uh it offers the
more direct applesto apples view of how successive reductions in state aid have physically impacted our district spending power uh and operational capacity over years. Uh so we both myself and Mr. Davy spoke about how
we've shifted some of those uh monies. You can see see that here on in phase one, which is the leadership budgets, which is the stuff, the supplies, the uh that type of uh uh budget drivers is down about $175,000
and all other categories are up. So, we shifted money from from the one area to to the other area, the salaries and the school business administrator documentation. Um then the second chart uh adjusts the current year for prior
year encumbrances. Um this alignment is not only a requirement of this of our state submission but also ensures our reporting remains consistent with GAP or generally accepted accounting principles. Uh it the re review the view reflects um our actual legal and
financial commitments as they move across fiscal years. Uh by reviewing both of these we can see the raw impact of the loss of aid uh while maintaining the fiscal rigor required by state oversight adequacy. Um so we're I'm going to talk
a little bit about a little more deeper tonight about adequacy and probably won't be bringing this up at the public hearing. I'll touch upon it maybe. Um but adequacy is the central component of the state's funding formula. um a statutory calculation intended to define
the minimum funding level necessary to provide a thorough and efficient education uh to our students. Uh as the data illustrates, our proposed budget remains significantly below uh the the state's own adequacy targets. This gap
represents more than uh just a numerical shortfall. It is a clear indicator that our current resources are stretched thin relative to the state's defined standards uh for educational success. Uh while we're maximizing every dollar
available, we are operating within the formula adequacy gap that fails to meet the calculated needs of our district. So many of our local districts are uh at or above adequacy. So that gap for us,
if you were to take that number of $3.8 million and divide it by the number of students we have, it's a significant amount of money that we could be providing to our students. The next uh requirement I'm going to review is the minimum tax levy. Uh to
understand our current uh funding uh status, we must look at the school's uh the school funding uh reform act or SR SFR. This formula dictates the school district's fair share is determined by a combination of personal income
equalization property uh evaluations and and student demographics. If you recall when I was talking about equalization aid, that's what this is all about. Okay. Uh but the math is clear here. The demographic shift uh because our community has been has uh seen rising
personal income and elevated property value valuations. The state formula assumes we have a higher capacity to self-fund. Uh the equalization gap um as our fair our local fair share requirement increases our equalization aid is
systematically reduced. That's why I was surprised to see the increase in equalization aid this year. Uh the challenge we face uh is that while the state expects um us to contribute more based on uh these rising values, we are
simultaneously constrained by the 2% tax levy cap, leaving us with a widening gap between what the state says we should raise and what we are legally able to raise. Um you will also note that uh the subtle uh but significant change in the
uh in the formula the state now utilizes a three-year average for equalized valuations um in district 8 which is which was a which was a benefit that was a plus that was an adjustment that they made uh last year I think it was last year uh while
intended to smooth out our volatal volat volatility in a rising market like ours it effectively uh locks in the higher wealth metrics even as we navigate uh im immediate budget pressures tax levy calculation. Um we talked about
this a little bit when we had our discussions about the fiscal cliff. Uh how you have your pre-adjusted tax levy um or your last year's tax levy. You're allowed to increase it by 2%. Uh but then you're allowed to take certain statutory adjustments um for health care
or increased enrollments. And then there's some that we really don't apply to us. So we would be eligible if really for the health care and in and enrollment. Our enrollment is pretty stable. So we did not see any adjustments this year. Health benefits though. However, we did see a
significant increase in our health benefits. So, we were eligible for this health uh care adjustment uh which gave us uh $868,000 additional um uh ability to increase the tax levy beyond the 2%.
So, that brings us to bank cap. So, you take our um our our prior year's budget, increase it by the the the 2%, then you take the uh cap adjustment of $868,000 for the health benefits, and that comes
with what what our tax levy cap is could be. Okay, we did actually not did not even not go up all the way up to that level. We we could have spent $24,73,000, but our tax levy is currently at
$24,243,000 or a 4 roughly $460,000 difference. That $460,000 the estate allows us not real money. It allows us to bank that cap and allow us to use it next year if needed or
actually we could use it for the next three years over the next three years. Um so that's a that's a plus because next year uh depending on how unless the funding formula is uh adjusted um you know we talked about appropriation of
$2.5 million from free balance um that's going to be a challenge. So this money may be needed. Okay. Uh and beyond that we have very little ability to u generate bank cap.
Um I mean I don't don't advocate going for 20% increases in health benefits every year just to get a tax the tax levy cap waiver. So uh you know it's a uh it allows you to do it but um you're also paying 20% more in
your health benefits. which impacts not only the the um the taxpayers but also impacts our our employees because they do contribute to their uh their benefits. Recapitulation of uh balances. Um so
each category is defined by three uh key regulatory uh gu uh guidelines uh accumulation, maximum threshold and usage restrictions. Um so uh you have unassigned free balance which is
basically known as surplus, a restricted legal reserve which is known as excess surplus. Uh restricted capital reserve uh restricted maintenance reserve uh emergency reserve and debt service uh
reserve. Um so each one of these has a different methodology um of how they can accumulate the money, how what the maximums can be and what the usage restrictions are. Um so as we
mentioned earlier, we're we're we're utilizing all our excess surplus, which is the $2,497,92. We're appropriating $2,98 from our um unassigned or surplus, which will leave us $644,000,
which is just under 2% surplus. Um so that's if that is a plus compared to what we've uh had in the past. Um we've depleted our our our unassigned balances and we've got them
really low. So that's a plus there. uh restricted capital reserve. Um last year we appropriate a significant amount to do some construction work. Um and this year there's not that significant need especially after completing all the
referendum projects that we've done. Uh so uh we we're still remaining with $234,000 uh in that account. Um and um there are opportunities in the future to
continue to fund that um up to the amount that's in your long range facility plan. Uh but you know that's that's if everything goes well maybe you can do that. But I think we need to make sure that we're able to operate our operating
budget before we start funding capital reserve. At this point our facilities are are in relatively good shape. Um uh if if anything you would probably put it into the next category which is maintenance reserve. Uh as I mentioned earlier we decreased
our um operating budget in some of the facilities. Uh some of it's to offset here where we're appropriating $73,000 from maintenance reserve. Um so our maintenance reserve is going from $350,000 down to $277,000.
and our emergency reserve. Uh we have designated that uh it's at its max of $250,000. Uh but that's our um rainy day fund, so to speak, if we were to get some type of catastroph catastrophic special needs
students moving into the district during the middle of the year. That gives us the ability to not have to cut programs mid year. we'd probably tap that as a if there's no other alternatives within the operating budget to assume that obligation, we'd probably tap that in
the future. Okay. Uh so that brings us to um use of reserves and excess surplus. Um so as I mentioned earlier, we're appropriating two $2.5 million from uh unassigned and uh excess surplus and $73,000 from
maintenance reserve. Um um so these are short-term fixes, especially the uh excess surplus. Um um we're basically funding recurring costs uh with one-time savings is it's a short
ter short-term fix. Um so using reserves to supplement recurring uh expenses is high-risisk fiscal strategy. It creates a uh structural deficit. We I've been talking about this for several years now. uh meaning we are funding ongoing
cost with one-time revenues. Uh once these funds are spent um they do not automatically refill. Uh if we continue to rely on balance to balance the budget um we face that fiscal cliff that we've been talking about where our reserves
are exhausted but our expenses remain. Uh this path is unsustainable long term and underscores the urgent need for more equitable state aid formula. Um, so this is something we've been talking about. Uh, but it's this one of these situations where do you bite the bullet
this year and not provide the education that you potentially can? Um, you know, we've had this discussion, this has been lengthy discussions at our finance committee. You know, if you can get one more year out of providing a decent education, you
do it. Um, and you deal with deal with the cards that you're dealt this year and next year. If the cards are a little different, you deal with those. Uh so the specific uh projects that we're looking to do uh under fund uh 12 is $62,700
worth of classroom renovations and $10,300 worth of uh gym floor resurfacing. Um traditionally the gym floor resurfacing was always in the operating budget, but we took it out and we're going to use maintenance reserve this year. The classroom renovations are
going to be uh in-house projects. uh and they're targeted over both Harding and Berley schools. And this is this is above and beyond what we approved last month, which was the um uh toilet room additions and renovations to the prechool classrooms over at Harding.
So, the tax levy uh increase uh here, as we mentioned earlier, um it's a 3.75% increase on the current expense uh tax levy. The debt service, as we mentioned, did see a decrease in the tax levy of
$6,568. So that softened the overall tax levy uh to 3.3% increase. And the T tax impact on your average house assessed at $184,880
$888 uh is $26.77. And remember, assessed value is not market value. So if you're interested in looking at what your assessed value is, there's a was it the website? What was the website we were looking at last
week? So the >> it's the Kennorth website. >> It's the Kennorth website. Yeah. You could look you could look on the Kennorth website what your house is assessed at or you can look at that little green card you usually get at home too. So it's not the market value. So there's usually a sub substantial
difference between the market value of your home and the the the assessed value. Uh okay. So tonight's resolution um we are not using any bank cap. We're generating $450,000 worth of bank cap for future
use. Uh approves withdrawals from maintenance reserve of $73,000. Uh approves capital projects of $73,000. uh approves the submission of of the budget to the executive county superintendent for his technical review
uh and our ability to advertise the public uh advertise it to the public at the for the public hearing on April 29th and sets the tenative tax levy um uh as outlined here. Okay.
So, what's next? Uh tonight we'll submit the budget uh by the deadline of March 27th. Um, I'll go back, press the button, budget button tonight and get that into the county superintendent. Uh, between now uh and the 28th of uh April,
we'll continue to review the budget focusing on efficiencies and savings and uh maybe some reallocations of of what we're trying to do. Uh and then April 29th, we'll have the public hearing at 7 o'clock in this room uh where we will
hopefully adopt the budget for uh the 27 26 27th school year. Are there any questions? >> I have a couple. >> Mhm. >> Um I mean, you've done a really good job moving things around and balancing
everything out. Um I just have a question about um the healthcare cost increase. So since it's at 22% that automatically makes us eligible for that tax uh >> adjustment >> adjustment. Um is there any possibility
that there could be like an an out of cycle um negotiation >> with insurance companies prior to their you know the the teachers negotiation contract date so that you could see if there's some some way that we could
reduce that cost. Well, we do annually market our our um our our book of business, so to speak. Um so, we're going through that process right now. We don't have the final figures because insurance companies don't like to commit at this point. So, our renewal is July
1st. Okay? So, if you're an insurance company, you want to get the most current data on experience on your the book of business that they're looking at before they're committing to a 20% raise or 20% increase or a 10% increase. Um
because, you know, between now and July, there might be a lot of things going on from a health benefits health um perspective from our employees. Um so, they don't like to forecast that. That's why we anticipate this sometime in early
May we will get the renewal. Horizon has told us this is their number because they see that but we're currently looking at Sigma Health uh another uh state uh a shift. Um so we are I think
Oxford too. Um uh so we are actively through our broker marketing our book of business. Uh regarding off cycle I mean we have a July 1 renewal. can't do much about that that um and regarding the level of benefits we have to unless we
go back to the bargaining table we have to provide even if we do go from what our current carrier which is Horizon go to let's say Sigma uh we have to provide equal or better coverage okay uh on every single compar and >> some of the veteran teachers here have
gone through this multiple times over over we've we've moved we've gone from >> Sigma to health to Horizon back to to Oxford. Now we're with Horizon again. So we've done this multiple times and it's it's a commitment that the board has
that they have to provide that the that equal or better coverage if we make that move. >> So does that mean like on July 1st when you get those other numbers you would put is that the open enrollment period? Do you have that in the school district? >> That's in June. >> Okay. Got it. Okay. Mhm.
>> One things we met with the broker probably for an entire uh finance meeting one night going over options, going over companies, going over the why of the entire increase. >> Um so it's not just like we just said just go run with it. So we did meet with them for quite a long time
>> and that's pretty much it. We do that every year he comes in. >> Um but we really grilled them on what we could do, what could we get better at, what could save us some money. >> So um it's unfortunate. This is the biggest hike that I've ever had, I think, in this school. >> And we're not the only ones. He was saying that all of those clients are
>> all the 70 >> all the 70 districts that they handle. 70 districts he handles or >> under this umbrella that we're under. >> One of them was >> Etna was an option too. >> What? >> Etna. >> Etna is we're we're we're seeking a proposal from Etna.
>> Okay. >> Yeah. >> I'm asking because we just went through it as well. So, so the way that and I and this sounds exactly the way that we do it just now is October. Yours sounds like it's in July. So, right when that time period came, Horizon was able to give us a very small change which
balanced it out for us as the employee and also balanced it out for the institution. So, hopefully that's what happens with >> Now, we're not we're not in a state health benefits plan. Um but I mean >> they got really hit uh and on top of them I think it's plus 30% increases and
on top of that it was >> out of the fiscal year. So their their their renewals come in in January. >> So the state health benefits told them last year this time budget 15% or whatever it was and it came back at 30%.
So they had six months of that gap. That's why you saw a lot of those districts um struggling this fiscal year trying to to to bridge that gap because they didn't they couldn't even if they wanted to they didn't have that that healthcare adjustment uh with in their
budget because that budget was struck last year. So it's it's a it's a it's a mess. And you know does anyone remember what Tony said was the driving force behind the large increase? >> We allowed to say that. >> Yeah. He said he said G1ic
is the big killer and the >> Yes, it's up and everyone I'm not positive on this but everyone is able for the educators plan. Correct. >> But I know that saved me no matter what program we had. That saved me as a educator. >> What does that mean? The educator
>> it's we can choose between as what we pay out of pocket. We can stick with the district or we can move to the educators plan. >> Well, it's still it's still they're all they're all district. They're all district programs. They're not It's not It's not moving to the state health benefits plan. So, it's just a different
It's just a different >> We have We have the Yep. the the PO plan. We have the New Jersey educator health plan. We have a POS plan. We have a um a high deductible plan. And we have an EPO plan. So, we have five different plans that people could choose on depending on what their
>> their um their um >> All right. Thanks. that you said our oepic usage for the for this whole insurance um block was up 140% since the year before. >> It should be like based on who's using
it and let their costs go up, right? >> That's what you do when you're all tied. >> Not going up to the district. Not everyone in the district. >> We're in a small district. You get two or three people that get get some serious injuries or serious illnesses. Absolutely. >> It spikes up. So that's why we're on when we were individual. It used to
spike our >> numbers real, you know, by oursel. >> Three or four people get sick, it spikes up our severity. And that really cost us a lot of money in the past. >> You know, with the group, there's more people in it, so those little spikes don't happen as much, but
>> it's not what you can do. >> Okay. Um the only other question I had was so we're going to use the the um reserve monies and we'll we'll still have more or less half a million
put aside. Um, so if we continue that way for the next few years until 2030 when the referendum falls off, does that put us up in will we be in a hopefully positive reserve mo much more positive reserve place than just a half a million
or so? I'm trying to understand >> it's hard to generate it's hard to generate that much reserve. Um, >> so I mean this last year we stopped spending around February. This year we stopped spending around December. So
basically I send it a letter to the administrator saying um if it's not if it's if it's not in your budget, number one, don't expect me to sign a purchase order. Uh and number two, if it's absolutely not needed, if it wasn't in your budget and it's not needed, you're
not going to I'm not going to sign it either. So uh that's one way how we did generate some of this reserve from last uh from last year going into this year. Uh so trying to cushion next year's blow by that, but you just so many years you could do that. Sure. And because as you
can see, we have $175,000 less >> from the the stuff that we buy that we're not going to be able to to to uh to to do also next year. So that's going to be a challenge. Regarding the debt dropping off in 2930, it's a different fund. >> Okay.
>> It's fund 30. I mean, it's fun 40. I'm sorry. It's fund 40. It's your debt service fund. So your capital, your current expense can't increase more than the 2%. Okay. What I'm saying is that's an opportunity for the board to look at the overall tax rate. And if we were to
go to a um um April vote, >> okay, it's an opportunity to say, okay, the you know, the the the tax the debt service tax levy is dropping by a half a million dollars. Maybe we do put out a
question for $300,000 to hire a teacher or reduce class size or, you know, increase our basic skills or do something innovative. Um, okay. That's how you would do that. It's not you're kind of mixing not mixing >> apples and oranges there because they
are different funds. It's not automatically that comes off because it's one's a current expense fund and one's a debt service fund. or the overall tax rate could be beneficial only with the second question. >> Okay, thank you. Okay,
>> that that helps a lot. Thanks. >> Questions. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Hard job. Can I make a motion at this time? >> Yeah, I was just going to let him sit because he's got to read it. >> He doesn't even know what my motion's going to be yet.
>> Yes. >> Yeah, we got to open it. Wanted to give him a second. >> Open up to the public. >> Okay. Motion made by Mr. Lady, seconded by Mrs. Tears. The motion is um to open up the public uh to open up comments to the public. Mr. Ganella, when you're ready, if you could please read.
>> Okay. Public comment is now accepted. The board of education sets the limit for the public to speak at the board meeting to 5 minutes per person unless prior permission has been granted by the board of education for extended time pursuant to board of education bylaw 0167. Please be reminded that while members of
the public may speak on personnel matters during public comment, the board of education is legally prohibited from discussing individual personnel issues in public session unless the employee at issue has been requested uh has requested a public discussion. The
board's role is to set policy and ensure the effective operation of our schools. All personnel recommendations are exclusive responsibility of the superintendent of schools. The board reviews and acts on those recommendations in accordance with the state law and district policy but does
not uh uh initiate or manage uh individual staffing decisions. Okay. Uh >> what >> want to read? You want me to read the next one? >> No, it's okay. Oh, please record your
Yeah, please please record your um as you approach the podium, please state your name and address prior to making your comments. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Have to vote on this for the scorecard. Just >> Yes, we do. Yes, we do. >> All right. >> You can do all you're in favor. You can do all in favor.
>> All in favor? >> Opposed? >> Eyes. Okay. Eyes have it. Motion's carry. >> Any public comment at this time? >> Motion to close. >> Thank you. Okay. Motion made by Mr. Heather, seconded by Mrs. Tears. All
those in favor of closing the meeting the public, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Eyes have it. Motion's carried. The meeting is now closed to the public. Mr. Ganella, are you prepared to um have a roll call on the following resolution? >> Yes. Uh this is the resolution. The only resolution on this evening's agenda is
to adopt the budget, attented a budget for submission to the executive county superintendent. Um don't have to vote on it separately because it is separate. Okay. Uh, Mr. Biner, >> yes. >> Koli, >> yes. >> Haber, >> yes.
>> Badatti, >> yes. >> Tears, >> yes. >> Penichi, >> yes. >> Motion carries unanimously. >> Thank you. Um, Mr. Gall, do we have a need to go into? >> We do not. >> Okay. So, at this point, can I have motion to adjurnn? >> Okay. >> Second. Motion made by Mr. Hicker,
seconded by Mrs. Steers. All those in favor of adjourning, please say I. I. Opposed. Eyes have it. Motions carry. is now journ. Thank you. >> Thank you.