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uh all right Calling meeting already 13 a.m Uh couple things old business FY25 Um I got an update I called last week uh about the ways and means budget hearing thing So I don't know if you heard from him but anyways I called Bill
Driscoll's office just to talk to his uh rep the public relations person Um so that was fine And then I talked to Richard apparently while he was like in the middle of the hearings Uh and he
said he's going to try and connect you Yeah So seemed like that is moving through It is Yeah They still don't have an exact amount for Milton per se but again it's a 75 as you said and that's number is moving forward
So sounds like what we should expect to see Positive Very positive Yeah Yeah Did you have an updated thought around what we would be receiving that change at all um I think it just depends on So it's 50
mil 50 million for this year and then it's like 190 million for next year Um so I believe the 58 million would be to fully fund which would be the 75% Which is a 488
Yeah that's what Richard said at least was his like went through the House first and now the Senate And I think that's is there's something that is happening this week I believe So hopefully we'll
continue to receive updates And I did talk to um last week we had a meeting with some of the other business directors and just in talking about it they had said previously when there were any adjustments um with circuit breaker funding it's
typically seen in the fourth quarter payment So that wouldn't be until the very end of the year But hopefully we'll have the notification Yeah Beforehand So you can just confirm whether we'll receive that funding this year or not Great So all all things on that front
look good Fantastic That's a important chunk Um any questions anyone has on that update on the state funding right Anything else on FY25 we're doing the quarter three
budget um reports then sorry on Wednesday Get into a little bit more about try to have that ready by tomorrow at the latest so you can actually read through it beforehand
Um so I can either just put that in a folder or send it out to everyone before the meeting Yeah if you could just email us one boulder Sure Uh great All right FY26 budget Uh we're
going to discuss the fees Continue to look at the fee schedule Uh so screen share All right Be scheduled for FY26 So the things we are changing So transportation have been voted
previously That is an update for the for fiscal year 26 Um we did make some modifications to summer school and enrichment and that was previously voted We talked last week
about um the middle school clubs Um and I updated the fee schedule just based on um just some of the conversations that we had just that's slight modification
from 3750 to $40 Um and then high school again we're leaving the club um fee as is adding in a drama per production fee and then also a family
cab um for theater Um so that's the update there Middle school athletics We had discussed that previously when we discussed high school athletics Um so I
believe those changes are reflected in the fee schedule Um the other um just area that I wanted to note I didn't reflect the change on this um fee schedule and we haven't
talked about it previously but we are looking at the fees for the music program um and so the fees um haven't been changed in a number of years and also the rate that the
instructor's arcade has not changed in a number of years And so um I met with Rebecca Damiani last week and we just talked about that just as something
we want to just look at that right and um she was going to see if there were other comparable um programs that we could do some just look at the rates that they're charging
But we did talk about potentially updating it just so we could do a corresponding increase to um to the rates for the instructors just again because the instructors have been getting paid the same amount for a
number of years Is this just high school or is this what like the elementary students that's the elementary students Yeah Yeah I think it's the program that is hosted at the school I don't know Yeah Um so yeah I can see how that's a
little confusing I can take out that HS and that Um but yes that's the applied music lessons and we talked about just for the music program too that $45 registration fee and that's per session I believe
there's two two sessions and we talked about looking at that as well So just um in looking at what we're using that registration fee for um and seeing if there was any if it was appropriate to increase
that But um Rebecca and I are going to meet and discuss that just to see you know which area we think would be more appropriate to have the adjustments for school year 26 if it's the per lesson um or if it's the registration fee So so
are you thinking of are you having these meetings and looking to make a proposal on like on Wednesday before we move on is this I was um if that's okay if we can take some time on Wednesday I don't think it should take us long but if there if through the course of our
conversations we do think that we're going to recommend a change if we could review that on Wednesday If we can do it during finance subcommittee I can always put together some information for school committee because I think the actual approval will be
happening at school committee Um but again we may she may take a look at it and say "No we're just going to hold that for one more year and then we'll just leave it as sales." Um but I do think that we may be looking at a slight
adjustment and then community schools that is the rate for the for school program in actress and then the rentals we have not adjusted um but I see they haven't been
increasing Um yeah that was what I was mentioning last week of this you know these are some of the longest right running fees longest in terms of last change but um again it's this these things don't
directly impact our operating budget uh as long as the the payback that we get from the facility account covers our costs but um but it still seems like maybe something next year want to look Yeah definitely
Long time I think with rentals too sometimes it's that kind of the category of who is renting the facility Mhm Um and so it will be important for us to look
at that too I think if we do concentrate on that next year it will give us some time to pull some of the historical data to see kind of these reoccurring rentals that are happening versus kind of our
one-time rentals and how much revenue that they're contributing to that revoling fund We changed the high school auditorium rental for the town to be uh $680,000
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maybe a silly question but is that per use per hour per like I don't like it's we have a number but I don't know if it's like a per what yeah I believe that's hourly but I can confirm that for yeah it doesn't say
that frequency Yeah they're using it for like if that's used for any any use through parks and wreck That's there Okay that's three that additional information be
helpful I think I know um this is still like a working not finalized document but I think updating just the last increase did not increase would be definitely that I said that's in a couple places too Yeah Mhm I think once
it's approved um I was thinking of doing that but I can absolutely update that now and as well Yeah Yeah I could say that these are all still tentative until we vote on them I guess So um guess the only
thought I had was I my thought of when if we're updating the Pierce clubs would also be to adjust the high school clubs that propose the $2.50 just to make it 2050 Okay No it's I think again it's not just
my for discussion but um and the per student max to the $55 just for that small but again 10% increase those things you know and so the only way like I know we've talked about this before
but so just to confirm like we have the people who qualified you know if they fill out the paperwork where Karen was talking about but if there's but there's still if they're not within that but this is difficult There's still a means of going through going and saying so that kids
aren't Yes Okay It doesn't just have to be this Right Okay Mhm Uh other questions folks have yes Hannah um I just had a I know it's not there's no
um cost increases or anything uh to the Pierce orientation And I was just wondering logistically if we've kind of worked through um the approaches uh to eliminate these fees like um like if they're happening
during the the school year and not in the summer like are we you know in terms of the the staff that would be um involved in it any busing transportation um costs things like that
if we've kind of talked through that So you're talking outside of fees You're just saying activities that happen during the uh No just to kind of logistically to make that camp happen during the school day if we're transporting kids from other schools etc
We talked about looking at getting like finding a way to get rid of the fees or not to have it be or have it be a program that's kind of saying like a school day or something Yeah they're coming That is the we we aren't charging fees because it is coming in I mean I
think this year we're working with MF and others to to work to fund the transportation piece of it It isn't it's not an additional cost because we're already staff are present during the school day So okay
busing is the only the busing is yeah so it's significantly cheaper than the previous model which was even with the fees that we charged I can't remember the exact number but we were investing maybe close to 100,000 Is that does that
sound about right okay cool Yeah So that that's one it's a savings and two it's a better approach and program Awesome Great Yeah Are you all feeling good about the MFB no I have a friend who's daughter's going into sixth grade Was at
Bill's influence the other night They said yeah they're Yeah I mean the MF is really kind of stepping forward as we close out this year in ways that they normally would normally put in outside of their normal
kind of timeline cycle and yeah I'm actually meeting one of you today check in see great thank you um anything Yes All right So we then on
Wednesday finalized finalized version of this with potentially some more information on the music these at this meeting we will vote uh a recommendation one way the other and then that school committee will will
take a vote to enact the fees uh or not the the changes Okay Anything else from Selena Anna Lizzie i stop screen sharing All right Um well that was the the primary um item for this morning's
meeting Um we voted to approve minutes I still owe you an SL minutes from last Wednesday uh which are almost done I'll put those together with this Wednesday this Monday and try and send those over today in hopes that we can maybe vote on
them on Wednesday Um our next meetings are again this Wednesday where we will talk the Q3 uh FY25 report and then also the final B vote And then our next meeting is on
April 30th uh which is the Wednesday after the the town election So those are the upcoming things Is there anything else we think we need to discuss on Wednesday which will be our last meeting
before the break is there anything else that we need to discuss finance-wise this morning okay we're all talked out I think we uh we handled what business we needed to Appreciate everybody meeting
Um apologies for bothering for such a short meeting but appreciate you all being here Uh I will take a motion to adjourn Uh I will go ahead and second that Um and all in favor we'll do a roll call
vote here Selena yes Amanda yes I'm a yes All right we are adjourned for today Thank you everybody Thank you Thank you Bye Okay Bye Have a good day Bye [Music]
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