001Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. 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. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Rockington is out this evening. He gave prior to us. >> Miss Catalini here. Mr. May >> here. >> Mr. Murray >> here. >> Miss Smith >> here. >> Mr. Smith is not here at this time. Uh running late. >> Miss Stern >> Stern is out. Uh she gave prior notes. >> Miss Getty >> here. Mr. Miller >> here. Introduction of others present. >> Dr. Andrew Der, superintendent of schools. >> Business manager solicitor's office. Thank you for waking everybody up. Uh we had uh we did not have an
002executive session uh this evening. So we'll move right on into our uh facilities committee. There's nothing new to report for facilities. All the work that I've updated the board over the last couple months is completed at this time. Uh the facilities crew has moved into summer hours as of this week and are working on shifting classrooms and setting up the summer schedule for all the buildings for the normal summer work. So there is nothing else to report at this time. Mr. President, you good? >> Is uh work going to be done at the state bleachers? Yes, we have that on our summer schedule to address the bleachers and improve upon those as those were cited in an insurance report that I've gone through and we'll review with Mr. Coleman over the next couple weeks. >>
003Thank you. Any other discussion, questions for facilities, move on. Okay, hearing none, let's move on into finance. All right, I'm going to defer to Dr. So, Mr. Miller has a document prepared to for you to review. This is the information that I emailed you about 3 or 4 weeks ago uh for you to be able to review. So the board understands with the change in direction from curtailing program and uh looking at academic and administrative realignment, we have another option or options available to us as possible areas that we could potentially cover where our deficit uh currently is at. So, I sent that email um and I know that everyone had a chance to review it, but this basically sums up the adjustments that can be made uh to manage and cover our current deficit
004for the 2526 fiscal year. Basically the uh top lines above the total equal enough or close enough to the deficit that we need to cover. Or you can go with the option below the total or you can go for the full gamut or any combination of So your the options the the items listed in the top half of the page where totals about 290,000 those are the things that Mrs. Paposki and I would do just with the management of the budget in terms of addressing the deficit. The the one below with cutting PIAA athletics that is a decision for the board of education. Um and you can see the cost savings, the total cost savings if we were to do that as well. So the decision for the board uh moving forward is going to
005be do we cut PIAA athletic program as a whole for the 25 26 year understanding that if we choose to bring it back in 27 or I'm sorry 26 27 I would need to go through a process with PIAA by making application at some point early probably right after the holiday break in January to have all of our programs reinstated. There any discussion? I don't take Mrs. Getty. I don't want to override the committee here, but >> no happy state >> trying to move it forward. Is there any discussion in regards to everyone's thoughts? I mean, obviously like Dr. Ger said, the top half there are basically ones that uh would be to cover the deficit. um if you wanted to go further, you would be able to uh work on athletics. And because of
006Title 9, there's really no wiggle room, right? In regards to basically an all or nothing option. >> I'm not interested in cutting. >> Is there Let's cut to the chase. Is there anyone who is interested in cutting athletics? Is there anyone interested? If you do that, obviously there would be some savings which I would assume could be translated into a lower tax increase. That be correct. If you were to go the route of cutting athletics, then you would not need to do the 4.8% raising taxes to the index. Although as your superintendent, I would recommend going with the option on the top half of the page um >> And leaving it there and allowing Mrs. Reposi and I to manage the budget moving forward. >> Can I ask a question about it? >> Make sure
007you're using your microphone. >> Yeah, sorry. It doesn't add up to the top hours. We're still less Right. >> It's 289769 which is close to the back. >> But is that okay? My question. >> Yes, we will be able to cover our deficit without making those adjustments at the top half of the page. >> Okay. And then my second question is what are we adjusting with the special fees? Like what are we? >> So the special legal fees I have budgeted $70,000 for for next year for 2526. Our actuals at when I sent that email, our actuals were right around 52,000 this year. So I dropped that by 12,500. So you know, as we continue to address those issues in special education, um we're hoping that there are uh there's less of a need for
008us to contact Sweet Stevens Cats uh Williams. Um but that all is, you know, that it's it's a budget and it's a plan. we could change with a student moving into the district that is high needs or someone that takes us to due process. >> Right. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't cutting any of the services. >> No, not cutting any services. Okay. We did look at um possibility of contracting services out for OTPT speech uh things and sign language that we were utilizing the IU for um but the difference in cost was negligible. So it's a savings. It's just not much of a savings if we were to contract out. And all of this is basically is by doing this this is cutting to the bone. and that even even if a
009a a student with special needs um I don't like to pick on that category, but they're the ones that always seem to to scale most despite no legal issues or anything like that, but just a student moving into the district with with needs kind of blows this up a little. It it could change with one student. We have um you know, one student could move in where we would need to place them say at the Samuel Everett School through the IU, which for one student the cost for us on an annual basis is $120,000. So that would certainly um completely shift the balance of the budget. >> But that's interesting for us without a without a fund balance. It's It's a much bigger deal. >> Absolutely. >> I just want to thank you for doing
010this. I'm extremely grateful. >> That's what we're supposed to do. So, >> thank you. >> And then I'm sorry, I still have another. So, for the G5 grant, is that what's the G5 grant? So the G5 is a city curriculum that we have been utilizing for 2425 school year. Originally we got about $850,000. We have some wiggle room there where we can actually allocate more funds. So we were thinking of the link data system and the classroom champion and the G5 for this fiscal year and complete that whole program and close it out and it will not be an expense for 25 26. probably does it does need to come back 627 school year. >> Okay. So that's going to come back. >> And by putting that into the grant program, that's not taking money
011away from another program that we had earmarked for. >> No, we already paid for all the new programming the district for the next three years. >> Any other discussion? questions. >> What's our current um tax collection rate for this past year? 95. >> It was at 95% and we are currently for this year we are at I think right around 93% year to date collection rate. Yes, but with the new calculations, we're hopeful that we may get the full 100% of the 95% corruption, right? >> Anything else? >> Are we basically leaving it at the top section then or are we utilizing the bottom section? top section. >> Okay, I think you have your direction. >> Thank you very much. >> That's all I have for finance. So, we will be able to have those
012motions on the agenda for if they've got there already, uh we would be able to have those motions on the agenda for next week to pass the budget. Okay. All right. Any other questions regarding finance before we move on? Okay. Move on then to public comment on agenda items uh for either tonight or for next week. Questions regarding that comments? Hearing none, we'll go to the agenda for next week. We will have our uh reports for uh this month's committee meetings and liaison meetings for those that have happened in the end of the year. Uh some of these meetings are no longer happening as well as reports from the administration and such. Uh action items for next week are uh 7.1 which is a consent motion for 7.2 and 7.3. 7.2 a motion is in
013order to approve the minutes from the May 21st, 2025 work session meeting. 7.3 motion is in order to approve the minutes from the May 28th, 2025 business meeting. Everybody okay with keeping that as a consent motion? Any questions regarding any of those items? Just out of curiosity, Mr. Smith, I can't hear you. You have to speak. I know you have the microphone. Just curious what the person is taking the classes at Bucks County Community and what they're doing. >> Are you down at at first at human resources? >> Business finance. >> I'm sorry I can't hear you, sir. >> I'm under business finance reporting my screen. I'm just I'm just looking under minutes for action items for next week under the minutes section seven. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. I assume no questions regarding no
014issues regarding the minutes approving next week. Uh we'll have the facilities committee report next week as well as the education committee uh 9.2 action item motion is in order to approve the graduating class of 2025 as presented. What happens if we said no? They said that they all come back. Um, any questions regarding that? Moving on to human resources. Uh, number 10.2. Uh motion is in order to uh approve and authorize the superintendent to make any necessary hires during the summer subject to review by the HR committee. Any appointments made will be presented to the board at the August meeting for ratification. 10.3. A motion is in order to approve tuition reimbursement for the 202526 summer semester as presented. And 10.4 for the motion is in order to approve and ratify the personnel matters matters
015presented in the HR report there. Any questions? Mr. Smith. >> Yes. Lauren Price. Who are they? And what did they do here? >> Lauren. Lauren Price. What do they what do they if I understand correctly? What do they do here? >> Correct. We've asked before about when we do tuition reimbursement based on things that are needed. These are pre-calculus and Spanish. Are they teaching pre-calculus or Spanish? Are they are they teaching precal or Spanish courses that they're taking at Boston Community College should be relevant to their teaching? Correct. >> Yeah. Actually relevant to their position. Lauren Price is a math teacher in the district. I would have to check to see what her class schedule and her course load is. I don't know that off my end. Yeah, I can find out. Appreciate it. >>
016Any other discussion regarding any of the action items under human resources hearing? None. We'll move on to action items under finance 11.3 which is a consent motion for 11.4 through 11.6. 11.4 a motion is in order to approve the investment report. 11.5 a motion is in order to approve the treasures report. And 11.6 6 motion is in order to approve payment of bills which will be presented next week. 11.7 motion is in order to approve the business manager to perform financial transactions i.e. payment of bills necessary for July and August. These transactions will be will be presented to the board in August for ratification. 11.8 Eight. The motion is in order to approve and authorize the business manager, superintendent, or designate to perform budget transfers and financial transactions necessary to close out the 2020. I
017think that needs to be corrected. The 2025 school year transactions and budget transfers will be presented to the board at the August meeting for ratification. I just need to make a correction on 11.8 right here. Thank you. 11.9 uh we will be uh opening the floor for um treasurer which is a 1year position. So that would be 11 9 1110 and 111. And 1112 we will be opening the floor for position for the secretary. This is a technically a 4-year position. Uh, according to our policy, it is a 4-year position. Um, and uh, we would only be revisiting this should the seat become vacant. So that would be 11.12, 11.13 and 114 regarding that item. 11:15 Motion is in order to approve the Bucks County Technical High School 202526 school year budget as presented. 11.16
018A motion is in order to approve the 202122 financial audit as presented. 11.17 A motion is in order to approve the source for nurses agreement with the 2526 school year as presented. 11.18. The motion is in order to approve the service agreement with Tom Josiah Consulting LLC for the 2025 26 school year as presented. 11.19. A motion is in order to approve the Valley Day extended school year program contract for student XN as presented. 11.20. A motion is in order to approve the Valley Day extended school year program contract for student XOX XO as presented. 11.21. A motion is in order to approve the Valley Day extended school year program contract for student XP. 11.22. A motion is in order to approve the excess items request form. And 11.23 23. A motion is in order
019to approve the 202526 general fund budget resolution as presented. 11.24 motion is in order to approve the tax rate resolution. >> I'm sorry. I just had a question going back to the valley day. >> Can I finish these two and then we go back? Okay. Uh 11.25. A motion is in order to approve the tax installment payment resolution and 11.26. A motion is in order to approve the 202526 homestead farmstead exclusion resolution as presented. Any questions regarding the items under finance? Mr. President, Miss Schmid uh the proposed resolution under item 1124. I just double check the perimeter number you need. I'm sorry. >> Sorry. The curve $100 number means I believe he's incorrect. You don't need tax resolution. >> 11.24 that the 11.24 the tax rate resolution. >> I think that looks like a typographical
020error. It says 61,889 on every $100. Okay. We >> look at that. Sorry folks, we have fans blowing in here so everyone needs to speak up some questions. >> I for the students are we still having an ESI program here? This is for other Okay. >> Yeah. Higher needs. >> Okay. Just wanted to double check. >> Yeah. I assume this assumption that despite all the issues which we've had with getting our audits completed that our administration feels comfortable with Tom Josiah maintaining that contract with him. >> Yes. Um Tom Josiah is very crucial in our accounting process. Um the auditing is not part of his he has completed his AFR and his procedures on time if not early. Um the auditing is being done by a different company that Tom Josiah provides information to them
021but the reconciliations on monthly basis um transfers those who I work with for Tom and just to note on his contract is a $5 increase. >> Thank you $5 increase. Any other questions regarding finance? Where did we end up with the tech school as far as increase goes within the act one index? Where are we at? Where are we at with the tax with the tech school budget? where I'm sorry the other schools. So uh >> how much of an increase is it? >> Is it within the index? >> It's the index below the average. >> Yeah, it's below the average. >> And that's been budgeted. Yes, that has been budgeted. >> Thank you. >> Trying to get your exact number. >> That's fine. I'm not going to note one year from another, but just
022making sure that there are certain things that were accounted for. >> Yeah, it's just still silly because we do tax increases based on millage. They do it on percent budget. Totally different numbers. As I say over here, any other discussion regarding finance? All right, move on. Under policy, there are no action items this month. Under uh old business, I believe we need to add we had a motion that was tabled last month. We need to add that motion to under old business. New business will be added uh after this evening. Public session number two. Any discussion, comments from the public? See none. Uh yes. Uh so then uh next week we will have our uh public comments as well. Any announcements? I see no announcements. Any announcements from the board? All right. Guess we're ready
023to go. Motion to adjurnn. So move. Do I have a second? >> Second by Miss Schmidt. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries. Uh 70. Hi everyone. Thank you. Hey. Hey. Hey.