001of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Hey, Mr. Allen. All right. We have one person two uh one board member, right? Lisa? >> Lisa will be a few minutes late, so she'll be running in any time. >> Perfect. All right. And then yeah, we're all set here. Nice. Um all right, so we are calling to order the budget hearing meeting, and um we are going to go through uh each of the budgets for 2025 2020 through 2026 2027. And uh we will go ahead and pass this over to Mark. >> Perfect. Well, I'm just going to sit cuz I mean no one wants to see me standing walking and I can see both sides, okay? So,
002I'm not going to lie, this is roughly the same format as every year, just numbers are different. I added some little pizazz. I'm a curly like the pizazz, so I tried to >> Brandon said you had to bring the pizazz. >> I did. Yeah, so as always, you always start with the so you guys are going to be approving, hopefully, uh the end of 20 the 5 26 school year uh budget. So, here's kind of just the state local federal kind of overall where we started. So, we added about 85,000 as a total revenue. Most of that is coming in on the state side. That's a lot of those small mini grants that we're getting. Additional 27L uh also included the one-time payment that we received that we distributed out to all the staff or
003yes, all the staff. Um so, that's really where that is in the 25. Similarly, the total expenses increased by 155. You see a decrease in the salary expenses. A lot of those are on the mini grants that we didn't have or did. Um the benefits again increased the tab. That's a lot of the retiree as they retired and we're going to start paying out their sick time, paying out all of that. Other non-payroll expenses saw a really big expense, sub cost. Um we had we had a couple staff or at least one staff ex- uh take the year off not year off, the end of the year off, so that cost was just not budgeted. Um sub cost always seems to be I'm going to say problem, but a large new budget item. Um so
004our deficit, $67,000, ending with 12.944. As you can kind of see, and look at that, I reversed some of that increase at 18. So that is what the county, the IC levies on our behalf for special ed. There's a formula that the business managers and the superintendent agreed upon probably 5 6 years ago. Uh at 18, we get an extra $24,000. They passed out $12 million. About $10 million. They generate about $18 million. So 18 in the county, but as you'll see below, we need about 36 million to self-fund special ed. Medicaid prior year adjustment, cert cost for uh for uh Oceana Christian for share time. Utilities increased, things like that. Stuff that you just kind of wait till the end to catch just because you don't know what's in and what's out. Taxable value,
005so you guys will also approve the L4029 hopefully tonight. As we know, that's what you guys approve, what we're going to levy. I send that over to the city, to the county, say, "Hey, this is what we're going to levy." So that then they can get your one of those so you guys can pay your property taxes for us. Um this is actually year looking back because I really don't assume taxable value increases. So from last year to 2 years ago to last year, we saw a little bit of an increase of about a million dollars. Um but our first our community personal property values went down. At the end of the day, money in, money out, right? So, the more property taxes we take, the less money the state gives. The state assumes that
006we get these 18 mills. So, the more property values you get, the less the state comes in. So, like when the state says they're going to keep giving you more and more money, you know, what do you have much extra money they gave? Well, let's just say property values went up in the whole state by 5%. That's 5% less that they have to pay on to the school districts. It's kind of a shell game. It's like they just want to pat yourself on the back. It's what the life to be a politician. Uh debt mill, operating mill. So, debt we're still at 7.82. When the school bond loan fund, we'll see that in a little bit later. Operating, if you add those two numbers together, that's 18 mills. That's the max you can levy for
007property. Sinking fund took a roll back because our property values increased higher than the standard deviation. So, they say, "Hey, you can't levy that 1.4014. Levy 1.3798." So, actually the community of North Muskegon will actually see a little bit less in their taxes. But their valuation went up, so it all washes away. But the numbers of mills are going down, people. So, valuation. So, uh generate $737,000 for the general operating. Again, that's that off in school, so it really doesn't matter. The bigger thing is 1. almost 1.8 million dollars of debt that comes in. Uh as you can see, these are our three debt plus that SBLF is the school bond loan fund. So, we owe and then that's where our millages are all coming in. So, 4 million, 3 million, 6 million in the
008school bond loan fund. So, it's really I'll call it like a it was built way back when for a small community like North Muskegon, small tax bases to be able to levy bonds and not really destroy the tax base by cuz if we didn't have the school bond loan fund that money that we generated back in 2024, you'd have to pay 12 13 mills to get that. And right now, you're just paying 7.8. We're loaning out the difference. So, we're borrowing out of a credit card. They give us more money and then at some point, in a couple more years, I think it's actually So, right here, I'm actually going to stand up for this. So, you can kind of see revenue. Yeah, so we need $282,000 to pay our November payment. We only have
00995,000 in the bank right now. So, I'm going to borrow $187,000 just to pay my mortgage for the first month. But then at some point, in a couple years, we're going to be repaying that. Where then I'm going to still levy 7.82 mills when you only need to levy five mills, the extra money I'm going to pay back to the honor balance. So, like this is kind of it. So, we're not going to we're going to repay. So, you can see our school bond loan fund is 3.68 3.68 million. It's going to go all the way to six 4.5.1 million in 2020 2031, excuse me. And then we're going to start to repay it back in 2030 2031 as you can kind of see. If we don't add any more debt, we're going to start
010repaying that credit card. Again, it's really a the only way a small $220 tax base could really generate that $7 million. A lot of small schools with a lot of small tax bases do it because it saves you guys money as a community. As Chris has still no budget. That's what we did. We're still shocked that the state says it's like a trust fund. That's I figured that's correct back there. >> [laughter] >> Trust us. And then there's going to be falling and guess what? He moves. And then all doers all honesty, I think the budget will be I think the what the lobbyists said is next week. Uh they want to get out before 4th of July. I would I'll believe it when I see it. Um it's an election year. I don't think
011it's going to get too pretty. I think what I budgeted is probably where it where we're going to be falling on it. So, the governor's budget the governor's issues are on the left is the school bond money or the school aid fund. You can kind of see it's over a billion dollars and this year $2.1 billion next year. But if you see the red, it's $800 million no $155 million in the hole and $1 billion in hole in '26 '27. So, it's like over like wait a minute because at the end of the day no different, they can just use higher ed. So, as you can kind of see is community college and higher education. I'm not I I'm going to speak more on the higher education. I'm not going to I I don't like
012that community I did community colleges are in there but also I see that there's a need for those. Um I'm not going to really argue but the higher ed with large endowments, they shouldn't be dipping dipping their toes in our school bond or school aid fund. But as you can see every house Senate and the governor's budget are proposing so the governor's proposing $1.2 million of of higher ed into school aid fund. Uh if I just take out community colleges, I mean look at you see the prior year was like $1.3 billion. So, So, they're generating a lot more. The house looks like hey look at they didn't increase their higher ed. Yeah, but they didn't also they excluded Michigan and Michigan State from the higher ed. Like they're not like it's just politics at
013this point. Um so I just put that in one point. It's a hot $1,400 per kid if the higher ed get completely got on. Just think of all that extra money we could have used in that. Um school or the school aid fund total, I mean if you look at it like that's if you really think of like lottery taxes and online gaming, I mean I do support that $9,591 right there. Um if you add those two together, that coincidentally is almost the valuation of what higher ed and community colleges cost. So every time you hear those lottery funds are like paying for K-12, yeah, lies. It's really just coming to pay Michigan Michigan State. It's really what it does. Add those two together. This is not fun. So 2016-2017 fall count is really unchanged
014949. Foundation allowances is at $10,300. It's a $250 increase. I think that's kind of locked in. I think everyone's telling us that. Uh section 147A offset $250,000 a year. That's going to dip a little bit because the ORS engine rates are getting a little bit better. Um newer staff are coming in that are in the DC like the 401K and not the experienced staff. I don't call them old. They're experienced staff that are in the DB that the pension systems, they're retiring out. So we're getting cheaper and cheaper. Uh as you see the minister's rate went from 29% to 27.5. So we're really going to see about a $200,000 savings on that. 147C, it's the U pay the state pays me. I pay for ORS system to really kind of keep this ORS ORS system
015afloat. 27L or 22L, excuse me. 27L is something different. Transportation offset, that's like 30,000 bucks that we get. We're going to expect that again. 31A is not in 31AA is not included. So that's the mental health school safety. Like we had to sell our soul, I'll say that. We had to sell our soul to get the money. Um I did not include it. I think there's going to be some deviations and some changes in the law that we are going to take it probably or that's your call but I think it's a recommendation going to be taken at. However, there's really no general fund savings to that because we moved all of that to other grants. So, if I get it, I don't have any other expenses to put in it as of right now.
016So, I just left it alone cuz it really doesn't change it. What is that? >> Usually I don't What are we expecting? >> 1 130. >> Okay. >> 130,000 bucks. Continuing the hard caps are going to go up 3%. I fully expect our rates to go up about 10 to 12%, so the burden's really going to be on the employees to pay the difference, which is not good. Uh replacement of all resigned retired staff admin partnerships, hopefully, wink wink, if not >> My last meeting >> Sorry. Hey, um North Service Unit costs increased by 5%. Uh just This is just standard thing that I'm a special that continues to go. Energy and bond payments, so there's it's like a shelf stair-step system. So, every 2 years it step principal goes up, so that's We have
017that till 2036. And then the IPA the 02 prime we just paid it. I think we have five or six more years on that, too, um until that's gone. More cash flow might happen, might not. Depends on that Depends on the budget, depends on how the second year happens. We always go through a bank loan anyways through 110, so we'll just wait to see that. Increase in staff, uh based on the projections on the formula uh the NMEA will get steps in 3%, but it's a formula, right? So, if our count goes down, that's just what my budgeted projections were. I put that in there so I compare apples to apples. Steps in 3%. The support union's already in place, not affiliated, so you guys have a handbook. As we always customarily do, steps are
018guaranteed, so in there that's really the only deviation from the handbook. And then when fall count is known if there is any sort of increase afterwards, the NMA will automatically get theirs cuz it's in the contract. You guys will reapprove the non-affiliated handbooks plus the clerical plus the transportation for any additional percentage increases. Um as I'll explain more about the movement of other funds. No title four storm connections, so that's there Sue and Julie. We're a two-year grant. Uh we just don't know what's going to happen with that. The ISD has been pretty The ISD through the federal grant hasn't really been clearly clearly communicating, so we just took it off. Uh and then John Allen wants to buy some elementary textbooks, so that's budgeted. >> I actually don't know. >> I thought you did.
019>> Work work >> Okay. I call them textbooks. Consumables, textbooks. Account language, textbooks. >> There's books in there made of paper and we agree on that. >> There you go. Thank you. So, this is uh it's a nice little demograph a diagram of what I did. So, the general fund has 112,000 of tech salary and benefits, software of 20,000, renovations of 30,000, capital outlay of 20,000. That's what we've had in the past. Technology millage has 132,000 hours in instructional technology. Sinking fund just has nothing in it right now. I had to try to put this puzzle together to try to best maximize that general fund as possible. So, what did I do? I decided I'm just going to move all the 132,000 into the new sinking fund cuz the new sinking fund is instructional technology.
020So, Chromebooks, software, instructional technology. I'll call it that. So, I'll move all 132,000 in sinking fund cuz I have a lot of sinking fund money. We have a lot of sinking fund money. So, I just saved Paul 132,000 bucks. You're welcome. Just wait. So, then what did I do? Look at that. I got 132,000 in technology salary and benefits and software. I just moved it from the general fund to save the general fund of our 332,000 bucks. And I filled in the entire hole in the technology department. Paul doesn't get up. >> I know. >> Yeah, Paul doesn't get upset, but he gets what he wants. Just in a different way. Took the renovations in the capital outlay, that 50,000, I'm just going to move that to the sinking fund, cuz I can save another
02150,000. So, you see >> That's a long transition. >> It saves the general fund 182,000 bucks. The sinking fund that I have a lot of funds in, cuz we have a bond, right? So, I don't need the sinking fund as much right now. I'm going to pay 100 314,000. Paul still happy cuz the net impact is zero dollars. But, it saves 182,000 to the general fund. We'll do that continually to try to save that general fund as much as we possibly can because we still have that bond. We still have some of those things. I don't like to do that, but when you see these numbers next, there's a reason why we have to. So, the general fund with all of those assumptions that we talked about, 185,000 our deficit. Our general fund is at
02212.09%. Um kind of here. So, the big blue is salary, orange I guess you want to call it, payroll taxes, the gray is the benefits. That green is other, basically anything non-payroll. That only equates to 19% of our budget, but only 2.4 million dollars. And some of that 2.4 is utilities. I don't think we really want to shut the heat off or the AC off. And that Uh so, some of that stuff, cleaning crews in there because they're a contracted service, things like that that we have to, non-negotiables is what I call it. But, it's it's easy to cut the non-salaries cuz it's always hard to cut people. But, when we look at it, 2.8 2.4 million dollars, there isn't a lot to cut from it cuz the majority of all school districts are 80
02385% people. So, it's just a little tougher. MIPSTER's rates kind of shared this. We've been As you start to see, I like that little decline. I think I think really showing that I kudos to the state when I have to. The state has kind of figured out how to fund this pension system. So, kudos to them for a small vote. Uh as you can see, I always like this. I always find they're in their audit. This is the first year ever, I think, other than 2018 that the number of active employees paying into the pension system actually increased. So, the other interesting part is you can kind of see the retirees has been flat. Which another way to put it, number of people retiring versus the number of people going in and out of the
024system are equal. I mean, there's no other way to say it. Enrollment trends, I always try to put this on. Um I don't have all the information cuz we don't use miniature charts anymore. But, yeah, based on last year, so this is I should have I needed to do this. This is last year's data, so um it's really 949, but then here's this red line is the share time that we have with Oceana and New Era. So, the blue line is our total K-8, we're kind of like a little bumpy roller coaster, but what concerns me is that red line continues to go up, that share time. So, if you take the red line out and take North Muskegon share time out, that enrollment starts to dip down. And you can kind of really see
025it down here. These numbers in 2026 is actually our spring numbers. So, the 82 is already gone, they graduated. Um but you can kind of see 68, 80, 72, 75. Next five four grades, the bottom four, 57, 67, 69, 61. Right, so school choices continue to be, we know that, because school choice is 51% of our kids here are school choice. And if we don't, right? If if we don't catch those, we got to make some that that number gets worse, right? That we we to start making some of those adjustments. Again, we have the numbers of gains. We we since we don't have any metrics, I can't do losses. Okay, so this is the data since we've stopped it. Um the losses have kind of we're we're really good on not having kids that
026aren't in here don't leave. Which is great. You can't say that out for a lot of states or a lot of schools in the state. We do not lose kids. I mean to all all I mean to a smaller degree. We are just taking more and more. Hopefully we have taken more and more uh as school choice. >> Full enrollment soon? >> Yep. Enrollment trends are just like that. Like that red line of our foundation over 10,000. Just ironic there's in the last 10 years 2 years that we didn't get any money. Like figure that out. Like I just don't understand it. Um this is always the same I always joke this is like job security to me because back pre-pandemic this blue used to be a lot more. 64% is solid in foundation. Government
027used to say, "Hey guys, we're just going to put the money in the foundation. We trust you guys to do it." Now they decide, "You know what? Screw this. We can do it better. We'll just give you grants." And then superintendents have to figure out how to do that grant. Instead of just putting in the foundation, we're going to hand string everything like special ed. One-time funding, I love that. $1.2 billion of one-time funding. That never was there before. That was that's what rolled into the foundation. So now they're just playing these pet projects as politicians. That's my words, not theirs. Special ed costs as I talked about, $841,000 of special ed is unfunded. I again, I always preface this with I do not say that special ed is overspending. It is just the broken
028special ed system. Muskegon County as a whole has a low low tax value for Act 18, so we just don't get funded very well. So, $842,000 is coming out of our general fund to subsidize special ed. We're accounting to ourselves. So, instead of being 55% funded, Ottawa County is funded about 95%. So, take an extra 40% of that. Like, it's just really That's the hard part of every county. Fund balance, remember that roller coaster? Shoot, half these board numbers I don't even care. When I started here, it's like, remember the roller coaster? We're going to survive this roller coaster. I put this together, I said, holy crap, this is a roller coaster. I don't like roller coasters, but look at that thing go. But, if you notice, where I started, when I said roller coaster,
029we're still higher than where we we said. And that's That's what we're trying to do. Food service, uh we have a projected higher fund balance than what we can. I forgot this thing is on. Um I'm just standing right in front of it. See my big face. >> Yeah, I'm I'm only seeing the PowerPoint. >> Okay, good. Woo. I mean, that would be a No, I got a face made for radio. Uh so, just all kidding aside, we're going to expect that. I don't think that's deviating anything much. Uh Kurt, Dan and I will have to start to figure out how to decrease that excess fund balance that we plan to have. Uh technology security, don't tell Paul. There's some money left over. Um even with all the movement of the funds, but at the
030end of the day, depending on how our general fund goes, depending on how that That is another option that we can do again next year, on top of all that movement that I shared. We can still do the same thing and move more. To really try to help sell Sinking Fund. Oop. Sinking Fund. So, now we have the new and the old, because they play by different rules. So, we always try to spend the old money. We got 47,000 bucks left. New is on that 199. The new can do instructional technology, buses, acquiring property, things like that. Doesn't mean we have to, but that's what it's allowed for on top of all these other stuff. The new The old can only do certain things. A lot less restrictive. Try to spend that money first. Fiduciary
031accounts, internal accounts. >> I just have to do it. I mean, I I I don't You just put numbers in. They get audited. >> Sorry, obviously the old can't be rolled into the new. >> Nope. >> Okay. >> Nope. Got to keep them separate. So, the the hope is is that maybe by the end of this year or the next year, might be able to spend that. >> Okay. >> So, then we're just dealing with the new. But, I don't ex- I expect it to be at latest '27, '28 and we'll be done with it. >> Does it have to be spent by a certain time? >> Nope. Nope. There's districts out there that have $10 million in the sinking fund. They just sit there. Just in case. Wish that was my problem. Actually, I
032don't like a $10 million for us. Like, that'd be What would we spend $10 million on? >> Oh, girl. >> No, see again, you got [laughter] to put that in context of it. Uh any questions? Again, I got to reach I got to go to my other presentation. Any questions on any of the finance stuff that are in your packet that I can answer that because I don't have Jeff here. >> This this So, this is the budget hearing. The 6:00 meeting is where all of these different are are approved. So, what happens in this we don't approve anything. It's happens next. So, like Mark said, while we have him, now's the time for questions. I'll do my best if if something comes up later, but we got Mark right now, which is a a
033good a good thing. So, >> Any questions? Is that enough jazz, Brandon? >> I I like the hand gestures. It wasn't quite jazz hands, but I liked it. >> Yeah. I I can do that. >> Well done. >> Thank you. Yeah. I don't know where you want to go with it, Paul. >> Get to get to do it all over again with different numbers, right? >> Different numbers, yes. And then different They don't have so many fun pizzazz. >> Well, you save it for us. >> They You guys enjoy it, I hope. >> Yeah. >> two And looks like we have full board representation. And we already did the pledge of allegiance, so we won't go over that again. And we'll skip right to item three, which is the approval of the consent agenda. And
034that's from June 8th board meeting. Can I hear a motion? >> I move that we approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Support. >> All right. All those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Any opposed? All right, motion passes. Item four, public comments. We've got a few folks from the public in the audience. Anyone have any comments? >> Um just want to know when we're going to be up and down. Same? >> We'll know more in a couple of weeks. Um we're hoping pretty level. >> Okay. And you don't have funding yet because the state hasn't done their >> We don't have guaranteed funding yet, but we just have >> Kind of like you went through the last year. >> Very very similar. The only difference would be that it looks like we're probably
035going to have that uh hopefully by the end of this month, but again, no guarantees. But we tonight will be approving budgets with the best information we have even though Lansing didn't do what they were supposed to. >> Now, one more question. When you bid on stuff, I I understand when you you know, if you need like uh paper to run your printers and stuff. What what is the number >> number what I When you send out bids, what's what's like the minimum number? >> Threshold? >> To bid on. Yeah, threshold number. >> 30 I want to say it's like 32. >> 32 30 but yeah, around 35,000. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> You you folks operate a little different than the city does. I'm just So >> We're state regulated us. >> I
036know. Yes, I think you folks don't do a better job with our money in the city of North Muskegon than they do. So, I'm just going to I guess leave it at that. Um Yes, you folks do a very good job. >> Thanks, Blake. >> Yeah. That's it. >> Thanks, Blake. >> Yeah. >> Um all right, we'll move to 7:39. I think we're going >> I'm going to say cool off now. >> Okay, so we're going to approve we have a new board member by default. Uh Laney or Alaina >> Ferris, thank you. I was like who who it was. Uh so, for many of you on the board, you interviewed her um in the past and uh when she reached out and had interest in this board seat, she was the only one who
037responded. And so, we um will go through and I will I hear a motion to approve Alaina Ferris. Ferris will be new board member. >> I move to approve Elena Ferris as our new board member. >> Support. Moved and supported. For all those in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? >> It was Brandon I didn't I heard his voice but I didn't see lips move. Okay. >> Yep. >> And is she And is she um is she on right now? >> We can't tell who's on. >> Okay. Well, she >> This welcome lady. I can see somebody's on. >> You are >> I can't see who. >> Got you. That makes sense. All right. So, 7:39 has been passed. All right. Welcome, lady. All right. 7:40. So, we're going to do uh I'll hear a
038motion for the adoption of final 2025-2026 budgets, which is 7:40. >> I move to accept the adoption of the final 2025-2026 budget as presented. >> Support. >> All right. Motion has been moved and supported. For those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed, say nay. Not opposed. Motion passes. 7:41. >> Roll call. >> Oh, is it roll call? All right. Start with Newark. Yes or no? >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> All right. We good? It's 7:41. Motion, please. >> I move that we approve the adoption of proposed 2026-2027 budgets as presented. >> This is roll call also, Christine. >> All right. Please say supported. All right. It's been moved and supported and seconded. All those in favor, say I. >> Roll call. >> Oh, roll call. >> This one is also.
039Sorry. Sorry, ma'am. >> Yes. >> All right. That's been approved and it's moved. Moving on to 742, is the approval of the L4029. That's a property tax village. And I'll just need a motion to approve that. >> I move to approve the L4029. Motion. >> Okay. Word. All right. It has been moved and supported. For those in uh roll call or Okay. For those in favor, say I. >> I. Any opposed? Say nay. All right. Moved, supported, and passed. All right. And then we have 743, which is the approval of non-affiliated handbooks for the admin and clerical. There is a change in the steps, right? >> Yep. It's um uh the only change uh affected is in updating the compensation for the next school year. So, no nothing as far as verbage or anything else.
040That's the only change, which will be something we have to do annually um just to keep up with that. >> Okay. Anyone want to put that up for a motion? >> I move to approve the non-affiliated handbooks for admin and clerical. >> Support. >> Moved to approve and supported. All those in favor, say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. 743 has passed. All right. Great. Uh next is our board comments. So, let's uh start down with Mrs. B. Do you have anything to say today? >> Oh, thanks for remembering. >> We see you down there. >> Yeah. I Things seem to be moving right along. >> Yep. >> And most of us have been sitting in these chairs long enough to get some good comments from our community. family and So, I'm ready
041to go. >> Awesome. >> Going north. I'd say welcome to Ms. Burrows. Um good to have you. Uh as part of the board. And I'm going to say just give a shout out to Mr. Freeburg for his teacher of the year nomination. That's super cool. >> Yep. >> An amazing award for him and really great to put uh Muskegon in a nice positive light kind of in the West Michigan area like that. So, that's exciting. >> Mhm. And welcome to Laney also and congrats to Bill. It's a huge honor and welcome to Sarah. And um I did have another thought and now I can't remember it. So, enjoy your summer. Oh, yes. Thanks to Mark for all the hard work. That's what it was. And watching him go through all the list of numbers and
042stuff, it's it's incredible all the work that is put into the budget and knowing all the behind the scenes stuff. So, um thanks to Mark and Jessica for for for all the hard work. >> I'm going to echo a lot of that. Um welcome to Laney and here um and yeah. Congratulations to Bill. Um not surprising at all. Uh well deserved. Uh and yes, thank you for you know, breaking all of this uh dense material down to Mark and Jessica. I know go do a lot of work here. Um, they manage very thoughtfully our budget. >> All right, thanks, Lisa. >> Yeah, um, for sure the Mr. Freeze was great watching our video was inspiring. So, safe release. So, it was really happy to see that. Uh, again, um, being part of the finance committee
043it is a pleasure to see, you know, Mark working well with our administration of Kurt and first Jess Jess's efforts there. Can't say enough about it. I think the behind the scenes it's even just, you know, just Mark go ahead knowing just how to put those pieces of the puzzle together. Uh, which makes sense and which is very fiscally responsible and also, you know, every effort is to to save us money, all right? So, I think uh, I think Mark does a masterful job of that. Welcome, Laney. Um, glad to have you on board. Uh, I was not here at the last board meeting so I didn't say how well graduation went, but it went extremely well. Um, as a as a parent of a grad it was super proud and happy to be a
044Norseman that day. So, it's all good. Uh, and um, I think that uh, yeah, looking forward to a nice summer. So, lots to be done this summer. >> Uh, so yeah, congratulations to Laney. Uh, I didn't get to interview her but I did get to have a good chat with her in the hall uh, before I got interviewed. Uh, and I I I love her disposition. Uh, and I think she's going to add some new perspectives to our group. Uh, very excited to work with her in the future. Um, as for the the budget stuff, you know, that was the deficit in the general general fund. Not the best but I think uh, Mark and uh, Kurt are clever guys and they're to get it started. So, you know, it's not the first time, probably
045be the last time for that kind of situation, but it's uh got a good group, so. Uh and that's congrats to Mr. Friesner, teacher of the year, good stuff. All right, over to the finance. >> I'm going to be super unoriginal and reinstate everything that literally everyone else said. Uh so, congratulations to Mr. Friesner. Um my son, who graduated 3 years ago, when he found out that he was getting that award, like uh one of my girls was like, "Oh, did you hear that Mr. Friesner got teacher of the year?" And like without missing a beat, he's like, "That just makes sense." Um so congratulations there. Uh welcome to Laney. I'm very excited to start working with her. Um thanks to Mark and Jess for all that they do, cuz as the one who is
046not on finance committee, that is a lot to look at and and learn about. Um and I feel like yeah, he explains it well that even I can understand it. He does a great job there. >> Um obviously echo what everybody, and then I'll just uh say that um I'm excited to have my seven bosses in place um for the first time in several months, so um looking forward to continuing um some of the little lunch workshop things with the um the newest of our board members. We'll have to figure that out, because if we bring all the real new ones, we would be at that quorum so then you have >> [clears throat] >> because we don't want to do that, but uh um just a a it was an incredible incredibly smooth, positive
047school year, and um I hope everybody just has a great summer, and we do it all over again next year, but maybe even better. All right. Thank you, everyone. Thank you for attending, and meeting adjourned. >> I'll say it again. >> What? >> Oh, you did already? >> Yeah.