001Good evening everyone. It's June 5th and we're having a public hearing on horse school budget. Would you please stand and join me in honor of America to recite the pledge? 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. All right. At this time, I'll turn it over to the superintendent um for the presentation of the budget. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Ladies and gentlemen, members of the community. Tonight is a public hearing of the revised budget 25.6 school year. Projected state aid, we covered most of this before, is at 04%. A lot of people have seen this as well as well as when you see the double asterisk that includes the additional $384,000 in
002aid from the late New York state budget that was adopted around May 13th and the budget. It is included into this budget. Our tax cap calculation uh has included all the information that we had talked about as well as the aid. In addition, it has uh come in at the very bottom line that you see amount below the tax levy limit is $65,000 under the 2% tax cap limit that's by law and therefore it requires only a 50% plus one vote. The summary of the budget revenues are pretty much uh with the tax items that are calculated under this budget. The state that's been adjusted comes in at a total revenue increase of 2.09 9 which is less than the 2.9 to 3.1 rate of CPI and inflation. The budget expenditures again you've seen this
003slide over and over again. Now it has more even more reductions to it that we'll get to in just a moment but that has a total expenditure of 2.09. Remember it has to be equal so that we balance out the budget. What has changed from the defeated budget? First of all there's additional state aid. We've already mentioned that. We also had the following reductions from the first board's proposed budget. Remove new elementary assistant principal. We cut central office principal account clerk through retirement. Two world language positions through retirement with restructuring middle school Spanish. The program will not be eliminated or reduced. It is just being restructured. That the students will take the fullear course in 8th grade similar to what we currently do with our French students. There is a cut in the transportation department
004service truck mostly special education funds that will not impact student placement because we've done a review. If it is a situation during the year where we have more placements we will have to adjust our budget appropriately within our posting as well. We have decreased the stop loss insurance premium which has netted the reduction in our budget of around $269,000. salary and benefit packages for breakage on the intermediate school principal and the community information specialist about $60,000. We have also done a cost shift of temporary summer labor for construction related to the moves to the capital project which will be able to be accomplished this year and potentially next year as well as reduction in contractual summer days projected amount uh in the amount of $35,000. This is to bring the total amount below what we
005need. What the revised budget includes, this is the most important piece. This revised budget, even with additional cuts, maintains all current educational programs in academics, arts, and athletics. Very hard to do because we are pretty much at our end of any type of reduction that will not impact staffing or program. The sustainability of the summer learning academy that was previously grant funded is continued in this budget. We will still be trying to support our intervention teachers and intervention reallocation of teaching assistance that was talked about in the budget for social, emotional, academic, and behavioral supports. It also still allows for about $20,000 of rebuilding the allocation of curriculum work hours which also is potentially contractually required and also ensures that all students in each of our three elementary schools will have four free play uh
006for their buildings and that the experience is the same for building to building and not by where you overall the 2526 revised balance budget. You can see it balances 2.9 in expenditures, 2.909 in revenue. We have used tax levy increase of 2.181 which is below the 2% tax capital limit even though it is at a calculation of 4.56%. That's the nuance in it. That is below the 2% which everybody talks about. The ARS reserve we're using 600,000. The EPR or employee benefit and liability reserve we're using 200,000. inter fund transfers 145 and fund balance $1 million. And to get this budget where it is with its estimated tax rate, the board authorized $1.3 million in uh debt service to offset and lower the tax rate from the calculated 48 cents per thousand down to no
007more than five cents per thousand or $5 per $100,000 full home value. If this budget was successful, ladies and gentlemen, requires a 50 plus 1% uh approval for the budget to be approved. June 2526 June 17th budget vote proposition shall adopt the 2526 budget shall be the proposed budget of the Horet Central School District for 2526 in the amount of 104,828,196 be approved in accordance with section 202 of the education law and that the balance of set budget after applying public monies thereto be raised by a tax upon the taxable property of set district. That is the proposition of being asked to be yes or no. That is the only thing you will see on the ballot. I do want people to understand that the ballot comes in a set size that you must print
008it at. So you get this big ballot with a very little thing. So that's why we have the viewing glasses as well, but we are following laws. And I know people will say, "Why didn't you just print it?" We aren't allowed. Please vote when? Tuesday, June 9 June 17th, 7 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Same exact place that you voted last time in the high school north gym. It will be properly signed out in the community leading in. If you've ever voted here, you just come like you would normally vote and the signs will lead you right to the gym. Ladies and gentlemen, that is the public board's uh the public hearing on the board's adopted budget. At this time, it's only for public comment regarding the budget. [Music] I think you're the only one live.
009I didn't know if you needed to do his I just wanted to make sure that Yeah. All right. So, we move to the uh public comment on the budget. I believe you're aware of all the rules. You're limited to five minutes. You have to state your name. It won't be long and your address. Yeah. Um I just want to begin by thanking Katie for taking the time last time to explain the levy process and to provide the illustration that showed the rates for each municipality. Um, I incorrectly assumed that the UPV equal equalization rate because it should. Um, so I learned something new and I appreciate that. Oh, that better. Oh, I hate that. Okay, Angie Finley, I'm sorry. So, I was thanking Katie for the illustrations. Um, I also want to echo some of
010the board members mentioned um maybe providing that illustration to taxpayers and I thought that would be a really good idea to put it on the tax page in August when the levy is created. Um, I appreciate the fine tooth combing that the budget has gone through and I'm thankful that staff aren't losing their positions. Um, but I think it's really important to not downplay the cuts that are being implemented. So cuts to Boseies creates a reduction in revenue and it's not to say that it's a a bad decision to do it. It's just to say that there's a consequence for every decision we make. um removing the seventh grade Spanish curric from the curriculum is obviously a cut and I know checkpoint A is still attainable but the program is being changed dramatically. Um I
011know it was mentioned that it was only a delay in the program but I think it's important to not fall into that nuance especially because we can use that same justification if we were to cut ACE for example. You could say well it's just a delay for our students. They'll get their college classes when they go to college. So, just to put that out there to be cautious. Um, I'm going to skip that part. It's unfortunate that we're at the point that we are in um regarding the budget process due to the failed first run, but this is a strong budget that still allows students to obtain checkpoint A in language before entering high school. Um, no jobs are lost and it's under the tax cap. So, I will vote yes for this budget just
012like I did in the last run and I will continue to be an advocate in the community for accurate information sharing and transparency. So, appreciate you guys. You did a good job. Thank you. Would anybody else like to speak? All right. So, seeing that, nobody else one last time. All right. So, with nobody else coming forward one last time, then um I make a motion or I need a motion to adjourn. So, move second. All in favor? Opposed? extension. Thank you everyone. Enjoy your evening. Stay cool. You got to judge.