001Yes, our uh our MVP awards uh for the month right around right around 20 uh for the for the month of uh April. Kind of funky month because we have that uh we have that spring break in there which sometimes causes a little bit of a lapse. Um again, I love to read some of these. So, I picked out a couple uh tonight. one is uh the first one will be for uh Dave Briggs. Are we looking at a different list here, Amanda? I Oh, there it is. Uh Dave works tireless tirelessly with a neverending positive attitude to support our children not only athletics but in personal development as well. say he goes above and beyond in ensuring growth, in encouraging sportsmanship, and p and fostering positivity is a gross understatement. He exhibits every attribute
002you could wish for in a role model, and I'm thankful that our children have him in our lives. Um, yeah, there seems to be a um maybe we had an overlap here. The next one I'm going to read is for Amanda Snyder. Um, Amanda Snyder. Um, this one says, "Amanda is there for everyone. She not only she helps not only the students that she works with, but everyone in her classes along with being an aid. She does sports study hall for the high school and the afterchool program for the middle school. The kids all really like her. It's one of our onetoone aids. And uh the last one is for Tammy Capron and it reads, "Tammy is an excellent bus driver. She was safe while driving my field trip to Syracuse with my junior class.
003She was kind and very helpful to me and my friends. She was a very good driver and worked hard to get around tight squeezes in traffic and get us to the fair efficiently and on time. Tammy is also fairly new to driving and she seemed to work hard, so she deserves this. So, um, again, teachers, non-teers, coaches. Um, so I apologize for the for some of these names not being up there. Um, I my my list is different than than the list that's on the up on the screen. So, we'll make sure that on our display board outside um in the front of the school where we display those names, we'll we'll make sure we get all the the recognitions out there. So, and we have the cards just like you read. Yes. So Tammy's
004gonna get to rule that she can't move around tight. Squeeze. That's right. Okay, great. Yes, it's good to know. And then um uh last our last presentation for the evening, we'll bring Misty Biosi up for our budget presentation tonight. So I'll give her a second to to transition to those. I like that you always put invigorating presentations ahead a little easier. All right, so this will be our last board education budget presentation. We're coming towards the end of that budget development season. Um so this is our final balanced budget that's on the agenda tonight. Um so it'll look very similar to our previous presentations. that revenue sign budget. Um most of these numbers for the revenue side have really not changed significantly from our previous presentations. Although the state budget isn't done, we don't expect
005to see any fluctuations or significant fluctuations in our numbers. Um so we can tell that these are pretty solid even though we're still waiting on that site. So one number I always want to point out, our tax levy, we have a 3.6% increase. That's what we call tax cap compliant. Um so that means that for the budget we're not asking for a super majority. It's a simple 50% majority um to have that process completed. So still pretty solid. You'll see there overall um a decrease actually in revenues very slight 0.5%. That will match on the budget side. So for our program, which is the majority of our budget, again, um not huge fluctuations here, I do want to point out the CTE number. Um so the final rates for that program did increase as well.
006So that number has gone up a little bit since the last time you saw it. Um again, we just have more students participating in a higher rate. We also have what's really driving this is we have some students out of district placed. We have some special education tuition costs, the CTE changes, and then our health insurance rates um are 15% increase for next year. So, when you're looking at these, those are kind of the heavy hitters. Um our transfer for special a year program. Um it hadn't been raised in many years. So, this is part of that escalation to match what we're actually doing for our program. As a school district, we're responsible for 20% of the approved cost, which number and then the state gives us a for the rest of it. Our capital
007portion is mostly our buildings and grounds, our debt service. Um, you know, and then again, we always have a capital outlay every year. So, that $100,000 transfer. It's sort of like a mini capital project. It lets us do a little bit of work in between things. We do get aid on that. And the project for 2526 is slated to be some more scoreboard work as well as some acoustic improvements, some sound dampening within the buildings. Uh again here in the operations and maintenance code, the drive of that increase is not personnel driven. It's really our utility costs. Those are going up this year. They've already gone up 20 30%. and they're projecting another 40% next year, which I'm sure we're all feeling at home, but the school district as well, our bills are going up
008with that. Um, and then again, this transfer to debt service is going down. We had that capital project correction. So, the decrease is not unusual. We just had a one time adjustment in 2425 that's now falling off. Our last part of the budget is our administrative side. Um, so we have up here pretty much the same as what we presented last time. Um, we have uh some salaries that were partially grant funded that now that those grants are expiring and falling off, those are moving back towards the general fund. So particularly up in this second line item, that's the driver for that increase. In financial services, we have a transition of our financial system. one year bump because we have to have a little overlap with those before we get rid of the old system
009and then some minor decreases here. um our Bosey's capital rent is adjusted a little bit and then again same issue our employee benefits are really increasing because of that health insurance cost and what I would just say as a reminder for how this is split on the administrative side it also includes the retiree insurance so that's why it's a bit of a higher percentage than you would see in the other parts of the budget um so we have overall 25 041 943. That is a 0.5% decrease from the 24 25 budget, which is unusual. You don't typically see budgets go down yeartoear. Part of ours is really driven by that debt service falling off. So on the revenue side, we're losing money, but we're also seeing a decrease in expenditure. And that's part of why
010that final number is shaking out to a decrease overall. So, this will be the proposition that the voters will see on the ballot. Um, we'll also present this at our budget hearing on May 6th for anybody who would like to attend. Uh, we have a short ballot this year, only two propositions. Our second being our student transportation. So, we're requesting from the voters to use $395,000 from our reserve fund, so no tax impact, to purchase two fulls size buses. And then of course we have our board member election. So up this year are the two seats. Each are threeear terms. Um and then this listing reflects the draw for the ballot listing as well. So overall we're wrapped up in the budgetary process. We are at a balanced budget. Our revenues match our expenditures which
011we have to have to be able to present a budget to voters. Um and Even though the state budget is out, not yet finished, it really shouldn't have anything for us. So, that's kind of where we're sitting overall. Any questions? I have one question. Okay. Um, if you go back to the um I think it was the first slide with the CTE increase. So, I know that you've talked about this before and that we've had we have more students involved and it's obviously increased as far as the cost as well. Um, is there how is that defined? Is there any cap on how much it can increase from year to year or when we see that? So there isn't a cap on how much the rate itself can increase or necessarily on the students who
012participate. Um the way a Boseies just for folks here who may not be as familiar how they set their rates. Um they choose their rates, they set them, we are subject to them. A Boseis does not raise tax from anyone. So they don't have what we colloally refer to as the 2% cap. They don't have that. So they if their costs go up, they can raise their rates 10 15%. And they don't necessarily have that same burden of justifying or explaining that to taxpayers because they don't have it. The districts pay for all of that. And that's just a function of how Bosey's works. The rate did go up from about $11,300 to $12,500 per student. So it was a significant jump. And we also had a significant jump in enrollment for those programs. So
013combined that's why you're seeing such a So it's a one time change per year. Per year once. And how often or when do we typically see that? Um, usually in February, March, they release what they call their service requests and that's when they'll publish the rate for the next year. Correct. So, and CTE is build based on prior year enrollment. So, in 2526 we're actually paying for 24 25 students. So, you're going to see a lag sometimes. If you know like let's say in 2425 you knew we had more students, you might not see that in the 2425 bill just because they're on that lag system. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you. Okay. All right. We're going to move on to the minutes. Um I would take the regular and the specials together
014if Thank you, Mrs. Digman. In a second by Mrs. Kaiser. Any questions, corrections? All in favor? Any oppose? Any abstensions? Okay, moving on. Um, financial reports. Could I have a motion for some? I make a motion for D1 through 7. Thank you, Mrs. Damon. And a second by Mrs. Kaiser. Any questions on this group? little catch up this month, right? Just a long time in between meetings and uh so you'll see some extra and extra monthly reports in here. Any questions? Okay. Mrs. Kaiser, yes. Mrs. FS, yes. Mrs. Dingman, yes. Mrs. Decker, yes. Mr. Joyce, yes. And Mrs. Mad again. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Uh E for the consent agenda. Could I have a motion, please, for some Yeah. E. So, Mrs. Geyser, I'll make a motion. Um E1 E1 through 10. Um, take out
015E39. Yes, please. Please. Could I have a second? Please, Decker. Do you ever wonder if the person at home is like, "Wait a minute, is that me?" Okay, any questions on this group? It's going to be all of the consent agenda with the exception of resignation 39. When you're ready, Mrs. Decker, yes. Mr. Joyce, yes. Mrs. Damon, yes. Mrs. Kaiser, yes. Mrs. B. Yes. And Mrs. Madigan, yes. Thank you. I have a motion for that last, please. Mrs. Kaiser. Um, I'll make a motion for E39. Mr. Joyce, would you second that? Second. Thank you. It's going to be a lot of little unhappy people. There will be. Uh, I I would like to turn it over to Mr. Taylor just real quick to He's got a couple words about Mrs. Ferman. So, yeah, Mrs. Ferman,
016um, I'm not sure exactly how many years she's been in preK. Uh, I know it's been it's certainly been all the seven that I've been here. Um, and I know she's been with Jesse for a couple years longer than that. And this is Paige. So, it's been at least uh at least 10 or 11 years. Um, she's there, you know. I mean, she's just it's just great to walk in. Um, it's just when you see a professional working, she is able to sit down, the kids roll through, she knows exactly what she's going to be doing. The kids know what they're supposed to be doing. It's like clockwork in there. Um, it's great. So, she's working with some of our youngest, you know, our threes and four-year-olds when they first get here. Um they're three
017and um you know it's just a great thing. We're gonna really miss her. I'm gonna miss because it's I just know it always works. Uh Mrs. Ferman's always there. Um her and Mrs. Paige work really well together and um the kids are are just always a great place. So I'm going to I'm going to miss Mrs. Ferman, you know, without a doubt. Um she's been a great professional with us. Thank you. Absolutely. So no all the way across. That would make for one. She's still going. Yeah, exactly. Anybody else have anything? When you're ready. Mrs. F. Yes. Mrs. Kaiser. Yes. Mrs. Digman. Yes. Mr. Joyce. Yes. Mrs. Decker? Yes. And Mrs. Madigan? Yes. All right. So, we'll move on to new business. Could I have a motion for One through eight. Okay. Can we go
018one through nine? We can. Yes. Can we go one through nine and 11? No. No. Okay. I'm going to make a motion for F1 through nine. I'll second that motion. Thank you, Mrs. Okay. Questions? Mr. Mr. Norman, just for um the public, could you talk about that resolution for the exemption um in the village of Fair Haven F5? Yes. Uh so that was brought to our attention by the vi uh by the village of Fair Haven. It's it's been an exemption in on their end for a long long time. And with the new assessor that came through, the assessor was looking for paperwork and couldn't find on record a an agreement for that uh for that exemption. So, um that absent agreement was also missing from the town and the county as well. So the
019um the mayor of Fair Haven worked with the county of uh Coug County, the town of Sterling, and um us as well to to kind of close the loop on that paperwork-wise. Um it's it's been in practice. Um we just didn't have nobody could find uh the appropriate paperwork on it. So, um, we were able to get a authorization drafted and that, uh, will allow them to continue to, um, be exempt from taxes on on that on that piece of property. It's very small piece, the water tower. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions on that? Okay. When you're ready, Mrs. statement. Yes. Mrs. Decker. Yes. Mrs. Boltz. Yes. Mrs. Kaiser. Yes. Mr. Joyce. Yes. And Mrs. Madigan. Yes. Okay. Can we do Can I motion? A motion for 10. I'll second. Thank you, Mrs. Fols.
020You need to put the uh votes in there. I think we do the budget one first. Okay. So, this is going to be specifically for just the budget vote and then we'll do individual candidates which I think everybody's seen um after that. Okay. Any questions on the budget? Right. Sorry, I'm reading it over and over again. So, okay. When you're ready. Yes. Mr. Joyce, yes. Mrs. Kaiser, yes. Mrs. Fols, yes. Mrs. Decker, yes. Mrs. Damon, no. And Mrs. Madigan? Yes. Okay. I would take a motion for uh one of the candidates if someone would like to make that for the Boseies board. I'll make a motion for Robin Johnson. Can I have a second for that? Second that. Thank you, Mrs. Damon. I'm going assume there's no questions unless someone has anything. You ready? Mr.
021Joyce, yes. Mrs. Decker, yes. Mrs. Damman, yes. Mrs. Holmes, yes. Mrs. Kaiser, yes. And Mrs. Madigan, yes. Thank you. Okay, for the second candidate, could I have a motion, please? I'll make a motion for Heather Bachmann. I'll second that. No, you're good. You're good. That was a combo effort on the second. Any questions? Ready? Mrs. Kaiser? Yes. Mrs. Bolts? Yes. Mrs. Dingman? Yes. Mrs. Decker? Yes. Mr. Joyce? Yes. and Mrs. Madigan. Yes. Thank you. I take a motion for the third. I'll take a motion for David Landon. Thank you. Mr. Joyce, did you want to Yeah, I'll second. Okay. Just want to give you an opportunity. Any questions? Okay. When you're ready. Mrs. Becker. Yes. Mr. Joyce. Yes. Mrs. Dingman. No. Mrs. Kaiser. Yes. Mrs. Fols. Yes. And Mrs. Madigan. Yes. Okay. Could I um
022could I have a motion for 11, please? Thank you, Mrs. Tucker. And a second. This folds. Any questions? Last year this was on the agenda just as a superintendent's FYI. It does not need it does not need board of board approval. So what are we going to say? Do you want to add to that or There's not much else to add. It doesn't need board approval. So um do we want to move it out of new business or were we just accepting it to show good faith? I know you have a motion in a second. So, well, that's what I'm saying. Oh, I was like, do you want me to reach back? I didn't correspondence would be an okay location for that. I'm okay with not voting on it unless I mean it's it's not
023a board function. It it it's a recognition. Um well, then who's getting the coin? Um, just kidding. Uh, was it Mrs. Decker? Yes. Okay. Could we withdraw? Sure. Okay. And who was the second? Mrs. Foss. Was that Yes. Yes. The oxygen on in here today. The heat is about the heat. Yeah. It's definitely plenty more. All right. So, we're going to move this. We're going to remove that. You don't need to take any votes tonight on that. If you wanted to speak to that under the superintendent's part, that would be fine. All right, we're gonna move on. Uh, correspondence, any questions on the administrative reports? Okay, Mr. Uh, I'll give you an update on the board of education ballot order. Uh, we have five, uh, we received five petitions for for two slots. Um the
024order was posted in in Miss Diosi's presentation and uh was just next out of new business. So um you'll see those that'll go in our newsletter that'll go out um uh I think we finalized our budget newsletter today. So that'll be um going off to the printer and we'll get that information out to the community so they'll have uh have all of our budget information. every senior is writing down awkwardly laughs like every two minutes. Sir Mr. Clemen will be super excited, right? I could tell some bad dad jokes, but they're like moving along and it's gone. Uh in addition, obviously we have our um attendance rates again uh attendance rate down a little bit, staying above 92 and a half%. It's another short month uh with the with April being you know you have
025uh you have some breaking there. I think again more concerning you see the um you know we're 772 is our number at the end of March total enrollment for UPK through 12 this point last year we were at 814. Uh so you're you're right around the 50 give or take 50 students less than we were at this time last year and a good 20 plus students where we were at the beginning of this school year down. So um again the more data points we get to it gives you a more steady understanding of exactly exactly what we're looking at in terms of student enrollment numbers. Uh Mr. Taylor will tell me that three new students started today. So, um maybe 772 pops up to 775, but um you know, we're still in that down 50
026from last year, down 20 from from the beginning of this year. So, uh it's great. Certainly something to keep an eye on. I don't know if I would consider it great. Well, it's great that you got three new students. That part is we'll take Yes. Exactly right. Um again more of an uhformational notice. Uh the community center advisory board is again whole. So they they have been working hard. Mr. Welchure, Mr. Vinol have and their team have been working hard to fill some of the vacant slots. There was a move around. Um but I brought this back to you folks uh a couple board meetings ago and there was one vacancy. Since that time, they've been able to um find somebody to to step in and fill that role. So, um just wanted to bring
027that to your folks attention. Okay. Questions? Anyone want to share any committee updates? Heard nothing from the wellness committee, which makes me think they're doing well. There's a new person that's in charge of the regionwide wellness committee and I think there's a little bit of a feeling out process shall I say. Um Rick Admonson the former director uh was uh a former PE director and a superintendent in the region and was super active with with all the schools in the Wayne Fingerlakes area. I think this new person is just getting off the ground. So hopefully as they as they kind of get up, we'll probably have more information from the wellness committee. Okay. To check in. Anybody got anything else? Uh school safety is still meeting once a quarter um with a new SRO and
028some changes. So it's nice to get everybody together and seems to be running really well. Mr. personally does a good job of of making updates to everybody. Anybody else? The policy meeting as you or the policy committee as you know is working diligently to review all of policies. We're into the 7,000s. Um the 8,000s are the end. So we're So we're couple more meetings and Mrs. D. We're working on it. We're done. No, no, we're not. Till next year. July 1st is just around the corner. Okay. Uh, seeing that there's nothing else, I would take a motion to move into executive for negotiations matter, please. Mrs. Folz, Mrs. Decker. Thank you guys. We need something signed. Somebody with a suit.