1 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,440 It's 5. Oops. It is 5 o'clock and we are 2 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,479 going to call the meeting to order with 3 00:07:02,479 --> 00:07:05,039 first a roll call. 4 00:07:05,039 --> 00:07:06,080 Paula Whitford 5 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:06,720 >> here. 6 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,720 >> Michelle Brusso 7 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:09,120 >> here. 8 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:10,160 >> Kate Masinati 9 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,039 >> here. 10 00:07:11,039 --> 00:07:12,000 >> James Dustivo 11 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:12,560 >> here. 12 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,880 >> And I Carol Veter I mean here. 13 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,360 This the school committee committee may 14 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,599 speak to recess to executive session for 15 00:07:21,599 --> 00:07:23,680 discussion and or action regarding those 16 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,160 items of business exempt from open 17 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,319 meetings under general uh Rhode Island 18 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:30,479 general law 42464 19 00:07:30,479 --> 00:07:33,680 and a discussion action personnel job 20 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,840 performance interim chief financial 21 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,680 officer contract Rhode Island general 22 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,880 law 42465A1 23 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,400 and B discussion action personnel job 24 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,240 performance superintendent out annual 25 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,039 UAL evaluation Rhode Island General Law 26 00:07:49,039 --> 00:07:51,440 42465A1 27 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,120 individuals have been notified including 28 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,360 the right to have any discussion held in 29 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,840 open session. 30 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,520 >> I'll make a motion to resess to 31 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:00,639 executive session. 32 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:01,759 >> Second. 33 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:02,879 >> All those in favor? 34 00:08:02,879 --> 01:08:41,749 >> I. Motion passes. 35 01:08:41,759 --> 01:08:43,759 Good evening. 36 01:08:43,759 --> 01:08:45,759 We're going to call the open session of 37 01:08:45,759 --> 01:08:50,880 the meeting to order at 6:02. 38 01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:55,110 We're going to start with a roll call. 39 01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:57,679 » Paula Whitford 40 01:08:57,679 --> 01:08:58,799 >> here. 41 01:08:58,799 --> 01:09:00,080 >> Michelle Brusso 42 01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:00,480 >> here. 43 01:09:00,480 --> 01:09:01,520 >> Kate Masinady 44 01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:02,400 >> here. 45 01:09:02,400 --> 01:09:03,359 >> James Divo 46 01:09:03,359 --> 01:09:07,359 >> here. and I Carol better am here. 47 01:09:07,359 --> 01:09:08,719 Please join me in the pledge of 48 01:09:08,719 --> 01:09:32,070 allegiance. 49 01:09:32,080 --> 01:09:33,679 Do I have a motion to seal the minutes 50 01:09:33,679 --> 01:09:35,279 of the executive session? 51 01:09:35,279 --> 01:09:36,640 >> I'll make a motion to seal the minutes 52 01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:39,279 of the executive session. 53 01:09:39,279 --> 01:09:40,560 >> All those in favor? 54 01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:40,960 >> I. 55 01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:43,279 >> That motion carries. There were no votes 56 01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:45,839 taken in executive session. Next up, 57 01:09:45,839 --> 01:09:49,829 comments from the community. 58 01:09:49,839 --> 01:09:52,159 » Nothing. 59 01:09:52,159 --> 01:09:53,679 All right. Does anybody want to come to 60 01:09:53,679 --> 01:09:58,390 the podium? Anybody? 61 01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:00,000 All right. Seeing none, we will close 62 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:03,990 public comment. 63 01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:05,360 That will bring us to the consent 64 01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:07,920 agenda. 65 01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:09,360 >> I'll make a motion to approve the 66 01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:11,920 consent agenda. 67 01:10:11,920 --> 01:10:13,440 >> All those in favor? 68 01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:14,000 >> I. 69 01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:16,719 >> That motion passes. 70 01:10:16,719 --> 01:10:17,920 All right. Now we have the 71 01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:20,320 superintendent report. I'll turn it over 72 01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:22,400 to the superintendent. 73 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:23,840 >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Good evening, 74 01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:30,229 everyone. Um 75 01:10:30,239 --> 01:10:40,790 sent posted. 76 01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:43,440 So we have uh three items on the 77 01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:45,199 personnel report or excuse me on the 78 01:10:45,199 --> 01:10:47,040 superintendent report report. The first 79 01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:48,560 is the personnel report which 80 01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,920 isformational information only. uh would 81 01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:53,840 like to formally welcome our new 82 01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:56,640 faculty, staff, and administration. Uh 83 01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:59,440 as well as uh just let the committee 84 01:10:59,440 --> 01:11:02,239 know about the most recent memo uh that 85 01:11:02,239 --> 01:11:04,320 was received by the district uh that 86 01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:08,159 will affect FY27 moving and uh moving 87 01:11:08,159 --> 01:11:11,360 forward uh and that is the CTE tuition 88 01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:13,120 calculation and the guidance that RIDE 89 01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:17,440 is being given. Next slide, please. 90 01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:21,280 So we have a uh slew of personnel 91 01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:25,600 actions uh lots of hiring uh going on. 92 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:29,520 Our principles, HR, um interview 93 01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:32,159 committees have done a fantastic job uh 94 01:11:32,159 --> 01:11:34,400 bringing in people to the district. 95 01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:36,960 Additionally, uh we've had some folks uh 96 01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:38,400 who have let us know about a leave of 97 01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:40,880 absence or who have also let us know uh 98 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,199 about an upcoming retirement that is 99 01:11:43,199 --> 01:11:46,719 occurring in this school year. um and 100 01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:49,360 which is while we don't like to see them 101 01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:51,679 go, it uh is appreciated when we have 102 01:11:51,679 --> 01:11:54,560 that so we can get it uh get coverage in 103 01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,640 advance or start planning for that uh 104 01:11:56,640 --> 01:12:00,719 months in advance. So um 105 01:12:00,719 --> 01:12:04,470 next slide. 106 01:12:04,480 --> 01:12:08,800 So this was as of uh last week. So to 107 01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:10,640 put some names with some of those 108 01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:13,600 positions that uh have that are joining 109 01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:16,080 us this coming school year and in many 110 01:12:16,080 --> 01:12:18,400 cases beyond. Uh we welcome Greg 111 01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:21,040 Shereest. We welcome Jennifer Sappy, 112 01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:24,239 Alyssa Edsanti, Emily Raymond Griffin, 113 01:12:24,239 --> 01:12:27,040 Jonathan Kenny, Alen Texera, Sarah 114 01:12:27,040 --> 01:12:30,000 Ellie, Benjamin Hamill, Cody Pod 115 01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:32,800 Podaworni, Jennifer Gilbert, Monica 116 01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:35,840 Andrews, and Elias Benson. uh those are 117 01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:38,800 just uh those members who are joining 118 01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:44,320 our uh our NEASK uh bargaining units. So 119 01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:47,040 uh we welcome them to the district. Uh 120 01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:49,760 actually new teacher orientation will be 121 01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:52,560 actually this Friday here uh in the 122 01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:54,880 South Kingtown High School library. Uh 123 01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,280 and then with orientation uh next 124 01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:01,120 Monday. Next slide. 125 01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:04,320 I'd also like to welcome for from SKSP 126 01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:07,600 we have Danielle Harris, Jessica Dh 127 01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:11,280 Duca, uh Lindseay Monteneeri, Andrea 128 01:13:11,280 --> 01:13:15,360 Dion, and also uh welcome to their newer 129 01:13:15,360 --> 01:13:17,120 roles even though these folks have been 130 01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:19,920 with us. uh Gina Habberlin as principal 131 01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:22,159 of Broad Rock Middle School, AJ Sherman 132 01:13:22,159 --> 01:13:24,320 welcoming back as athletic director, 133 01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:26,320 Brandon Pierce as assistant principal 134 01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,880 here at the high school, Mary Serber uh 135 01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:31,120 who served last year uh as an interim 136 01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:33,440 basis as our preschool coordinator, uh 137 01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:36,480 Corey Lennon uh most recently uh as the 138 01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:38,960 appointed Broadck uh middle school 139 01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:41,760 assistant principal. Uh and I left off 140 01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:43,520 here because he was actually appointed 141 01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:45,199 pretty early on at the end of last 142 01:13:45,199 --> 01:13:47,440 school year. U but Mr. Joe Adams also 143 01:13:47,440 --> 01:13:49,199 I'd like to to welcome to the district 144 01:13:49,199 --> 01:13:52,480 and welcome uh to those folks the vast 145 01:13:52,480 --> 01:13:54,320 majority of whom in terms of 146 01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:57,760 administration um are depending on who 147 01:13:57,760 --> 01:13:59,440 you ask moving up or moving down through 148 01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:02,159 the ranks to join the administration. Um 149 01:14:02,159 --> 01:14:04,159 so we welcome them and look forward to 150 01:14:04,159 --> 01:14:06,480 supporting them uh everyone this 151 01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:11,920 upcoming school year. Next slide please. 152 01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:15,520 So on the new ride guidance um 153 01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:18,560 previously this now this applies just to 154 01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:20,320 CTE. 155 01:14:20,320 --> 01:14:22,000 Um, 156 01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:24,400 previously Ry 157 01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:26,800 stated that 158 01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:30,400 for CTE calculations, each district gave 159 01:14:30,400 --> 01:14:33,360 over their per pupil 160 01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:36,880 rate and in some cases depending on the 161 01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:40,400 students if they uh were from if they 162 01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:43,120 were student in poverty or experiencing 163 01:14:43,120 --> 01:14:46,000 poverty there was a bump up on that 164 01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:49,360 calculation. Um, but they basically 165 01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:52,320 would give us a chart based off of what 166 01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:57,040 we spent locally and as the saying used 167 01:14:57,040 --> 01:14:59,199 to be known as the money follows then 168 01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:01,040 the child. 169 01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:06,640 However, um this is being challenged. Um 170 01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:10,320 Warwick public schools has asked Ry for 171 01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:15,280 a uh a judgment about uh not only this 172 01:15:15,280 --> 01:15:17,520 upcoming school year but previous school 173 01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:21,360 years. Um and it is because of that uh 174 01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:23,840 decision which is also being appealed at 175 01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:26,880 this time that RIDE has given guidance 176 01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:29,760 um for this upcoming school year that 177 01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:32,560 differs significantly from previous 178 01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:36,320 years. Um, and I put that in quotes. So 179 01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:39,040 ultimately, I won't read it to you, um, 180 01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:41,040 but essentially when it used to be a 181 01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:42,880 flat rate that would go over there or on 182 01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:46,960 a a quarterly basis, now it is the 183 01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:50,000 average of both the sending and 184 01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,719 receiving district. 185 01:15:52,719 --> 01:15:56,320 It is based off of a formula that ride 186 01:15:56,320 --> 01:15:58,320 now calculates that is different than 187 01:15:58,320 --> 01:16:01,520 what it previously calculated in that it 188 01:16:01,520 --> 01:16:04,159 takes out the tu it doesn't calculate 189 01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:06,320 the the tuition coming into the 190 01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:09,199 district. It removes that. Additionally, 191 01:16:09,199 --> 01:16:12,239 it does not take into account uh student 192 01:16:12,239 --> 01:16:14,320 demographics 193 01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:17,199 uh factors such as again students 194 01:16:17,199 --> 01:16:21,280 experiencing poverty. So the potential, 195 01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:24,320 you know, I uh the potential for this 196 01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:28,239 depending on where our students go to 197 01:16:28,239 --> 01:16:30,800 CTE as well as our students who are 198 01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:33,040 coming to us from CTE. So not only on 199 01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:34,960 the expense side, I'm highlighting the 200 01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:37,120 expense because currently our expense 201 01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:39,840 far outweighs our revenue for CTE 202 01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:43,040 currently. However, uh that it's going 203 01:16:43,040 --> 01:16:45,360 to affect that as well. So next slide, 204 01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:48,239 please. 205 01:16:48,239 --> 01:16:52,480 So, I did link every uh district's CTE 206 01:16:52,480 --> 01:16:54,800 rate as promulgated by RIDE. South 207 01:16:54,800 --> 01:17:00,070 Kingtown's next year is 27,260. 208 01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:02,320 If we were to just take that in previous 209 01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:03,679 years, well, that would have been the 210 01:17:03,679 --> 01:17:06,239 publish late rate that followed a child 211 01:17:06,239 --> 01:17:08,480 wherever they went. 212 01:17:08,480 --> 01:17:11,840 However, when we now start averaging, 213 01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:16,640 Naragansit's per pupil rate as uh 214 01:17:16,640 --> 01:17:22,950 promulgated by ride is 34,352. 215 01:17:22,960 --> 01:17:26,320 So, we then have to take the 45 students 216 01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:30,320 that as of the 19th were slated to go to 217 01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:31,920 Naragansit. 218 01:17:31,920 --> 01:17:33,679 Again, previously that would be 219 01:17:33,679 --> 01:17:37,040 approximately $1.2 million. the new 220 01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:39,280 because we're now averaging there's 221 01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:43,280 approximately oh there's over a $3,000 222 01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:46,000 bump and so we are looking at again a 223 01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:49,040 difference of $159,000 224 01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:50,719 570 225 01:17:50,719 --> 01:17:53,760 for cheroo that is our next largest CTE 226 01:17:53,760 --> 01:17:57,120 expense again here because the average 227 01:17:57,120 --> 01:18:00,480 is lower pre this the formula works in 228 01:18:00,480 --> 01:18:02,159 our benefit rather than just 229 01:18:02,159 --> 01:18:04,719 distributing the 27260 230 01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:08,159 previously it now breaks down to the new 231 01:18:08,159 --> 01:18:12,000 of being 255 and again uh I put North 232 01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:14,400 Kingtown and Cranston. So there are some 233 01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,760 circumstances where we benefit uh from 234 01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:21,520 this formula. Uh however uh due to the 235 01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:23,679 per pupil of Naragansit and the sheer 236 01:18:23,679 --> 01:18:25,280 number of students that we currently 237 01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:28,080 send there um we do not break even 238 01:18:28,080 --> 01:18:32,719 currently if this were to to go through. 239 01:18:32,719 --> 01:18:36,239 >> Can I ask a couple questions please? Um, 240 01:18:36,239 --> 01:18:41,280 so this formula is I know Warwick was 241 01:18:41,280 --> 01:18:43,600 actually looking to recoup money from 242 01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:46,400 prior years. Is there is this only going 243 01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:47,679 forward or is there any 244 01:18:47,679 --> 01:18:49,920 >> this is only RID's guidance for this 245 01:18:49,920 --> 01:18:52,080 school year moving forward how they 246 01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:54,560 expect every district in the state to 247 01:18:54,560 --> 01:18:58,480 now calculate their CTE tuition rates 248 01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:00,880 going back? That is still under appeal. 249 01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:04,320 >> Okay. Um do we know how many students 250 01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:07,600 yet are enrolling in the these other 251 01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:10,080 high schools for the coming year? Do you 252 01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:10,960 have an idea? 253 01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:13,840 >> Um so those uh those students that are 254 01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:16,400 listed there are as of last week. So I 255 01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:18,320 I've downloaded that data. So that is 256 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:21,199 our current um as of last week the 257 01:19:21,199 --> 01:19:22,560 number of students who are enrolled in 258 01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:25,120 out of district CTE. I don't have the 259 01:19:25,120 --> 01:19:26,719 number that are coming that are 260 01:19:26,719 --> 01:19:29,199 guaranteed coming into us yet. Do we 261 01:19:29,199 --> 01:19:30,800 know if these those numbers are going up 262 01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:32,320 or down? 263 01:19:32,320 --> 01:19:34,880 >> I I did not do a comparison versus last 264 01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:35,920 year that 265 01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:37,760 >> Could you Could you get that to us 266 01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:40,239 because that's I really want to know. I 267 01:19:40,239 --> 01:19:42,560 mean it we're all hopeful that we're 268 01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:44,560 stemming the tide. So I just really 269 01:19:44,560 --> 01:19:45,920 would like to see that. 270 01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:47,280 >> Absolutely. Thank you. 271 01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:49,679 >> Absolutely. Is this does this account 272 01:19:49,679 --> 01:19:51,040 for all students going to other 273 01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:52,560 districts or these are just for 274 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:55,679 examples? um as of right now this so 275 01:19:55,679 --> 01:19:59,440 this the only other uh would be charter 276 01:19:59,440 --> 01:20:02,400 schools that again aren't under this 277 01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:08,470 formula 278 01:20:08,480 --> 01:20:10,480 » miss better thank you for your question 279 01:20:10,480 --> 01:20:13,920 that clarified one question that I had 280 01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:18,480 um however I I would like to know if any 281 01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:21,440 of these students 282 01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:23,280 um 283 01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:25,120 uh experiencing 284 01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:29,120 homelessness and how would that impact 285 01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:32,149 the 286 01:20:32,159 --> 01:20:33,920 program? 287 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:36,560 >> So, in terms of if a student were 288 01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:39,760 experiencing homelessness, um in terms 289 01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:42,159 of the funding formula that RIDE is 290 01:20:42,159 --> 01:20:44,960 using, there is no bump up or bump down. 291 01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:47,760 The their ability to stay in this 292 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:51,040 program would fall under McKenna Vento. 293 01:20:51,040 --> 01:20:54,239 um that few few months ago that we 294 01:20:54,239 --> 01:20:57,520 updated that policy uh extensively. So, 295 01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:00,320 uh, if a student were, uh, a South 296 01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:02,480 Kingtown student experiencing 297 01:21:02,480 --> 01:21:06,239 homelessness and going to a CTE, um, 298 01:21:06,239 --> 01:21:07,600 assuming that the best interest 299 01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:10,560 determination is to stay in these, uh, 300 01:21:10,560 --> 01:21:12,960 school of origin, even though we are the 301 01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:14,560 school of origin and they were attending 302 01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:18,880 a CTE, that would we would continue to 303 01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:22,320 uh, incur that tuition cost. 304 01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:24,320 You're welcome. 305 01:21:24,320 --> 01:21:29,600 >> So, you said this is being um healed. Is 306 01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:30,480 that correct? 307 01:21:30,480 --> 01:21:33,600 >> The formal Yes. The formal the final 308 01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:35,280 rule the ruling that the commissioner 309 01:21:35,280 --> 01:21:37,679 came out with because what they what 310 01:21:37,679 --> 01:21:41,520 ride did and I will ask um in a future 311 01:21:41,520 --> 01:21:43,600 meeting for attorney SOA to come on in 312 01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:45,760 who can speak to it uh more eloquently 313 01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:47,679 as well as we're paying him to represent 314 01:21:47,679 --> 01:21:52,560 us. Um my understanding is is that uh in 315 01:21:52,560 --> 01:21:55,040 RID's ruling they were asking everybody 316 01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:57,120 to ple let's just move forward. 317 01:21:57,120 --> 01:21:59,600 Everybody w everybody was doing this 318 01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:01,840 formula wrong. So there was one portion 319 01:22:01,840 --> 01:22:04,639 of the law that said do it this way. And 320 01:22:04,639 --> 01:22:06,639 actually you have some districts that 321 01:22:06,639 --> 01:22:09,840 got together made regional agreements 322 01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:12,719 and based on this ruling it was no you 323 01:22:12,719 --> 01:22:15,440 can't do that. And hey guys we're all in 324 01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:17,040 this together. We're all making the same 325 01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:19,920 mistakes moving forward. We're going to 326 01:22:19,920 --> 01:22:22,320 use this portion of the law and ride 327 01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:24,719 will promulgate this and this is how 328 01:22:24,719 --> 01:22:26,239 we're going to do it based on that 329 01:22:26,239 --> 01:22:28,960 section of the law. That piece is being 330 01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:32,719 appealed. So in terms of the the 331 01:22:32,719 --> 01:22:35,120 look back and the potential fiscal 332 01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:37,840 impact of that appeal, uh I can't say 333 01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:41,750 right now. 334 01:22:41,760 --> 01:22:44,320 It just strikes me as a it strikes me 335 01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:46,800 like initially, yeah, if we were if we 336 01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:48,560 were navigating only three of these four 337 01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:50,880 districts like, oh wow, this is this is 338 01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:54,480 good for us, but it's clearly not. Um 339 01:22:54,480 --> 01:22:57,440 with a with a higher cost 340 01:22:57,440 --> 01:22:59,760 uh district that we that we are sending 341 01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:04,880 to. Um, it just strikes me that the 342 01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:08,400 sending school district is fiscally 343 01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:13,040 penalized for sending a student to a 344 01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:16,400 lower enrollment school district because 345 01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:18,560 by having lower enrollment, the per 346 01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:22,320 pupil expenditure is increased. So, um, 347 01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:23,840 it's easy for me to just sit here and 348 01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:25,920 say that's not fair, but it doesn't feel 349 01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:26,639 fair. 350 01:23:26,639 --> 01:23:28,080 >> Yes. 351 01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:29,520 >> I just want to say that out loud. Not 352 01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:31,199 that we need to do anything about it, 353 01:23:31,199 --> 01:23:35,520 but I'm just saying that it's like it's it's 354 01:23:35,520 --> 01:23:37,679 um be it's like we're being again we're 355 01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:43,120 being penalized because one of the our receiving districts um have low 356 01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:45,440 lower enrollment and so it just seems 357 01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:47,840 like an odd calculation. 358 01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:50,159 >> I mean I think this speaks to broader 359 01:23:50,159 --> 01:23:51,760 needs around the funding formula 360 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:53,840 changing and and how how we fund 361 01:23:53,840 --> 01:23:55,360 education in the state from the from 362 01:23:55,360 --> 01:24:00,880 this from the top level down. Um, and I think it's, you know, important as as 363 01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:02,000 committee to continue to have those 364 01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:04,320 conversations, continue to maybe even 365 01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:06,400 look at resolutions that could help move 366 01:24:06,400 --> 01:24:08,800 the need at the state house. Um, so I 367 01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:10,400 think things to come into the future to 368 01:24:10,400 --> 01:24:12,560 talk about, but as far as this goes, I 369 01:24:12,560 --> 01:24:15,040 agree with you. It's not really fair 370 01:24:15,040 --> 01:24:17,840 given this breakdown. Um, it is 371 01:24:17,840 --> 01:24:20,800 unfortunate. 372 01:24:20,800 --> 01:24:23,520 Um, I think 373 01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:27,120 um I I agree with what Miss Massing and 374 01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:30,639 Mr. Steo said about like, yeah, it's 375 01:24:30,639 --> 01:24:35,679 going to cost us $60,000 more. Um, but 376 01:24:35,679 --> 01:24:39,920 if you recall, and I am not going to be 377 01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:41,920 able to pull these numbers off the top 378 01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:46,080 of my head, my brain is not that good. 379 01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:48,000 But when I went to the Rhode Island 380 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:50,320 Association of School Committees annual 381 01:24:50,320 --> 01:24:57,520 meeting, we had that um presenter from 382 01:24:57,520 --> 01:25:01,199 um can't remember who she represented, 383 01:25:01,199 --> 01:25:03,440 but they worked together with the Rhode 384 01:25:03,440 --> 01:25:08,800 Island Foundation and um did some moving 385 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:12,400 around of the funding formula 386 01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:15,440 um whereby they were 387 01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:18,239 going to begin to include 388 01:25:18,239 --> 01:25:23,440 transportation. And they were calling it 389 01:25:23,440 --> 01:25:25,199 um 390 01:25:25,199 --> 01:25:27,360 not 391 01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:29,360 they they changed the wording of what 392 01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:32,080 they were calling it so that 393 01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:34,960 transportation became an integral part 394 01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:37,920 of educating a child. 395 01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:42,560 And the ultimate goal was to get 396 01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:47,679 um like a flat percentage across the 397 01:25:47,679 --> 01:25:50,159 state. 398 01:25:50,159 --> 01:25:52,159 Um 399 01:25:52,159 --> 01:25:55,120 and the the city or town, the 400 01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:57,679 municipality would pay a certain 401 01:25:57,679 --> 01:26:00,880 percentage and the state would pay 402 01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:04,719 another percentage and that would be the 403 01:26:04,719 --> 01:26:07,600 you know the same across the state. So 404 01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:10,080 we would get that same percentage as 405 01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:13,199 narrow dancer. Um 406 01:26:13,199 --> 01:26:16,400 and what I have heard 407 01:26:16,400 --> 01:26:18,800 um is that the general assembly is 408 01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:23,440 looking at this and thinking in terms of 409 01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:26,320 phasing that in but they are definitely 410 01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:28,880 looking at that seriously. Now is that 411 01:26:28,880 --> 01:26:30,560 going to help us next year with this 412 01:26:30,560 --> 01:26:32,800 extra $67,000? 413 01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:35,520 No. And Mr. for jobs told me that the 414 01:26:35,520 --> 01:26:37,840 money tree didn't grow any money because 415 01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:39,040 they're coming from the back of the 416 01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:42,239 admin. So, I mean, that's at least 417 01:26:42,239 --> 01:26:45,520 something we we can look forward to 418 01:26:45,520 --> 01:26:53,270 things um getting a little better. 419 01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:56,239 » It highlights the other goal of um 420 01:26:56,239 --> 01:26:58,639 keeping our students. 421 01:26:58,639 --> 01:27:00,880 So instead of having 45 students choose 422 01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:03,199 to go here and 19 students choose to go 423 01:27:03,199 --> 01:27:14,070 there, we would have them stay here. So 424 01:27:14,080 --> 01:27:15,760 » did did you have anything else? 425 01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:17,440 >> Nope. just once again that this is 426 01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:19,440 something that we will be navigating 427 01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:22,320 both in terms of moving forward the ride 428 01:27:22,320 --> 01:27:26,400 rulings as well as as we get into FY27 429 01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:28,880 and talk about both revenue, expenses, 430 01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:30,719 enrollment. This is going to be an 431 01:27:30,719 --> 01:27:33,199 ongoing uh conversation and some 432 01:27:33,199 --> 01:27:35,520 significantly different calculations 433 01:27:35,520 --> 01:27:38,880 than we're used to in the past. 434 01:27:38,880 --> 01:27:41,120 >> I do like your suggestion of bringing 435 01:27:41,120 --> 01:27:43,679 Mr. SOA in. I just wanted I'm a little 436 01:27:43,679 --> 01:27:47,120 concerned about the exposure if they go 437 01:27:47,120 --> 01:27:50,320 back in time because in prior years we 438 01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:53,040 sent even more children to narance it. 439 01:27:53,040 --> 01:27:56,000 So there could be exposure there. So I 440 01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:59,120 think that is a good idea to talk to Mr. 441 01:27:59,120 --> 01:28:02,000 SOA and just maybe see where thing what 442 01:28:02,000 --> 01:28:03,840 maybe he feels like the outcome might 443 01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:06,560 be. So anyway um thank you for 444 01:28:06,560 --> 01:28:07,679 explaining that. 445 01:28:07,679 --> 01:28:09,040 >> Thank you. 446 01:28:09,040 --> 01:28:10,719 Do I have a motion to accept the 447 01:28:10,719 --> 01:28:13,760 superintendent report? 448 01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:16,239 >> I make a motion to accept the 449 01:28:16,239 --> 01:28:19,120 superintendent report as presented. 450 01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:19,920 >> Second. 451 01:28:19,920 --> 01:28:21,760 >> All those in favor? I 452 01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:24,719 >> That motion passes. 453 01:28:24,719 --> 01:28:26,639 That will bring us to school committee 454 01:28:26,639 --> 01:28:29,199 business a discussion action approval of 455 01:28:29,199 --> 01:28:31,840 interim chief financial officer 456 01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:35,189 contract. 457 01:28:35,199 --> 01:28:36,960 We have a motion to accept the contract 458 01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:38,960 as presented by the superintendent. 459 01:28:38,960 --> 01:28:40,480 >> I'll make a motion to approve the 460 01:28:40,480 --> 01:28:42,239 interim chief financial officer contract 461 01:28:42,239 --> 01:28:44,639 as presented uh by the superintendent. 462 01:28:44,639 --> 01:28:45,920 >> Second. 463 01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:47,440 >> All those in favor? 464 01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:48,320 >> I. 465 01:28:48,320 --> 01:28:51,120 >> That motion passes. 466 01:28:51,120 --> 01:28:54,480 We want to welcome Mr. Tony Fucci as our 467 01:28:54,480 --> 01:28:57,760 interim which will lead us uh right into 468 01:28:57,760 --> 01:29:00,480 our next one. B discussion action fiscal 469 01:29:00,480 --> 01:29:04,400 year 2027 recommended plan to meet state 470 01:29:04,400 --> 01:29:07,760 financial reporting requirements. 471 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:11,120 >> Welcome back. 472 01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:15,600 >> It's like a revolving door around here. 473 01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:18,639 >> Hopefully not. Um good evening, Madam 474 01:29:18,639 --> 01:29:20,239 Chair, members of the committee. Mr. 475 01:29:20,239 --> 01:29:22,880 Superintendent, um I'm I'm proud to 476 01:29:22,880 --> 01:29:25,440 become a temporary member of the 477 01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:28,239 community. Um I think you've come 478 01:29:28,239 --> 01:29:31,040 strides ahead from where we first 479 01:29:31,040 --> 01:29:33,120 started a couple of years back. Um so 480 01:29:33,120 --> 01:29:35,199 while we have a slight setback in 481 01:29:35,199 --> 01:29:37,760 personnel um I think we've got an 482 01:29:37,760 --> 01:29:39,520 opportunity to engage and reset the 483 01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:41,679 district for further gains. So I'm very 484 01:29:41,679 --> 01:29:43,840 excited about however I can assist uh 485 01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:45,920 with that process. So thank you for not 486 01:29:45,920 --> 01:29:49,199 confidence in that. Thank you. Um I do 487 01:29:49,199 --> 01:29:50,960 have a number of items this evening for 488 01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:53,040 you. I'll try and get through relatively 489 01:29:53,040 --> 01:29:54,239 quickly and happy to answer any 490 01:29:54,239 --> 01:29:58,320 questions. First up is the uh the state 491 01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:02,400 has issued um further clarity and most 492 01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:04,159 importantly 493 01:30:04,159 --> 01:30:08,400 um the requirement of communities to 494 01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:10,719 report consistently on a monthly basis 495 01:30:10,719 --> 01:30:12,480 and these regs that have been in place 496 01:30:12,480 --> 01:30:14,480 for a number of years now but it's been 497 01:30:14,480 --> 01:30:16,880 kind of more along the lines of how 498 01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:18,560 communities have communicated with the 499 01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:20,320 public. So, they're looking for more 500 01:30:20,320 --> 01:30:23,040 consistency. And so, um, with my 501 01:30:23,040 --> 01:30:25,760 arrival, I was introduced to a letter 502 01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:29,199 that was dated August 5th, 2026 503 01:30:29,199 --> 01:30:31,040 from the auditor general's office 504 01:30:31,040 --> 01:30:34,239 highlighting, um, the necessity to start 505 01:30:34,239 --> 01:30:36,320 reporting in a standardized basis on a 506 01:30:36,320 --> 01:30:38,800 monthly basis. And so, we've been in 507 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:40,960 meetings with the town and they've 508 01:30:40,960 --> 01:30:43,120 making some modifications to accommodate 509 01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:44,400 all the requirements that are 510 01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:48,480 articulated in your document. Um, we're 511 01:30:48,480 --> 01:30:51,199 aligning ourselves with the town and 512 01:30:51,199 --> 01:30:53,120 what I have before you this evening is a 513 01:30:53,120 --> 01:30:55,520 recommendation that we've got a temp 514 01:30:55,520 --> 01:30:59,600 particular template that will show those 515 01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:01,199 um operations for the school, the 516 01:31:01,199 --> 01:31:03,679 general fund, the capital fund, and a 517 01:31:03,679 --> 01:31:06,000 school lunch fund in particular. And 518 01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:07,440 what we should be doing is looking at 519 01:31:07,440 --> 01:31:10,159 those monthly on a year-to- date budget 520 01:31:10,159 --> 01:31:12,480 versus year-to- date actual. and then 521 01:31:12,480 --> 01:31:15,040 any comments coming from administration 522 01:31:15,040 --> 01:31:17,520 as to anything that they're aware of 523 01:31:17,520 --> 01:31:19,840 that is potentially impacting the 524 01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:22,880 budget. And so that's the highlight of 525 01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:26,800 what they're trying to uh propose. If 526 01:31:26,800 --> 01:31:28,480 districts get into a position where 527 01:31:28,480 --> 01:31:30,639 they're projecting the possibility of 528 01:31:30,639 --> 01:31:33,360 incurring deficits, uh the state does 529 01:31:33,360 --> 01:31:35,679 require an action plan to be submitted 530 01:31:35,679 --> 01:31:37,600 as to what the district is attempting to 531 01:31:37,600 --> 01:31:39,199 do. And that also applicable at the 532 01:31:39,199 --> 01:31:40,880 municipal level, but I'll say targeted 533 01:31:40,880 --> 01:31:44,560 on the impact of the schools. So the 534 01:31:44,560 --> 01:31:46,080 simplicity of what we're doing this 535 01:31:46,080 --> 01:31:48,880 evening is the next report, which is 536 01:31:48,880 --> 01:31:51,760 your monthly financial statement for 537 01:31:51,760 --> 01:31:54,080 FY27. Now that we're almost two months 538 01:31:54,080 --> 01:31:56,000 into the school year from a financial 539 01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:58,800 perspective because it starts July 1st, 540 01:31:58,800 --> 01:32:01,040 there's a new cover letter that will be 541 01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:04,080 produced by the CFO myself until a new 542 01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:06,800 person is appointed and it's broken down 543 01:32:06,800 --> 01:32:08,800 with the the categorizations that I just 544 01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:10,960 mentioned. And so that will become the 545 01:32:10,960 --> 01:32:12,960 template I believe that you should 546 01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:16,560 sustain. Most importantly, it's the 547 01:32:16,560 --> 01:32:20,560 requirement of maintaining the comments 548 01:32:20,560 --> 01:32:24,320 on the three issues of general fund 549 01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:26,960 budget, your capital fund budget and 550 01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:29,360 your operational budget for the school 551 01:32:29,360 --> 01:32:31,360 lunch because the school lunch if it 552 01:32:31,360 --> 01:32:33,840 operates in deficit of course the the 553 01:32:33,840 --> 01:32:35,440 fund balance of the general fund would 554 01:32:35,440 --> 01:32:37,920 also be applied to cover that that 555 01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:40,320 operation. So that's why those three are 556 01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:42,800 to be highlighted in spotlight. There's 557 01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:44,400 some internal workings that have to take 558 01:32:44,400 --> 01:32:46,480 place to do it on a regular basis. Um, 559 01:32:46,480 --> 01:32:47,920 as you'll notice, some of the budgets 560 01:32:47,920 --> 01:32:51,040 are not in um with regards to either the 561 01:32:51,040 --> 01:32:53,199 capital fund or the school lunch fund. 562 01:32:53,199 --> 01:32:54,880 Those will be caught off. But by having 563 01:32:54,880 --> 01:32:57,360 a template in place and expectation in 564 01:32:57,360 --> 01:33:00,719 place, then the compliance will follow. 565 01:33:00,719 --> 01:33:03,920 So we've been very clear with the town 566 01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:05,679 that the school committee will receive 567 01:33:05,679 --> 01:33:08,800 these documents first and that way there 568 01:33:08,800 --> 01:33:10,639 you can go through the details and 569 01:33:10,639 --> 01:33:13,360 answer any questions etc. And at the 570 01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:14,960 conclusion of your meetings and the 571 01:33:14,960 --> 01:33:17,199 reports are accepted we would then send 572 01:33:17,199 --> 01:33:20,080 over a copy of that report to the town 573 01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:23,040 and that would be effective tomorrow. Um 574 01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:25,520 and in turn they're required to post all 575 01:33:25,520 --> 01:33:27,440 the town municipal reports for the 576 01:33:27,440 --> 01:33:29,040 public for those folks to be able to 577 01:33:29,040 --> 01:33:31,520 reference these reports on an as on an 578 01:33:31,520 --> 01:33:34,719 ongoing basis going forward. And so your 579 01:33:34,719 --> 01:33:36,800 reads wherever we're storing them now 580 01:33:36,800 --> 01:33:39,199 for public access could be sustained. 581 01:33:39,199 --> 01:33:41,040 But clearly the community will say we've 582 01:33:41,040 --> 01:33:42,719 got them all. We've got the schools and 583 01:33:42,719 --> 01:33:45,600 we've got the municipal budgets etc. um 584 01:33:45,600 --> 01:33:47,600 and they comply with state law so that 585 01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:50,880 they can be um compared and referenced 586 01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:53,760 by the community down the road. Um there 587 01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:55,600 are two or three other benchmarks with 588 01:33:55,600 --> 01:33:58,639 regards to um annual budgets. Those two 589 01:33:58,639 --> 01:34:01,040 would be then released on on the routine 590 01:34:01,040 --> 01:34:03,920 basis and also a five-year projection. I 591 01:34:03,920 --> 01:34:05,520 know we've been doing those types of 592 01:34:05,520 --> 01:34:07,600 work, but this just codifies that it 593 01:34:07,600 --> 01:34:08,960 will come before the school committee 594 01:34:08,960 --> 01:34:10,800 before it's released for public 595 01:34:10,800 --> 01:34:13,360 presentation through the town council, I 596 01:34:13,360 --> 01:34:15,920 mean a town uh fiscal office uh process 597 01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:18,159 they have in place. And I understand 598 01:34:18,159 --> 01:34:20,800 that the finance director for the town 599 01:34:20,800 --> 01:34:22,639 will be presenting something similar to 600 01:34:22,639 --> 01:34:26,080 the town council um soon and so 601 01:34:26,080 --> 01:34:27,440 everybody should be on board about 602 01:34:27,440 --> 01:34:29,199 having these documents uh readily 603 01:34:29,199 --> 01:34:32,639 available and um my office if I ask 604 01:34:32,639 --> 01:34:34,960 questions about the public documents as 605 01:34:34,960 --> 01:34:36,480 long as it's already been vetted by the 606 01:34:36,480 --> 01:34:38,639 school committee we you would know what 607 01:34:38,639 --> 01:34:40,960 would be the answers we would be driving 608 01:34:40,960 --> 01:34:42,560 based on the documents that you have in 609 01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:44,159 front of you and if something is missing 610 01:34:44,159 --> 01:34:46,320 in your comments in the future I think 611 01:34:46,320 --> 01:34:48,239 it behooves to make sure those kinds of 612 01:34:48,239 --> 01:34:50,560 items get identified early in the 613 01:34:50,560 --> 01:34:53,040 process and you have a format in which 614 01:34:53,040 --> 01:34:54,960 that communication can take place and 615 01:34:54,960 --> 01:34:57,120 just make sure those items come before 616 01:34:57,120 --> 01:34:59,600 you on a regular basis. So it's a check 617 01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:02,639 and balance for the system. So happy to 618 01:35:02,639 --> 01:35:05,040 answer any questions um with regards to 619 01:35:05,040 --> 01:35:07,840 our roll out. 620 01:35:07,840 --> 01:35:11,040 So in regard to the templates, 621 01:35:11,040 --> 01:35:14,400 um is this something each town is 622 01:35:14,400 --> 01:35:16,400 developing their own template or is 623 01:35:16,400 --> 01:35:18,719 there guide from the state? 624 01:35:18,719 --> 01:35:21,040 >> This the town's basically the actual 625 01:35:21,040 --> 01:35:22,960 format of the template that we have is 626 01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:25,840 what the town is working on. And when I 627 01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:27,360 reviewed how they were setting theirs 628 01:35:27,360 --> 01:35:29,679 up, I just align what we're doing, 629 01:35:29,679 --> 01:35:32,800 what's operationally is um consistent 630 01:35:32,800 --> 01:35:34,480 for what they're viewing. And you'll 631 01:35:34,480 --> 01:35:36,239 notice that there is a subsection for 632 01:35:36,239 --> 01:35:38,880 our grants. Um, and that will be just in 633 01:35:38,880 --> 01:35:40,719 totality because we all know grants 634 01:35:40,719 --> 01:35:42,880 can't go over, they can't be overspent, 635 01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:45,520 etc. Um, they're pretty tightly uh 636 01:35:45,520 --> 01:35:48,960 managed. Um, so that's really should not 637 01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:52,080 present a deficit style issue like your 638 01:35:52,080 --> 01:35:55,199 operating budgets will potentially do. 639 01:35:55,199 --> 01:35:57,360 So that's why the separation from our 640 01:35:57,360 --> 01:35:58,639 perspective and what we're going to keep 641 01:35:58,639 --> 01:36:00,800 our eye on. We want to acknowledge those 642 01:36:00,800 --> 01:36:02,960 resources. If each town is developing 643 01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:07,040 their own way of reporting, it still may 644 01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:09,440 lead to not being able to directly 645 01:36:09,440 --> 01:36:11,600 compare with other school districts. So, 646 01:36:11,600 --> 01:36:14,480 it doesn't really shore up that 647 01:36:14,480 --> 01:36:16,639 >> that may be the next part to see how 648 01:36:16,639 --> 01:36:18,560 much they actually deviate, if they 649 01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:20,400 actually do deviate or if everybody is 650 01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:24,080 going to this style model of um what 651 01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:26,800 types of funds are being highlighted um 652 01:36:26,800 --> 01:36:28,159 across the state. 653 01:36:28,159 --> 01:36:30,239 >> All right, great. Thanks. Other 654 01:36:30,239 --> 01:36:32,400 questions? 655 01:36:32,400 --> 01:36:36,320 an interesting question. Um because and 656 01:36:36,320 --> 01:36:38,800 to piggyback on that, the three 657 01:36:38,800 --> 01:36:41,120 categories that making up the template 658 01:36:41,120 --> 01:36:43,360 is that those are the three categories 659 01:36:43,360 --> 01:36:46,800 dictated by the state or is that what 660 01:36:46,800 --> 01:36:49,679 the town is requesting? 661 01:36:49,679 --> 01:36:52,560 the about my my read of the information 662 01:36:52,560 --> 01:36:55,520 that you have in front of you is the 663 01:36:55,520 --> 01:36:59,040 identification of those funds that may 664 01:36:59,040 --> 01:37:01,040 potentially generate deficits and so 665 01:37:01,040 --> 01:37:04,000 that you're on top of those. So the 666 01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:06,239 definition of that type of fund is what 667 01:37:06,239 --> 01:37:08,080 I personally and professionally brought 668 01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:10,080 forward for your consideration. they're 669 01:37:10,080 --> 01:37:11,920 the only three major funds that have 670 01:37:11,920 --> 01:37:14,320 that opportunity that if there's a big 671 01:37:14,320 --> 01:37:16,080 expenditure and you have to do it or 672 01:37:16,080 --> 01:37:18,960 revenue is off significantly, it could 673 01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:22,639 structurally undermine your um financial 674 01:37:22,639 --> 01:37:24,639 position in the in the community. So 675 01:37:24,639 --> 01:37:26,480 that's why I'm recommending those three 676 01:37:26,480 --> 01:37:29,360 particular targets to be on your table. 677 01:37:29,360 --> 01:37:31,679 >> And these uh reports are being generated 678 01:37:31,679 --> 01:37:37,119 monthly. Um, I know and I may be um like 679 01:37:37,119 --> 01:37:40,480 totally off base with my question here. 680 01:37:40,480 --> 01:37:42,320 Um, or you can say that's not relevant 681 01:37:42,320 --> 01:37:44,480 if if that's the case. But so I know 682 01:37:44,480 --> 01:37:46,080 monthto-month 683 01:37:46,080 --> 01:37:48,719 um there we have often had conversations 684 01:37:48,719 --> 01:37:51,440 around certain expenditures that are 685 01:37:51,440 --> 01:37:54,719 embargoed um or we don't have that 686 01:37:54,719 --> 01:37:56,960 information yet. Um we'll know at the 687 01:37:56,960 --> 01:37:59,760 end of you know June 31st or whatever it 688 01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:03,440 is. um will that be clear in the report 689 01:38:03,440 --> 01:38:06,159 or is that not a factor? 690 01:38:06,159 --> 01:38:08,400 >> I think the month-to-month 691 01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:11,119 um is an opportunity to hear things 692 01:38:11,119 --> 01:38:15,440 targeted. Um as a side recommendation 693 01:38:15,440 --> 01:38:17,040 from my personal experience in the 694 01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:19,280 districts I I was involved with and I've 695 01:38:19,280 --> 01:38:20,560 been speaking the superintendent about 696 01:38:20,560 --> 01:38:22,639 it and maybe a presentation in the 697 01:38:22,639 --> 01:38:26,159 future with regard to this item. Um, but 698 01:38:26,159 --> 01:38:27,840 I always made it a practice in the 699 01:38:27,840 --> 01:38:30,560 districts that I served was to actually 700 01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:35,119 have a yearend rejection prepared 701 01:38:35,119 --> 01:38:37,440 specifically for the month of November 702 01:38:37,440 --> 01:38:40,320 and again for the month of February. And 703 01:38:40,320 --> 01:38:44,880 what that would in fact be is a uh 704 01:38:44,880 --> 01:38:48,719 indepth analysis of expenses. And the 705 01:38:48,719 --> 01:38:51,600 target of November and February 706 01:38:51,600 --> 01:38:54,880 is along the lines of when school opens 707 01:38:54,880 --> 01:38:57,040 and you have too many students and you 708 01:38:57,040 --> 01:38:58,800 need a kindergarten teacher, you have to 709 01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:00,560 hire the teacher. There's no getting 710 01:39:00,560 --> 01:39:02,159 around it and that always creates 711 01:39:02,159 --> 01:39:05,360 anxiety. And who retires in August that 712 01:39:05,360 --> 01:39:07,040 we didn't know about and what do we got 713 01:39:07,040 --> 01:39:09,280 to hire and did if we had retirements 714 01:39:09,280 --> 01:39:11,040 and we planned on they'd be hiring 715 01:39:11,040 --> 01:39:12,560 teachers at second step did that 716 01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:14,239 actually take place all those kinds of 717 01:39:14,239 --> 01:39:15,760 things which have dramatic impact on 718 01:39:15,760 --> 01:39:19,119 budgets. I was a firm believer that for 719 01:39:19,119 --> 01:39:21,440 the most part the operational expenses 720 01:39:21,440 --> 01:39:23,760 should be relatively 721 01:39:23,760 --> 01:39:25,440 aligned with budget if you do your 722 01:39:25,440 --> 01:39:28,080 budget properly going into your each 723 01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:31,040 year but your staffing is the the b 724 01:39:31,040 --> 01:39:34,239 biggest significant expense. So give us 725 01:39:34,239 --> 01:39:37,760 a report that says from July 1st through 726 01:39:37,760 --> 01:39:39,920 October 1st how much did you actually 727 01:39:39,920 --> 01:39:42,480 spend in staff expenses 728 01:39:42,480 --> 01:39:44,719 in the middle of October or early 729 01:39:44,719 --> 01:39:46,800 November. Now that the staff has settled 730 01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:48,400 down, your teachers are in, your 731 01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:51,679 administration is in, etc., and you've 732 01:39:51,679 --> 01:39:54,000 got 22 payrolls between now and the end 733 01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:56,560 of the school year, use physical 734 01:39:56,560 --> 01:40:00,159 evidence times numbers of people in that 735 01:40:00,159 --> 01:40:02,080 times the dollars paid on a typical 736 01:40:02,080 --> 01:40:05,119 salary. Come up with what those expenses 737 01:40:05,119 --> 01:40:07,280 will be added to each line in your 738 01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:10,239 budget. It's an in-depth analysis, but 739 01:40:10,239 --> 01:40:13,119 it's real. You really then at that point 740 01:40:13,119 --> 01:40:15,920 in November may have one or two openings 741 01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:18,080 or you may know somebody's retiring in 742 01:40:18,080 --> 01:40:20,800 December and you can make minor slight 743 01:40:20,800 --> 01:40:22,800 adjustments but it's not going to be the 744 01:40:22,800 --> 01:40:24,719 magnitude of over hundreds of thousands. 745 01:40:24,719 --> 01:40:26,960 It'll be 20,000 here, 50,000 there, but 746 01:40:26,960 --> 01:40:29,600 you tweak it and I used to stand my 747 01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:33,440 reputation on how accurate we were in 748 01:40:33,440 --> 01:40:36,800 November and then again in February. 749 01:40:36,800 --> 01:40:39,440 That provides you two things. one, 750 01:40:39,440 --> 01:40:41,360 you're on target and maintaining a 751 01:40:41,360 --> 01:40:44,000 balanced budget. Two, if you have an 752 01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:45,760 issue, you've got time in front of you 753 01:40:45,760 --> 01:40:47,600 to make necessary adjustments so that 754 01:40:47,600 --> 01:40:51,040 you can come in on budget. And three, it 755 01:40:51,040 --> 01:40:52,639 answers the question, what's our 756 01:40:52,639 --> 01:40:55,280 financial position as you go into the 757 01:40:55,280 --> 01:41:01,760 discussion of next year's budget? and not knowing those elements I think 758 01:41:01,760 --> 01:41:03,920 sets up well if we're not sure and we're 759 01:41:03,920 --> 01:41:06,400 not sure it just it undermines the 760 01:41:06,400 --> 01:41:08,639 credibility of what you need when it 761 01:41:08,639 --> 01:41:11,520 comes time to talk about next year. So I 762 01:41:11,520 --> 01:41:14,080 highly be happy to create a 763 01:41:14,080 --> 01:41:16,560 recommendation documenting this if 764 01:41:16,560 --> 01:41:17,920 community thinks it's worthwhile 765 01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:20,080 considering um for another time and 766 01:41:20,080 --> 01:41:20,960 place. 767 01:41:20,960 --> 01:41:24,800 it kind it will definitely align with um 768 01:41:24,800 --> 01:41:26,800 what we're currently doing and once you 769 01:41:26,800 --> 01:41:29,360 receive that I would say release that 770 01:41:29,360 --> 01:41:30,960 publicly. This this is something where 771 01:41:30,960 --> 01:41:32,560 you're building credibility by doing 772 01:41:32,560 --> 01:41:35,920 this process. And in the $90 million a 773 01:41:35,920 --> 01:41:38,639 year budget that I was managing, if I 774 01:41:38,639 --> 01:41:41,280 was off by two or $300,000, I would get 775 01:41:41,280 --> 01:41:43,040 upset. But the community is like, well, 776 01:41:43,040 --> 01:41:44,560 this is much better than where we were 777 01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:46,639 two and three years ago out of 90 778 01:41:46,639 --> 01:41:50,480 million $50 million of salary alone. And 779 01:41:50,480 --> 01:41:53,040 the wildness of what the projections 780 01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:55,760 were that we were hearing is markedly 781 01:41:55,760 --> 01:41:58,320 improved. And so I offer that as a 782 01:41:58,320 --> 01:42:00,719 potential consideration in the future. 783 01:42:00,719 --> 01:42:02,480 >> Thank you for for sharing that because I 784 01:42:02,480 --> 01:42:04,000 also think that aligns with the 785 01:42:04,000 --> 01:42:06,880 direction that this particular body is 786 01:42:06,880 --> 01:42:10,239 has been kind of demanding we go forward 787 01:42:10,239 --> 01:42:13,199 with starting this year already. So 788 01:42:13,199 --> 01:42:16,639 thank you for that. 789 01:42:16,639 --> 01:42:18,239 >> I'd be interested in other 790 01:42:18,239 --> 01:42:21,199 recommendations as well. 791 01:42:21,199 --> 01:42:27,040 I agree with Miss Masani and um Mr. Fury 792 01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:30,960 if you wouldn't mind like setting that 793 01:42:30,960 --> 01:42:36,080 plan in motion so that it can be 794 01:42:36,080 --> 01:42:40,870 um like organized 795 01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:43,840 um going forward. Um I would greatly 796 01:42:43,840 --> 01:42:45,920 appreciate it and I think probably have 797 01:42:45,920 --> 01:42:50,560 agreement here at the table. Um, so this 798 01:42:50,560 --> 01:42:53,520 I I want to make sure that I I have this 799 01:42:53,520 --> 01:42:57,280 straight. This monthly report, you're 800 01:42:57,280 --> 01:42:59,760 going to use you and the town are going 801 01:42:59,760 --> 01:43:02,639 to use the same template. 802 01:43:02,639 --> 01:43:03,119 >> That's correct. 803 01:43:03,119 --> 01:43:06,560 >> And and their report is going to be 804 01:43:06,560 --> 01:43:09,360 separate. Correct. Ours is go Okay. and 805 01:43:09,360 --> 01:43:13,520 we're going to send that report to the 806 01:43:13,520 --> 01:43:16,480 town and they will take care of sending 807 01:43:16,480 --> 01:43:18,880 it to the auditor general. I think 808 01:43:18,880 --> 01:43:20,000 that's where it's gone. 809 01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:22,239 >> The auditor general is requiring 810 01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:26,480 communication whenever there is a um a 811 01:43:26,480 --> 01:43:28,239 potential issue. So, if we've identified 812 01:43:28,239 --> 01:43:29,840 a potential issue, then you're sending 813 01:43:29,840 --> 01:43:32,400 the report with potential issue. And 814 01:43:32,400 --> 01:43:35,040 what they're also expecting is an action 815 01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:37,440 plan to address whatever that issue is. 816 01:43:37,440 --> 01:43:39,600 And so that's when it would have to go. 817 01:43:39,600 --> 01:43:42,000 I would recommend that the district make 818 01:43:42,000 --> 01:43:44,880 sure it gets to the auditor general, be 819 01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:46,960 it the district can send it up or the 820 01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:49,199 town could. The town's really more 821 01:43:49,199 --> 01:43:52,000 organizing and providing that public 822 01:43:52,000 --> 01:43:54,159 access to all the town records in one 823 01:43:54,159 --> 01:43:55,360 spot. So if somebody's interested in 824 01:43:55,360 --> 01:43:57,199 town finance and school finance, they 825 01:43:57,199 --> 01:43:58,880 can look in one spot rather than going 826 01:43:58,880 --> 01:44:00,159 over to the website for the school 827 01:44:00,159 --> 01:44:01,760 department and then go find something 828 01:44:01,760 --> 01:44:03,679 and how it might be set up differently. 829 01:44:03,679 --> 01:44:04,639 But I think they're going to do 830 01:44:04,639 --> 01:44:06,159 something at the town to have it at the 831 01:44:06,159 --> 01:44:08,960 top of their website pile so it'll be an 832 01:44:08,960 --> 01:44:10,560 easy find for the public in the near 833 01:44:10,560 --> 01:44:11,440 future. 834 01:44:11,440 --> 01:44:14,080 >> And is that monthly report going to come 835 01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:16,000 to this body also? 836 01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:21,679 >> I could request a copy if you wish or I wanted to get you folks instructions 837 01:44:21,679 --> 01:44:23,119 at least to where they're going to be 838 01:44:23,119 --> 01:44:25,520 found. So if you wanted to find it so I 839 01:44:25,520 --> 01:44:27,520 could bring one over as a template to 840 01:44:27,520 --> 01:44:29,760 show it and then give the direction if 841 01:44:29,760 --> 01:44:31,520 you want it monthly from them. I know 842 01:44:31,520 --> 01:44:32,880 where you could swap, but if you know 843 01:44:32,880 --> 01:44:34,400 where to find it and it's easy enough to 844 01:44:34,400 --> 01:44:36,000 find, we can have that conversation. I'm 845 01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:37,280 happy to follow up with the town of 846 01:44:37,280 --> 01:44:38,800 Finance Director on that particular 847 01:44:38,800 --> 01:44:39,600 question. 848 01:44:39,600 --> 01:44:41,679 >> Well, I don't know what the rest of the 849 01:44:41,679 --> 01:44:45,679 school committee thinks, but we kind of 850 01:44:45,679 --> 01:44:48,159 get a monthly 851 01:44:48,159 --> 01:44:51,840 um financial report. And if the 852 01:44:51,840 --> 01:44:53,760 superintendent 853 01:44:53,760 --> 01:44:55,600 um and the assistant superintendent 854 01:44:55,600 --> 01:44:59,119 think that this template would give us 855 01:44:59,119 --> 01:45:00,880 similar 856 01:45:00,880 --> 01:45:02,960 um information, 857 01:45:02,960 --> 01:45:07,360 then certainly we could have that report 858 01:45:07,360 --> 01:45:11,040 um instead. But I really like your 859 01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:15,030 November and February. 860 01:45:15,040 --> 01:45:15,679 » Thank you. 861 01:45:15,679 --> 01:45:18,400 Mr. Purch. Yeah, I I'm in 862 01:45:18,400 --> 01:45:20,000 total agreement on the November and 863 01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:22,320 February uh reporting of where we are 864 01:45:22,320 --> 01:45:24,639 kind of checkpoints on on overall budget 865 01:45:24,639 --> 01:45:27,280 and I would agree with Mr. Gau about the 866 01:45:27,280 --> 01:45:30,239 um this monthly report maybe being in 867 01:45:30,239 --> 01:45:31,600 addition to the monthly report we 868 01:45:31,600 --> 01:45:34,480 already got. I think it just it it's 869 01:45:34,480 --> 01:45:36,400 showing the thinking behind if there's 870 01:45:36,400 --> 01:45:39,119 going to be a a variance or or deficit 871 01:45:39,119 --> 01:45:41,440 of some kind, what's the plan to fix it? 872 01:45:41,440 --> 01:45:42,800 That's something we all need to know as 873 01:45:42,800 --> 01:45:43,840 well. Also, I think it'll be very 874 01:45:43,840 --> 01:45:46,239 important for us to to see that as well, 875 01:45:46,239 --> 01:45:47,679 even if it is in addition to the 876 01:45:47,679 --> 01:45:56,070 reporting we already got. 877 01:45:56,080 --> 01:45:59,520 » I just really think it's a great way a 878 01:45:59,520 --> 01:46:03,280 great a great way forward 879 01:46:03,280 --> 01:46:05,760 and rebuilding trust with the town and 880 01:46:05,760 --> 01:46:10,320 the community at large. Um, and I look 881 01:46:10,320 --> 01:46:12,639 forward to that. 882 01:46:12,639 --> 01:46:17,040 um November and February report to help 883 01:46:17,040 --> 01:46:21,280 us in our budget process which as Kate 884 01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:24,639 alluded to we all agreed that you know 885 01:46:24,639 --> 01:46:26,880 we needed to do something different so I 886 01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:29,040 think that's a great idea to move 887 01:46:29,040 --> 01:46:33,189 forward. Thank you. 888 01:46:33,199 --> 01:46:37,760 » Do you need us to vote to accept your 889 01:46:37,760 --> 01:46:38,800 recommendation? 890 01:46:38,800 --> 01:46:39,360 >> Yes. 891 01:46:39,360 --> 01:46:42,239 >> Okay. So we need a motion. I thought so. 892 01:46:42,239 --> 01:46:43,600 Just wanted to make sure. 893 01:46:43,600 --> 01:46:46,000 >> I'll make a motion to accept the 894 01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:49,280 recommendation from Mr. Furuchi to god 895 01:46:49,280 --> 01:46:53,679 to the monthly financial reporting. 896 01:46:53,679 --> 01:46:54,880 >> Second. 897 01:46:54,880 --> 01:46:56,239 >> All those in favor? 898 01:46:56,239 --> 01:46:59,440 >> I I that motion passes. That will bring 899 01:46:59,440 --> 01:47:02,080 us to the next one. C. 900 01:47:02,080 --> 01:47:04,480 This uh discussion action fiscal year 901 01:47:04,480 --> 01:47:07,360 2027 memo from Anthony Ferushi, 902 01:47:07,360 --> 01:47:09,600 financial consultant regarding the 903 01:47:09,600 --> 01:47:12,239 fiscal year 2027 budget to actual 904 01:47:12,239 --> 01:47:14,480 monthly report. 905 01:47:14,480 --> 01:47:16,880 >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I do have a 906 01:47:16,880 --> 01:47:19,040 package that has the format that we've 907 01:47:19,040 --> 01:47:21,520 been speaking about just a moment ago. 908 01:47:21,520 --> 01:47:23,600 It's breaking down the operating funds, 909 01:47:23,600 --> 01:47:25,440 what we consider operating funds, where 910 01:47:25,440 --> 01:47:27,600 the district is responsible for the 911 01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:30,800 surplus and deficits, etc. Um it's 912 01:47:30,800 --> 01:47:34,080 broken down into four, excuse me, three 913 01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:36,320 categories. One being your general fund, 914 01:47:36,320 --> 01:47:37,760 which is your school operating account. 915 01:47:37,760 --> 01:47:40,159 That's where the tax community dollars 916 01:47:40,159 --> 01:47:43,040 to support schools flows through. The 917 01:47:43,040 --> 01:47:45,280 next is your capital reserve fund. 918 01:47:45,280 --> 01:47:47,040 Typically, that's the funding that the 919 01:47:47,040 --> 01:47:49,679 schools have patched through from um 920 01:47:49,679 --> 01:47:52,400 prior year surpluses and and coming up 921 01:47:52,400 --> 01:47:55,520 this year. um housing aid that state has 922 01:47:55,520 --> 01:47:58,000 paid to the town and expenses the school 923 01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,400 has paid historically um is going to 924 01:48:00,400 --> 01:48:01,840 start coming through to the schools and 925 01:48:01,840 --> 01:48:03,119 that's a whole another topic of 926 01:48:03,119 --> 01:48:05,040 conversation but those funds will flow 927 01:48:05,040 --> 01:48:06,960 through your capital reserve and then 928 01:48:06,960 --> 01:48:10,239 lastly the school lunch and so this just 929 01:48:10,239 --> 01:48:12,159 is setting the the temperature and the 930 01:48:12,159 --> 01:48:14,080 template of you've got the operating 931 01:48:14,080 --> 01:48:16,080 funds revenue and the operant I noticed 932 01:48:16,080 --> 01:48:18,239 I made a mistake total all school 933 01:48:18,239 --> 01:48:20,639 operating expenses is in the first 934 01:48:20,639 --> 01:48:22,400 cluster that should have been revenue my 935 01:48:22,400 --> 01:48:24,480 apologies ies. And then the second 936 01:48:24,480 --> 01:48:27,600 cluster is the expenses in totality. The 937 01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:30,000 total budget, your year-to- date actual 938 01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:32,080 incumbrances are your open purchase 939 01:48:32,080 --> 01:48:34,880 orders or in the case of staff salaries. 940 01:48:34,880 --> 01:48:36,480 And we know who's getting paid out of 941 01:48:36,480 --> 01:48:38,320 what particular line after so many 942 01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:40,560 payrolls, it goes down to what we expect 943 01:48:40,560 --> 01:48:42,239 to pay them the course of the rest of 944 01:48:42,239 --> 01:48:44,960 the school year. Um, that's what your 945 01:48:44,960 --> 01:48:46,960 incumbrances total. And then it talks 946 01:48:46,960 --> 01:48:50,239 about your availability. Um, the general 947 01:48:50,239 --> 01:48:53,360 fund comments. Um I'm just highlighting 948 01:48:53,360 --> 01:48:57,199 the fact that the current budget is um 949 01:48:57,199 --> 01:49:00,560 under review. There's a number of issues 950 01:49:00,560 --> 01:49:03,679 that have come up um identified as the 951 01:49:03,679 --> 01:49:06,159 labor contract negotiations. What the 952 01:49:06,159 --> 01:49:08,719 impact may be on that facility director 953 01:49:08,719 --> 01:49:11,040 coming on board and being involved with 954 01:49:11,040 --> 01:49:13,280 capital improvements. capital 955 01:49:13,280 --> 01:49:17,600 improvement um budget has not been 956 01:49:17,600 --> 01:49:19,119 brought forward to the school committee 957 01:49:19,119 --> 01:49:21,920 for the upcoming school year FY27. 958 01:49:21,920 --> 01:49:23,920 So that what type of potential impact 959 01:49:23,920 --> 01:49:26,239 that will have and as we had heard 960 01:49:26,239 --> 01:49:29,199 earlier about the CTE and the tuitions. 961 01:49:29,199 --> 01:49:33,520 So, we are taking another review of your 962 01:49:33,520 --> 01:49:37,840 school committee adopted budget for FY27 963 01:49:37,840 --> 01:49:40,880 and I am targeting the end of September, 964 01:49:40,880 --> 01:49:43,360 the last meeting in September to come be 965 01:49:43,360 --> 01:49:45,840 back before you either validating the 966 01:49:45,840 --> 01:49:47,440 budget that we have and what you've 967 01:49:47,440 --> 01:49:50,080 approved collectively 968 01:49:50,080 --> 01:49:54,159 um is is um adequate and there's no 969 01:49:54,159 --> 01:49:57,520 surprises um or if there's some items in 970 01:49:57,520 --> 01:50:01,119 there Um, and most importantly, I'll 971 01:50:01,119 --> 01:50:03,199 talk about it in a couple minutes, the 972 01:50:03,199 --> 01:50:06,800 end results of FY26 973 01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:10,480 and what those triggers were, 974 01:50:10,480 --> 01:50:14,080 they will be compared to your FY27 975 01:50:14,080 --> 01:50:16,960 budget and budget projections. 976 01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:19,280 And so I think those areas and we can 977 01:50:19,280 --> 01:50:21,199 get into the detail in a moment but 978 01:50:21,199 --> 01:50:24,239 those types of areas we will have a 979 01:50:24,239 --> 01:50:26,719 strong presentation as to whether it's 980 01:50:26,719 --> 01:50:30,320 sustainable or they were oneoffs etc. Um 981 01:50:30,320 --> 01:50:32,320 and when we're talking in excess of a 982 01:50:32,320 --> 01:50:33,679 million dollars on the table for 983 01:50:33,679 --> 01:50:36,320 conversation I think it behooves us to 984 01:50:36,320 --> 01:50:40,320 do a full FY27 review with FY26 as a 985 01:50:40,320 --> 01:50:42,639 backs stop as to how did we really do 986 01:50:42,639 --> 01:50:45,920 last year. So that piece is on the table 987 01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:49,280 for consideration down the road. Um I 988 01:50:49,280 --> 01:50:51,440 just alluded to the capital fund is its 989 01:50:51,440 --> 01:50:53,360 own on the second page. It's its own 990 01:50:53,360 --> 01:50:56,400 comments and this is your opportunity if 991 01:50:56,400 --> 01:50:58,239 anything is doesn't seem to be commented 992 01:50:58,239 --> 01:51:00,239 on when you get these in advance of in 993 01:51:00,239 --> 01:51:02,480 the future. Um that would be your 994 01:51:02,480 --> 01:51:05,119 opportunity to challenge the CFO as to 995 01:51:05,119 --> 01:51:06,880 is there an issue with something and 996 01:51:06,880 --> 01:51:08,639 those comments should be made and and 997 01:51:08,639 --> 01:51:10,719 document what's going on on a regular 998 01:51:10,719 --> 01:51:14,320 basis. Um, but with 999 01:51:14,320 --> 01:51:16,880 the arrival of the new F uh facilities 1000 01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:20,400 director and my involvement with the 1001 01:51:20,400 --> 01:51:23,679 whole 5-year capital plan last year and 1002 01:51:23,679 --> 01:51:25,280 meeting with the town manager and the 1003 01:51:25,280 --> 01:51:27,199 superintendent, 1004 01:51:27,199 --> 01:51:30,480 um, we've gotten clarity as to what we 1005 01:51:30,480 --> 01:51:32,800 need to do to go forward and not having 1006 01:51:32,800 --> 01:51:37,199 a capital budget approved right now is 1007 01:51:37,199 --> 01:51:38,960 actually working out fine because with 1008 01:51:38,960 --> 01:51:41,520 the new facilities director, that person 1009 01:51:41,520 --> 01:51:45,679 will be responsible to achieve the the activities that are going to be come 1010 01:51:45,679 --> 01:51:48,560 before you by the end of September. And 1011 01:51:48,560 --> 01:51:50,400 so there's another document in here that 1012 01:51:50,400 --> 01:51:52,000 I'm talking about capital budget. So I'm 1013 01:51:52,000 --> 01:51:54,080 kind of leading into that. So I'll back 1014 01:51:54,080 --> 01:51:55,920 off. We can get into more detail, but 1015 01:51:55,920 --> 01:51:58,159 I'm articulating that in your summary 1016 01:51:58,159 --> 01:52:00,239 report for the community to know that it 1017 01:52:00,239 --> 01:52:02,159 is under further review and with 1018 01:52:02,159 --> 01:52:04,719 solidification of when to expect. And to 1019 01:52:04,719 --> 01:52:06,719 me, that's the biggest thing when with 1020 01:52:06,719 --> 01:52:08,000 putting a document that's going to be 1021 01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:11,440 out in the public realm is we've 1022 01:52:11,440 --> 01:52:13,920 identified something and then we're 1023 01:52:13,920 --> 01:52:16,239 going to leave you with what's this next 1024 01:52:16,239 --> 01:52:18,639 step is. Be it follow up a month from 1025 01:52:18,639 --> 01:52:22,080 now or we got it resolved or we've got 1026 01:52:22,080 --> 01:52:23,520 to come up with another plan. But at 1027 01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:25,920 least here we hopefully it comes across 1028 01:52:25,920 --> 01:52:28,560 that yes we've identified something but 1029 01:52:28,560 --> 01:52:30,560 we also have the action plan that's 1030 01:52:30,560 --> 01:52:32,239 working on between now and a certain 1031 01:52:32,239 --> 01:52:33,920 date and we're going to follow up on it 1032 01:52:33,920 --> 01:52:35,760 and it becomes a target and everybody 1033 01:52:35,760 --> 01:52:37,679 will be on board what the school is 1034 01:52:37,679 --> 01:52:39,920 trying to achieve. So those are the 1035 01:52:39,920 --> 01:52:42,000 pieces that are laid out in front of you 1036 01:52:42,000 --> 01:52:43,760 and there's also the comment about the 1037 01:52:43,760 --> 01:52:46,400 school lunch fund etc. It's just early 1038 01:52:46,400 --> 01:52:48,159 the school doesn't open. We just have a 1039 01:52:48,159 --> 01:52:49,760 small summer program so it's very 1040 01:52:49,760 --> 01:52:51,520 minimal. There's really nothing to 1041 01:52:51,520 --> 01:52:52,880 report out over the summer. There's 1042 01:52:52,880 --> 01:52:54,639 nothing extraordinary to be concerned 1043 01:52:54,639 --> 01:52:57,040 about at this time. And then the all the 1044 01:52:57,040 --> 01:53:00,000 grants um the state just started 1045 01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:01,599 approving grants. So we will be starting 1046 01:53:01,599 --> 01:53:03,360 the post actually approved budgets and 1047 01:53:03,360 --> 01:53:05,679 we'll get up to speed with that. So this 1048 01:53:05,679 --> 01:53:08,719 is just a very minimal amount of impact 1049 01:53:08,719 --> 01:53:11,280 on the community at this point. But the 1050 01:53:11,280 --> 01:53:12,960 d total budget will be probably 1051 01:53:12,960 --> 01:53:14,159 something of the interest for the 1052 01:53:14,159 --> 01:53:15,599 community down the road when we get all 1053 01:53:15,599 --> 01:53:17,520 the grant budgets approved and into the 1054 01:53:17,520 --> 01:53:19,040 system. you'll see what kind of 1055 01:53:19,040 --> 01:53:21,040 resources we have supporting our school 1056 01:53:21,040 --> 01:53:23,760 system through that process. 1057 01:53:23,760 --> 01:53:26,960 And then lastly is the attachment of the 1058 01:53:26,960 --> 01:53:30,239 line item reports showing them 1059 01:53:30,239 --> 01:53:32,560 collectively by what we consider object 1060 01:53:32,560 --> 01:53:35,280 codes. So whether it be the salary line 1061 01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:41,920 or a stipen line or the coaches and etc. um it's across all districts and I 1062 01:53:41,920 --> 01:53:44,560 got to say kudos to your accounting team 1063 01:53:44,560 --> 01:53:45,840 um from what they've been trying to 1064 01:53:45,840 --> 01:53:48,800 achieve. Behind these four pages of 1065 01:53:48,800 --> 01:53:51,520 reports for the general fund alone, 1066 01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:55,119 there's over 7,000 1067 01:53:55,119 --> 01:53:57,119 account codes in which to post the 1068 01:53:57,119 --> 01:53:59,599 transaction. So, it's an incredibly 1069 01:53:59,599 --> 01:54:03,040 tedious and focused effort to maintain 1070 01:54:03,040 --> 01:54:06,159 the integrity um of the information 1071 01:54:06,159 --> 01:54:08,159 that's going into the buckets uh 1072 01:54:08,159 --> 01:54:10,400 appropriately. And this has to do with 1073 01:54:10,400 --> 01:54:13,280 the Yukoa system. It's a 32digit account 1074 01:54:13,280 --> 01:54:15,599 code which gives you opportunity to 1075 01:54:15,599 --> 01:54:18,000 overanalyze a district in my opinion. 1076 01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:20,480 But you see them from the macro level. 1077 01:54:20,480 --> 01:54:22,800 Office supplies is one line, 1078 01:54:22,800 --> 01:54:25,040 instructional textbooks is another line, 1079 01:54:25,040 --> 01:54:27,119 but it's collective. Our report doesn't 1080 01:54:27,119 --> 01:54:30,000 break it down by so by high school, 1081 01:54:30,000 --> 01:54:32,639 middle school or or subject, but in your 1082 01:54:32,639 --> 01:54:34,400 system it is. And so if you want that 1083 01:54:34,400 --> 01:54:36,239 level of detail, it's available, but the 1084 01:54:36,239 --> 01:54:39,199 summary level is what um is our standard 1085 01:54:39,199 --> 01:54:40,719 report. You know, we should be fine with 1086 01:54:40,719 --> 01:54:44,000 that. Any questions? 1087 01:54:44,000 --> 01:54:48,480 >> I have a question. Um so I I think for 1088 01:54:48,480 --> 01:54:51,760 me it's just a clarifying question. So 1089 01:54:51,760 --> 01:54:54,880 when you talk about fringe benefits and 1090 01:54:54,880 --> 01:55:00,000 or under budget, um do you mean that we 1091 01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:04,159 didn't do that in our budget? So 1092 01:55:04,159 --> 01:55:06,639 we didn't budget enough money for it and 1093 01:55:06,639 --> 01:55:09,119 you had to go somewhere else to find it 1094 01:55:09,119 --> 01:55:12,960 to be able to cover these amounts 1095 01:55:12,960 --> 01:55:14,960 >> potentially. Yes. That that's the 1096 01:55:14,960 --> 01:55:18,960 expectation. Yes. But the communication 1097 01:55:18,960 --> 01:55:21,920 to you as a body and to the public and 1098 01:55:21,920 --> 01:55:24,639 as a whole, I think is the critical link 1099 01:55:24,639 --> 01:55:26,560 here. that if you're identifying a 1100 01:55:26,560 --> 01:55:28,639 movement of something underneath the 1101 01:55:28,639 --> 01:55:30,880 what I call underneath the hood out of 1102 01:55:30,880 --> 01:55:34,000 those 7,000 lines and if it's not in the 1103 01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:36,960 same object code we're moving something 1104 01:55:36,960 --> 01:55:39,119 from salary because we have an open 1105 01:55:39,119 --> 01:55:41,280 position but we had to cover an out of 1106 01:55:41,280 --> 01:55:43,840 district tuition that can be 1107 01:55:43,840 --> 01:55:47,760 communicated in the comment area. Um, 1108 01:55:47,760 --> 01:55:50,159 but when you do your November 1109 01:55:50,159 --> 01:55:52,960 projection, I always presented it as a 1110 01:55:52,960 --> 01:55:54,880 revised budget. So that you would adopt 1111 01:55:54,880 --> 01:55:56,560 a budget and then that would be where 1112 01:55:56,560 --> 01:55:58,080 it's embedded that you took the salary 1113 01:55:58,080 --> 01:56:00,000 and slid it budgetarily down there. So 1114 01:56:00,000 --> 01:56:01,840 when you produce these reports in the 1115 01:56:01,840 --> 01:56:03,840 future, 1116 01:56:03,840 --> 01:56:05,920 they will align with one another, that 1117 01:56:05,920 --> 01:56:08,400 the salaries is accurate and that 1118 01:56:08,400 --> 01:56:11,440 purchase service is accurate. So if the 1119 01:56:11,440 --> 01:56:13,599 subsystem isn't managed, it could look 1120 01:56:13,599 --> 01:56:16,080 like it's out of balance and you may 1121 01:56:16,080 --> 01:56:18,080 have a problem not realizing that 1122 01:56:18,080 --> 01:56:20,719 there's a opportunity in other areas. 1123 01:56:20,719 --> 01:56:22,639 And there's another half a step the 1124 01:56:22,639 --> 01:56:25,920 district could consider. Um I've had two 1125 01:56:25,920 --> 01:56:28,960 different experiences where this the 1126 01:56:28,960 --> 01:56:31,119 administration was allowed to move money 1127 01:56:31,119 --> 01:56:34,400 in the category supplies. And so the 1128 01:56:34,400 --> 01:56:36,719 Yukoa County codes use the first two 1129 01:56:36,719 --> 01:56:40,159 digits for category. So a 56 supply, 1130 01:56:40,159 --> 01:56:45,440 there could be 500 56 accounts or a 55 1131 01:56:45,440 --> 01:56:49,199 account or a 53 account or 51 account. 1132 01:56:49,199 --> 01:56:50,719 The administration was allowed to move 1133 01:56:50,719 --> 01:56:52,239 it over there because you approved total 1134 01:56:52,239 --> 01:56:53,920 salaries, you've approved total purchase 1135 01:56:53,920 --> 01:56:56,480 services, etc. But if you needed money 1136 01:56:56,480 --> 01:56:58,800 from one of the categories to go to 1137 01:56:58,800 --> 01:57:00,639 another category, the school committee 1138 01:57:00,639 --> 01:57:02,400 got involved and said we want to be the 1139 01:57:02,400 --> 01:57:04,639 one that authorizes that and approves 1140 01:57:04,639 --> 01:57:07,040 that. And that allows you to know 1141 01:57:07,040 --> 01:57:09,520 whether money was in supplies, it's 1142 01:57:09,520 --> 01:57:10,960 over. Now we're going to put over in 1143 01:57:10,960 --> 01:57:13,199 salaries and hire another body that the 1144 01:57:13,199 --> 01:57:14,960 school committee may not be aware of at 1145 01:57:14,960 --> 01:57:17,920 the time. So those cross categories was 1146 01:57:17,920 --> 01:57:20,080 an opportunity. This wait a minute, I 1147 01:57:20,080 --> 01:57:21,360 thought you needed these things to 1148 01:57:21,360 --> 01:57:23,440 purchase services or salary and now 1149 01:57:23,440 --> 01:57:24,639 you're telling me you're going to go buy 1150 01:57:24,639 --> 01:57:26,960 equipment with it. You know, is it one 1151 01:57:26,960 --> 01:57:29,599 of is it this is boutine, etc., etc. So 1152 01:57:29,599 --> 01:57:31,360 those kinds of internal operational 1153 01:57:31,360 --> 01:57:33,760 things will come to play because if you 1154 01:57:33,760 --> 01:57:35,760 don't make the budget adjustments even 1155 01:57:35,760 --> 01:57:37,360 though everybody knows about it, the 1156 01:57:37,360 --> 01:57:39,520 report could look skewed when it's out 1157 01:57:39,520 --> 01:57:41,280 in the public realm. So just be 1158 01:57:41,280 --> 01:57:45,199 conscious of the timing of moving budget 1159 01:57:45,199 --> 01:57:48,320 numbers and who knows what when. I've 1160 01:57:48,320 --> 01:57:50,639 always been an advocate upfront first, 1161 01:57:50,639 --> 01:57:52,560 make the adjustment and then we can move 1162 01:57:52,560 --> 01:57:54,560 on. You've heard the reasons, you agree 1163 01:57:54,560 --> 01:57:56,400 with the rationale, we're moving 1164 01:57:56,400 --> 01:57:58,080 forward. this is appropriate for this 1165 01:57:58,080 --> 01:57:59,840 year and then it'll be revisited next 1166 01:57:59,840 --> 01:58:01,760 year and then the system could be 1167 01:58:01,760 --> 01:58:05,199 >> just so I can think I'm understanding 1168 01:58:05,199 --> 01:58:08,000 where you're going. So in here I'm 1169 01:58:08,000 --> 01:58:12,480 reading that the retiring the retirees 1170 01:58:12,480 --> 01:58:14,719 benefit 1171 01:58:14,719 --> 01:58:16,560 and 1172 01:58:16,560 --> 01:58:20,149 um 1173 01:58:20,159 --> 01:58:21,840 so 1174 01:58:21,840 --> 01:58:24,239 that's it. So with retirees, we don't 1175 01:58:24,239 --> 01:58:26,880 know that they're going to retire. 1176 01:58:26,880 --> 01:58:27,280 >> Correct. 1177 01:58:27,280 --> 01:58:30,480 >> So is that what impacts that 1178 01:58:30,480 --> 01:58:32,000 >> occasionally? Yes. 1179 01:58:32,000 --> 01:58:32,880 >> The budget then? 1180 01:58:32,880 --> 01:58:33,440 >> Yes. 1181 01:58:33,440 --> 01:58:35,119 >> Okay. So that I'm correct. 1182 01:58:35,119 --> 01:58:37,119 >> Yep. And and a lot of times if if it 1183 01:58:37,119 --> 01:58:40,159 happens in December, um it'll impact the 1184 01:58:40,159 --> 01:58:41,920 tail end of your year, but you don't 1185 01:58:41,920 --> 01:58:43,840 know about it until sometimes they come 1186 01:58:43,840 --> 01:58:45,199 back and say, "There's an opportunity 1187 01:58:45,199 --> 01:58:46,880 for me to leave." Or like what just 1188 01:58:46,880 --> 01:58:48,480 happened, if it happens in August, well, 1189 01:58:48,480 --> 01:58:51,040 we're going to replace that person. And 1190 01:58:51,040 --> 01:58:54,000 that could be a cost savings that will 1191 01:58:54,000 --> 01:58:55,599 get calculated officially in your 1192 01:58:55,599 --> 01:58:57,440 November calculations cuz 1193 01:58:57,440 --> 01:59:00,239 >> but you can't really call it a a savings 1194 01:59:00,239 --> 01:59:04,719 because now you have to pay retirement 1195 01:59:04,719 --> 01:59:07,199 benefits and etc like that. Correct. 1196 01:59:07,199 --> 01:59:08,400 Right. 1197 01:59:08,400 --> 01:59:08,719 >> Yeah. 1198 01:59:08,719 --> 01:59:10,880 >> Okay. That that should get factored in 1199 01:59:10,880 --> 01:59:12,480 during that conversation when the 1200 01:59:12,480 --> 01:59:14,159 triggers take place. And then it's 1201 01:59:14,159 --> 01:59:17,520 material. I mean, if you miss one dental 1202 01:59:17,520 --> 01:59:19,280 bill or two dental bill or even six 1203 01:59:19,280 --> 01:59:20,800 month worth of dental bills, you're only 1204 01:59:20,800 --> 01:59:24,320 talking three, four, $500, $1,000. You 1205 01:59:24,320 --> 01:59:27,199 know, at least you're getting rid of big 1206 01:59:27,199 --> 01:59:29,360 items that seem to be sometimes a 1207 01:59:29,360 --> 01:59:31,920 surprise in some communities. And so 1208 01:59:31,920 --> 01:59:33,679 that's what we're going to be trying to 1209 01:59:33,679 --> 01:59:35,440 formalize while you go through this 1210 01:59:35,440 --> 01:59:37,920 process. you're going to whittle down 1211 01:59:37,920 --> 01:59:41,199 the uncertainties of what we're facing 1212 01:59:41,199 --> 01:59:42,960 um as this thing progresses through the 1213 01:59:42,960 --> 01:59:45,360 course of its uh function. 1214 01:59:45,360 --> 01:59:50,800 >> So um I I am greatly appreciative of you 1215 01:59:50,800 --> 01:59:55,440 bringing back the um need for budget 1216 01:59:55,440 --> 01:59:58,639 amend amendments. We we definitely need 1217 01:59:58,639 --> 02:00:01,920 to do that on a consistent basis. Along 1218 02:00:01,920 --> 02:00:04,000 with budget amendments, I would like to 1219 02:00:04,000 --> 02:00:08,480 also see a variance analysis of any any 1220 02:00:08,480 --> 02:00:11,119 variance in any of the accounts that 1221 02:00:11,119 --> 02:00:16,960 might be above some set number. And with the rationale, I mean, I'm going to 1222 02:00:16,960 --> 02:00:19,199 use an example. The town was using 1223 02:00:19,199 --> 02:00:22,239 energy credits, so we were way under the 1224 02:00:22,239 --> 02:00:25,119 budget for electricity. We if we were 1225 02:00:25,119 --> 02:00:27,360 looking at the at a variance analysis on 1226 02:00:27,360 --> 02:00:29,280 an ongoing basis, we would have seen it. 1227 02:00:29,280 --> 02:00:31,599 So, you know, it's great that it was 1228 02:00:31,599 --> 02:00:34,080 under budgeted, but there was no 1229 02:00:34,080 --> 02:00:37,280 visibility of it. Um, so I'm just going 1230 02:00:37,280 --> 02:00:40,960 to ask Kate, do you think we should have 1231 02:00:40,960 --> 02:00:43,119 a subcommittee meeting to talk about 1232 02:00:43,119 --> 02:00:48,000 what reporting requirements we may need? 1233 02:00:48,000 --> 02:00:50,880 >> I do. I think we I think we need um I 1234 02:00:50,880 --> 02:00:53,280 think we actually need to start having a 1235 02:00:53,280 --> 02:00:55,920 more frequent budget and and finance 1236 02:00:55,920 --> 02:00:57,280 subcommittee meeting. And I think it 1237 02:00:57,280 --> 02:00:59,760 also aligns with the monthly reports 1238 02:00:59,760 --> 02:01:01,679 that we're generating. Do we have to 1239 02:01:01,679 --> 02:01:03,840 have it monthly? Maybe not, but maybe 1240 02:01:03,840 --> 02:01:07,920 you know by monthly or or you know so 1241 02:01:07,920 --> 02:01:10,639 because we need um 1242 02:01:10,639 --> 02:01:13,679 our number one our number one focus has 1243 02:01:13,679 --> 02:01:16,480 been transparency 1244 02:01:16,480 --> 02:01:19,360 and I think we lost some of that over 1245 02:01:19,360 --> 02:01:23,040 the past year unfortunately and uh we 1246 02:01:23,040 --> 02:01:26,400 need to regain it and um and so I think 1247 02:01:26,400 --> 02:01:30,000 this sets that stage to to kind of 1248 02:01:30,000 --> 02:01:32,719 reclaiming that. Um, I think we kind of 1249 02:01:32,719 --> 02:01:35,920 took for granted that we had 1250 02:01:35,920 --> 02:01:39,040 transparency. Um, and and it kind of fit 1251 02:01:39,040 --> 02:01:41,199 us. So, I want to make sure we get back 1252 02:01:41,199 --> 02:01:43,840 to it. Um, and I think this sets us up 1253 02:01:43,840 --> 02:01:46,000 for that for sure. And having that type 1254 02:01:46,000 --> 02:01:48,080 of visibility that you're referring to, 1255 02:01:48,080 --> 02:01:50,800 it just it o it just cl it opens the 1256 02:01:50,800 --> 02:01:55,109 door cl and clarifies everything for us. 1257 02:01:55,119 --> 02:02:00,320 and and maybe as these monthly reports 1258 02:02:00,320 --> 02:02:02,719 um start rolling out well they've 1259 02:02:02,719 --> 02:02:05,840 already started but continue to roll out 1260 02:02:05,840 --> 02:02:08,159 um maybe we should the budget 1261 02:02:08,159 --> 02:02:11,199 subcommittee should meet monthly and 1262 02:02:11,199 --> 02:02:15,360 then after we get you know both feet dug 1263 02:02:15,360 --> 02:02:19,599 in um we may be able to make it um less 1264 02:02:19,599 --> 02:02:23,040 often I'm not looking to add meetings to 1265 02:02:23,040 --> 02:02:27,760 everybody's plate. Um, 1266 02:02:27,760 --> 02:02:31,280 so um, Mr. Fury, 1267 02:02:31,280 --> 02:02:33,599 I am the abstract math person here at 1268 02:02:33,599 --> 02:02:36,239 the table, not the accounting person. 1269 02:02:36,239 --> 02:02:36,960 >> Mhm. 1270 02:02:36,960 --> 02:02:40,800 >> So, um, your notation, 1271 02:02:40,800 --> 02:02:43,199 I always have to clarify this. You've 1272 02:02:43,199 --> 02:02:46,159 got these things. Are those negative 1273 02:02:46,159 --> 02:02:47,440 amounts? 1274 02:02:47,440 --> 02:02:50,960 >> Yes. typically um 1275 02:02:50,960 --> 02:02:53,280 >> use a negative sign like we do. 1276 02:02:53,280 --> 02:02:54,960 >> It's it's sometimes it's difficult to 1277 02:02:54,960 --> 02:02:56,639 see that little dash. I find the 1278 02:02:56,639 --> 02:03:01,360 brackets to be um easier to read. 1279 02:03:01,360 --> 02:03:05,199 >> They use something else different. 1280 02:03:05,199 --> 02:03:09,679 I want a negative sign. Make it red. 1281 02:03:09,679 --> 02:03:11,840 >> Yeah, we could make it red. I would have 1282 02:03:11,840 --> 02:03:15,440 gotten it if it was red. 1283 02:03:15,440 --> 02:03:24,470 Any 1284 02:03:24,480 --> 02:03:27,990 other questions? 1285 02:03:28,000 --> 02:03:30,400 All right. 1286 02:03:30,400 --> 02:03:33,199 >> I don't I don't think we need to have a 1287 02:03:33,199 --> 02:03:34,639 motion to accept your memo, though. 1288 02:03:34,639 --> 02:03:36,800 Right. Good. Okay. Um 1289 02:03:36,800 --> 02:03:38,400 >> I'm sorry, K, before we move on, I'm 1290 02:03:38,400 --> 02:03:41,199 just curious. So this particular this is 1291 02:03:41,199 --> 02:03:44,639 a this is um this is a different than 1292 02:03:44,639 --> 02:03:48,880 what we went in front of the town with 1293 02:03:48,880 --> 02:03:50,880 many times over the past year. I'm 1294 02:03:50,880 --> 02:03:53,520 curious are we are we speaking to that 1295 02:03:53,520 --> 02:03:55,760 with the town at all? Like what kind of 1296 02:03:55,760 --> 02:04:00,400 where where do we stand with all that? 1297 02:04:00,400 --> 02:04:02,480 I believe the next step once we've 1298 02:04:02,480 --> 02:04:05,040 stopped this monthly process, we'll get 1299 02:04:05,040 --> 02:04:07,440 clarity on 1300 02:04:07,440 --> 02:04:10,960 um aligning communication with the town 1301 02:04:10,960 --> 02:04:13,199 so that it makes sense. And so that 1302 02:04:13,199 --> 02:04:15,280 would be probably the next level of 1303 02:04:15,280 --> 02:04:17,119 activity associated with what we're 1304 02:04:17,119 --> 02:04:18,800 talking about this evening. 1305 02:04:18,800 --> 02:04:20,239 >> I can get back to you on that. 1306 02:04:20,239 --> 02:04:24,070 >> Thank you. 1307 02:04:24,080 --> 02:04:25,199 » All right. Thank you. That was a good 1308 02:04:25,199 --> 02:04:28,080 question. Um all right that'll bring us 1309 02:04:28,080 --> 02:04:31,360 to D discussion action fiscal year 2026 1310 02:04:31,360 --> 02:04:33,679 district end of year revenue expenses 1311 02:04:33,679 --> 02:04:35,760 and fund balance. 1312 02:04:35,760 --> 02:04:39,599 >> Thank you madam chair. Um this one is 1313 02:04:39,599 --> 02:04:41,520 going to be of every interest much 1314 02:04:41,520 --> 02:04:44,880 interest clearly and there was lots of 1315 02:04:44,880 --> 02:04:47,679 um data points and as you had mentioned 1316 02:04:47,679 --> 02:04:49,599 the timeliness of what do we know when 1317 02:04:49,599 --> 02:04:53,199 do we know etc etc. The bottom line is 1318 02:04:53,199 --> 02:04:55,760 the expenses have been pushed through. 1319 02:04:55,760 --> 02:04:57,760 There were a few items that I had to do 1320 02:04:57,760 --> 02:05:00,080 additional research on 1321 02:05:00,080 --> 02:05:02,639 and one of them as the school committee 1322 02:05:02,639 --> 02:05:05,840 chair me uh chair had mentioned happened 1323 02:05:05,840 --> 02:05:08,239 to be electricity. 1324 02:05:08,239 --> 02:05:10,639 And so the unique item of electricity 1325 02:05:10,639 --> 02:05:12,639 was with net metering. There was a 1326 02:05:12,639 --> 02:05:14,159 change of practice in the business 1327 02:05:14,159 --> 02:05:17,199 office this past school year. And so in 1328 02:05:17,199 --> 02:05:20,239 meeting with the town, 1329 02:05:20,239 --> 02:05:22,480 the electric bills we received show 1330 02:05:22,480 --> 02:05:25,440 credits coming off and having net zero 1331 02:05:25,440 --> 02:05:27,520 numbers owed to the electric company. 1332 02:05:27,520 --> 02:05:30,400 But historically, we were recording the 1333 02:05:30,400 --> 02:05:32,719 expense as if we pay the bill. It just 1334 02:05:32,719 --> 02:05:34,480 happens to get paid in another manner. 1335 02:05:34,480 --> 02:05:36,159 And so that was the bookkeeping to 1336 02:05:36,159 --> 02:05:38,560 sustain how much it actually would cost 1337 02:05:38,560 --> 02:05:41,040 us for electricity. 1338 02:05:41,040 --> 02:05:43,520 By making the change, it made the 1339 02:05:43,520 --> 02:05:46,639 expense go down, which created confusion 1340 02:05:46,639 --> 02:05:48,719 through the course of the whole year. 1341 02:05:48,719 --> 02:05:50,880 There was a worksheet that had all of 1342 02:05:50,880 --> 02:05:52,880 the open bills and what the charges 1343 02:05:52,880 --> 02:05:55,520 would have been. And so those charges 1344 02:05:55,520 --> 02:05:58,800 have in fact been posted to the school's 1345 02:05:58,800 --> 02:06:00,320 expenditure account. So you don't lose 1346 02:06:00,320 --> 02:06:02,400 the history of how much our electric 1347 02:06:02,400 --> 02:06:05,440 actually cost without the net metering. 1348 02:06:05,440 --> 02:06:07,679 What's a question that's on further 1349 02:06:07,679 --> 02:06:09,280 research 1350 02:06:09,280 --> 02:06:13,520 is that payment that the electric 1351 02:06:13,520 --> 02:06:15,840 company was recognizing as take it off 1352 02:06:15,840 --> 02:06:17,440 your bill, you don't have to send us a 1353 02:06:17,440 --> 02:06:19,119 check. 1354 02:06:19,119 --> 02:06:20,960 Where were those funds? Typically, we 1355 02:06:20,960 --> 02:06:22,480 were accounting with the town for that 1356 02:06:22,480 --> 02:06:24,880 and it was a separate. There's no 1357 02:06:24,880 --> 02:06:27,280 revenue aligned in our operating budget. 1358 02:06:27,280 --> 02:06:30,079 if there was checks coming in, 1359 02:06:30,079 --> 02:06:31,840 which is typical of comparing this 1360 02:06:31,840 --> 02:06:34,320 budget versus historical budgets. I'm 1361 02:06:34,320 --> 02:06:37,599 still resolving the whole piece of where 1362 02:06:37,599 --> 02:06:40,800 was the credit offered because we don't 1363 02:06:40,800 --> 02:06:42,880 want to lose the sight that if all of a 1364 02:06:42,880 --> 02:06:45,119 sudden net metering goes away and that 1365 02:06:45,119 --> 02:06:47,520 financial support goes away, we're still 1366 02:06:47,520 --> 02:06:50,079 going to have electrical expenses. So 1367 02:06:50,079 --> 02:06:52,320 that's why it was important to restate 1368 02:06:52,320 --> 02:06:54,320 the expenses in our operating budget 1369 02:06:54,320 --> 02:06:55,760 because that's what it would really cost 1370 02:06:55,760 --> 02:06:59,520 us. and offset is the question of where 1371 02:06:59,520 --> 02:07:02,159 is that recognized in any of our 1372 02:07:02,159 --> 02:07:04,800 operating statements. So right now I'm 1373 02:07:04,800 --> 02:07:07,119 not aware of any recognition of the 1374 02:07:07,119 --> 02:07:10,719 revenue coming in affecting our revenue 1375 02:07:10,719 --> 02:07:12,719 for the last year that just closed. But 1376 02:07:12,719 --> 02:07:15,599 we did elevate the expense. So, in round 1377 02:07:15,599 --> 02:07:18,800 numbers, I was able to demonstrate that 1378 02:07:18,800 --> 02:07:22,719 we've actually had income in excess of 1379 02:07:22,719 --> 02:07:25,199 $898,000 1380 02:07:25,199 --> 02:07:27,360 when comparing budget to what actually 1381 02:07:27,360 --> 02:07:32,800 came in. Okay? And in my comments below, 1382 02:07:32,800 --> 02:07:36,400 I break down what the major contributors 1383 02:07:36,400 --> 02:07:40,320 were that gave us that $898,000 1384 02:07:40,320 --> 02:07:43,199 income level. All right. First and 1385 02:07:43,199 --> 02:07:46,560 foremost, your Medicaid building billing 1386 02:07:46,560 --> 02:07:48,880 for student services, what was Medicaid 1387 02:07:48,880 --> 02:07:52,880 eligible, exceeded budget by over 100%. 1388 02:07:52,880 --> 02:07:54,239 You had a budget somewhere in the 1389 02:07:54,239 --> 02:07:56,400 neighborhood of half a million dollar 1390 02:07:56,400 --> 02:08:00,159 and it came in at a million50,000. 1391 02:08:00,159 --> 02:08:02,480 So $550,000 1392 02:08:02,480 --> 02:08:04,560 of additional billing. I know the 1393 02:08:04,560 --> 02:08:07,520 special ed department put in uh 1394 02:08:07,520 --> 02:08:09,920 procedures to make sure we build for the 1395 02:08:09,920 --> 02:08:12,159 activities that were available for 1396 02:08:12,159 --> 02:08:13,679 billing for our students and the 1397 02:08:13,679 --> 02:08:15,599 services being provided. So that was one 1398 02:08:15,599 --> 02:08:17,119 initiative I understand helped 1399 02:08:17,119 --> 02:08:20,000 contribute to this. Second initiative is 1400 02:08:20,000 --> 02:08:23,360 there was some sunsetting of Medicare 1401 02:08:23,360 --> 02:08:26,960 activities where they were paying bills 1402 02:08:26,960 --> 02:08:29,679 um and so that got taken care of but 1403 02:08:29,679 --> 02:08:32,000 they may not exist coming into this 1404 02:08:32,000 --> 02:08:34,079 year. And so there was an economic 1405 02:08:34,079 --> 02:08:36,639 opportunity and a windfall. So the 1406 02:08:36,639 --> 02:08:39,360 dollars are real today. And what I 1407 02:08:39,360 --> 02:08:42,880 mentioned in my document is part of our 1408 02:08:42,880 --> 02:08:46,880 research for the FY27 budget. 1409 02:08:46,880 --> 02:08:50,480 This is one of those. Can the Medicaid 1410 02:08:50,480 --> 02:08:53,599 Medicare Medicaid uh billing be 1411 02:08:53,599 --> 02:08:56,800 sustained for FY27? 1412 02:08:56,800 --> 02:08:58,639 because you have a budget that's roughly 1413 02:08:58,639 --> 02:09:01,440 the same budget you had in FY26, about 1414 02:09:01,440 --> 02:09:03,360 $600,000. 1415 02:09:03,360 --> 02:09:06,079 So, can we continue to bill activities 1416 02:09:06,079 --> 02:09:08,000 and reach a million dollars in billing? 1417 02:09:08,000 --> 02:09:10,239 That's a big number for conversation. I 1418 02:09:10,239 --> 02:09:12,079 hope to have an answer by the end of 1419 02:09:12,079 --> 02:09:14,719 September. I'm meeting with the director 1420 02:09:14,719 --> 02:09:16,560 of special ed to find out the billing 1421 02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:19,199 opportunities. If we had a two or three 1422 02:09:19,199 --> 02:09:20,960 students that came into district last 1423 02:09:20,960 --> 02:09:24,159 year and had very unique issues and that 1424 02:09:24,159 --> 02:09:26,960 triggered the billing according to their 1425 02:09:26,960 --> 02:09:29,840 unique issues and those students now are 1426 02:09:29,840 --> 02:09:31,760 not enrolled or they no longer need 1427 02:09:31,760 --> 02:09:35,280 those unique services, then it's it's 1428 02:09:35,280 --> 02:09:37,040 very possible the building can go down 1429 02:09:37,040 --> 02:09:38,960 substantially. So that we got to get 1430 02:09:38,960 --> 02:09:41,599 clarity on as to what those triggers 1431 02:09:41,599 --> 02:09:43,360 were and that's what we're working on 1432 02:09:43,360 --> 02:09:45,599 now and we'll have answers by the end of 1433 02:09:45,599 --> 02:09:47,440 September. 1434 02:09:47,440 --> 02:09:49,840 Next category was tuitions of students 1435 02:09:49,840 --> 02:09:52,239 coming to South Kingston 1436 02:09:52,239 --> 02:09:55,199 in excess of 180,000. Again, your budget 1437 02:09:55,199 --> 02:09:57,840 was only about 150,000. So, we made up 1438 02:09:57,840 --> 02:10:00,960 over 100% on that category as well. And 1439 02:10:00,960 --> 02:10:03,119 it's the same issue. The numbers of 1440 02:10:03,119 --> 02:10:05,760 students coming going to be sustained 1441 02:10:05,760 --> 02:10:08,800 was next year's budget FY27 built on 1442 02:10:08,800 --> 02:10:11,040 what we were actually receiving. So, it 1443 02:10:11,040 --> 02:10:14,079 would be um absolutely critical to know 1444 02:10:14,079 --> 02:10:15,280 that we're going to be able to sustain 1445 02:10:15,280 --> 02:10:18,719 it or was the budget built based on last 1446 02:10:18,719 --> 02:10:20,560 year's budget and is there an 1447 02:10:20,560 --> 02:10:22,560 opportunity that that revenue may also 1448 02:10:22,560 --> 02:10:24,960 go up. I'll have those answers come 1449 02:10:24,960 --> 02:10:27,119 September. 1450 02:10:27,119 --> 02:10:28,960 And then there's earnings on investments 1451 02:10:28,960 --> 02:10:31,679 and I'll be working with the town that 1452 02:10:31,679 --> 02:10:35,199 um we went up close to 60% of plus 1453 02:10:35,199 --> 02:10:37,679 $113,000 1454 02:10:37,679 --> 02:10:40,719 for that category alone. And again, was 1455 02:10:40,719 --> 02:10:42,880 it because of where investments were? 1456 02:10:42,880 --> 02:10:45,360 How did that investment get generated? 1457 02:10:45,360 --> 02:10:46,719 What were the interest rates? Are 1458 02:10:46,719 --> 02:10:48,880 interest rates coming down? We need to 1459 02:10:48,880 --> 02:10:52,159 validate whether what we received was 1460 02:10:52,159 --> 02:10:54,159 better benchmark for the upcoming year 1461 02:10:54,159 --> 02:10:55,840 or we got to roll it back. But I'll have 1462 02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:58,320 an answer as to why we won't match it or 1463 02:10:58,320 --> 02:11:00,880 we will match it when we do the 27. So 1464 02:11:00,880 --> 02:11:02,800 these are all baselines for us to talk 1465 02:11:02,800 --> 02:11:06,639 about going into 27, but it's real as of 1466 02:11:06,639 --> 02:11:09,280 June 30th. And so that helped the 1467 02:11:09,280 --> 02:11:12,000 district immensely. 1468 02:11:12,000 --> 02:11:14,880 The next item on the general fund is 1469 02:11:14,880 --> 02:11:17,760 expenditures. And as I had noted that we 1470 02:11:17,760 --> 02:11:20,480 came in under budget on expenditures by 1471 02:11:20,480 --> 02:11:23,750 $840,000 1472 02:11:23,760 --> 02:11:26,480 and they were categories 1473 02:11:26,480 --> 02:11:29,760 fringe benefits was $290,000 1474 02:11:29,760 --> 02:11:32,320 under spent in the categories in 1475 02:11:32,320 --> 02:11:34,800 particular our retiree paid benefits by 1476 02:11:34,800 --> 02:11:38,480 over 240,000 of it. Staff life insurance 1477 02:11:38,480 --> 02:11:40,639 and medical buyback attributed for the 1478 02:11:40,639 --> 02:11:44,159 other 54,000. So that became the 290. 1479 02:11:44,159 --> 02:11:46,960 The question to be had is the retiree 1480 02:11:46,960 --> 02:11:51,040 benefits. Um, is that just a oneoff? Why 1481 02:11:51,040 --> 02:11:52,880 was there such a significant savings? 1482 02:11:52,880 --> 02:11:54,960 What is it compared to for 27? And is 1483 02:11:54,960 --> 02:11:57,920 that sustainable? And so again, it's a 1484 02:11:57,920 --> 02:12:00,400 good problem to have, but what you do 1485 02:12:00,400 --> 02:12:02,239 with the information becomes critical 1486 02:12:02,239 --> 02:12:05,360 about how valid is it. And so, um, that 1487 02:12:05,360 --> 02:12:09,119 is further research. Fringe benefits 1488 02:12:09,119 --> 02:12:11,040 contributions to contractual pension 1489 02:12:11,040 --> 02:12:14,800 plans was under by 194,000. 1490 02:12:14,800 --> 02:12:17,440 Still saying I feel like it's redundant. 1491 02:12:17,440 --> 02:12:19,840 Our salaries came in relatively close to 1492 02:12:19,840 --> 02:12:21,280 budget somewhere in the neighborhood of 1493 02:12:21,280 --> 02:12:25,840 about $30,000 out of $29 million salary. 1494 02:12:25,840 --> 02:12:28,719 What prompted the pension contribution? 1495 02:12:28,719 --> 02:12:30,239 Whether there was a projection of an 1496 02:12:30,239 --> 02:12:33,199 increase in contribution rate or there 1497 02:12:33,199 --> 02:12:35,280 was periods where we had folks with open 1498 02:12:35,280 --> 02:12:36,880 positions. I'm not sure what triggered 1499 02:12:36,880 --> 02:12:38,719 those pieces, but that's what the 1500 02:12:38,719 --> 02:12:40,800 research is going to drive. And then how 1501 02:12:40,800 --> 02:12:44,079 does next year's 2027's pension 1502 02:12:44,079 --> 02:12:47,199 contributions line up budgetarily with 1503 02:12:47,199 --> 02:12:48,960 the salaries that are appropriate to 1504 02:12:48,960 --> 02:12:50,960 those categories is going to be. So 1505 02:12:50,960 --> 02:12:53,679 these be this is becoming the outline 1506 02:12:53,679 --> 02:12:55,840 for our accounting manager to have 1507 02:12:55,840 --> 02:12:58,079 answers for me. how we created the 1508 02:12:58,079 --> 02:13:01,520 budget, is it sustainable and then have 1509 02:13:01,520 --> 02:13:04,159 a better stronger budget presentation 1510 02:13:04,159 --> 02:13:07,599 for you for 27. 1511 02:13:07,599 --> 02:13:09,599 And then other purchase services is 1512 02:13:09,599 --> 02:13:11,280 primarily the out of district tuitions 1513 02:13:11,280 --> 02:13:14,320 for for vocational and special ed had 1514 02:13:14,320 --> 02:13:16,719 gone down. Um and is that sustainable 1515 02:13:16,719 --> 02:13:19,199 becomes another question. 1516 02:13:19,199 --> 02:13:21,520 The side pieces I wanted to highlight is 1517 02:13:21,520 --> 02:13:24,320 there was a claim settlement of 150,000. 1518 02:13:24,320 --> 02:13:26,400 you didn't have a budget for that 1519 02:13:26,400 --> 02:13:28,560 particular item, but because of the 1520 02:13:28,560 --> 02:13:30,880 savings and in and other categories and 1521 02:13:30,880 --> 02:13:33,679 the revenue, it did not have a a 1522 02:13:33,679 --> 02:13:35,760 negative impact on our bottom line for 1523 02:13:35,760 --> 02:13:37,199 the school year. So, that's a good 1524 02:13:37,199 --> 02:13:41,760 thing. And last but not least is the 1525 02:13:41,760 --> 02:13:44,560 summary report attached has broken out 1526 02:13:44,560 --> 02:13:48,000 for you the whole general fund. But in 1527 02:13:48,000 --> 02:13:51,840 order to have the recognition of the 1528 02:13:51,840 --> 02:13:54,560 funds that the school committee adopted 1529 02:13:54,560 --> 02:13:57,440 in a budget for the capital program for 1530 02:13:57,440 --> 02:14:00,560 FY26 which was done back in August of 1531 02:14:00,560 --> 02:14:03,440 2025 last year I came before you with a 1532 02:14:03,440 --> 02:14:05,679 recommended budget. 1533 02:14:05,679 --> 02:14:08,079 This the school committee approved a 1534 02:14:08,079 --> 02:14:11,360 recommended budget of $2.1 million 1535 02:14:11,360 --> 02:14:14,239 and $780,000 was going to be capital 1536 02:14:14,239 --> 02:14:16,159 fund dollars that was still left in the 1537 02:14:16,159 --> 02:14:18,800 0429 account. 1538 02:14:18,800 --> 02:14:21,520 And the difference of the 1.4 million 1539 02:14:21,520 --> 02:14:22,880 school committee authorized 1540 02:14:22,880 --> 02:14:25,520 administration to transfer 1.4 for from 1541 02:14:25,520 --> 02:14:29,360 the general fund fund balance carryover 1542 02:14:29,360 --> 02:14:32,719 from prior years to the capital account 1543 02:14:32,719 --> 02:14:35,360 to pay for the building activities that 1544 02:14:35,360 --> 02:14:37,679 were in the budget. 1545 02:14:37,679 --> 02:14:39,760 The school district only achieved 1546 02:14:39,760 --> 02:14:42,000 $1,95,000 1547 02:14:42,000 --> 02:14:44,079 of need for the projects that got 1548 02:14:44,079 --> 02:14:46,079 completed. So some of the projects came 1549 02:14:46,079 --> 02:14:47,599 in under budget and so we didn't need 1550 02:14:47,599 --> 02:14:51,520 the money etc. the 1951 1551 02:14:51,520 --> 02:14:53,920 1,95,000 1552 02:14:53,920 --> 02:14:57,440 was transferred over so that the capital 1553 02:14:57,440 --> 02:15:00,320 fund budget 0429 will show expenses and 1554 02:15:00,320 --> 02:15:02,400 revenue balance. So those revenue 1555 02:15:02,400 --> 02:15:04,719 figures came in just as had pl been 1556 02:15:04,719 --> 02:15:08,239 planned and authorized. 1557 02:15:08,239 --> 02:15:10,480 If the budget did not have the extra 1558 02:15:10,480 --> 02:15:14,000 revenue for FY26 and did not come in 1559 02:15:14,000 --> 02:15:15,920 under budget 1560 02:15:15,920 --> 02:15:18,480 by the $800,000, 1561 02:15:18,480 --> 02:15:22,000 those two items provided about a $1.6 1562 02:15:22,000 --> 02:15:24,159 million 1563 02:15:24,159 --> 02:15:26,480 value left over for the operating school 1564 02:15:26,480 --> 02:15:29,119 year. The million is being deducted from 1565 02:15:29,119 --> 02:15:31,199 the 1.6 six because that's the 1566 02:15:31,199 --> 02:15:33,280 bookkeeping entry. We have to show the 1567 02:15:33,280 --> 02:15:34,880 community what money is being 1568 02:15:34,880 --> 02:15:37,760 transferred from general fund. 1569 02:15:37,760 --> 02:15:40,400 If the whole budget and the revenue came 1570 02:15:40,400 --> 02:15:42,719 in as planned, 1571 02:15:42,719 --> 02:15:44,320 then the school department would have 1572 02:15:44,320 --> 02:15:48,079 had a balanced operational budget and a 1573 02:15:48,079 --> 02:15:50,159 million 95 transfer and it would have 1574 02:15:50,159 --> 02:15:52,400 showed a deficit of a million 95. But 1575 02:15:52,400 --> 02:15:54,400 that million95 would have been taken out 1576 02:15:54,400 --> 02:15:57,199 of the fund balance that we authorized 1577 02:15:57,199 --> 02:15:59,040 last year because everybody knows we got 1578 02:15:59,040 --> 02:16:01,920 over $3 million in fund balance that's 1579 02:16:01,920 --> 02:16:04,320 not targeted and that was the source of 1580 02:16:04,320 --> 02:16:06,880 dollars we were using. So the good side 1581 02:16:06,880 --> 02:16:10,079 is we're now in a position to just slide 1582 02:16:10,079 --> 02:16:12,320 over the net number that's remaining 1583 02:16:12,320 --> 02:16:14,800 which is $600,000. So we have our 1584 02:16:14,800 --> 02:16:17,199 homework on very specific targets of 1585 02:16:17,199 --> 02:16:19,520 what drove the differences. 1586 02:16:19,520 --> 02:16:21,760 We have an understanding of the impact 1587 02:16:21,760 --> 02:16:25,520 of the transfer and how it was covered. 1588 02:16:25,520 --> 02:16:27,920 And we also end up with my final piece 1589 02:16:27,920 --> 02:16:31,920 is the 1.7 was the surplus deficit for 1590 02:16:31,920 --> 02:16:34,639 the year before taking into account the 1591 02:16:34,639 --> 02:16:36,960 transfer to make the capital program be 1592 02:16:36,960 --> 02:16:40,880 balanced. By subtracting the million 95, 1593 02:16:40,880 --> 02:16:43,120 we're going to have 643,000 1594 02:16:43,120 --> 02:16:46,800 remaining. That 643 will get added to 1595 02:16:46,800 --> 02:16:48,559 last year's fund balance because there's 1596 02:16:48,559 --> 02:16:50,160 been no change in that over the school 1597 02:16:50,160 --> 02:16:51,840 year. It waits till the very end after 1598 02:16:51,840 --> 02:16:54,000 the operating is determined plus or 1599 02:16:54,000 --> 02:16:56,719 minus goes into that account. Under 1600 02:16:56,719 --> 02:16:58,880 school committee policy at 2% of the 1601 02:16:58,880 --> 02:17:02,399 general fund budget is set aside for the 1602 02:17:02,399 --> 02:17:04,240 potential if there's ever um any 1603 02:17:04,240 --> 02:17:07,040 emergencies and shortcomings etc. That 1604 02:17:07,040 --> 02:17:10,000 should be defined as restricted fund 1605 02:17:10,000 --> 02:17:13,760 balance for those activities. And so on 1606 02:17:13,760 --> 02:17:15,679 our audit reports, we had a a fund 1607 02:17:15,679 --> 02:17:19,280 balance of over $4 million. 1608 02:17:19,280 --> 02:17:22,479 So subtracting the 1.26 1609 02:17:22,479 --> 02:17:25,359 from the 4 million 1610 02:17:25,359 --> 02:17:28,639 gives us the uh I mean from the from the 1611 02:17:28,639 --> 02:17:32,160 beginning gives us the 4 million. Um, by 1612 02:17:32,160 --> 02:17:36,469 adding in the $643,000, 1613 02:17:36,479 --> 02:17:38,800 our endofear total fund balance that 1614 02:17:38,800 --> 02:17:40,800 you'll see on your order reports later 1615 02:17:40,800 --> 02:17:44,160 this fall is going to be 5.3 million of 1616 02:17:44,160 --> 02:17:48,080 which 1.266 is restricted per school 1617 02:17:48,080 --> 02:17:50,479 committee policy, which would leave us 1618 02:17:50,479 --> 02:17:54,160 approximately $3 million 1619 02:17:54,160 --> 02:17:56,479 for consideration 1620 02:17:56,479 --> 02:18:00,160 of paper projects. And I'm setting this 1621 02:18:00,160 --> 02:18:02,160 stage for when we come before you with 1622 02:18:02,160 --> 02:18:04,240 the capital program. If we need the use 1623 02:18:04,240 --> 02:18:06,240 of fund balance, it's available and it's 1624 02:18:06,240 --> 02:18:10,319 there. I'm also analyzing FY27 because 1625 02:18:10,319 --> 02:18:11,679 my understanding is that there was an 1626 02:18:11,679 --> 02:18:14,160 allocation of $1.3 million of fund 1627 02:18:14,160 --> 02:18:17,439 balance use to make the FY27 budget 1628 02:18:17,439 --> 02:18:20,240 balance for this coming school year. So 1629 02:18:20,240 --> 02:18:22,559 simultaneously I will be looking at the 1630 02:18:22,559 --> 02:18:25,920 potential need for that 1.3 1631 02:18:25,920 --> 02:18:28,160 whether the sustained income that we're 1632 02:18:28,160 --> 02:18:30,719 talking about is achievable then you may 1633 02:18:30,719 --> 02:18:32,319 not need it and we can have those 1634 02:18:32,319 --> 02:18:36,240 conversations once I have 27 completed. 1635 02:18:36,240 --> 02:18:38,240 So just setting the stage that if this 1636 02:18:38,240 --> 02:18:40,639 makes sense audit report last year 1637 02:18:40,639 --> 02:18:42,559 anybody who has the audit report you're 1638 02:18:42,559 --> 02:18:44,559 going to see fund balance broken into a 1639 02:18:44,559 --> 02:18:46,559 couple of categories but it totals about 1640 02:18:46,559 --> 02:18:50,639 $4.1 million. you take our 1.2 out, 1641 02:18:50,639 --> 02:18:52,319 that's where we come in with that $4 1642 02:18:52,319 --> 02:18:55,040 million number and then we're gonna 1643 02:18:55,040 --> 02:18:56,319 because if you add those two, that's 1644 02:18:56,319 --> 02:18:59,040 what's out there publicly. 1645 02:18:59,040 --> 02:19:00,639 Does that make sense? I hope I didn't 1646 02:19:00,639 --> 02:19:03,200 confuse you too much. I know it's deep, 1647 02:19:03,200 --> 02:19:07,679 but it has such impact. 1648 02:19:07,679 --> 02:19:09,679 I think what you presented to us was 1649 02:19:09,679 --> 02:19:12,800 very clear and I understand this report 1650 02:19:12,800 --> 02:19:17,280 very well. Um, I think where 1651 02:19:17,280 --> 02:19:20,880 I'm I'm not confused by it, but I am 1652 02:19:20,880 --> 02:19:24,000 just want to call out that this is 1653 02:19:24,000 --> 02:19:27,599 distinctly different from what we acted 1654 02:19:27,599 --> 02:19:29,200 on 1655 02:19:29,200 --> 02:19:31,120 with the town. And I want to make sure 1656 02:19:31,120 --> 02:19:33,679 that that piece is clear. That's not a 1657 02:19:33,679 --> 02:19:37,120 you thing. That's a us thing. And I I am 1658 02:19:37,120 --> 02:19:38,800 feeling and and maybe someone at the 1659 02:19:38,800 --> 02:19:41,120 table can make me feel better, but I am 1660 02:19:41,120 --> 02:19:44,080 feeling like we kind of glossed over 1661 02:19:44,080 --> 02:19:45,840 that 1662 02:19:45,840 --> 02:19:48,160 at the moment. Um, and I just may be 1663 02:19:48,160 --> 02:19:50,720 missing something, but I just want us to 1664 02:19:50,720 --> 02:19:53,040 be clear that this is very different 1665 02:19:53,040 --> 02:19:56,560 from the budget we passed and presented 1666 02:19:56,560 --> 02:20:01,439 and acted on the end of last year and 1667 02:20:01,439 --> 02:20:06,880 where this is um 1668 02:20:06,880 --> 02:20:09,680 this is what we should trust to be 1669 02:20:09,680 --> 02:20:12,240 accurate. Now, um I just want to make 1670 02:20:12,240 --> 02:20:14,880 sure we're not glossing over anything 1671 02:20:14,880 --> 02:20:17,600 because I I just am feeling a little bit 1672 02:20:17,600 --> 02:20:19,439 like we are. 1673 02:20:19,439 --> 02:20:23,990 >> Can I ask a clarifying question? 1674 02:20:24,000 --> 02:20:26,720 What was the beginning of fund balance 1675 02:20:26,720 --> 02:20:29,840 at the beginning of of this fiscal year? 1676 02:20:29,840 --> 02:20:35,040 >> 4.1 uh $4.1 million. 1677 02:20:35,040 --> 02:20:37,359 >> Okay. So, 1678 02:20:37,359 --> 02:20:42,319 we we had 4.1 million in fund balance. 1679 02:20:42,319 --> 02:20:45,439 We spent 1.1 million on capital 1680 02:20:45,439 --> 02:20:48,479 improvements, bringing us down to three, 1681 02:20:48,479 --> 02:20:51,920 and we're ending with five. 1682 02:20:51,920 --> 02:20:54,720 >> Well, the the inclusion of your 1683 02:20:54,720 --> 02:20:57,680 restricted fund is is what I'm 1684 02:20:57,680 --> 02:20:59,760 targeting. There's the separation when 1685 02:20:59,760 --> 02:21:05,520 you say three and four where we had the million dollars of targeted fund on 1686 02:21:05,520 --> 02:21:07,680 the 2%. 1687 02:21:07,680 --> 02:21:10,240 So what was available for use came in at 1688 02:21:10,240 --> 02:21:13,760 3.8 I mean um 2.8. 1689 02:21:13,760 --> 02:21:16,640 >> Okay. I and I know there's there's a 1690 02:21:16,640 --> 02:21:18,000 restricted fund balance and the 1691 02:21:18,000 --> 02:21:20,240 unrestricted fund balance and the 1692 02:21:20,240 --> 02:21:24,399 600,000 of the surplus that we just will 1693 02:21:24,399 --> 02:21:26,319 transfer the fund balance that goes to 1694 02:21:26,319 --> 02:21:28,720 the unrestricted fund balance. Correct. 1695 02:21:28,720 --> 02:21:29,600 >> Correct. 1696 02:21:29,600 --> 02:21:33,200 >> When we move money into the capital fund 1697 02:21:33,200 --> 02:21:35,040 balance, that's going into the 1698 02:21:35,040 --> 02:21:37,760 restricted fund balance. Correct. 1699 02:21:37,760 --> 02:21:39,760 >> That's out of the Yes, that's correct. 1700 02:21:39,760 --> 02:21:42,640 >> Okay. So I guess my question really is 1701 02:21:42,640 --> 02:21:44,640 what were the numbers in the just the 1702 02:21:44,640 --> 02:21:47,280 unrestricted 1703 02:21:47,280 --> 02:21:50,000 fund balance and if you don't know I'm 1704 02:21:50,000 --> 02:21:52,479 not I I I know you can't come here and 1705 02:21:52,479 --> 02:21:54,479 know everything in your head but if you 1706 02:21:54,479 --> 02:21:55,520 could get this 1707 02:21:55,520 --> 02:21:58,399 >> it's approximately um the total on your 1708 02:21:58,399 --> 02:22:00,640 order report when I remember is 1709 02:22:00,640 --> 02:22:02,240 $1,100,000 1710 02:22:02,240 --> 02:22:05,920 was your June 30th 2025 end of fund 1711 02:22:05,920 --> 02:22:09,600 balance which was inclusive of both 2% 1712 02:22:09,600 --> 02:22:12,080 set aside and the restricted. So if your 1713 02:22:12,080 --> 02:22:15,760 2% was 1.2 million, subtract that off of 1714 02:22:15,760 --> 02:22:20,640 the 4.1 that gets you down to the 2.8 1715 02:22:20,640 --> 02:22:23,120 is what was in restricted I mean 1716 02:22:23,120 --> 02:22:25,439 unrestricted fund balance last year. 1717 02:22:25,439 --> 02:22:26,000 Okay. 1718 02:22:26,000 --> 02:22:26,479 >> Okay. 1719 02:22:26,479 --> 02:22:28,880 >> And from that amount is what we were 1720 02:22:28,880 --> 02:22:31,120 expecting to draw over to pay for the 1721 02:22:31,120 --> 02:22:35,120 capital program 1.4 million of that. I 1722 02:22:35,120 --> 02:22:38,399 guess my real question is 1723 02:22:38,399 --> 02:22:42,399 to see in the unrestricted fund balance 1724 02:22:42,399 --> 02:22:45,120 what actually 1725 02:22:45,120 --> 02:22:47,520 was the difference in the over the year 1726 02:22:47,520 --> 02:22:51,439 because I think that's going to be clear 1727 02:22:51,439 --> 02:22:58,560 what the true surplus is because if 1728 02:22:58,560 --> 02:23:02,880 whatever amount it's increasing by 1729 02:23:02,880 --> 02:23:04,800 it because that's where it lands the tr 1730 02:23:04,800 --> 02:23:07,120 the true surplus and and I know there's 1731 02:23:07,120 --> 02:23:09,200 a lot of moving parts and I think you've 1732 02:23:09,200 --> 02:23:11,280 done an excellent job of laying out 1733 02:23:11,280 --> 02:23:12,800 because you've got things that are over 1734 02:23:12,800 --> 02:23:14,479 budget, things that are under budget, 1735 02:23:14,479 --> 02:23:17,120 some are revenue, some are expenses. So, 1736 02:23:17,120 --> 02:23:19,359 um so I think you've done a I I follow 1737 02:23:19,359 --> 02:23:22,000 it really well. I just want to see that 1738 02:23:22,000 --> 02:23:25,840 fund balance piece a bit more clear. 1739 02:23:25,840 --> 02:23:28,479 Based on that uh request, I understand 1740 02:23:28,479 --> 02:23:31,040 fully, I will make a photocopy of the 1741 02:23:31,040 --> 02:23:32,640 actual audit report, which would give us 1742 02:23:32,640 --> 02:23:34,800 the specific dollar value of the fund 1743 02:23:34,800 --> 02:23:38,000 balance as of June 30th. What we will be 1744 02:23:38,000 --> 02:23:40,560 able to then do is take clearly the 1745 02:23:40,560 --> 02:23:43,359 $643,000 1746 02:23:43,359 --> 02:23:45,760 is going to be the dollar value that's 1747 02:23:45,760 --> 02:23:47,840 going to get transferred into the fund 1748 02:23:47,840 --> 02:23:50,560 balance when the auditors do their work. 1749 02:23:50,560 --> 02:23:51,120 Mhm. 1750 02:23:51,120 --> 02:23:52,960 >> And I'll be able to show you from what 1751 02:23:52,960 --> 02:23:55,439 their last year number ended plus the 1752 02:23:55,439 --> 02:23:59,200 643. That would be the total. And then 1753 02:23:59,200 --> 02:24:00,720 from there, once we have that total 1754 02:24:00,720 --> 02:24:02,800 number in front of us, we know the 2% 1755 02:24:02,800 --> 02:24:04,800 set aside, we can make that deduction 1756 02:24:04,800 --> 02:24:07,280 off of that recalculated balance. And 1757 02:24:07,280 --> 02:24:10,080 that will become what's restricted for 1758 02:24:10,080 --> 02:24:12,160 by the school policy. And then that 1759 02:24:12,160 --> 02:24:14,080 whole conversation, that's the remaining 1760 02:24:14,080 --> 02:24:15,680 balance. Absolutely. I can pull that 1761 02:24:15,680 --> 02:24:17,520 piece together pretty quickly and I 1762 02:24:17,520 --> 02:24:19,040 think it'll clarify exactly the question 1763 02:24:19,040 --> 02:24:20,000 that you're asking. 1764 02:24:20,000 --> 02:24:22,000 >> That would be great because I I just 1765 02:24:22,000 --> 02:24:23,920 would like to understand the fund 1766 02:24:23,920 --> 02:24:26,240 balance piece a bit more. Um and I do 1767 02:24:26,240 --> 02:24:29,520 have one more question. 1768 02:24:29,520 --> 02:24:32,399 >> Um so if I'm looking at this and this is 1769 02:24:32,399 --> 02:24:34,800 a great summary of the general funds net 1770 02:24:34,800 --> 02:24:42,560 position. I I do appreciate that. Um it says surplus deficit for school year 1771 02:24:42,560 --> 02:24:45,040 and it shows a surplus of approximately 1772 02:24:45,040 --> 02:24:48,399 1.7 million. So if people are looking at 1773 02:24:48,399 --> 02:24:50,560 this report, would you say yes, that's 1774 02:24:50,560 --> 02:24:52,880 the surplus we have at the end of this 1775 02:24:52,880 --> 02:24:54,240 fiscal year? 1776 02:24:54,240 --> 02:24:56,240 >> Operationally, yes. 1777 02:24:56,240 --> 02:24:57,280 >> Okay. 1778 02:24:57,280 --> 02:25:00,000 >> Um because we were expecting to take the 1779 02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:01,840 $1,95,000 1780 02:25:01,840 --> 02:25:04,319 out of last year's $4 million, 1781 02:25:04,319 --> 02:25:06,880 >> right? that piece kind of gets lost in 1782 02:25:06,880 --> 02:25:08,720 the conversation. 1783 02:25:08,720 --> 02:25:11,920 >> Okay. But if we took it out of that fund 1784 02:25:11,920 --> 02:25:14,880 balance, then we would be adding a 1785 02:25:14,880 --> 02:25:16,720 million7 into the fund balance, 1786 02:25:16,720 --> 02:25:18,800 replenishing what was taken out. This is 1787 02:25:18,800 --> 02:25:20,479 the same position, just showing it 1788 02:25:20,479 --> 02:25:22,160 differently that we had a million7 1789 02:25:22,160 --> 02:25:24,240 operationally, 1790 02:25:24,240 --> 02:25:27,359 but we used a million5 for the capital, 1791 02:25:27,359 --> 02:25:29,359 which allowed us to only put 600, but we 1792 02:25:29,359 --> 02:25:31,120 took nothing out. So, it just increased 1793 02:25:31,120 --> 02:25:32,560 the fund balance. So yes, you're 1794 02:25:32,560 --> 02:25:33,600 absolutely right on that 1795 02:25:33,600 --> 02:25:35,040 >> because what I want to do is separate 1796 02:25:35,040 --> 02:25:37,600 the two because I don't want people to 1797 02:25:37,600 --> 02:25:40,080 look at this and say, "Oh, 1798 02:25:40,080 --> 02:25:44,160 our net surplus was 644,000 1799 02:25:44,160 --> 02:25:46,720 when really operationally 1800 02:25:46,720 --> 02:25:48,880 the surplus was 1.7." 1801 02:25:48,880 --> 02:25:49,439 >> Correct. 1802 02:25:49,439 --> 02:25:51,439 >> So, okay, thank you for clarifying. I 1803 02:25:51,439 --> 02:25:53,439 want to be as transparent as we can with 1804 02:25:53,439 --> 02:25:55,359 people so that when they see this 1805 02:25:55,359 --> 02:25:58,319 report, they they can understand exactly 1806 02:25:58,319 --> 02:25:59,920 what the numbers mean. And I think when 1807 02:25:59,920 --> 02:26:01,920 people say surplus, they mean the out of 1808 02:26:01,920 --> 02:26:04,640 the operating budget, the surplus. Thank 1809 02:26:04,640 --> 02:26:04,880 you. 1810 02:26:04,880 --> 02:26:06,479 >> And I think your prom my promise to the 1811 02:26:06,479 --> 02:26:08,640 you and the community runs along the 1812 02:26:08,640 --> 02:26:12,000 lines of looking back, we've identified 1813 02:26:12,000 --> 02:26:14,399 the two major pockets which created the 1814 02:26:14,399 --> 02:26:17,600 million7. The best we can do today is 1815 02:26:17,600 --> 02:26:20,080 take that and validate how that's 1816 02:26:20,080 --> 02:26:23,120 presented in FY27. If we can come back 1817 02:26:23,120 --> 02:26:25,359 to you and say the the Medicaid billing 1818 02:26:25,359 --> 02:26:27,680 is going to be sustained 1819 02:26:27,680 --> 02:26:31,359 and we make adjustment on FY27 budget, 1820 02:26:31,359 --> 02:26:34,240 the million3 you currently have targeted 1821 02:26:34,240 --> 02:26:36,319 to take out of your restricted fund to 1822 02:26:36,319 --> 02:26:37,920 make the operating budget for the 1823 02:26:37,920 --> 02:26:40,960 upcoming year could be relieved of that 1824 02:26:40,960 --> 02:26:42,720 pressure. 1825 02:26:42,720 --> 02:26:45,680 But if we can't sustain it, I think most 1826 02:26:45,680 --> 02:26:47,280 importantly 1827 02:26:47,280 --> 02:26:50,720 is you'll have the reason why it's not 1828 02:26:50,720 --> 02:26:52,479 sustainable. 1829 02:26:52,479 --> 02:26:54,640 >> And people a year from now when asked 1830 02:26:54,640 --> 02:26:56,000 the question, wait a minute, last year 1831 02:26:56,000 --> 02:26:58,479 you you had this much and now you don't. 1832 02:26:58,479 --> 02:27:00,479 The question has already been answered. 1833 02:27:00,479 --> 02:27:03,280 We went through the process. Here's why 1834 02:27:03,280 --> 02:27:06,560 we don't achieve the 800,000. 1835 02:27:06,560 --> 02:27:08,800 Here's why the expenses and what 1836 02:27:08,800 --> 02:27:11,040 happened aren't going to be achieved. We 1837 02:27:11,040 --> 02:27:13,040 are now down to that level of 1838 02:27:13,040 --> 02:27:15,200 understanding because we started at the 1839 02:27:15,200 --> 02:27:19,120 top of what's the two drivers validate 1840 02:27:19,120 --> 02:27:21,359 how successful those drivers are going 1841 02:27:21,359 --> 02:27:23,600 forward. And if it and if we choose to 1842 02:27:23,600 --> 02:27:25,359 not include it for some reason then 1843 02:27:25,359 --> 02:27:27,359 that's a that's a bat on us for doing 1844 02:27:27,359 --> 02:27:29,680 that and that's the conversation that 1845 02:27:29,680 --> 02:27:31,520 will take place in September. To me, the 1846 02:27:31,520 --> 02:27:33,920 real work and the real validation and 1847 02:27:33,920 --> 02:27:35,680 where we're going to stand will be on 1848 02:27:35,680 --> 02:27:38,160 that analysis of whether we add that 1849 02:27:38,160 --> 02:27:40,160 into the budget or not. Because, god 1850 02:27:40,160 --> 02:27:42,399 forbid, you add it in and make another 1851 02:27:42,399 --> 02:27:45,359 decision and all of a sudden the feds 1852 02:27:45,359 --> 02:27:47,600 pulled the Medicaid billing process and 1853 02:27:47,600 --> 02:27:49,280 dropped threequarters of a million 1854 02:27:49,280 --> 02:27:50,880 dollars on us. And it's like, well, I 1855 02:27:50,880 --> 02:27:52,240 added the 500 we thought we were going 1856 02:27:52,240 --> 02:27:53,840 to make and now we're 800,000 in the 1857 02:27:53,840 --> 02:27:55,520 hole. How'd you allow that to happen? We 1858 02:27:55,520 --> 02:27:57,200 didn't allow. So, all of those things 1859 02:27:57,200 --> 02:27:59,359 will come to rise. We're trying to get 1860 02:27:59,359 --> 02:28:01,520 in front of that. That just brings up a 1861 02:28:01,520 --> 02:28:02,560 couple things. First of all, thank you 1862 02:28:02,560 --> 02:28:05,120 for your analysis that you've done on um 1863 02:28:05,120 --> 02:28:09,600 the 2026 budget. I I think you're 1864 02:28:09,600 --> 02:28:11,600 very perceptive. It It's not just the 1865 02:28:11,600 --> 02:28:13,920 number, it's the why. How did we get to 1866 02:28:13,920 --> 02:28:16,399 that number? What's causing the you 1867 02:28:16,399 --> 02:28:18,399 know, what caused the surplus? I mean, 1868 02:28:18,399 --> 02:28:20,319 it's good to have a surplus, but we were 1869 02:28:20,319 --> 02:28:23,359 not expecting it and not being able to 1870 02:28:23,359 --> 02:28:26,560 know what the real numbers were is, you 1871 02:28:26,560 --> 02:28:27,840 know, we don't want to be in that 1872 02:28:27,840 --> 02:28:30,479 position again. and and this analysis is 1873 02:28:30,479 --> 02:28:32,640 wonderful and I know you're going to now 1874 02:28:32,640 --> 02:28:35,120 look at the 20 do that analysis on the 1875 02:28:35,120 --> 02:28:42,000 2027 budget. So, um but that risk in 1876 02:28:42,000 --> 02:28:44,560 Medicaid reimbursement knowing I mean we 1877 02:28:44,560 --> 02:28:46,080 can't predict what the federal 1878 02:28:46,080 --> 02:28:49,439 government's going to do, right? Um it 1879 02:28:49,439 --> 02:28:52,640 goes to how much is really needed in 1880 02:28:52,640 --> 02:28:55,120 fund balance because that's our safety 1881 02:28:55,120 --> 02:28:58,000 net for those shocks uh financial 1882 02:28:58,000 --> 02:29:01,040 shocks. So yes, we have a policies that 1883 02:29:01,040 --> 02:29:03,760 says 1 to 2% but it really should be 1 1884 02:29:03,760 --> 02:29:07,359 to 2% plus known risks should also 1885 02:29:07,359 --> 02:29:11,359 increase that amount cap so that we have 1886 02:29:11,359 --> 02:29:13,760 funds available for the any of those 1887 02:29:13,760 --> 02:29:17,359 risks. So anyways, um thank you for 1888 02:29:17,359 --> 02:29:19,520 answering all of those questions and I'm 1889 02:29:19,520 --> 02:29:21,520 going to ask others if they have more 1890 02:29:21,520 --> 02:29:22,000 questions. 1891 02:29:22,000 --> 02:29:26,640 >> Yeah, I um so my question is this fund 1892 02:29:26,640 --> 02:29:28,880 balance 1893 02:29:28,880 --> 02:29:33,429 at the end of 2026 1894 02:29:33,439 --> 02:29:38,160 has a total of 5,358 1895 02:29:38,160 --> 02:29:39,200 911. 1896 02:29:39,200 --> 02:29:41,280 >> Correct. 1897 02:29:41,280 --> 02:29:44,960 Are you telling us that was there 1898 02:29:44,960 --> 02:29:47,359 >> with with the current 600,000 getting 1899 02:29:47,359 --> 02:29:48,560 added to it? Yes. 1900 02:29:48,560 --> 02:29:49,920 >> We right now today. 1901 02:29:49,920 --> 02:29:52,640 >> Yes. 1902 02:29:52,640 --> 02:29:55,439 >> I have a I I 1903 02:29:55,439 --> 02:29:58,560 have a hard time understanding how we 1904 02:29:58,560 --> 02:30:02,880 got to that. Right. Because our budget 1905 02:30:02,880 --> 02:30:05,680 session 1906 02:30:05,680 --> 02:30:14,080 was horrific in my opinion, right? And if we're if we have these fund 1907 02:30:14,080 --> 02:30:17,510 balances, 1908 02:30:17,520 --> 02:30:19,920 I need to understand 1909 02:30:19,920 --> 02:30:24,720 if within that $5 million, 1910 02:30:24,720 --> 02:30:27,760 is it being 1911 02:30:27,760 --> 02:30:31,680 divided into a restricted fund? 1912 02:30:31,680 --> 02:30:36,080 Is it being a general fund? Is that one 1913 02:30:36,080 --> 02:30:38,880 amount being divided into these other 1914 02:30:38,880 --> 02:30:39,840 buckets? 1915 02:30:39,840 --> 02:30:41,600 >> The 1916 02:30:41,600 --> 02:30:44,720 fund balance is for your general fund 1917 02:30:44,720 --> 02:30:46,720 and then within 1918 02:30:46,720 --> 02:30:49,520 your general fund 1919 02:30:49,520 --> 02:30:51,840 you have different allowances of that 1920 02:30:51,840 --> 02:30:53,600 fund balance. And so when the school 1921 02:30:53,600 --> 02:30:55,680 committee has a policy that from their 1922 02:30:55,680 --> 02:30:58,800 general fund they want have money set 1923 02:30:58,800 --> 02:31:02,240 aside in case there's an emergency need 1924 02:31:02,240 --> 02:31:05,359 that becomes what they consider 1925 02:31:05,359 --> 02:31:08,240 restricted. You're putting it aside out 1926 02:31:08,240 --> 02:31:10,720 of the 5 million specifically for this 1927 02:31:10,720 --> 02:31:11,840 purpose. 1928 02:31:11,840 --> 02:31:12,160 >> Okay. 1929 02:31:12,160 --> 02:31:13,359 >> I just I just want to interject real 1930 02:31:13,359 --> 02:31:14,720 quick because I don't think and correct 1931 02:31:14,720 --> 02:31:18,240 me if I'm wrong. Look, I'm I'm not done 1932 02:31:18,240 --> 02:31:21,920 because I'm still trying to understand 1933 02:31:21,920 --> 02:31:25,520 if we had a 2% 1934 02:31:25,520 --> 02:31:30,479 in our fund balance. 1935 02:31:30,479 --> 02:31:33,840 Why were we like why weren't we able to 1936 02:31:33,840 --> 02:31:38,560 use that to help us stay our home that 1937 02:31:38,560 --> 02:31:41,600 our budget? I don't understand. Like I I 1938 02:31:41,600 --> 02:31:43,359 just think 1939 02:31:43,359 --> 02:31:45,760 >> I mean and I'm not blaming you. Not at 1940 02:31:45,760 --> 02:31:49,760 all. I just don't understand how 1941 02:31:49,760 --> 02:31:52,000 you could find it. 1942 02:31:52,000 --> 02:31:54,960 But the person that was working on it 1943 02:31:54,960 --> 02:32:00,160 couldn't find it. And if and also 1944 02:32:00,160 --> 02:32:02,399 just to help me understand a little bit 1945 02:32:02,399 --> 02:32:04,960 more 1946 02:32:04,960 --> 02:32:09,760 you were consulting during the last 1947 02:32:09,760 --> 02:32:11,439 couple of months or no 1948 02:32:11,439 --> 02:32:13,280 >> the last couple of month I came on board 1949 02:32:13,280 --> 02:32:17,200 I believe it was u end of May early June 1950 02:32:17,200 --> 02:32:20,160 >> okay that was right after all of this 1951 02:32:20,160 --> 02:32:22,160 you've started to dig this 1952 02:32:22,160 --> 02:32:26,640 >> yes okay but I still have a hard time. 1953 02:32:26,640 --> 02:32:28,399 >> Yeah. So, so 1954 02:32:28,399 --> 02:32:30,319 >> so Paul, I think to your point that is 1955 02:32:30,319 --> 02:32:32,720 part of the the the problem is that we 1956 02:32:32,720 --> 02:32:35,280 were not aware we were not made fully 1957 02:32:35,280 --> 02:32:37,280 aware of what we had available to us and 1958 02:32:37,280 --> 02:32:39,280 we were not given good information 1959 02:32:39,280 --> 02:32:43,359 during the budget process. Uh so that is 1960 02:32:43,359 --> 02:32:45,520 I I share your frustrations. I think I I 1961 02:32:45,520 --> 02:32:46,640 understand where you're coming from. 1962 02:32:46,640 --> 02:32:55,590 It's it's it's frustrating. 1963 02:32:55,600 --> 02:32:57,280 Yeah, I I just want I just want to 1964 02:32:57,280 --> 02:32:59,120 clarify one thing because I've not seen 1965 02:32:59,120 --> 02:33:00,640 this and correct me if I'm wrong if 1966 02:33:00,640 --> 02:33:02,800 we've seen this before. 1967 02:33:02,800 --> 02:33:04,960 >> I've not seen that 1.2 million referred 1968 02:33:04,960 --> 02:33:06,720 to as a restricted fund. I don't think 1969 02:33:06,720 --> 02:33:08,960 I've ever have Have we seen that on 1970 02:33:08,960 --> 02:33:10,319 previous budgets and I just missed it 1971 02:33:10,319 --> 02:33:12,479 because I know we had that like 1 to 2% 1972 02:33:12,479 --> 02:33:13,520 rule 1973 02:33:13,520 --> 02:33:15,439 >> and now you know Tonyy's kind of 1974 02:33:15,439 --> 02:33:17,600 itemizing it out into that 1.2 million 1975 02:33:17,600 --> 02:33:19,600 but I just want to clarify have we seen 1976 02:33:19,600 --> 02:33:21,439 that on previous budgets? It has not 1977 02:33:21,439 --> 02:33:23,280 been listed as a restricted fund. It's 1978 02:33:23,280 --> 02:33:26,720 been listed as that 2% um recommended, 1979 02:33:26,720 --> 02:33:28,080 >> but there was never a dollar amount 1980 02:33:28,080 --> 02:33:29,760 associated with it because that because 1981 02:33:29,760 --> 02:33:32,479 that's a new 1982 02:33:32,479 --> 02:33:34,160 Okay. So, I was I just want to make sure 1983 02:33:34,160 --> 02:33:37,439 I wasn't like losing my mind. 1984 02:33:37,439 --> 02:33:40,000 It's been referred to as restricted in 1985 02:33:40,000 --> 02:33:45,840 the past, but policy says that we have 1986 02:33:45,840 --> 02:33:49,280 that 2% 1987 02:33:49,280 --> 02:33:53,990 >> in in our um 1988 02:33:54,000 --> 02:33:58,560 » policy only can a surplus 1989 02:33:58,560 --> 02:34:03,439 because surplus the 2% is on any surplus 1990 02:34:03,439 --> 02:34:07,840 that you have that would then ate that 1991 02:34:07,840 --> 02:34:10,000 fund balance. Am I correct? 1992 02:34:10,000 --> 02:34:12,080 >> That's my understanding of your policy 1993 02:34:12,080 --> 02:34:15,680 which is the reason why it's not 1994 02:34:15,680 --> 02:34:18,080 probably not been well communicated 1995 02:34:18,080 --> 02:34:20,800 along the lines of those funds are for 1996 02:34:20,800 --> 02:34:22,800 your operating budget after it gets 1997 02:34:22,800 --> 02:34:25,840 approved if something big happens. So 1998 02:34:25,840 --> 02:34:27,680 during budget conversations about what 1999 02:34:27,680 --> 02:34:30,399 our school operation looks like 2000 02:34:30,399 --> 02:34:34,399 >> is the first $2 million or million2 is a 2001 02:34:34,399 --> 02:34:36,960 set aside out of the again I'm referring 2002 02:34:36,960 --> 02:34:38,720 to the audit report and they actually 2003 02:34:38,720 --> 02:34:41,600 have three classifications 2004 02:34:41,600 --> 02:34:44,160 of dollars what they consider the 2005 02:34:44,160 --> 02:34:46,960 unrestricted restricted and committed 2006 02:34:46,960 --> 02:34:49,280 and so all of those cluster together 2007 02:34:49,280 --> 02:34:52,080 generate you $4 million but it's all for 2008 02:34:52,080 --> 02:34:54,240 the general fund and the underlying is 2009 02:34:54,240 --> 02:34:56,800 what is it targeted why it's there and 2010 02:34:56,800 --> 02:34:59,280 then bottom line is what's the remaining 2011 02:34:59,280 --> 02:35:01,840 piece that's available conversation to 2012 02:35:01,840 --> 02:35:03,359 include and that conversation had to 2013 02:35:03,359 --> 02:35:07,120 have taken place because you have a line 2014 02:35:07,120 --> 02:35:10,479 using a million3 to balance FY27 so that 2015 02:35:10,479 --> 02:35:14,080 piece came forward at some point in time 2016 02:35:14,080 --> 02:35:19,520 um and and it's interesting that the 2017 02:35:19,520 --> 02:35:22,399 capital budget not getting presented 2018 02:35:22,399 --> 02:35:26,160 andor adopted which relied on fund 2019 02:35:26,160 --> 02:35:28,800 balance in prior years to go over into 2020 02:35:28,800 --> 02:35:31,680 that general fund fund balance. Well, if 2021 02:35:31,680 --> 02:35:33,040 you committed a million three, you may 2022 02:35:33,040 --> 02:35:34,720 not have had enough to even have that 2023 02:35:34,720 --> 02:35:36,080 conversation. So, that's why I'm trying 2024 02:35:36,080 --> 02:35:38,319 to make it clearer. And I I think having 2025 02:35:38,319 --> 02:35:39,680 last year's audit report is going to be 2026 02:35:39,680 --> 02:35:41,920 really helpful because you'll know what 2027 02:35:41,920 --> 02:35:43,760 our beginning is, how you got there, 2028 02:35:43,760 --> 02:35:45,520 what happened over the years. You had 2029 02:35:45,520 --> 02:35:47,120 good years where the expenses were down 2030 02:35:47,120 --> 02:35:49,680 and the revenue was not as high. I mean, 2031 02:35:49,680 --> 02:35:50,960 it was higher than what was budgeted. 2032 02:35:50,960 --> 02:35:53,120 Maybe not as high as this current year, 2033 02:35:53,120 --> 02:35:55,680 but those accumulations of dollars 2034 02:35:55,680 --> 02:35:58,000 validated by the auditors. That's 2035 02:35:58,000 --> 02:35:59,840 available. So, that's that's that's a 2036 02:35:59,840 --> 02:36:02,560 given. We know that to be true. We know 2037 02:36:02,560 --> 02:36:04,160 right now I can stand on these numbers. 2038 02:36:04,160 --> 02:36:05,840 I know where these numbers came from. We 2039 02:36:05,840 --> 02:36:07,920 know that 640 is going to it. So, I have 2040 02:36:07,920 --> 02:36:10,720 a lot hard number to talk about. And 2041 02:36:10,720 --> 02:36:13,040 then we can have that conversation about 2042 02:36:13,040 --> 02:36:15,600 if 27 doesn't need a million3 because 2043 02:36:15,600 --> 02:36:17,600 there's other revenue or expense cuts, 2044 02:36:17,600 --> 02:36:19,280 then we'll get there. If it does need 2045 02:36:19,280 --> 02:36:20,960 the 13 and you still need another 2046 02:36:20,960 --> 02:36:22,640 million million and a half to do your 2047 02:36:22,640 --> 02:36:25,280 capital projects for 27, 2048 02:36:25,280 --> 02:36:26,800 we'll know what that number is that's 2049 02:36:26,800 --> 02:36:28,319 available. So there won't be 2050 02:36:28,319 --> 02:36:30,720 uncertainty. There'll be certainty of 2051 02:36:30,720 --> 02:36:32,479 where it's coming from. And I'll make 2052 02:36:32,479 --> 02:36:35,040 sure that's very well communicated. 2053 02:36:35,040 --> 02:36:36,960 >> The main reason why the capital fund was 2054 02:36:36,960 --> 02:36:39,439 not being acted on is because when we 2055 02:36:39,439 --> 02:36:41,040 were going through the budget process 2056 02:36:41,040 --> 02:36:44,150 last 2057 02:36:44,160 --> 02:36:46,960 March, April, it feels like a year ago. 2058 02:36:46,960 --> 02:36:49,680 It feels like yesterday we were we were 2059 02:36:49,680 --> 02:36:52,080 operating as a board with the 2060 02:36:52,080 --> 02:36:55,040 understanding that we were in a deficit. 2061 02:36:55,040 --> 02:36:56,560 We were not operating in the 2062 02:36:56,560 --> 02:37:00,000 understanding that we had a $1.7 million 2063 02:37:00,000 --> 02:37:03,120 surplus. So when we were navigating with 2064 02:37:03,120 --> 02:37:06,399 our town and working out over how much 2065 02:37:06,399 --> 02:37:08,080 property tax transfer was going to come 2066 02:37:08,080 --> 02:37:13,280 in and scrambling and having students 2067 02:37:13,280 --> 02:37:15,439 lives disrupted significantly. And I 2068 02:37:15,439 --> 02:37:16,800 want to acknowledge all of this because 2069 02:37:16,800 --> 02:37:19,200 I feel like not you, but we are seem to 2070 02:37:19,200 --> 02:37:21,280 be glossing over that this is a good 2071 02:37:21,280 --> 02:37:25,120 problem to have now, but it also is a 2072 02:37:25,120 --> 02:37:27,760 problem that we had that we are now 2073 02:37:27,760 --> 02:37:30,080 addressing. But I also want to make sure 2074 02:37:30,080 --> 02:37:31,920 that we're be excuse me, we're being 2075 02:37:31,920 --> 02:37:33,840 transparent about that, that we're not 2076 02:37:33,840 --> 02:37:35,200 trying to like pretend that didn't 2077 02:37:35,200 --> 02:37:36,960 happen because that's what I feel like 2078 02:37:36,960 --> 02:37:39,760 the moment, not you us. And I want to 2079 02:37:39,760 --> 02:37:42,000 make sure that we are acknowledging that 2080 02:37:42,000 --> 02:37:48,399 or I am at least acknowledging that and that we there it's a a bigger 2081 02:37:48,399 --> 02:37:50,000 conversation in my opinion that we have 2082 02:37:50,000 --> 02:37:52,800 to have with the town because this is 2083 02:37:52,800 --> 02:37:54,800 not our money. This is our taxpayers 2084 02:37:54,800 --> 02:37:56,880 money and we need to make sure that 2085 02:37:56,880 --> 02:37:59,040 we're being forthcoming about where this 2086 02:37:59,040 --> 02:38:01,280 surplus came from because in our last 2087 02:38:01,280 --> 02:38:02,960 public meetings we did not have a 2088 02:38:02,960 --> 02:38:04,560 surplus. 2089 02:38:04,560 --> 02:38:06,800 We were working off a deficit. We ended 2090 02:38:06,800 --> 02:38:08,800 up having some sort of a surplus. were 2091 02:38:08,800 --> 02:38:10,399 able to make some things work, but there 2092 02:38:10,399 --> 02:38:13,359 was a lot of turmoil and upheaval around 2093 02:38:13,359 --> 02:38:15,920 it. And so, I think that's where a 2094 02:38:15,920 --> 02:38:17,840 couple of us are a little confused why 2095 02:38:17,840 --> 02:38:21,040 it was being presented as though 2096 02:38:21,040 --> 02:38:23,120 that didn't happen. So, I just want to 2097 02:38:23,120 --> 02:38:25,359 make sure that I get that clear for 2098 02:38:25,359 --> 02:38:27,040 myself. And I just want to state for the 2099 02:38:27,040 --> 02:38:32,160 record, I I am in agreement with you on that this is this we we did put the 2100 02:38:32,160 --> 02:38:33,840 town through a a difficult budget 2101 02:38:33,840 --> 02:38:36,479 process based on information that was 2102 02:38:36,479 --> 02:38:40,319 unclear at the time that we had it and I 2103 02:38:40,319 --> 02:38:42,319 know Mr. Crui is presenting to us as 2104 02:38:42,319 --> 02:38:45,120 fact now since it's you know this is 2105 02:38:45,120 --> 02:38:47,280 what it is but I don't think we can uh 2106 02:38:47,280 --> 02:38:52,560 or nor should we ignore the fact that happened. We had that we had those 2107 02:38:52,560 --> 02:38:54,960 contentious meetings and very uh 2108 02:38:54,960 --> 02:38:58,000 difficult budget process. So we are 2109 02:38:58,000 --> 02:38:59,520 where we are now and we do need to move 2110 02:38:59,520 --> 02:39:00,720 forward but I don't think we can move 2111 02:39:00,720 --> 02:39:03,200 forward without acknowledging that. So I 2112 02:39:03,200 --> 02:39:04,560 don't I don't want to gloss over it 2113 02:39:04,560 --> 02:39:05,200 either. 2114 02:39:05,200 --> 02:39:09,840 >> And also you know just being 2115 02:39:09,840 --> 02:39:13,760 with the public right now that we are 2116 02:39:13,760 --> 02:39:16,640 acknowledging this information as you 2117 02:39:16,640 --> 02:39:20,160 receive it. um 2118 02:39:20,160 --> 02:39:24,319 you know to inv 2119 02:39:24,319 --> 02:39:27,200 like Kate did. I agree with her when she 2120 02:39:27,200 --> 02:39:31,680 says um we kind of lost sight of that 2121 02:39:31,680 --> 02:39:34,880 and it may not have been it wasn't 2122 02:39:34,880 --> 02:39:37,520 intentional at all. Not on our part 2123 02:39:37,520 --> 02:39:41,200 anyway, but it happened. And so being 2124 02:39:41,200 --> 02:39:45,040 aware of it now, uh we just need to make 2125 02:39:45,040 --> 02:39:48,720 sure that while at this table when we're 2126 02:39:48,720 --> 02:39:51,120 receiving this information that we are 2127 02:39:51,120 --> 02:39:54,240 acknowledging it so that the people in 2128 02:39:54,240 --> 02:39:58,720 the community, our town know that we're 2129 02:39:58,720 --> 02:40:01,040 holding ourselves accountable, 2130 02:40:01,040 --> 02:40:02,560 right? 2131 02:40:02,560 --> 02:40:05,280 And I'll just And I'll say I think as a 2132 02:40:05,280 --> 02:40:08,399 committee we we trusted 2133 02:40:08,399 --> 02:40:10,160 our administration and certain 2134 02:40:10,160 --> 02:40:13,920 individuals too. I I I think I think we 2135 02:40:13,920 --> 02:40:15,760 need to take a look at ourselves and say 2136 02:40:15,760 --> 02:40:18,960 we need to be more critical and more 2137 02:40:18,960 --> 02:40:20,800 you know more aggressive in pushing for 2138 02:40:20,800 --> 02:40:22,720 information going forward. Uh whether we 2139 02:40:22,720 --> 02:40:25,280 trust the person or not I I I think you 2140 02:40:25,280 --> 02:40:27,120 know to Mr. Gucci's point from earlier 2141 02:40:27,120 --> 02:40:30,240 talking having November and February 2142 02:40:30,240 --> 02:40:32,640 updates having this monthly where are we 2143 02:40:32,640 --> 02:40:34,319 spending things where are things going 2144 02:40:34,319 --> 02:40:36,319 those are going to really make 2145 02:40:36,319 --> 02:40:38,960 everything a lot more transparent for us 2146 02:40:38,960 --> 02:40:40,800 uh not only for the community at large 2147 02:40:40,800 --> 02:40:42,880 but for us at the table I think that is 2148 02:40:42,880 --> 02:40:45,280 something we we absolutely need to 2149 02:40:45,280 --> 02:40:47,280 commit to going forward um to make sure 2150 02:40:47,280 --> 02:40:49,680 we don't end up in a similar situation 2151 02:40:49,680 --> 02:40:50,880 in the future. We want to make sure 2152 02:40:50,880 --> 02:40:53,439 we're being as transparent as possible 2153 02:40:53,439 --> 02:40:55,359 with the taxpayer dollars that we are 2154 02:40:55,359 --> 02:40:58,800 stewards of and prevent things like 2155 02:40:58,800 --> 02:41:00,800 this. You know, I I don't I don't want 2156 02:41:00,800 --> 02:41:01,920 to go through this. 2157 02:41:01,920 --> 02:41:04,880 >> I just want to say that I I want to 2158 02:41:04,880 --> 02:41:06,880 piggy back on what Paula said. We were 2159 02:41:06,880 --> 02:41:10,479 operating with the information we had as 2160 02:41:10,479 --> 02:41:14,720 we obtained it. And even as late as July 2161 02:41:14,720 --> 02:41:16,399 28th, 2162 02:41:16,399 --> 02:41:20,000 I specifically asked if we knew what the 2163 02:41:20,000 --> 02:41:21,600 number was for the end of the year. And 2164 02:41:21,600 --> 02:41:24,000 we were told told we had a small 2165 02:41:24,000 --> 02:41:26,560 approximately $300,000 2166 02:41:26,560 --> 02:41:29,200 surplus. And to find out just weeks 2167 02:41:29,200 --> 02:41:33,520 later that it was 1.7 was 2168 02:41:33,520 --> 02:41:35,040 astonishing. 2169 02:41:35,040 --> 02:41:39,040 And and it's also very frustrating 2170 02:41:39,040 --> 02:41:42,479 because we had put our community through 2171 02:41:42,479 --> 02:41:44,880 a terrible budget 2172 02:41:44,880 --> 02:41:47,920 season that we just didn't have to have 2173 02:41:47,920 --> 02:41:50,720 if we had known the right numbers. So, 2174 02:41:50,720 --> 02:41:54,080 we need to put reporting in place so 2175 02:41:54,080 --> 02:41:57,520 that we do know the numbers are real 2176 02:41:57,520 --> 02:41:59,439 that I mean, we trust what people tell 2177 02:41:59,439 --> 02:42:01,600 us and we'll continue to trust people, 2178 02:42:01,600 --> 02:42:04,960 but we need the reporting um to to 2179 02:42:04,960 --> 02:42:06,560 actually see it and be on top of it 2180 02:42:06,560 --> 02:42:08,960 ourselves. And I think that's why I I 2181 02:42:08,960 --> 02:42:11,520 agree. We need to start meeting with the 2182 02:42:11,520 --> 02:42:14,560 sub subcommittee. Um, and I do want to 2183 02:42:14,560 --> 02:42:16,080 apologize 2184 02:42:16,080 --> 02:42:20,960 to the town, our community for having 2185 02:42:20,960 --> 02:42:23,439 this horrible budget cycle that wasn't 2186 02:42:23,439 --> 02:42:30,080 needed, but we just didn't know, but we need to do better and have better 2187 02:42:30,080 --> 02:42:33,280 information going forward. 2188 02:42:33,280 --> 02:42:36,640 >> Agreed. and and I'm sorry I I would just 2189 02:42:36,640 --> 02:42:37,920 want to make sure that you know it's not 2190 02:42:37,920 --> 02:42:39,359 targeted at you because I think the 2191 02:42:39,359 --> 02:42:40,960 pieces that you're putting into place 2192 02:42:40,960 --> 02:42:42,399 and the information that you've been 2193 02:42:42,399 --> 02:42:44,399 able to pull forward and these templates 2194 02:42:44,399 --> 02:42:46,240 that you're putting forward for us to 2195 02:42:46,240 --> 02:42:48,880 review on a monthly basis make sure that 2196 02:42:48,880 --> 02:42:53,359 we have full knowledge um on a very 2197 02:42:53,359 --> 02:42:56,240 granular level what we're navigating and 2198 02:42:56,240 --> 02:42:59,359 then also we the town also will have it. 2199 02:42:59,359 --> 02:43:01,120 So when we are having these budget 2200 02:43:01,120 --> 02:43:03,439 conversations, everybody has the 2201 02:43:03,439 --> 02:43:05,680 information, the actual information in 2202 02:43:05,680 --> 02:43:08,319 front of them instead of just sort of 2203 02:43:08,319 --> 02:43:10,240 hoping that what's being presented to us 2204 02:43:10,240 --> 02:43:13,280 is accurate. So thank you. If I could 2205 02:43:13,280 --> 02:43:16,000 just make one small comment, I know I've 2206 02:43:16,000 --> 02:43:20,000 been speaking quite a bit. Um um 2207 02:43:20,000 --> 02:43:22,880 starting what you just discussed and 2208 02:43:22,880 --> 02:43:26,160 acknowledging it from your levels, I 2209 02:43:26,160 --> 02:43:28,080 think provides a lot of credibility to 2210 02:43:28,080 --> 02:43:29,359 the community. 2211 02:43:29,359 --> 02:43:34,240 But also concurrent with that is a small 2212 02:43:34,240 --> 02:43:35,760 example. 2213 02:43:35,760 --> 02:43:40,240 Okay, if I have uh a purchase order for 2214 02:43:40,240 --> 02:43:42,000 so many students going out of district 2215 02:43:42,000 --> 02:43:44,319 that I put in in October and kids come 2216 02:43:44,319 --> 02:43:46,319 and go and all of a sudden there's 15 2217 02:43:46,319 --> 02:43:47,920 kids who are no longer going out of 2218 02:43:47,920 --> 02:43:50,000 district because they decide to stay in 2219 02:43:50,000 --> 02:43:51,680 town, 2220 02:43:51,680 --> 02:43:54,399 the folks in the field who have the 2221 02:43:54,399 --> 02:43:57,040 purchase order in the system 2222 02:43:57,040 --> 02:44:01,760 have no real reason to call up the 2223 02:44:01,760 --> 02:44:04,000 business office and say disencumber a 2224 02:44:04,000 --> 02:44:05,920 half a million dollars in tuition 2225 02:44:05,920 --> 02:44:09,920 because the students left. Okay. So, I 2226 02:44:09,920 --> 02:44:12,399 get it. The the the leadership in your 2227 02:44:12,399 --> 02:44:14,319 fiscal office is the is the primary 2228 02:44:14,319 --> 02:44:17,120 cheerleader for everybody. It's not just 2229 02:44:17,120 --> 02:44:19,120 the system breakdown of how they didn't 2230 02:44:19,120 --> 02:44:22,399 know. If you've got we just put it in at 2231 02:44:22,399 --> 02:44:24,640 the end of the year like in July, we can 2232 02:44:24,640 --> 02:44:26,319 just close it because now we know we 2233 02:44:26,319 --> 02:44:29,120 don't need it. Well, even when I got on 2234 02:44:29,120 --> 02:44:31,680 board and I ran some early preliminary 2235 02:44:31,680 --> 02:44:33,439 numbers because I was working on 2236 02:44:33,439 --> 02:44:35,200 maintenance of effort for the community 2237 02:44:35,200 --> 02:44:38,319 and I needed some of that data, 2238 02:44:38,319 --> 02:44:41,520 I saw purchase orders on July 10th 2239 02:44:41,520 --> 02:44:44,240 exceeding $1.2 million. And I'm like, 2240 02:44:44,240 --> 02:44:45,840 could there be that many bills out in 2241 02:44:45,840 --> 02:44:47,600 the system? 2242 02:44:47,600 --> 02:44:50,240 So, if I'm reading the system reports 2243 02:44:50,240 --> 02:44:52,720 and I'm seeing incumbrances owed for 2244 02:44:52,720 --> 02:44:56,000 $1.2 2 million. Yes, I could come 2245 02:44:56,000 --> 02:44:58,399 quickly to the same conclusion unless I 2246 02:44:58,399 --> 02:45:03,200 do the detailed extraction of what line 2247 02:45:03,200 --> 02:45:05,120 items are these impacting and who do I 2248 02:45:05,120 --> 02:45:07,040 got to talk to to validate whether they 2249 02:45:07,040 --> 02:45:09,520 need transportation busing, whether they 2250 02:45:09,520 --> 02:45:11,359 have out of district students, is there 2251 02:45:11,359 --> 02:45:13,920 some capital project that hasn't got to 2252 02:45:13,920 --> 02:45:16,560 completion, um has it been delayed and 2253 02:45:16,560 --> 02:45:18,640 it's going to happen next year. None of 2254 02:45:18,640 --> 02:45:20,479 that's happening in the fields because 2255 02:45:20,479 --> 02:45:24,160 there's not really a sense of urgency. 2256 02:45:24,160 --> 02:45:28,080 Okay. By creating the year end process 2257 02:45:28,080 --> 02:45:31,600 of November and February, the business 2258 02:45:31,600 --> 02:45:33,359 office will be working with principles 2259 02:45:33,359 --> 02:45:35,120 and leaders in the schools and the 2260 02:45:35,120 --> 02:45:37,439 clerks in the schools. They'll start to 2261 02:45:37,439 --> 02:45:38,960 understand 2262 02:45:38,960 --> 02:45:41,439 how important it is if there's some 2263 02:45:41,439 --> 02:45:43,600 material change in some of the purchase 2264 02:45:43,600 --> 02:45:45,439 orders. Something as simple as 2265 02:45:45,439 --> 02:45:47,279 facilities. 2266 02:45:47,279 --> 02:45:48,880 The guy's got to go to the hardware 2267 02:45:48,880 --> 02:45:51,600 store to pick up some pipe or a fixture 2268 02:45:51,600 --> 02:45:53,680 to fix a sink. So, we got an open 2269 02:45:53,680 --> 02:45:55,439 purchase order for that hardware store. 2270 02:45:55,439 --> 02:45:57,680 Well, if we don't fix anything because 2271 02:45:57,680 --> 02:46:00,880 nothing broke and there's a $25,000 one 2272 02:46:00,880 --> 02:46:03,439 purchase order at one store times five 2273 02:46:03,439 --> 02:46:06,080 stores, there's $125,000. We're all 2274 02:46:06,080 --> 02:46:07,279 going to assume this bill's coming in 2275 02:46:07,279 --> 02:46:09,359 and all of a sudden it evaporates 2276 02:46:09,359 --> 02:46:11,200 because oh, we're not going and now 2277 02:46:11,200 --> 02:46:12,399 we're buying the stuff in July and 2278 02:46:12,399 --> 02:46:14,000 that's next fiscal year. So, give me a 2279 02:46:14,000 --> 02:46:16,560 new PO for $25,000. 2280 02:46:16,560 --> 02:46:17,840 only spent three and I've been telling 2281 02:46:17,840 --> 02:46:19,840 everybody we're going to spend 25. So, 2282 02:46:19,840 --> 02:46:23,040 you're setting the table is helping the 2283 02:46:23,040 --> 02:46:25,600 rest of the district realize how 2284 02:46:25,600 --> 02:46:28,319 important those nickels and dimes and 2285 02:46:28,319 --> 02:46:30,160 tens of thousands of dollars that may be 2286 02:46:30,160 --> 02:46:31,840 in the system that makes it more 2287 02:46:31,840 --> 02:46:34,240 difficult. So, that when you have things 2288 02:46:34,240 --> 02:46:36,960 that are outside of the scope, they'll 2289 02:46:36,960 --> 02:46:39,279 pop to the top because we're always down 2290 02:46:39,279 --> 02:46:41,680 to $50,000 at this time of the year and 2291 02:46:41,680 --> 02:46:44,319 I got 275 still in there. How come? Oh, 2292 02:46:44,319 --> 02:46:46,319 I got one purchase order for this 2293 02:46:46,319 --> 02:46:50,080 particular issue. Yay or nay. Got a 2294 02:46:50,080 --> 02:46:51,840 problem or it's going to happen in 2295 02:46:51,840 --> 02:46:53,840 August. That's next year. Get rid of it 2296 02:46:53,840 --> 02:46:55,920 out of the system. So really, thank you 2297 02:46:55,920 --> 02:46:59,760 for providing that support to get how 2298 02:46:59,760 --> 02:47:02,880 critical folks contribution is for those 2299 02:47:02,880 --> 02:47:04,560 activities because that is what your 2300 02:47:04,560 --> 02:47:05,840 cheerleader is going to do when they go 2301 02:47:05,840 --> 02:47:07,600 on like here's what's going on. I got to 2302 02:47:07,600 --> 02:47:10,000 do this. It's not just us. I mean me. 2303 02:47:10,000 --> 02:47:12,720 It's us. It's a picture of us. we need 2304 02:47:12,720 --> 02:47:14,080 to work together to create the right 2305 02:47:14,080 --> 02:47:15,840 picture. So, thank you for your support 2306 02:47:15,840 --> 02:47:17,359 for that. 2307 02:47:17,359 --> 02:47:22,000 So, um, like my, um, colleagues at the 2308 02:47:22,000 --> 02:47:25,920 table said, I'm very grateful for these 2309 02:47:25,920 --> 02:47:29,920 figures that, um, 2310 02:47:29,920 --> 02:47:34,640 that we're seeing now, but, um, as other 2311 02:47:34,640 --> 02:47:36,960 members of the committee have said, we 2312 02:47:36,960 --> 02:47:39,359 created a budget 2313 02:47:39,359 --> 02:47:43,439 based on incorrect numbers 2314 02:47:43,439 --> 02:47:46,710 and 2315 02:47:46,720 --> 02:47:49,040 In my opinion, 2316 02:47:49,040 --> 02:47:51,279 we created a lot of angst in the 2317 02:47:51,279 --> 02:47:55,439 community with students, with families, 2318 02:47:55,439 --> 02:47:58,960 with the town council, and that was 2319 02:47:58,960 --> 02:48:00,960 unnecessary. 2320 02:48:00,960 --> 02:48:07,439 So now we are presenting numbers 2321 02:48:07,439 --> 02:48:13,520 that are accurate and um moving forward 2322 02:48:13,520 --> 02:48:17,520 um we can we can see 2323 02:48:17,520 --> 02:48:21,600 um how I mean we we've got to see some 2324 02:48:21,600 --> 02:48:24,080 way how we can 2325 02:48:24,080 --> 02:48:27,200 fix this. we, you know, I mean, other 2326 02:48:27,200 --> 02:48:30,800 than apologizing to the community 2327 02:48:30,800 --> 02:48:34,800 for based on the false figures, 2328 02:48:34,800 --> 02:48:41,520 um, you know, I don't see what we can do, but the community needs 2329 02:48:41,520 --> 02:48:45,200 to know that we're trying to write the 2330 02:48:45,200 --> 02:48:49,030 ship. 2331 02:48:49,040 --> 02:48:52,319 if if I may, um, for what it's worth, as 2332 02:48:52,319 --> 02:48:55,120 superintendent of of the district and 2333 02:48:55,120 --> 02:48:57,920 who, uh, put forward the budget 2334 02:48:57,920 --> 02:49:02,800 proposals given the numbers there, um, 2335 02:49:02,800 --> 02:49:05,359 and from day one talking about 2336 02:49:05,359 --> 02:49:08,319 transparency, from day one talking about 2337 02:49:08,319 --> 02:49:12,160 students first and that what we put 2338 02:49:12,160 --> 02:49:16,000 forward was done with that with that in 2339 02:49:16,000 --> 02:49:19,600 mind. We came here to build things, not 2340 02:49:19,600 --> 02:49:23,279 take them apart. We're fully com 2341 02:49:23,279 --> 02:49:27,760 committed to that. Um, and that apology 2342 02:49:27,760 --> 02:49:30,479 to the the committee, to the students, 2343 02:49:30,479 --> 02:49:33,840 to the town council, to the public whose 2344 02:49:33,840 --> 02:49:38,640 budget meetings got turned upside down. 2345 02:49:38,640 --> 02:49:41,040 on behalf of as superintendent, I 2346 02:49:41,040 --> 02:49:43,600 apologize to the committee, apologize to 2347 02:49:43,600 --> 02:49:46,479 the town council, and we'll look to do 2348 02:49:46,479 --> 02:49:49,920 so in part next time uh that I'm there. 2349 02:49:49,920 --> 02:49:53,920 Um I'd also though, you know, apologize 2350 02:49:53,920 --> 02:49:55,359 not only to the students and the 2351 02:49:55,359 --> 02:49:59,359 families who showed up, but every person 2352 02:49:59,359 --> 02:50:02,399 for the past two years who is not with 2353 02:50:02,399 --> 02:50:05,120 the organization anymore or was getting 2354 02:50:05,120 --> 02:50:07,840 pinklip. I met with each and every one 2355 02:50:07,840 --> 02:50:10,880 of those people. I looked at them. I 2356 02:50:10,880 --> 02:50:13,600 said, "Family, I mean, this is your 2357 02:50:13,600 --> 02:50:18,160 livelihood." And so, mo most importantly 2358 02:50:18,160 --> 02:50:21,040 to me for people who are no longer with 2359 02:50:21,040 --> 02:50:24,479 the district, um, there's an apology 2360 02:50:24,479 --> 02:50:26,960 there. 2361 02:50:26,960 --> 02:50:29,359 The most well, not the most, that is the 2362 02:50:29,359 --> 02:50:31,120 most unfortunate part. Another 2363 02:50:31,120 --> 02:50:33,680 unfortunate part here is that there are 2364 02:50:33,680 --> 02:50:36,560 great things in here to celebrate. 2365 02:50:36,560 --> 02:50:42,080 that had we been updating accurately and 2366 02:50:42,080 --> 02:50:45,040 regularly, we could be celebrating an 2367 02:50:45,040 --> 02:50:47,520 increase of revenue from students 2368 02:50:47,520 --> 02:50:49,359 wanting to come to South Kingtown and 2369 02:50:49,359 --> 02:50:51,760 coming to South Kingtown. 2370 02:50:51,760 --> 02:50:55,120 that we have an amazing director of 2371 02:50:55,120 --> 02:50:57,920 student services student and team there 2372 02:50:57,920 --> 02:50:59,680 student service director of the year 2373 02:50:59,680 --> 02:51:02,479 who's doing Medicaid billing and getting 2374 02:51:02,479 --> 02:51:04,800 reimbursement and to make those 2375 02:51:04,800 --> 02:51:08,160 adjustments and ultimately 2376 02:51:08,160 --> 02:51:11,120 know ultimately to be here now I'm you 2377 02:51:11,120 --> 02:51:14,399 know again I would be remiss if as the 2378 02:51:14,399 --> 02:51:18,160 superintendent that I did not apologize 2379 02:51:18,160 --> 02:51:20,960 um and promise to the community that it 2380 02:51:20,960 --> 02:51:23,279 will not happen again. These things will 2381 02:51:23,279 --> 02:51:26,640 be vetted. We will do better and we will 2382 02:51:26,640 --> 02:51:31,279 uh keep building moving forward. Uh and 2383 02:51:31,279 --> 02:51:33,920 by the I believe at our second meeting 2384 02:51:33,920 --> 02:51:37,520 in September, I'm extremely confident in 2385 02:51:37,520 --> 02:51:40,399 what Mr. Fucci will be able to present 2386 02:51:40,399 --> 02:51:45,279 as a accurate, researched and validated 2387 02:51:45,279 --> 02:51:47,040 FY27 2388 02:51:47,040 --> 02:51:50,880 that and plan moving forward that this 2389 02:51:50,880 --> 02:51:53,920 committee and the community uh will be 2390 02:51:53,920 --> 02:51:55,680 proud of. 2391 02:51:55,680 --> 02:51:57,600 >> Thank you. 2392 02:51:57,600 --> 02:52:00,880 >> I think I think Oh, 2393 02:52:00,880 --> 02:52:03,040 one thing I want to say is just you're 2394 02:52:03,040 --> 02:52:04,560 right. There are things to celebrate in 2395 02:52:04,560 --> 02:52:06,240 here and having increased revenue for 2396 02:52:06,240 --> 02:52:07,520 Medicaid reimbursements and having 2397 02:52:07,520 --> 02:52:10,080 increased revenue from students. But we 2398 02:52:10,080 --> 02:52:12,000 can all see and I think this is a lesson 2399 02:52:12,000 --> 02:52:14,479 we can all take home is that having that 2400 02:52:14,479 --> 02:52:16,640 lack of transparency has turned what 2401 02:52:16,640 --> 02:52:18,560 should be an objectively good thing that 2402 02:52:18,560 --> 02:52:20,399 we have funding for the schools. We 2403 02:52:20,399 --> 02:52:26,880 probably will be in a position to have a good conversation around FY28. 2404 02:52:26,880 --> 02:52:31,920 It is has put a Paul on on that. Uh so a 2405 02:52:31,920 --> 02:52:34,160 simple thing just not having the right 2406 02:52:34,160 --> 02:52:37,200 information at the right time has turned 2407 02:52:37,200 --> 02:52:38,640 what should be something good into 2408 02:52:38,640 --> 02:52:41,279 something that we have to apologize for. 2409 02:52:41,279 --> 02:52:43,600 It's so I think it's a lesson we can all 2410 02:52:43,600 --> 02:52:46,479 take home that transparency is vital and 2411 02:52:46,479 --> 02:52:52,389 important and and communication is key. 2412 02:52:52,399 --> 02:52:53,840 » Yeah. I just want to thank everybody 2413 02:52:53,840 --> 02:52:57,760 here for um 2414 02:52:57,760 --> 02:53:02,000 the questions they raised tonight, but 2415 02:53:02,000 --> 02:53:04,800 being conscious of how important this 2416 02:53:04,800 --> 02:53:06,960 all is to the community. And I want to 2417 02:53:06,960 --> 02:53:08,880 thank the superintendent 2418 02:53:08,880 --> 02:53:12,319 for the words that you just said and and 2419 02:53:12,319 --> 02:53:14,720 actually for the apology to our 2420 02:53:14,720 --> 02:53:18,240 community. Um, I thank you for that. And 2421 02:53:18,240 --> 02:53:21,279 I know that 2422 02:53:21,279 --> 02:53:25,040 we've got some really encouraging things 2423 02:53:25,040 --> 02:53:28,160 that we've learned, some really great 2424 02:53:28,160 --> 02:53:31,200 numbers that we can celebrate, and now 2425 02:53:31,200 --> 02:53:33,520 we just need to look at the 2027 budget, 2426 02:53:33,520 --> 02:53:36,160 continue to do that work, and then we'll 2427 02:53:36,160 --> 02:53:39,200 have a final idea of really what we're 2428 02:53:39,200 --> 02:53:41,840 dealing with because I still don't we 2429 02:53:41,840 --> 02:53:47,439 still don't have that piece. So, we're still in the middle of this and um 2430 02:53:47,439 --> 02:53:50,479 so we'll be back to revisit this again. 2431 02:53:50,479 --> 02:53:56,070 So, but thank you also Tony. 2432 02:53:56,080 --> 02:53:58,960 All right. Um that will bring us to the 2433 02:53:58,960 --> 02:54:00,640 next one. Discussion action capital 2434 02:54:00,640 --> 02:54:04,160 improvement plan update fiscal year 2027 2435 02:54:04,160 --> 02:54:07,920 and the impact on the five-year plan. 2436 02:54:07,920 --> 02:54:10,960 >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, on a 2437 02:54:10,960 --> 02:54:14,880 hopefully a a seriously uptick note, um, 2438 02:54:14,880 --> 02:54:16,319 last year I got involved with the 2439 02:54:16,319 --> 02:54:19,120 five-year capital plan. And last year I 2440 02:54:19,120 --> 02:54:21,600 took over a document that had five years 2441 02:54:21,600 --> 02:54:24,000 of information and kept getting rolled 2442 02:54:24,000 --> 02:54:26,160 forward with comments about, well, we're 2443 02:54:26,160 --> 02:54:28,399 not funding, you know, we got to be next 2444 02:54:28,399 --> 02:54:29,840 year needing five or six million dollars 2445 02:54:29,840 --> 02:54:31,200 worth of work and the funding's not 2446 02:54:31,200 --> 02:54:34,000 there and we just roll it. That turned 2447 02:54:34,000 --> 02:54:36,080 into what can we afford and how do we 2448 02:54:36,080 --> 02:54:37,520 make presentations. And so we did that 2449 02:54:37,520 --> 02:54:39,040 last year and the superintendent and I 2450 02:54:39,040 --> 02:54:41,040 met with the town manager and the 2451 02:54:41,040 --> 02:54:42,479 finance director and we went through it 2452 02:54:42,479 --> 02:54:44,399 and we had some very good conversations 2453 02:54:44,399 --> 02:54:47,439 about it. The critical element being 2454 02:54:47,439 --> 02:54:49,040 that we have a maintenance of effort 2455 02:54:49,040 --> 02:54:50,720 issue with the state and if we don't 2456 02:54:50,720 --> 02:54:52,479 meet those objectives then that state 2457 02:54:52,479 --> 02:54:54,319 aid that comes to the community will be 2458 02:54:54,319 --> 02:54:57,120 held back. And so with that as a 2459 02:54:57,120 --> 02:55:00,240 backdraft, we presented a two-year plan 2460 02:55:00,240 --> 02:55:02,479 with the budgets being about $2 million 2461 02:55:02,479 --> 02:55:04,160 because we thought that might be 2462 02:55:04,160 --> 02:55:06,080 fundable and then everything was pushed 2463 02:55:06,080 --> 02:55:09,600 off. But myself in the transition in 2464 02:55:09,600 --> 02:55:11,520 your facilities area, your leadership 2465 02:55:11,520 --> 02:55:14,160 there, your history, how these numbers 2466 02:55:14,160 --> 02:55:16,880 came about, what is this project that 2467 02:55:16,880 --> 02:55:18,319 really talking about? When I go in 2468 02:55:18,319 --> 02:55:20,160 there, it doesn't look like it's maybe 2469 02:55:20,160 --> 02:55:21,920 it's been done. So there was a lot of 2470 02:55:21,920 --> 02:55:23,920 uncertainty of even the validity of the 2471 02:55:23,920 --> 02:55:26,640 projects because of the history of it. 2472 02:55:26,640 --> 02:55:29,279 I'm happy to announce tonight that we're 2473 02:55:29,279 --> 02:55:30,399 going through the same process because 2474 02:55:30,399 --> 02:55:32,800 you do this every year. We've got a 2475 02:55:32,800 --> 02:55:34,800 facilities director that came on board 2476 02:55:34,800 --> 02:55:36,960 and he's been impressive so far. I'm 2477 02:55:36,960 --> 02:55:39,040 really enjoying working with him. I 2478 02:55:39,040 --> 02:55:40,399 think he's going to take the bull by the 2479 02:55:40,399 --> 02:55:42,960 horns and and really make this district 2480 02:55:42,960 --> 02:55:45,279 elevate its uh performance building base 2481 02:55:45,279 --> 02:55:49,279 wise etc. But systematically with that 2482 02:55:49,279 --> 02:55:50,399 conversation came up, what's the 2483 02:55:50,399 --> 02:55:53,200 validity of the dollars of the projects? 2484 02:55:53,200 --> 02:55:54,880 And so I talked with the superintendent 2485 02:55:54,880 --> 02:55:57,520 and he and he has supported the idea 2486 02:55:57,520 --> 02:55:59,520 rather than the finance director and the 2487 02:55:59,520 --> 02:56:01,359 facilities director getting together and 2488 02:56:01,359 --> 02:56:03,040 trying to come up with a five-year plan 2489 02:56:03,040 --> 02:56:04,640 and all the impacts on the community, 2490 02:56:04,640 --> 02:56:05,920 what the building needs are, and then 2491 02:56:05,920 --> 02:56:07,279 trying to get that communication out 2492 02:56:07,279 --> 02:56:12,800 what the funding is and blah blah blah. We took it to the next level. 2493 02:56:12,800 --> 02:56:15,760 We created a community I mean excuse me 2494 02:56:15,760 --> 02:56:18,399 a capital improvements administrative 2495 02:56:18,399 --> 02:56:20,160 team responsible for making a 2496 02:56:20,160 --> 02:56:23,840 recommendation and that team consists of 2497 02:56:23,840 --> 02:56:26,240 the fiscal person. It consists of the 2498 02:56:26,240 --> 02:56:28,399 facilities director but it also 2499 02:56:28,399 --> 02:56:30,399 consisted of we need somebody who's got 2500 02:56:30,399 --> 02:56:33,520 the academic needs of students involved. 2501 02:56:33,520 --> 02:56:34,880 They also needed somebody who had at 2502 02:56:34,880 --> 02:56:37,840 least some history. And most important 2503 02:56:37,840 --> 02:56:41,600 from my seat was the validity of the 2504 02:56:41,600 --> 02:56:44,399 data and how it was generated. 2505 02:56:44,399 --> 02:56:47,040 I wanted to have members of the 2506 02:56:47,040 --> 02:56:49,920 community join us from the town and I'm 2507 02:56:49,920 --> 02:56:52,560 happy to announce that we in fact did 2508 02:56:52,560 --> 02:56:54,640 create this team. This team has been 2509 02:56:54,640 --> 02:56:57,600 meeting for the last three weeks. We 2510 02:56:57,600 --> 02:57:00,000 took the report that the school 2511 02:57:00,000 --> 02:57:01,920 committee adopted last year as our 2512 02:57:01,920 --> 02:57:05,439 kickoff. We have in our hands a report 2513 02:57:05,439 --> 02:57:07,680 created by the state that was sent to 2514 02:57:07,680 --> 02:57:10,640 the district back in July of 2025 2515 02:57:10,640 --> 02:57:12,479 for our middle school and the three 2516 02:57:12,479 --> 02:57:14,000 elementary schools because of course the 2517 02:57:14,000 --> 02:57:15,359 high schools being brand built brand 2518 02:57:15,359 --> 02:57:17,040 new. We expect nothing to meet to be 2519 02:57:17,040 --> 02:57:19,040 done in that at least the first two 2520 02:57:19,040 --> 02:57:20,720 years anyway. 2521 02:57:20,720 --> 02:57:29,040 Um, but we took that report and this the school committee's approved 2522 02:57:29,040 --> 02:57:31,200 five-year plan 2523 02:57:31,200 --> 02:57:33,439 and we met with John Ghoul, who is your 2524 02:57:33,439 --> 02:57:35,600 intram facilities director last year, 2525 02:57:35,600 --> 02:57:37,359 who's got some historical knowledge of 2526 02:57:37,359 --> 02:57:39,840 the district. The two community members 2527 02:57:39,840 --> 02:57:42,160 who joined us happened to be Mr. Mark 2528 02:57:42,160 --> 02:57:45,040 Russo, I believe he's the DPW director, 2529 02:57:45,040 --> 02:57:47,200 or facilities director for the town and 2530 02:57:47,200 --> 02:57:49,840 the town finance director. And everybody 2531 02:57:49,840 --> 02:57:52,000 came to our meetings every meeting and 2532 02:57:52,000 --> 02:57:55,439 we started with what are these reports 2533 02:57:55,439 --> 02:57:58,240 and how they're used and where do the 2534 02:57:58,240 --> 02:57:59,760 data come from. And then we took the 2535 02:57:59,760 --> 02:58:02,479 next step. I introduced that the state 2536 02:58:02,479 --> 02:58:05,520 is paying housing aid based on plans 2537 02:58:05,520 --> 02:58:07,200 that they've approved that they're 2538 02:58:07,200 --> 02:58:10,399 willing to pay. One plan expired this 2539 02:58:10,399 --> 02:58:13,760 past June. So anything after July 1st 2540 02:58:13,760 --> 02:58:16,240 this going forward won't be reimbursed 2541 02:58:16,240 --> 02:58:18,720 from that particular approval. We have 2542 02:58:18,720 --> 02:58:21,359 one approval left that goes through 2543 02:58:21,359 --> 02:58:24,160 December 2028. 2544 02:58:24,160 --> 02:58:26,800 Okay. In order to get an approval from 2545 02:58:26,800 --> 02:58:29,200 RIDE for this what they call memorandum 2546 02:58:29,200 --> 02:58:33,439 of agreement takes about 18 months. So 2547 02:58:33,439 --> 02:58:36,880 an application that goes in in September 2548 02:58:36,880 --> 02:58:39,200 if it's considered to be moved along in 2549 02:58:39,200 --> 02:58:41,680 rise estimation documents need to be 2550 02:58:41,680 --> 02:58:43,840 submitted by the following February or 2551 02:58:43,840 --> 02:58:47,120 March. We call that a stage two. and 2552 02:58:47,120 --> 02:58:48,560 then they have eight months to make a 2553 02:58:48,560 --> 02:58:51,439 decision. So that'll put them someplace 2554 02:58:51,439 --> 02:58:55,279 after the initial September date. So now 2555 02:58:55,279 --> 02:58:58,240 as a backdraft we go 5 years. 5 years 2556 02:58:58,240 --> 02:59:01,439 will put us out to 2032. 2557 02:59:01,439 --> 02:59:05,600 Government approval ends December 2028. 2558 02:59:05,600 --> 02:59:08,800 Two years it's all we have. 2559 02:59:08,800 --> 02:59:10,880 Okay. What happens in those future 2560 02:59:10,880 --> 02:59:14,240 years? Everybody understands it. 2561 02:59:14,240 --> 02:59:17,600 the t that the team's effort was to do a 2562 02:59:17,600 --> 02:59:19,760 host of things. We're going to focus in 2563 02:59:19,760 --> 02:59:21,359 on what's going to get completed in the 2564 02:59:21,359 --> 02:59:23,920 next two years. What makes economic 2565 02:59:23,920 --> 02:59:25,200 sense and what can the community 2566 02:59:25,200 --> 02:59:26,960 support? 2567 02:59:26,960 --> 02:59:28,080 What are we going to do for the next 2568 02:59:28,080 --> 02:59:31,200 three years? And if this pushes us past 2569 02:59:31,200 --> 02:59:34,880 December 2028, how are we prepared to 2570 02:59:34,880 --> 02:59:37,520 make that application process work? And 2571 02:59:37,520 --> 02:59:40,479 what's the timetable? The timetable is 2572 02:59:40,479 --> 02:59:43,520 December of 2027. 2573 02:59:43,520 --> 02:59:46,080 The application has to go in if you want 2574 02:59:46,080 --> 02:59:48,960 to have a housing aid reimbursement in 2575 02:59:48,960 --> 02:59:51,120 place after the next memorandum of 2576 02:59:51,120 --> 02:59:53,600 agreement goes away. 2577 02:59:53,600 --> 02:59:56,720 The following February 2028, we have to 2578 02:59:56,720 --> 02:59:59,120 put in the stage two documents they 2579 02:59:59,120 --> 03:00:01,520 request. They'll make a decision 2580 03:00:01,520 --> 03:00:05,200 sometime in September, October of 2028 2581 03:00:05,200 --> 03:00:07,040 that they'll give us an award effective 2582 03:00:07,040 --> 03:00:10,000 January 1st, 2029. That's two months 2583 03:00:10,000 --> 03:00:13,439 before the last sunset. So taking all of 2584 03:00:13,439 --> 03:00:16,560 this information in, our team has gone 2585 03:00:16,560 --> 03:00:19,120 through and we said, "Oh, these are 2586 03:00:19,120 --> 03:00:20,800 projects are completed. These projects 2587 03:00:20,800 --> 03:00:22,880 are not needed. This doesn't seem 2588 03:00:22,880 --> 03:00:24,720 budgetarily to be accurate. We're going 2589 03:00:24,720 --> 03:00:26,720 to do more research. What does the state 2590 03:00:26,720 --> 03:00:29,600 say?" We triaged all of these pieces. 2591 03:00:29,600 --> 03:00:31,840 We've come up with a roster for each of 2592 03:00:31,840 --> 03:00:33,359 the four schools, the middle school and 2593 03:00:33,359 --> 03:00:36,000 the three elementary schools. I thought 2594 03:00:36,000 --> 03:00:37,680 it was critical, superintendent 2595 03:00:37,680 --> 03:00:39,760 supported it, that we actually do 2596 03:00:39,760 --> 03:00:41,920 building walks. We want to meet with the 2597 03:00:41,920 --> 03:00:44,479 principal. We want their input as to 2598 03:00:44,479 --> 03:00:45,840 what they think they need for student 2599 03:00:45,840 --> 03:00:47,279 needs in their buildings. We're going to 2600 03:00:47,279 --> 03:00:49,040 share with them what we're looking at 2601 03:00:49,040 --> 03:00:51,120 projectwise. 2602 03:00:51,120 --> 03:00:53,600 That's beginning tomorrow. We are going 2603 03:00:53,600 --> 03:00:55,680 to Matunic and then we're heading up to 2604 03:00:55,680 --> 03:01:00,240 Broad Rock. Friday we're going I West 2605 03:01:00,240 --> 03:01:03,120 Kingston and then Peaceale. 2606 03:01:03,120 --> 03:01:07,040 The team will be reconvening next week. 2607 03:01:07,040 --> 03:01:09,279 the facilities director and I are going 2608 03:01:09,279 --> 03:01:11,439 to be working on a capital improvement 2609 03:01:11,439 --> 03:01:14,560 plan budget, excuse me, capital budget 2610 03:01:14,560 --> 03:01:16,880 for 2027, 2611 03:01:16,880 --> 03:01:18,479 and I'll have that for you by the end of 2612 03:01:18,479 --> 03:01:20,319 September. 2613 03:01:20,319 --> 03:01:23,120 It will target the things we have to 2614 03:01:23,120 --> 03:01:25,840 accomplish by the end of June. We need a 2615 03:01:25,840 --> 03:01:28,240 million dollars of projects completed 2616 03:01:28,240 --> 03:01:31,840 every year as a minimum on top of the 2617 03:01:31,840 --> 03:01:33,520 investment we're making in maintenance 2618 03:01:33,520 --> 03:01:36,240 people and maintenance supplies, etc. 2619 03:01:36,240 --> 03:01:38,479 and the debt interest payments that the 2620 03:01:38,479 --> 03:01:39,840 town makes. That all gets added 2621 03:01:39,840 --> 03:01:43,760 together. We have to provide 2% uh is it 2622 03:01:43,760 --> 03:01:46,240 2% of our operating budget. No, it's 2623 03:01:46,240 --> 03:01:49,279 more than that. It's over $2 million. So 2624 03:01:49,279 --> 03:01:52,399 maybe 4%. My calc's off top my head 2625 03:01:52,399 --> 03:01:55,040 getting tired. Um but it's a little over 2626 03:01:55,040 --> 03:01:58,399 $2 million a year. So a million of it 2627 03:01:58,399 --> 03:02:00,960 has to be capital improvements. 2628 03:02:00,960 --> 03:02:03,439 We need to get things done this year and 2629 03:02:03,439 --> 03:02:08,240 we'll have that roster done. Next year, 2630 03:02:08,240 --> 03:02:11,830 2027. 2631 03:02:11,840 --> 03:02:13,920 Um, actually 28 because it'll be June 2632 03:02:13,920 --> 03:02:17,600 the 28th. Okay. We have the summer of 2633 03:02:17,600 --> 03:02:21,600 2027 to do major construction if we want 2634 03:02:21,600 --> 03:02:23,200 reimbursement 2635 03:02:23,200 --> 03:02:25,359 from the currently approved document 2636 03:02:25,359 --> 03:02:28,399 with ride. Okay. So we we are going to 2637 03:02:28,399 --> 03:02:31,840 present a 28 recommendation as well. 2638 03:02:31,840 --> 03:02:36,479 Okay. June 2028 fiscal year closes. July 2639 03:02:36,479 --> 03:02:40,800 1st 2028 we have six months to do any 2640 03:02:40,800 --> 03:02:42,319 major construction where we need 2641 03:02:42,319 --> 03:02:44,720 reimbursement. We will have a plan for 2642 03:02:44,720 --> 03:02:47,520 the summer of 2028 which puts us into 2643 03:02:47,520 --> 03:02:49,439 2029. 2644 03:02:49,439 --> 03:02:51,359 But we'll get it done before Christmas. 2645 03:02:51,359 --> 03:02:53,040 We'll have recommendations how to fund 2646 03:02:53,040 --> 03:02:55,120 it. Our conversations with the town 2647 03:02:55,120 --> 03:03:02,080 manager will absolutely be critical on the summer work for 2027 2648 03:03:02,080 --> 03:03:04,800 and the summer work for 2028 because if 2649 03:03:04,800 --> 03:03:06,560 we're going to be doing $2 million worth 2650 03:03:06,560 --> 03:03:09,040 of roofs or $2 or $3 million worth of 2651 03:03:09,040 --> 03:03:11,120 HVAC systems or anything else of that 2652 03:03:11,120 --> 03:03:13,600 critical need, the size and scope of 2653 03:03:13,600 --> 03:03:16,080 those projects require bid documents. 2654 03:03:16,080 --> 03:03:19,760 You need your vendor to be appointed by 2655 03:03:19,760 --> 03:03:23,279 April, if not sooner, 2656 03:03:23,279 --> 03:03:25,840 because then they will have their trucks 2657 03:03:25,840 --> 03:03:28,399 in our parking lot on June 15th saying, 2658 03:03:28,399 --> 03:03:30,080 "When can we go to work?" Because we got 2659 03:03:30,080 --> 03:03:31,840 to get the work done over the summer. 2660 03:03:31,840 --> 03:03:34,319 So, those are the objectives that we'll 2661 03:03:34,319 --> 03:03:37,600 be working on. Um, 2662 03:03:37,600 --> 03:03:40,800 but I hope and so far it's been 2663 03:03:40,800 --> 03:03:43,520 extremely cooperative and productive. 2664 03:03:43,520 --> 03:03:46,880 the team we put together to validate the 2665 03:03:46,880 --> 03:03:48,800 dollars, 2666 03:03:48,800 --> 03:03:51,840 identify the source of the projects, and 2667 03:03:51,840 --> 03:03:54,000 then the prioritization of those 2668 03:03:54,000 --> 03:03:56,240 projects to meet the objectives of the 2669 03:03:56,240 --> 03:03:58,720 community. And so in the budget cycle, 2670 03:03:58,720 --> 03:04:00,800 I'll talk about the housing aid again 2671 03:04:00,800 --> 03:04:02,479 coming in and the rather revenues that 2672 03:04:02,479 --> 03:04:05,439 we may have available to fund them. But 2673 03:04:05,439 --> 03:04:07,600 I can't thank the committee or the 2674 03:04:07,600 --> 03:04:10,399 superintendent enough to take it to this 2675 03:04:10,399 --> 03:04:13,840 next level of sophistication 2676 03:04:13,840 --> 03:04:17,200 and creating your new 5-year plan 2677 03:04:17,200 --> 03:04:20,720 recommendation because it is aligned 2678 03:04:20,720 --> 03:04:22,960 with what ride will need for a 2679 03:04:22,960 --> 03:04:25,359 submission in September. They won't 2680 03:04:25,359 --> 03:04:27,200 accept just the finance director and 2681 03:04:27,200 --> 03:04:28,880 with facilities director with the 2682 03:04:28,880 --> 03:04:31,359 superintendent having a plan. They want 2683 03:04:31,359 --> 03:04:33,520 to see community participation. We've 2684 03:04:33,520 --> 03:04:35,439 got that. we're keeping people apprised 2685 03:04:35,439 --> 03:04:37,760 of what's going on and we'll be able to 2686 03:04:37,760 --> 03:04:40,080 speak to that and we've engaged our 2687 03:04:40,080 --> 03:04:42,880 local community uh officials to join us 2688 03:04:42,880 --> 03:04:44,720 and it's been extremely productive. So, 2689 03:04:44,720 --> 03:04:46,800 I'm just really proud of the work this 2690 03:04:46,800 --> 03:04:48,880 team is doing and I think the outcome is 2691 03:04:48,880 --> 03:04:51,120 going to drive a lot of really good 2692 03:04:51,120 --> 03:04:53,439 conversations for the community and I 2693 03:04:53,439 --> 03:04:55,600 look forward to going over and working 2694 03:04:55,600 --> 03:04:57,120 with the town manager and the town 2695 03:04:57,120 --> 03:05:00,399 finance director in October to say we 2696 03:05:00,399 --> 03:05:02,160 can cover this year. What are we going 2697 03:05:02,160 --> 03:05:04,319 to do the summer of 28 and what are we 2698 03:05:04,319 --> 03:05:06,800 going to do in the summer of 29? How do 2699 03:05:06,800 --> 03:05:09,680 we get there? And if we can do 90% of 2700 03:05:09,680 --> 03:05:13,200 the work, maybe we won't need an OA for 2701 03:05:13,200 --> 03:05:15,439 more capital projects. If we can get the 2702 03:05:15,439 --> 03:05:16,800 bulk of the things that are being 2703 03:05:16,800 --> 03:05:18,479 identified done in those two years, we 2704 03:05:18,479 --> 03:05:20,880 could be way way ahead of the game. If 2705 03:05:20,880 --> 03:05:22,880 not, we'll know what our next layers of 2706 03:05:22,880 --> 03:05:25,359 work are. So, I'm happy to answer 2707 03:05:25,359 --> 03:05:26,720 questions, but I'm very excited about 2708 03:05:26,720 --> 03:05:28,560 how the table's getting set for that 2709 03:05:28,560 --> 03:05:34,230 future conversation. So, thank you. 2710 03:05:34,240 --> 03:05:35,760 I don't have a question. Just to thank 2711 03:05:35,760 --> 03:05:37,359 you for your enthusiasm, your 2712 03:05:37,359 --> 03:05:39,600 proactivity on this. We have not seen 2713 03:05:39,600 --> 03:05:41,840 that in years when it comes to this 2714 03:05:41,840 --> 03:05:45,600 particular topic. Um, and so I 2715 03:05:45,600 --> 03:05:47,920 appreciate what you've put together, the 2716 03:05:47,920 --> 03:05:50,720 folks you've gathered trust, very highly 2717 03:05:50,720 --> 03:05:53,120 trusted in our community, both on the 2718 03:05:53,120 --> 03:05:55,120 town side and the school side. So, thank 2719 03:05:55,120 --> 03:05:58,960 you um for this and I look forward to um 2720 03:05:58,960 --> 03:06:01,120 what you present to us in September 2721 03:06:01,120 --> 03:06:03,120 2026, 2722 03:06:03,120 --> 03:06:08,950 so next month. 2723 03:06:08,960 --> 03:06:11,040 » I agree with Kate. I think it's great to 2724 03:06:11,040 --> 03:06:12,880 collaborate with the town and bring in 2725 03:06:12,880 --> 03:06:14,720 those two people that actually work for 2726 03:06:14,720 --> 03:06:17,040 the town to be on the committee. I think 2727 03:06:17,040 --> 03:06:19,359 that is going to go a long way to 2728 03:06:19,359 --> 03:06:21,520 helping us work together to make our 2729 03:06:21,520 --> 03:06:24,880 buildings better and improved. So, um, 2730 03:06:24,880 --> 03:06:27,600 it just thank you for all this work. I'm 2731 03:06:27,600 --> 03:06:38,950 really excited to see the plan that they 2732 03:06:38,960 --> 03:06:40,880 that was just an update. So, that it's 2733 03:06:40,880 --> 03:06:44,560 not an action. Um, just so you know, we 2734 03:06:44,560 --> 03:06:46,640 we've decided to put discussion action 2735 03:06:46,640 --> 03:06:49,279 because if there's something else that 2736 03:06:49,279 --> 03:06:53,279 comes up that we want to act on, it 2737 03:06:53,279 --> 03:06:58,880 allows us to just out of an abundance of um caution that we might have 2738 03:06:58,880 --> 03:07:02,160 something. Um, so is there any other 2739 03:07:02,160 --> 03:07:04,720 comments on that item on the capital for 2740 03:07:04,720 --> 03:07:07,760 that plan? 2741 03:07:07,760 --> 03:07:10,479 Okay, then we're going to move on to our 2742 03:07:10,479 --> 03:07:13,040 last item, the discussion, school 2743 03:07:13,040 --> 03:07:15,600 building committee uh status update of 2744 03:07:15,600 --> 03:07:17,439 the new high school and athletic field 2745 03:07:17,439 --> 03:07:20,240 stadium complex at Chris Corner. 2746 03:07:20,240 --> 03:07:23,840 So, it's a talk about an exciting 2747 03:07:23,840 --> 03:07:27,200 item. Um lot lots of exciting work going 2748 03:07:27,200 --> 03:07:30,240 on next door. As we can see, the uh 2749 03:07:30,240 --> 03:07:32,640 brick has started to go on the academic 2750 03:07:32,640 --> 03:07:35,200 tower, which is it's it's funny because 2751 03:07:35,200 --> 03:07:36,880 you're like, "Oh, it's brick going on a 2752 03:07:36,880 --> 03:07:38,640 building," but it is exciting when you 2753 03:07:38,640 --> 03:07:40,319 come up to your like, "Oh, it's starting 2754 03:07:40,319 --> 03:07:42,000 to look like a school building." Um, 2755 03:07:42,000 --> 03:07:44,399 instead of just a big steel building. 2756 03:07:44,399 --> 03:07:48,399 Um, so continuous progress keeping us on 2757 03:07:48,399 --> 03:07:51,920 time, continuing to demonstrate that we 2758 03:07:51,920 --> 03:07:55,279 are under budget. Um, 2759 03:07:55,279 --> 03:07:57,520 as far as Curtis Corner goes, there's 2760 03:07:57,520 --> 03:08:00,160 been a slight delay with the demo of the 2761 03:08:00,160 --> 03:08:03,920 Curtis Corner um, school itself, um, 2762 03:08:03,920 --> 03:08:06,560 completely out of all of our, uh, 2763 03:08:06,560 --> 03:08:09,359 spheres of influence and, uh, areas of 2764 03:08:09,359 --> 03:08:11,040 control. We're waiting on Rhode Island 2765 03:08:11,040 --> 03:08:14,560 Energy to disconnect our utility. And 2766 03:08:14,560 --> 03:08:16,720 so, we cannot start demo until Rhode 2767 03:08:16,720 --> 03:08:18,240 Island Energy does that. So, Rhode 2768 03:08:18,240 --> 03:08:19,680 Island Energy is listening. You're 2769 03:08:19,680 --> 03:08:22,880 delaying us and we need you to move. um 2770 03:08:22,880 --> 03:08:25,040 because we can't move forward with demo 2771 03:08:25,040 --> 03:08:29,600 until that happens. Um we have made a a 2772 03:08:29,600 --> 03:08:33,120 plea to the town, you know, if if um our 2773 03:08:33,120 --> 03:08:35,520 town manager or deputy manager or the 2774 03:08:35,520 --> 03:08:37,840 town council has any connections that 2775 03:08:37,840 --> 03:08:40,319 can assist there, that would be uh very 2776 03:08:40,319 --> 03:08:44,080 much uh helpful. I know that um and you 2777 03:08:44,080 --> 03:08:45,600 know in Rhode Island Energy's defense, 2778 03:08:45,600 --> 03:08:47,200 they have a lot going on and they do 2779 03:08:47,200 --> 03:08:49,840 have a kind of their a pack schedule for 2780 03:08:49,840 --> 03:08:51,600 themselves, but that is that is the only 2781 03:08:51,600 --> 03:08:53,760 holdup. It's not delaying any part of 2782 03:08:53,760 --> 03:08:56,000 the project because the demo once it 2783 03:08:56,000 --> 03:08:57,920 starts it will be quick and and easy 2784 03:08:57,920 --> 03:09:00,640 over there. Um so we continue right 2785 03:09:00,640 --> 03:09:03,600 along um with all of our kind of all of 2786 03:09:03,600 --> 03:09:06,720 our steps that we're moving through. No 2787 03:09:06,720 --> 03:09:08,960 real we we had a very short meeting on 2788 03:09:08,960 --> 03:09:15,920 Thursday. Um no no major developments outside of just 2789 03:09:15,920 --> 03:09:19,040 work is continuing as planned. Um, we do 2790 03:09:19,040 --> 03:09:21,520 have a small committee of folks that 2791 03:09:21,520 --> 03:09:24,319 have been pulled together for to start 2792 03:09:24,319 --> 03:09:28,160 now developing the traffic flow for next 2793 03:09:28,160 --> 03:09:31,279 school year. So, not starting um in two 2794 03:09:31,279 --> 03:09:35,920 weeks, but in uh September of 27 because 2795 03:09:35,920 --> 03:09:38,479 what's going to happen is when we 2796 03:09:38,479 --> 03:09:40,800 transfer everybody over to the new 2797 03:09:40,800 --> 03:09:43,040 building, this building will still 2798 03:09:43,040 --> 03:09:46,160 exist. And this is and this is where 2799 03:09:46,160 --> 03:09:47,680 traffic flow is supposed to go and 2800 03:09:47,680 --> 03:09:50,479 parking is supposed to go. So we do have 2801 03:09:50,479 --> 03:09:52,560 a team that's being pulled together 2802 03:09:52,560 --> 03:09:54,399 includes town manager, includes the 2803 03:09:54,399 --> 03:09:56,560 chief of police and um includes our 2804 03:09:56,560 --> 03:09:59,600 administrative team um as to what the 2805 03:09:59,600 --> 03:10:03,120 temporary traffic flow will be for the 2806 03:10:03,120 --> 03:10:06,880 26 27 uh excuse me 27 28 school year 2807 03:10:06,880 --> 03:10:09,439 while this building gets demolished and 2808 03:10:09,439 --> 03:10:15,439 the new parking lot and roadway um gets developed. So um we're trying to 2809 03:10:15,439 --> 03:10:17,520 forward think all those things because 2810 03:10:17,520 --> 03:10:21,120 as we know this school year is starting 2811 03:10:21,120 --> 03:10:23,600 like what as two weeks from now. So time 2812 03:10:23,600 --> 03:10:25,760 is going by like this and so we don't 2813 03:10:25,760 --> 03:10:28,240 want to delay any important decisions. 2814 03:10:28,240 --> 03:10:29,520 So we're trying to stay on top of 2815 03:10:29,520 --> 03:10:32,479 anything that will uh maybe sneak up on 2816 03:10:32,479 --> 03:10:36,240 us. Um so as far as this school year we 2817 03:10:36,240 --> 03:10:37,920 still have we'll have this parking lot. 2818 03:10:37,920 --> 03:10:40,080 Nothing will change for the traffic 2819 03:10:40,080 --> 03:10:42,479 patterns um that started last year. 2820 03:10:42,479 --> 03:10:44,479 it'll be the same traffic globe for for 2821 03:10:44,479 --> 03:10:46,479 this year, but we do want to be 2822 03:10:46,479 --> 03:10:49,840 proactive for next year. So, um I don't 2823 03:10:49,840 --> 03:10:52,160 have really any other significant 2824 03:10:52,160 --> 03:10:54,240 milestone updates other than we're just 2825 03:10:54,240 --> 03:10:57,200 cruising along um as planned. Um but 2826 03:10:57,200 --> 03:10:58,880 unless somebody has any specific 2827 03:10:58,880 --> 03:11:01,439 questions uh for me or even for Michael 2828 03:11:01,439 --> 03:11:08,790 on the on the topic. 2829 03:11:08,800 --> 03:11:10,800 » Thank you. And uh so if there's nothing 2830 03:11:10,800 --> 03:11:12,399 else then I will be happy to make a 2831 03:11:12,399 --> 03:11:16,070 motion to adjurnn. 2832 03:11:16,080 --> 03:11:18,479 » All those in favor I 2833 03:11:18,479 --> 03:11:22,790 >> that motion passes. 2834 03:11:22,800 --> 03:11:26,920 We are adjourned at 8:05.