Budget Committee: January 2009 Archives
The School district budget will be up for discussion again this week ( Thursday January 8 @ 4pm , SAU offices). This is a public meeting, so if you can, please attend. The budget documents indicate that the
· An increase of 17.23% or $76,458 for NHRS (New Hampshire Retirement System). This is due to the employer/District rate increasing from 8.74% (2008-2009) to 9.09%.
· An increase of 5.08% or $63,829 for health insurance. This is the result of an increase of 8.6% for the BCBS Plan and 3.7% for the Dental Plan.
· The average salary increase for each teacher is approximately 5%.
· Non-teaching staff not under the collective bargaining agreement will receive the same 5% increase. (This is not in line with what we have seen in surrounding school districts or in line with the current economic downturn).
Other areas that show significant increases include:
- Special education budget increase of 58.04% or $37,847 for Professional Services. It is unclear as to what additional professional services are being offered.
- Increased cost for fuel oil and electricity of approx. $45,000.
What happens next? The Advisory Budget Committee (ABC) has until January 27 to present recommendations to the School Board. It is worth remembering that the ABC has no real budget authority unlike a true budget committee. Read this article to get the full background as to how we got here.
At the last school board meeting a member of the public requested that Kay Peranelli create a glossary for the public in order to decipher all the codes in the budget documents. We are not aware that this has been provided.
Questions? Feel free to email the School Board/ABC as follows:
Michael Lancor, Superintendent mlancor@moultonborough.k12.nh.us
Bill Blackadar, School Board Chair blackadar@verizon.net
Jean Beadle, Chair Budget Advisory Committee jbeadle@nhecwb.com
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Moultonborough Advisory Budget Committee
Final
Meeting Minutes
Friday, December 23, 2008
In Attendance: Advisory Budget Committee (ABC) Members Jean Beadle, Karel Crawford, Ed Marudzinski,
The Chairperson called the meeting to order at 10:05 A.M. in the Town Hall Conference Room.
A motion was requested for the acceptance of the notes for the December 15, 2008 meeting of the ABC. Jean Beadle made the motion and Ed Marudzinski seconded it. Motion passed unanimously
The objective of this meeting was to review and summarize the individual comments and recommendations of each ABC member relative to the School Budget, and prepare a talking paper to provide to the School with our recommendations and comments.
The input was reviewed and the members reached consensus opinions on all recommendations and comments.
Ed offered to prepare the minutes and draft the summary results.
A motion was made by Karel Crawford, seconded by Ed Marudzinski to adjourn the meeting at 11:55 A.M. the motion was approved unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Ed Marudzinski
ABC Board Member
12/28/2008
Moultonborough Advisory Budget Committee
Meeting Minutes
Friday, December 19, 2008
In Attendance: Advisory Budget Committee (ABC) Members Jean Beadle, Ed
Marudzinski, Karel Crawford
The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson at 3:34 P.M. in
A motion was requested for Cancellation of the meeting due to weather by Karel Crawford. Jean Beadle seconded it. Motion passed unanimously.
The rescheduled ABC meeting will be Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM in the Moultonboro Municipal Building Meeting Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean Beadle
12/20/2008
Moultonborough Advisory Budget Committee
Draft Meeting Minutes
Monday, December 15, 2008
In Attendance: Advisory Budget Committee (ABC) Members Jean Beadle, Ed Marudzinski, Karel Crawford, Kathy Garry, and Gary Haracz
The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson at 1:04 P.M. in Moultonboro Library Heritage Room.
A motion was requested for the acceptance of the notes for the December 4, 2008 meeting of the ABC. Ed Marudzinski made the motion and Kathy Garry seconded it. Motion passed unanimously.
The agenda for the ABC meeting was a general discussion of the School Budget and the Town/Library Budget Draft as presented to the Moultonboro Board of Selectman by Carter Terenzini and department heads on December 10, 2008.
The second half of the presentation of the Town/Library Budget Draft scheduled for December 12, 2008 was postponed due to weather and re-scheduled to December 19, 2008.
Discussion items and outcomes.
Committee members made recommendations as to the format for their eventual report to the School Board/Administration.
• Prepare a Heads-Up comprised of bullets as an introductory document supplied to the School Board/Administration before hand
• Committee members will an oral presentation to the School Board
• The ABC formal written report will then be prepared as a documented follow up.
The Committee decided that the same process would take place with the Town/Library Budgets and Boards.
Members discussed areas of interest from the School/Town Draft Budgets presented so far. In anticipation of the final Town session, additional areas of interest were noted.
As mentioned above, Committee members are scheduled to attend the final session of the Town Library Budget Draft presentations to be held in day long sessions on December 19, 2008.
The next scheduled ABC meeting will be Friday, December 19, 2008 at 3:30 P.M. in the Moultonboro Municipal Building Meeting Room.
A motion was made by Ed Marudzinski, seconded by Jean Beadle, to adjourn the meeting at 3:05 P.M. The motion was approved unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Gary Haracz
Vice-Chair
12/16/2008
OFFICE OF SELECTMEN
Selectmen’s Workshop December 19, 2008
MINUTES
Present: Karel A. Crawford, Edward S. Charest, James F. Gray, Joel R. Mudgett, Betsey L. Patten; Carter Terenzini, Town Administrator; ABC Members, Jean Beadle, Ed Marudzinski(12:50pm). Absent: Gary Harascz and Kathleen Garry Absent (with prior notification).
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m.
1. Highway: Scott Kinmond and the Town Administrator touched on the major change of the year which is moving Building & Grounds personnel costs to Highway, signaling a move to a consolidated Public Works Department. There was discussion on the merits of moving to a,Pavement Management System (PMS) and the proposed Capital Program for the new Dept. of Public Works. There were questions on the uniform costs with
There was a discussion of the sand/salt Magic-O accounts....
