September 7, 2006 - Minutes
September 07, 2006
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
Notice - Notice of the budget workshop was published in the Norfolk Daily News on Thursday, August 31, 2006.
September 7, 2006 - The Board of Education met on Thursday, September 7, 2006, at 12:00 noon at the Norfolk Public Schools Administration Office, 512 Philip Avenue for a budget hearing. Members present included: Alfredo Ramirez, Brad Krivohlavek, Julee Pfeil, Paul Cazabon, and Jane McDaniel. Absent: Clark Froehlich. Also present were Superintendent Randy Nelson, Robert Waite, Doug Witte, and Dan DePasquale.
Call to Order -Alfredo Ramirez, President, called the meeting to order at 12:08 p.m. and declared a legally advertised meeting of the Board of Education. He announced that a copy of the Open Meetings Act was located on the East Wall of the Board Room.
Discussion of Budget - The meeting is called to discuss the proposed 2006-2007 budget. Several handouts were given and Mr. Waite summarized the following:
- 2006-07 valuations.—This shows a 3.75% change in valuation including the Class I schools
- Calculation of General Fund Property taxes – This shows that we have $16,716,111 of property taxes available for General Fund Usage
- Estimated Expenses – We have an estimated expenditure of $35,988,75
- Estimated Revenue – We have an estimated revenue of $35,988,755
- Valuations to be used by each bond payment request.
- Levies from each District.
Budget Review - Dr. Nelson then stated that our General Fund anticipated needs for 2006-07 is $35,988,753 which is a 4.6 percent increase over last year’s budget. He then stated that we added 1.3 FTE staff members which included taking in all the Class I teachers. We cut over 17 teacher and administrative staff positions. The estimated levy is 1.211207 compared to 1.217559 last year which is a .006352 decrease in total levy. The impact of this is that on a $100,000 home the property taxes will decrease by $6.35.
Future Economic
Factors - The
board then discussed our projected enrollment for the next 10
years. Mr. Waite will work on getting this done earlier this
year. The board discussed looking at economic factors when
looking to the future.
Website - Mr. Waite updated the board on the
new website SOCS program.
Cell Phones - The board was also informed that the district will be paying $25.00 per month toward administrator cell phones.
Adjournment - At 1:08 p.m. President Ramirez declared the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy A. Nelson,
Secretary
Alfredo Ramirez, President
Board of
Education Board
of Education
