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~,-t~,,,rY,ex,~- F <br />~~ ~~ <br />• Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board needs to discuss SAPFO and extraordinary <br />circumstances and extraordinary adjustments. <br />Chair Foushee agreed and said that this should be discussed before making any <br />decisions. <br />3. Appropriation Mandated, Funding Discretionary- Local Schoo! Districts-Current <br />Expense Funding <br />4. Appropriafion Mandated, Funding Discretionary- Loca! School Districts- <br />Recurring Capital Funding <br />Laura Blackmon said that she meets with the Superintendents and the school <br />collaboration group frequently and they all recognize the crisis the County is in. The schools are <br />looking at their budgets as well and where cuts might be made. <br />Superintendent Neil Pedersen said that CHCCS received the State's projections and <br />they were lower than the school system's projections because of the change in the entrance <br />age for kindergarten. There was a difference in projections of 120 students. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked for information from OCS and George McFarley said that <br />the expectation is from 30-50 additional students. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the issue of making a choice of increasing per <br />pupil funding or maintaining the recurring capital funding, which was a topic of discussion when <br />this was on the agenda previously. He would be interested in getting a sense from the school <br />boards on the higher priority. This needs to be proposed in some formal way for future <br />discussion. <br />Donna Coffey said that if the recurring capital money is used, it is a one-time ftx. On the <br />lottery proceeds, that is a finite piece of money and is being used now for school capital <br />projects. <br />• The Board decided to defer a decision on this until there is more information and the <br />school boards have a chance to discuss how the decision impacts the schools' budgets. <br />Commissioner Pellisier said that it would be good for the two school boards to discuss <br />this and talk about the priorities. <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that the schools should also be asked to look at a five-year <br />window, just like the County department heads. <br />A letter will be sent to both school boards from staff indicating that a discussion should <br />take place on these issues. <br />5. Appropriation Nof Mandated, Funding Discretionary- Fair Funding for Schools <br />Laura Blackmon said that the Fair Funding for School Health and Safety Resources for <br />FY 2008-09 is the equivalent of .77 cents on the FY 2008-09 ad valorem tax rate. <br />Donna Coffey said that there is a separate line item in the Health Department budget <br />that holds the schools harm{ess with one nurse per school. This is separate from the $988,000. <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that social workers, nurses, and SRO's need #o be Dept <br />in place in schools and the Board agreed. <br />6. Appr..opriafion:Hot Mandated, Contribufions to.Non-Profit Funding Discretionary.-. ,~ <br />Commissioner Nelson said that he does not think that this should be reduced. <br />Commissioner Pelissier agreed because most of the contributions that the County makes <br />towards this, she would categorize in the safety net category. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that it would depend on how bad the budget situation gets. <br />She said that if the County is getting to the point of reducing its employees and an agency is 'not <br />providing the service in acost-effective way, then she would like to consider bringing the service <br />in-house. ~ - <br />• <br />