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- Asbestos abatement <br />- Indoor air quality <br />- Hot water for Seawell bathrooms <br />Energy $1,715,000 <br />- Replacement windows for Phillips <br />- HVAC replacement for Phillips <br />- FPG bailer <br />- Kitchen A/C systems <br />Classroom $905,000 <br />- Phillips support areas <br />- FPG primary building <br />- Mobiles and expansion space <br />RoafslPavinglDaors $775,000 <br />- FPG primary roof <br />- CHHS repaving <br />- Estes Hills and CHHS doors and hardware <br />New Facilities HS #3.....Revenue (spreadsheet) <br />New Facilities HS #3.....Budget (spreadsheet) <br />Chair Carey asked if State cuts were included in the $3.8 million of budget cuts. <br />Superintendent Pedersen said yes and that they hope they do not have to do all of the cuts. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the fund balance and said that he did not <br />realize it was so law. He asked if there was any communication from the State about the <br />low fund balance. Superintendent Pedersen said that they did not get any bad letters, but <br />the issue was that at the end of the year they have to project their fund balance. For a <br />variety of reasons, the projection was a little off. It was disconcerting to him that after the <br />audit, the fund balance was negative. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked about eliminating subsidization of child nutrition <br />services and Superintendent Pedersen said that they re-bid this service this year, and it was <br />indicated that a successful bidder could not rely an any additional subsidy from the local <br />school district. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that when the County Commissioners met with the <br />legislators, they asked for them to consider introducing legislation where the per-pupil <br />allocations would not be based on projection numbers coming from DPI, but based on <br />numbers achieved by both school systems. He does not believe any of this was introduced. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that the County Commissioners asked the Manager to <br />put together a list of all programs that the County funds independently from both school <br />systems that are doing business in both school systems. He has no problem saying that if <br />these programs need to be in the school systems, then maybe the County needs to fund the <br />school systems for these programs and not non-departmental agencies. He would like to do <br />some consolidation. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he appreciates the picture Superintendent Pedersen <br />