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N. I Sheriff Blackwood said sometimes it takes months for concerns to come to light, and the 2 policy addresses this. 3 Chair Dorosin asked if the BOCC would review the policy, and if there are questions or 4 concerns, Sheriff Blackwood can come back for further discussion. He said this is an expected 5 budget request for FY2018 -19. 6 7 c. FY2018 -19 Orange County Schools Continuation Budget 8 The Board received an update on the current continuation budget projections for the 9 FY2018 -19 Orange County Schools (OCS) budget. 10 Chair Dorosin reviewed the background information below: 11 BACKGROUND: 12 During the last collaboration meeting of the three Boards, Orange County Schools requested 13 the opportunity to appear before the Board of County Commissioners prior to the official start of 14 the budget process. The request is an effort to be transparent with information early in the 15 process so that the Board of County Commissioners is aware of the current reality in Orange 16 County Schools. Orange County Schools faces a budget shortfall due to declining enrollment, 17 state mandated salary increases, and state mandated changes to class size ratios at 18 kindergarten through third grade. 19 20 Dr. Todd Wirt, OCS Superintendent, said he is glad to be able to give the Board an early 21 overview of where OCS is now. He said there is a handout in the abstract and he walked the 22 BOCC through this sheet. He reviewed the per pupil amounts, and fund balance appropriations 23 that his Board has made. 24 Dr. Todd Wirt said it is possible that Department of Public Instruction (DPI) projections 25 for enrollment may be received by the end of the week. He said charter school enrollments 26 have increased, and OCS is working hard to counter this change. 27 Dr. Todd Wirt referred to the bottom 1/3 of the page: 28 HB 13 Class Size $870,000 (12 teachers) Mandate State Mandated $1,200,000 Increases Loss of State - Teacher Funding 725,000 (10 positions) Total Continuation 33,280,226$ 36,075,226 Budget Estimated Local (3,401,396) Revenue Shortfall Charter School Funding - (602,641) Gap Total Estimated Funding Gap (2,798,755) 29 Dr. Todd Wirt said there is a $3.4 million shortfall, which does not include keeping pace 30 with $15 /hour living wage, which would add an additional $350,000. He said OCS has frozen 31 many positions throughout the year as cost cutting measures, which resulted in a savings of 32 about $350,000 for this year. He said some of these positions will have to be filled moving 33 forward.