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4 <br /> <br />Estimated Continuation $ 2,700,000 1 <br /> $4,325 per pupil ($334 p/p increase) 2 <br />Additional Continuation to Fund Mandates $ 500,000 3 <br />and Expectations 4 <br /> $ 62 per pupil increase 5 <br /> 6 <br />Total Additional Funds Requested $ 3,200,000 7 <br /> $4,387 per pupil ($396 p/p increase) 8 <br /> 9 <br />Fund Balance Appropriation 10 <br />Fund Balance Appropriations: 11 <br /> $175,000: Environment Enhancement Program 12 <br /> $100,000: Technology Operating Budget 13 <br /> $500,000: Corporate Drive Up fit (Re-appropriation) 14 <br /> $ 41,000: Student Assignment Balance 15 <br /> $240,000: Safety/Security Balance 16 <br />-Total FY2019 Fund Balance Appropriations: $1,056,000 17 <br />FY2018 Anticipated Unassigned Fund Balance $ 1.0M - $ 1.5M 18 <br />*3% Fund Balance Threshold = $1.1M 19 <br /> 20 <br />Todd Wirt asked the BOCC if it would revisit a policy limiting the OCS unassigned fund 21 <br />balance of 3%, and consider aligning OCS with the CHCCS. He said there are cash flow 22 <br />constrictions at beginning of the year, and non-County reimbursements cause problems with 23 <br />fronting costs. He resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 24 <br /> 25 <br />Fund Balance Continued 26 <br /> Current BOCC policy limits OCS unassigned fund balance to 3% of General 27 <br /> Fund Budget. 28 <br />o Approximately $1.1M 29 <br /> Request BOCC consider aligning OCS’ limit with CHCCS – 5.5% 30 <br />o Cash flow constrictions at beginning of year 31 <br />• Large annual payments of Insurances, Software Licensing, etc. 32 <br />o Non-County reimbursements delayed 33 <br />• Federal Government delays/shutdowns require OCS to front money for 34 <br />personnel costs (approx. $250K/month) 35 <br /> 36 <br />Looking Ahead 37 <br /> Rewrite and redesign Student Code of Conduct to include Restorative Practices 38 <br /> Continue implementation of K-5 Literacy Framework 39 <br /> Continue to implement Bond Projects including a focus on safety and security 40 <br /> Student reassignment for optimization of facilities 41 <br /> Continue to implement creative strategies to recruit teachers of color in order to diversify 42 <br />our workforce 43 <br /> 44 <br />QUESTIONS? 45 <br /> 46 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the “fines and forfeitures” could be explained. 47 <br />Rhonda Rath, OCS Chief Financial Officer, said these refer to DUI charges that are 48 <br />funneled back through to the school systems. 49