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10 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> $1,534,905 <br /> <br />Chair Dorosin asked if the salary for a bus driver could be shared. <br />Todd LoFrese said between $14-15/hour <br /> <br />TOTAL OF STATE MANDATES AND EXPANSION RECOMMENDATIONS <br />State Mandates $3,057,231 <br />Expansion Requests 1,534,905 <br />TOTAL $4,592,136 <br /> <br />Projected Local Revenue Increase <br />• County per pupil for enrollment change $ 933,894 <br />• 1.5% Inflationary increase to district tax 346,393 <br />• Net change in other Local revenues 175,000 <br />Total Net Increase $ 1,455,287 <br /> <br />PROJECTED REVENUES COMPARED TO GRAND TOTAL OF RECOMMENDED REQUEST <br />• Revenue Increase $1,455,287 <br />• Less: Grand total of requests $4,592,136 <br />• Budget Shortfall ($3,136,849) <br /> <br />Ad Valorem Tax Increase Required to Fund Budget Shortfall <br />Using Current Year Valuation: <br />County Ad Valorem Tax Increase <br />$3,136,849/$1,069,015 = 2.93 cents <br />$253 per pupil increase <br /> <br />Local Fund Balance Projection <br />• Assign $1,000,000 in Fund Balance for 2018-2019 <br />• Estimated year-end unassigned fund balance for June 30, 2018 is $6.9 million or 9% <br />• The projected 5.5% target is $4.2 million <br />• $2.7 million above the target <br />• Fund balance to be directed to facilities – construction costs are increasing <br /> <br />Questions <br /> <br />Commissioner Burroughs referred to the middle school behavioral support, and said she <br />knows this has been an ongoing problem. She said there was a program several years ago <br />called Triumph, and asked if this no longer exists. <br />Todd LoFrese said Triumph no longer exists. He said Triumph changed firms several <br />years ago, and then funding ceased. He said there are currently no options for students <br />experiencing significant needs. <br />Commissioner McKee asked if the $253 per pupil increase is exclusive of a possible <br />request for an increase in district tax. <br />Todd LoFrese said yes. He said the BOE voted to provide flexibility to the BOCC to <br />increase the special district tax up to the amount needed to fund the request, which is outlined <br />in the transmittal memo.