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22 <br /> <br />o $1,000,000 COVID-19 Re-Entry & Recovery <br />o $ 968,500 1-Year Continuation of Project Advance <br /> <br />Summary Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget Request (pie chart) <br />Total BOE Budget Increase <br />• $3,716,000 Continuation funds <br />• $2,674,000 Expansion funds <br />• $1,968,500 One-time expenditures <br />• $8,358,500 total local operating budget <br />• $225,000 increases in other revenues <br />• $1,968,500 fund balance appropriation <br />• $6,165,000 Total Continuation, Expansion Budget, and one-time request <br />• Increase of $501 per pupil <br />• Correlates to 5.37 cents on the tax rate <br /> <br />Jonathan Scott said CHCCS is in its last year of contracted custodial services, and is <br />now ready to award the contract to a contractor that pays a living wage of $15 per hour. He <br />said this has driven up the costs of the bids, and it is north of $500,000, with the additional costs <br />of the living wage added. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the custodial services bids, and asked if CHCCS <br />has looked into the comparative costs of bringing these services in house. <br />Jonathan Scott said a committee looked at the bids and it is considerably more money to <br />bring these services in house, due to the cost of purchasing equipment and supplies. <br />Interim Superintendent Abele said to bring these services back in house would be about <br />$1 million, including personnel and capital costs for supplies. He said the $500,000 was an <br />increase in contractor costs, due to the living wage, over the current contract price. He said <br />bringing services in house has far more start up costs for equipment, etc. <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if the outside contract is $500,000, or if it is $500,000 in <br />addition to what it has cost previously. <br />Jonathan Scott said CHCCS anticipated an increase of $500,000 to bring the employees <br />up to the living wage, and an additional $500,000 to bring it all back in house. He said the <br />contract is well over $1 million. <br />Jonathan Scott said the contract is $1.7 million. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos clarified if CHCCS were to bring custodial services in house, it <br />would have to buy supplies and equipment. He said the equipment would be a onetime cost, <br />and he wondered what the outlook over three years would be if the services were brought in- <br />house. He asked if there might be savings over time. <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if the contract breakdown could be given again. <br />Jonathan Scott said the base contract is $1.7 million for the cleaning, and then an <br />additional $500,000 to pay the living wage, bringing the total to $2.2 million <br />Commissioner Dorosin said the current contractors are not paying a living wage. <br /> Jonathan Scott said yes, and noted that this is an older contract. <br />Commissioner Dorosin said this is an annual conversation, and he would promote that <br />there are additional benefits to the community by bringing custodial services in-house. <br />CHCCS Chair Wolfe said one current cleaning company is a family owned business, and <br />both current contractors do bring the values that Commissioner Dorosin mentioned. She said <br />CHCCS does have a balance of in house workers during the day, and other services at night. <br />She said the BOE has asked similar questions, and reviewed this issue at length. She said it is <br />a multi-year contract, and staff is gathering more information that will be provided to the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners.