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11 <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 /> Local Appropriation Budget Deficit: <br /> FY 2020 Appropriation $ 53,419,518 <br /> FY 2021 Recommended Appropriation 53,285,266 <br /> Net Budget Decrease (134,252) <br /> CHCCS BOE Budget Request 6,165,000 <br /> CHCCS BOE Budget Request Deficit $ (6,299,252) <br /> Per Pupil Funding Deficit $ (512) <br /> Continuation Budget Living Wage and State Mandated Benefit Increases <br /> OC Living Wage Compliance $ 230,000 <br /> Matching Social Security and Medicare (7.65%) 17,595 <br /> Matching State Retirement (21.44%) (Fixed) 465,802 <br /> Premium Increase in Health Insurance Cost from $6,306 to $6,647 (Fixed) 279,500 <br /> Total Living Wage and State Mandated Increases $ 992,897 <br /> COVID-19 State and Federal Emergency Allocation <br /> State — Gov. Cooper's Emergency Funding $ 379,530 <br /> Federal CARES Act 862,621 <br /> Total One Time Emergency Funds $ 1,242,151 <br /> • $226,000 of State Emergency Funds has been earmarked for Telework Stipends <br /> • The remaining $153,500 will be used to partially cover local expenditures for emergency <br /> supplies, materials, food, and remote learning technology. CHCCS has identified over <br /> $250,000 of Local funds already spent or encumbered since March. <br /> • CHCCS is incurring estimated additional costs of$270,000 a month to offer hazard pay <br /> to Bus Drivers and Food Service workers while continuing to operate our emergency <br /> feeding program. <br /> Examples of COVID-19 Unfunded Anticipated Costs <br /> • Remote summer instruction <br /> • Remote learning supplies, materials, software, and equipment <br /> • Staff development costs to enhance remote learning instructional methodologies <br /> • Personal Protection Equipment for students and staff supporting in person learning <br /> • Increased costs of cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting school buildings and buses <br /> • Social distancing requirements affecting instruction, transportation, and nutrition <br /> • Lost revenues generated from enterprise related activities (Facility Rental and After <br /> School Tuition) <br /> • Additional costs to prepare for an immediate school re-closure <br /> Chair Rich asked if CHCCS could identify its unassigned fund balance. <br /> Jonathan Scott said $11.1 million, which is $14.4%. <br />