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27 <br /> 1 Travis Myren noted that the number of students declined at the start of the pandemic and <br /> 2 the numbers have not gone back up. <br /> 3 Chair Bedford asked what changes occurred between budget cycles to increase CHCCS's <br /> 4 continuation budget. <br /> 5 Travis Myren said the school system assigned around $5 million to salary adjustments. <br /> 6 He said around $3 million was used to address the state required increases and the rest was <br /> 7 used for increases for classified staff. <br /> 8 Chair Bedford said it would be nice to have a breakdown of the factors that led to the <br /> 9 increase. <br /> 10 Bonnie Hammersley said CHCCS's continuation budget also includes a 4% increase to <br /> 11 address salary adjustments for next year, while the county's does not. <br /> 12 Vice-Chair McKee asked what percentage of total schools funding goes to each school <br /> 13 district. <br /> 14 Kirk Vaughn, Budget Director, said the split is 40%-60%. <br /> 15 Chair Bedford said she doesn't need the information she requested today, but it would <br /> 16 help her moving into budget season. <br /> 17 Vice-Chair McKee said this looks like a much larger percentage than 4%. <br /> 18 Travis Myren said it is because of the salary adjustments they made to be competitive in <br /> 19 the market and recruit and retain employees. <br /> 20 Vice-Chair McKee asked how much the percentage increased from last year. <br /> 21 Kirk Vaughn said the increase was 16.5%. He said they also have the district tax which <br /> 22 goes up a smaller amount, so the general fund has to cover a larger percentage. <br /> 23 Vice-Chair McKee asked if the $9 million increase to CHCCS's continuation budget would <br /> 24 be covered fully by the county. <br /> 25 Kirk Vaughn said yes. <br /> 26 Commissioner Hamilton said the same way the county spends the majority of its <br /> 27 continuation budget on personnel, the schools have to do the same. She noted that the state <br /> 28 required salary increases that the schools had to meet and they are struggling to recruit and retain <br /> 29 employees, so she thinks the increase makes sense. <br /> 30 Chair Bedford and Vice-Chair McKee both said the increase is just larger than they would <br /> 31 have expected. <br /> 32 Chair Bedford said CHCCS also chose to include paternity leave, which was their choice <br /> 33 vs. a mandate from the state. <br /> 34 Commissioner Hamilton said decisions had to be made to retain personnel, and the Board <br /> 35 has not yet heard what the Manager will recommend to retain Orange County personnel. <br /> 36 Bonnie Hammersley said another difference between the districts is CHCCS is expecting <br /> 37 a larger percentage of funding from the state. <br /> 38 Kirk Vaughn said CHCCS is expecting 5% from the state, and OCS is expecting 3%. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 <br /> 43 <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 <br /> 47 <br /> 48 <br /> 49 <br /> 50 <br /> 51 <br />