[1. CONVENE] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO GO OVER THE AGENDA. AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. AND LET US GET STARTED. AND FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. [2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA] SO NOT AN EXTREMELY DETAILED AGENDA IS THERE A MOTION? [INAUDIBLE] IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED. AGENDA IS ADOPTED. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BE OPEN TO RECEIVE ANY COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET. MARK, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION DURING THE WORLD, THE FULL MEETING, OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A FEW REMARKS NOW AS OPPOSED TO DURING THE MEETING. I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY, SO FEEL FREE TO PROCEED. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE SCREEN, BUT YOU'VE GOT THE SAME DOCUMENT ON YOUR BOARD DOCS. AND THIS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE CITIZENS BUDGET. AND IF YOU RECALL, WE'VE MADE REFERENCE TO THIS A FEW TIMES DURING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATION A MONTH AGO OR WHENEVER WE HAD THIS STUDY SESSION. AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THE MORE PUBLIC FRIENDLY, USER FRIENDLY, MORE ENGAGING STORY OF OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO THE F 195, WHICH IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME. [INAUDIBLE] REQUIRED PERCENT OF THE BUDGET [INAUDIBLE]. WE CREATED THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TO INTERACT WITH A LITTLE BIT IN A MORE USER FRIENDLY FASHION. SO THIS IS JUST [INAUDIBLE] REALLY CHANGE MUCH FROM YEAR TO YEAR. YOU GO THROUGH A TABLE OF CONTENTS, LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S THERE, AND THEN WE GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION IN TERMS OF INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNDS. SO WE TALK A LITTLE BIT IN OUR MEETING, IF YOU RECALL, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT ARE THAT MAKE UP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE TALK 95% OF THE TIME ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR OPERATING OUR OPERATING MONEY, THAT'S OUR OPERATING BUDGET. BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT BOND FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND [INAUDIBLE] THAT BUILDS THE SCHOOL AND THE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND, WHICH PURCHASES BUSSES. IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION JUST PURCHASES THE BUSSES. YOU'VE THEN GOT YOUR BUDGET SUMMARY IN THE BLUE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE LATER ON TONIGHT IN THE RESOLUTION. SO THOSE ARE THE RESOLUTION AMOUNTS THAT BASICALLY AUTHORIZE WE CAN SPEND UP TO THAT MUCH MONEY IN EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS DURING THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. WE CANNOT EXCEED THE NUMBER THAT IS APPROVED IN THAT IN THAT RESOLUTION OR WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE ON THE PAGE [INAUDIBLE] WE CAN RECEIVE MORE IN REVENUE THAN WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BUDGET. WE CANT EXCEED THE EXPENDITURES WITHOUT BUDGET EXTENSION, WHICH IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO DO AS A GENERAL RULE. SO THE NEXT PAGE STARTS GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUDGET OVERVIEW AND THAT GETS US INTO OUR FUND BALANCE AND SHOWS BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF THE INS AND OUTS OF THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR. SO YOU'LL SEE THE TOP SECTIONS, THE CURRENT, WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, OUR PROJECTED REVENUES FOR 2023 GENERAL EXPENDITURES. AND THEN WITH THAT DEFICIT AND BASICALLY BACKED OFF OF THE FUND BALANCE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR, IT THEN BREAKS DOWN [INAUDIBLE] [00:05:06] PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR. SO JUST KIND OF A TIDY SUMMARY OF OF OVERALL IMPACT OF BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THEN YOU'VE GOT A SNAPSHOT OF THE ENROLLMENT. SO IT GIVES YOU A HISTORICAL WHAT THE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THE NEXT YEAR'S CURRENT BUDGET IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF DOLLARS. SLIDE GETS US INTO REVENUE. SO WHERE IS THE MONEY COME FROM AND THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING? STATE IS OBVIOUSLY THE LARGEST IN 71%. IT REMAINS FAIRLY, FAIRLY CONSTANT IN TERMS OF IN THAT BALLPARK [INAUDIBLE] . AND THEN YOU'VE GOT AN INCREASE IN FEDERAL REVENUES BECAUSE OF THE ESSER [INAUDIBLE] A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF REVENUE THIS YEAR, LARGELY DUE TO A STATE INCREASE. [INAUDIBLE] SO THEN THE NEXT PAGE GETS YOU INTO A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE SPECIFIC REVENUE CODES, SPECIFIC LINE ITEM ALLOCATIONS AND WHERE THE COMPANY WAS COMING IN. WHEREAS THE PAGE BEFORE WAS THE SUMMARY OF STATE REVENUE. THIS ONE ACTUALLY BREAKS DOWN ALL THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS THAT THE STATE [INAUDIBLE] WE'VE GOT TWO PAGES WORTH OF THAT. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SECOND PAGE, YOU'VE GOT, AGAIN, THE SAME SUMMARY THAT YOU SAW IN THE GRAPHIC ON [INAUDIBLE]. SO MOVING AHEAD, WE FIND THAT WE FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AND GET INTO THE HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY. AND WE, I BELIEVE, SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] TERMS LAST TIME. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HOW WE SHOW HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT. WE GET INTO MAJOR PROGRAMS ON THIS FIRST PAGE. THEN AGAIN, YOU GET A DETAILED BREAKDOWN PER PROGRAM THE NEXT TWO PAGES OR EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT PAGE. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE GET INTO ACTIVITY CODES. SO IT SHOWS YOU HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT BASED ON ACTIVITIES. SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU SPEND ON TEACHING VERSUS OPERATIONS. AND THEN ON THE FINAL [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT GETS DOWN INTO THE SALARIES BENEFITS AND [INAUDIBLE]. SO IT GIVES YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY [INAUDIBLE] TRAVEL. YOU CAN SEE A 30% INCREASE IN OUR TRAVEL BUDGET. THAT'S PUT UP TO $56,000. SO IT GIVES YOU THE KIND OF DIFFERENT VIEWS OF HOW THE HOW THE EXPENDITURE [INAUDIBLE]. THE SECOND TO LAST SLIDE IS A SNAPSHOT OF PERSONNEL STAFFING COMPARISON OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF STAFF [INAUDIBLE] CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, YOUR ADMIN STAFF, CLASSIFIED STAFF AND BREAKS DOWN THEIR FUNDING SOURCE SO YOU CAN SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION HERE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] IT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER NUMBER THAN IN TOTAL. SO THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THERE. AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON OF THE CLASSIFIED AND [INAUDIBLE] STAFF AT 7.3 MORE FTE BUDGETED THIS YEAR [INAUDIBLE] [00:10:11] . FINAL PAGE. [INAUDIBLE] SUMMARY FOR THE MAJOR REVENUE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE. A MAJOR EXPENDITURE [INAUDIBLE]. WE WENT THROUGH THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT LAST TIME BECAUSE IT WASN'T READY. [INAUDIBLE] FOR A LITTLE BIT I BELIEVE. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET IS BASICALLY JUST A DIFFERENT VERSION, DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THE SAME INFORMATION. THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE TONIGHT IS REQUIRED [INAUDIBLE] 1617, WHICH IS THE [INAUDIBLE] DISCLOSURE. SO THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW I GUESS [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE DEMONSTRATE THE RULE IS YOU EITHER HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU SPEND MORE MONEY ON MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OTHER COSTS THAN WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATES. OR IF YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS ON INSTEAD OF SUPPLIES, MATERIALS [INAUDIBLE]. AND YOU CAN SEE, BASED ON THE NUMBERS, WE ARE FAR EXCEEDING, IN FACT, WERE DOUBLING OUR ALLOCATION IN MATERIALS [INAUDIBLE] LARGELY DUE TO THINGS LIKE TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY. THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T CATCH UP WITH THEY DON'T KEEP UP WITH REVENUE. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU, MARK. AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT OUR SPECIAL MEETING. [INAUDIBLE] IN REGARDS TO THE QUESTIONS MIGHT HAVE FOR MARK. THAT WAY, WE STAY ON SCHEDULE. SO ANYONE OUT THERE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? OKAY. THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUR SPECIAL MEETING AND WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND THEN WE WILL START UP WITH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.