May 29, 2013 (Recessed Meeting) Page 1558
<br />County Information Technology Services Department. He also presented the KCS
<br />capital outlay request and current expense request in more detail.
<br />A discussion ensued with Mr. Crabtree and Ms. Rickard responding to
<br />questions from the Board.
<br />Dr. Pamela Cain, KCS Superintendent, was unable to attend the meeting.
<br />Break
<br />p.m.
<br />The Board took a short break at 5:21 p.m. The meeting resumed at 5:39
<br />CCS - Presentation of FY 2014 Budget Request
<br />Mr. Lynn Shue, Cabarrus County Board of Education Chair, introduced the
<br />following persons in attendance from Cabarrus County Schools (CCS):
<br />Dr. Barry Shepherd, CCS Superintendent; Kelly Kluttz, Chief Financial
<br />Officer; Kathy Auger, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources; Ailene
<br />Monroe, Board Clerk; Dr. Chris Lowder, Executive Director of School
<br />Operations; Jason Van Heukelum, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum &
<br />Instruction; Len Witke, Executive Director of Facilities Management; and
<br />Board of Education members Barry Shoemaker, Carolyn Carpenter, David Harrison
<br />and Dr. Jeff Phillips.
<br />Dr. Shepherd expressed appreciation for everyone involved in the budget
<br />process. He reviewed spreadsheets comparing Cabarrus County Schools and
<br />Union County Schools per pupil expenditures, the top ten school districts as
<br />measured by End -of -Grade (EOG) and End -of- Course (EOC) test scores and equity
<br />in funding as measured by per pupil funding.
<br />Ms. Kluttz reviewed the FY 2014 following budget request in detail:
<br />Cabarrus County Schools FY 2013 -2014 Summary of Local Requests
<br />Requested Funding Increases
<br />Local Current Expense
<br />Operating Expense - Continuation
<br />$1,257,820.00
<br />Operating Expense - Expansion
<br />$5,636,780.00
<br />Charter School Allocation
<br />$1,143,992.00
<br />Special Olympics
<br />$670.00
<br />Total Proposed Local Current Expense
<br />$8,039,262.00
<br />Facilities & Operations
<br />Building Maintenance
<br />$1,053,855.00
<br />Grounds Maintenance
<br />$522,183.00
<br />Total Proposed Facilities & Operations
<br />$1,576,038.00
<br />Technology
<br />Operating Expense - Expansion
<br />$4,160,400.00
<br />Total Proposed Technology
<br />$4,160,400.00
<br />Capital Outlay
<br />Capital Projects with return on investment within 5 years
<br />$3,343,730.00
<br />Capital Projects
<br />$5,658,159.00
<br />Total Proposed Capital Outlay
<br />$9,001,889.00
<br />Total Local Request
<br />$22,777,588.00
<br />Cabarrus County Schools Funding Request
<br />(per pupil funding included)2013 -2014
<br />Current Expense
<br />2012 -2013
<br />2013 -2014
<br />Adopted
<br />Per Pupil
<br />(29,972)
<br />Request
<br />Per Pupil
<br />(30,743)
<br />Increase
<br />Requested
<br />ADM Funding
<br />$35,895,070.00
<br />$1,197.62
<br />$42,789,670.00
<br />$1,391.85
<br />$6,894,600.00
<br />Charter School
<br />Allocation
<br />$677,000.00
<br />$22.59
<br />$1,820,992.00
<br />$60.76
<br />$1,143,992.00
<br />Building
<br />Maintenance
<br />$5,541,763.00
<br />$184.90
<br />$6,595,618.00
<br />$214.54
<br />$1,053,855.00
<br />Grounds
<br />Maintenance
<br />$1,293,720.00
<br />$43.16
<br />$1,815,903.00
<br />$59.07
<br />$522,183.00
<br />Technology
<br />$2,728,966.00
<br />$91.05
<br />$6,889,366.00
<br />$224.10
<br />$4,160,400.00
<br />School Nurses
<br />$793,633.00
<br />$26.48
<br />$793,633.00
<br />$25.82
<br />-
<br />Special
<br />Olympics
<br />$55,000.00
<br />$1.84
<br />$55,670.00
<br />$1.81
<br />$670.00
<br />Total Current
<br />Expense
<br />$46,985,152.00
<br />$1,567.63
<br />$60,760,852.00
<br />$1,977.94
<br />$13,775,700.00
<br />Capital Outlay
<br />Capital outlay $1,020,000.00 $34.03 $9,001,889.00 $292.81 $7,981,889.00
<br />Total Local Request
<br />Total $48,005,152.00 1 $1,601.67 $69,762,741.00 $2,270.75 $21,757,589.00
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