[1. Notice and Return]
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AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE 2022-23 BUDGET SUMMARY.
WE HAVE A QUORUM. THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.
[3. Public Forum]
OUR AGENDA DOES CALL FOR A PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE AREN'T ANY SPEAKERS TO THIS MEETING, SO WE WILL BEGIN, DR.
[4. Discussion of 2022-2023 Proposed Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]
HINOJOSA, WITH THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM, THE 2022-2023 BUDGET SUMMARY.THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, AND THIS IS THE CULMINATING ACTIVITY.
THINK AGAIN, TRUSTEES WILL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST GO DOWN. OK AS WE RUN THROUGH THIS, THE KEY INGREDIENTS AS WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET WAS THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING A 4% INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL VALUATION.
AND I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT THAT'S NET OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE.
SO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS TO GO FROM 25000 TO 40000.
SO THAT WILL IMPACT THE OVERALL INCREASE TO PROPERTY VALUES.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING THE TAX RATE TO DECREASE TO THE 99.36 FOR OPERATIONS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A PENNY LESS THAN IT IS CURRENTLY.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT AND JUST AS A REMINDER, IN AUGUST, MAYBE SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO ACTUALLY SET THE TAX RATE BECAUSE THE VALUES WILL NOT BE CERTIFIED UNTIL JULY 15TH.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE USING AN ESTIMATE AT THAT AND JULY 15TH, WE WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL FROM THE COUNTY AND THEN WE CAN RECALCULATE WHAT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE WILL BE.
SO THE ONLY VARIATION WOULD BE THE 99.3 $0.06 POTENTIALLY WOULD DECREASE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VARIOUS COLLECTIONS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AS COMPARISON FOR 2122, THAT WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE STATE'S PORTION IS GOING TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY.
AND HERE ARE THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES IN GROUP BETWEEN LOCAL REVENUE, STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUE.
AGAIN, OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE.
THEY HAVE BEEN THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET FUNDED AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY HERE ARE EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT WITH THE LARGEST OF OUR CATEGORIES IS PAYROLL COSTS JUST OVER 78%.
THE NEXT LARGEST IS CONTRACT OF SERVICES AT 12.6.
AND JUST REMEMBER THAT IN THE 12.6 IS RECAPTURE.
AND SO THAT IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $89 MILLION THIS YEAR FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THE IN THE COST.
AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT ITEM FUNCTION 91, WHICH IS WATER PURCHASE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE 22-23 BUDGET, IT IS AT 89 AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A 29 ALMOST $30 MILLION INCREASE IN RECAPTURE FOR THE YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS AREAS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE SOME DECREASES IN THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
WE ALSO THE BOARD IS ALSO REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR FOOD SERVICE AND FOR DEBT SERVICE.
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SO YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING A FLAT BUDGET FOR CHILD NUTRITION AT $117 AND THEN FOR DEBT SERVICE, WE'RE SHOWING A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM 370 TO 355 ON THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS THAT WE WE OWE.AND YOU SEE THE LINE FOR DEBT DEFEASANCE, ANYTHING WE COLLECT IN EXCESS AND OR ANY INTEREST AND SO FORTH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GAIN IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.
AND THEN FINALLY IS JUST AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THE WITHIN THE BUDGET ARE THE INCREASES OR POTENTIAL INCREASES ON THE AVERAGE FOR THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT IN THE FIRST COLUMN WOULD BE BASICALLY THE ELIGIBLE GROUP, THEN THE NEXT WOULD BE THE AVERAGE OF THE BASE SALARY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY IN THE MAY SO, BUT WE HAVE PUBLISHED THIS PUBLIC MEETING IN THE PAPER AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
SO I WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU, DWAYNE. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
THANK YOU, DWAYNE. THIS THIS BUDGET I HAVE SEEN.
SO JUST A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO SET THE TAX RATE.
IS THAT THE M&O OR THE I&S? IT WOULD BE BOTH. IT WILL BE BOTH.
YES, MA'AM. SO THE STATE WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN SETTING THE M&O AS IT HAS IN THE PAST? NO, THE STATE WILL.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE WERE STILL FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS.
YES, MA'AM, WE ARE. AND RECAPTURE THIS YEAR WILL BE 89 MILLION.
AND WHAT WAS IT THIS YEAR? FOR 21-22, WE'RE ESTIMATING AT 103 MILLION.
SO THERE'S A DECREASE IN RECAPTURE? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION IN REGARDS TO FOOD SERVICES, WE KNOW THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES THAT FOOD SERVICES, WE HAD TO ADD ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
WHAT WAS THE BUDGET IN 2021-2022, AND WILL THE $117 MILLION, IS THAT AN INCREASE AND WILL IT SUFFICIENTLY BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF FOOD SERVICES? SO THE THE BUDGET FOR FOOD SERVICE THIS YEAR WAS WAS 117 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES, BUT WE ARE ONLY ANTICIPATING 106 MILLION OF REVENUE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S BUT WE ARE BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR.
WE WILL NOT HAVE TO TRANSFER MONEY IN 21-22 TO CHILD NUTRITION.
SO HOW MUCH OF THIS IS REFUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? SO ON THETHIRD LINE OF THE REVENUE WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR 22-23, 113 MILLION OF 117 IS REIMBURSED THROUGH VARIOUS SOURCES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS A REIMBURSEMENT.
ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
WHAT PROCESS HAVE WE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON STRATEGIC INITIATIVES BECAUSE MOST OF THEM, I THINK WE'VE HAD AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND WHAT METRICS HAVE WE USE TO.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, DR.
HINOJOSA. WHAT METRICS HAVE WE USED TO ENSURE THAT WE NEED TO STAY WITH THOSE INITIATIVES AND NOT LOOK AT NEW INITIATIVES? THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE IF FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THESE ARE INITIATIVES THAT WERE FUNDED BY A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM ARE FISCAL NOTES THAT REQUIRE NEW FUNDING, SUCH AS PRE-K AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE AND STRATEGIC COMPENSATION. AT ANY TIME, THE BOARD CAN REVIEW IF THOSE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT, AND MAYBE AN APPROPRIATE ACTIVITY BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR NEW
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SUPERINTENDENT TO SEE IF THOSE ARE STILL THE ONES THAT WE HAVE HAD.SOME NEW ONES LIKE RACIAL EQUITY IN CAREER INSTITUTES THAT ARE NOT FULLY FLESHED OUT.
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THAT REGARD.
BUT I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION FOR ME AGAIN IS WHAT METRICS HAVE WE USE? AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, DWAYNE, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
THAT'S JUST PRUDENT AND GOOD BUSINESS SENSE.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS DO YOU HAVE THE RAISES RAISE AMOUNTS FOR COUNSELORS AND NURSES, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THEIR RETENTION DOLLARS.
SO IN THE SLIDE I HAVE THERE IS IN THE MIDDLE AND THESE AGAIN ARE AVERAGES.
SO THE INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE NURSES WITHOUT THE INCENTIVE IS 3.3 AND COUNSELORS 3.1.
AND THE GENERALLY WHAT IS THE OVERALL STAFF GETTING, INCLUDING TEACHERS? BUT IT DEPENDS BY CATEGORY.
BUT THE CATEGORY FOR THE TEACHING STAFF IS BETWEEN FIVE AND 6%.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
COULD YOU. I'M LOOKING AT CAMPUS [INAUDIBLE] AND I JUST NEED YOU TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT.
HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH IS THE RAISE THAT OUR CAMPUS MONITORS ARE RECEIVING? IS THAT ON HERE? I CAN REFER THAT TO CHIEF ABEL.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS A LIST ON THE LIST OF ITEMS HERE.
SO HE MAY HAVE IT SPECIFICALLY.
BECAUSE I SEE COMMUNITY LIAISONS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR CAMPUS MONITOR AND OUR CAMPUS SECURITY CAMPUS MONITORS? HANG ON ONE SECOND. WELL, I WILL FIND THAT DATA PIECE FOR YOU.
SO WHAT'S THE BASE SALARY FOR OUR CAMPUS MONITORS? I DON'T HAVE THE BASE BASE SALARY FOR THE AVERAGE SALARY I CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT FOR YOU.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. IS IT? IS THE BASE SALARY DIFFERENT FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
I DON'T THINK SO. SO IT'S THE SAME.
OKAY. CAN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION? YES, SIR. AVERAGE.
TRUSTEES. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SO ONE MORE.
WE CONSISTENTLY USE TEI AND PEI AS A MEASURE FOR OUR STAFF.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME IS WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE AMOUNT FOR NEW TEACHERS, BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE TENURED TEACHERS.
AND I WANT US TO AS A BOARD, I WANT US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON NO ONE ELSE HAS PICKED UP TEI. [APPLAUSE].
I'M NOT SAYING THIS FOR THE TEACHERS.
I'M A FORMER BUSINESS OWNER OF 30 YEARS.
AND TO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO WE KEEP GOOD EMPLOYEES BY INCENTIVIZING THEM JUST AS WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE NEW PEOPLE FOR COMING IN.
THAT'S A STATEMENT AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
THERE ARE NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
APPRECIATE IT. BOTH DWAYNE AND ROBERT.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
WE START OUR NEXT MEETING IS GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO GET SET UP AND THEN WE'LL START THE
6:00 MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.