6/12/2002 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHP E SCHOOL COMMITTEE FY03 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 12,2002 Minutes Attendees: Chairman Janice Mills, Peter Thomas, Mollie Reis, Ben Caswell, and DonnaJean Lopez. Also in attendance were Superintendent ofSchools Sherwood Flu ry and Business Administrator Michael Tarlow. Call Public Hearing to Order—Mrs.Mil Is called the FY3 budget public hearing to order at 7:30 p. . in the uashn t School Library. 11. Reading of Public Notice a,-Mrs. Mills read aloud the public nonce for the FY03 budget placed in the"Mashpee Enterprise." This meeting is held for the purpose of approving the school department"s 2002--2003 school budget f$16,400,000. III. Presentation by Superintendent--4 Mr. Fluery asked Mr. Tarlow to give an overview of the FY03 budget. Mr. Tarlow explained the budget IV. Discussion — Finance Committee member Kathy Lynch addressed the Committee who asked to have a line item budget for all future packets. She said that is an easy task because only 20%of the budget non-salaried expenses. Mr. Tarlow explained that there was not a line-it rn-by-line-item budget because it made the school department's conversion to the new town's Munis software system easier. Although she was in favor of the $16,400,000 FY03 budget as voted by the taxpayers), Mrs. Lynch questioned why was the FY03 budget breakdown showing a total f S 16,462,491. Mr. Tarlow explained the d ifference would be covered by leftover FY02 funds. Mrs. Lynch said the townspeople voted for"$16,400,000'not "$16,462,491." Mrs. lulls told Mrs. Lynch, "I guess we agree to disagree." One other item of discussion focused on a$21,233.08 deficit in previous years' grant balances. A recent audit of school finances revealed the deficit, however, an exact reason for the deficit could not be determined due to the bookkeeping procedures in place at the time. The Finance Committee approved emergency funding for this amount,however,this issue is now on"hold"by the Board of Selectmen who would like to determine if the usage of emergency funding is appropriate in this case. V. Public Input .1 Proponents—There was no public discussion other than the above. .2 Opponents—There were no public opponents to the FY03 budget. VI. Close Public Input -Mrs.Mills closed the"Public Input"discussion. VII. Appro al i isapproval of FY2003 Budget - $16,4009000 — Motion made by Mr. Caswell, seconded by Mrs. Lopez,-to approve the school department's FY03 budget of$16,400,000. VOTE: Unanimous VIII. Motion to Adjourn Public Hearing -- Motion made by Mr. Caswell, seconded by Mr. Thomas, to close the public hearing at :00 p.m. VOTE: Unanimous Respectfully submitted, Marjor R.Beva qua School Committee Secretary