02/16/2005 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MA HPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FINANCE MEETING FEBRUARY 16,, 2005 Minutes i I Attendees: Chairman Theresa Cook, Molle Deis, Janice Mills, and Peter Thomas. D nnaJean Lopez was unable to attend tonight's meeting. Also in attendance were Superintendent of Schools Patricia Paro I sk l and Business Administrator Peter Roche. 1. Call Meeting to Order — Mrs. Gook called the finance meeting order at 6:35 p.m. in the Quashnet School Library. Mrs. Cook thanked the parental support shown at the joint FY06 budget meeting with the Board f Selectmen and Finance Committee on February 14, 2005. i I . Business Administrator's Report— . Mr. Roche discussed the current status of the school department's FY05 budget. He reported the utility costs to date and projections are currently within the budget; maintenance overtime currently has a small deficit due to the recent snowstorms — he will monitor and adjust a necessary; special education tutor costs may have to be supplemented with Circuit Breaker funds; sufficient FY05 Circuit Breaker funds are still available to cover special education tuition deficits; costs incurred from a recent legal settlement are included in the budget. He thanked Assistant Town Treasurer Dawn n Thayer for her assistance this week with the budget transfers. � Ir. Roche expressed concern about the substitute accounts at this point but he'll discuss i n detail next month. The snow removal costs after the recent blizzard of "05 were forwarded to Town Accountant Judie Hunter. .1 FY05 Budget Transfers — Mr. Roche explained the budget transfers as shown i Exhibit A. Motion made by liths. Reis, seconded by Mrs. Mills, to approve FY05 budget transfer 05-80-3 in the amount of$9,511.79. VOTE: Unanimous Motion made by Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mfrs. Reis, to approve journal entry # 05-80-4 in the amount of$2,524.20. This was a journal entry error. VOTE: Unanimous . FY06 Budget Update T Mr. Roche described the FY06 budget stating the School Committee's initial request was in the amount of $19,585,363 which includes capital improvement ent funds totaling $241,262 (technology, $75,000; software, $42,000; flooring and the Coombs and Quashnet Schools, $124,262) and $465,486 in grant-funded positions. However, the Town Manager and Torn Accountant recommended eliminating these two totals thus reducing the budget t $18,878,615. In her FY06 budget recommendation., Mrs. Mason is suggesting $17,494,,293 a 3% increase over the FY05 budget).