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MINUTES OF THE PITTSFIELD SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL MEETING - January 18, 2016

1/20/2016

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Pittsfield School Board
Special Meeting
Monday, January 18, 2016 at 7 p.m.
Town Office Bldg., Basement
MINUTES
1) Call to Order: Kris calls to order at 7:03 p.m. with Ray, A.J. and Richard Seaman, WCSU Business Manager, present.

2) Action/Discussion
  • Approve FY17 budget: discussion with Richard of our final budget. Richard confirms we will not be subject to the tax penalty for increases in our budget. We discuss that we have fewer identified students for next year than last year. We discuss budgeting for additional students in case some move in and decide against it except for pre K students. We also discuss our recent practice of carrying deficits from prior years forward as not being optimal and note that we have a deficit of approximately $126k due mostly to more elementary school students being enrolled than we had in the budget. The PSB determined the best practice is to pay off that deficit this budget year and not spread it over several years. We also discuss our common level of appraisal has gone up, which will help reduce taxes.

Kris moves to approve an FY 17 budget of $1,456,309, A.J. seconds, and approved unanimously.
  •  Approve Directors’ Report and Warning: Ray moves to approve the warning with the new budget figure. Kris moves to amend the warning to include the Act 46 language to discuss equalized pupil expense: “Shall the voters of the school district approve the school board to expend $1,456,309, which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $18,210 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 2.56% lower than spending for the current year.” A.J. seconds both and both motions approved unanimously. Kris moves to approve amended Directors’ Report and Ray seconds and approved unanimously. A.J. will finalize the edits and forward to Kris and Patty.

3) Adjournment: Ray moves to adjourn at 8:15 and Kris seconds, approved unanimously.

Approved:  AJ Ruben
​                     Kristin Sperber
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