Sunday, April 10, 2011

School Board & FTT Committee Agendas for Monday 4-11-11

FTT (FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY & TRANSPORTATION) 6:00 PM at the Municipal Bldg

Greenhouse Pricetag: "not to exceed" $ 230,000
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A greenhouse would be nice, but we haven't seen any fundraising effort to-date, and the pricetage increased from $150,000 when everyone realized there was plenty of referendum surplus dollars.

Policy DJ (Purchasing) Pricetag: anything under $25,000
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Scary monsters? The District Administrator or his/her designee is authorized to purchase any single item or a quantity of the same item costing more than $5,000 but less than $25,000 upon the solicitation of at least three written bids.  Time to tighten the leash.

$1M for Capital Projects and
no District Office remodel costs???
2011-12 Buildings & Grounds Operating Budget Pricetag: $947,200 (+1.75%)
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2011-12 Capital Projects Budget Pricetag: $975,000 (+37%)
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Recalling the all too recent fiasco over the district office remodel, this one is worth digging into. Hmmm...if the Capital Projects budget this year was $950,000 and about $240,000 of that was for the ONE-TIME district office remodel, then doesn't a $975K budget represent a 37% increase? How believable is that given what we have learned recently? This one pegs the Funny Money meter.

2011-12 Technology Budget Pricetag: $486,579 (- 17.5%)
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Moving School Board & Committee Meetings to the District Office Pricetag: at least $4,200/yr

REALLY! You're going to try AGAIN to move meetings to the district office? Really? After we paid fro broad band at the municipal building and they improved the microphone quality and K-SUN improved the video feed? Do you people just dream up more ways to spend money? Come on! Nothing ever does die with this board, does it?
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SCHOOL BOARD 7:30 pm at the Municipal Bldg

Equity for employees... blah, blah, blah Pricetag: $ $32,495
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Oh, PUH-llleeeeze! Tug at our frick'n heart strings one time! This one screams "NO"! Please Mr. Whalen...just once try something other than "All in favor, say aye...all opposed...same sign"

Retirement Rescissions Pricetag: $25,000-$30,000 per employee
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2011-12 New Course Offerings Pricetag: $10,400
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2011-12 Student Services Budget Pricetag: $94,055 (+2.44%)
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2011-12 Instructional Services Budget Pricetag: $839,381 (+2.56%)
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