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Independent citizens committee previews millage oversight annual report; board accepts report
Summary
The Independent Citizens Committee for Millage Oversight presented a 48-page annual financial report summarizing how millage funds were used and proposing allocations for 2025; the board acknowledged the report and approved acceptance by roll call.
The Independent Citizens Committee for Millage Oversight (ICCMO) presented its annual financial report to the Brevard Public School Board, outlining how the district's voter-approved millage is being spent and identifying priorities for 2025.
Phil Harris (chair) summarized the 48-page report, which the committee developed after beginning meetings in 2023 and convening through 2024. Harris said the committee's high-level breakdown of millage spending shows approximately 80 percent for employee compensation, about 16 percent for student programs and roughly 4 percent for technology upgrades. He noted that compensation paid under the millage counts toward employee retirement and that the millage is structured to reward long-tenured staff as part of retention strategy.
The presentation highlighted specific allocations and upcoming program investments: the committee noted funds allocated to officials for athletics (described as payment to the county's officials association), elementary media assistants, classroom-technology upgrades ("classroom of the future" Promethean boards and related equipment), expanded supplements and incentives for coaches and activity sponsors, additional HR positions for training and professional-development support, behavior and special-education supports, and new CTE and fine-arts spending. Harris said the committee expects major implementation activity in 2025 and that the adopted budget was initially estimated at about $65.2 million and has been amended for interest and other changes.
Harris identified several quantified items from the report: a committee slide described roughly $541,000 directed to the Midcoast Officials Association for officials (MCOA) costs, about $2.49 million for elementary media-assistant funding allocations (programs currently split between millage and federal grants), and plans to add dozens of staff positions across instructional and support categories in 2025 (committee slides list specific position counts but the presenter emphasized the figures are rolling as hiring proceeds). The presenter also noted the committee's role is oversight, not advisory decisionmaking, and encouraged public review of the posted annual report.
Board members thanked the committee and voted to accept the report by roll call. The committee noted its next public meeting date and encouraged public attendance.
