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Board proposes refocusing Budget Advisory Committee toward long-term planning; administration offers bond-scope reductions
Summary
Board members agreed to shift the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) from an annual short-term budget review to a longer-range planning role; administrators presented options to reduce a proposed $120 million capital bond to below $100 million by delaying or scaling projects while recommending phased use of decreasing debt service to fund projects.
Board members at the Oct. 3 Three Village Central School District meeting signaled support for changing the Budget Advisory Committee’s charge away from a single-year, near-term budget focus toward a multi-year long-term planning role.
Administrators said the BAC is entering its fifth year and that members and some board trustees have found the committee’s usual short time-frame makes it difficult to deliver substantive recommendations. “Rather than the charge to the group being about that year's budget, to be about…
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