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Board trims $4.74 million from draft budget and asks county commissioners to prioritize safety-related capital projects
Summary
The board reviewed a revised draft budget that reduced expenditures by $4,741,356 to meet county commission requests, and it asked county commissioners to rank safety and maintenance projects identified in engineering reports; staff also reviewed a McKinstry facilities assessment and discussed fund balance targets and other budget items.
The Cumberland County School Board reviewed a second draft of the fiscal-year budget at its work session and discussed cuts, capital priorities and the district’s fund-balance target.
Board staff said the updated budget (Draft 2) reduced expenditures by $4,741,356 after county commissioners asked the district to cut $4 million. "We have managed to cut $4,741,356 from this budget," said a staff member responsible for budget preparation, noting savings from a semi-balanced pay scale and from budgeting teacher lines to current actuals rather than previous budget projections.
The board and staff discussed capital requests to present to county commissioners. Staff said the comptroller asked the district to move capital project items to a specific 91300 line and that…
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