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Victor Central previews rollover budget as personnel costs and low operational reserves loom
Summary
District staff presented a preliminary rollover budget that holds current programs steady but projects higher personnel and fringe costs, reports operational reserves near 6.2% of a roughly $109 million budget and outlines a schedule for departmental reviews, April adoption and a May public vote.
Victor Central School District staff on Wednesday presented a preliminary "rollover" budget that maintains current staffing and programs while flagging rising personnel costs, shrinking operational reserves and continued planning for a $99 million capital project.
Christine, a district presenter, told the board the district's total restricted fund balance was "just over $10,000,000" at fiscal year end 06/30/2025 and that the capital reserve has been drawn down to about "$3,300,000." She added that the district's operational reserves — excluding capital — are "$6,800,000," which she said "represents 6.2% of our $109,000,000 budget," and cautioned that "6.2% isn't very much" compared with peer districts.
The rollover budget is a baseline projection that assumes existing staffing and contractual obligations continue but excludes new initiatives, retirements or equipment requests. "It is strictly the cost to keep doing exactly what we're doing today but in the 26–27 economic…
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