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Finance committee hears budget outlook: Act 1 index, salaries and capital needs drive revenue discussion
Summary
Finance staff presented a preliminary budget outlook showing a 3.5% Act 1 index scenario that would add roughly $8.3 million in revenue; board members discussed salary increases, medical-cost pressures, the 10-year maintenance plan and capital demands tied to a high-school feasibility project.
Miss Houser, presenting the finance office's early budget work, walked the committee through revenue and expense scenarios for the 2026–27 budget and the impact of taking the Act 1 index.
"If we went to the Act 1 index, that would add about 8,300,000.0 to the budget," Miss Houser said, explaining that roughly $213,000 of that pickup comes from increased property assessments while the remainder relies on millage increases. She emphasized the analysis is a draft and that Frontline and eFinance…
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