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Finance committee hears $3.5 million projected shortfall; staff to seek further cuts and options including tax increase and land appraisal
Summary
Committee reviewed a preliminary general-fund budget showing a roughly $3.5 million deficit after health insurance increases; staff reported $3.9 million in prior reductions and will reassess building and department budgets for additional savings while the board considers revenue options including a maximum tax increase and a possible appraisal of district land.
Joni presented the finance committee with an updated preliminary general-fund budget that, after recent adjustments, shows a projected shortfall of about $3.5 million for the coming budget cycle.
The update removed previously proposed staffing-study savings that the board did not approve and included an additional 10% health-insurance increase, leaving an estimated deficit committee members said must be addressed before budget adoption. "So now your, anticipated shortfall is 3.5 for this year," Joni told the committee.
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