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Carteret County Public Schools approves $6.1 million capital plan and $36.1 million operating budget
Summary
At a special called meeting, the Carteret County Public Schools board approved a $6,101,790 capital budget and a $36,124,531 operating budget. Officials said the operating request includes moving seven teaching positions from state to local funding amid anticipated state cuts.
A special called meeting of Carteret County Public Schools on April 14 considered and approved both the district's capital and operating budgets for the coming year.
The board adopted a capital budget totaling $6,101,790, a presenter said, including $867,841 for painting and safety/security repairs, $196,000 for flooring replacement, $1,827,000 for repairs and renovations, $2,754,949 for technology and equipment, and $437,000 for vehicles and buses. "You have a packet in front of you that has all the capital items listed," the presenter said while outlining the totals.
Julie, who presented the operating-budget figures, said the district is requesting a county general appropriation of $33,262,031 and a charter-school passthrough of $1,050,000, for a total projected operating budget of $36,124,531. Julie said the operating budget is "built off of the expenditures that we have this year" and that "the only difference is 7 teaching positions being moved from the state to the local budget, in anticipation of budget cuts in the state budget for next year."
Board members asked one clarifying question about whether the shift in funding was intended to preserve positions; Julie confirmed that it was an attempt to protect jobs expected to be affected by anticipated state cuts.
The chair announced motions and seconders as recorded in the meeting: the agenda approval was announced as moved by Miss Chadwick and seconded by Miss Wheatley; the capital budget motion was announced as moved by Mister White and seconded by Miss Kurzich; and the operating budget motion was announced as moved by Miss Wheatley and seconded by Mister White. The chair called for voice votes and announced the motions carried. Specific roll-call tallies and names associated with each recorded "aye" or "no" were not specified in the transcript.
The chair also announced the board's next regularly scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, April 14 after spring break and subsequently called for and received a motion and second to adjourn.
The meeting record contains the presenters' budget figures and the board's formal motions and seconders as announced; detailed vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
