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Superintendent warns of $2.4 million shortfall as PERS, timber revenue and delayed property-tax receipts bite
Summary
The superintendent told the board the district must find roughly $2.4 million in cuts for next year—mostly to absorb PERS increases—after reporting about $100,000 less timber revenue and approximately $300,000 fewer early property-tax payments than projected.
The superintendent told the board the district faces a projected $2.4 million shortfall for the next fiscal year and identified PERS cost increases as the principal driver. “We have 2.4 million to cut out of the budget for next year,” the superintendent said.
Administration said the projection includes a roughly $100,000 reduction in timber revenue and about $300,000 less in property-tax receipts than expected. Susan and other staff said the 2.1–2.4 million range is driven primarily by year-over-year increases in retirement costs and by slower-than-expected revenue timing; staff will return next month with more detailed figures and options.
The superintendent described a staged planning process: principals and supervisors will provide reduction priorities, union leadership and the equity advisory committee will be consulted, and the board will consider recommended reductions in March. Administration said it is too early to say whether staff reductions or transfers will be required because bargaining agreements include defined procedures.
Board members urged the administration to present a set of options (low-, mid-, and high-cost) and costed proposals for investments the board might preserve. The board directed staff to bring more detailed PERS-cost modeling and timing of revenue receipts to the next meeting.
