State Error Forces WCS Budget Change
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
A 1782 Notice is a notice of final budget recommendation from the state.
According to Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott, the Department of Local Government Finance discovered an error in its calculation of the Warsaw Community School Corp. Capital Projects Fund rate cap. The DLGF contacted WCS and the Kosciusko County auditor and treasurer to discuss timing of when to correct the error.
Auditor Marsha McSherry and Treasurer Sue Ann Mitchell favored correction of the rate to occur in 2009, which resulted in a revised budget for WCS. After discussion and review with the DLGF field representative, a finalized budget was delivered to WCS on June 9.
The budget includes a reduction to the 2009 CPF budget of $200,000; a reduction of prior-year encumbered funds of $966,789; and an increase in transportation of $1,084. The transportation increase is a result of the CPF rate correction, which in turn alters the allocation of excise tax, commercial vehicle excise tax and financial institution tax across all funds.
The total tax rate for pay 2009 will be reduced from $0.9662 to $0.9161.
Scott said McSherry shared a memo with him from the DLGF to Rep. Bill Ruppel, District 22. The memo, in part, states, "In the 2009 Kosciusko County budget, Warsaw Community Schools' CPF tax rate was calculated incorrectly due to a department budget software program error. Warsaw Community Schools' CPF tax rate is $0.0495 too high, which would result in the school collecting $1,066,622 more in property tax dollars for its CPF than it should in 2009."
Kent Adams, school board member, said anyone in the Warsaw Schools district who paid their full tax amount in the spring will get a rebate. Others will see a revised tax bill in the fall. Because of the DLGF's miscalculation, it will require a lot of work by the county which will cost the county additional money, he said.
Becky Vogt, director of nursing for WCS, gave the annual nursing service report for the 2008-09 school year.
"We treat more students in our offices than doctors do in a day," she said.
For the past school year, there were a total of 77,842 students seen in the healthrooms. That's up from 51,079 seen during the 2008-09 school year.
Students were seen in the healthrooms for diabetes, Epi-pens, asthma, vision screens, epilepsy, medicines given, lice exams and other procedures.
Of the elementary schools, the most visits to the healthrooms were at Harrison (5,892) followed by Lincoln (5,872). Lakeview Middle School had 4,602 visits, while Edgewood had 3,214. There were 7,501 student visits to the healthroom at Warsaw Community High School.
More than $86,000 in financial assistance was given to Warsaw for its healthrooms. Donating agencies included the K21 Foundation, Grossnickle Eye Center, Good Samaritan Fund, Delta Theta Tau dental sorority, Lambda Chi Omega vision sorority, Claypool Lions Club, Medication Assistance, Dental Assistance, Partners in Education - Medtronic, Cancer Care Fund, all schools' PTOs and St. Elizabeth Church.[[In-content Ad]]
A 1782 Notice is a notice of final budget recommendation from the state.
According to Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott, the Department of Local Government Finance discovered an error in its calculation of the Warsaw Community School Corp. Capital Projects Fund rate cap. The DLGF contacted WCS and the Kosciusko County auditor and treasurer to discuss timing of when to correct the error.
Auditor Marsha McSherry and Treasurer Sue Ann Mitchell favored correction of the rate to occur in 2009, which resulted in a revised budget for WCS. After discussion and review with the DLGF field representative, a finalized budget was delivered to WCS on June 9.
The budget includes a reduction to the 2009 CPF budget of $200,000; a reduction of prior-year encumbered funds of $966,789; and an increase in transportation of $1,084. The transportation increase is a result of the CPF rate correction, which in turn alters the allocation of excise tax, commercial vehicle excise tax and financial institution tax across all funds.
The total tax rate for pay 2009 will be reduced from $0.9662 to $0.9161.
Scott said McSherry shared a memo with him from the DLGF to Rep. Bill Ruppel, District 22. The memo, in part, states, "In the 2009 Kosciusko County budget, Warsaw Community Schools' CPF tax rate was calculated incorrectly due to a department budget software program error. Warsaw Community Schools' CPF tax rate is $0.0495 too high, which would result in the school collecting $1,066,622 more in property tax dollars for its CPF than it should in 2009."
Kent Adams, school board member, said anyone in the Warsaw Schools district who paid their full tax amount in the spring will get a rebate. Others will see a revised tax bill in the fall. Because of the DLGF's miscalculation, it will require a lot of work by the county which will cost the county additional money, he said.
Becky Vogt, director of nursing for WCS, gave the annual nursing service report for the 2008-09 school year.
"We treat more students in our offices than doctors do in a day," she said.
For the past school year, there were a total of 77,842 students seen in the healthrooms. That's up from 51,079 seen during the 2008-09 school year.
Students were seen in the healthrooms for diabetes, Epi-pens, asthma, vision screens, epilepsy, medicines given, lice exams and other procedures.
Of the elementary schools, the most visits to the healthrooms were at Harrison (5,892) followed by Lincoln (5,872). Lakeview Middle School had 4,602 visits, while Edgewood had 3,214. There were 7,501 student visits to the healthroom at Warsaw Community High School.
More than $86,000 in financial assistance was given to Warsaw for its healthrooms. Donating agencies included the K21 Foundation, Grossnickle Eye Center, Good Samaritan Fund, Delta Theta Tau dental sorority, Lambda Chi Omega vision sorority, Claypool Lions Club, Medication Assistance, Dental Assistance, Partners in Education - Medtronic, Cancer Care Fund, all schools' PTOs and St. Elizabeth Church.[[In-content Ad]]
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