Tippy Valley Looks At 2001 Budget
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
MENTONE -ÊPlanning a multimillion dollar budget can be a long, difficult task.
Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. Board of Trustees held its first of many budget workshops to work on the 2000-01 capital projects fund budget.
Assistant Superintendent Dan Kramer presented the board with preliminary information on the fund to give them "a picture as to where we're going on that."
The current total assessed valuation for Kosciusko and Fulton counties for TVSC to base their budget on is $89,581,745. The current tax rate for the CPF fund is estimated at $0.61, Kosciusko County being $0.6136 and Fulton County being $0.5879. For next year, the CPF tax rate is estimated to be $0.77.
The 2000 CPF is $819,275 and represents the total appropriation approved for 2000, which is generated from three sources: the corporation's cash balance, property taxes and other taxes. An estimated $542,303 will be generated from the 2000 CPF.
A listing of the requests from each building principal and the technology director were presented to the board. "I'm presenting the entire list to you to show everything that's requested," said Kramer. However, he said, they could not afford all of the requests. The priorities were marked as was the second group of priorities.
Brad Hagg, director of technology for TVSC, gave a presentation on the corporation's technology requests and an explanation on why he was requesting money from the CPF.
First, he said, in 1999 they spent $318,000 on technology, but the high amount was due to Y2K preparations. In 2000, that amount decreased to $222,000 and the proposed requested amount for technology for 2000-01 is $211,000. During the 1999-00 year, Hagg said, they raised $197,306.80 through external grants.
"I feel pretty comfortable with what we did there," he said. "I think we are really starting to get across to the staff the difference between a wish list and try to focus them more on 'this is the money we have to work with and let's be practical about it and let's meet some actual needs.' I think that's a real step forward for us."
For this past year, for the first time, Hagg said, they phased in a plan where $150,000 will be spent on one different school each year over a four-year period to refurbish the technology at the schools instead of dividing up the pie equally among all four schools (TVHS, TVMS, Akron and Mentone) each year. This year, the money will be used at the middle school, followed by the high school next year and then Akron Elementary, with Mentone Elementary concluding the cycle.
Hagg said, "I felt it was in our best interest to target a school every year and make sure we're doing the right thing."
An additional assistant for technology is needed, Hagg told the board. Doug Boyer is at Akron and the high school, while Hagg finds himself trying to take care of the needs at the middle school and Mentone and Burket elementaries, which causes him to be spread too thin, and the schools sometimes feel like their needs are being unmet.
Another assistant would provide help at Mentone and Hagg would work closely with both assistants but would spend more time on administration and grant writing. The grants, he said, could possibly more than pay for the new position. The position would be built into the 2001 salary budget. Hagg said the assistant's pay would be $25,000-$30,000, which is entry level. He said there are some internal candidates within the school corporation who are interested in the position but who would need to be brought up to speed.
Board member Rod Eaton said if Hagg was asking, he wasn't against the new position.
Superintendent Karen Boling said if it was OK with the board, the position would be brought before them to be approved at the June 12 meeting.
The board didn't express any negative reaction about hiring an assistant.
"(Hagg's) shown us very well that he can write grants that get accepted," said board member Mark Wise.
Kramer told the board the high school gym bleachers will need repaired or replaced soon; the high school track will need an overhaul, estimated at about $80,000; the bus garage needs a tank to store diesel fuel; and the industrial technology area needs work, among other items.
The next regularly scheduled TVSC board meeting will be June 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mentone Elementary School public meeting room.
Board members are Tom Weaver, Bruce Andrews, Fred McSherry, Mark Wise and Rod Eaton. [[In-content Ad]]
MENTONE -ÊPlanning a multimillion dollar budget can be a long, difficult task.
Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. Board of Trustees held its first of many budget workshops to work on the 2000-01 capital projects fund budget.
Assistant Superintendent Dan Kramer presented the board with preliminary information on the fund to give them "a picture as to where we're going on that."
The current total assessed valuation for Kosciusko and Fulton counties for TVSC to base their budget on is $89,581,745. The current tax rate for the CPF fund is estimated at $0.61, Kosciusko County being $0.6136 and Fulton County being $0.5879. For next year, the CPF tax rate is estimated to be $0.77.
The 2000 CPF is $819,275 and represents the total appropriation approved for 2000, which is generated from three sources: the corporation's cash balance, property taxes and other taxes. An estimated $542,303 will be generated from the 2000 CPF.
A listing of the requests from each building principal and the technology director were presented to the board. "I'm presenting the entire list to you to show everything that's requested," said Kramer. However, he said, they could not afford all of the requests. The priorities were marked as was the second group of priorities.
Brad Hagg, director of technology for TVSC, gave a presentation on the corporation's technology requests and an explanation on why he was requesting money from the CPF.
First, he said, in 1999 they spent $318,000 on technology, but the high amount was due to Y2K preparations. In 2000, that amount decreased to $222,000 and the proposed requested amount for technology for 2000-01 is $211,000. During the 1999-00 year, Hagg said, they raised $197,306.80 through external grants.
"I feel pretty comfortable with what we did there," he said. "I think we are really starting to get across to the staff the difference between a wish list and try to focus them more on 'this is the money we have to work with and let's be practical about it and let's meet some actual needs.' I think that's a real step forward for us."
For this past year, for the first time, Hagg said, they phased in a plan where $150,000 will be spent on one different school each year over a four-year period to refurbish the technology at the schools instead of dividing up the pie equally among all four schools (TVHS, TVMS, Akron and Mentone) each year. This year, the money will be used at the middle school, followed by the high school next year and then Akron Elementary, with Mentone Elementary concluding the cycle.
Hagg said, "I felt it was in our best interest to target a school every year and make sure we're doing the right thing."
An additional assistant for technology is needed, Hagg told the board. Doug Boyer is at Akron and the high school, while Hagg finds himself trying to take care of the needs at the middle school and Mentone and Burket elementaries, which causes him to be spread too thin, and the schools sometimes feel like their needs are being unmet.
Another assistant would provide help at Mentone and Hagg would work closely with both assistants but would spend more time on administration and grant writing. The grants, he said, could possibly more than pay for the new position. The position would be built into the 2001 salary budget. Hagg said the assistant's pay would be $25,000-$30,000, which is entry level. He said there are some internal candidates within the school corporation who are interested in the position but who would need to be brought up to speed.
Board member Rod Eaton said if Hagg was asking, he wasn't against the new position.
Superintendent Karen Boling said if it was OK with the board, the position would be brought before them to be approved at the June 12 meeting.
The board didn't express any negative reaction about hiring an assistant.
"(Hagg's) shown us very well that he can write grants that get accepted," said board member Mark Wise.
Kramer told the board the high school gym bleachers will need repaired or replaced soon; the high school track will need an overhaul, estimated at about $80,000; the bus garage needs a tank to store diesel fuel; and the industrial technology area needs work, among other items.
The next regularly scheduled TVSC board meeting will be June 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mentone Elementary School public meeting room.
Board members are Tom Weaver, Bruce Andrews, Fred McSherry, Mark Wise and Rod Eaton. [[In-content Ad]]