Valley Central School District Special Meeting and Budget Re-Vote 2018

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1 Valley Central School District Special Meeting and Budget Re-Vote 2018 RESOLUTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PERMANENT CHAIRPERSON, INSPECTORS OF ELECTION AND ASSISTANT CLERK At a regular meeting of the Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 of the Towns of Crawford, Hamptonburgh, Montgomery, Newburgh, New Windsor and Wallkill, Orange County and the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, hereinafter referred to as Valley Central School District (VCSD), held at the Administration Building, Montgomery, New York, in said th School District on the 29 day of May 2018 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Sheila Schwartz, President, and upon roll being called, the following were: Present Absent The following resolution was offered by who moved its adoption, seconded by WHEREAS, the Board of Education of Valley Central School District has provided that the 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2018; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to provide for the appointment of Permanent Chairperson, Inspectors of Election and Assistant Clerk for said 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Education of VCSD as follows: Section 1: The following duly qualified voter of said School District is hereby appointed as the Permanent Chairperson of the 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote referred to in the preambles hereof: Frank Pettine Section 2: The following duly qualified voters of said School District are hereby appointed as Inspectors of Election and Alternate Election Inspectors, as hereinafter

2 designated, at said 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote, Inspectors of Election Carol Athanas Wilma Bennett Mary Fowler Rita Henry Lisa Kimball Frances Ryan Judith Van Nosdall William Bennett Connie Capria Velma Garey Joseph Herzog Judith Lozier Diane Sandbothe Alternate Inspectors of Election: Beverly Baumann Carole Cackowski Beatrice Conn Irene Finocchiaro-Brisee Gwen Guzzo Angela Mingoia Vicky Pinckney Gale Spade Elizabeth Blashka Christine Calvert Olga J. Conway Laura Fisher Patricia Lyon Dianne Moore Rita Santo Howard Spear And authorize the District to contact other alternates as needed. Section 3: The following duly appointed voter of said School District is hereby appointed as Assistant Clerk at said 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote: Linda Short Section 4: Each Permanent Chairperson, Inspectors of Election and Assistant Clerk appointed for said 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote, as herein provided, shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of $225/day for each day actually and necessarily spent on the duties of his/her office. The School District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give written notice of appointment to the persons herein respectively appointed as Permanent Chairperson, Inspectors of Election and Assistant Clerk for said 2018 Special Meeting and Budget Re-vote.

3 Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: BOE Member Sheila Schwartz Sarah Messing Joseph Bond Joseph Byrne Bradley Conklin Sonia Lewis Melvin Wesenberg Voting The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. STATE OF NEW YORK: : ss: COUNTY OF ORANGE: I, the undersigned Clerk of Valley Central School District, DO HEREBY CERTIFY: That I have compared the annexed extract of the minutes of the meeting of VCSD th including the resolutions contained therein held on the 29 day of May 2018 with the original thereof on file in my office and that the same is a true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original so far as the same relates to the subject matters therein referred to. I FURTHER CERTIFY that (i) all members of said School Board had due notice of said meeting, (ii) pursuant to 104 of the Public Officers Law (Open Meetings Law), the meeting was open to the general public, the notice of the time and place of the meeting was duly given in accordance with 104, (iii) the meeting was in all respects duly held, and (iv) there was a quorum present throughout. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set me hand and affixed the seal of th said Valley Central School District, this 29 day of May (SEAL) Reneé Simerson, District Clerk

4 Budget May 29,

5 To: Valley Central Board of Education From: John Xanthis RE: Revised Budget I want to sincerely thank everyone for your effort, support and guidance in helping us to put together a revised budget to present on Tuesday evening. We have done our best to consider comments and feedback from board members, the community and our administrators and teachers. While there have been many different points of view to consider, the common thread that has united everyone is that it is our responsibility to reach a compromise that is fair to the taxpayers and meets our obligation to provide for the students. With that in mind and after giving all of this careful consideration, here is the revised budget that I am recommending. I am presenting for your consideration on Tuesday evening is a budget to budget increase of 2.35% and a tax levy increase of 3.11%. While all of these proposed cuts will no doubt present challenges for our district, the priority is to avoid cuts that negatively affect students directly. I am outlining these reductions below: Increases in salaries for standalone administrators has been removed from the budget. Administrative Stipends for Curriculum Coordinators has also been removed and these responsibilities will be transferred to the Director of Curriculum. The VCAA Administrator Retreat will still be held but not at an outside venue. All team leaders (K-8) have been eliminated per discussions at Cabinet. Due to a secretarial retirement, there will be an in house transfer which will include a transfer of duties, the elimination of a position (not an individual). A stipend will have to be established for someone to do extracurricular accounts at the high school. Conferences will be reduced by $30,000 but there will be enough budgeted to provide for needed Professional Development. The additional Part Time custodians at the elementary schools are being eliminated. The New Teacher Induction Program will be maintained in the budget. Both community and board members have expressed an interest in applying additional fund balance to offset the tax levy. Keeping in mind the reservations some have about doing this I am recommending that we allocate $400,000 from the fund balance. Because they have been discussed in detail many times during the budget process, I have included the two new positions on a separate page from the recommended cut list. The Director of Curriculum position was included in what was presented to you at our last meeting. As you know Mike Bellarosa has been attending the Town of Montgomery Round Table Committee Meetings organized by Mayor Leahy. This committee is made up of the three mayors, the Town Supervisor and the Police Chiefs as well as trustees. One of the main goals of the committee is to support the mental health educational initiative through the physical education classes. In addition to what Mike presented the other night, the support of this committee now included in the revised budget. He has also addressed several questions concerning the position in a separate to the board. 2

6 Proposed Budget Tax Levy Budget Proposed Budget $ 104,203, % 2.92% Fund Balance $ (400,000) 3.41% 2.52% Proposed Cuts: Central Office Salary Increases $ (13,863) 3.39% 2.51% Administrative Stipends $ (12,000) 3.37% 2.50% Administrator Retreat $ (7,500) 3.35% 2.49% 7th & 8th Grade Team Leaders $ (10,800) 3.34% 2.48% Student Activity Account Position Reallocation $ (40,328) 3.27% 2.44% ES Team Leaders $ (28,355) 3.22% 2.41% Additional Part Time Custodians $ (37,572) 3.16% 2.38% Conferences $ (30,000) 3.11% 2.35% RECOMMENDED Adjusted Proposed Budget $ 103,623, % 2.35% 3

7 New Positions RECOMMENDED Adjusted Proposed Budget $ 103,623, % 2.35% PE Health Teacher $ (100,563) 2.94% 2.25% Dir of Curriculum $ (106,738) 2.76% 2.14% ** These positions are new positions included in the revised budget. 4

Contingent Budget Extracurricular Activities Conferences Teacher Cuts Field Trips No Use of Facilities Buildings & Grounds Cuts Post Session Overtime Secretarial Cuts Department Chairs Director of

8 Contingent Budget Extracurricular Activities Conferences Teacher Cuts Field Trips No Use of Facilities Buildings & Grounds Cuts Post Session Overtime Secretarial Cuts Department Chairs Director of Curriculum JROTC Modified Sports Textbooks Some Transportation JV Sports HS Courses Extracurricular Activities A/B Day Kindergarten Evening High School Increase Class Sizes Grad Point Professional Development Paraprofessional Cuts 5

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