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Adjourned Meeting
March 22, 2001
6:30 p.m.
Meeting Convened. An Adjourned Meeting of the York County
Board of Supervisors was called to order at 6:31 p.m., Thursday, March
22, 2001, in the East Room, York Hall, by Chairman James S. Burgett.
Attendance. The following members of the Board of
Supervisors were present: Sheila S. Noll, Donald E. Wiggins, and James
S. Burgett.
Walter C. Zaremba and H. R. Ashe were absent.
Also in attendance were James O. McReynolds, County Administrator;
and James E. Barnett, County Attorney.
PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2002 BUDGET
EDUCATION
Mr. McReynolds gave a brief overview of the education funding
proposed for FY02. Local funding per pupil, including operations and
debt, has gone up from $1,469 in FY91 to $2,855 as proposed for FY02.
Per pupil cost for local financing for operations only has risen from
$1,208 in FY91 to $2,381 as proposed for FY02. Total per pupil spending
has risen from $4,109 in FY91 to $6,573 as proposed for FY02, and the
pupil/teacher ratio is continuing to improve.
Mrs. Noll asked how the figures compared to other school divisions
in the state.
Mr. McReynolds stated York County was better than average but not
in the high end.
Chairman Burgett stated he felt the figures spoke well for the
County and were an indication of the high quality education being
provided to the County's students.
Mr. McReynolds then reviewed the revenue projections in the budget
for the schools and expressed his concern that the 1.9 percent increase
from the state was only hopeful. The federal amount was up because of
increased impact aid. He stated that overall the school budget was up
4.5 percent over the FY01 budget. He then reviewed the figures contained
in the School Board's budget that was just adopted which did not include
the additional $225,000 in local funding and an additional $207,611 in
federal funding.
Mrs. Noll asked if there had been an increase in federal funding
for special education.
Mr. McReynolds stated the $207,611 additional federal funding was
to meet special education needs.
Discussion followed on school funding and the School Board's
responsibility to allocate that funding.
Mrs. Noll asked the status of the maintenance question raised by
the School Board.
Mr. McReynolds stated staff was beginning to design the
specifications for a Request for Bid. Staff anticipates this happening
by late summer or early fall and evaluations and recommendations by
mid-December. He noted this would provide information for a possible
recommendation for the FY03 budget. Mr. McReynolds stated the County
would also put in a bid that staff hopes will be competitive.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Mr. McReynolds provided a listing of contributions provided in the
proposed FY02 budget showing the requested amount by the agency as well
as the amount contained in the FY01 budget.
At this time Mr. McReynolds and the Board members reviewed each of
the entries, and the staff provided clarification as requested.
Mrs. Noll asked that the Board revisit some of the requests if
there were any extra funds at the end of the year.
Mr. Zaremba arrived at 6:58 p.m.
Mr. Zaremba indicated that some of the activities were dependent
on state funding. He asked at what funding level the County would be
impacted if the organizations did not receive needed funds from the
state.
Mr. McReynolds stated no information had come from Richmond as
yet, and he would expect that there would be some requests for funding.
It all depended on what comes out of the Governor's budget. He stated he
felt the mandatory services would be funded, but many of the
discretionary services would not. The County was now giving what it
could, and it can't afford to bail these agencies out because then the
state would never fund them.
Discussion followed on the state funding shortfall.
Chairman Burgett expressed his reservation about the continuation
of the Zweibrucken Adult Exchange Program He stated he would like the
Board to take a more in-depth look at the program before the next budget
cycle.
Mr. Wiggins questioned why there was no contribution listed for
the Watermen's Museum.
Mr. McReynolds stated funding for the Watermen's Museum was
covered through the Tourism Funds.
Mrs. Noll indicated the Board had received a letter from the
Watermen's Museum asking for a grant for operating funds. He asked the
Board to consider funding a letter campaign to all County residents
telling them that the County will match any contributions up to a
certain dollar amount. She stated about 22,000 letters would cost
approximately $7,000.
Chairman Burgett indicated this procedure could be applied to a
lot of other organizations as well. He stated the Board would look at
this idea after the budget had been adopted.
Mr. Wiggins thanked Mr. McReynolds for finding the funding for the
Colonial Community Criminal Justice Board for its director position.
Mr. Zaremba stated this had been the 6th time he had been through
the County budget cycle, and he commended Mr. McReynolds for the tight
package he had put together. He stated Mr. McReynolds had done a great
job meeting the Board's requirements.
Meeting Adjourned. At 7:38 p.m. Chairman Burgett declared the
meeting adjourned to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, 2001, in the East
Room, York Hall, for the purpose of conducting a work session.
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James O. McReynolds, Clerk
James S. Burgett, Chairman
York County Board of Supervisors
York County Board of Supervisors
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