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Show Grand School District took advantage of an increased in-creased county valuation this week by approving, tentatively, a record budget bud-get of $1,989,588. This compares with the receipts and expenditures for 1966-67 ; which were $1,505,110, 'Maintenance and operation opera-tion carries the lion's share of both receipts and expenditures with the capital ca-pital outlay fund higher t'hian normal because of the new construction be ginning during the present pres-ent school year with the major expenses to occur in 1967-68. Expenditures for the next year for maintenance main-tenance and operation are anticipated at $1,120,580. Capital outlay and Debt Service expenditures show a figure of $798,926. These figures compare with 1967 when $1,039,283 was budgeted bud-geted for maintenance and operation and $401,107 for Capitol Outlay and Debt Service. Big Jump in Salaries Salaries claim the ' major ma-jor portion of the maintenance main-tenance and' operation budget. bud-get. Anticipated to be expended ex-pended for salaries in the coming fiscal ' year are $47,260 in Administration. Included in this are salaries salar-ies for superintendent,' assistant as-sistant to the superintendent, superinten-dent, clerk, school board members and district secretaries. sec-retaries. Instructional salaries are anticipated at $673,480 approximately $35,000 over ov-er the amount budget for 1966-67. Salaries in this category include those for principals, teachers, counselors, coun-selors, librarians, substitute substi-tute teachers . and ' school, secretaries. The increae "over last year is due partly part-ly to an improved ' salary, schedule, butalso - to the need, for additional teachers, teach-ers, according to C... Robert Sundwall, superintendent. Other salaries include $15,700 for transportation, $44,570 for operations of the school plant, $15,160 for maintenance. Total administrative costs in maintenance and operation opera-tion are anticipated at $34,860. Instructional expenses ex-penses total $737,240. The budget figures show Health Services are expected to cost $4,500 with a total cost for transportation estimated es-timated at $19,800. The operational cost of the school plants is expected to be $83,270 with the maintenance figure estimated esti-mated at $19,760. . Total Tixed Charges1 for the school district in mainten-. ance and operation for the coming school year will be $174,150. This is an in- crease ovier the current school year due primarily to increases in personnel, insurance, and retirement redemptions. , The balance pf the maintenance '.. and operation fund is made up in such areas as school activities, ac-tivities, ' community service, ser-vice, and other educational' education-al' programs.' ' . 7 New Building Cost . Expenditures for Capital outlay are primarily for new '.'buildings. .' However, furnishings and other necessary- equipment : is expected ex-pected to - amount to approximately ap-proximately $75,000,-. the budget indicates. The Capital Cap-ital outlay costs will include in-clude ; site improvement, and costs for library books for the Junior High library. libra-ry. Costs for retirement of loans and bond ': interest 'show a total of $88,000 for 1966-67. School lundh- costs1 are also, anticipated to increase by approximately $6,000 for 1967-68. . Valuation Increase The budget for 1967-63 is based on an assessed valuation of $19,500,000 with 96 collection. This basis for determining .anticipated .an-ticipated tax ..receipts ' is approxmately " $1.' million higher than the one used last year, Mr. .undwall said. ' ; ". :.'-;. . The' first.' measurable reduction re-duction .. on-: the . deficit which has plagued the district dis-trict for the past three years has . been . made, according ac-cording to the superintendent. superinten-dent. The. budget carried a figure of some $56,000. . In addition to this, the receipts over expenditures for the present year could decrease the deficit by another an-other $20,000, he said. At this rate, an early completion of deficit payments pay-ments is likely. Public hearing' on the budget is set for June 29, at 8 p.m., with adoption scheduled following the hearing. |