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Show Record High School Budget Passed at Wednesday Meet At a public hearing involving involv-ing only two citizens, the Grand County Board of Education last Wednesday evening passed pass-ed an operating budget for the coming year which totalled S2. 109,968. Passage of the highest budget in the District's Dis-trict's history came following a detailed analysis of the document docu-ment by school officials. Largest portion of the budget was, as usual, in the Maintenance and Operation category, with the highest percentage increases coming in the area of plant maintenance mainten-ance an area of the budget which has been kept at extremely low levels the past few years when the District was carrying budget deficits. A comparison of the new budget with the current spending plan follows: Administration, S74.335, up from last year's S71.593. Instruction, which includes teacher salaries, S968.558, up from $897,433 last year. Teaching supplies and materials mater-ials brought that total up to SI .032.758. The Health Services budget remained at its current level of $3,300; Transportation Services Ser-vices climbed from $42,128 to $42,410 and Operation of Plant jumped from $140,040 to S148.500. The big percentage jump came in Maintenance of Plant, from $36,953 last year to S60.294 in the coming year. Fixed Charges, which include retirement, insurance premiums, prem-iums, etc., came to a total of $278,477, up from last year's $223,289. Student Body Activities jumped from $9,000 to $15,000 with the big increase resulting in changes in the state law pertaining to the supplies which must now be furnished students in secondary schools. The Community Services budget jumped slightly, to accommodate increases in the Community Schools program; Adult Education went from $2,414 to $3,000 and the Summer School Program went from $3,936 to $4,505. Slight increases were also noted in transfers to other school districts (Grand County pays Emery County for educating students living in Elgin who attend the Green River School) and in a number of other minor categories. A big drop was noted in the Capitol Outlay portion of the budget. Expenditures in that category will amount to a total of $160,592 in the coming year, compared to $231,651 this year. This is because a number of remodeling and building projects have now been completed, and additional addition-al projects are not contemplated contemplat-ed at this time. A figure of $105,000 was set aside for payment on outstanding bonds, and it was announced that only eight years will be required to get the district debt free. School Food Services was budgeted for $68,250 for the coming year, up from last year's $66,960. Decreases were noted in Tort Liability and in Recreation, The total budget will be covered by revenues from the State Uniform School Fund; from local property taxes (the District is anticipating a mill levy increase of only 1.33 mills this year rather than the 4 mill increase announced earlier in the year, mainly due to the increases in valuation of property in Grand County, and to the trimming of the Capitol Outlay budget). Minor revenues reve-nues are expected from a number of other federal, state and local sources to round out the $2.10 million budget total. In other routine action, the Board amended the current operating budget, to bring it into line with audit figures; heard a report on the teacher vacancy situation which looks very good at this time, and reviewed a current remodeling project underway at the middle school (old Junior High School) on East Center Street. The Board will not meet in July, and the regular meeting in August will be devoted principally to the matter of amending the District Policy Manual. |