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(Continued from Page 1) porposed school expenditures had been lowered From S2.278.58b to $2,189,486.
“What this includes is a ten percent raise for all employees with the difference coming from other aspects of the budget.” Luke explained to the three school board members—chairman Beverly Massie. Nancy Reeve and Robert Eastham—present at Monday’s supervisor meeting. He emphasized that cuts would come off total expenditures that , the supervisor* 'Would n6i exercise their prerogative to reduce specific categories in the proposed school budget. "We’ll approve the bottom line and let you take it out where you think you ought to take it out.” he said.
“I’ll be glad to talk to you privately about where I’d take the cuts." Luke continued. adding that the supervisors were strongly recommending that school employee raises be held to ten percent. After the meeting, he explained that the total was also based on all school employees getting a Hat fee of SI00 towards payment of hospitalization premiums.
The supervisors’ unanimous approval of the reduced school budget brought calculators out as the school board members went into a huddle to estimate damages.
"Have you got anything you want to say?" Luke asked the school board members later in the meeting.
"It’s going to hurt.” responded superintendent William Bloomer.
The supervisor chairman noted that the proposed budget doesn't include any money for a building program at the high school. He reminded the school board that the budget has to be advertised for public hearing on June I so the supervisors must know soon whether they will need to add to the tax rate to cover capital outlay.
Eastham recalled that, according to accountant Wally Cox. all that is necessary this year, should an expansion project be approved. is to keep enough in county surplus funds to cover a month's construction costs until literary loan reimbursement is received. Money the school board expects to receive from the highway department in the bus shop condemnation suit plus the unspent 1980-81 allocation for gasoline which the board plans to return to the supervisors should provide sufficient cushion to advance a month's construction costs, according to Eastham. "Personally. I don't anticipate any urgency in putting anything in (for capital outlay) for the coming year.” he concluded.
In addition to school cuts, the supervisors lopped off
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