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percent increase to the base pay for all employees, and an additional 1.5 percent in the step increase that affects most employees.
The compensation component of the budget also includes a 30 percent increase for health insurance that the carrier said is likely this year.
The increase for the compensation and health insurance components is nearly $635,000, or 66.8 percent of the total proposed increase.
The area of second greatest increase is for infrastructure.
Mrs. Williams said that infrastructure improvements, all of which were eliminated from last year's budget, include boiler replacement and electrical upgrades in the elementary school and science room improvements in both schools.
An increase of of $150,000 is projected in the infrastructure improvements.
Mrs. Williams said that an increase of $88,325 was proposed in the safety area. That increase includes $56,000 for a new bus, as well as funding for smoke detectors with a central alarm and continued asbestos abatement.
The final area of major increase is for technology improvements.
The increase in the technology area, according to Mrs. Williams, amounts to nearly $23,000 and includes funds for new servers, to accommodate online SOL testing, and to enable the schools to offer distance learning and online remediation facilities.
Some of the speakers spoke in support of proposed funding for infrastructure improvements, for continued funding for the grant writer position whose cost is shared with Headwaters, and for
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