At their meeting Monday, Mancos School Board members passed what Superintendent Brian Hanson called a \u201cbalanced budget.\u201d<\/p>\n
The board approved the $6.69 million budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year with a 4-0 vote at the meeting. Board member Monty Guiles was absent.<\/p>\n
Though administrators at first anticipated some deficit spending, Hanson said they were able to balance it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re presenting to you a balanced budget,\u201d he told the board.<\/p>\n
Those deficit spending items included architect and grant-writing fees, but they were covered in the budget, District Business Manager Chrissie Miller said.<\/p>\n
Though the district has about 10 more students than last year, the budget is down about $17,000 from 2015-2016, according to Colorado Department of Education documents. Revenue from local, state and federal sources is down about $72,000, to about $5 million in 2017.<\/p>\n
District expenditures also are down about $20,000 from last year, to $5.05 million in 2016-2017.<\/p>\n
The district\u2019s ending reserve balance is projected to be about $1.037 million. However, the district plans a $228,000 purchase of a property just north of the Performing Arts Center. The parcel will be converted to more parking, which is part of the master plan for renovations to the school campus.<\/p>\n
That expense will come out of the district\u2019s reserve, lowering that amount to about $800,000. Even though that amount would still be enough to cover at least three months of district operating expenses, Hanson said having just $800,000 in the bank made him uneasy. He said district staff has been instructed to spend less, and the board should discuss funding at a future meeting.<\/p>\n
Also Monday, the board vetoed two policy requests that would have provided a buyback of certain unused benefits for three district employees who are retiring. The policies would have given $55,000 back to the employees, but that would have been a deficit-spending item for the district. Hanson said he was torn because he wanted to provide for the employees, but also wanted to be fiscally responsible for the district.<\/p>\n
Also at the meeting, board members approved hiring Rachel Shockley as a high school English and electives teacher for the second semester, Jason Silva as assistant high school wrestling coach and James Lewis as middle school boys basketball B-team coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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