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A
I
am
appreciative
for
coming
and
also
appreciative
to
parents
who
look
in
and
view
this.
This
is
our
budget
presentation
that
has
been
on
our
board
meetings
for
the
last
couple
of
months
and
can
be
accessed
by
anyone
by
going
onto
the
webpage
and
accessing
those
board
meetings.
You
can
watch
every
component
every
aspect
of
this
budget
development
process
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
everybody
we
hope
on
may
17th
at
crittenden
from
6
30
am
to
9
pm
for
our
budget
vote
and
also
for
the
vote
of
four
trustees.
A
We
have
four
incumbents,
whose
seat
times
are
expiring
or
one
had
another
reason,
but
we
have
four
seats
right
now
and
we
have
four
incumbents
who
are
going
for
those
seats
and
we
have
three
additional
community
members
who
have
filled
out
petitions
and
will
also
be
on
the
ballot,
and
I
think
that's
about
it.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
coming
today.
We
have
lara
stengel
here
board
member
current
board
member
and
who
comes
to
everything.
So
thank
you
lara.
A
A
How
we
develop
that
budget
and
then
we
also
want
to
talk
about
why
we
stay
below
the
tax
levy
cap.
We
could
actually
have
gone
out
for
a
larger
budget
this
year
than
we
did,
and
we
actually
could
have
done
that
pretty
much
since
2012,
but
we
have
not,
and
we
want
to
explain
why
we
have
not
so
the
big
important
part
of
our
proposed
budget
is.
We
want
to
look
at
keeping
our
programs
and
services
for
our
kids
developing
and
continuing
to
develop
programs.
A
We
have
an
amazing
byron
hills,
education
foundation
that
has,
since
its
inception
in
1994,
been
providing
to
the
schools
not
only
spaces
but
helping
to
us
to
start
to
pilot
programs
that
have
really
taken
root
in
byram
hills.
So,
although
they
do
pilot
those
programs,
we
have
to
continue
those
programs
thereafter.
So
that
is
where
our
budget
gives
us,
the
programs
and
the
services
we
need.
We
have,
I
don't
know
67
athletic
teams
or
so
a
lot
of
athletic
teams.
We
have
even
at
the
high
school
alone.
A
I
think
we
have
close
to
75
extracurricular
programs
for
kids
and
what
you're
going
to
see
in
our
schools
is
that,
as
students
progress
throughout
the
ages,
they're
really
active
in
our
schools
during
school
and
after
school,
which
is
what
we
want
as
our
mission
to
keep
them
part
of
a
school
community
and
we
have
our
own
transportation
department.
So
our
transportation
services
also
remain.
A
B
So
I
just
want
to
briefly
give
you
an
explanation
of
the
budget
you're
going
to
see
a
budget
video
from
jen
and
the
board
president
soon
a
budget
newsletter
as
well.
You
can
check
the
website
for
a
little
further
information
in
each
category
department
about
the
changes
in
their
budget
individually,
but
as
a
whole.
B
Every
school
district
was
required
to
present
their
budget
in
three
components:
program:
capital,
administrative,
just
quickly,
review
program,
essentially
is
everything
associated
with
students,
basically
in
the
classroom,
or
you
know
your
teachers,
your
psychologists,
your
guidance,
your
bus
drivers,
anything
to
that
nature,
it's
their
salary
and
their
benefits,
their
supplies,
their
equipment,
and
that
makes
up
72
percent
of
our
total
budget.
Next
largest
category
is
capital.
B
A
nice
way
of
thinking
of
this
or
easy
way
to
think
of
is
just
everything
to
take
care
of
your
buildings,
your
custodial
maintenance
staff,
your
groundskeepers,
your
service
and
maintenance
of
your
buildings
on
a
yearly
basis
daily
basis.
Really,
your
debt
service,
saying
debt
service
payments
that
you
have
your
utility
costs
replacement
of
buses,
so
that
that's
really
the
capital
component.
That's
16
this
year
and
then
finally,
administrative
is
everything
I
didn't
speak
about
pretty
much
everything
supervisory.
B
So
your
aps,
your
principals,
your
assistant,
superintendents,
your
superintendent
district
office,
your
legal
costs,
your
auditing
things
like
that
everything,
that's
kind
of
administrative
kind
of
fits
the
category.
So
this
these
these
percentages
are
pretty
consistent
on
a
year-to-year
basis
for
us
in
pretty
much
every
school
district,
so
in
terms
of
actual
expense
categories,
any
school
district,
the
majority
of
expenses
associated
with
staffing,
the
salary
and
benefits
of
your
staffing.
That's
about
78,
it's
usually
between
25,
75
and
80
for
any
school
district.
The
second
biggest
category
is
contractual
services
at
14.
B
That's,
essentially
anything
we
can't
do
in-house.
We
have
to
to
you
know,
get
a
vendor
to
complete
for
us
whether
it's
pd
or
you
know,
a
prepare
that
we
can't
make
in-house
boasts
costs.
We
send
students
out
to
boces
for
special.
That's
in
that
category
supplies
and
equipment
at
2.6
debt
service
at
2.8.
We
still
have
one
bond
payment
still
out
there
and
maintenance
projects,
which
kind
of
goes
with
the
debt
service.
So
byram
hills
is
fortunate
enough
to
build
in
a
maintenance
of
our
facilities
on
a
yearly
basis.
B
You'll
see
a
lot
of
school
districts
will
have
separate
votes
to
you,
know,
repair,
a
roof
or
replace
a
boiler
or
add
you
know,
do
some
significant
work
in
their
building.
They
defer
their
maintenance
until
they
have
a
full
project
where
you
have
to
vote
on
to
complete,
whereas
we
do
it
on
a
yearly
basis.
You
know,
for
instance,
in
a
roof.
B
Sometimes
they
wait
till
a
roof
is
completely
you
know
leaking
and
have
issues
and
that
will
replace
the
whole
roof
with
the
bond
project,
whereas
we'll
do
a
section
of
a
roof
on
a
yearly
basis
within
the
budget.
Just
to
not
have
to
you
know,
borrow
those
funds
to
complete
that
full
project
which
works
out
really
well
for
us,
which
we
haven't
right
right.
B
B
You
have
a
significant
enrollment
increase
and
you
need
you
know
not
like
we
did
here
many
years
ago.
So
it's
it's
a
it's
a
great
process
in
order
to
just
avoid
paying
that
you
know
it's
not
a
big
deal
right
now.
The
interest
payment,
but
you
know
in
the
past
and
without
you
know,
borrowing
you
don't
you
don't
have
that
interest
payment
just
paying
it
kind
of
off
and
then
making
it
easier
that
way
and
not.
A
B
To
do
it
every
year
and
the
final
cut
category
is
vehicles
at
0.6.
You
know
we
have
a
a
fleet
of
bus
vehicles
that
we
replace
on
a
yearly
basis.
You
know
the
useful
life
of
a
bus
or
van
is
between
10
and
15
years.
We've
been
getting
a
little
more
than
15,
just
maintaining
them
very
well
in
the
district,
so
we
replaced
those
based
on
that
replacement
schedule
on
a
yearly
basis.
So
that's
that
category
and
these
percentages
are
pretty
consistent.
B
You
know,
if
you
look
back
at
debt
service,
might
be
the
only
one
that
kind
of
shifted
a
little
bit,
because
we
had
a
bomb
that
expired
two
years
ago,
okay,
so
the
the
the
expense
side.
This
is
the
revenue
side
where
we
get
the
funds
to
pay
for
those
expenses
in
this
area
westchester.
Unfortunately,
there's
not
a
lot
of.
We
don't
receive
a
lot
of
state
data.
B
We
only
receive
four
percent
state
aid,
so
the
more
majority
of
our
revenue
comes
from
our
property
taxes
you're
going
to
see
in
the
papers
as
as
budgets
as
it
gets
close
to
the
budget
vote
date.
You'll
see
a
lot
of
districts
that
got
a
lot
of
money
from
the
state
and
foundation
aid.
Byron
hills,
unfortunately,
did
not
get
it
we're
one
of
the
few
districts
in
this
area
that
didn't
quick,
quick
story,
long
story,
short
yeah.
B
B
B
B
B
Amount
in
terms
of
our
revenue,
real
property
taxes,
like
I
said,
is,
is
our
majority
of
our
revenue
in
this
area.
Our
max
our
proposed
tax
levy
is
1.84.
Our
maximum
tax
levy
was
at
2.5
this
year.
I
know
you
hear
a
lot
about
two
percent
tax
cap,
but
there's
a
long
formula
that
that
calculates
that
total,
that
that
maximum
allowable
and
if
you
look
at
the
january
board
meeting,
I
reviewed
it
in
detail
very
much
detail,
so
you
can
find
that
so
again
we're
below
the
proposed
at
1.84
our
pilots.
B
So
when
it
when
a
a
company
or
organization
they
they
talk
to
the
town
or
the
county
to
make
an
agreement
in
terms
of
their
taxes,
it's
usually
a
lower
value
or
a
set
value.
Over
a
couple
of
years,
five
to
three
to
five
years.
We
currently
have
two
of
those
pilots
right
now
ibm
and
engelberman,
and
it's
a
reduction
of
about
three
percent
for
next
year
and
that
and
that
agreement
other
revenues
we've
increased
ten
percent.
B
The
county
westchester
increased
the
sales
tax
two
years
ago
by
one
percent,
so
we're
kind
of
reaping
those
benefits.
We
get
a
share
of
that
increase,
so
we've
increased
that
100
000,
based
on
the
last
couple
of
years,
actually
receiving
a
lot
more
revenue
than
we've
had
in
the
past
state
aid.
A
decrease
of
5.6
percent
is
not
because
they're
taking
money
away
from
us,
it's
just.
We
have
less
projects
up
to
receive
state
aid.
So
we
get.
B
You
know
we
have
a
building
project,
we
send
that
up
to
state
and
we
get
a
a
percentage
of
back
state
aid
based
on
that
project.
So
we
have
less
projects
in
that
in
that
queue,
so
we're
getting
lsa
and
then
finally
fund
balancing
reserves,
an
additional
12
in
order
to
balance
the
budget
at
a
1.78
budget
to
budget.
B
B
B
A
A
How
was
it
still
a
3.6
percent
increase
when
we
had
a
zero
percent
budget
to
budget
increase,
and
that
is
where
the
assessed
values
of
homes
in
each
of
these
towns
plays
a
part
that
particular
year
assessed.
Values
in
of
homes
in
the
mount
pleasant
area
of
the
byron
hill
school
district
were
at
a
high
assessed
value.
A
To
do
with
schools,
so
then
I
looked
even
further
with
kelly.
I
said
all
right,
so
this
troubles
me
we're
zero
percent
and
still
they're
getting
an
increase.
So
I
want
to
know
a
child
who
lives
in
pleasantville
and
goes
to
pleasantville
school
district
for
the
same
price
home.
Are
they
paying
more
or
less
taxes
like?
A
Are
our
taxes
out
of
whack
that
we're
still
seeing
these
increases
and
what
I
found
made
me
very
happy,
which
is
that
for
mount
pleasant
and
for
we
also
did
it
for
newcastle
for
chappaqua
the
the
taxes
on
an
800
000
home
are
a
couple
of
thousand
dollars
more
for
school
taxes
in
each
of
those
areas
than
they
are
for
byram
hills.
So
I
said:
okay,
our
true
value.
Tax
rate
is
still
very
good.
This
is
just
the
ebb
and
flow
of
assessed
values
of
homes.
A
B
A
Know
about
it
and
to
see
how
it's
affecting
you,
so
what
we've
been
doing
for
a
number
of
years
in
staying
below
the
tax
levy
limit
the
amount
that
we
could
have
taxed
to.
It
is
a
difference
right
now
of
close
to
four
and
a
half
million
dollars.
So
by
looking
at
this
since
2012,
it
means
that
today,
instead
of
a
96.8,
is
it
0.8
million
dollars.
A
We,
it
could
have
been
four
and
a
half
million
dollars
more
than
that
that
we
were
taxing
the
community
for,
but
each
of
these
years
we
said
what
is
necessary
to
run
a
public
school
to
run
our
programs
as
efficiently
as
we
have
right.
So
we
are
not
doing
these
budgets
and
denying
kids
of
any
opportunities
we're
doing
these
budgets
to
remain
fiscally
responsible
to
taxpayers,
and
so
now
it's
at
96
million,
instead
of
a
hundred
one
million,
potentially
that
we're
going
out
to
our
taxpayers.
B
A
Enrollment
matters
we
have
are
now
seeing
an
increase
in
enrollment
that
the
houses
in
this
region
are
selling
like
hot
cakes
in
the
byram
hills,
school
district
and
we
typically
have
seven
or
eight
sections
of
kindergarten.
For
example,
we
are
at
10
right
now
and
could
even
be
at
11
depending
upon
what
happens
over
the
summer
time.
A
We
are
seeing
that
enrollment.
It
does
not
mean
that
we
are
going
to
have
packed
classes
of
kids.
It
means
that
we
open
up
sections
when
we
have
that
kind
of
enrollment
increase,
so
we're
excited
about
enrollment
increase.
We
have
the
capacity
for
it.
We
we
did
have
an
enrollment
decline
for
a
while.
A
A
And
my
predecessor,
who
I
have
every
amount
of
respect
for-
and
I
used
to
look
at
this-
that
we
wanted
every
student
k-11
to
have
the
experiences
that
our
current
seniors
have,
but
it's
actually
there
to
always
motivate
us
to
do
more
for
our
incoming
kindergarteners
than
we
have
for
our
seniors.
So,
for
example,
your
kindergarten
children
will
have
the
one-to-one
technology
in
the
chromebooks
and
your
high
school
aged
children.
A
B
A
A
Please
do
go
out
and
vote
right
so
cast
your
vote
and
have
a
say
in
in
the
future
of
black
hills.
It's
great
here
are
wonderful,
seniors
and
you'll
be
receiving
this
at
your
home
seven
days
prior
to
the
vote,
as
well
as
a
video
that
I
will
be
blasting
out
next
tuesday,
with
scott
levy,
the
president
of
the
board
of
education
on
just
a
recap
of
the
budget
similar
to
this
I'll,
send
it
to
my
father
and
he'll
watch
it
30
times.