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B
B
El
faro
set
the
Ergo
carlisle,
garcia,
wilson,
Velez
on
weekends
and
to
peddle
the
subject
matter.
Please
be
advised
that
the
Molly
Boudreau
president
at
social
city
councils
call
for
a
joint
meeting
of
the
Chelsea
School
Committee
and
Chelsea
City
Council
made
13
2019
at
6:00
p.m.
at
the
city
council
chambers
to
address
the
fullness
of
the
sort
of
flag,
both
call
and
five-year
financial
forecast.
Okay,.
A
A
C
A
We
start
I
just
want
to
set
some
ground
rules.
I'm
gonna
have
the
city
manager,
do
his
presentation
and
then,
when
it's
time
for
questions
we
each
will
get
five
minutes
just
to
make
sure
that
everyone
gets
an
opportunity
to
ask
the
questions.
We
have
a
tight
schedule
tonight
because
have
a
bunch
of
budget
meetings
after
this.
So
with
that
being
said,
mr.
embassy
know
you
have
the
floor
so.
D
Thank
you,
madam
president,
so
this
is
the
required
five-year
financial
forecast
that
the
Charter
requires
to
be
presented
to
the
council
and
the
School
Committee
I'm,
going
to
apologize
in
advance
because
it's
not
a
whole
lot
different
than
the
presentation
I
gave
last
year,
and
that's
not
because
I
didn't
want
to
do
the
work
to
change
it.
It's
really
because
the
fundamentals
are
pretty
much
the
same
today
as
they
were
a
year
ago,
and
so
the
presentation
is
quite
a
similar,
so
I'll
go
through
it.
It's
relatively
brief
and
then
I
want
to
take
questions.
D
D
D
D
This
is
the
first
page
of
the
presentation
and
it's
basically
a
projection
of
the
next
five
fiscal
years,
starting
with
next
fiscal
year,
FY
2000
for
comparison
purposes,
the
FY
19
adopted
budget.
So
you
can
see
the
difference
between
what
was
adopted
by
the
council
19
and
what's
projected
for
20.
The
FY
20.per
are
the
numbers
that
are
before
you
in
the
proposed
FY
20,
but,
and
the
projections
for
the
next
four
years
are
really
conservative
estimates
as
to
what
we
might
collect
in
revenues
in
what
we
might
spend
in
tax
dollars.
D
So
you
can
see
that
in
fiscal
year
19
we
had
a
small
deficit
of
700
1,000
and
utilized
that
much
in
free
cash.
In
order
to
balance
our
budget
and
that's
pretty
much
been
around
the
number
week,
the
city
has
been
using
to
balance
its
budget
would
free
cash
for
both
the
last
five
years
or
so
a
few
years.
It
was
up
to
like
1.4
million
I
think
a
couple
years
when
I
was
first
here
was
in
the
nine
hundred
thousand
range
last
year.
D
It
was
down
to
seven
hundred
thousand
this
year
in
the
proposed
budget.
Before
you
I'm
proposing
the
use
of
about
six
hundred
ninety
five
thousand
dollars
in
free
cash
to
balance
the
budget,
so
relatively
modest
use
of
free
cash
to
balance
this
year's
budget,
as
you
can
see
in
the
out-years
the
use
of
free
cash
Escalades,
but
I
would
just
caution
you
that
the
numbers
I'm
using
for
those
projections
of
very
conservative
numbers,
so
I
would
expect
that
those
deficits
not
to
be
that
large
in
the
out
years.
D
Probably
if
you
went
back
to
my
presentation
two
years
ago,
you
would
have
seen
an
FY
20
projects.
In
of
you
know,
two
million
dollars
in
deficit,
so
we
are
typically
able
to
narrow
this
gap
as
we
get
closer
to
actual
submission
of
the
budget.
But
this
is,
as
I
said,
a
conservative
projection.
Even
if
this
were
to
come
to
pass.
Given
us
strong
reserves,
we
have
sufficient
money
in
reserve
to
cover
these
projected
deficits,
but
I
do
not
expect
them
to
come
to
pass
at
least
not
in
this
size.
So
that's
the
projection.
D
That's
just
the
formulas
that
I'm
using
to
project
what
the
next
for
fiscal
years
might
look
like.
Obviously
the
FY
2010
emore-
that
is
the
budget
as
submitted
to
you
last
week,
as
I
said,
the
fundamentals
haven't
changed,
which
is
why
the
presentation
is
pretty
much
identical
to
the
presentation.
I
gave
the
last
couple
of
years.
We've
got
the
same
positive
things
happening
in
the
city
and
roughly
the
same
negative
thing.
So,
let's
start
with
the
positive,
so
what's
positive.
Well,
we
continue
to
have
strong
reserves
and
I'm
going
to
get
into
each
one.
D
In
a
little
bit
of
detail,
we
have
a
good
bond
rating.
We
have
really
good
economic
development
opportunities
out
there
and
group
health
insurance
costs
have
stabilized
in
large
part,
based
on
the
vote
that
the
council
took
last
week.
So
let's
just
talk
briefly
about
each
of
these,
so
strong
reserves,
I'm,
referring
of
course
to
the
amount
of
money
we
have
in
stabilization,
in
free
cash
and
in
retained
earnings,
which
is
the
water
and
sewer
equivalent
of
free
cash.
So
the
biggest
number
is
our
general
stabilization
number.
D
We
have
twenty
four
point:
three
million
dollars,
almost
twenty
four
point:
four
million
dollars
in
general
stabilization
monies.
We
have
not
spent
any
of
that.
This
fiscal
year,
if
you
recall
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year,
we
spent
a
little
bit
and
we
restored
it
once
we
got
our
free
cash.
So
that
number
is
the
same
as
it
was
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year.
School
stabilization
number
is
4.3
million.
As
of
last
week,
we
did
use
a
little
bit
of
that
this
year
for
the
mat
at
the
high
school
field.
D
In
order
to
do
the
graduation,
I
do
have
some
pending
requests
for
use
of
school
Stabilization
money
for
capital
projects
in
the
CIP
I.
Believe
I
sent
you
some
material
a
few
months
ago
showing
that
this
was
in
fact
the
intent
of
this
specific
Stabilization
Fund.
It
was
always
a
school
capital,
Stabilization
Fund.
It
was
intended
to
do
school
capital
projects.
D
We
will,
if
we
did,
if
the
council
does
vote
to
utilize
money
from
the
capital
state
school
capital,
Stabilization
Fund,
as
proposed
in
the
FY
2008,
we'll
have
a
balance
after
that
vote
of
a
little
over
a
million.
We
will
need
to
replenish
this
account
and
one
way
may
be
to
move
some
money
out
of
general
stabilization.
But
that's
a
discussion
for
another
day,
I'm,
just
showing
you
that
right
now,
there's
4.3
million
there,
but
there
are
requests
in
the
CIP
to
utilize
it
for
school
capital
projects.
D
D
The
CIP
has
four
point:
three
million
dollars
in
free
cash
uses
being
proposed
in
the
capital
improvement
plan,
and
so
that
may
reduce
this
I
also
have
before
you
some
miscellaneous
requests
that
are
pending
before
the
council
that
propose
to
use
another
1.7
million
dollars
in
the
budget,
as
I
mentioned,
is
balanced
with
the
use
of
$695,000
of
free
care.
If
all
of
those
were
proved,
then
we'd
have
a
balance
left
over
before
the
close
of
the
year
of
about
a
million
dollars
in
free
cash.
I
do
anticipate
some
free
cash
next
year
as
well.
D
Revenue
seem
to
be
running
a
little
bit
better
than
estimated
so
I
think
we'll
generate
free
cash
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
I
have
no
idea
what
it
might
be:
it
probably
a
few
million
dollars.
So
that's
way
are
we
staying
with
free
cash
and
the
last
two
are
retained
earnings.
We
have
retained
earnings
in
sewer
and
water
they're
two
separate
systems.
This
is
the
equivalent
of
free
cash.
It's
just
recalled.
It's
just
called
retained
earnings
in
these
enterprise
funds.
We've
got
over
three
million
dollars
in
each.
D
However,
the
there
are
some
requests
for
use
of
this
money
as
well.
The
CIP
has
a
request
for
a
water
meters
of
to
use
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
this
money
150
in
each
account
to
buy
new
meters,
because
we
are
in
a
multi-year
phase
plan
to
replace
all
of
our
meters.
So
that's
a
hundred
and
fifty
from
each
of
these
and
the
budget,
the
FY.
D
2008
the
process
towards
taking
over
the
water
and
sewer
system
as
of
July
of
2020
but
I
need,
as
I
explained
and
great
depth,
need
to
do
some
hiring
during
the
course
of
FY
20
to
be
ready
for
that
and
I,
because
that's
a
one-time
expense
I
propose
to
use
some
money
in
each
of
these
accounts
to
bring
on
those
two
for
those
costs.
In
addition
to
buying
some
of
the
equipment,
we'll
need,
and
so
there's
a
request
for
seven
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
for
each
of
those.
D
If
we
do
all
that
we'll
still
be
left
with
2.5
and
2.3
million
respectfully,
respectively
in
the
sewer
and
water
enterprise
funds,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
good
revenue
savings
here,
good
reserves,
even
with
the
proposed
expenditure
of
reserves
that
currently
pending
before
the
council.
We
have
a
good
bond
rating,
so
we
went
out
to
bond
this
past
February
for
the
projects
that
were
in
last
year's
CIP
and
I.
A
a
rating
was
affirmed
and
it's
and
we
got
a
stable
outlook.
D
D
We
have
two
hotels
in
construction
right
now:
the
expansion
of
the
hotel
on
Maple
Street
at
the
intersection
of
maple
and
beech
across
from
the
high
school
and
the
hotel
on
202nd
Street
across
from
Market
Basket.
Both
of
those
are
under
construction.
We've
got
the
major
residential
development
across
from
the
high
school
Fairfield's
development,
which
I've
identified
here
is
the
Chelsea
quark
development,
that's
ongoing
and
the
second
phase
of
that
development.
D
The
developer
wishes
to
start
next
year
and
may
be
pulling
a
full
building
permit
in
FY,
2009
board
of
appeals
approved
the
forb
site
development,
this
past
the
winter
and
that's
estimated
once
it
is
developed
to
bring
in
about
1.8
million
dollars
an
estimated
annual
taxes
to
the
city.
We've
got
some
opportunities
for
development
on
the
waterfront.
The
two
that
are
most
likely
to
happen
in
the
near
term
is
to
95
eastern
ave.
D
That's
the
passo,
just
adjacent
to
forms
that
was
taken
out
of
the
designated
port
area
in
the
latest
boundary
review
and
then
there's
the
interpoc
site,
which
is
just
south
of
the
Chelsea
Street
bridge
that
is
out
for
development.
The
good
thing
about
that
site
is:
it
will
be
all
commercial
there's,
no
residential
that
will
be
allowed
on
that
site
and
it's
all
out
the
areas
for
development
they're
all
outside
of
the
designated
port
area,
and
then
we
have
some
Silver
Line
developments
that
are
potential
improvements.
D
170
Cottage
Street,
which
is
a
permanent
site
I
just
spoke
to
the
developer
today,
and
he
indicates
his
intent
to
move
forward
on
that
site.
The
Ennis
development,
which
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
this
chamber
on
and
Seidman
site,
which
is
on
the
remains
on
the
market
and
is
an
interesting
site
for
development,
so
good
economic
development
opportunities
for
the
city
and
the
final
sort.
A
positive
trend
is
group.
Health
costs
have
stabilized,
as
I
said,
we
moved
to
become
self-insured
and
FY
16,
and
that
was
a
major
benefit
for
the
city.
D
Our
cost
previously
going
up
in
the
eight
or
nine
percent
range
now
are
really
going
up
quite
modestly,
and
in
fact,
for
FY
2014.
Your
budget
is
a
one-percent
cost
increase
for
next
year.
We
have
a
healthy
trust
fund
balance
5.9
million,
as
of
June
30th
of
last
year,
as
I
said
in
subcommittee,
I
expect
that
may
be
as
much
as
seven
million
when
our
financial
numbers
are
certified
by
our
auditor
on
June
30,
2019
and
you've
granted
me
statutory
authority
under
32
B
sections,
21
23,
which
means
that
long
term
for
the
future.
D
This
city
will
be
able
to
control
these
health
insurance
costs,
and
you
saw
the
proposal
that
I
sent
out
today.
However,
there
are
also
the
troubling
trends
and
again
these
are
very
consistent
with
what
we
saw
last
year.
So
these
are
the
things
that
were
me
or
any
city
manager.
Here,
the
first
one
is
state
aid
for
the
school
system,
so
I'll
just
go
through
these
one
at
a
time.
So
you
know,
school
budget
continues
to
increase
it
increased
by
almost
3.3
million
this
year
and
unfortunately,
the
city
is
paying
about.
D
One-And-A-Half
million
of
that
increase
the
state
is.
The
state
has
been
over
the
past
four
years,
slowly,
sort
of
stepping
back
and
requiring
cities
and
towns
to
cover
more
of
this
burden.
That's
been
absolutely
true
in
the
city
of
Chelsea,
you're
gonna
hear
a
lot
more
of
this
from
the
superintendent
and
in
Monaco
and
boy
in
a
few
minutes.
D
I
just
want
to
highlight
I
mean
it's
the
same
thing
that
we've
been
seeing
each
year
for
the
past
few
years,
charter
school
costs,
taking
away
a
significant
portion
of
our
chapter,
70
funding
charter
school
tuition,
reimbursement
costs,
not
keeping
pace
with
the
statutory
requirement
that
account
this
past
year
was
underfunded
by
over
seventy
million
dollars,
which
means
we
get
less
money
than
the
statute
says,
would
do
for
charter
school
reimbursement
and
it
eats
into
what's
available
for
the
school
system.
The
farming
was
broken.
You're
gonna
hear
a
lot
of
that
from
Mary.
D
It
harms
urban
districts
in
particular,
it
doesn't
adequately
count
economically
disadvantaged
students
and
it
under
funds,
those
that
are
counted
and
it
doesn't
adequately
fund
English
language,
learners,
I'm
gonna
leave
all
of
this
to
Mary.
However,
I
will
say
this.
There
is
an
expectation
that
the
legislature
is
going
to
provide
a
fix
to
chapter
70
in
the
next
year.
D
If
it
does
not,
there
will
be
a
vine
communities
filing
a
lawsuit
against
the
state
for
failure
to
adequately
fund
urban
and
minority
communities,
and
I
will
be
recommending
to
you
that
we
appropriate
money
for
that
lawsuit,
because
we,
this
is
the
last
year
we've
agreed
to
sit
tight
and
wait
for
the
legislature
to
make
this
fix,
but
if
it
does
not
make
this
fix,
I
am
completely
on
board
and
filing
this
lawsuit.
That
will
require
an
appropriate
for
money
for
lawyers.
Each
community
involve
us,
it
will
pay
its
fair
share.
D
I
will
be
coming
to
you
with
a
request.
I
hope
that
doesn't
have
to
happen.
I
hope
the
Legislature
will
actually
fix
this,
but
you
may
see
me
before
you
in
the
fall
looking
for
money
to
pursue
such
a
lawsuit.
The
second
problematic
piece
is
this:
pension
Oh
peb
concern
that
we
talk
about
each
year.
Our
pension
liability
is
61
million
dollars.
Now
we
have
a
pretty
aggressive
payoff
schedule
that
liabilities
will
be
paid
off
by
2029,
assuming
we
can
continue
to
afford
the
pay
off
schedule.
D
You
know
that
pay
off
schedule
is
a
tough
one.
It
adds
about
six
hundred
thousand
a
year
to
our
budget,
so
you
know
in
a
year
where
things
are
tight,
it's
possible.
The
city
may
have
to
go
to
the
Retirement
Board
and
ask
them
to
spread
out
the
scheduling
over
time
aboard.
Won't
that
so
I
want
to
hear
that,
but
it
is
an
option.
The
good
thing
is:
that's
a
pretty
aggressive
schedule.
D
The
lor
allows
you
to
pay
it
off
through
2040
and
so
we're
on
an
aggressive
schedule
to
pay
this
off
by
2029,
which
gives
us
a
little
wiggle
room.
In
the
event.
There
are
financial
issues.
In
the
years
ahead,
the
OPA
bond
funded
liability
was
just
determined
by
our
new
outside
auditors.
You
got
that
report,
it's
one
hundred
and
eighty
six
point
four
million.
D
It's
actually
down
from
what
it
was
in
part,
because
health
insurance
costs
for
our
retirees
did
not
rise
as
much
as
the
actuaries
anticipated
when
they
did
the
previous
study
about
three
years
ago.
Part
of
that
is
due
to
the
fact
that
we
became
self-insured.
We
got
better
rates,
and
so
our
because
group
health
cost
for
our
retirees
were
better
than
anticipated.
D
Actual
liability
went
down,
it's
still
exorbitant,
one
hundred
and
eighty
six
point
four
million,
and
we
only
have
about
two
million
set
aside
for
it,
but
as
I've
said
many
times,
what
will
happen
is
once
the
pension
system
is
paid
off,
that
ten
or
twelve
or
fourteen
million
we're
allocating
each
year
to
the
unfunded
pension
liability
will
then
simply
be
switched
and
stop
paying
down
the
unfunded,
open
liability
and
then
I
just
want
to
bring
this
to
your
attention.
Debt
service
increases
worry
me
a
bit.
D
This
is
the
anticipated
debt
service
from
all
the
projects
that
are
in
the
CIP.
You
know
I'm
a
big
advocate
of
doing
capital
projects,
it's
a
really
a
way
for
us
to
invest
in
our
residence
and
give
them
good
quality
of
life
in
their
neighborhoods,
but
it
comes
at
a
cost
and
everything
we
want
to
do
in
the
CIP
over
the
next
few
years
will
add
about
1.2
million
dollars
to
our
annual
debt
service.
I
think
this
is
a
schedule,
that's
doable,
but
it
does
require
increases
each
and
every
year
and
sometimes
some
year.
D
It
may
require
us
to
pull
back
a
little
on
our
CIP.
That's
why
I
always
tell
you
that
future
projects
are
kind
of
aspirational.
I'm,
always
looking
at
this
this
graph
to
make
sure
that
what
I'm
proposing
to
spend
in
any
given
year
on
capital
projects
is
actually
affordable
for
in
this
ensuing
fiscal
year.
So
this
is
something
to
keep
in
mind
and
the
final
troubling
trend.
D
Really,
this
is
probably
the
one
that
keeps
me
awake
most
at
night
is
our
dependence
upon
this
one
revenue
source
and
really
this
one
company
and
that's
excise
tax
motor
vehicle
excise
tax,
the
vast
majority
of
which
is
paid
by
enterprise
enterprise,
has
a
big
footprint
in
the
city.
It's
a
very
lucrative
footprint.
You
can
see
how
much
we
collect
in
motor
vehicle
excise
tax
each
year,
but
we're
using
you
know
we
don't
have
much
cushion
here
we're
coming
up
against
the
total
of
what
we're
actually
collecting
year
after
year
and
at
some
point
enterprises.
D
A
You
mr.
Amberson
know
any
councillors
have
any
questions
good,
because
I
do
but
hang
on
one
second,
because
I
wrote
it
somewhere,
just
I,
don't
I
have
two
questions
and
it's
in
respect
to
the
one
with
the
title.
Strong
reserves
I
know
that
you
said
that
the
water
enterprise
fund,
the
water
and
sewer
pros
funds
are
just
like
free
cash,
but
they're
still,
those
are
separate.
Accounts
they're,
not
included
in
the
general
stabilization.
No.
D
A
I
want
to
channel
my
inner
Robert
Bishop
and
ask
you
a
question.
I
know
that
mr.
Bishop
has
been
an
advocate
about
the
school
Stabilization,
Fund
and
general
stabilization
fund
and
in
the
CIP
you
are
requesting
to
use
some
of
the
money
from
the
school
Stabilization
Fund
I'm
curious
as
to
what
it
would
look
like
if
we
didn't
take
it
from
there.
Where
could
you
is
there
another
pool
of
money
that
you
can
tap
into
so
that
we
can
save
that
money?
Therefore,
the
schools
for
a
rainy
day
or
if
that
your
only
option.
D
So
the
short
answer
is
no.
There
is
no
other
option.
If
you
see
the
free
cash
number
well,
I
shouldn't
say
that,
yes,
you
could
reallocate
some
of
this
free
cash
to
school
projects,
but
it
would
mean
that
some
of
the
projects
that
I'm
proposing
to
be
used
for
free
cash
would
have
to
be
put
aside
for
a
future
year.
So
this,
if
you
see
with
the
request
I,
have
in
for
free
cash
there's
only
a
balance
of
1
million
dollars
left
the
requests
from
school
capital
Stabilization
the
CIP
total
over
3
million
dollars.
D
A
D
Are
so
we
could,
we
could
borrow
we
could
bond
for
all
of
these
school
projects
and
not
take
money
out
of
school
stabilization
and
and
that's
an
option.
I
try
to
balance
between
not
having
too
much
I
try
to
strike
a
balance
between
paying
some
stuff
in
cash
and
some
suffering,
borrowing
not
doing
all
cash
payments,
not
doing
all
borrowing.
You
could
do
more.
Borrowing,
that's
certainly
an
option,
but
what
will
happen
is
that
this
number
will
go
up.
So
this
is
projected
debt
service
each
year,
based
on
the
borrowing
that's
proposed
in
the
CIP.
D
If
we
took
that
3
million
and
decided
that
we
were
going
to
borrow
it
instead
of
using
cash
and
stabilization
to
pay
for
it,
our
borrowing
costs
for
the
start
year,
2021
and
beyond,
would
go
up.
Now.
It's
it's
hard
for
me
off
the
top
of
my
head
to
tell
you
how
much
three
million
dollars
in
borrowing
over
ten
or
twenty
years
would
cost,
but
it
would
probably
add
a
few
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
each
of
these
numbers
over.
A
A
What
would
it
look
like
when
you
say
striking
a
balance?
What
would
it
look
like
if
it
was
50/50
if
the
three
million
dollars
is
1.5
million
was
borrowed
at
one
point
five?
Can
you
do
that?
Is
it
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
where
we
can
pay
for
these
projects,
because
I
get
how
important
they
are,
but
also
respecting
our
position
here
as
city
councilors,
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
fiscally
conservative?
Yes,.
D
D
A
possibility
and
I
would
say
two
things,
though,
to
keep
in
mind,
and
ultimately
this
is
the
council's
decision.
One.
The
purpose
of
this
fund,
the
school
capital
Stabilization
Fund,
was
to
pay
for
school
capital
projects.
That's
why
it
was
originally
set
up.
That's
what
it
was
presented
to
you
when
I
consolidated
the
accounts,
it
was
to
pay
for
these
kind
of
projects.
That's
the
first.
That
was
a
second
thing.
I
would
say,
is
you're,
always
better
off
paying
for
the
projects
upfront.
D
F
A
G
Thank
you
for
your
presentation
and
thank
you
councillor
Edo,
for
your
observations.
I
too
was
taking
notes
about
the
Stabilization
Fund
and
just
for
a
point
of
learning,
would
you
be
able
to
explain
a
little
bit,
or
maybe
this
is
part
of
the
superintends
presentation
too,
but
where
do
where?
Does
the
city
typically
get
support
for
capital
improvement
projects
outside
of
the
borrowing
sort
of
not
so
much
how
you
do
it,
but,
like
typically
in
the
past,
is
there
an
example
or
a
source
that
you
know?
D
So
we
have
so
I
think
I
understand
the
question,
which
is
what
what
sources
so
there's
two
positive
question.
One
I
just
want
explain
where
the
stabilization
money
comes
from.
Obviously
it
didn't
come
out
of
thin
iya.
This
is
money
that
the
city
has
accrued
years
over
a
year
because
for
the
last
decade
or
so
it's
its
revenues
have
exceeded
its
expenses.
So
each
year
we've
been
generating
a
surplus
of
money,
probably
each
of
the
last
decade
or
so,
and
in
some
years
large
surpluses,
mostly
because
of
motor
vehicle
excise
tax.
D
I
believe
probably
see
I
wasn't
here,
but
I
would
expect
if
it's
true
in
most
communities,
cities
used
free
cash
in
order
to
pay
for
capital
projects,
or
they
borrowed
money
to
pay
for
capital
prize,
so
the
school,
the
original
school
projects,
when
you
built
all
your
new
schools
in
the
late
1990s,
those
are
all
borrowings
20-year
borrowings.
The
city
borrowed
all
the
money
that
it
needed
now.
D
School
buildings
are
particularly
good
that
you
patience
because
the
state
back
in
that
time
the
state
was
kicking
in
ninety
percent
of
the
funding,
so
the
most
the
city
had
to
borrow
at
that
point
was
ten
percent
of
the
total
cost,
so
that
was
a
real
lucrative
deal
by
the
state
and
the
city.
They
used
to
be
a
90/10
split
these
days.
The
split
is
much
less,
so
even
for
a
city
like
Chelsea,
which
tends
to
get
the
highest.
D
Support
from
the
state,
it's
technically
an
80/20
split,
but
because
so
much
of
what
you
build
in
a
school
isn't
covered
in
those
costs.
So
the
state
says
we'll
give
you
80
percent
of
the
cost,
but
we
don't
cover.
You
know
expensive
items
like
a
nice
new
gym,
but
we
don't
cover
the
outside
landscaping
so
effectively.
D
The
reimbursement
rate
is
much
less
than
80
percent
so,
for
example,
on
the
new
crack
Avenue
middle
school,
even
though
that
was
an
eighty
supposedly
an
80/20
split
between
the
city
and
the
state,
I
believe
the
effective
reimbursement
to
the
city
of
Chelsea
for
that
school
was
about
68
percent
or
something
in
that
range
and
the
city
paid
for
the
balance
of
that
school
by
borrowing
money
in
part
and
by
paying
cash.
So
that's
cool
I'm,
trying
to
use
very
round
numbers.
So
let's
say
the
city
share
of
that
school
was
about
20
million
dollars.
D
The
city
borrowed
about
10
million.
It
paid
down
about
10
million
in
free
cash
money,
so
it
paid
half
of
it
in
cash
and
the
balance
it
borrowed.
So
that's
sort
of
in
the
past
how
the
city
has
covered
school
projects,
some
combination
of
borrowing,
some
combination
of
use
of
reserve
money
and
that's
what's
being
proposed
to
the
council
this
year
there
are
a
bunch
of
school
projects
and,
for
the
most
part,
we're
proposing
to
use
cash
use
reserves,
but
I
think
there
is
some
school
project
in
there.
D
F
Thank
you
again
for
all
of
you.
I
just
had
a
question.
I
came
in
late,
I
apologize,
but
you
said
the
water
report
states
that
the
school
account
is
going
on
3.3
million
dollars,
but
the
city
is
picking
up
1.5
million
dollars
and
you
stated
something
about.
If
we
go
into
a
litigation
with
a
lawsuit
you'll
be
coming
back
for
the
counsel
of
more
money.
Can
you
give
us
any
idea
what
that
obligation
will
be?
Yes,.
D
Brockton
Worcester
and
New
Bedford
there'll
be
other
urban
communities
joining
them.
Probably
each
community
will
be
required
to
make
some
contribution
for
legal
fees,
and
once
that
contribution
determination
is
made
I'll
be
coming
to
the
council
and
saying
we
would
like
to
join
this
lawsuit
in
order
to
join.
We
have
to
pay
this
share
of
legal
fees,
and
this
is
the
amount
of
money
I'm
asking
you
to
appropriate,
so
I
don't
know,
I
would
anticipate
it's
probably
gonna,
be
somewhere
in
the
vicinity
of
$100,000
or
more
any.
H
I
I
All
right,
I'll
have
to
do
it
from
here.
Then.
First
of
all,
thank
you.
Madam
president,
city
councillors,
school
committee,
members,
city
manager,
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
present
to
you
this
evening,
executive,
director
of
administration
and
finance
monocle,
a
boy
and
I
are
here
this
evening
to
present
you
with
our
balanced
budget
for
fiscal
twenty.
First,
we
want
to
thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
Chelsea
Schools
Chelsea
public
schools.
We
are
the
pride
of
this
community.
We
are
proud
of
our
students
who
we
serve.
I
We
continuously
seek
to
provide
opportunities
that
will
allow
our
students
to
succeed
in
the
21st
century.
We
welcome
and
educate
all
because
we
know
we
are
their
bridge
to
success
before
I
hand.
The
presentation
over
to
Monika,
who
will
give
you
the
immediate
needs,
the
fiscal
20
budget.
I
would
like
to
provide
you
with
a
brief
update
on
the
bigger
picture,
how
our
state
of
Massachusetts
is
still
failing
to
adequately
and
equitably
fund
public
schools
in
Massachusetts,
so
I
want
us
to
separate.
I
Massachusetts
schools
are
at
a
breaking
point
once
again.
This
year
we
will
not
see
in
fiscal,
2010,
ttle
and
structural
structural
flaws
of
the
foundation
formula
fixed.
We
thought
we
were
going
to
see
it.
Last
summer
we
thought
we
were
going
to
see
it
in
all
of
our
advocacy.
This
year
we
are
not
going
to
see
it
for
fiscal
2010.
The
foundation
budget
reform
commission
appointed
first
by
Governor,
Deval
Patrick
reappointed
by
Governor
Charlie
Baker.
We
released
our
report
in
2015,
it
is
now
2019.
I
I
This
is
my
fourth
year
of
having
to
make
severe
budget
cuts.
We
had
little
budget
cuts
all
along,
but
severe
budget
cuts.
This
year
we
had
fewer
cuts
only
because
the
governor,
the
House
and
the
Senate
have
made
an
attempt
to
provide
funds,
but
only
at
the
rate
of
this
year's
inflation.
We
are
still
underfunded.
The
small
increases
this
year
do
not
fix
the
years
of
inequities
and
cuts.
Chelsea
is
approximately
17
million
dollars
underfunded
this
year,
I'll
repeat
that
17
million
dollars
underfunded
in
just
benefits
and
special
education.
I
We
are
also
underfunded
in
our
reimbursement
for
charter
schools,
as
well
as
fully
funding
our
circuit
breaker.
We
are
also
underfunded
in
terms
of
the
amount
and
the
rate
for
our
economically
disadvantaged
in
our
English
language,
learners,
students
as
superintendent,
I've,
whittled
away
the
programming,
support
materials
and
resources.
I
try
to
do
as
little
harm
as
possible
to
our
students,
education
and
to
our
staffing
levels.
I
Lack
of
funds
has
stifled
us
from
going
deeper
or
being
even
more
innovative
than
we
already
have
a
reputation
for
being,
and
we
do
have
a
great
reputation
in
the
state
as
an
urban
district.
That
is
doing
this
work.
Despite
the
funding
inequities.
Let
me
be
clear
so
that
there
is
no
misunderstanding
and
I'll
repeat
this
Chelsea
public
schools.
We
are
remarkable
and
extraordinary
at
what
we
provide
to
our
students
despite
our
lack
of
funds,
but
we
need
more
from
the
state.
We
need
to
be
able
to
offer
the
same
opportunities
as
more
communities.
I
You
have
continued
to
support
us.
You
have
continued
to
advocate
alongside
us
with
your
resolutions.
We
are
grateful
and
we
ask
you
to
continue
to
do
so,
because
the
days
are
passing
us
by
the
legislature
has
decided
to
separate
out
fiscal
20
budget
from
the
foundation
formula
fix
the
Senate,
Ways
and
Means
released
its
budget
last
week
and
is
currently
filing
amendments
to
it.
We
do
not
anticipate
a
finalized
fiscal
20
budget
until
late,
June
or
July.
In
the
meantime,
the
joint
education
committee
is
continuing
to
work
on
the
big
picture.
The
formula
fix.
I
If
there
is
no
compromise
and
joint
filing
of
a
bill
by
the
end
of
the
summer
or
early
fall,
three
urban
communities
of
Worcester,
New,
Bedford
and
Brockton,
along
with
their
mayors
and
three
law
firms,
are
already
have
already
done.
The
research
and
a
poise
to
file
the
lawsuit
they
are
giving
the
legislature
this
last
opportunity
to
fulfill
the
promises
that
they
have
made.
Other
communities
such
as
Chelsea
have
been
asked
to
join
them
and
I
know
both
the
city
manager
and
I
fully
support
this
endeavor.
I
If
it
comes
to
it,
let
me
make
it
clear:
we
want
to
legislate
a
fix.
We
want
a
bill
that
is
adequate
and
sufficient
according
to
the
Constitution
and
equitable
filed
by
the
end
of
the
summer
or
the
fall.
But
yes,
we
are
ready
to
to
use
litigation
to
force.
What
is
rightfully
ours
in
our
public
school
system,
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
Monica.
H
Good
evening,
madam
president
and
members
of
the
city
council,
my
name
is
monica
lamboy,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
an
administration
and
Finance
for
Chelsea
schools
following
on
the
city,
manager's
remarks
and
the
superintendent's
introduction.
I
hope
you'll
bear
with
me
to
go
a
little
bit
deeper
into
these
issues.
So
tonight
we
are
hoping
to
talk
about
public
education
in
Massachusetts
and
a
little
bit
more
detail
to
show
you
really
fully
this
issue
that
we're
challenged
with
what
funds
we
had
for
2019
the
current
year.
H
Well,
how
we
use
them
and
what
the
forecast
for
2020
looks
like
in
our
budget
request.
What
we'll
see
is
that,
while
funding
has
increased,
it
has
not
increased
at
the
rate
of
costs
every
year
doing
the
same
thing
cost
more
because
of
salary
increases,
benefits,
graciously
are
low
this
year,
but
they're
always
increasing
costs
for
facilities
etc.
H
So
how
is
public
education
funding
in
Massachusetts
allocated?
It's
pretty
complicated,
I
know
you
all
know
it,
but
I
know
where
there's
a
lot
of
people
watching
on
TV,
so
we'll
kind
of
go
through
that.
The
first
thing
that
the
state
does
is
it
looks
at
all
children
who
live
in
Chelsea
and
it
determines
what
the
foundation
budget.
How
much
is
it
going
to
cost
to
educate
all
of
the
children,
regardless
of
where
they
are
actually
attending
school?
That's
called
the
fund,
the
foundation
budget.
What
does
it
cost
to
educate
following
upon
this?
H
They
look
at
the
city's
revenues.
They
look
at
your
property,
values,
etc
and
figure
out
what
share
of
that
total
cost
can
be
covered
by
the
local
municipality,
in
this
case
the
city.
After
that,
the
state
identifies
its
contribution
called
chapter
70.
It
comes
to
the
city
through
your
cherry
sheet,
but
it's
the
state
contribution
toward
school
funding
from
this
sum
is
deducted
the
funding
for
the
charter,
schools
and
and
also
for
the
vocational
schools,
are
coming
from
the
city
budget
and
throughout
these
many
many
numbers
there's
a
minimum
requirement
of
spending.
H
It's
a
term
called
net
school
spending.
If
we
ever
go
below
that
minimum
threshold,
we
will
be
penalized
by
the
state
and
have
to
actually
repay
it
and
replenish
those
funds.
So
it's
a
figure
that,
under
my
predecessor,
that
was
always
a
lot
of
attention
paid
and
we're
continuing
that
process
and
as
mentioned
efforts
are
underway.
So
here's
the
same
question
same
few
steps
graphically.
So
if
this
circle
is
the
entire
cost
of
fount
of
educating
students
who
live
in
Chelsea,
the
foundation
budget
from
this
is
determined.
H
The
state
section,
the
chapter
70,
the
white
part
on
this
graphic
is
the
local
share.
The
local
share
from
the
city
is
actually
broken
down
even
further,
as
you
all
know,
into
Oh.
From
this
whole
huge
circle
out
comes
the
charter
school
tuition.
So
after
it's
all
figured
out,
the
charter
school
numbers
come
off
the
top
and
we
together
work
with
the
balance
remaining.
H
Then
the
local
share
is
broken
into
sub
pieces.
First
is
a
legally
mandated
required
net
school
spending.
How
much
of
the
city
contribution
is
required
to
meet
that
threshold?
After
that
there
are
certain
items
that
are
not
eligible
for
net
school
spending.
Our
school
buses
are
crossing
guards
and
other
things
of
that
nature,
which
we
know
are
vitally
important
to
the
safety
for
the
students,
but
they
are
not
counted
in
that
school
spending
and
the
city
has
graciously
contributed
to
those
that's
the
not
not
school
spending
eligible
and
then
after.
H
This
is
a
voluntary
contribution
that
the
city
has
been
offering
altogether.
This
is
the
PI
for
education
and
we'll
see
some
of
those
numbers
following
when
looking
at
the
issue
of
state
funding
in
1992-93,
the
state
had
a
budget
perform
as
a
result
of
the
litigation
that
Brockton
took
and
on
the
left
side
of
this
graphic
between
1993
and
2002.
H
Even
when
controlled
for
inflation,
you
can
in
see
the
state's
investment
in
education
is
growing
year
over
year
over
year.
All
the
way
to
2002
the
right
side
of
the
graphic
is
2002
to
2019,
also
controlled
for
inflation.
Where
you
can
see
there,
the
overall
trend
is
flat
to
declining
in
different
years.
Well,
we
know
that
the
costs
for
everything
has
increased.
H
So,
in
effect,
there
has
been
a
year-over-year
cut,
which
is
what
has
been
experienced
by
yourselves
and
by
the
schools
to
try
to
make
this
Stark
we're
going
to
look
at
two
different
indicators:
health
insurance
and
special
education.
When
the
state
allocates
funds
to
schools,
it
also
breaks
it
up
into
pockets,
whether
it's
for
facilities
or
its
estimate
for
health
care
estimates
for
special
education
in
2018,
the
state's
foundation
budget
allocated
eight
point:
seven
million
dollars
for
health
insurance
for
Chelsea
public
schools,
our
actual
expenditures.
H
Those
years
were
fifteen
point
two
million
offering
a
six
point:
five
million
dollar
gap
between
what
we
had
to
pay
out
and
what
the
state
had
estimated
in
its
formula.
Let's
look
at
special
education
same
year,
2018
2018
they
had
budgeted
estimated
seven
point:
four
million
dollars
for
special
education
costs.
Our
actual
costs
were
19
point:
1
million
dollars
for
eleven
point:
seven
million
dollar
gap.
H
So
when
the
superintendent
is
talking
about
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
of
shortfall,
these
are
only
two
of
the
sub
categories
in
the
budget
compared
to
what
we're
actually
spending
and
we
are
obliged
when
a
student
has
special
needs
to
meet
those
needs.
We
are
obligated
to
meet
the
health
care
requirements
for
the
staff
that
our
funding
are
supporting
our
schools,
so
what's
happening,
is
we're
having
to
carve
out
other
aspects
of
the
budget
in
order
to
fulfill
these
mandated
expenses.
H
Thank
you
looking
to
this
year,
what
do
we
have
and
how
are
we
using
it?
As
mentioned
we
state
chapter,
seventy
funding,
there's
also
local
funding,
grant
funding.
Chelsea
is
really
aggressive.
In
trying
to
get
outside
federal
state
grants
private
grants.
We
also
have
revolving
funds
from
our
lunch
fund.
So
what
does
this
look
like?
This
is
a
pie
chart
that
shows
our
budget
for
the
current
year.
H
Chapter
70
is
coming
about
sixty
two
percent
of
the
total
costs
for
the
schools
this
year,
the
city's
twenty
five
point,
one
percent,
but
we've
also
been
able
to
get
nine
percent
of
our
overall
cost
from
grants.
As
the
school
committee
knows,
every
month,
I'm
coming
to
them
with
new
grants
and
revolving
funds,
what
are
they
used
for?
Labor,
employee
benefits
facilities,
technology
development,
special
education
supplies,
books
and
equipment
and
transportation,
and
in
this
case
it's
predominantly
transportation
out
of
our
buses
and
our
out
of
district
transportation
and
utilities.
H
So
this
is
what
our
spending
pattern
looks
like
our
budget
pattern
is
for
the
current
year.
The
labor
and
the
insurance
are
74%
of
the
total
budget,
because
we
work
with
so
many
children,
because
we
have
so
many
classrooms.
We
have
a
lot
of
labor
costs.
That's
not
unusual
in
a
public
entity
following
on
this
is
our
special
education
costs.
These
are
for
out
of
district
students
are
in
district
students
that
are
supported
by
our
own
staff
are
covered
in
the
labor
and
insurance
transportation
facilities,
etc.
As
you
can
see,.
H
H
It's
fortunate,
though,
however,
that
we
have
so
much
chapter
70
money.
Although
the
state
is
moving
toward
a
7525
split,
we
are
still
80%
20%
split,
so
the
state
is
covering
a
lot.
So
when
we
take
out
the
chapter
70,
when
we
look
at
the
local
revenues
that
the
city
manager
was
talking
about
the
excise
taxes
and
the
property
taxes,
etc,
we're
at
about
twenty
five
point:
five
percent,
so
your
local
share
of
that
compared
to
the
other.
When
we
take
out
the
chapter
70.
H
H
H
Last
year
we
were
at
one
hundred
and
six
percent
of
net
school
spending,
so
that
meant
we
covered
that
hurdle
successfully.
There
were
five
districts
that
were
below
us
that
were
actually
below
the
required
net
school
spending.
They
were
subject
to
penalty.
In
the
current
fiscal
year
there
were
41
that
were
in
compliance
but
below
what
we
had
funded
our
schools
add.
H
What
does
this
mean
in
terms
of
local
communities?
These
are
a
few
of
our
neighbors.
Quincy
is
not
a
neighbor,
but
we
thought
it
would
be
a
good
comparable,
so
Somerville,
one
hundred
thirty,
two
percent
Boston
one
twenty
five
Malden
is
lower
than
us.
Lin
Revere,
just
for
your
information
and
I,
have
hard
copies
of
this
for
you
afterward.
H
So
what
have
we
done
with
the
resources
that
you've
given
us
recently
two
exciting
grand
openings
this
year?
First,
the
Chelsea
Opportunity
Academy,
which
opened
in
August
with
a
projected
enrollment
of
50.
We
are
now
over
sixty
students
and
the
Morris
Eagle
Clark
Avenue
middle
school,
which
is
just
such
a
stunning
building
and
a
real
testimony
to
the
the
City
Council's
commitments
to
the
schools.
It's
just
such
a
pleasure
to
be
in
that
building.
In
addition,
the
hard
work
that's
been
going
on
in
schools
is
paying
results.
H
All
four
of
our
elementary
schools
are
showing
improvements
in
their
testing
and
their
achievement
scores.
The
failure
rate
at
Chelsea,
High
School,
has
been
dropping
this
year
and
the
drop
out
rate
has
been
dropping
and
that's
those
are
really
important
indicators
for
our
high
school.
The
early
college
program
is
recognized
across
Massachusetts
as
a
model,
and
our
newly
launched
school
is
really
meeting
in
need
of
our
Chelsea
children.
The
enrollment
is
above
what
was
expected.
H
As
I
said,
we
are
over
50
heading
toward
100
in
the
current
year,
and
it's
keeping
these
young
people
in
school
who
would
otherwise
perhaps
choose
to
to
leave
school.
Looking
forward
to
fiscal
2020
in
terms
of
enrollment,
we
did
have
a
decline
in
enrollment
this
year.
It's
the
first
time,
if
you
recall
that
long
trend
of
really
rapid
growth
in
the
schools.
This
is
the
first
time
that
we've
seen
a
decline
in
a
long
time
for
our
projections
for
2020.
We
are
not
really
projecting
substantial
changes
from
what
we
are
sitting
today.
H
So
what
that
looks
like
is
over
6,000
students
in
district
6062
in
district
over
2,000
at
our
elementary
school
complex
over
a
thousand
at
the
Williams
school,
just
under
1,300
at
the
high
school
and
the
Chelsea
Opportunity
Academy.
To
this
we
add
another
160
770
dis
students
that
are
Chelsea
students,
but
are
in
out
of
district
placements
that
we
are
funding.
H
What
we've
seen
also
in
terms
of
sheer
numbers
is
a
continued
increase
in
students
with
autism.
We
are
opening,
quite
possibly
our
seventh
pre-k
classroom
for
students
with
autism.
It's
called
social
communication.
That
number
has
never
been
at
the
pre-k
level
as
far
as
I
understand
in
Chelsea.
On
the
other
hand,
it
is
keeping
those
students
in
district,
so
they're
not
being
transported
and
they're
able
to
stay
close
to
the
community
and
in
terms
of
in
migration
across
the
border.
H
What
we
are
seeing
is
not
the
same
volume,
but
we
are
seeing
groups
of
students
enrolling
in
certain
months,
so
some
months
may
be
extremely
low.
The
next
month
we'll
see
another
influx,
and
then
it
may
be
another
low
month.
So
it's
a
very
hard
pattern
to
project.
What's
going
to
be
happening
with
that
on
the
revenue
side,
positive
Changez
on
the
revenue
is
this
continued
discussion
on
the
per
pupil
formula,
the
governor
of
the
House,
the
Senate
all
are
trying
to
look
at
increasing
the
per
pupil
formula
downward
forces.
H
The
charter
school
enrollment
changes
in
our
enrollment
change,
a
potential
change
in
the
definition
of
English
language
learner
student.
The
governor
has
proposed
to
move
students
out
of
the
category
where
they
get
a
supplement
earlier
than
they
had
been
before.
So
a
certain
test
scores
will,
from
his
perspective,
take
the
Supplemental
way,
even
though
we
are
required
to
provide
four
years
of
service
to
those
students.
So
it's
actually
a
negative
change
in
terms
of
budget,
something
that
neutral
is
our
economically
disadvantaged
number
has
not
changed,
even
though
our
overall
enrollment
has
has
changed.
H
H
Looking
at
the
revenue
picture,
we
use
the
governor's
budget.
We
know
the
city
manager
has
given
you
the
house
numbers,
so
we're
not
going
to
be
identical,
but
in
terms
of
chapter
70
and
City
contribution.
This
is
the
foundation
for
all
Chelsea
children.
From
this
has
taken
the
charter
school
costs.
You
can
see
for
fiscal
20.
There
will
be
an
additional
revenue
about
2.2
million
added
to
the
base
chapter
70,
but
the
tuition
for
charter
schools
is
fifteen
point
two
million
leaving
a
net
thirteen
million
dollar
deduction
that
that
goes
to
the
charter.
Schools.
H
H
We
appreciate
every
dollar
that
to
give
and
then
indirect
cost
recovery
really
has
to
do
with
grant
funding,
so
we're
looking
at
3.1
million
dollar
increase.
What
are
we
going
to
do
with
that?
Oh
actually,
here's
the
overall
sort
of
split
between
chapter
70
and
the
city
key
initiatives,
even
though
we're
not
getting
great
dollars,
doesn't
mean
the
programming
stops,
doesn't
mean
we
need
to
keep.
We
have
to
stop
moving
the
ball
down
the
field.
H
We
are
going
to
be
doing
some
new
things,
even
with
less
resources,
we're
going
to
be
expanding
the
Caminos
program
to
sixth
grade
at
the
Kelley
School,
so
we'll
have
two
classrooms
of
Spanish
and
English
at
the
Kelley
School
and
at
the
same
time
we'll
be
expanding
it
more
classrooms
at
the
Early
Learning
Center.
So
four
classrooms
will
be
eventually
moving
from
the
Early
Learning
Center
kindergarten
up
into
first
grade,
so
we're
moving.
H
It
up
in
grade
and
we're
trying
to
widen
out
the
communis
program,
because
we
are
aware
of
how
deep
the
waiting
list
is
for
that
program
to
classrooms.
We
will
have
dual
language
learning
from
grades
one
to
six.
We
are
also
adding
Spanish
language
instruction
at
the
Williams
and
the
brown
on
the
brown
and
the
Clark
middle
schools,
so
we'll
be
adding
one
teacher
two
to
each
of
them
and
also
increasing
history
and
civics
curriculums
support
expanding
the
TLC
opportunity,
Academy
from
5200
continuing
our
emphasis
on
early
college.
H
Continuing
on,
we
are
going
to
continue
to
expand
offerings
for
students
with
special
needs,
particular
students
with
autism,
again
we're
adding
more
pre-kindergarten
classrooms,
we're
adding
a
special
education
teacher
at
the
middle
school
level.
Our
earliest
students
with
autism
are
now
moving
into
the
high
school.
The
program
was
started
about
10
years
ago,
so
we'll
be
opening
our
first
social
communication
class
at
Chelsey
high
school
again,
which
is
a
really
cost
effective
way
to
meet
the
educational
needs
for
these
two.
It's
continued
attention
to
social/emotional.
H
In
an
effort
to
diversify
and
to
try
to
get
new
talent
we're
doing
a
partnership
with
steel
on
state,
where
we
might
be
able
to
have
five
interns
to
coming
to
join
us
trying
to
talk
fast
moving
forward.
What
does
this
mean
for
spending
upward
forces?
We've
talked
about
a
little
bit:
healthcare
salaries,
aging
buildings.
Our
buildings
are
now
over
20
years
old,
our
most
systems,
big
systems,
roofs
boilers,
HVAC
systems,
start
to
go
between
20
25
30
years.
So
we're
trying
really
hard
to
stretch
it.
H
Our
overall
expenditure
increase
expectation
is
five
million
dollars,
broken
down
into
over
3.1
million
just
for
salaries
for
bargaining
for
health
benefits
associated
that
we
also
are
projecting
about
a
5%
increase
in
out
of
district
special
education
cost
just
under
800,000.
That's
based
on
a
multi-year
trend.
H
The
Chelsea
High
School
asked
for
some
positions
which
will
be
offset
by
cuts.
The
expansion
of
the
Chelsea
opportunity,
Academy,
which
right
now
has
a
deep
grant
from
the
Bar
Foundation
and
the
bar
foundation,
is
gradually
going
to
be
pulling
back.
So
we're
putting
in
general
funds
we've
also
had
a
number
of
grant
funded
programs
which
we
found
to
be
very
successful.
Office
of
Juvenile
Justice
delinquency,
prevention.
We
had
funding
for
the
Puerto
Rico,
which
we
think
is
a
good
investment
to
continue
those
and
a
few
other
modest
expenses.
H
So
the
overall
gap
was
just
under
two
million
dollars
our
additions.
These
are
the
position
additions
that
we're
proposing
to
have
the
Caminos,
the
social
communication,
special
education,
etc.
What
I've
talked
about
before?
How
are
we
going
to
do
that?
We
will
have
budget
reductions.
We
are
going
to
reduce
0.75
deputy
superintendent,
Deputy
Superintendent,
Lynn
Dubrow
is
retiring
and
September.
Her
position
will
not
be
filled.
That's
one
of
our
reductions
this
year
we're
reducing
10
Chelsea
high
school
teachers.
H
H
A
number
of
teachers
are
leaving,
so
we
do
not
really
expect
any
substantial
layoffs,
a
reduction
in
a
coordinator
for
a
ll
teachers
at
the
middle
school
level,
one
teacher
at
the
elementary
school
level,
one
elementary
paraprofessional
and
then
two
elementary
grade
three
and
four
in
order
to
make
room
for
the
Caminos
expansion
at
the
Kelley.
These
are
all
lined
up
with
our
enrollment
projections.
A
A
I
So
it's
it's!
It's
a
confluence
of
multiple
variables
coming
all
at
once,
so
within
the
last
five
years,
so
Chelsea
believe
it
or
not,
has
probably
one
of
the
lowest
percentage
of
special
education
population
compared
to
other
school
districts.
So
we
have
always
been
around
13
14
percent.
Other
school
districts
will
run
anywhere
from
17
to
18
percent
on
average.
I
A
lot
of
it
is
due
to
our
student
mobility,
so
students
who
are
struggling
sometimes
are
not
with
us
long
enough
to
actually
be
diagnosed
many
times,
we'll
stop
the
process
and
stop
the
testing
and
the
evaluation
process,
and
they
actually
are
moving
out
before
we
can
finish
it.
However,
what
we
have
seen
is
that
our
neediest
students
have
been
staying
with
us
longer
and
we
have
been
able
to
more
accurately
diagnose
them.
We
are
also
getting
much
better.
I
As
you
know,
2014
we
had
you
know
a
higher
percentage
of
students
coming
from
the
border
and
we
had
a
great
influx
of
our
English
language
learners
from
Honduras,
Guatemala
and
El
Salvador.
It
became
difficult
for
us
to
be
able
to
figure
out.
Is
it
a
learning
disability
or
is
it
a
language
acquisition
delay?
And
so
the
dual
language
piece
was
a
was
a
struggle
for
our
special
education
department.
Since
then,
over
the
years
we
have
through
professional
development
through
hiring
people
more
experienced
in
this
area.
I
I
We
started
out
with
the
pre-k
program
years
ago,
as
Monica
said:
it's
been
10
years
and
we're
hitting
the
high
school
now
so
every
year,
what
we
did
was
we
added
a
grade
level,
and
so
every
year
that
we've
presented,
we
said.
Okay,
the
autism
program
has
expanded
a
great
forth
and
actually
a
great
fight
the
next
year,
so
we're
now
up
to
grade
9,
and
so
we
have
more
of
our
students.
Also
that
are
coming
in
families
are
coming
in,
so
that
their
students
actually
receive
public
schools,
education
because
it's
really
good
for
them.
I
J
Question
there
was
a
comment
or
during
the
presentation
about
the
age
of
the
schools
and
some
of
the
buildings
being
at
20
percent
20
years
now,
and
that
there's
a
cost
associated
with
having
all
the
systems.
As
such
one
of
the
surprising
things
that
I
found,
that
was,
there
is
a
amount
of
damage
done.
Actually,
vandalism
is
such
at
the
schools,
particularly
in
the
middle
schools,
so
I
wanted
to
know.
Do
you
have
wearing
the
factor?
H
So
we
really
want
to
smooth
that
out
as
best
as
we
can
and
extend
the
life
of
every
piece
of
equipment
that
we
have.
So
that's
one
bucket,
which
is
a
large
capital.
Then
we
also
have
our
extraordinary
maintenance,
which
is
things
that
you
may
do
once
every
four
or
five
years,
the
bathroom
stalls
kind
of
fall
into
that.
Some
work
that
we're
doing
at
the
security
entrances
to
the
buildings
fall
into
our
extraordinary
maintenance
and
then
there's
just
the
regular
day-to-day
maintenance,
something
you
know.
H
A
small
hole
in
a
wall
etc,
so
the
extraordinary
maintenance
and
the
day-to-day
maintenance
are
within
our
own
budget.
We
did
not
have
an
increase
in
this
budget,
it's
a
source
of
anxiety.
For
me.
It
keeps
me
up
at
night
because
we're
barely
hanging
on
this
year,
but
we
are,
you,
know,
committed
unless
there's
some
additional
funding
coming
for
the
for
the
district
to
really
try
to
see
that
through
through
2020,
without
an
increase
in
the
facility
side.
But
it's
gonna
be
extremely
hard.
So.
J
H
There
we
go
so
in
the
orange
e
yellowish
facilities
and
utilities
is
about
five
percent
of
our
budget.
So
that's
our
custodial
staffing,
that's
our
security
staffing,
but
it's
also
the
dollars
that
we
use
for
contractors
that
come
in
whether
it's
electricians,
HVAC
technicians
to
do
repairs
and
then
small
modest
scale.
Fifty
to
seventy-five
thousand
dollar
physical
improvements,
anything
under
one
hundred
fifty
thousand
per
school
does
count
toward
net
school
spending.
So
that's
sort
of
our
attempted
sort
of
cap
that
we
do
within
our
our
own
budget
to
try
to
keep
with
that
number.
J
A
That
counselor,
okay
I,
have
a
couple
of
those
small
questions
on
a
side:
I'm,
sorry,
yeah
and
I'm
in
mind.
I've
been
here
the
whole
time.
So
my
question
is
as
far
as
data
when
we
were
speaking
about
the
the
special
children
with
special
needs
and
the
13
or
14
percent,
if
I
wanted
additional
data
on
that.
Is
that
something
that
you
can
give
to
me
so
I'm
not
taking
any
time
right
now?
No.
A
A
H
That
is
for
social-emotional
learning,
so
we
have
set
up
I,
think
a
really
great
structure
for
social-emotional,
so
each
school
has
a
social-emotional
team
at
the
school
level
and
they
also
then
meet
one
rep.
Her
school
meets
district-wide
to
talk
about
cultural
sensitivity,
children
with
trauma.
How
do
you
help
them
engage
in
learning
when
they're
also
dealing
with
the
trauma?
We
had
a
grant
for
$50,000
for
stipends
for
that
work
and
we're
just
replacing
those
with
general
fund
dollars.
Okay
and.
A
F
I
F
I
You
know
that
my
dissertation
was
on
student
mobility
right,
so
it's
students
coming
in
students
going
out.
Chelsea
is
a
gateway
city.
We
will
always
receive
students
from
any
15
to
18
months
F
to
any
crisis
in
in
the
world
that
goes
on.
For
us,
we
saw
a
steady
increase
from
it
started
at
the
end
of
2013
and
then
from
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018,
we
sort
of
flatlined,
and
then
we
really
started
to
come
down
so
we're
starting
to
see
a
decrease,
but
a
lot
of
it
is
what
we're
tracking
back
to.
I
We
have
families
moving
out
of
Chelsea,
but
we
also
have
fewer
families
coming
from
the
border
right
now,
I
say
that
we
do
a
monthly
tracking,
so
the
last,
for
example,
three
or
four
months
we've
had
maybe
eight
students
come
in
for
students
to
students
and
then
in
April
we
had
31.
So
it's
it's
very
different.
F
I
Retention
rate
for
teachers
in
the
past
year
is
somewhere
in
the
80
80
percent.
So
in
terms
of,
if
you
look
at
say
10
years
ago,
it
was
a
stronger
retention
rate.
We
do
have
many
teachers
who
come
in
to
Chelsea
to
try
teaching
and
it's
not
for
them.
Either
we
decide
it's
not
for
them.
Purposely,
you
know,
or
they
decide
it's
not
for
them
themselves.
I
I
We
have
another
teacher
who
is
resigning
at
the
end
of
the
year
from
Clark
Avenue
middle
school
he's
a
first
year
teacher
out
of
college
and
he's
going
to
to
the
minors
on
the
baseball
team,
so
he's
not
gonna.
He
says
I
have
to
take
that
opportunity.
These
are
young
people,
predominantly
our
teachers
are
young
and
that's
nothing
against
people
of
my
age,
but
you
know
the
whole.
The
whole
mobility
of
of
the
workforce
is
hitting
education.
K
Yeah
I
know
we're
all
I
mean
I,
know
they're,
not
our
age
are
my
age,
but
I
mean
they
all
had
a
start
somewhere
and
are
we
doing
anything
to
try
to
keep
them
here?
So
we
don't
have
to
be
going
through
new
teachers
every
year,
so
they
meet
their
tenure
and
they
stay
and
they
get
used
to
this
situation.
Oh
absolutely,.
I
Matter
of
fact,
though,
the
teachers
that
stay
in
education
we
give
such
unbelievable
professional
development
and
support
that,
after
about
five
years,
four
to
five
years,
they're
leaving
us
for
better
paychecks
in
Boston
and
Revilla,
perfect
example.
Our
teachers,
according
to
Mass
General
Laws,
have
to
within
the
first
five
years
of
their
of
their
teaching.
Experience
must
get
their
master's
degree.
I
Do
you
know
that
our
collective
bargaining
contract
pays
for
50
percent
of
every
course
that
they
take
now
that's
an
a
professional
development
piece
that
is
just
phenomenal,
on
top
of
which,
if
you
stay
in
urban
education
for
five
years,
you
can
deduct
from
the
feds.
You
can
deduct
20
thousand
dollars
off
of
your
college
loans.
So
many
many
people
that
teachers
come
stay
for
the
five
years
and
leave.
I
K
E
I
E
I
E
E
I
A
L
M
I
Would
love
to
and
then
would
you
please
advocate
especially
right
now
with
the
Senate
so
the
governor,
so
there
is
a
state
mandated
language
proficiency
that
every
ALL
student
must
take.
It
is
called
the
access
test.
It
arranges
from
the
schools.
The
results
range
from
a
score
of
one
to
six.
So
for
every
student
that
is
an
e
ll
student
and
has
to
take
this
test.
We
get
extra
money
in
order
to
help
pay
for
extra
ESL
teachers,
extra
tutors,
and
so
what
the
governor's
budget
did
was.
I
I
I
The
Senate,
Ways
and
Means
last
week
took
it
out
what
I'd
love
all
of
you
to
do
is
advocate
to
our
legislators
that
when
they
get
to
that
bargaining
point
in
conference
committee
that
we
go
at
the
Senate
version,
which
means
that
it
we
go
back
to
the
old
way
of
counting
all
ALL.
Students
must
count,
and
we
must
get
the
Supplemental
increment
for
our
students.
L
I
Kindergarten
through
grade
12,
if
you
are
an
English
language
learner
you
must
mundane-
is
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
you
are
becoming
proficient
in
the
English
language
and
we
are
held
accountable
as
educators
to
get
you
there
by
annual
testing
on
your
English
proficiency.
So
M
Casas
academic
access
is
all
about
your
English
language
skills
and
it's
and
you
get
a
score
of
one
to
six.
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A
question
comment
not
really
a
question
I'm,
just
throwing
something
out
in
here:
I'm
really
congested
I
can't
hear
much.
It's
like
thank
you
for
the
presentation
that
was
very
educational,
appreciated
growing
up
I
we
had
used
to
having
in
high
school
classes
like
woodworking,
Auto,
Body,
auto
mechanic
things
like
that
for
a
lot
of
kids
like
myself,
who,
at
that
time
we're
not
planning
on
going
to
college,
you
know,
do
we
do
you
foresee
any
of
that
ever
coming
back
towards
the
school
system,
so.
I
That's
offered
those
classes
are
often
in
North
East
voc.
What
we
are
offering
our
pathways
and
I
and
I
do
believe,
like
our
pathways
need
to
continue
to
grow.
So,
for
example,
we
have
the
the
Health
Science
pathway.
We
have
the
larom
public
policy
pathway
and
our
most
recent
one
which
I'm
really
proud
of
is
the
education
pathway,
and
so
the
education
pathway
is
certainly
to
build
educators
and
build
a
pipeline
of
Chelsea
students
who
will
become
Chelsea
teachers
down
the
road.
I
I
We
also
want
you
know
if,
if
we
can
get
money
from
from
the
state
and
the
foundation
formula
is
able
to
fix,
get
fixed
two
pathways
that
we're
really
interested
in
to
expand
to
a
computer
education
we'd
like
to
partner
on
our
early
college
program
with
maybe
a
Wentworth
or
UMass
Boston
the
and
then
the
other
one
is
the
the
is
our
school
interpreters.
So
in
the
medical
field,
interpreters
make
very
good
money
in
legal
in
the
courts.
I
Interpreters
make
very
good
money
and
in
education
for
IEP
meetings,
except
our
students
building
on
an
asset,
our
students,
if
we
can
get
them
to
a
point
in
our
high
school,
where
they
actually
walk
out
with
a
credential
for
interpretation,
they're
gonna
go
out
and
make
$40
an
hour
and
be
able
to
pay
for
their
tuition
to
college
versus
got
no
offense
but
going
into
a
retail
store
making
minimum
wage.
So
so
those
are
the
things
we
want
to
expand
and
that's
where
we
are
cutting
edge
and
compared
to
everybody
else.
A
Any
school
committee
members
have
any
questions
before
we
start
to
wrap
this
up:
No,
okay,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you.
I
know,
I
just
want
to
say
because
I
know,
I've
had
a
conversation
with
dr.
Borg
and
with
the
city
manager,
about
the
the
changes
in
our
school
system
and
of
the
demographics
in
our
city
and,
as
we
continue
to
you
know,
have
a
lot
of
people
moving
out
of
the
city
I'm
very
concerned
about
what
that
means
for
the
future
of
our
schools.
A
So
it's
something
that
I
just
hope
that
we
all
stay
tuned
to
I
just
want
to
thank
Miss
lamboy.
For
that
presentation.
It
was
hands-down
one
of
the
best
one
since
I've
been
here
and
I'd,
be
remiss
to
not
acknowledge
dr.
Borges
last
five-year
financial
forecast
before
the
City
Council
all
of
her
many
years
of
dedication
to
our
Chelsea
students.
A
There
is
no
question,
although
we
haven't
always
seen
eye
to
eye
that
I
know
for
a
fact
that
you
have
been
an
amazing
advocate
for
our
students
for
our
most
vulnerable
populations
and
that
you
would
be
very
greatly
missed.
So,
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
Thank
you
for
the
school
committee
for
being
here.
This
portion
of
the
meeting
is
adjourned.