Steering Committee
Steering Committee
R.I.T. Inn and Conference Center
January 8, 2003
Members Present: Members Absent:
Joe Backer, Letchworth CSD Mike Glover, GV BOCES
Rich Boyes, Marion CSD Joe Marinelli, WFL BOCES
Gary Hammond, GV BOCES Tim McElheran, Victor CSD
Bob Leiby, Manchester-Shortsville CSD Bob Smith, Elba CSD
Tom Manko, York CSD
Jack McCabe, WFL BOCES
Camille Sorenson, EduTech
Guest:
Guest:
Chris Saxby, EduTech
2003-2004 Budget
2003-2004 Budget
Next Steps:
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Review and Input by EduTech Steering Committee (November 14, 2002)
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Review and Input by EduTech Steering Committee (December 13, 2002)
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Special Pricing Meeting January 8, 2003
Committee Recommendation to proceed
Committee representative update at 1/16, 1/17 CSO meetings
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District notification that EduTech pricing packets will not be available until early February(2/7)
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Review by WFL BOCES Board (January 27, 2003)
Goal:
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Healthy functional budget (including a safety component)
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Which supports the infrastructure of
district services and necessary staff
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Flexible balance in a changing environment
– district services and necessary staff
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Lower expenditures where no service
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New services
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Maintain existing install base
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Direct charge for services currently embedded
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Build Customer Relationships
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Re-conform service level
Listened to your comments from the November 14 meeting and continued to cut budget from $10,001,703 to $9,697,670 representing a decrease of $82,262 from the prior year.
Camille reviewed the history of the budget beginning in 1996.
Expenditure Budget History (budget has increased $300,000 over past 4 years
2000-01 $9,329,578
2001-02 $9,994,501
2002-03 $9,774,935
2003-04 $9,697,670
2003-04 budget as compared to 2001-02
Overall -3%
Equipment -53%
Training -45%
Other expenses -12%
Average District Pricing increase +5.91%
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Increase Test Scoring/State Data Reporting/STEP
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Charge for Erate filing
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Increase LAKENet
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Increase Medicaid
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Cover all expenses in Shared Staff service
Why are prices increasing if budget is decreasing?
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Revenue in prior years based on hardware/software sales
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Resources/effort increasing in Assessments
Revenue Sources
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Annual Service Fees (required service delivery standards, buy-in services; i.e. Finance, Student)
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One-time Service Fees (install income, extra reports)
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Grants
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Cross Contracts
Summary
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-.84% Decrease over last year’s budget
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Budget increases in health care/retirement, all other major account categories reduces
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Overall average District Pricing increase +5.91%
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Program pricing increases in:
- test scoring/state reporting, Erate, LAKENet, Medicaid, Shared Staff
After discussion and comments the Committee recommended to proceed with budget and pricing as presented.
Committee representatives, Manko, Backer for GV and Boyes for WFL will present to respective CSO meetings. Camille will prepare a cheat sheet for the presenters and district pricing will be provided for each individual district.
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