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BUDGET REDUCTION PRESENTATIONS
Preserving Programs and Jobs in Uncertain Financial Times - Spring 2010...click here
We would like to hear from you...
Click here to provide your thoughts or suggestions on budget reductions.
Click here to review Efficiency Team Notes and Community Comments
2009-2010 Adopted Budget...here
State of the District
Budget...more
Understanding School Finance...here
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Karin Slater
Chief Financial Officer
Montrose County School District Re-1J
P. O. Box 10,000
Montrose, CO 81402 |
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Strategic Budget Activities
Again this year we are budgeting revenues to take into account the growth in student enrollment. The last three fiscal years have shown sufficient growth to impact our revenues and associated expenditures. However, for the current 2008-2009 fiscal year the growth is expected to slow down due to the economic conditions of the area, state, and nation as a whole. The building industry is showing a declining market supported by the reduction in building permits at both the city and county level. As such we are projecting, fifty new students for a total of $341,600.
Construction in the school district to provide space for new students and upgrade existing facilities is projected to continue for the next two to three years. These purchases are contained in our building fund of approximately $1.8 million. These dollars are the result of savings during the bond/sales tax projects, the collection of Fees in Lieu, state construction grants, and a federal QZAB interest free loan. We continue to work on the deferred maintenance issues consisting of roofing projects. We will continue to apply for state capital construction grants.
The 2008-2009 budget, as in previous years, continues to be a long term strategy of well spent tax dollars towards learning, instruction and our children’s success. This can be done with the additional resources we already have in our supportive community, and our professional and committed teaching and support staff.
