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5. The commissioners will vote to fund a five per cent
increase in the Current Expense Budget for fiscal year 1993-1994,
or a $756 per ADM.
6. We recognize that although we sometimes have honest
differences of opinion, we each respect the members of the other
board and realize that we are all striving to do what is best for
Iredell County. We feel that despite the recent controversy, both
boards and the people of Iredell County will benefit from this
agreement. We believe it will result in greater accountability and
better cooperation between the two boards. our common goal is to
come together as a county and do a better and more efficient job of
educating the children.
Based on these remarks, I would like to make a motion that we
appropriate $592,164. from Unappropriated Fund
a lance Current
to
Appropriated Fund Balance and increase funding
Expense by $592,164. to be allocated between the two school systems
based on Average Daily Membership. The effect of this motion will
be that it increases the Fund Balance Appropriated to $1,520,356.
It maintains an Unappropriated Fund Balance of app
roximately
$5,933,688., or 12ropriation budgeted
Iredell Iredell-Staenditures for tesville by
93-94. it
increases the appropriation
$481,212. for Current Expense. It increases appropriation to
Mooresville Graded School District by $110,952. for Current
Expense.
Chairman Haire asked for discussion of the motion.
Commissioner Boone said he had a few remarks. He did intend to
vote for the motion. He said that, while he had not changed his
assessment of the schools' financial needs, he realized that this
issue has divided the county and has caused a lot of hard feelings,
and he thought he, along with members of the school board, realize
that being in a fight like this is not benefiting either one of our
boards and is not benefiting the people of this county, and it is
time to end the controversy. Both parties and the people of the
county all emerge the winner, where all win something.
He thinks on the county's part we will see greater
accountability so far as budgeting process goes, and he is hopeful
that this study committee will come up with some helpful
suggestions to improve the system. He also thought the quarterly
meengs would een
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smoother next year.
A lot of talk has taken place about ill feelings between the
two boards. He said he had some difference of opinions with the
majority of the school board members. He said he thought he was on
very cordial terms with the board members and some of them are his
personal friends. A part of the problem is the difference in the
usted with the job of administering
roles. The school board is entr
the school system. The county commissioners are the taxing
authority and every penny that is being spent comes from tax
payers, some who are barely getting by. Some people have suggested
giving the taxing authority for schools to the school boards. That
would make county commissioners' jobs a lot easier, Boone said.
They (school board members) decide what they would like to do for
the schools. But the county commissioners are the taxing
, to thm toauthoriand
theit is is spendecomescfromomeutheitaxpayerswth the ,1esome of
every penny
whom are barely getting by.
Commissioner Boone said again that he supports the motion.
Commissioner Madison read the following statement:
Let's now let this be a new beginning for the Iredell-
Statesville School system. I have and always will be an advocate