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A Worksession of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors was held on Wednesday,
January 26, 2005, at 5:30 P.M., in the Board of Supervisors' Meeting Room, County Administration
Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Chairman Richard C. Shickle; Vice-Chairman Gary W. Dove; Bill M. Ewing; Gene E.
Fisher; Gina A. Forrester; Lynda J. Tyler; and Barbara E. Van Osten.
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT
Richie Wilkins; Ron Hottle; and Gary Lofton.
STAFF PRESENT
Administrator John R. Riley, Jr.; Assistant Administrator Kris C. Tierney; Treasurer C.
William Orndoff, Jr.; Commissioner of thc Revenue Ellen Murphy; Deputy Clerk Jay E. Tibbs;
Finance Director Cheryl B. Shiffler; and Budget Analyst Jennifer Place.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT
Lawrence K. VanHoose, Chairman, John 1. Lamanna, Vice Chair, Donald A. Butler, Patricia
D. Stiles; Stuart A. W olk; and David S. Zerull; William C. Dean, Superintendent; Albert L. Ordorff;
Assistant Superintendent of Administration; Patricia Taylor, Assistant Superintendcnt for
Instruction; Lisa K. Frye, Finance Director; and Stephcn Kapocsi, Administrative Assistant to the
Superintendent.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Shickle called the budget work session to order. He also asked that any questions
that come up after this meeting be sent to Administrator Riley, who would then send them to the
schools. Chairman Shicklc then turned the meeting over the School Board Chairman Lawrence
VanHoose for the budget presentation.
Chairman VanHoose informed thc Board and Committee that the needs identified by the
Schools in last years budget did not go away. He stated that the biggest need is an increase in
salaries. The School Board is projecting an additional 302 students in FY 2006, which would bring
enrollment totals to 12,044. He went on to say that Frederick County's school enrollment growth
over the last ten years is twice the state average. The School Board's FY 2005 operating budget was
$101 million with 84% being spent on payroll. The School Board is proposing a total opcrating in
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FY 2006 of$112 million; however, the projected needs for FY 2006 is $118 million. Chairman Van
Hoose reviewed the projected increases:
Increases for retirement contributions and health insurance. Health insurance costs will
increase 9%.
$323,766 increase for Northwestern Regional Educational Program.
Staffing and operating costs for Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle School total
$2,685,144.
Staffing for the 11 th elementary school (four positions) total $83,866.
Additional employees needed to maintain class sizes and phase-in of middle school
Team Planning Period grade 7 total $956,623 and $407,072 respectively.
Special education staffing for 16 full-time employees is $589,042.
Infrastructure staffing costs of $733,920.
Salary increases $3,146,909 to be spread among teachers and other staff.
These increases total $10,609,009. The Board requests additional county funding in the amount of
$6,259,510 to meet these increases costs. Chairman Van Hoose stated that Frederick County still
remains below the state average in per pupil spending. Mr. Van Hoose concluded by saying that the
School Board is requesting a total of$8.9 million in additional local funding to cover the following
costs:
Operating Budget - $6.2 million; Capital Project Fund - $1.9 million; and Debt Service - $800,000.
Supervisor Tyler asked about the SOQ and SOL mandates. She wanted to know what drives
the increases and which increases are mandates that cannot be ignored.
Df. Dean advised that Virginia has entrusted its education to the SOQ' s and that every school
division should be able to meet the minimal expectations of the SOQ's.
Chairman Shickle thanked Chairman Van Hoose and the School Board and staff for their
presentation. He stated that if questions arose the Board and Finance Committee would follow
through with Administrator Riley.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT
6:20 P.M.
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Richard C. Shickle
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
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Jay E. ibb
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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