Budget Committee Meeting Podcast and Handout

The Budget Committee met today and was given this handout. You can listen to a podcast of the meeting at http://cmsbears.podbean.com.

As a member of the committee, I'm still trying to sort out in my head just what input (if any) the school is looking for. As you will hear from the podcast, most of the meeting consisted of the Superintendent and the Business Manager telling us what guesstimates they think they will be plugging into the budget. I have asked that the committee receive last year's budget estimates versus actuals (in the same categories as we were given), as that seems to me to be a logical starting point in the budget process. It sounds like this information will have to be "created" for the committee and the Business Manager isn't sure when she'll have a chance to get to that. I am hoping that it will be prior to the next meeting, which is the day before the budget is due to PED.