The Herkimer County BOCES administrative and capital budgets will likely only see minimal increases this year.
The total administrative budget proposal for the school districts is $2,790,371 - an increase of $77,762 from last year’s budget or less than one percent. This does not include the $110,000 from interest earnings and miscellaneous revenue. The capital budget is not voted on because it can accommodate to changes throughout the year. The total revenues for the capital budget is projected to be $2,169,470 - an increase of $1,763.00 from last year.
Herkimer BOCES Superintendent Mark Vivacqua described it as a “bare bones” budget.
“All the costs that we can control were kept to last [year’s numbers],” he said.
Vivacqua said the biggest jump has been in health insurance - up by 6.5 percent. One of the biggest decreases in spending included interest expenses - about $40,000. Vivacqua said this was because of a loan for pre-construction costs that will not be included with this year’s proposed budget.
He said they are running on a skeleton crew from making cuts over the past few years in clerical and maintenance staff by not filling vacant positions. This past year, they cut a central administration position that will be reflected in this proposed budget.
Vivacqua said the BOCES school districts have been getting smaller, but there has also been a greater demand on their services.
Each of the 12 districts in the Herkimer County BOCES serve will need to vote on the administrative budget. Ilion Central School District has the highest proportion of students attending BOCES classes, at 14.38 percent. Their share of the proposed administrative budget is the highest at $401,242. So, as Vivacqua said, they have the “larger chunk of the smaller pie.”
Mount Markham had the next largest proportion of students at BOCES at 11.88 percent - a proposed $331,556 - and then Herkimer at 11.33 percent, a proposed $316,123. Proposed increases for each school district did not exceed $20,000.
School districts will vote on the administrative BOCES budget on April 28. Last year, the Ilion Central School District was the only one of the 12 component school districts to vote down the proposed budget. BOCES needs seven yes votes to pass the budget. If this majority is not reached, then they are kept to the previous year’s budget.
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The Herkimer County BOCES administrative and capital budgets will likely only see minimal increases this year.
The total administrative budget proposal for the school districts is $2,790,371 - an increase of $77,762 from last year’s budget or less than one percent. This does not include the $110,000 from interest earnings and miscellaneous revenue. The capital budget is not voted on because it can accommodate to changes throughout the year. The total revenues for the capital budget is projected to be $2,169,470 - an increase of $1,763.00 from last year.
Herkimer BOCES Superintendent Mark Vivacqua described it as a “bare bones” budget.
“All the costs that we can control were kept to last [year’s numbers],” he said.
Vivacqua said the biggest jump has been in health insurance - up by 6.5 percent. One of the biggest decreases in spending included interest expenses - about $40,000. Vivacqua said this was because of a loan for pre-construction costs that will not be included with this year’s proposed budget.
He said they are running on a skeleton crew from making cuts over the past few years in clerical and maintenance staff by not filling vacant positions. This past year, they cut a central administration position that will be reflected in this proposed budget.
Vivacqua said the BOCES school districts have been getting smaller, but there has also been a greater demand on their services.
Each of the 12 districts in the Herkimer County BOCES serve will need to vote on the administrative budget. Ilion Central School District has the highest proportion of students attending BOCES classes, at 14.38 percent. Their share of the proposed administrative budget is the highest at $401,242. So, as Vivacqua said, they have the “larger chunk of the smaller pie.”
Mount Markham had the next largest proportion of students at BOCES at 11.88 percent - a proposed $331,556 - and then Herkimer at 11.33 percent, a proposed $316,123. Proposed increases for each school district did not exceed $20,000.
School districts will vote on the administrative BOCES budget on April 28. Last year, the Ilion Central School District was the only one of the 12 component school districts to vote down the proposed budget. BOCES needs seven yes votes to pass the budget. If this majority is not reached, then they are kept to the previous year’s budget.
