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14 On motion by Ms. Richards, seconded by Mr. Cox, Mr. John J. Trippel was appointed to an unexpired and three-year term on the Region Ten Community Services Board bythe following vote. Ayes: Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Richards, Mr. Toscano. Noes: None. This term will expire on June 30, 2004. The 7,~/~adj°urned' CSident"- NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Friday, February 16, 2001 AT 12:00 noon IN THE Basement Conference Room. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Luncheon meeting with School Board BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - February 16, 2001 Council met in special session o this date with the following members present: Mr. Caravati, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Richards, Mr. Toscano. Absent: Mr. Cox. Mr. Richard Merriwether, Vice Chairman of the School Board, said that the School Board has gone out to the community with their proposed budget and the community has been rather receptive. Dr. William Symons, Superintendent of Public Schools, said that the School budget includes a 5.04% increase in City funds, an additional $1,269,000. Dr. Symons said the Schools need to prepare for recruiting new teachers and have looked at the issue in three ways: 1) overall future big picture of the City and how we use resources; 2) small detail - what stafffprograms do we want to revisit; and 3) interrelationships between equity in schools/comparability across schools. Dr. Symons said an important question is how do we prepare the school system using the funds we have and balance the response to people who want to sustain programs. Mr. Ron Hutchinson, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, reviewed the proposed teacher salary scales and proposed position reductions. Dr. Symons said that per pupil expenditures have continued to go up even though the school population is declining, increasing $3,000 over a five year period. Mr. Lynch asked if the Schools have any contingency plans if State funding increases. Mr. Lynch asked what the Schools would normally expect to get from the State if we did not have to deal with the car tax issue. Dr. Symons said that the State Senate is in negotiations regarding salaries and the Schools could get from $100,000 to $30,000 in additional funds. Dr. Symons said that we will not know until April if additional funds are available. Dr. Symons added that the Schools could lose funds for up to 100 less students. Mr. Ed Gillespie, Finance Director for the Schools, said that it is hard to define a normal year of state funding. Mr. Merriwether said he thinks the cuts that are proposed in the budget are miniscule, and if we cannot make these cuts we cannot do anything. Mr. Toscano noted that the salary scale only reflects the cost for the first year, and asked if we are going to face the same kind of issues next year.