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06/11/201818-240
06/11/2018
18-240
City Manager
Resolve
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Title, Resolve
Making an Adjustment to the Local Education Appropriation Amount if Additional State Funding Becomes
Available Due to State of Maine Legislative Action
State Statute requires the school budget be approved by the School Committee and City Council. In
addition, the Bangor voters must approve the categorical School expenditures, which is scheduled
for June 12, 2018.
While additional State funding of education is not currently anticipated, School and City
administrators recommend that if additional funding is received, it should be directed to reduce the
local share of education to the prior year level. Any funds in excess should be allocated to a capital
reserve for the purposes of funding minor capital improvement projects, facility upgrades and
emergency repairs. The existence of such a fund could reduce future mill rate impacts.
The School Committee and City Council took similar action in FY 2018, due to the delay in the
passage of the State Biennial budget. The School Committee will be reviewing this proposal at its
June 13, 2018 meeting.
Council Workshop
06/06/2018
Recommend for passage
First Reading
06/11/201818-240
CITY OF BANGOR RESOLVE
06/11/2018
18-240
Perry
Making an Adjustment to the Local Education Appropriation Amount if Additional State Funding Becomes
Available Due to State of Maine Legislative Action
WHEREAS, the State of Maine provides State Education Subsidy funding in support of public education; and
WHEREAS, budgetary actions by the Maine State Legislature can have a significant impact on the Bangor
School Revenues; and
WHEREAS, the Maine State Legislature may implement budgetary changes after the City Council, School
Committee and Bangor voters adopt a budget; and
WHEREAS, should additional funding be allocated in support of public education funding after the budget is
adopted at the local level; and
WHEREAS, if additional funding were to exceed the increase in the property tax assessment to support the
School Department, said excess shall be deposited into a capital reserve for future use, thereby reducing
potential future year mill rate increases;
Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Bangor that, in the event the Bangor School Department
receives more state education subsidy than the amount included in its budget, the School Committee is
authorized to first use the additional state subsidy to decrease the local share expectation, as defined in Title
20-A section 15-671-A(1)(B), for local property taxpayers for funding publication education, so that the total
amount of funds raised by local taxpayers under Articles 1 and 3 is not less than the prior year amount; the
School Committee is then authorized to use up to $500,000 of any remaining additional subsidy to increase
the allocation of finance in the Bangor School Department Capital Reserve Fund; and the School Committee is
then authorized to use any remaining additional subsidy to further decrease the local cost share expectation,
as defined in Title 20-A, section 15671-A(1)(B), for local property taxpayers for funding public education.
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 11, 2018
CO08-240
FIRST READINGE!
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CITY CLERK ,
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 25, 2018
CR 18-240
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
PASSED
CITY CLERK