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05/29/201919-223
05/29/2019
19-223
City Manager
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Title, Order
Authorizing 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 schedule for
June 11, 2019.
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 purpose 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 have been taking similar action for the last two years due to
the delay in the passage of the State Biennial budget.
Recommend for passage
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05/29/201919-223
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
05/29/2019
19-223
Weston
Authorizing 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 Ordered 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.
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