HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-07-14 14-241 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 14-241
Date: July 14, 2014
Item/Subject: ORDER, Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment to Bangor City Charter,
Article III, Section 1, School Committee — Line Item Budget Veto
Responsible Department: Legal
Commentary:
This Order will direct the City Clerk to publish notice that there will be a public to be held on July
28, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers for the purpose of considering the proposed
amendment to the Bangor City Charter for the purpose of establishing additional veto authority
over the school budget
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information:
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
Introduced for
Passage
First Reading
Referral
Department Head
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Finance Director
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(TITLE.) ORDER, Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment to Bangor City Charter, Article
III, Section 1, School Committee — Line Item Budget Veto
By the City Owndl of the Oty of Bangw.
ORDERED,
THAT an amendment to the Bangor City Charter to provide that the Bangor City Council
have the ability to exercise line item veto authority over the School Committee's budget should
be considered.
THAT the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed, pursuant to Title 30-A M.R.S.A.
Sections 2104, to provide for published notice of a public hearing to be held on July 28, 2014 at
7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers for the purpose of considering the proposed
amendment to the Bangor City Charter, the text of said proposed amendment and an
explanation thereof being as follows:
ARTICLE III
School Committee
**Sec. 1. Powers and Duties. The members of the School Committee shall have all the powers
and perform all the duties in regard to the care and management of the public schools of the
City of Bangor, which are now or may hereafter be conferred and imposed upon School
Committees by the laws of the State of Maine, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
They shall elect a Superintendent of Schools for a term not to exceed five years, who shall have
the care and supervision of said public schools under their direction, and act as secretary of
their Board; and they shall fix the Superintendent's salary.
They shall annually furnish to the City Council an estimate in detail of the several sums required
during the ensuing municipal year for the support of public schools. The school budget shall
also include the School Committee's recommended aapropriation for each of the followina line
item categories of proposed expenditures. the sum of which shall constitute the total proposed
appropriation for school purposes:
beginning with school fiscal year 2015. the School Committee shall submit the budget for
school fiscal year 2015 and years thereafter in the following line item format:
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1. Instructional Employees Payroll and Benefits
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IN CITY COUNCIL
JULY 14, 2014
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
MOTION DOUBTED
VOTE: 3-6
COUNCILORS VOTING YES: BALDACCI, CIVIELLO, GALLANT
COUNCILORS VOTING NO: BLANCHETTE, DURGIN, GRAHAM, NEALLEY,
PLOURDE, SPRAGUE
FAILED
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CITY CLERK
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JULY 14, 2014
1A. Superintendent. Principals and other Administrative Personnel Payroll and Benefits
2. Instructional Materials
3. Operation and Maintenance of Buildings
4. Transportation, including Bus Purchases
S. Health. Food Services. Community Services
6. Tuition
7. Vocational Education
8. Adult Education
9. Construction and debt service
10. Extra and Co -Curricular activities
The City Council. after reviewing the proposed budget may change the proposed appropriation
in any of the above line item categories prior to approving the final budget. Approval of the
school budget shall fix the appropriation for each of the line item categories and the School
Committee shall not authorize the transfer of approved amounts from one line item category to
another without prior approval of the City Council. The expenditures included within each line
item category shall be consistent with the accounting and reporting requirements of the Maine
State Department of Education and Cultural Services. The City Council may not by ordinance
create additional line item categories within the school budget. On the basis of such estimates,
ensuing municipal year-, and su The appropriation approved by the City Council shall not be
exceeded, except by consent of the City Council, but the expenditure of said appropriation shall
be under the direction and control of the School Committee
and be it further ORDERED,
THAT pursuant to 30-A M.R.S.A. Sections 2104 (6) and 2105 (2), the form of the question
submitted to the voters shall be as follows:
QUESTION
(CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT)
"Shall the proposed City Charter Amendment summarized below be approved and adopted by
the City of Bangor?"
"Summary: The proposed amendment to Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter would
provide the Bangor City Council with annual line item veto authority over eleven defined
categories of the School Committee's budget for the support of the public schools."
The City Clerk is hereby directed to take all necessary action consistent with this Order.
STATEMENT OF FACT: Additions to the existing Charter provisions are underlined and deletions
are struekt#eagh. The intent of this amendment is to give the Bangor City Council line item
veto authority over the School Committee budget.