Subject: Pre-Town 1-25-10
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RUTLAND TOWN BOARD OF SCHOOL
DIRECTORS MEETING

Special Pre Town
Meeting

Tuesday, January 25,
2010

OPEN:  Town Moderator Leah Adams
opened the Public Meeting at 7:00 pm with the Pledge of
Allegiance.

PRESENT:  In attendance were: Board
members Marc Brierre, Stacy Chapman, Lyn Gallipo, Jim Levins and Jim
Wright.  Also in attendance were Superintendant Wendy Savery, Principal
Pati Beaumont, Asst. Principal Larry Sims, Director of Special Education Pam
Reed, Business Manager Cheryl Scarzello, teachers and approximately forty five
residents.

2010-2011 Rutland Town School
Budget:

Chairman Stacy Chapman spoke
on the proposed budget.  The 2010-2011 Budget is
$7,453,191

compared to the 2009-2010 budget
of $7,553,264.  This is a reduction of $100,073.15 or a 1.32%
decrease.

Stacy also spoke on Teacher negotiations briefly before turning the meeting
over to Principal Pati Beaumont.  Pati spoke on enrollment.  RT has
had an increased enrollment for the past four years.

Some
student achievements were discussed (Sports, Music, NECap scores,
etc)

Superintendent Savery
talked on the tax rate calculations.  The state has increased the base
tax rate from $.86 to $.882.   The CLA is 99.06% with a Homestead
tax rate of $1.2899 for a tax rate increase of .072%.   RT is within
the Act 82 thereshold (ed spending per equalized pupil), so this Act will not
apply.  $125,000 of the previous year’s surplus has been used to reduce
property taxes for 2010-2011.

Capital Project
Fund:  The school board will be asking voters to approve spending of up
to $30,000 from the existing fund for improvements in the main office and
expansion of the computer room.

RECESSED:   The School Board
recessed their portion of the meeting at 7:58 pm

REOPEN:  The meeting was reconvened
at 8:10 pm in the Library.

MOTION:   Lyn made a
motion to sign the Town of Rutland School District Warning.

Article 1

Is
asking voters to appropriate the sum of $7,453.191.00 necessary for the
support of its school for the year beginning July 1, 1010.

Article 2

Shall
the voters appropriate the sum of up to $30,000.00 from the Capital
Improvement Fund for improvements.

Article 3

Elect
other school district officials as required by law.

Marc
seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT:   The meeting was duly
adjourned at 8:23 pm.

Respectfully
submitted,

Lynette
Gallipo