C OUNTY OF W ARREN County of Warren Board of Supervisors-School Board Budget Presentation BOS-School Board Budget Presentation February 17,2015 February 19, 2019
Joint Budget Meeting S CHOOL C APITAL F ACILITIES U PDATE
Joint Budget Meeting A.S. Rhodes Elementary School Renovations • Replace old HVAC system with new energy efficient system • Replace the old membrane and shingled roofs • Architectural and Engineering Services contract awarded to OWPR Architects and Engineers
Capital Improvement Plan
Joint Budget Meeting H ISTORICAL S CHOOL F UNDING C OMPARISON
Joint Budget Meeting Local School Budget Increase 2004 - 2019
Joint Budget Meeting Local School Budget Increase Over Past 10 Years FY Actual Increase Percent Increase FY 09 $1,300,287 7.00% FY 10 -$396,696 -2.00% FY 11 $0 0.00% FY 12 $0 0.00% FY 13 $692,768 3.55% FY 14 $432,706 2.15% FY 15 $500,000 2.43% FY 16 $325,136 1.54% FY 17 $683,215 3.19% FY 18 $3,065,402 13.86% 10 Year Average: $567,442 3.17% FY 19 $1,214,414 5.19%
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget Significant Progress in last 15 Years on Capital Needs – 2003 CIP Constructed/Renovated: • E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School • Skyline High School • Warren County High School • Skyline Middle School • New Warren County Middle School • Ressie Jeffries Elementary School Agreement on the need to shift focus to addressing operational needs of the system over the next five years until we need the next elementary school
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting School’s Allocation of Total County Budget
Joint Budget Meeting W ARREN C OUNTY B UDGET G OALS /D RIVERS FY 2019-2020
Joint Budget Meeting FY 2019-2020 Budget Budget Goals • Maintain current levels of service • Stay competitive with staff salaries by implementing multi-year compensation plan • Maintain progress on capital improvement projects • Hold the line on real estate taxes
Joint Budget Meeting FY 2019-2020 Budget Cost Drivers • 2.5% step increase for all County employees, effective January 1, 2019 • County Health Insurance Increase – 10% estimated • $1,214,414 in additional funding provided to Warren County Public Schools – 1.0% salary increase for all full-time contracted employees effective 7/1/2018 – Step increase for eligible employees – 1/1/2019 – 10% increase for supplemental pay rates
Joint Budget Meeting FY 2019-2020 Budget Cost Drivers Staying Competitive: • Estimated cost of each 1% of salary increase for WCPS staff is $383,345 • Estimated cost of each 1% of salary increase for County staff is $152,000
Joint Budget Meeting FY 2019-2020 Budget Adjacent Locality Real Estate Tax Rates Locality FY 2018-2019 RE Tax Rate Fauquier $0.982 Rappahannock $0.73 Clarke $0.71 Page $0.70 Warren $0.66 Shenandoah $0.64 Frederick $0.61
Joint Budget Meeting Future Challenges Staying Competitive • Hiring and keeping quality staff members • Staying competitive on salary and benefits Compensation and Benefits Study • Approved by the Board on July 17, 2018 • Includes all County and School System staff • Stems from the input and comments received from department heads, Constitutional Officers, and employees regarding recruitment and retention
Joint Budget Meeting Future Challenges Staying Competitive Preliminary Salary Recommendations • Raise the salary of positions below the $12.18/hour Living Wage for Warren County – Nine (9) 40-hour part-time positions; $25,787 • Raise the salary of positions substantially below market – Thirty (30) 53-hour Fire and Rescue positions; $278,603 – Fifty-six (56) 40-hour part-time general positions; $248,481 – Thirty (30) 40-hour full-time general positions; $174,390 – Twenty-two (22) Social Services positions; $155,137 – Six (6) 35-hour full-time general positions; $38,869 – Seven (7) 50-hour part-time general positions; $34,304 – TOTAL: 151 positions; $929,784 • Raise the salary of positions below market – Twenty-one (21) Social Services positions; $69,599 – Sixteen (16) 35-hour full-time positions; $43,159 – Ten (10) 40-hour full-time positions; $30,232 – TOTAL: 47 positions; $142,990 • Continue providing raises to positions near market • Discontinue providing raises to positions above market and substantially above market Total Recommendation Cost – 207 positions; $1,098,561
Joint Budget Meeting Warren County Value for the Citizen 2017 State Comparable Report • In comparing Warren County to its neighboring jurisdictions (Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock and Shenandoah) using data included in the State’s Comparative Report on local government spending – Warren County ranks 5 th out of the 7 jurisdictions in spending at an average of $3,923.01 per capita • Warren County ranks 7 th out of the 7 jurisdictions in Education spending (operational) at $1,204.22 per capita • Warren County ranks 6 th out of the 7 jurisdictions in Law Enforcement spending (operational) at $123.16 per capita • Based on the tax rates of our neighbors, Warren County has the 3 rd lowest real estate rate at $0.66
Joint Budget Meeting W ARREN C OUNTY P UBLIC S CHOOLS B UDGET FY 2019-2020
Joint Budget Meeting WCPS Budget Drivers FY 2019-2020 Unsure % increase in insurance rates ($309,943 est.) • Electricity costs increase ($225,000) • New money from state if we enact a 5% increase to salaries over • the biennium. Means a 3% COL for 2019-2020. No impact to budget since we covered a 2% increase last year. Complete promised step increase from 2019 ($510,647) • Begin working on market adjustments to salaries ($2,325,105) • ― Phase 1 $1,089,000 (teachers, support staff) ― Phase 2 estimated $812,294 (teachers, support staff) ― Phase 3 estimated $423,811 (teachers, support staff) Meet a few of the most critical needs with personnel, and non • labor costs that are increasing. WCPS has identified $2.58 million. The request is $267,276. Total: $2,401,866 •
Joint Budget Meeting Why the Compensation Study? • WCPS is in its 7 th consecutive year of needing to hire 60 or more instructional staff each year. This past year, WCPS hit 72. • If WCPS lost 10% of its instructional staff each year, a healthy turnover rate, it would be in the 40 person range. • The majority of the instructional staff are inexperienced. 74% of the teachers at Skyline Middle School have five (5) years of experience or fewer, 68% at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School, 58% at Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School. • No school has less than 43%. The percentage of teachers with five (5) years of experience or fewer should be 20% in a healthy distribution of staff.
Joint Budget Meeting Investments Pay Off • A high school graduate impacts the community he/she lives in for 44 years. A successful graduate has a positive impact. An unsuccessful graduate can have a negative impact. Excellent schools make a difference. • Tax dollars citizens put into their schools is a direct investment into the community, the region, the state and even the nation. • The Compensation Study is not just about paying people more money. It is about being competitive, strengthening the schools, and ensuring WCPS is graduating as many highly successful young people as possible.
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