WESTERLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET
WESTERLY BOARD OF FINANCE
Finance Board Presentation
Westerly High School Media Center
February 23,2017
6:00PM
The Context of Our New Process

The District recognizes the
importance of a good communication
process and have committed to
improving the dialogue in the budget
process.
Offered
to make systems changes in
this budget process to assist in
presenting the data in a new way.
That has been accomplished.
Zero Increase Budget
How did we get there?
Bradford School Closing
 FTE


Reductions 10.40
Wages and Benefits:
$ 687,775
Operational:
$ 43,000
$ 730,775
District Initiatives
 FTE


Reductions: 4.86
Wages and Benefits:
$428,342
Operational Cost
$168,687
$597,029
Exceptional Commitment to the New
Process

For the third year in a row, no findings in our
audit.

Ten women of the finance office committed to
completing a total reconstruction of the school
district budget. This has been accomplished.

The School Committee has created and
approved a zero increase in the district
budget.
Executive Summary
Wages & Benefits
FY 2014
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2017
Actuals
Actuals
Actuals
Adopted
$44,028,876 $44,824,770
Tuitions
$3,674,690
$3,675,198
Contract Services
$1,078,833
$977,508
$119,149
$
Proposed
$ 46,059,442
3,923,513
$3,875,000
$
4,028,691
$
992,218
$1,133,545
$
1,132,316
$93,825
$
91,029
$125,000
$
130,833
$15,404
$16,134
$
17,755
$15,000
$
17,449
$521,732
$602,270
$
649,507
$625,000
$
710,847
$64,418
$56,722
$
160,461
$200,000
$
225,217
$1,211,221
$1,684,136
1,457,096
$1,134,689
$11,662
$20,873
15,645
$20,000
$1,517,235
$1,403,085
1,312,553
$1,515,002
Disposal
$101,798
$71,036
$
41,833
$85,000
$
86,564
Alarm
$152,634
$119,987
$
212,537
$100,000
$
104,114
Technology
$514,975
$485,405
$
727,836
$566,500
$
482,007
Legal & Prof. Fees
$126,360
$87,354
$
128,301
$75,000
$
162,000
Property Ins.
$457,825
$327,144
$
342,156
$390,000
$
401,700
Office & Postage
$52,730
$23,716
$
32,666
$58,000
$
39,917
Advertising
$12,159
$15,189
$
18,726
$15,000
$
40,725
$198,049
$191,190
$
354,666
$300,000
$
347,420
Conferences & Dues
Auto & Mileage
Instructional Material
Periodicals & Textbooks
Repairs & Maintenance
Furniture
Utilities & Fuel
Other
$53,859,750 $54,675,542
$
45,250,462 $46,289,046
FY 2018
$
$
$
$55,728,960 $56,521,782
$
$
$
1,121,615
45,800
1,385,128
$56,521,782
Revenues
FY 2014
Actual
FY 2015
Actual
FY 2016
Actual
FY 2017
Budget
FY 2018
Proposed
$44,422,146
$44,914,514
$45,581,781
$45,710,811
$45,710,811
State Aid
$7,164,219
$7,704,194
$8,418,815
$9,070,990
$9,132,701
Medicaid
$1,080,130
$1,191,532
$1,272,668
$1,172,500
$1,172,500
$45,114
$45,163
$58,636
$42,500
$67,150
$113,440
$117,672
$117,944
$105,000
$115,604
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$184,453
$211,574
$217,063
$190,000
$240,220
Transportation
Fees
$42,691
$4,800
$3,400
$5,000
$3,400
Miscellaneous
$27,208
$6,375
$3,834
$24,981
$3,396
Closed School Imp
$51,122
$188,020
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$76,000
$1,012,376
$500,000
$480,000
$200,000
$0
$54,142,899
$54,883,844
$56,154,141
$56,521,782
$56,521,782
Local Tax Dollars
Preschool Tuitions
Rental Income
Summer School
Program Revenues
TSSCC
Out of District
Tuition
Fund Balance
State Aid
State Aid as % of Total WPS Budget
FY 2014
Actual
FY 2015
Actual
FY 2016
Actual
FY 2017
Budget
FY 2018
Proposed
Total WPS Budget
$54,142,899
$54,883,844
$56,154,141
$56,521,782
$56,521,782
State Aid
$7,164,219
$7,704,194
$8,418,815
$9,070,990
$9,132,701
Aid as % of Total
13.23%
14.04%
14.99%
16.05%
16.16%
FY 2014
Actual
FY 2015
Actual
FY 2016
Actual
FY 2017
Budget
FY 2018
Proposed
Total WPS Budget
$54,142,899
$54,883,844
$56,154,141
$56,521,782
$56,521,782
Town Aid
$44,422,146
$44,914,514
$45,581,781
$45,710,811
$45,710,811
Aid as % of Total
82.05%
81.84%
81.17%
80.87%
80.87%
Town Aid as % of Total WPS Budget
Wages and Benefits
FY 2014
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2017
FY2018
Actual
Actual
Actual
Adopted
Proposed
32,290,953
11,737,923
44,028,876
32,525,951
12,298,819
44,824,770
32,835,497
12,414,965
45,250,462
33,590,390
12,698,656
46,289,046
33,490,524
12,568,917
46,059,441
Non-Wage Operations
FY 2014
Actual
FY 2015
Actual
FY 2016
Actual
FY 2017
Budget
FY 2018
Proposed
$9,830,874
$9,850,772
$10,478,498
$10,232,736
$10,462,343
FY 2014
Actual
FY 2015
Actual
$3,674,690
$3,675,198
FY 2014
Actual
$1,078,833
FY 2015
Actual
$977,508
Out of District Tuition
FY 2016
FY 2017
Actual
Adopted
$ 3,923,513
FY 2018
Proposed
$ 3,875,000
$4,028,691
Contract
Service
FY 2016
Actual
FY 2017
Adopted
FY 2018
Proposed
$992,220
$1,133,545
$1,132,316
FY 2014
Actual
$514,975
FY 2014
Actual
$1,517,235
FY 2014
Actual
$198,049
FY 2015
Actual
$ 485,405
Technology
FY 2016
Actual
$727,837
Utilities
FY 2015
FY 2016
Actual
Actual
$1,403,085
$1,312,552
FY 2015
Actual
$191,190
Other
FY 2016
Actual
$354,664
FY 2017
Adopted
$ 566,500
FY 2018
Proposed
$ 482,007
FY 2017
Adopted
$1,515,003
FY 2018
Proposed
$1,385,128
FY 2017
Adopted
FY 2018
Proposed
$300,000
$347,420
Discussion