Trimble County Board of Education Meets September 18, 2013

     The Trimble County Board of Education met for its regularly scheduled meeting last Wednesday in the school’s administration building. Robert Arvin, an accountant with the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative Financial Services, introduced the final budget to board members to approve for the 2013-’14 school year. He explained the changes from the projected budget back in the spring were due to a decrease in the average daily attendance, which total around a 1.4 million dollar shortfall.  Arvin continued that there was an increase in funds in the general account totally almost a million dollars and that would be helpful. The annual budget for Trimble County Schools is around 12.6 million dollars.

     After board members voted unanimously to approve the budget, the conversation about student attendance took place. High School Principal Rachael Adams instructed board members that attendance at her school continues to be a problem. She added that she and many members of her staff and students have been trying to come up with solutions to help her students avoid multiple absences. Adams said there are many different reasons why high school students are missing school.

 “Some students,” Adams said, “are missing school because they are needed at home to care for a sick parent or grandparent. “

      Board members exchanged ideas about ways to reward students for not missing school and agreed that this would be a priority for them to tackle.

Milton City Commission Meeting on 5/9/13

     The Milton City Commission met for its regularly scheduled meeting last Thursday, May 9, 2013 in the Milton Municipal Building. The commission discussed the upcoming Swap Meet to be held at the Milton City Park the weekend of May 11-12, 2013. Mayor Denny Jackson informed the Commissioners about a phone call conversation he had with a resident expressing concern about the care of the animals at the Swap Meet. Jackson instructed board members to walk around and make sure the animals are being cared for over the weekend. Commissioners also expressed ideas about what to do about vendors who set up a day early. The concern is that these vendors get a free day to distribute their ware because they show up and begin selling the day before the Swap Meet begins. Commissioner Lynn Comeaux asked the board, “If they (vendors) come early should they pay more?”  The Commissioners agreed to take time to look around Friday and discuss it more at another meeting.

     

     In other business, the Mayor reminded the board that they needed to finalize the annual operating budget for fiscal year 2013-2014. The Commissioners will have a budget workshop Monday, May 13 at 6PM. Among the concerns Commissioners face when preparing the budget will be to discuss increasing revenue by raising taxes. Once the board finishes the budget, they will have two public readings of the budget before it can be enacted by the end of June.

     The Milton City Commission meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7PM in the Milton Municipal Building located at 10179 HWY 421 North in Milton. The meetings are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be June 13. 

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