AUBURN - Despite unresolved lawsuits over the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES capital project, and complaints about increasing costs, the BOCES administrative budget was passed Wednesday.
"I am very impressed with this budget and the way it is put together," Auburn School Board Vice-President William Andre said, before the board unanimously excepted the budget.
The administrative budget is made of costs pertaining to the BOCES board of education, the district superintendents' office, health care operation and maintenance costs, and other program charges. This year's budget came in at $1,574,899, a 15.1 percent increase over the current administrative budget of $1,368,297.
"We struggle with the same type of cost increases local districts are looking at," BOCES assistant superintendent David Boyle said. "But I think this is a respectable budget."
Some of the areas of major increase include retirees' health care up $26,575, central support services, up $39,028, and the general cost of administration, up $111,964.
Unlike other districts, BOCES is not obligated to put its budget up to a community vote. Only five districts are required to support the administrative budget in order for it to pass. The rest of the budget is determined by how many students participate in the offered services and programs.
As of late Wednesday night Boyle was only able to confirm that five districts voted in favor of the budget: Auburn, Port Byron, Skaneateles Cato-Meridian and Southern Cayuga. BOCES superintendent Gary Gilchrist was unavailable for comment.
The administrative budget is made of costs pertaining to the BOCES board of education, the district superintendents' office, health care operation and maintenance costs, and other program charges. This year's budget came in at $1,574,899, a 15.1 percent increase over the current administrative budget of $1,368,297.
"We struggle with the same type of cost increases local districts are looking at," BOCES assistant superintendent David Boyle said. "But I think this is a respectable budget."
Some of the areas of major increase include retirees' health care up $26,575, central support services, up $39,028, and the general cost of administration, up $111,964.
Unlike other districts, BOCES is not obligated to put its budget up to a community vote. Only five districts are required to support the administrative budget in order for it to pass. The rest of the budget is determined by how many students participate in the offered services and programs.
As of late Wednesday night Boyle was only able to confirm that five districts voted in favor of the budget: Auburn, Port Byron, Skaneateles Cato-Meridian and Southern Cayuga. BOCES superintendent Gary Gilchrist was unavailable for comment.
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