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32 MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1986 2. The probable adverse effect of the Federal Gramm-Rudman Bill upon public school programs and financing; 3. The status of the development of a School administrative pay plan, suggested last year; 4. The probability that a 7.8% increase for teachers in each of the forthcoming two budget years might suffice to ensure Martinsville's eligibility for the State's share of the $146.00 per pupil in average daily membership, i.e., to achieve an average classroom- teacher salary of $24,537.00 for 1986-87 and an average classroom- teacher salary of $26,897.00 for 1987-88; 5. The advantages-disadvantages of the School Board (as employer) absorbing--should the Board elect to do so--the employees' 5% con- tribution to the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System; 6. The fact that the City School System's ratio of professional staff per 1,000 students in average daily membership is approximately 69, or approximately ten more than the 59.2 on which the State will pay its share of a 12.8% salary improvement; 7. The request by the School Board that it be allowed to encumber and/or spend approximately $97,000.00 the Board estimates will otherwise remain unspent from its current (1985-86) budget for aluminum visitors' bleachers ($30,000), for two new school buses (@ $26,000 each), and for a one-ton truck ($15,000), all of which funds--as pointed out by City Manager Brown--have been pro- jected as being unspent at June 30, 1986, and, therefore, also projected as a part of available surplus, both at June 30, 1986, and June 30, 1987; 8. The projected increase (in 1986-87) of $473,000.00 in net local cost for the operation of the local school system, assuming that the full request of the School Board is allowed; and 9. The City Manager's recommended increase by 14~ in the City's real estate rate (i.e., from 76i to 90i) for 1986-87 to meet the projected increase of $473,000 in net local cost for operation of the school system. From various comments by members of Council, it appeared that all members are opposed to increasing the City's real estate tax rate, either to any extent or to the extent recommended by City Manager Brown; and, too, the consensus was in favor of reducing the General Fund budget by an amount up to $473,000.00, part of which is to come from the school budget, although Mayor Cole and Councilman Williams were reluctant to specify how much the Council should ask the School Board to reduce its total request.