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26~ )2 THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1974 Council reconvened at noon on Thursday, April ll, in the offices of and with the City School Board~ the meeting having been recessed from April 9, 1974. All members of Council were present, with Mayor West presiding as to those items wherein City Council took action. Following luncheon with the school board, Mr. John D. Richmond, Division Superintendent of Schools, presented, at the request of the school board, the school board's proposed budget for the operation of the City's schools for the upcoming fiscal year. During the half hour briefing by the superintendent, there was a discussion of the revised procedures and guidelines for determining the amount of state and local responsibilities for school financing and this discussion brought out that whereas during the current fiscal year the formula required the City to fund approximately 50% of the minimum program, changes in the laws will require the City to fund approximately 58% of the minimum program for the upcoming fiscal year. Even though there had been a drop in school attendance, resulting in the school board's decision to reduce the instructional administrative personnel by a total of fifteen, the school board recommended that the total budget of $3,49l,260.00 as proposed include salary increases of approximately 10% for school personnel. It was pointed out that the proposed budget figure as noted does not include debt service. Motion was made by Mr. Boaz, seconded by Mr. Lester, and carried unanimously, Council authorized the school board to proceed with its financial planning under the terms of the budget as proposed, but in the discussion the City Manager noted that at that time it appeared that the tax base of the City, for the upcoming fiscal year, would be approximately $275,000.00 more than in the current fiscal year which, incidentally, was about equal to the increase in the local financial