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STAFF ANALYSIS OF TRUSTEE MOTION
Trustee Scott: Trustee Professional Development and Communications Budgets
The effect of this motion would be cost - neutral, since the total budget allocation would
remain the same.
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Re:
Chair and Members
Committee of the Whole (Budget)
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20 ,Lurch 2000
debate: Trustee Scott has given notice that she will move in amendment as follows during the budget
WHEREAS Policies P.003.GOV, P•004.GOV and P.005.GOV, relating to Board member
honoraria, support services and professional development, are under review;
WHEREAS the current policies require that the Board determine in its annual budget the
amounts to be set aside for Board member professional development and the Chair's
discretionary fund (P- OW -GOV. Section 2.3) and for individual trustee communications
(P- 005.GOV, Section 2.2);
WHEREAS the total budgeted amount for trustee professional development and
communications is 593,150, and for the Chair's discretionary fund is 315 ,000, for 1999 -2000, for a
total of 5108,150;
WHEREAS it has been proposed that some expenses previously charged against individual
trustee communications accounts should be charged centrally, and that more flexibility is
needed with regard to individual trustees' allocation of spending between coaiatunrcations and
professional development;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
A. TK-k i the total aalou_^ t budgeted for trustee professional development and
coa+.a:unications and the Chair's discretionary fund remain at 5108,150 for the 2000 -2001
fiscal year;
B. THAT the amounts allocated to individual trustees and to the Chair's discretionary
fund be determined at the time of reviewing the relevant policies in April 2000; and
C. THAT any amount not allocated under part b preceding be assigned to appropriate
central accounts for trustee support.
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Assistant Secretary of the Board
James P. Grieve
LS:BLC Director of Education /Secretary of the Board
Budget /Scott -ii'