PAGE 10 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, January 22, 2012 TAX Continued from Page 3 could be raised using just the Act 1 index. Before Melone made his presentation, the board heard from Tom Rainey of Bonita & Rainey, who performed an audit for the district for the 2010-11 school year. Rainey’s report showed the district actually spent about $1.3 million less than what it had budgeted, and the dis- trict also had a surplus of $657,000 in revenues. Melone said that brought the district’s fund balance, akin to a savings account, to a total of $2.5 million, but most of that money will be needed to cover shortfalls in the 2012-13 budget. Melone noted that salary and health care benefits will continue to increase over time. This year the increases will set the district back by $1.5 million. Salaries and benefits contribute to about 69 percent of the budget. “Even if you use the fund balance to cover this cost, you still have a $1.5 million deficit for the next year and then some,” said Melone. Last year the board faced difficult decisions in its bud- geting process due to a major decrease in state funding. The district managed to save money by not replacing retir- ing teachers, furloughing about five teachers, curtail- ing certain programs and cut- ting costs for transportation and supplies. The district also complete- ly revamped its curriculum, and Superintendent James McGovern said the district has few options to fill the funding gaps. McGovern estimated the district’s fund balance will be left with $30,000 after this year’s budgeting process. “The governor intended to make school districts use ev- erything they have,” said McGovern. “We have taken drastic measures ... we're do- ing more with less. Now we're just going to have to develop alternate sources of funding.” McGovern also said nego- tiating teachers’ salaries, which will occur at the end of next year when the current contract runs out, will not solve the long-term funding problems. “You can’t count on nego- tiations to solve the issues,” he said. “We have fantastic teachers. We're doing well because our people are good, and we don’t want to sacri- fice that.” The board will vote on a proposed final budget in May before voting on a final bud- get at the end of June. In other news, the board ... e Heard from Johnna Evans, president of the Lake- Lehman Foundation, about its upcoming annual tea at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus in April. The founda- tion will award scholarships to Lake-Lehman seniors at the April 15 event. Students have until March 1 to apply for various scholarships of- fered by the foundation. 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