Update August 5, 2011 Presentations from one of the review teams will be made at the August 15, 2011 School Board meeting. Final presentations will be made this fall.
From the School District website:
From the School District website:
In the Summer of 2010, the Mt. Lebanon School Board adopted a multi-year plan to review and analyze District programs and operations in response to potential budget challenges facing Mt. Lebanon over the next several years. These challenges include rising pension and health care costs, decreased state and federal subsidies, and moderating earned income taxes. Taking a proactive approach, the Board formed teams of administration staff, board members, and community members to study and make recommendations to the School Board that would result in cost savings to the District, and/or provide revenue generating opportunities. The plan centers on the formation of Program and Operations Review Teams that will convene over the coming years focusing in on specific areas of the District budget. Four teams were formed in the fall of 2010 and more will be formed in the coming year.
At the end of Year One, all teams have nothing to report. There are some interesting names on this list - some running for School Board or Commission.
Program Review Team | Team Members | Team Description and Reports | Contact the Team |
Revenue Generating | Co-Chairs: Kirsten Fudeman Jan Klein Board Liason: Mary Birks Marc Field Shannon Johnson Scott Kerr Scott Ritenour Tim Steinhauer | This team was tasked with finding new revenue sources which could be a recurring source of income for the District. (A report for this team is not yet available) | |
Operations Review Teams | |||
Capital Projects | Co-Chairs: Rick Marciniak Gerald Ingram Board Liason: Ed Kubit Kim Abel Mark Ackerman Al Frioni J. P. Morgan Daniel Pinho | The area of focus for this team is to maintain or reduce recurring capital project expenditures consistent with the District’s Strategic Plan. The specific task of the Capital Projects Operations Committee was to review the capital program processes and projects; identify improved operational processes and procedures; identify revenue generating opportunities; identify improvements and efficiency gains while maintaining or reducing expenses and identify operations no longer serving the District’s needs. (A report for this team is not yet available) | |
Staff Planning | Co-Chairs: Steve Scheurer Dr. Deb Allen Board Liason: Dale Ostergaard Kelly Bareford Brian Foster Rob Gardner Judy Kramer Jim Schreiber | The long range goal of the staff planning team is to provide feedback and recommendations to the Board regarding opportunities for improvements and efficiencies as they relate to the deployment of our human resources. The team is assessing staff levels across all functional areas of the school district as well as enrollment trends and projections. (A report for this team is not yet available) | |
Utility Operations | Co-Chairs: Gerald Ingram Steve Vennare Board Liason: Elaine Cappucci Scott Goldman Kathy Hrabovsky Tammy Janero Kristen Linfante | The Utility Operations Review Team was formed to identify potential cost cutting ideas to present to the District Board for information and possible implementation. The team has reviewed past and present energy trends, how the District utilizes its buildings, the current energy policy, along with innovative ideas for current and future consideration. (A report for this team is not yet available) |
4 comments:
Is this an example of the topic of Mr. Diaz's post from Sunday, July 17, 2011?
'Ideological Gridlock' from The Post-Gazette
Members of the Board: Attached is a pdf of a column from the Post-Gazette "Forum" section today (Sunday, July 17, 2011). The column is written by Marc Dunkelman, a fellow at Johns Hopkins' Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. It is an analysis that I hope you have all read, or will read. Mr. Dunkelman addresses the very concern for community, open-mindedness, and the ability to interact with those whose views we do not share I have tried, along with many others, to pose to you as one reason why you have been unsuccessful in developing broad-based support in our town for your policies. Mr. Dunkelman goes squarely at the "Posti Postulate" ("surround yourself only with people who completely agree with you").
Dick Saunders
Man, if we have John Pierpont Morgan himself helping out on the capital projects team and we still can't bring this turkey in under $120MM then we must be totally hosed.
Matt, J.P. is obviously teleconferencing in. And yes, we are totally hosed.
Elaine
A memo on deficit reduction from the office of the President says:
“If the fiscal committee took no action, the deal would automatically add nearly $500 billion in defense cuts on top of cuts already made, and, at the same time, it would cut critical programs like infrastructure or education.”
More education cuts are coming from the U.S. Government.
Bill Hook
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