Budget

FY 2017
Board of Education’s Requested Operating Budget
Howard County Public School System
Staffing
Superintendent Board
Actual Actual Budgeted Proposed Requested
FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2017
Professional 7.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Support Staff 100.5 99.0 93.0 92.0 92.0
Total FTE 107.5 104.0 98.0 97.0 97.0
Operating Budget
Superintendent Board
Actual Actual Budgeted Proposed Requested
FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2017
Salaries and Wages $ 6,680,649 $ 6,411,295 $ 6,993,717 $ 7,047,272 $ 7,166,593
Contracted Services 2,318,215 5,100,140 4,376,270 5,530,825 5,530,825
Supplies and Materials 922,512 1,138,144 807,500 970,000 970,000
Other Charges 31,777 3,058 41,000 45,000 45,000
Equipment 728,756 457,976 230,000 820,000 820,000
Total Expenditures $ 10,681,909 $ 13,110,613 $ 12,448,487 $ 14,413,097 $ 14,532,418
Performance Measures/Accomplishments
New work order system will assist in additional opportunities to benchmark against other regional K–12
systems, and other facilities best practices.
Monitoring of HVAC alarms and system messages regarding system performance.
In conjunction with Energy Maintenance Program in-house team members periodically review energy
and water/sewage use to identify mechanical system performance.
Yearly surveys of building comfort, tracking of work order response times, and other issues.
Monitoring of facility condition through Fire, MABE, and PSCP and internal inspections.
Review of Gallup and other employee surveys to measure the engagement of the workforce.
Number of
Students
Comparisons to Neighboring Counties
Total
Square Feet
Operations
(Maintenance)
Cost per
Student
Cost per
Square Foot
Operation of Plant
% of Total Budget
County
Howard County 55,330 9,147,803 $12,448,487 $224.99 $1.36 1.60%
Anne Arundel County 76,227 12,200,000 $17,348,600 $227.59 $1.42 1.57%
Council of the Great City
Schools (Median) N/A N/A N/A $310.68 $1.98 N/A
Frederick County 40,869 6,400,000 $10,926,841 $267.36 $1.71 2.01%
Harford County 37,537 6,000,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Montgomery County 156,514 23,500,000 $34,317,401 $219.26 $1.46 1.43%
Performance Manager: Herb Savje
Operations Building Maintenance – 7602
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