posted on 3/14/2025

At its March 10 meeting, the School Board voted unanimously to recommend budget adjustments to its Jan. 6, 2025 adopted budget.

The adjustments would reduce the amount needed to be raised by local property tax and bring it within the City of Dover's tax cap calculation, according to the School Department's Chief Financial Officer Michael Limanni and the memorandum he provided to the School Board at the March 10 meeting. The budget memorandum discusses why there are recommended changes to the revenue and appropriations sides of the budget.

With the adjustments, the School Department budget would total $94,862,186 across all funds, a reduction of $860,149 from the $95,722,335 adopted amount. The School Board now recommends that $61,151,322 be raised by local property taxes for General Fund appropriations, a reduction of $2,370,578 from the $63,521,900 the School Board adopted on Jan. 6.

These recommended adjustments will be included on a forthcoming list of budget adjustments that City Manager J. Michael Joyal, Jr. will provide to the City Council to consider when the Council prepares to adopt its FY2026 budget.