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JCCC trustees approve college’s 2007-2008 legal budget
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Written 8/3/07
Story by Julie Haas

JCCC trustees approve college’s 2007-2008 legal budget

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Following a public hearing held at their monthly meeting Aug. 2, the Johnson County Community College board of trustees approved the college’s 2007-2008 legal budget. The legal budget is $180,799,694, an increase of 7.3 percent over 2006-2007’s total of $168,446,734.

In this budget, the trustees lowered the mill levy the college assesses county taxpayers by .14 mills, reducing the levy from 8.872 to 8.732 mills. The board was able to reduce the mill levy because of increases of 5.6 percent in state aid and 5.8 percent in assessed valuation as well as higher income from investments. The average homeowner will pay $241.06 in annual assessment for the college.

The college’s 2007-2008 budget reflects seven new full-time teaching positions needed to accommodate enrollment growth in science, automotive technology, nursing, English, health occupations and the Academic Achievement Center. Other new positions called for in the budget are in internal auditing services, human resources, audiovisual services, the Student Success Center, admissions, public safety, maintenance, custodial services, information services, and the museum. The budget does not call for a change in student cost-per-credit-hour.

Operating costs are again limited to an increase of 2 percent, except in areas where greater increases could not be controlled, such as utilities and insurance. Capital expenses reflect computer  purchases, remodeling costs for spaces vacated by faculty and staff moving to the new Regnier Center and the Nerman Museum, costs for expanding the Police Academy, and media classroom upgrades.

The next meeting of the JCCC board of trustees is at 5 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Hugh Speer board room, 137 GEB. Board of trustee meetings are open to the public.