HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-07-14, Page 3Social contract: no Rae of hope
by Don Jackson
The Huron County Board of
Education (HCBE) met in com-
mittee of the whole, then held a
special public meeting im-
mediately following on July 5 to
discuss the implications of the
Social Contract.
Paul Carroll, director -designate
of the HCBE, outlined some of
the impacts of the Social Contract
in a statement. He said, "In some
fashion, then, we must recover
immediately almost $1 million in
spending to accommodate these
reductions."
This figure is the .projection for
what the HCBE must recover by
the end of 1993. Carroll outlined
that the 1993 Ontario budget,
along with expected changes in
grants from the province will add
an estimated $1.5 million. "No
matter how you juggle the figures,
they add up just the same: 1 + 1.5
+ 1.5 = $4 million - and thisis
the 'best' case or minimum total,"
he said. The numbers represent
the $1 million to be recovered
before the end of 1993 in accor=
dance with the social contract, the
$1.5 million to be recovered in
1994 and the $1.5 million in Cuts
from the Ontario budget" and
reduced provincial General Legis-
lative Grants from the province.
He explained some of the pos-
sible avenues the HCBE can .look
at as ways to cut back and recover
the required money. • He said the
board could raise the mill rate by
'an unprecedented' double digit
percentage, but added that several
local citizens have already .con-
tacted him to say that this is unac-
ceptable, given the present
economic climate.
The second possibility Carroll
presented was that the board could
"choose to, ignore the predictions
and hope against hope for some
miraculous solution or some finan-
cial windfall." He said that this
approach was not feasible
because, "There is no hidden
source of funds which will emerge
in the next four -and -a -half months
to soften this multi-million dollar
blow."
He said the third possibility is to
decrease operations spending to a
bare minimum through rigorous
board control of all spending, but
added thatthe operating budget
only accounts for about 20 per
cent of the total HCBE budget and
that it had already "felt the axe"
over the last two or three years.
Carroll said that the money will
have to be made up through wage
cuts, which account for about
$50,000,000 of board . expen-
ditures. He explained the options
on how these cuts might be
implemented. "Such a reduction
can occur in only two ways: 1.
There w.uld have to be fewer
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positions; layoffs would. be neces-
sary because attrition in the short
term would not reach these mas-
sive dollar targets. 2. All of us
whose salaries exceed $30,000
could choose, to share wage reduc-
tion in some equitable fashion."
He added that if wage reduc-
tions aren't enough to reach the
required cash recovery, . some
system of unpaid leaves will have
to be implemented.
HCBE Chair Bea Dawson said
that the process will be best
achieved with partnership from
staff. "While the board must take
the legal responsibility for action,
and must make the necessary
decisions, there is no legal barrier,
nor do we wish any perceived
barriers, to prevent the full par-
ticipation of the employee groups
in this decision making process."
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