CCC营运预算获批准

2023年9月22日

The 中央社区学院 理事会 has approved an operating budget for 2023-24, which includes a fifth straight decrease in the property tax levy for the 25 counties served by CCC.

The property tax levy was set at 8.5391 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, down from 9.2022-23年为0.273美分.

“I am pleased that the CCC 理事会 chose to reduce our levy by 7.9 percent after seeing valuation increases of 8.9 percent across our 25-county service area,” said CCC President Dr. 马特Gotschall. “It demonstrates our conservative values while allowing a modest increase in tax funds collected for reinvestment into our high-quality faculty as well as repair and improvements of our educational facilities located throughout central Nebraska.”

The total operating budget for 2023-24 is $65,023,525, 哪一个增加了2美元,494,从2022-23年预算中削减535美元. The college will plan on drawing $1,000,000 from reserves. 

In addition to local property taxes, 其他收入包括国家援助, tuition and those tied to the bookstores and food services affiliated with CCC.

另外, 学院的预算是10美元,885,109 in the capital improvement fund, a $422,从2022-23年增加131个, 和415美元,000 in a fund for removal of hazardous materials and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a $2,263,从2022-23年减少762人.

Property taxes are based on property valuations for the 25 counties served by CCC, which reported an increase in total valuation of $5,175,189,504, 或者增加8.97%.

Total budgeted disbursements and transfers for 中央社区学院 in 2023-2024 will exceed $128 million.

“The CCC 理事会 is dedicated to providing quality programs for all students, and equally committed to maintaining cost effective spending that doesn’t overburden our property tax supporters,丽塔·斯基尔斯说, 董事会主席.

Gotschall also credits the Grand Island City Council for approving up to $500,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for infrastructure improvements to CCC-Grand Island.

“CCC appreciates the Grand Island City Council recognizing the powerful partnership through helping the 大岛校园 grow to assist in meeting increased workplace demands and to recruit more college-age students to live and work in central Nebraska,戈彻说.

Grand Island 五月or Roger Steele said earmarking the city’s ARPA funds for CCC-Grand Island is both the right thing to do and a wise investment in the future.

“We depend upon 中央社区学院 to provide training for our citizens and many of those people who are trained at CCC take high-paying jobs here in Grand Island,斯蒂尔说. “Investing in education always provides great returns for our community.”