Here is a series of emails between the transportation director MR Patrick Witherow and I about questioning why will there Be a $250,000 budget increase in transportation cost next year !!! Taxpayers already pay approximately $3,000,000 in transportation costs for the marloro school district FOR 2000 STUDENTS ! Http://marlboroschools.schoolwires/cms/lib/NY24000063/Centricity/Domain/11/MCSD%20Budget%20Document%202013-2014.pdf+ Highland school district transportation cost is $1.4 million dollars FOR 1950 STUDENTS ! Http://highland-k12.org/files/1027128/2013-2014budget.pdf BUT RAYS AND PATS SALES PITCH WILL BE ..”HECK, $250,000 IS ONLY APPROX 35 CENTS PER STUDENT PER DAY!!! WHEN WILL THIS INSANITY END !! ONE OF PAT WITHEROWS FINAL COMMENT IS “Please stop wasting my time” And you can post your anonymous post at .. fearlessblogging/post/view/20450 ===================================================== Emails ….for your reading enjoyment can we have more details of the $250,000 transportation cost increase for next years budget ? Inbox x DANIEL BROOKS danny@1alphatech Mar 26 (2 days ago) to patrick.wither., RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Is this increase just for the current bus company that has held the contract for the past 20 years .....George M Caroll ? PATRICK WITHEROW via 1alphatech 9:34 PM (20 hours ago) to DANIEL, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Mr. Brooks, We are very busy working on both the budget and day to day district business. I appreciate your interest in the upcoming budget. We are continuing to work on solidifying all our expected expenditures for the upcoming year. We do expect to have a budget adopted on April 24th. Transportation expenditures include transportation of MCSD students to MCSD schools, private schools, parochial schools, multiple BOCES locations, sporting events, extra-curricular competitions, curriculum related school trips, homeless students, and numerous special education placements - to name a few locations/served populations of students. I truly wish I did have the time to address every specific request for detailed information but I just do not. Best regards, ================================\] DANIEL BROOKS danny@1alphatech 9:08 AM (8 hours ago) to PATRICK, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG patrick Your answer is unacceptable for a $250,000 increase of transportation cost ! So you are telling me MCSD will not specifically explain why George M Croll is asking for a $250,00 increase cost , but MCSD will just throw $250,000 away without details ? Is it part of George M Carol contract ? Has anyone from the BOE or Administration request George M Carol to reduce the $250,000 increase due to financial difficulties the MCSD is going thru ? You ask me that i can ask specific questions about the budget before post ASSUMPTIONS on the Marlboro Community Concerns Facebook site ! \============================= PATRICK WITHEROW via 1alphatech 9:56 AM (7 hours ago) to DANIEL, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Mr. Brooks, I did not say I would not detail the increase to GMC. I said I am not going to specifically outline to you, separately from budget presentations, the details surrounding any specific increases. Honestly, I have too much work to do to respond to every single question you may have. Nobody said GMC is asking for a $250,000 increase. We have a contract. The $250,000 increase was a conservative estimate of our highest cost month rolled up against the CPI percentage increase for the next school year. We continue to refine our assumptions. I do not know what you are or are not posting to MCC as I have not looked at the site since our departure and I do not plan on looking at the site. There is no point, and frankly, I have better things to do with my time. I am constantly updating numbers as we gather information and I have no intention of contacting you with updates every time a revision is made. I also assure you we are not ...just throwing $250,000 away..., we are purchasing a service. I know you think everyone should work for free, but that is just not reality. Do you work for free for the the work you do for the town in order to keep everyones taxes low? Best regards, DANIEL BROOKS danny@1alphatech 11:01 AM (6 hours ago) to PATRICK, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Patrick I did work for 20 hrs of my time for free to plan and move the towns network So please do not make assumptions ! I did work for free to keep our taxes down ! With all due respect you are the transportation director and should be able to have these numbers available A straight up answer would be professionally correct ! I asked where 250k transportation increase went and initially you give me the description of the transportation and not any numbers as to why the increase ! The research i have done , if bus routes have not changed, then there should be a CPI increase which should be between 1 – 2%, that being said the current transportation budget for 2013-2014 is approximately $3,000,000 1-2% of that is only $30,000 to $60,000 increase of the transportation budget and not $250,000 ! can you please correct me if i am wrong in my finding ! If you are too busy today , i can understand that , so an immediae response is not necessary When you do find time please verify V PATRICK WITHEROW via 1alphatech 11:48 AM (5 hours ago) to DANIEL, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Mr. Brooks, George M Carroll has also provided free service for our school district on multiple occasions, so to that extent they too have worked to save the taxpayers money just as you have done. With all due respect to you, please do not confuse me not providing you an answer with me not knowing the answer. They are two separate situations, not at all related to each other. You didnt ask for a simple answer. You asked to me detail the initial increase estimate; again a different question with a much more detailed answer than a simple numerical response. As I type I am thinking of the time I have already invested in this conversation, time I will never get back. Your assumption that bus routes have not changed is incorrect. You may be surprised to know that bus routes change almost weekly. We are constantly modifying where students go and how they get there. Many times these are out of our control. THIS IS FUNNY SHIT MANy times they are necessary to ensure the safety of children taking buses to various locations for various reasons. Surely I am not speaking of the normal day to day transport of students to MCSD schools, but they too are often subject to change for a host of reasons, some of which I am not able to discuss with outside parties. With that very material change in assumptions your calculations are no longer accurate. As I said, we initially took our highest cost month and rolled that up with the CPI increase estimate to come up with our first look number (that is the answer to your question, by the way, of detailing how we came up with the initial increase estimate). That number has changed as we have taken a more detailed look at our cost structure. While it is tempting for me to leave our discussion at that, I do have a vested interest in putting this matter to bed. We are currently estimating the increase in transportation expenses to be in the ballpark of $75,000 for next year ( a number that could still change!). Again, there are many variables that occur within a month, let alone a year. My budget has to account for these possibilities. I cannot refuse to transport students because I failed to plan for any specific scenario. I hope that is understood. I am hopeful this answer is to your satisfaction. As I have said many times, we start with a broad set of parameters and work on revising those estimates as details and information becomes clearer and available. Best regards, DANIEL BROOKS danny@1alphatech 4:16 PM (1 hour ago) to PATRICK, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG The bottom line is $3 mil for transportation for 2000 students and now MCSD will budget an additional $250,000 for transportation ? The numbers seem too high , and here is one area where costs need to be controlled ! The bus company should be asked to keep the budget down as to last years budget ! PATRICK WITHEROW via 1alphatech 4:24 PM (1 hour ago) to DANIEL, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Did you even read my response? I am sorry, I cannot continue to respond to you if you cannot even read my response. How you can still think we are facing a $250,000 increase when I clearly responded the increase is expected to be about $75,000. Please stop wasting my time. I must now conclude it is intentional. Regards, DANIEL BROOKS danny@1alphatech 4:42 PM (1 hour ago) to PATRICK, RAY, dean.tamburri, celeste.riccia., joann.reed, stephen.jennis., BILL, russell.conley, Pauline, Mark, CRAIG Ok then be honest with the taxpayers and remove $250,000 transportation increase from your budget presentation and replace it with $75,000 !!! Makes me wonder what other line items are bloated ! And you can post your anonymous post at .. fearlessblogging/post/view/20450
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:20:57 +0000
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