Information for Meeting of Regionalization Planning Board
Thursday September 22, 2011 6:30 PM EDT

MEETING OF THE K-12 REGIONALIZATION PLANNING BOARD FOR THE 
RALPH C. MAHAR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

WHEN:  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 	TIME: 6:30 PM

WHERE:  EILEEN M. PERKINS LIBRARY & MEDIA CENTER 

Agenda
1.  	Call to Order
2.  	Speaking Time for the General Public
3. 	Review and approval of minutes
4.      Regional Agreement issues (governance)
a.	Advisory Committee (5 year review)
b.	Transition Committee
        5.     Regional Agreement issues (finance)
	         a.      Retiree pension costs (local cost or district cost?)
	         b.      Retiree health insurance costs (local cost or district cost?)
          6.     Estimating costs and benefits of regionalization
	         a.  Costs of combining employee associations
		 i.   D. Tobin estimate
    		ii.   R. Dupere estimate
	         b.  Costs of future retirements
		 i.   Using actuarial tables
		ii.   Using employee/student ratios
		iii.  Using class size estimates
	         c.  Effects of regionalization on Net School Spending Requirements
	         d.  Migration of existing costs from municipal budget to regional budget
	         e.  Net cost increases to municipalities
          7.    Responses from DESE
          	         a.  on budget language incorporated into regional agreement (i.e. calculating 
	              foundation budgets, Foundation Aid and minimum requirements, by cost center, 
	              within a district).
	         b.  from DESE legal department on the amended regional agreement as presented
	              to the RPC at the 9.1.11 meeting.
          8.    Preparation for informational meeting on 9/29
          9.    Review schedule of meetings
         10.   Set date of next meeting
         11.   Adjournment


The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be discussed at the meeting.  Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.