“The proposed budget provides limits that cannot be exceeded,” he said, encouraging members not to dwell on certain budgetary factors in its preliminary stages.

“Sometimes I don’t understand why we sit on some cash accounts instead of using it for the athletics,” said Board member Ann O’Brien of the $67,000 Athletic Program’s capital needs.

She also requested at the beginning of the meeting to consider changing the way minutes are taken so the public can be directed to the meetings’ audio recordings, referencing the exact start and stop time frame for board members’ talking points, rather than the transcriber summarized notes.

Last week was one of the final board meetings for Dr. James R. Veitenheimer, who is retiring as Deer Valley superintendent, who acknowledged his successor, Dr. Curtis Finch, who was in the audience.

“Curtis, you are taking the reins for the best district,” Dr. Veitenheimer said, joking that he got his “gray beard from 100-plus board meetings.”

Board President Kimberly Fisher was absent from the June 27 meeting amidst a petition circulating calling for her dismissal after recent controversy about an online profanity-laced political banter on Twitter directed at a district teacher. She has refused to resign, citing her comments were as a private citizen on a private account, but implored the district to address the issue of cyberbullying.

Ms. Frank said Ms. Fisher had a family emergency so she conducted the night meeting.

The projected budget gives a synopsis of a $1.4 million overview of results- based funding subject to changed due to decreasing district student enrollment, resulting in the budget decreasing from last year’s $200 million; the advertisement encompasses a plethora of itemized expenses that allow for purchasing and vendor contracts including school equipment, repairs and textbooks; projected student counts and expenses at all district schools; individual departmental budget requests; building construction and repairs; teacher staffing; and more operating expenses.

Go to https://www.dvusd.­org/cms/lib/AZ01901092/ Centricity/domain/56/ books/2016-2017/Board-Book_062717.pdf for complete details on the proposed budget and associated worksheets.