Board approves finance committee motions, OKs small meal-price increase and donations

The Barnaget Township Board of Education on July approved the finance committee's motions including routine payroll, treasury reports, transfers and acceptance of donations, and a 5-cent increase to breakfast and lunch prices for the coming school year. The approvals implement standard year-start finance housekeeping and allow the district to accept anonymous donations designated for Donahue School lunch and library balances. Board members said the items were part of routine budget management and summer preparations. "There are some motions: the regular motions for payroll, bills list, board secretary report, transfer of funds, treasury report, and board certification," Finance Committee Chair Miss Continenza reported during committee remarks. The committee also moved to accept anonymous donations for Donahue School lunch and library balances. Board members approved the motions in a roll-call vote recorded as all present voting yes. The board also approved a 5-cent increase in meal prices from last year for breakfast and lunch, a change the finance committee placed on the agenda for board approval. The approvals came during the board's consent vote on all finance committee motions (motions 1'3), which the board carried by unanimous roll call. No public comment or dissent on these finance items was recorded in the public session. The finance committee said it will meet again on Aug. 20 to continue summer budget and operational planning. The board's approval authorizes administration to implement the motions but does not itself create new policy beyond the budgetary and acceptance actions described.