Council questions school surplus, maintenance‑of‑effort calculations during budget workshop
Westerly councilors pressed for detail on the school district’s fund balance and the maintenance‑of‑effort calculation that, on paper, could reduce the town appropriation by about $1.78 million; councilors asked for six years of actual expenditures from the district.
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Westerly — Council members at the April 9 workshop pressed school officials’ budget in multiple exchanges, focusing on how the district’s unspent balances (surplus/fund balance) affect the town’s requests for local appropriations.
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