Marple Newtown committee previews July payments, budget transfers and a new credit-card policy

Miss Harvey, speaking at the Marple Newtown School Board’s June 10 budget and finance committee meeting, said the district had “the usual bills for payment, for the general fund and food service bills.”

The committee reviewed routine year-end financial housekeeping and several administrative authorizations the district will act on at upcoming meetings, including a request to authorize the business administrator to release checks in July, a budget transfer to cover substitute-teacher service shortfalls and a reading of a proposed credit-card policy for limited district use.

The committee’s discussion matters because the district closes its fiscal year over the summer and needs interim authority to pay vendors and process payroll before the board reconvenes. Miss Harvey said the district will continue paying current-year bills through the summer and “bring those bills to the…