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Northumberland County approves $50,000 transfer to cover school technology payroll after reconciliation errors
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a voice vote to transfer $50,000 from the instruction budget to the school division's technology line after school officials said unreconciled accounts and mis-posted invoices left the technology account short for payroll.
The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors on April 25 approved a request from the school division to transfer $50,000 from the 6100 instruction line to the 6800 technology line to cover payroll and incoming technology invoices.
Dr. Leslie, a school-division representative, told the board, "We're requesting a transfer from the instruction category to the technology category in in order to cover payroll expenses, for 3 employees?" She said payroll runs revealed inadequate funds in the technology account after the county and school accounting records showed different fiscal-year placements for invoices submitted in July 2024.
The request followed an internal review that found about $885,000 in invoices submitted in July that the county carried into fiscal 2024-25 while the school division had accounted for them in 2023-24.…
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