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Finance staff warn of growing food-service pressures; possible transfers and capital needs raised
Summary
At a Jan. 9 meeting finance staff warned of rising food-service costs driven by labor settlements, new state food-service requirements and aging kitchen equipment; staff projected a year-end shortfall for the district food-service fund and flagged a possible high-cost replacement for a school kitchen unit.
District finance staff told the school committee on Jan. 9 that Coventry’s monthly financials are broadly on track but that the school food-service fund faces pressures that could increase the transfer required from the general fund.
Finance staff said Medicaid and tuition revenues were stronger than budgeted year to date, but food-service costs are rising for several reasons: (1) a recent collective-bargaining outcome for cafeteria staff that produced retroactive and upcoming pay increases; (2) new state requirements on composting and restrictions on single-use trays that raise consumables costs; and (3) aging…
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