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Resident questions $22.7 million in board payments; administrators say figure includes payroll and capital transfers
Summary
A public commenter pressed the Woodbridge Township Board of Education on a $22,736,369.26 payments item on the agenda. Business administrator provided a breakdown saying the total includes payroll, vendor bills and capital-project costs; a board member said some amounts reflect transfers from the capital reserve and require a budget readoption.
A public commenter asked the Woodbridge Township Board of Education on Oct. 16 to explain a $22,736,369.26 payments item on the finance agenda, prompting a brief explanation from the district’s business administrator and board members.
Tom Maris, identifying himself as a resident of Woodbridge Township, asked the board what the $22,736,369.26 covered and why the amount was so much higher than a typical monthly total. “What is that huge increase in expenditures? And I’m asking the board. You’re voting on it,” Maris said during the meeting’s public-comment period.
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