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School committee presses district on late fees, utility billing and payment timing
Summary
Members asked why bills and contract payments can be delayed and requested clearer labeling of payment batches; Superintendent Curley described warrant timing and said National Grid agreed to hold and credit late fees through Jan. 1 while the district pursues posting corrections.
Committee members raised repeated concerns about payment timing, confusing batches and late fees during the Nov. 10 finance meeting. "We get multiple copies of the same batch per day... it gets a little bit confusing which one is which," Mister Dias said, asking staff to improve naming and labeling so questions can be tied to specific batches.
Dias also cited cases where he received batches that already showed invoices as past due and asked what the…
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