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Milton council debates whether city money should fund Milton High NJROTC; members split over scope and limits
Summary
Councilors and residents disagreed over a discretionary grant request from Milton High School’s NJROTC during a work session. Some urged targeted support for durable equipment; others warned the city risks a slippery slope and urged schools and county to shoulder costs.
Milton councilors and members of the public spent the bulk of a work session debating whether the city should use discretionary funds to support Milton High School’s NJROTC program.
The item began as a request, previously briefed at a workshop, for a contribution toward travel, iPads and other expenses. Staff said the council’s discretionary fund was replenished Oct. 1 to $20,000 total — $2,000 per council member and $4,000 for the mayor — and that no expenditures had yet been made from it.
“I'm just not comfortable with using discretionary funds for this,” said a member of the council (speaker 15), arguing the city should not be responsible for funding the school program.…
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