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Hillside board rebukes mayor’s spending claims, records abstentions and notes amendment to guard contract
Summary
At its meeting, the Hillside Public School District board publicly rejected a mayoral claim that the district had overspent, citing a recent public audit. The board also recorded several abstentions on agenda items and an amendment was stated to transfer a security guard contract from 'GTA' to 'AP Mars.'
The Hillside Public School District board publicly pushed back against remarks by the town’s mayor alleging the district had overspent, saying a recent audit shows no overexpenditure and that the claims were "false and misleading," according to a board speaker.
Speaker 1 (Unidentified Speaker) told attendees the board has not overextended itself, saying, "Proof of that can be found in the very public recent audit report that shows the exact opposite of the allegations." The speaker urged the community to focus on students as the board begins the new school year.
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