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Public urges finance-committee oversight as Wayne Township district faces $7.1 million shortfall
Summary
Public commenters and board members discussed a reported $7,100,000 deficit, large mid-year increases in professional-service and textbook line items, and a request that the finance committee be given access to monthly professional invoices to identify savings; a settlement agreement for employee #1331 was added to the agenda for a vote.
Members of the public and board members pressed the Wayne Township Public School District on budget transparency and oversight Tuesday as the district contends with what a resident described as a roughly $7,100,000 shortfall.
"My comments about the agenda relate to the $7,100,000 deficit that was announced this past spring," said Alan Topescue, 41 Gibbs Drive, during the public-comment period. He urged the board to give the finance committee access to monthly professional invoices — for accountants, lawyers and auditors — so the committee could "identify opportunities to reduce cost" and report back to the full board.
Topescue singled out sharp mid‑year changes in professional-service line items and textbooks. In his remarks he cited that "professional…
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