Budget Hearing To Be Held Last Possible Day

By Bob Vosseller JACKSON –

else, with the amount of people who called, neighbors in town, Congressman Chris Smith, the 12 th (Legislative) District, the Ocean County Sheriff, our (Ocean County) Board of Commissioners, neighboring townships, even though they got some wind damage, they called and again it was a miracle,” the (Mayor - See Page 9)

The school budget hearing was moved to May 8, the last possible date that the budget could be adopted, officials said.

This was to allow the school district more time to develop its budget which is facing a fiscal crisis this year because the state took away a lot of funding. They were looking at a $2.5 million cut in aid before a bill was passed that would return 66% of that cut.

“We are into year six of (the new funding formula) and having to cut year after year as expenses continue to climb has not made it easier and it is a perfect storm situation,” Superintendent Nicole Pormilli said.

“We’ve been working with the County Superintendent and the State Department of Education on getting onto a balanced budget. We are still not there yet and we will present something on May 8,” she said.

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