Budget put in voters' hands
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/29/06
BY BRIAN LEE
KEYPORT BUREAU
ABERDEEN — Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District's Board of Education members voted 6-3 late Monday to present voters with a $59.1 million budget. Historically, voters have rejected district budget requests, and some residents thought this one will also fail.
The "nay" voters — Charles Kenny, Kenneth Aitken, and Lawrence O'Connell — red-flagged the proposed $1.45 million capital athletic facility upgrade at the high school.
Their position was backed by Matawan's Bob Casagrande, who accused the board of "rubber-stamping" the project that would install turf and lights, and resurface the track.
Casagrande criticized officials' upkeep of the field, and was skeptical about whether the board had investigated alternative funding options.
"I am appalled at such poor planning," Casagrande said, adding that the board should have formed an ad hoc group of parents and concerned citizens.
But board President Kathy Zavorskas took "exception" to the lashing, and noted the proposed lease purchase over 15 years would account for a penny of the tax rate in both communities this year.
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/29/06
BY BRIAN LEE
KEYPORT BUREAU
ABERDEEN — Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District's Board of Education members voted 6-3 late Monday to present voters with a $59.1 million budget. Historically, voters have rejected district budget requests, and some residents thought this one will also fail.
The "nay" voters — Charles Kenny, Kenneth Aitken, and Lawrence O'Connell — red-flagged the proposed $1.45 million capital athletic facility upgrade at the high school.
Their position was backed by Matawan's Bob Casagrande, who accused the board of "rubber-stamping" the project that would install turf and lights, and resurface the track.
Casagrande criticized officials' upkeep of the field, and was skeptical about whether the board had investigated alternative funding options.
"I am appalled at such poor planning," Casagrande said, adding that the board should have formed an ad hoc group of parents and concerned citizens.
But board President Kathy Zavorskas took "exception" to the lashing, and noted the proposed lease purchase over 15 years would account for a penny of the tax rate in both communities this year.
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