Town Council To Vote On Potential School Budget Cuts Monday

Manchester's town council will meet on Monday to vote on what cuts, if any, they will make to the school district's 2011-12 budget after it was voted down by residents last month.

The council, tasked to find areas of reduction to the spending plan, is expected to vote on a resolution outlining any potential cuts during a special meeting at 6 p.m. May 16 at the Manchester Township Municipal Complex.

Public comment will be allowed at the meeting, but only after the resolution is voted on, council president Craig Wallis said at a special public meeting held last week between . The public was, however, given an opportunity to voice their thoughts on the budget at that meeting.

The council hired former New Jersey and New York school administrator Dr. Frank Marlow to analyze the budget and recommend cuts.

His findings were  by school administrators who during that May 12 meeting said that Marlow is an outsider who did not have enough time to properly understand the district's needs.

Wallis said that no decision had been made at the time of the meeting. 

Voters in April , which called for a tax increase of $54 per year based on Manchester's average assessed home value of  $194,100.

The finalized budget must be presented to the state by May 19.