The annual BOE budget moves - 2002 / 2003

Here's the third installment of the annual June 30 BOE budget transfers:You can see that the schools were under budget this year. That was a direct result of the 2002 post-election announcement by Hartford of the mid-year budget cuts to municipal aid.

I was not on the Council at the time, but understand that additional school-related budget cuts were made to the capital non-recurring (CNR) account that had been dedicated to the schools. The CNR account is a line item in the Town's annual operating budget. In my six years, it's ranged from about $800,000 to $1,300,000. The schools get about half of the money for various capital projects, such as new bleachers or lockers.

Tim White