the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Village Council agrees to cut $630,000 from the defeated Ridgewood Board of Education budget .Councilwomen Bernie Walsh commented that the curriculum and programs would not be impacted or result in any layoffs . She suggested the BOE put out a list of line items of what was actually cut . Deputy Mayor Knudsen stressed no impact on programs or quality of education and called it a win/win.
Mayor Ramon Hache said state school aid would be cut $447,000 ,and according to Deputy Mayor Knudsen was actually less than anticipated and factored in .
This means overall about $1.1M cut to the school budget. Murphy announced a cut of about $447,000 last week, in state aid. The Council resolution stated last night that as per school administration, this will not affect any programming.
The council approved the cut in a 4 to 1 with Councilmen Voigt as the lone dissenter.
The lone gunman, Jeff Voigt.
$630000 out of over 110 million is nothing. Not even close to 1%. This is BS.
More like $6MM was needed….otherwise you’re just spitting into the wind.
So glad the council respected the citizens’ vote. Well except for the irrelevant douchebag
What a complete joke…this cannot stand.
5 to 6 million should have been shaved.
The people of the village voted and have been ignored.
It’s time to storm the castle….
What services will be affected from this 1.1M cut?
At least it’s a start. How can we keep this going to ensure we continue reducing the budget in the future?
Should have started 10 yeaes ago.
Probably the new fountain they were going to install in front of the Board of Education building.
Oh I thought they’re going to have a statue ,I guess not.
Of Roberta ? Or Sheila ?
Oh shit , good one .
To be honest … I’d just like a look at a summary of the entire budget to see where the huge sum is going.
What a joke!!! This is an insult to the voters who voted against the over-inflated budget, and once again proves this town is lacking the leadership that truly represents the interests of this towns constituents.
The proposed cuts barely scrape the fat, let alone do any meaningful fiscal trimming of said fat.
Indeed a “win / win”….for all those what had their personal interests ahead of those of the people…
This is the EXACT thing they do on those RARE occasions when the budget gets voted down.