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By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com BOLTON „ The New York State Comptroller’s Office recently issued an audit for the Bolton Central School District that was critical of its budgeting process. The audit examined the district’s financial condition from July 1, 2009 to Nov. 30, 2012. The DistrictÍ s budgeted expenditures for the 2012-13 fiscal year were $8.7 million.
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The Comptroller’s Office said that although School Board members adopted spending plans that were ñ realistic and supported for revenues, expenditures were consistently and significantly overestimated.î The Board appropriated more than $690,000 of unexpended surplus funds each year. That totaled about $2.8 million for three years, and the fund balance helped pay for future budgets. The District only used $266,732 of the fund balance during this period, according to the report. ñ As a result, the District has CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
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Lake George Park Commission Boat Decontamination Specialist Doug Underhill gives a boat-washing demonstration following a press conference announcing legislation to protect waterways from invasive species on June 7 at Rogers Memorial Park in Bolton Landing. Photo by Katherine Clark
Boat-washing stations touted By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com BOLTON LANDING „ Area politicians gathered June 7 at Rogers Memorial Park to show their support of proposed federal legislation aimed at curbing the introduction of invasive species into local waterways. The legislation, called the Invasive Fish and Wildlife Protection Act, was unveiled
during a press conference and boat-washing demonstration. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, and is co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh. Gillibrand said there is no more serious problem to the preservation of area waterways than preventing new invasive species from getting into Lake George. ñT his funding is great news for Lake
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WARRENSBURG „ Warrensburg Central School could be one step closer to having a new superintendent for the 2013-14 school year. A statement issued by the Warrensburg Central
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George,î Gillibrand said. ñW e are truly blessed as New Yorkers for our beautiful lakes.î Gillibrand went on to say that a threat to one lake is a threat to all bodies of water in the state and that new invasive species are being found at an alarming rate. There are currently 236 animal species listed as invasive under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Lacey Act. The Lacey Act, a
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School District Board of Education on Monday, June 10 said district leaders have decided to offer the superintendent position to Stillwater Central School District Elementary Principal John Goralski. Goralski served as the assistant principal at William H. Martin School in Queensbury and was a teacher at the school prior to becoming principal at Stillwater. In November 2012, WCS Superintendent Tim Law-
son gave the School Board a one-year notice that he would be leaving. Lawson said he plans to leave the district by this November after being in the position since 2003. Lawson moved to the Warrensburg area in 1996 from Rochester to serve as the elementary school principal. He moved here with his family including CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
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