Inc. All Rights Reserved GUFS Money Was Accurately Distributed Editor, I read with concern the inaccurate and misleading advertisement that was placed by the Concerned Citizens of Garrison in the paper last week. This ad implied that the district was fiscally irresponsible and nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the district had an excess of revenues over expenditures that year and those funds were used to add to the repair reserve fund and reduce school taxes in the following year. Since December, status reports on the budget have been issued to Board of Education Trustees and reviewed at monthly, public Board meetings.
Spending is controlled and monitored through a system of checks and balances.
All expenditures are reviewed and coded by the business office, then verified by the superintendent and finally scrutinized by the district s internal auditor. Bi-weekly, the Board of Education also reviews the warrant. Ellen Bergman, Ed.