Collingswood Borough and Public Schools are working to align their operations to fix a structural shortfall in district funding. Credit: NJPEN.
Collingswood Schools, Government Outline Massive Facilities, Funding Collaboration Effort
Both entities hope to identify new funding sources for district and community needs; consolidate office, academic, and recreation spaces; and manage future capital improvements for the district and community at large. Before any of that, however, they must plug a $3.6-million hole in the district operating budget in the next few weeks.
In a preliminary hearing Monday, Camden Civil Presiding Judge Francisco Dominguez sided with the attorney for Collingswood Commissioner Jim Maley, temporarily enjoining the borough from its EMS privatization contract. Sign in or subscribe to continue reading…
The borough challenges claims from Commissioner Jim Maley as being “based on a misunderstanding of events and resultant misconstrued application of conflicts law.” It argues that Virtua EMTs can help address first responder crews for which “staffing issues have reached a critical and dangerous status in the past several years.” Sign in or subscribe to continue reading…