Mr. Hammerle was a member of the board during the tenure of former Town Supervisor Bill McGintee, whose financial mismanagement resulted in charges against the onetime town budget officer, Ted Hults, in Mr. McGintee's resignation, and in
an internal town fund deficit that was just recently tallied at $ 27 million.
Although the committee leaders recommended changes to the
internal components of the spending formula, the budget proposal has no change in the total amount of education
funding — which would provide a huge sigh of relief for cities and
towns.