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Municipal budget
Township manager discusses
changes. PAGE 3
AMY DAVIS/Special to The Sun
Hundreds of people crowded LES at last years LES PTOs Kids Used Toys and Clothing Sale, where a variety of gently used boys and girls clothing was available for sale, along
with a variety of other items. This years event will be held on Saturday, March 9 from 8 a.m. until noon.
PTO to host annual used toy, clothing sale
By HEATHER FIORE
The Lawrence Sun
On Saturday, March 9, the
Lawrenceville Elementary School
PTO will be hosting its semi-an-
nual Spring Kids Used Toy and
Clothing Sale.
From 8 a.m. to noon, visitors
will have the chance to shop a se-
lection of items donated by more
than 150 community members,
including used toys, gently used
spring and summer clothing
(sizes newborn to 16), shoes,
books, coats, maternity and baby
items, sporting equipment and
some small furniture, according
to Vikki Lovvoll, one of the
events coordinators.
It's a pretty broad range of
items, but they're all durable and
children-oriented, she said.
Lovvoll, who has been organiz-
ing the event for the last two
years, explained how the sellers
prepare for the sale on Friday
night (March 8) by organizing all
of the items according to catego-
ry.
Everyone puts his or her
items out by category, she said.
All of the shoes are located in
one hall and organized by size. All
of the toys are in another hall and
organized. The books, maternity
items and baby items are put to-
gether, and all of the clothing is in
the gymnasium and organized by
gender, size and so on.
Amy Davis, member of the
LES PTO planning committee for
this event, has been involved with
the event for the last four years,
added how Lawrence High
Schools music booster club
LIMBO also volunteers to help
sellers unload and carry their
items into the school.
In return, the LES PTO makes
a donation to their club, she
said. It's incredible how many
people are involved and all bene-
fit in many different ways.
The sellers organize the items
prior to the sale so people can go
directly to what they're searching
for without any hassle, Lovvoll
said.
It's a very buyer-friendly
sale, she said. People can come
and go to exactly what they're
looking for and shop that entire
table, so it's very easy for them to
go through and purchase those
items.
Lovvoll detailed how the sellers
keep 85 percent of the sales, with
the PTO securing the other 15
percent as well as a 15-percent
markup.
It really is a win-win because
what happens is the remaining
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Public Schools to fund an innova-
tive new project at Lawrence
High School.
Over the next few months,
major renovations will take place
in the high school library and
media center. These renovations
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hancements will provide better
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To accomplish this, dedicated
laptop computers will be pur-
chased while the current desktop
computers will be relocated
throughout the district. Having
dedicated laptops in the Library
Media Center will serve the tech-
nological and collaborative needs
of our students and teachers. A
juice bar will be built to allow
students to charge their personal
devices creating a highly func-
tioning space for students. Other
enhancements include adjusting
the shelving to ensure easier ac-
cess to books and material. Seat-
ing will be updated to encourage
students to stay a while and read.
New, prominent signage will
point the way to the material
sought allowing easier access to
materials.
These grants, as well as all
other grants awarded to the pub-
lic schools, are made possible by
the generosity of the donors who
contribute to LTEF.
The LTEF is a nonprofit organ-
ization that fosters educational
excellence, creativity and
achievement in the Lawrence
Township Public Schools. Since
1992, it has funded more than 500
programs in the Lawrence
schools with grants in excess of
$2.5 million.
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BY HEATHER FIORE
The Lawrence Sun
At Lawrence Townships coun-
cil meeting on Feb. 19, Township
Manager Richard Krawczun fur-
ther discussed the 2013 recom-
mended municipal budget, hon-
ing in on notable appropriations
and different aspects of the town-
ships debt.
Within his report, Krawczun
detailed more than a dozen items
that have increased or decreased
in this years budget.
One of the most notable de-
creases $1.16 million was in
salaries and wages, which result-
ed in part from recent retire-
ments and new hires, the
reduction of positions, and the
balance of savings from last
years layoffs.
Other decreases included
$217,000 for a settlement credit
from Trenton Water Utility for
the townships fire hydrants,
$26,000 in payroll reductions for
Social Security, and a $50,000 flow
credit from the Ewing-Lawrence
Sewerage Authority.
Krawczun also described the
increases in appropriations,
which included everything from
health benefits to police cars, and
most notably the $539,000 in-
crease in police dispatch for the
contract the township awarded to
iXP Corporation.
Other increases included
$124,000 in pensions because of
the increase in contribution
amounts for public employees, as
well as police and fire; $270,000 in
emergency authorizations, which
are required to be budgeted in full
in the subsequent budget year so
the township is able to raise the
cash it had to utilize during last
year ($145,000 of which was used
for storm response and is subject
to FEMA reimbursement); and
$160,000 in special emergency ap-
propriations, which account for
part of the cost of the current
revaluation process.
Krawczun described how this
special appropriation is being
paid in five increments over a
five-year period.
There are two different types
of special emergency appropria-
tions a three-year and a five-
year, he said. We have a five-
year appropriation, and the
$160,000 is the first of five pay-
ments for the revaluation
process.
Krawczun also explained how
the townships total issued debt
has decreased by more than $3
million since 2008.
To view Krawczuns entire
presentation, go to
lawrencetwp.com.
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