Members of the Buffalo Control Board and the Common Council say they want to get together to talk about a major shift in the way the board operates, from how much money is spent to how well it's spent.
The comments were made during the annually-required public meeting of the board.
By law, the Control Board must approve budgets of the city, the school board and an array of other city agencies.
Board Member George Arthur says his panel has only so much control over school finances.
"We approve that budget based upon that presentation they make during that particular hearing," Arthur said.
"But when they (the school board) go back in July 1st when they hold their first meeting to really go spend the money. They change everything and at that point there's nothing (the control board) do can do. That needs to be changed."
Arthur says there is no way the control board can control the hundreds of millions of dollars which come in from grants to the school board and aren't considered in the budget process.
