MARBLEHEAD-Spurred by an estimated $67,000 shortfall in the Fiscal 2009 food service account, the School Committee has voted to transfer $35,000 into that account as a cushion against a Fiscal 2010 anticipated shortfall.That first-time action had more impact this year because the School Department is in the process of hiring a new food services director, and shortfall discussions are part of the interview process.School Business Manager Jonathan Goldfield called the amount, nearly $30,000 more than what he predicted three weeks ago, “disappointing.” He has been involved with the search process since May. Goldfield said the town wants a registered dietician in that job and decided to move in a different direction.?We all like Phil very much,” Goldfield said.The action took up more than 90 minutes at Tuesday?s School Committee retreat, beginning when Committee Chair Dick Nohelty remarked that the food services account has ended in the red for the past seven years. The shortfalls were covered by transfers of unspent money in the school budget. Tuesday morning the committee unanimously authorized a $32,441 transfer to cover the current shortfall.Each year school administrators predict that the food service department will expand its customer base and increase revenue to cover its expenditures.That answer didn?t impress Nohelty. “I?m not comfortable with ?Wait and see,” he said.Committee member Jonathan Lederman made several attempts to convince his colleagues to remove the estimated $73,000 that food services spent on retiree health insurance last year and either move it to the town?s health insurance account, which already covers teachers and other school employees, or to another account in the school budget.Neither proposal made much headway. Committee member Amy Drinker predicted that if the town took over an additional $70,000 in health insurance costs, the town would require the schools to assume another $70,000 cost in some other budget area.Superintendent of Schools Paul Dulac told the committee that making a $70,000 budget cut to cover the health insurance would be “hurtful” and would have “significant impact.”The vote to create the cushion was unanimous but Lederman voted against the amendment with the amount in it, because he thought it was lower than it should be.