I have a motion. Thank you, Mr. Manhas. A second. Second. Thank you, Mr. Dawson. All in favor? I I We are adjourned to executive. I make one one announcement that I forgot. We have a member of our central office cabinet that just successfully defended her dissertation. Let's give a round of applause to Dr. Claudia Heisterman. [Applause] Well done. Congratulations. Not yet. Waiting for Don. One more to go. Yes. back. Good. Ready to go, Mike? Okay. So, we are resuming our session now. Up to item 14.1. Mike, do I have to read this whole thing? Okie dokie. Settle in everyone. So whereas the board is presently involved in administrative proceedings before the commissioner of education with the Piscatoaway school district in the following matters. Bound Brook BOE versus Township of Piscatoway BOE and AS OBO JDO and ADO A I'm sorry, O A L docket number EDU 02006-2000 2022 agency docket number 23-22 uh Township of Piscataway Board of Education versus Bound Brook Board of Education.
So that's what I have. Thank you. I bet those partnerships are critical uh particularly things that are uh blossoming into uh really good stuff like BPAC. You can't hear enough about it. and uh it is a supplement uh to the school that uh is increasingly uh filling some really good voids. So, thank you to our partners. Uh we I mean you did your administrative report. Do you have more? I think most of it was shared by through committee here, but I do want to highlight a couple of things that we didn't hit on because our last meeting was March 12th. And I just wanted to congratulate um everyone who participated in the drama production. We haven't had a meeting since then, but Mrs. North, Mrs. Donnelly, uh Mrs. Rosen, and Mrs. Mc Williams, who comes back to volunteer, they did an amazing production of Beauty and the Beast.
And I think at that point it's going to be the uh you know the taxpayers's decision as to whether or not they want to again um uh you know pass an override essentially to maintain or increase services or if they would rather uh cut services. Welcome. Okay. Um I think uh said we were article 12 and now we're at article 13 which is um to authorize borrowing for a water mane replacement. Again I had uh gone through this a little bit more at um during the article 4 discussion. But, uh, this would, uh, basically approve an additional $3 million, uh, to the $1 million already authorized, uh, to, uh, do water main replacement work, uh, in various locations of the town. Um, and I I know we do I know one of the locations that we were looking at specifically in doing first would be the Union Street, Fountain Street intersection.
OAL docket number edu 01361-2024 agency docket number 82-422 and BOE versus township of Piscatoaway BOE and BF OB LF PF and VF OAL docket number edu 082 245-2024 agency docket number 156-524 the proceedings and whereas the parties to the administrative proceedings have negotiated a settlement agreement resolving all of the disputes between them and whereas the settlement agreement is in the best interest of the district and will avoid the cost uh costs and uncertainty of continuing litigation in these matters. Now therefore, it is hereby resolved that this 30th day of April, 2025, the board approves the attached settlement agreement and authorizes the board attorney to execute the agreement on behalf of the Boundwork Board of Education. And it is further resolved that with the approval of this agreement, district officials are hereby authorized to take all necessary steps to affectuate the terms of the agreement. May I have a motion?
There were over 90 students involved in that production. Um, so you know, I just really commend everyone, the volunteers, the parents, um, everybody who worked together for that. Um, one fun thing that we did for the first time, Mrs. Panetti organized a couple of weeks ago was called Undercover Spirit Week. I don't know if any of your kids noticed it, but the teachers had a theme every day, and then the kids had to kind of guess every day what the theme was. So, it was a lot of fun. Um everything from you know undercover and we all wore black and sunglasses to you know there was day anything but a cup where nobody could use a water bottle. All the teachers had to use some other and to try to see the kids figure out like what you know. So it was a lot of fun.
Um, we did put that work out to bid. It was extremely expensive, a lot more than what we had uh set aside for the project. So, uh this would help fund that project as well as some additional ones as well.
Motion. Thank you, Mrs. High. A second. A second for Mr. Minhas. Roll call, please. Mr. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you very much, Mr. Gorski. On to item 15.1. Be it resolved that the Bound Brook Board of Education approves the resolutions as outlined in approval of HIV cases under high school. This is item 15.2. We have a motion. Motion. Thank you, Mr. Dawson. A second. Second. Thank you, Mrs. Kazino. Mr. Groski, a roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Item 16.1. Be it resolved that the Bound Brook Board of Education approves the resolutions as outlined in approval of HIV cases under middle and elementary schools. This is item 16.2. I have a motion. Thank you, Miss Mus. A second. Second. I'm going to give it to Mrs. Hi. Roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Item 17.1. I will entertain a motion to adjurnn.
So uh we also had the pickle ball tournament that was sponsored by the booster club. Um and also this week we had a a guest reader um in recognition of autism awareness. Mr. Ron Italiano came and he read his book that he has authored um to our younger students. He has two autistic kids and um just to see them, you know, interact and and and share him share his story and read his book was really great this week. Um as I said, as Mrs. Walsh said, we have the spring art show and the concert coming up next week on Tuesday. Even if your child is not a musical performer, um I encourage you to come out. Um Miss Craig has put a piece of artwork up for every single student in this school and she has run a gallery um you know where part of the students art classes to come and observe one another's art and to give each other feedback and then Miss Creek passes that feedback along.
Any questions related to this? Okay. Infrastructure work is unfortunately expensive, necessary. Um, article 14 is funding for our um, what we call our INI program, our inflow and infiltration program. Um, now this is an appropriation of $1.2 million through the MWR and that's the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority um, ini local financial assistance program. Um, and so what that is, uh, that program provides funding for municipalities through both a grant and a no interest loan. Uh, trying to remember if it's 7525 for grant. Yeah, 7525 grant versus loan. Um but anyway, we are looking to take advantage of that this year to uh make some inflow and infiltration improvements um into our town sewer system. That reminds me, some people might not know what inflow and infiltration is. So I'll try to give as succinct an explanation as possible. So the way our sewer pipes are put together or all sewer pipes are put together.
No motion. Nobody wants to leave. Thank you, Miss Mus. A second. Second. Thank you, Mr. Dawson. All in favor? I I. We are adjourned. Thank you very much.
So it's become something that you know is a defining event in the spring here as well. Um, and I just think it's great for our parents to see all our students artwork, even if their children are not musical performers. Um, looking forward to the Rock the Boatyard event. Um, on Thursday night, we have our fourth grade tree planting at the end of Eco Week as well. If you saw the hole outside, there will be another new cherry tree. Um, NJSLA the week of the 12th. And, you know, we do know that we have some retirements for the spring. We have started to interviews for open positions so that we can be ready for September. So that's my is it tomorrow uh dance? There is a dance tomorrow night for our sixth, seventh and eighth graders and it's I think it's Bel only like we we've done a few sending district and our student council students felt like we want something just for us.
Basically, it can allow groundwater to seep into those pipes. And since we pay for the amount of effluent that is flowing through those pipes, it's more expensive for us uh when additional groundwater seeps in uh through those pipes and gets transported through Framingham and then gets treated at Deer Island. Again, these are costs that we have to pay. So, by finding where these leaks are and sealing them up, uh we're not only helping our environment because we're keeping more of our groundwater here in our current basin, but we're also saving money as well. So, because we're not paying for essentially uh effluent that is not effluent. So, hopefully that makes sense to everybody.
So Mrs. O'Reilly and Mrs. Stove uh with student council will be running that dance tomorrow night. Question. I I have a question um or something to bring up and if it's not the appropriate time, just Tony and talk that another time and it it has to do with not just this particular presentation, but this has happened a few times this year and I've I brought this up before. Um I think it's great to have outside participation. Um but part of part of these presentations is that an email is going uh out to parents um asking them if they want to purchase a book for the speaker. I'm just questioning whether or not that that's appropriate, if that's appropriate or not. You know, we we met we we've talked a lot about in the past year about having outside people come and run classes and and and profiting off of that and and I'm not saying this is the same thing.
Any questions? Mark again 119 Main Street this I and I working I don't know how to question this so I'm going have to go real slow and formulate if it's a state road does the state does the state helped to pay for it? No. Well, wait. I should say I I shouldn't say that so quickly. As this is a grant program and a loan no interest loan program through the MWR, the state is essentially subsidizing that work. Yes. And if it's a town owned road, does that grant still get it from the state? Yes. something from the state. Wow. Amazing. So to on the SS finance committee recommendations in exact unlaymented terms, what does phase 14 and 16 mean? Um means we've already done phases uh for 1 through 13 and phase 15. And what will be 14 and what would 146 actually be in name?
Um, but unless the person who's coming in is is donating these back to the school or the let's say the the the PTO is paying for the books, I I think it creates somewhat of a conflict of interest here where are the people really coming to to to present something for the good of the students or are they trying to to sell something? So, yeah, I mean with authors that is a very common part of their contract. Um, if that is something that the board would, you know, feel strongly and would like to eliminate, we would probably have fewer authors come in. Um, so they actually like promote it. Yes. No. Well, they just say this is a book, right? And and they do, but but the parents get an email like, "Your kids may come home and talk about this book. If you want to purchase it, it's for sale at blah blah blah." Well, they it's it's more than just that.
What would they out of the projects that's 14 through 16? Um, do we have that? Yeah, I mean there is a whole list of projects of of places where we would be doing work. Um, oh that's not but you have um it's a lot of streets, Mark. It's a lot. Um, I'm not going to go through all of them because it's literally a page and a half of type eight font. Okay, then I'll break it down for you. Is it on this side of town or on the western part of town? Oh, it's it's uh all across town. Yeah. Different. Yeah. I don't think there's any part of town that is not represented. So if was a due pass and once the state helps with that grant, the people that live in any part of the town that has this, they want to know what are they working on and where.
then they're they're told that the the author is going to sign it that day. So I I mean to me it it it it to me makes me a little uneasy and I don't I don't recall in years past my my son's a freshman in high school now you guys have older kids maybe I don't recall this ever being a thing before maybe I just wasn't paying attention or well I think it's also important to differentiate between when PTO or BF or somebody else is sponsoring like when we are bringing because there are difference right there there's one is like the school is actually like bringing this person in the other one is there's a third party organization that's providing a service and they're looking to raise funds. Yeah. Personally writing literacy events for the majority of my career. Um you know it's tricky and also having a mother-in-law who's an author who wrote a book for free and donates everything to the veterans when we have her come in.
Yes. So we will we will communicate um what that work when that work's going to happen and and which neighborhoods are going to be affected. Okay. All right, moving on to article 15. We're starting to get into bylaws and zoning laws. Um, article 15 is a bylaw to establish a new local historic district. Um, Joan G Friday is here from the historical commission. And Joan, if if you don't mind, I'll just kind of take a shot at summarizing this and I'll I'll give you an opportunity to say, you know, a few words if you want to on behalf of the commission. Um, so Oh, yeah. Jim Nielson's there, too. Yeah. Um, so the local historic district, uh, if this were to pass, it would establish a boundary around downtown, uh, certain properties. I believe it's 35 properties. Um that would then encompass what's known as a local historic district.
You know she offered if you offer it's typical that people want to buy the book. Personally I think um if they're donating their time for free to come that's totally acceptable in my opinion. Um, but the conversation I had in the car on the way home that evening was so quality from my second grader based on the experience he had with that author um having autistic children and the conversation he was asking a lot of questions. I had really like really deep conversations. So I think vetting like maybe the purpose of the person like not just make a profit but the educational piece. So, I see your point of like profit based, but the whole picture of the why we do it because it was a autism awareness. I thought it was like really amazing. No, I mean I I see but I did get hit up for books across America.
Uh and there's a prescribed process by which an a local historic district is established in Massachusetts and uh town meeting is one of those steps. Prior to that, you have to have essentially a study committee which has been formed, made the recommendation I believe and the historical commission is sponsoring this. Um, I'm keeping it very very generic right now. Joan, just to let you actually, if you want to come on up or Jim, if you want to say anything uh about some more details, I think it' probably more be more appropriate for you two to say something than me try to kind of articulate your position on it. I don't see Jim raising his hand, Joan. So I think he's really putting you I was going to say I'll defer to Jim but Jungen Freddy Jungan Friday historic commission. Um so um the historic commission's been working on this for two years.