001Good morning and welcome. I hope everybody had a wonderful spring break with family and loved ones. I'd like to call this meeting to order and note that all board members are present except for Jim Dugan. We are joined by Superintendent Dr. Patrick as well as members of his administrative cabinet. Welcome to anyone who might be joining us this morning, either, well, nobody's in the audience, or tuning in on the live stream. And with that, I'll turn it over to Andrew. So, today all the Southern Westchester BOCES component districts are asked to vote on the proposed BOCES administrative and capital budgets for the 25-26 school year, as well as three Board of Education candidates for Southern Westchester BOCES. The administrative budget includes the cost of running the day-to-day operations of BOCES, including the district superintendent's office,
002student services, general administration, business office, human resources, etc. Also included in the administrative budget is the cost of retiree health insurance for retired BOCES employees. The capital budget includes the costs associated with all BOCES facilities, both owned and leased, including the capital project costs for those facilities. After applying all offsetting revenues or transfers, the administrative and capital budgets are allocated to each component district, utilizing the RWADA, Resident Weighted Average Daily Attendance, ratio for each district. The Southern West District BOCES budget is increasing by 3.49%, the administrative budget, driven by the cost of retiree health insurance, as we will see. and the capital budget is increasing by 1.91%. Our own adopted budget reflects a 2.24% increase based on this proposed budget as well as the ARWADA allocations I mentioned earlier. The three Board of Education candidates
003that are also on the agenda today are Lynn Frazier McBride, Robert Johnson, and our very own Dr. Joan Weber. Thank you, Andrew. As the board's BOCES liaison, I did attend the annual Southwestern BOCES annual meeting April 2nd in Valhalla. The proposed budget was presented at that meeting, and each of the candidates for positions on the board also introduced themselves and spoke as to why they are seeking an additional term. And with that, I'd like to turn it over to Bob for our action item. It's open, and I have what I'm supposed to read, but I don't. I'd like to make a motion, recommend an action, resolve that the Board of Education adopt the following two resolutions as provided by the Southern Westchester BOCES. Thank you, Bob. Would anyone like to make a second? Thank you,
004Amber. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Motion passes. Thank you very much. And with that, everyone have a good day. Oh, actually, should I make a motion to adjourn? Sorry. Would somebody like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting? Amber, thank you. Would anyone like to make a second? Leah, thank you. Any discussion? Anyone? Okay. Thank you. All those in favor, please say aye. And the motion passes. Thank you very much, everyone. Have a great day.