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Board Meeting 6-6-22

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Source
YouTube / Board Meeting
Date
2022-06-07
Location
Somerset County, NJ
Material
Transcript
Extent
1,505 words · about 9 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

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001okay it's so quiet i don't even have to bang the gavel that gets cool yeah do it ceremonial all right good evening everyone welcome to our board meeting for tonight june 6th uh start with a reading of our open public meeting statement which says the new jersey open public king's law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which time any business affecting their interest is discussed and acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act and board of education policy 0162 the board of education of the borough of bound brook has caused notice of this meeting to be hosted in the board office and at bound brook high school and mailed or faxed to the courier news brook

002borough clerk southbound brook board of education and any person who has requested individual notice and paid the required fee please stand for the pledge of allegiance i pledge [Music] and to allegiance republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice before we take a roll call this evening oh i do need to very good so i can continue with the procedure so number 1.4 is to appoint an acting board segregated there you go so we are on pause until our next number arrives number six [Applause] you made us official yes yes you missed the pledge of allegiance but we'll redo that later i'll do something okay so with our sixth number now at the tables that's okay move uh item number one point four which is to appoint uh mrs

003taran snell as the acting board secretary i have a motion motion thank you sid a second second thank you mr zipko all in favor aye aye yes mrs snow can you please do a roll call mr ball here miss jackson or mr dawson here miss lima mr minhas here miss massan here mr zepco here mr januzzi here and i'll do mr defazio right here and miss cazino and mr simano correct okay thank you you got it all right my president's comments in brief priority continues to be given to uh negotiating with our teachers union to try and find an amicable resolution to extending their contract i do think we're making significant progress both teams are meeting now on a weekly basis our next meeting joanna keep me on this is wednesday at 3 30. we're

004hoping to actually begin to move towards agreement in terms of things that were both sides are happy with starting with this meeting and then continuing to work through those until everything's been resolved so i think everything's positive we're continuing to make progress um otherwise i mean i think we're approaching the end of the school year at this point everybody's just kind of getting done with the end of the year exactly hold on for dear life um you know and we're in the same shape so uh uh dr freeman is here again with us tonight his transition continues um he's getting more comfortable with the staff i think on a daily basis getting more involved and more immersed absolutely expect that beginning on july 1st he's really going to hit the ground running very excited about

005that and then i think just in general for everybody's awareness whether it's the end of june or the beginning of july just want to tentatively plan for uh goal setting meetings so to make sure that we start off the next school year on the right foot we have alignment between new administration and the board and so that we all going eyes wide open in terms of what we want to achieve and what we think those measures of success will be so just stay tuned for a little bit more hopefully we can schedule some dedicated time to do that okay any questions no very good um our superintendent is actually not here with us this evening um mrs fisher i'm not sure if you have any comments that you would like to offer or if we

006want to just skip that section at this point you can skip that section very good moving on to committee reports i do not believe we have had any committee meetings uh since our last meeting short of human resources which i think i covered in my president's report are there any comments that any of the members of the committees or the chair people want to offer at this time all right hearing none we are up to item number 4.1 which is open to the public for agenda items only do you happen to know if we have any questions online or you don't have access to those forms probably come on that's right all right yeah i think at this point um i will check for items in either of the two buckets offline after the meeting

007if anybody has some questions online i apologize that we can't get to them right now but we'll make sure we address you via email afterwards no questions from the room that i see so we will move on to item number 5.1 resolve that the boundary board of education approves the minutes for our regular and executive meeting on may 23rd i have a motion thank you mr powell a second second thank you mr mithas any discussion hearing none can we have a roll call mr ball yes mr dawson yes miss lima apologies mr minhas yes miss moussan yes mr zepco yes mr januzzi yes okay we are up to item number 6.1 resolve that the superintendent recommends for approval the resolutions as outlined in personnel resolutions under district and heist high school this is 6.2 through

0086.10 i have a motion motion thank you mr zepco a second second thank you mr manhattan any discussion i have a question on this and then i'm scrolling through the difference between the butcher that we awarded the bit to what the difference between this is correct so i would think the answer is they are complementary not overlapping yes any other questions okay hearing none can we have a roll call please mr ball yes mr dawson yes mr minhas yes miss moussan yes yes item number 7.1 resolved that the superintendent recommends for approval the resolutions as outlined in personnel resolutions under middle and elementary schools this is 7.2 through 7.8 i have a motion thank you miss muscle a second second thank you mr minhas any discussion all right hearing none can we have a roll

009call please mr ball yes mr dawson yes mr minhas yes let's give yes a second just to get settled that that's okay with everybody [Applause] okay we are up to item number 8.1 resolve that the bamboo board of education approves the resolutions as outlined in education resolutions under district and high school this is just 8.2 i have a motion motion thank you mr dawson in a second wow all right mr minhash it any discussion god bless those kids taking calculus over the summer sounds like a hoot they will be well prepared going into their freshman year yeah all right can we have a roll call please sure mr ball yes mr dawson yes miss lima yes yes mr zepco yes mr januzzi yes item number 9.1 resolve that the boundary board of education approves the

010resolutions as outlined in education resolutions under middle and elementary schools this is 9.2 and 9.3 i have a motion thank you mr bowell a second second thank you mr zupko any discussion robotics today robotics all right can we have a roll call please mr ball yes mr dobson yes miss lima uh that's elementary zone mr minha yes miss nassan yes mr zepco yes and mr januzzi yes we are up to item number resolve that 10.1 boundary board of education approves the resolutions as outlined in financial resolution this is 10.2 through 10.15. i have a motion motion thank you mr ball a second second thank you mr minnows i'll start the discussion with a thank you for the raising activities which always uh much appreciated the donation as well yeah this is actually a pretty comprehensive

011section 10. everybody will note that the transfer reports for april march are on here as well as the certifications so if you do have questions um feel free to ask them hopefully we can answer them now we can at least take them down when dr gallagher's back we can go through them in detail anybody with questions okay can we do a roll call please mr ball yes mr dawson yes miss lima yes mr minhas yes mr son yes we are up to other matters to come before the board which i do not believe any of them brought to my attention at this point so i will open up new business comments or questions from the members anything you haven't talked about the date no anything any updates with council we did not meet before this

012board meeting um we did meet before the last one i do think i shared an update there okay i can't tell what day it is who i told well so i appreciate that reminder okay all right we're moving on to number 13 open to the public for discussion anybody from the room nothing special okay yeah please not all at once um again i don't think we have access uh at the moment to the questions from the public that's my fault i actually have access to the file i just don't have my board computer with me i apologize for that but we will check the logs and make sure that anybody that had a question has it answered after at this point we're going to move to go into executive session this would be under items

013one two and three have a motion motion thank you mr paul a second thank you miss musca favor hi hi we'll be right back no i can't i think you're good i don't think you need to stay okay okay oh okay all right thank you appreciate it yeah is hey [Music] see you later [Music] so [Music] right um you said exciting [Music] much [Music] um is yes hey [Music] um okay [Music] um yes is aren't missing the first time um is um you get a lot more time better um [Music] yes so i look at like a college schedule three days a week here i know 20 years give them more time is okay many times um one thing here um surprised is i need that you're not doing this is okay this depending on

014how okay whose this [Music] you did not mute the youtube so all the conversation in here is still on the youtube first one [Music] very good all righty we are up to 15.1 resolve the downbrook board of education approves the resolutions as outlined in approval of hiv cases under high school i have a motion motion thank you mr powell a second second thank you mr minhass roll call mr ball yes mr dawson yes it's lima yes mr minhas yes miss moussan yes mr zepco yes mr jannuzi yes item 16.1 resolved at the boundary board of education approves the resolutions as outlined in approval of hiv cases under milan elementary schools this is 16 2 and 16 3. have a motion motion thank you mr bell a second okay thank you mr minhas roll call mr

015ball yes mr dogston yes miss lima mr minhaus yes miss moussam yes mr yes we are now at item 17.1 resolved at the boundary board of education adjourns a motion motion thank you mr paul second thank you mr zumko all in favor aye you guys have it have a good evening [Music]

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