001The executive session of the Wayne board of education public works session meeting of May 29th was in the conference room administrative offices of board of education 15 statement for fine setting forth daytime location was read in accordance with the requirements of the open public meeting act. The role was taken. The meeting was recess is now being reconvened. Ask everyone to please stand for a moment of silence followed by the flag. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Uh Wilson Elephant here. Brian Batter here. Mark Faber here. Matthew Jordan Dano here. Just for you on that. Okay. Uh Wendy Landria here. Paul Ryan here. Don Havick here.
002Henry Paco and Barbara Regala here. Dr. brief report. I know there's been a number of concerns that have been raised in the community regarding the condition of our playing fields. So, a lot of teams use our athletic fields and um the problem we've had this spring is limited staffing combined with a really difficult rainy season. We've had a tremendous amount of rain that has caused our fields to be flooded, to not be maintained the way they normally would be because of the amount of rain that's been coming down. So, um, we do apologize for any of the flight teams, but I know that the facilities department is working and doing the best they can with the staff they have. The only other thing I have to report for this meeting is that there, um, HIV
003report, there were seven cases of HIV that were reported since our last meeting. Of those cases, only three were found to be actual cases of HIV. Revisions to the agenda. Revisions to the agenda under um PWS meeting under human resources approval of resignation retirements. Naba Elmar head custodian um at SC is retirement as of 13126. Uh under emergent school resource and finance uh be it resolved the Wayne board of education hereby authorizes preparing posting and scheduling of an RFP for legal services to encompass all legal services required by the board including but not limited to labor negotiations general counsel special education council facilities construction other legal services be it further resolved the administration is authorized to take all steps necessary to effectuate the purposes of this resolution And lastly uh another under emerging but this
004will be human resources. Whereas employee ID 1104 is employed by the Wayne Township Board of Education. And whereas based upon the information provided by the administration and judgment of the board, the employee has exhibited evidence of a deviation from normal physical health which has adversely affected the employees ability to perform essential job functions. And whereas as a result of the foregoing, the board desires to direct the employee to submit to a physical examination pursuant to NJSA 18A16-2 NJAC 6A32-6.3 and the board education policy 3161. Therefore, let be it resolved upon recommendation of the superintendent of schools, employee ID 1104 is hereby required and directed to submit to a physical examination by the schools district's designated physician and a written medical report detailing results of such examination is to be provided confidentially to the board within
00530 days of this date May 29th, 2025. and be it further resolved. The superintendent of schools is authorized and directed to prepare and provide the employee with appropriate statutory notice of the board's action and the re reasons therefore. Those are all the readings for today. At this time, I will open the meeting to the public for agenda items only. This portion of the meeting is open to citizens for comment on agenda items only. Residents are asked to state their name, address, and subject matter. Comments may be limited to three minutes per person. Members of the public are discouraged from speaking negatively about an employee or student. Board bears no responsibility for comments made by the public. Comments regarding employees or students cannot be legally responded to by the board. Other comments may be responded to
006tonight or at subsequent meeting under old business. Do I have a move? Second. Second. Anyone from the public wishing to speak on an agenda item? Seeing no one. Second. Do I have a mover for the agenda? Wendy, Barbara, any discussion? Yeah. Um, a little bit disappointed in uh V7, the shared services agreement. That's missing some of the standard language. Any other um just to touch on what Harry said on V7, the contract that's on there now that we're going to vote on tonight, that's one that was agreed upon through the township voted on and sent to us. Okay. And that's the one the township voted on. Yes. Okay. And all of the red in there is how correct? I do have some concern. I do still have concerns with it, but I will vote in
007favor of it because we need protection in our schools. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Elephant, yes. Mr. Bell, yes. Mr. Farber, yes. Mr. Jordano, yes. Miss Lamandria, yes. Mr. Paul, yes. Mr. Paka, yes. But I'll probably be voting no on E7. Well, I mean B7 I it says B7 or V8. So there's a little confusion there on the shor Mrs. Regalusa. Yes, Mr. P. Yes. All right. This portion of the meeting is open to the public for general comments on any topic. Residents are asked to state their name, address, subject matter comments will be given five minutes to person. Members of the public are discouraged from any about an employee or student board bears no responsibility for comments made by the public. Comments regarding employee student cannot be legally responded to by the board.
008Other comments may be responded to a subsequent meeting under all business. Do I have moved? Anyone from the public wishing to speak on any items close? Second. Any old business? New business board member comments. Right. So, I'm pleased to see that we can draw a line under the security contract. It may not have got everything in there that that everybody want. Um but it does mean that our children remain safe in the school. Um I do want to say that you know this has been a long drawn out process over this period of time. Um I want to try and make sure that some of the physical theater that has occurred during the time of negotiating on that contract that we could try and stay away from for the rest of the year. Um so
009I would request that um those people running for uh political office that are partisan in base maybe would be a good opportunity to um remove themselves from the uh shared services committee. Um because that will alleviate some of the pressure and so on between the town and us if we have a uh less partisan view from one partisan board. Anyone else? I just want to say this is my sixth and final year on the board and this was one of the more um emotional, gut-wrenching meetings that we've had. You can see from the faces of everybody here right now. No matter what the results are, I do want to say I appreciate everybody on this board. You've all thought things through very carefully, both with your heads and your hearts. And that's what makes a
010good board when you can walk away and say, "I'm going to bed. I'm tired after this one." I had a few of those during COVID. I had a few of those during the lockouts and the lockdowns and a few going after that that were like that. I haven't seen one of these in a while, but thank you all for your time and your energy, and I personally appreciate your professionalism on this one. Thank you,