Board of Education Meeting 7/18/17

001Good evening. >> Good evening everyone. Good evening everyone and welcome to the July 18th, 2017 workshop regular meeting of the West Milford Board of Education. I would ask that uh you please silence or turn off your cell phones so as not to interfere with the meeting and please note the uh locations of all the emergency exits. Um, I don't have any uh tonight. I've been busy the past couple of weeks. Anybody have anything that they want a moment of silence for? >> No. >> Have a peaceful summer for our faculty, staff, and >> we can wish them that. >> Yeah. Well, that that sounds good. Yeah. We'll uh we'll have a moment of silence for our staff to hope that they hopefully they'll enjoy their summer and then it'll be uh uneventful and that they'll

002come back smiling and happy for the start of the new school year >> and students as well. >> And the students as well. Can we stand for the flag of the welcome? >> Pledge allegiance 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. Okay. In accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act, a public notice of this meeting has been sent to board members, all district schools, Herald News, the trends, the record, aim of West Milford. I think we can take that out now. >> Well, it was advertised that way. >> Okay. Okay. All right. The message West Milford town hall, county superintendent's office, the board attorney and cable vision of Warwick and posted

003in the administration building. Copies of the board meeting calendar resolution were provided to all local media, town hall, township, library, and all district schools. >> Roll call, please. Mrs. Francisco, >> Mr. Bailey, Mr. Sideway, >> here. >> Mr. Drew >> here, >> Mrs. >> here. >> Mrs. Fritz >> here. >> Mr. U >> here. >> Mrs. O'Brien >> here. >> Mr. Robbins. Mr. Food >> present. >> Okay. Glenn, would you do us the honors of reading the resolution for executive session? >> I will, but I'd first like to ask Mr. Roselli if he would like to reward it and do the uh alert put out by Shank Price because I don't believe it complies. >> That's it. It's much better. >> It's been changed since last meeting. Not much >> litigation matters. You can't mention

004clients. Education matters. Can't mention students. >> I'll leave it up to you. >> Okay, >> this is fine. We'll reward the second. >> All right. Okay. I'll make the motion to approve the following resolution. resolved that the board go into executive session at approximately 900 p.m. for approximately 60 minutes for the purpose of discussing personnel appointments, resignations, and leave requests, as well as current litigation matters, special education matters, negotiations, and matters of attorney client privilege. Matters discussed in executive session shall be made public as soon as the need for confidentiality no longer exists. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> Anybody opposed? >> Okay. Um, Dr. Random, superintendent report, please. >> Yes. Uh, before we even get to the two items on the superintendent report, we did I did receive a notice on

005Friday from the state. This is in regards to I alluded at the June meeting about the state aid possibly being reduced for this year. Uh, we passed a budget at the public hearing in April. Uh and since then we talked about possibly the fiscal year 18 for the state state aid diminishing by about $20,000 and it did do that. There's a short government shutdown right after the new fiscal year July 1 23 I think it was but the budget was finalized and signed and we are receiving 20 about $20,000 less in state aid and the guidance we received on Friday indicated that we have to have a hold a new public hearing no later than August 1st. So it can be we're going to have to plan at some point we'll have to see what

006days next week we can get a minimum of five people here to revertise renotice and revote on our budget at $20,000 less than it is now. So we have to have that by August 1 and then we have to have all our budget docs into the county office by August 7th. So that really leaves us next week. So we'll be asking you to check your calendars to see which day next week you can make it for a brief. I'll say a fivem minute meeting. Maybe we can even make it out in three because it's I anticipate just one voting item. Open the meeting, vote on the budget, adjourn. >> Why can't we do that? >> We have to have a public hearing. >> We have to advertise it as a public hearing. So, this wasn't

007since then. >> It's this hasn't been advertised as the budget public hearing. You have to >> So, we noticed this meeting a few weeks ago and this uh information came in Friday afternoon. So, we don't have it ready for tonight. Um, but if you could start looking at your calendars for next week, hopefully you can find one night where there's five people available, >> right? >> Will you be sending out an email and then you will be responding? >> Well, we could do that tomorrow to see which days right now. Yeah. >> I mean, does anybody can anybody show hands make it Tuesday or Wednesday next week? >> Tuesday. >> I can make it Tuesday. >> Let me look my phone. Well, Glenn for for 5 minutes or you going camping. Remember you saying you're

008going up to >> Aadia? >> It would be difficult for me. >> Give me a minute. >> See, >> I shut it off cuz I don't like >> my luck over the whole room and my luck will never go on. do Tuesday. >> I'm so glad I am now holding up the meeting. Barbara, I can do Tuesday. >> Okay, we got enough people Tuesday. >> Okay, >> you do have enough for Tuesday. >> Yeah, if it's only going to be three or four minutes, we'll do >> 7 o'clock. Is that easier? >> What's better everybody? 7 or 7:30? >> 75. >> 7's good. >> 7:05. I can do Tuesday or Wednesday. >> 7. >> Steve, you I see you you were shaking your head. No, 7:30 is better for you. Yeah, but seven is fine

009if that's what we do. >> Okay. You have five. >> Yeah, it will. Right. >> Okay. >> So, that's what Tuesday. >> Okay. >> Right. 25th. >> Yeah. 25th. >> 25th. So, one week, one week from tonight, >> an email for everybody >> and we'll notice the meeting, etc. Uh, like I said, it'll just be a one item uh voting agenda that night. Uh so our summer update and thank you all for your quick responses. I know you're all busy. Summer update, we we met this week for two days yesterday and today with our administrative team and we have another day next week of training with Mr. Roselli to come in with our administrative team and we're talking about we talked about aligning our visions, our expectations for the coming year. We'll be going over

010some HIV trainings next week as well, some achieve New Jersey updates, things of a general administrative nature, but we're really making a a concerted effort to get the entire administrative team uh aligned with our district goals, which uh I believe they were this year, but we're really even looking to make it more uh and more aligned for next year. And uh next one, the monthly progress towards the district goals. Uh as you know, our year just started. Uh Dan and I have been meeting with each administrator. We share the district goals with the administrative team when we pass them probably in middle of May and we asked them to take them back to their departments or their schools, sit with their staff and really craft some goals that for their school or their department that

011are aligned with our district goals. So, we've been meeting with administrative team individually over the past two weeks for about an hour, hour and a half, maybe two hours for each administrator to go over these goals. And uh that will form the basis of next month's presentation where I'll kind of pull it all together for us and I'll create a PowerPoint for the board and for the entire community. That's really shows us what we're looking to focus on for the next school year for the 201718 school year. Um we have four district goals and we are going to look to hit the ground rolling come September one if not sooner. All right. Thank you. uh Mr. Novak education report. >> All right. Just to uh follow up from from uh some of Dr. Edone's comments.

012We, you know, we met with our administrative team yesterday and today as as he mentioned. Um, two items that I wanted to point out that are uh up for approval this evening was is the continuation of our um training in readers and writers workshop as well as our um best practices and methods in mathematics that we um are continuing with our our existing plan. Uh last year we trained in methods of mathematics, our fifth and sixth grade. Uh all of our math teachers in that regard and next year we are um continuing that that training with those grade levels as well as adding additionally first and second grade. Uh we've also which is not part of our um the RFP that's up for approval tonight using our um we just got our aotments for our

013title 2 professional development. We are going to begin a relationship with Rowan University. And that presenter is coming in on September 6th to work with our math department, grades 7 through 12, to really play into some of our district goals in terms of differentiated instruction and, you know, addressing our students regardless of content. So, it's a it's a series of um professional development that can work for whether you're the geometry teacher, algebra 2, etc. So, we're really excited about that. That's a um that's a new proposal we developed towards the end of the school year and and Mrs. Gratina has been involved and we've we're really pushing that forward to get you know a really uh a prek to 12 perspective on how we can improve mathematics. So this is a precursor to a lot

014of the work we have planned in auditing our math program and taking a look at the things that we need to do better uh going forward. So we're really really excited about that. um in our readers, writers, and workshop training. We've uh completed this year working with our third and fourth grade uh teaching staff. This year, we will continue uh they they met for 10 days with the trainer this year. Uh next year, they're going to be working for five with those same grade levels to maintain some of the things they worked on. And we're going to be adding in um fifth and eighth grade as well as some maintenance with our our seventh grade teachers. So, uh our growth in that regard. again, K8 is is pretty significant and we're, you know, we're we're

015hoping to um you know, have a great year with that. We had our uh literacy consultant come in and she met with our administrative team on Friday. We met at the uh the new township library conference room, which was a great uh which is a great venue to to host a nice uh professional opportunity. It was uh great to see that that building being used the way it is and and our community seeing our our administrative staff in there working hard during the summer and really getting ready for the school year. So, um again, I just want to point out those two items because they are up for for approval tonight. >> Go ahead. >> Sure. >> Do you have an update on the number of students in the capstone program? We had uh 14

016enrolled >> and they're all freshman and sophomores, >> correct? >> Okay. Um Okay. Thank you. >> What the the the amount is it split evenly seven and seven or is it eight and six? Do you Okay. >> I don't I don't believe so. >> Okay. Question. >> Go ahead. Well, >> um, >> Mr. Novat, uh, just to refresh my memory, when do when do you expect park scorers to come back? >> We have, um, preliminary scores at the moment and our official score begin >> before August by rough um, law scores. >> Okay, we're good, bad, and different. >> They are not at place. >> Okay. Okay. >> Preliminary scores are really uh just that they're preliminary and we hope to have the final report from the state. I would think within the first two

017weeks of August. Fingers crossed. Uh we promised them in August. We believe cautiously optimistic we're going to get them the first two weeks in August. >> Debbie, >> when you say preliminary scores, is that like a raw score? I mean, okay, that's what it is. All right. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh, Barbara, special reports and correspondence, please. >> Uh, the minutes from the May meetings are available. Um, if you recall, there wasn't that much time for you to review them last month, so we tabled them until this meeting. And the minutes from the June, 20th, and 2017 are also available. And also, I'd like to just remind the board that uh we need to try to figure out another date for a >> discuss that later on in the meeting. Um, >> all

018right. Like to make a motion to approve the following board of education meeting minutes. May 16th workshop special action. May 16th, executive session. May 23rd, regular meeting. May 23rd, executive session. June 20th, staff and student recognition special action meeting. June, I said 22nd. 20th, excuse me. June 20th, executive session. June 27th, workshop regular meeting. June 27th, executive session. Second. >> Thank you, Nicole. For the second. All in favor? >> I have to abstain from June 27th. >> Okay. Any opposed? Put me down as the opposed. >> I'll abstain. >> Uh legal report as always will be in executive session. Correct. Mr. Main from the May 23rd minute since I was in the hospital and not present. >> Okay. We will discuss in executive session pending legal issues. >> Correct. >> Um, president's report. >> Hold

019on. >> Go ahead, Mr. >> I have a question while we're on this subject. Normally, we would do uh BSRS in here. I realize we're not going to have >> Whoops. Normally we would do BSRS at this place on the agenda and I realize we don't have any kind of final for June 30th. Can we get a trial balance though of what you've got? >> No, we haven't closed the year yet. We have bills on this on this tonight's bill list for June 30th. So we haven't closed the school year yet. and and board secretaries report are usually um in budget findings BSR report not at this stage >> but not the agenda it's too early >> no I I'm I know that I'm I'm just saying we we normally do that the BSRS are

020in budget and finance the end of budget and finance >> in August you'll have a preliminary report in August for June 30th >> okay >> because once we close out the bills for June 30th then we can roll the um the incumbrances into next year that we're going to carry over. >> Great. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, president's report. I I sent a an email um to Barbara regarding our LGA that we're doing and um she had told me that there's some more information that they needed. But um there's a there's another avenue of funding for whatever we come up with um out of our LGAA and it's through the New Jersey clean energy direct install program where they'll pay up to and they're going to make that decision up to 70% of the costs

021of of lighting. So, you know, if we come up with a, you know, say $4 million price tag on on all the upgrades, um, we can utilize that program and hopefully get as much money out of out of the state as we can and then bond the rest so that we're not doing a one giant payment. Um, and and save us some money, right? Um, I just wanted to bring that to the board's attention. >> If I could just clarify, we we were part of a direct install two years ago. >> So, we did do the first >> Yes, we did utilize that. At that time, there was a a cap on the amount that they would allow. Now, um, if this is a new program and not a continuation of the old one, you

022know, you'd have to see what the cap is and whether or not any of the prior work that was done filters into that. >> Yeah. Well, that we'll we'll have to check, but I had um reached out to um Mr. Panzo and asked him um what he knew and he said that um yeah, that's something that we can utilize, you know, moving forward with whatever we decide we're going to do out of this LGA. So, I just thought that that was a good thing to hear and I wanted to share that with the board. Um, I also wanted to um share with the board, if they hadn't read it, and and the public my um my reasonings for last month's um reintroducing a motion. And I'd like to read to the public and and to

023the board again what I what I had sent to them. Um, my motion to reconsider was not an easy decision and I would like you all to know why I did it, even though I believe that ultimately the wrong decision was made and some may not even understand my reasoning. First, as you all know, I've always been an advocate for it being a board decision. Second, it was apparent that a few board members who weren't in attendance at our last meeting wanted their voice heard. And even if Debbie was in attendance, it wouldn't have changed the outcome. Third, during my first time on the board, I was consistently shut down and ridiculed for wanting to have my voice heard. And if I did what was done to me, I would have been just as bad

024as the people who imposed their will on me. With that said, I know that some people liked my decision and others hated it. But that leads to my next point. We are a nine-member board and we need to remember that. We need to respect each member's opinions and each member's experiences in our district as well as members of our community who get up and explain their experiences whether good or bad. Personally attacking one another doesn't make anyone look good, but shows how bigoted we are. I hope that we can stop attacking each other and instead attack the problems that our district faces. Isn't that more important? Now, I mean, there's a lot of good that can be done and will be done when we all come together and work for the same thing. >> You

025know, throwing somebody off at any meeting is not good. We need to respect what what comes before us from the public, what what they've experienced and and we got to work towards the common good of the district. We just there's there's too much at stake. You know, we're supposed to be here for the kids. And that's what we got to be here for is the kids, not for any personal agenda or personal attacks on one another. Just doesn't work. It doesn't It It defeats the purpose of us being here. So, I just hope that everybody um will take that into consideration and the public knows why I I did what I did. So, with that, um we're going to move on to petitions and requests. Petitioners who have requested to speak prior to the meeting

026will be first with five minutes for each petitioner for a period of 30 minutes and then time permitting other petitions and request limited to 5 minutes per petitioner will be allowed until the 30 minute period transpires. Petitioners speaking during petitions and requests are asked to address topics listed in the agenda. All speakers are asked to give their full name, spell their last name, and provide their address. Speakers may not use the names of students during petitions and requests. Barbara, is anybody requested to speak? >> Not at this time. >> Um, is there anybody who would like to speak? >> Karen Wilm WILM 16 Flanders Road, Hwitt. Good evening everyone. I would like to introduce myself to the majority of the board members who do not know who I am. My name is Karen Wilm and

027I am the candidate that was brought to you last month for the transportation supervisor position. I am here to give you a little background about myself so that you have full understanding of the opportunity you denied the people of West Milford, the transportation department, and the administration when you voted against my appointment. I have lived in West Milford uh township for 32 years. I raised three children who attended and graduated West Milford public schools, each of whom has gone on to professional careers. One of whom, a name you may know, Matthew Wilm, is now employed by the West Milford Board of Education as the maintenance mechanic. I have been employed by the West Milford Board of Education for 19 years. I started my career as a school bus driver, a position I maintained for 15

028years. Throughout those 15 years, I managed students on the bus and developed relationships with the administrators at various schools. This position gave me the ability to broaden my skill set and develop leadership and management skills. I was then given the opportunity to work in the office as the routing dispatcher. While in this position, I learned dispatching, routing, and trip management. Currently, I hold the title of administrative assistant to the transportation supervisor, a position that allowed me to learn all aspects of managing the transportation department. Due to my vast experience working in most areas of the transportation department, I have been able to answer the questions of both parents and administrators. After this uh suggestion of my colleagues, I decided to put in my application to become the next transportation supervisor. Since the removal of the

029previous supervisor, I have assumed the role of transportation supervisor, seeking no monetary compensation, monetary gains or recognition, but doing it because it was what was best for the students and community. When I decided to apply and then interviewed, I was recommended to the board not only by Dr. Anamone, but also Barbara Francisco, Dan Novak, and Liz McQuade. As Mr. Bailey stated, we pay these people a lot of money to make these decisions. I understand that Mr. Sidowitz does not expect this to be the board of employment. However, it should be known as the board of opportunity. What is a community if not or an organization which allows its dedicated members to thrive knowing they have its best interest at heart? Should we not have a board of education that recognizes hard work and dedication of

030employees and rewards them with positions they have earned and proved are capable of handling, especially when those employees have showed a constant dedication to students, community members, and administration? Now that you know a little bit about me, I must ask the question, was your decision based on fact or personal bias? Thank you. Is there anybody else who'd like to speak? >> Seeing none like to post petitions or Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize. >> Miss Frederick's, >> it's the hat. What did I tell you? >> Sorry. I'm teasing. >> I don't even have to introduce myself. You know my name. >> Joan Frederick's 38 West Shore Road, West Milford, New Jersey. and I'm the president of the union for the bus move for bus drivers as you see they're out here. We're basically here to try

031and hopefully can overturn your decision for the new transportation supervisor because what's going to happen when this person comes in. Do you know who's going to train this person? You might as well just turn around and talk to Karen cuz Karen's the one who's going to be training their supervisor. Karen knows how to do the state report. Karen also was involved when she was the bus driver. She was the vice president of the union. She was the treasurer. Okay. She knows negotiations. She worked on negotiations with us, too. She knows the contract. She knows basically she knows everything about West Mo. She knows the road. She knows the turnaround. She knows where the stops are. She even knows a lot of the children and all the routes that are with the bus. So, I think

032that everybody should rethink from last last month of who they're hiring because when the new one comes in, you're going to have to retrain this person. Okay? This new person, if it's coming in, does not know the area, does not know the roads, and is not familiar with a lot of things. Okay? So, I just wish that you would rethink it again because Karen would be the best candidate for the position right now cuz she can just fall right into it cuz right now school is going to be starting in September and they already started on the ratting with her and the two other girls in the office and they know what's going on. Thank you very much. Anybody else like to speak? >> All right. Am I being clear now? >> Yeah, now you're

033clear. >> Oh, thank God. >> I'd like to make a motion to close petitions and requests. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Okay. >> All right. Before we move on, I'd like to make a couple of quick amendments to the agenda. If you can turn to page eight >> under personnel, >> personnel student affairs resolution number eight. There was a misspelled name there. It's on the top of page eight. It's Christine Sour Polar. That middle name hyphen. It should be S A U E R T E I G. You're missing an S there. On page nine, personnel student affairs resolution 14. There is an incorrect salary for these are movement on the salary guide changes. Jennifer Mono, the correct amount should be 77,950. And the last change is going to be

034page 13, personnel student affairs resolution 30. This is our special education extended school year program. The correct date should be July 10 through August 11. not August 4th. [Applause] >> I move to adopt the agenda as presented amended along with the Harris can carry. >> Second. >> Uh any discussion? Mr. Bailey >> like to pull item number three under budget and finance for separate vote please. >> Three you said sir. >> What page is that on? >> Thank you. [Music] >> Actually I'd like to pull number three and four for u vote after executive session. >> How do we do this Joe? >> That's fine. Just like that. >> Yeah. Joe, is aren't they already separate items as far as >> I don't understand? >> I mean, we're >> they are separate items. >> They're

035technically separate. And so, Mr. Huber wanted to pull both of those items for after executive session. >> After executive session, >> yes. And Mr. Belly wanted to pull number three as well. So, >> separate. >> Any board member can pull anything for a separate vote and after executive session. Anything else? >> Uh, number 30 under personnel and student affairs. I'd like to do that after executive session as well. >> 30 is [Music] >> clear. Okay. After exec on that, Glenn. >> Yeah, please. Jim, can we also do 36 on the hand carry after executive session? >> 36 on the hand carry for what? >> After executive session, >> that's what you want. >> Yeah. [Music] >> Okay. Okay. >> And then I just want to pull 12 for a separate vote. >> Under what? >>

036Under personnel students. >> 12. >> Yes. >> Just for a separate vote, right? >> Just for a separate vote. And I guess you know um does anybody need to speak about anything about number 12 in exec because that's where we'd have to do it. >> Okay. >> So with that Mr. Sus has a motion on floor. >> Okay. And I had second >> and yeah, it's been second. >> Second it. >> Just all in favor. >> All in favor? >> Okay. Any opposed? >> Okay. All right, Mr. Dire. >> Move items 1 through eight for approval. >> Second. >> 1 through eight. >> What about nine? >> Oh, I'm sorry. one through nine. I missed that. >> Any discussion on items one through nine under >> as usual questions? >> Go ahead. >> All right.

037Number six. The tuition is that per person of the 48 people >> per student. >> That's per student. Okay. Um, can I just make a request in future when we have something like that, put the total in parenthesis somewhere just so it's a little bit more obvious to the public that how much we're actually voting on. >> Um, and >> or at least 48 at 11,000 each, you know, would that be would that suffice or >> I'd like to see the actual number. I think I think the public would, you know, if they're looking at the agenda, they'll look at it and go, "Oh, yeah, that's an important vote." >> 557472. >> Thank you. >> 557 >> 472 >> 5574472. Okay. >> And could you please give us some explanation on number eight? It's a

0389-month position. Um, it's just not really clear to me. Sure, I can expl explain that for you. >> Thanks a lot. >> Just give me one second to just read over the two motions. >> Right. So the >> well number seven and eight probably >> number seven and eight probably to explain both would probably be better for you. So number seven explains that this summer we have our autism ABA program through our extended school year. We have um one preschool student that aged in and a couple other students that are aging into our program. So, we didn't anticipate the need to have our BCBA present at those IEP meetings and also in need of consultation with our program, but due to the students behavioral need, the IEP team felt that it was necessary. So, that's

039why you see number seven added. As for number eight, um that is our traditional contract with Northern Region Education Service Commission with the with the BCBA that we've used now. It's I'm going into my fifth year, so for the past four years, Renee Roberts. And that is for the contract of three days per week just renewing it for this coming school year. So I believe it was either in the May or June agenda you we added that extra half a day because as we're building programs we need more BCBA support >> public edification BCBA stands for >> behavior um well it's a behaviorist but it's board certified behavior analyst. >> Thank you. >> No problem. Any other questions about those two motions? >> And northern region ed services is a new name for county ed

040services. All right. Oh, and just one other thing. The Hoko the Hoo Hoka students, that's 29,865. >> What number are we at? >> That was back number six. >> Item on number six. >> You had two separate >> tuition contracts. >> All right. >> Mr. True. I assume that the uh tuition amounts in item number four students. >> Yes, that is correct. >> I guess it's alarming that we're paying more for students for that than tuition at the college. But I would sort of ask you to look at on the second item and third item. One has 11 students at 545. [Music] The other has 10 students at 615. That seems like that might be an opportunity to see if we can bring those programs in house next year. I don't know about that. Yes.

041So just a couple comments that um first I understand that the tuition is high and it does seem and we've talked about that before seems high and if you compare it to some college tuitions I would say that it's definitely up there in an amount but they are highly specialized programs that invol that includes the price of a behaviorist a therapist depending on what the child's needs are in the IEP students that we are sending out a district and I know we've talked about this with the board we are trying to keep these students in the least restrictive environment but you're going to have students students that are going to require more services than what we can provide them by still providing what we need to. But what I can also say is that over

042time, if you looked at, and I can only speak to the past four years that I've been here, but we have been transitioning students back to district as we're opening up programs and we are keeping students in district as we can as we building our preschool programs. So, I think we are doing in the special services department a thorough job to do that, but I'm always willing to continue to look at that as we have either new students move in or, you know, as students get older sometimes, we can now support them in our upper level programs. But I will definitely take a look at that um over the next year as well. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Anything else on one through nine under personnel >> under education? >> I mean education,

043I'm sorry. No. All right. Roll call, please. Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> Yes. >> God bless you. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Oh, it's lunch time, kids. All right. Okay, let's start with I'd like to move items 1 through 11 under personnel student affairs. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Any discussion? >> Seeing none. >> Roll caller. >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. Abstain on four. Yes. On 1 through three and 5 through 11. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes.

044>> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. Okay. Now, correct me if I'm wrong. 12 is just a separate future. Correct. >> Okay. So, now I just like to move item 1200 students. >> Okay. Any discussion? >> Oh, can't nobody. >> No, you need a second. I'll second. Thank you. >> Any discussion? >> No. Roll call then. >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz? >> No. >> Mr. Drew? >> No. >> Mrs. Dwire? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody? >> No. >> Mrs. Fritz? >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber? >> No. >> Mrs. O'Brien? >> Yes. Okay, that failed. >> All right, f items 13 through 29. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> 1329. >> 229. Yeah. I'm sorry. I have to be serious. >> Um, can you explain the salary guide change and number 14, please? >> The

045wrong amount was put down. >> These are people who move across the guide. Uh, they've earned credits to go from from the from to the two. So, they could go from bachelors to masters, for example. They'll get a >> salary bump. >> Okay. Well, you said salary guide, not just salary. So that those numbers come from the guide. All right. Okay. Fine. >> Mr. Drew has a question. >> Go ahead, Steve. I'm sorry. >> I've got a couple item 13. Is that a uh new employee or replacing or >> This is not a new person. This is a person who was left off the list of renewals in June and now we're adding her on. >> All right. Um >> correct 2% >> 21 22 23 and 26. My question there is, are any of

046those people new positions? >> I'm sorry, Steve. Which numbers again did you say? >> Well, there they're 20 21 22 23 26. We've got a list of of people in various positions. Next question. Usually in the personnel we say if somebody's replacing or >> well 20 is going to be the clubs that are funded through the PTA. They're typically fairly consistent year to year. Uh I couldn't tell you every single person is the same year to year, but these are clubs we typically have yeartoear in all of our different elementary schools. This is sort of an ongoing resolution we have because these are the these are clubs and the names we have now. We may hear from another PTO member next week of another club of another person that we'll just add in August. Uh

047so these are the clubs that are funded through the PTA that run through through the school year. Some names we know now, some we may not know till October if the club doesn't start till January. So it's an ongoing resolution. I guess what I'm trying to arrive at just in my own curiosity and inclination is whether we, you know, are we expanding a program or we have a new program or whatever. Are we really meeting the needs of the community when we have enough people interested in something that So I'm I'm I'm looking to see when we've added a position and I I understand >> I'd have to check with the with the PTA presidents. Um, I know for example the trips programs at Aptua and that's tremendously successful. So my guess is that's something

048they do every single year because there's demand for it. The kids enjoy it, the parents enjoy it, the teachers enjoy it. So exactly how many of these clubs we're going to have this year largely depends on each PTA and how much they're willing to fund these programs. I understand how we arrive at it. I'm still looking for something along the lines of we've got a new program. There was demand for this, you know. Do >> you recognize any new names on there, new programs? [Music] >> Well, I think, you know, to to back um support what Dr. Enma was saying, it's it comes from the local culture of our of our elementary, you know, our elementary schools. Um, you know, there's a lot of names on there for for upper Gria Lake and I know

049over the last few years that PTA has worked hard to expand um some of the offerings that they have, but as also as Dr. Eden said, they did that now in the summer. I know the Westbrook school also will have a a wide variety of of uh PTA um supported programs. So, I think each of our PTAs is active and um what ends up creating the program is typically a uh either a proposal by a staff member who wants to run a new club or a parent on the PTA said, "Hey, we got a group of kids who are interested in this. Let's talk about it in our PTA meeting. They put it forward, see if there's a staff member who's interested in in running it and and they get it going." So, it's usually

050typically an organic sort of process that happens at the at the school level. We do have some um programs that are um funded through our um federal uh title one money. So those are consistent from building to building in our in our um and our t target target uh title schools. Um however the PTA supported events are um typically organic of that you know that school community. So again I don't know if I answered your question which ones are new I would believe in looking at this. The only ones that I think I have not seen before um is the breakfast bunch at the Upper Green Lake school and guitar I believe is new with our new staff member Mr. Russo who has recently been added um to our our music department. He was a

051new hireer last year and he he brings that skill set so that's something he's able to do. >> Mr. President. >> Yes sir. Mr. Edwards >> on item number 20. I'm curious how an employee that was offered as the reduction in force is included in the 2017 18 advisors. >> I think what he's talking about is is well we didn't riff. >> We have to remove that. >> No, we have we have not been riffed yet. There has not been a riff. There was a riff on the agenda in April. Another one in May and another one in June. The one in April did not pass. The one in May did not pass. The one in June was tabled. >> So that name will come up again. Correct. >> It's possible. >> We discussed it

052in executive session, >> right? I understand that. I just when a motion is tabled, isn't it the same motion? Wouldn't that include the same name? >> It's not on It's not on the agenda tonight. >> That's true. But until that happens, >> right, >> it's as if it's not happening. >> Excellent. >> I might have a different answer for you in August, but right now there's been no change. >> We might have another different answer for next week of our meeting. So, any other discussion? And that was one through or excuse me, 13 through 29, correct? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Roll call then, please. Mr. Mr. Francisco >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr.

053Yuber. >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Like to move items 31 through 35 on the person. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Um, number 30 was pulled for after executive session. >> I said 31 and 35. >> I thought you said 30. My mistake. >> That's okay. Keep me on my toes, John. I'm trying. >> I thought it was 323. >> 32 >> is I look at that and I I wonder if somebody's being groomed for a position. >> Say groomed. We have um you want to say that? >> Yeah. This is a fairly common resolution in districts when people are part of M's level training classes at a university level. Part of their trainings is to internship run an internship with an administrator in the district where they work. >> So it's

054somebody who's training to become an administrator >> part of the practice >> on their own time not during the workday uh not during their teaching classes outside the parameters of their work contract. Okay, thank you. >> And number 35, I did not see a folder insert in my Friday package. >> Did anybody else get one? >> Nope. >> Perhaps we should table that for next meeting then. >> I'll make a motion to table that till the next meeting. So we have a list. >> Second. >> All in favor of 35 being tabled to our next meeting. >> I any >> opposed? [Music] Mr. Bailey's >> anything up down the road. >> Did was this on our last meetings um agenda? >> No, I don't think so. I saw it. >> I could check, but I

055don't think so. >> All right. So, the motion is 31 to 34. >> 31 to 34. >> I think it's just minimum due diligence to know who we're voting in. >> Okay. Oh, >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody? Yep. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Okay, let's round it out. Like to move items 37 and 38 under personnel student affairs. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Yuber, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> yes. >> Mr. Foody,

056>> yes. >> That concludes for the moment personnel student. I >> just take a quick moment to welcome Mr. Mendes to our district. He's our new supervisor of special services prek to 12. Do you want to just come up? [Applause] Thank you for that introduction. Uh good evening everyone. Uh I would like to thank uh Dr. Anaman uh Dr. McCuade and the entire West Milford Board of Education uh for this wonderful opportunity uh to serve the entire West Milford community. Um I also would like to thank my wife who's always supports me unconditionally and she's here in attendance. Um thank you for making me feel so genuinely welcomed here. Um, I could really feel um, you know, I was here earlier today at the high school and filling out paperwork and um, I was able

057to meet some some colleagues and some staff and they were just so generally welcoming. Um, so I really I'm very appreciative of that. Um, I look forward to working collaboratively with each and every one of you. Thank you so much for your time. >> Thank you. [Applause] Okay, Mr. Drew, we're on to budget and finance. >> Items one and two. >> Second. >> Okay, discussion. >> Number two, we voted on the auditorium a while ago. Why are we adding Why didn't we not know about this 20 almost $220,000? >> It wasn't part of the bid. We had taken that out of the bid documents because of the cost. And when the bid came in lower than we expected at that point, we uh started to look for um prices for the sound system and uh

058we also now looking for the projection system because there's money available to do these things and it's better to do it while the install is going on rather than after the fact. Yeah, I would like to say I know some of this stuff is discussed in budget and finance, >> but when it comes up for to the board, I think some of these things if it's pulled out of the numbers, we need to know that as a board. Um, just if we could be a little bit more conscientious about and putting out those details, it would be very helpful. I think that if we had two meetings this month and you would have had the work session agenda to to discuss this in more depth, um there was notes on the um budget and finance

059um minutes, but normally we would have the opportunity if we had the work session to talk about these things. I actually meant back when we voted on the auditorium for you know so much money >> for um for what >> that had we known I would have liked to have known it back then when we voted on the auditorium in general that we were missing something that was going to be over $200,000 out of the total >> it's there but they removed it and then since this bid came in last >> right but we weren't informed at the time that it was removed >> so this is still within the budget >> yes budgeted here we're spending here >> and it seems like if we're doing all this one of the most No, no, no.

060I'm not I I understand that. I'm not saying we shouldn't have. I'm just saying that we should have been informed at the time of the original vote that it wasn't in the total and that it would probably come up later, that it wasn't something that the board in general knew about. Probably budget and finance knew about it, but but the rest of us didn't. And I I think Barbara did make a point though that had we had a workshop. >> Yeah. And I think that when >> we would have been able to talk about it a bit more, but >> that was like four or five months ago. Yeah. >> Maybe longer. >> Yeah. No, I I understand. But I'm what I'm saying is, you know, and had we had a separate workshop meeting versus

061a combined workshop regular, we could have gone into a little bit more detail, but I am saying doesn't matter. Do you think that um maybe because our committee meetings are so choppy, we have some one one night, some another night, if we did them all in one night so that people could talk back and forth between meetings between the committee meetings so that if if Glenn has a question, he can he can go to the chairperson of the budget and finance and say what happened or so we have the information even before the workshop. Is that a possibility? What do you think? >> And I don't know. I might be running a gray area where >> depends on how many board members. >> Yeah, >> because if we're if we're four people, >> right, >>

062you talk to two more. >> It's a sunshine act issue. It's kind of a sunshine. >> Yeah. I mean, I thought that the point of committ was the way we knew ahead of time, you know, what we were walking into, it would lessen the discussion a little bit, I think. >> Well, if the minutes the committee minutes were more detailed, that would also possibly alleviate that issue. >> Yeah, >> because I I you know, right now we can't really read them the committee minutes and know what happened in that committee that night. >> That line item was pretty clear and that was in the budget and finance. I would be a little concerned about attending one meeting have two or three hours until the other meeting. >> I don't think that wind up >> long

063day [Music] get it over. Well, I mean that's generally though the purpose of our workshop meetings is >> to discuss a lot of the things that were discussed in committee >> because that's on the agenda. Everything we discuss in committee >> then goes on to the agenda and that's why there's a workshop but during the summer we kind of condense that. >> So for the month of July and August we have a workshop. But >> my original point was that we didn't know it six months ago. >> Yes. when we made the vote on the on the really big numbers. Okay, >> I agree because I was I was >> that was the point. >> Not not that we the workshop thing doesn't bother me. That would have only been two weeks. That may would

064make no difference whatsoever what I'm thinking about >> with the workshop meeting is what Terry said about talking. >> Oh, I see what you're saying. >> All right. Um the only thing that question I have on item number two, um Barbara, how many bids did we receive? It's for cooperative pricing. So, it's through a co-op. So, we we don't we didn't do any bids. >> Okay. >> They do the bids for you. >> They do the bid for us. >> They do the bids for us. >> All right. Any other discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mr. Foody, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes.

065>> Okay. Steve >> three and four are after executive session. I'd like to move items 5 through 13. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Mr. side >> on resolution six is the 2% increase in annual agreement. >> Yes. >> Is that something we're expected? Okay. >> Mhm. >> Thank you. >> Um on number five, can we just get a little bit more detail? Is that um something following up other roof work or is that um just roof repairs? I know we didn't we do repairs recently like a year ago on on the West Brook roof. >> Westbrook roof uh has a new roof. However, um where the um some of the units are on the roof, there was um there there needs to be some repairs done and um because we're still experiencing water coming in.

066So, um, the company that did the roof repair, um, also put it in a proposal to address the things that TMCO, TMCco is the company that, um, manufactures the roofing material. And they're the the company that gives us the warranty on the roofs. So, they came in to take a look at the issue. It was something that um was not identified prior to um the roof um design being built uh done and the roofing contractor never pointed it out. So in order for us to maintain the warranty, TMCO came up with a process that we would need to do and uh in order to do the repair. Um this was all outlined. Provco is the company that did our Makipin and high school roof project last year. Um so they gave us this price. We

067still have money in our Westbrook roof um project because we haven't totally closed it out. We finally just paid the contractor their final payment. Um so there's money available for us to do it without taking anything from the budget. >> All right. How long ago did they complete the roof? >> Uh year and a half ago, >> about 18 months. >> How long How much How long is the warranty? >> 20 years. >> And we just gave them their final payment even though we have $20,000 worth of roof repairs on a brand new roof. >> We just gave them the final payment because they did what they needed to do based upon their contract. This is something that was just recently identified. >> This this isn't has nothing to do with the work they did

068on the roof. >> Okay. There's a I guess for no better word like a small little penthouse over some equipment. And this is the roof on that penthouse that wasn't touched. >> Oh, it's an additional roof. >> It's an additional roof. All right. >> Away from the work that they have done. >> All right. So, this is this is actually an additional roof. It's not so much repairs. The the part that for me the part that's good is that it's coming out of monies that we have set aside and we're not taking it out of >> any my issue my issue was thinking that we were paying another $20,000 on top of a brand new roof that that we should have been under warranty >> and it's not it's something completely separate from that. Okay.

069Thank you. >> Okay. Any other uh discussion on items is that 5 through 13? >> Yes. >> Go ahead, Mr. Drew. On uh six and seven, I guess I would have liked it if we had considered the possibility of uh doing that at Hillrest in unoccupied space as opposed to paying somebody from the outside. And I don't know how because we look at this every year. I don't know how we do something along those lines next year to at least see if it's feasible to pay ourselves instead of somebody else. >> Um I'd like to commend um item number eight, supporting the football association. I think it's just a great thing to do. Uh, I have a question about 10. Uh, the $175 per exam. Is that an increase from last year? >> No, it's

070the same price as last year. >> Um, I had brought up in the education committee. Well, first I'd like to say that the money that we spend on u professional development, I think, is us. a real force multiplier. If you know instead of spending money on tutors, which sometimes we need to do, if we can train 10 teachers or 15 teachers to do their job a little bit better, we just, you know, we now affect hundreds of kids. And and so I'm just 100% supportive of doing the professional development that can help. It's not to say that the teachers aren't already doing a good job, but if we can give them new ideas, I am really supportive of doing that kind of thing because we, you know, we affect hundreds of kids. Um, I'm a

071little concerned. I gave you information about somebody who was willing to do um math u development for free and we didn't follow up on that at all. um which I wish we would do. It doesn't doesn't mean we shouldn't do this or that it might be different, but I really do wish we'd look and see uh whether we can do additional professional development. Now, I know teachers hate to be, you know, all the time spent on that sort of thing is time away from the classroom. So, you don't just want to do it just to do it. But on the other hand, you know, this this is the kind of thing we leave our teachers on their own to a very large degree and they do a great job, but boy, if you get even

072one good idea from something like this, it can make a make a huge difference. So, I really encourage this sort of thing. >> I just have a housekeeping question for Barbara on number 11. >> Is partially funded through uh ESSA title 2A. What proportion is that? >> I don't know. Um the director of education does the grant so I don't know how much he's all allocated. >> Uh depends on the item number. Um >> Number 11 it would probably be um that entire number. So it's going to be local funds. >> Okay. Um and on number 12 it is going to be um probably about I think about 15,000 out of title 2. >> All right. So on number 11 really we're paying for it all. >> It's really not going to be partially funed.

073>> Um depends how how we broke it down. So if um if we put the two so in our budget our local fund budget is 97,000. So, we have the ability to spread that across both vendors and then make up the difference between the two. So, if we have the two accounts on there, I'm not exactly sure which um >> which amounts they are, but I I know we have to make the difference over the 97,000 that we have budgeted locally for those two those two programs. I'm I'm going to be abstaining from Item 11. Um, I just I think we're we're kicking a can down the road every year. It seems that we got to hire a mathematics consultant and that's not uh that's not what we should be doing or I think that

074uh our staff should be able to handle those things. So, I'm just telling you my my thoughts. Um, okay. Any Oh, the one thing, Barbara, if you could um on the Queen of Peace rental, if you could for our next budget and finance committee meeting, give us a cost for that whole program over there. >> Okay. As far as our, you know, I mean, I know we have to be janitorial that we pay for snow plowing and >> snow plowing actually might they might be doing that. >> Yeah, we don't do that. >> They might be doing that. I think you're right. Um, but if you can get us all of the costs associated with the rental of that building >> or the rental of that space. >> Okay. >> Um, I'd like to know

075that. And then and then anything else that we have to pay janitorial services. >> Mhm. >> You know, things of that nature. >> Just for last year. >> Yeah. Just for just, you know, >> One school year is fine. >> Okay. >> I think it'll serve a purpose that Mr. Drew had talked about with um you know, Hill test. I mean, it's something that we all talk about now that it's back in our our hands. So, um all right. I guess we'll do roll call on items 5 through 13. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mr. Foody, >> staying on 11. Yes. On everything else. >> Mrs. Fritz? >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber? >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien? >> Yes.

076I'd like to move item number 14. >> Second >> discussion. The only you know I guess um I see all the trustees except for Mr. Bailey is he um Mr. >> No, Mr. Bailey does not >> doesn't wish to attend. >> Seems on the list. Just I wanted to make sure the vote >> he was on the roll. >> Oh, he's on the rolling meeting would be a good thing if I decided to do it. Yeah, >> because I know a couple of times on some of the programs that during the end of the year Mrs. Chris was inadvertently left off and I don't know if it was because they printed them in advance or what but >> okay. >> All right. >> So, uh any other discussion >> then? Uh, roll call, please. And

077I would remind everybody that they should abstain for themselves. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> abstain for myself. Yes, for others. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> abstain for myself and yes on everyone else. >> Mr. Drew. >> Um, yes. And abstain for myself. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes. And abstain for myself. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. And abstain for myself. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Abstain for myself. Yes. For everybody else. >> Mr. Foody. >> Abstain for myself. And yes for everyone else. I would like to move item number 15, please. >> Second. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Yuber, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> And I say

078yes. >> I would like to move item number 16 for fun. >> I didn't realize I had a competition going on here. >> A new boss. >> I did. Not gracefully either. Any discussion? See none, please. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> He's stepped out. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> I would like to move item. We're at 17, right? >> Yes, we are. >> All right. And you seconded that. >> Yeah, I'll second it. Yes. >> I wasn't sure. >> I was I'm waiting for BR. So, Mr. Side wants to jump in there. Okay. >> He's being gentle. >> Any any discussion? >> Seeing none, we'll call the

079department. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> yes. >> Mr. Foody, >> I'll go. Yes. [Music] >> I would like to move item number 18. >> Second. >> Any discussion? local. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> What are we on? >> 18. >> Abstain. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> Uh, abstain. And that's it for budget and finance until the after. [Music] >> Okay. Mr. Huber, policy, please. >> To move items 1 through 35. >> Second. Any >> discussion? questions. >> Okay. Roll call, please, on items 1

080through 35. >> Mr. Yuber, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> M O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> yes. >> Mr. Foody, >> yes. Okay, we are going to move on to special committees and liaison reports and Mr. Swood is >> so there is no meeting until September but uh I feel that one of the issues that we needed to discuss with the township had they accepted the meeting was where our stance on the league football field is. That way there was clarity there. And I'm not sure uh the field behind the Hillrest building. >> Um is possible that the football association has contacted the administration. I'm not sure of that. They were supposed to. >> I'm

081not aware of it. >> Okay. Um so that's my recreation report. Um with with regard to that board um in the past, do you know if the lights for that field was were paid for by the township or the the football association township? >> As far as I know, I I don't believe that they've used that field for the last couple of years because it's a smaller field. They might use it for practice. >> They use it for games. >> Yeah. of the age, >> but I thought I thought the town put the lights in. >> Mr. Greg, do you know? >> Okay. >> No, I I don't know. All I do know that we've changed over the all the electric to our account can we'll find out what they have done. I mean, I

082don't know about anybody else on the board, but you know, as long as that feels there, I I wouldn't have any problem with them continuing to use that as long as it's ours. And if we ever need building, >> somebody needs to maintain it. >> You know, cut the lawn and all that. >> That I don't know if the the town was doing or if they were doing >> town was renting the building. I'm sure the town was doing it. >> We'll find out. >> Maybe we can find that out, too. Okay. Um, Mr. Dwire SRT. >> Okay. We met on uh well I wasn't there but the meeting was June 15th and um there were several items discussed including school grounds, poison ivy, mulch for playgrounds and um the qu there was a question

083about why West Milford wasn't including a preschool assessment in with the kindergarten um packets and Dr. Ranimone that explained that the forms were outdated and he would take care of it. Okay. Social media was discussed um and bringing younger kids into the social media presence. Um and then there was a followup on the kindergarten enrollment. There are 178 and you were anticipating 200. >> It's more than that now. Uh we'll probably >> get no more than 200. >> Oh, great. >> Okay. So, we're in the 190s. We're settling in. depends on the summer. >> Okay. And of course, Hillrest came up and we're still we still have to meet with the town. Um and that's it. The next meeting is September 28th, 2017. >> Do those during the uh >> No. No. >> Okay. Um

084Mrs. O'Brien the State County School Boards Association. >> Uh the first meeting will be sometime in September. So um at right now there's no activity. >> Okay. Mr. Sidewitz, Jersey school boards. >> The policy services of the S NJSBA were presented to the policy committee. And I'm glad that we're all mainly partaking in the October workshop. And that's my report. >> Okay. Um, Mr. Drew, you have both legislative and technology oversight. >> Uh, technology first. Uh, we had sat in on a presentation regarding using uh VIP for phone system in the classrooms. Uh, that looks very interesting. although a bit pricey, but there'll be further discussion. So, just so you know, Glenn, we're discussing VIP and phones in each classroom, and it may be pricey if we go that direction. Um, on the legislative, there

085has been a ton of activity, uh, things that were approved by one or both houses at the last minute. um some of which would cost us money or have all kinds of additional requirements. But I've kind of learned that with a line item veto, we just have no idea what's actually going to make it through uh the governor's process and uh if we can get him off the beach, then maybe we'll have this done soon. So, it's it's just diff, you know, there've been things in the past I thought for sure and then it got vetoed or whatever. So, we'll we'll have to wait and see what uh what's coming up. >> Okay. Uh Mrs. O'Brien, you have the education foundation. >> Okay. Thank you. Um starting in May, we uh had a changing of

086the board. We elected new officers. Um after their meeting, they came across some concerns um as far as um I guess reigning them, you know, going through paperwork and and and uh getting that they're getting themselves acclimated to their new positions. Um and there are some concerns and they're working to fix them at this time. So I'm very sad to say that we have to postpone the color run in the grants at this particular time. Um, I promise that once this is all rectified, um, I will come in and I will be, uh, rant and raving, pushing the grants, um, and promoting the color run. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Um, well, as you know, we were trying to shoot for a meeting for tomorrow night. That's not going to happen. a joint

087meeting of the entire board and council. Um, so hopefully we can get some dates sent in to >> Barbara or Barbara, do you want to send us a bunch of dates and then let everybody >> sign off on? >> Sure, I I could do that. And then I also have to provide them with an agenda. >> So I guess you should kind of put your head together. We can talk about that. Um uh Mr. Huber. >> All right. Well, the >> community against substance abuse committee held a town meeting uh last week to discuss the heroin epidemic and basically opioid epidemic. Um there was a very active and productive discussion um that went on. Uh there are hopefully uh upcoming uh new support groups going to be established in the town which would be very

088helpful. Um one thing I'd like to throw out there is that there is a fentinol problem. Uh fentinol is a is a drug that's being mixed in with the heroin and other things. It's even showing up with marijuana and it only takes several grains to kill somebody. It's also the newer kinds are are becoming uh are are narcan resistant. So some people >> it requires uh there was police officer uh in another state that brushed some off of his shirt and he took three or four Narcan injections for to save his life. Wow. Um they did two at the police station right away because he was at the police station uh booking the person and uh they did a couple more in the hospital. So um this very very big concern. Sadly out of the

089town bar size only 40 people or so showed up in addition to the panel and the committee that was there which tells us that we need to work very heavily on community awareness. Uh if the community was aware of really what what we're faced with, I think more people would have turned out and and been concerned with it. And uh that's it for now. >> Glenn, um the summer certainly doesn't help where people are away, they're on vacation, they're doing that. So hopefully they'll do that in again in the fall doing it when people are actually in town and not running on vacation. Um, do we have any numbers on overdose rates in West Milford? Are they climbing? >> They are. >> And and anything to do with cost because I've been reading and seeing

090stuff in the paper where there was a a town I think was I can't remember if it was Ohio or Iowa. >> It's Ohio. >> What's that? >> Ohio. >> It was Ohio. and their costs are expected to be a couple million dollars just on treating the heroin overdoses that are going on in >> in Ohio. There are places where the morg can't keep up each day. >> Yeah. They're doing eight eight to nine in one town. 8 to nine calls a day. >> This fentanyl stuff is very scary. >> Very very scary stuff. Okay. >> Um going to move on to old business. >> Um Mr. Swood, go ahead. >> Uh hopefully we can formulate some sort of a Hillrest agenda. And some topics that I had aside from the sports fields were possible

091township interest us auctioning and what the township I a resident asked me to at least bring up what would happen in the case of another hurricane Sandy where they were used as emergencies at shelters. So those are possible topics that I have >> looking at setting up a plan >> hopefully. Exactly. Because that's not our purview as a board of education to do that. So you know at least have it be on the radar of the township to to understand that that's a concern. >> Okay. I think that's a very valid uh thing to have on the agenda. Um, >> however, did they ever uh did they leave the generator? >> Right now, it's there because they don't know where they're going to put it yet. >> Okay. But they plan on taking that with

092them. >> Yeah. >> So, >> at this point, >> another topic. >> Let's get this agenda. >> Um, >> Jin Jim, did we ever get the final results of the survey that we did from the public? I know we had like a pulse at one point, but did we ever get the final? >> We closed it. I think it was the end of May. The end of May, and it was we did have we do have the final results. Uh it seems to be the there seems to be the most support for some sort of athletic fields complex over there. Uh we only had a few items listed, a few choices listed. That was the uh number one selected. And that was something that we were going to just have on that agenda for that

093joint meeting, you know, because that's really a parks and wreck wrecks issue for for fields. That's not something that we should be looking at. And one of the things the the thoughts was that maybe if the money that we have in escrow for Hillrest, maybe they want to use that to purchase that that property. So we, you know, there's there's a whole bunch of things to discuss. Um I had um spoken with uh gentleman Mike Hensley on town council and there's another gentleman who is running for uh council. I don't ask me to pronounce his name, but at the EDC committee, it was brought up where they wanted to kind of do a a zombie run down Clinton Road. >> And you know it it and the reason they wanted Clinton Road is the most

094haunted road in the United stuff going on with >> no explanation needed. So, um, but anette quickly pointed out is where do you have parking for anybody? >> So, the thought came up that there's a path right up the street from PK that goes up to Clinton Road. it's a car path wide >> and that maybe that could be utilized >> is going the spot, you know, using PK as the parking lot, the start point and to go up and um so I I told them that I would mention it to the board. I think that they would like to do it kind of that around that Halloween time. It would kind of be something cool, I guess, try to get people involved. But I mean I I personally on on Saturdays we really don't

095use that. So if state wanted to use that as a starting point I mean I don't think the board >> is daytime. >> What's that? >> Yeah full effect >> on on uh on a on a on a on a weekend. So we wouldn't really be using the school but I thought it was kind of a neat idea. I told him I'd bring it up to the board. Is uh is there any uh any opposition or something like that? >> Do we really want to encourage >> Is that new business? That should be new business, right? >> Well, it really should be under new business, but I I I threw it under. I'm sorry. >> That's okay. >> I just uh I just thought it was kind of a neat idea and I I wrote

096it down and I instead of writing it in new, I wrote it. Now, as far as old business, I do have >> um >> where are we at with the high school and McAffin roots? We haven't heard since I walked up there. Um back in I guess I don't know. I guess that was April, end of April, some maybe early May. Um >> the punch list has been completed. >> It's been completed. They've put in extra downspouts and adjusted gutters and >> No, that wasn't part of their punch list that >> Why? But we have gutters that are pitched the wrong way and there's no outlet on that side. I mean, >> to me, that's why do you have a gutter? You have to downspout. No, I I mean, it was on the list. >>

097It was on Yeah. Oh, it was on the list. Absolutely. So, have, you know, have they fixed those? >> I'll have to double check. >> And and did they do anything with the roof drains that are um at Makipin that are higher than the surrounding roofs? >> I believe they did go in there and make some adjustments, but I'll double check. >> All right. And because the one of the other things was that because that we have that yard area, the >> courtyard courtyard. Um the trees had leaves, branches, whole bunch of things had gone over and had clogged some of the roof drains up. >> Right. >> So >> cut those back. >> We did we and are we setting up any type of plan with the custodian to >> clean? Clean everything out

098every so often. Go up and at least check. >> Yep. >> All right. Um >> I'll have a final we can talk about a budget and finance in August. >> Okay. >> And we mentioned >> at the committee meetings last week felt budget and financial was a little rushed. We had a little more time for personnel. So we mentioned flip-flopping those two. >> Flip-flopping? Yeah, I would have no problem with it. >> Could anybody on personnel come an hour early at 7 and anybody on budget? >> Sorry, come at 6:00 and anybody on budget come at 7. This way if budget goes a little longer we, you know, there's nothing after that. We can go 75 minutes if we need to or whatever. >> Okay. So, Barb, we uh we'll flip that for August, see

099how it works, and if it's >> if it works, we can uh look at making that more permanent. And and while we're on the hub subject of Hillrest, um we're going to have to have I guess that putting in put into our snow plowing schedule for them to plow that parking lot out. So if um >> well, if it's not being used, why >> I was going to ask that same question. >> What happens if there's a fire? We you know, something. >> Yeah, you have to keep it. >> We have to have we have to have the We need to get into the building boilers working and things of that nature. So >> we need >> has to be cleared >> at least plow out >> you know if you have an emergency you

100need to use the building for some >> just the entrance but we don't necessarily have to do the whole >> Okay. Okay. This is O'Brien hand up. >> The the big hand is on the six and the little hand is on the nine. It's 9:06 p.m. Bless you. >> Thank you. >> Can we extend this meeting for another 10 minutes, please? >> Well, well, I I'd say let's extend it for >> 20 and if we >> So, we've got all business petitions and requests. We got a lot of people here. I I'm anticipating. >> Um >> Okay, then. >> So, >> 20 minutes it is. >> We'll go 20 minutes. >> The um >> And you second. >> Okay. All in favor? I >> I >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Um All right. Anything else

101under old business? Glen. >> Yeah. One is that I thought we had established that we were going to automatically put on the agenda the things in old business that have not been completed yet. And I don't see anything there. We need this to help remind us of things so they don't get they don't fall through the >> cracks. Well, we've had a change in the office so it's kind of slip through the cracks. >> All right. Just saying. All right. That that having been said, I'd like to ask where we are on the um uh the turf field testing. It's been what 6 months now executive session. >> We're going to talk about the effects of >> it's on the agenda. The legal issues with that in executive session, >> but it was on the

102agenda. >> It's already been voted. >> No, it hasn't. >> No, it was both. >> Somebody has to remove it >> to do it. We just No, we voted to do it. >> The truth right there. >> We voted to do it months and months ago. This is >> the actual resolution to approve the company. >> You remove the money to pick the company. Okay. sometimes. >> So, >> all right. So, there is progress. >> It's on the agenda. >> Yeah, it's on the first uh >> It's on the agenda for tonight. It was pulled for discussion on the legal issues till after executive session. >> You had pulled it for discussion. No, he pulled it for discussion after executive. >> Mhm. All right. >> Mhm. >> That's true. >> All right. I thought that

103was for something else. >> Okay. >> No, I know what it is. Just I thought it was for something else. >> Oh, no. >> Okay. Any any other uh discussion on their old business? >> Mr. President, >> Mr. Sidewoods, >> just as a general collegial point for a length of meetings, um instead of going like this to get Jim's attention, it just just according to Robert's rules, just ask Mr. President and when you're you'll be recognized. So, I think that'll help move our discussions along. >> Anything else under old business? >> Seeing none, like to close old business. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Okay, we're going to go on to to new business. Um, anything under new business? Okay. I I have one thing that under new business that I'd like

104to do um or at least discuss is um Barbara is our clerk of the works and with everything that she's got to do during her day when we've got a project like the auditorium going on for her to stop and and go down there and make a site visit once or twice a day really is I I think I have a question for her. Um I I so I would like to make the motion that we put that responsibility of clerk of the works under our new uh buildings and grounds supervisor, Mr. Kelly. >> So you would you would you wouldn't make the motion now. You'd have to revise the job descriptions for those. That's all. And then you'd have to approve the job descriptions at the time. >> Okay. >> So >> can we

105straw the the board? You can do a straw, but it's not an official motion until you do the >> hearing. Is there any uh >> thing the board would like to say? Good, bad, leave it alone. Don't do it. I think that uh you know, Barbara's got enough on her plate and put that responsibilities on her is just you know, one more one more thing that she doesn't need to have on her on her plate. Can you make a comment? >> Go ahead. I did too. >> I'm sorry. >> I did too. Barbara is the clerk of the works, which means she oversees all construction projects. >> Um, for her to stop what she's doing during the course of the day, be there in the morning, be there in the afternoon, see what's going on,

106she shouldn't she shouldn't have to do that. And it really falls more under the lines of what our buildings and ground supervisor is, which is our facilities manager. So I think it be better suited for him to any reports that he's got or anything that he's got to say to bring it back to to Barbara's and Alex's attention if there's something wrong. I mean, it just it it makes a lot more sense for him to be doing it than than for Barbara. Barbara's expertise is numbers. >> Barber is a comment. >> Actually, that's not correct because our buildings and grounds man is probably not a good job for a BA, but it's really not a good job for a buildings and grounds person because he has his own area of expertise. At least with our

107BA, she knows where every eye is dotted, tea is crossed, penny is spent, that kind of thing as the head bean counter. The right way to do it, but of course I digress, is to hire through our engineering or architecture firm an inspection person, a clerk of the works who would babysit that project. I don't think that's necessarily needed here because our uh rate of success andor, you know, productivity, if you will, has always been very good in West Milford. So, I think you're uh just kind of uh spending unnecessary public funds. So, I'm in favor of maintaining the status quo. But if you wanted to do it correctly, you would hire a construction management professional to babysit this, not heap it on our buildings and ground supervisor or any other area supervisor for that

108matter. Um, >> I have to say that I've been doing this for 19 years and I so while I might not pick up a hammer or screwdriver on a regular basis, I think I have a pretty good idea of what needs to be done. Um, also, um, I have no problem delegating certain responsibilities to the supervisor of buildings and grounds to be another set of eyes and ears. uh since he is also outside of the office quite often. I think that um I've developed a good relationship with him in the short period of time that he's been there. I think that Dr. Anamone and I and Mr. Kelly have um good open dialogue and um we do have a project manager that is part of overseeing the construction that we are working very closely with.

109But um I feel very confident that um I am familiar enough with construction to um be able to lead a discussion and answer ask questions and get the answers. >> Um you know Barbara, I'd like to Did you go up on any of the the roofs? You didn't go up on the high school roof. >> I could do that tomorrow, Mr. Foody. I have no problem with that. I'm just I'm just >> What's the point? >> What is the point of that? >> Please, just one one second. One second. >> Um the the point being and and I'll go back to something that Mr. Bailey said. Um you know, we we did a this is just one one one thing keeps it keeps adding on. I see more and more times where we really need

110to have a set of eyes and and ears on our project. We had done and it was just before Barber started. We had done a project for the bathrooms in front of the auditorium to make them ADA accessible. They're nowhere near ADA accessible, but we paid a contractor to make them ADA accessible and they're not. Um so you know our buildings and grounds guy then um there's there there needs to be a protocol we need to and even though it's a sometimes it's a courtesy we need to get approval from our local building department for these projects and let them be our extra set of eyes. That's what they're there for. Now, I walked in last Friday to look at the auditorium with um Dr. Anamone, and there's things that they done that I would

111never it would never happen on a on a job site. Um and that that one corner by the projection booth, first five, six feet is nice and tight, and as it goes up, the sheetrock just spreads apart. Now, that's not that's not good. But, you know, they put factory edge to factory edge. You can't you can't put corner bead and and spackle stuff on a factory edge to factory edge. There's all these little things that, you know, Barbara might not know, but I'm sure Mr. Kelly would know. And and that's why you need to have somebody Barbara's I, you know, she's familiar with the numbers. Mhm. I you know I don't expect her to be familiar with all construction techniques, but I would expect that our buildings and ground supervisor would be. But that's why

112the >> But don't we have a project manager? >> There's a project manager involved and there's inspections that have to be done as we go along and as the p as the project uh moves along. So the building inspector is going to be coming in. >> You meet our own people and the contractors every two weeks. So we go and I we take walkthroughs as well, but we also go we have an official meeting every two weeks to go over timelines and deadlines and make sure the progress is moving any one person is going to make a difference. this when when the buildings and ground when when the the building inspector comes in, they take a look at everything and if there's any questions, if they find something that's out of sorts, they will make

113a comment and it will have to be addressed. So, there are multiple sets of eyes that are involved. Does the superintendent have sole responsibility for changing a job description? >> No, it's it's a board decision. >> And uh Mr. Foody, what committee do you think that falls under? personnel or >> probably fall under under personnel >> definitely >> because it may be worthwhile to have the personnel committee discuss it and perhaps Barbara can then address whether she thinks it's a worthwhile change from her end as well as from our end. I mean we should I know what Barbara's saying now but we should hear what she has to say if she can handle it and and and then it's a board discussion in committee and then eventually to the boardel >> I could add this

114to personnel for August. >> Yep. It's not just Barbara, it's the position. So, 25 years from now, who knows what what it is, if it's still going to be under that position or not. It's a it's a board discussion and just starting committee. >> Thank you, Mr. Roselli. >> All right. Anything else under new business? >> Yeah, I'll just chime in on that. Um it seems to me that the um contracting expertise would be handy and the buildings grounds person is probably out at the site just as a function of their job anyway. Um so that's not a bad thing from that standpoint. But it does also seem to me that we keep asking about the same things with regard to the roofs over and over and over. It's been three, four, five, six months

115and sometimes it seems like these things are just not getting addressed. And I have to wonder why that is. That's it. >> And to further uh my colleague's point, that's why it's important to have those notes under old business. And uh just wanted to stress that Okay. >> Okay. Anything else under new business? No. >> Seeing none, then >> like to post new business. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Uh we will move on to petitions and requests. With petitioners have requested to speak prior to the meeting. will be first with 5 minutes for each petitioner for a period of 30 minutes and then time permitting other petitions and requests limited to 5 minutes per petitioner will be allowed until the 30-inut period transpires. All speakers are asked to give their full

116names, spell, last name, provide their address. Speakers may not use the names of students during petitions or requests. Has anybody requested to speak? Barbara? No. Anybody like to speak? Seeing none, like to close petitions and requests. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Um, one, you use the honors as we session resolution. >> Sure. At 9:21 p.m., I'll move to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel appointments, resignations, and leave requests, as well as current litigation matters, special education matters, negotiations, and matters of a current attorney client privilege. >> Just I also just want to add to that um employee contracts, the status with district bargaining units, potential settlement, and the uh special education legal update. Yeah, that second. >> Okay. Um, all in favor? >> I.

117>> Any opposed? There will be action taken after executive session. We have a few things that we'll be voting on. And yeah. >> All right. >> Thank you. [Music] And we're back from executive session. Three minutes ahead of schedule is probably accomplishments this year. >> Um and we have uh do we have them in education or they were personnel, right? >> Personnel is free tonight. >> Okay. and budget finance too. So personnel was item what? >> 30 and 36. Thank you. >> Should we be doing them separately together? Separately go together. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. >> Together. >> You want You want to stay longer? Okay. >> No, I think it they're two different. >> Yeah, I say no to one or the other. >> You could Yeah. All right. So, so to

118keep everybody happy, >> 30 under personnel. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Any discussion? >> No. Roll call, please. Barbara, on item 30, under personnel. >> Mr. Sidowitz? >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ritz? >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber? >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien? >> Yes. [Applause] like to move items I zoned out for a second. I'd like to move item 36 under personal student affairs. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Discussion. >> Okay. Roll call, please. Barbara and 36. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes. >> M. O'Brien. >> No. Okay, it passes. >> That ends personnel student

119affairs. >> I would like to move items number three and four under budget finance. >> Second. >> Uh, any discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call, please. Barber on three and four under budget finance. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. Mr. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. >> Yes to three. No to four. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> Yes to three. And I gota I got to go with Glenn on this. No. On on four. >> Still passes. And Mr. Roselli has um >> I just have a motion to read personnel number 39. Resolve that the board of education hereby approves the agreement and release with Charles Mazi pursuant to the terms and conditions therein and which the board president is authorized to

120execute. >> Okay, that that is the motion. >> Someone needs to move it and >> need to move. You'll move it. >> Move it >> and >> second. >> Okay, thank you Debbie. >> That's our job. Any discussion? >> No. >> Okay. Roll call, please. Barber >> on that resolution. >> Mr. Side. >> Yes, >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Brier. >> Yes. >> Mr. Foody. >> Uh, yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yuber. While I agree with the overall goal, I I don't agree with the gag involved with it. And I don't think that our district is going to get better with things that see the light of day. So, I'm voting no. >> Mr. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Any

121opposed? Okay. [Music]