001You enjoying retirement? I came back today to work. Welcome to the Fiona Central School Board of Education meeting for Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025. Please join me for the pledge of allegiance. I 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. All right. Um, so we need to approve uh the agenda for this special meeting of July 2nd, 2025, including personnel excluding A1 and new business. Motion move. Saw a second. Second, Mr. Kenny. Thank you. Uh, anything to be pulled. That's nice. Okay. Um, all in favor? I um Okay. Public. Uh, so we only have one thing and that is uh to approve a three-year employment contract with Central School District. John A. Business administrator
002effectively July 1st 2025 through June 30th 2028 motion Marshall second second respond Dr. Zoax. Oh yeah, a couple things about what's happening here. So um for many years um up until recently um if you were retired from the New York State teachers retirement system um you could work in public education. However, there was a cap on your salary of $30,000. It's now at $35,000. So that has always been in play. and over the last couple years with um a shift in the market and also the idea of when certain people get to certain milestones whether they're 55 and 30 years or whatever these moments are um not everybody is looking to retire wanting to retire um but sometimes due to some things contractually or other benefits that might be available people retire um before they
003would really like to. So in the last few years um New York State has shifted a little bit and this is under um chapter 55 um in which a person can retire um in the system start collecting their pension but also continue work um with no cap on their salary and no penalty um to anything involving their retirement or their pension. Um so this has been happening around New York State locally um over the last few years um with teachers, administrators, some superintendent um are engaged in this now or have been engaged in this and this would represent the first time our district um has this situation um in which Mr. Forbes um technically retired. he was off a day um and now we're bringing him back um under a couple different provisions that I
004just want to note and be as transparent as possible. Um so in doing this um Mr. Forbes uh in the previous contract had access to um a retirement incentive which he has agreed to forego. Um in his contract that we're approving tonight as well as the prior contract. He also had access to retirey health insurance contribution um once he retired which he is also willing to forego um during this period. Uh but there'll also be additional savings to the district. um and uh we contribute to the New York State retirement system for all of our employees. We'd be saving money there and also in his new contract is a very reasonable um and lower um salary increase at 2.5%. So um the benefit is that John has worked in the um district for many years.
005He has a wealth of knowledge um as a business official and with all the nuances of that position which is getting more and more difficult to replace. So we are able to benefit uh by having him remain out of work and take advantage of all that knowledge, all that experience which ultimately in a lot of small and big ways throughout the school year saves us money um because he is in tune with all the nuances of how to arrange things and how to put things together, how to maximize aid, how to share services, so on and so so forth. So, um, in thinking about our seven habits that we've been, um, talking about in the district, this is a good example of a win-win. It's a good thing for Mr. Forbes. It's a good thing
006for the district. So, we are happy to have this playing out um, currently and um, what is on the agenda tonight is approving um, a new contract for Mr. Forbes for the next three years. Any questions? We're we're aware of the advances in this contract fully appraised of it. Any other questions? Questions on the contract? Um, all in favor? I opposed. Congratulations. I appreciate the board taking this into consideration. I was ask three years probably 85,000 in there and obviously continues as Dr. So I mentioned it was available previously but the timing was always off because the incentive ling was in my contract when the state was extended matched up for two full years. When I really do retire I'll have a little more to say. So we'll wait. So what you do on your
007one day off? Uh well there's a place in Erie that I like to go to called the public house is one of the big six capital restaurants and they have tuna pokei one of my favorites. So we usually go there when we go to and last couple times said when we go out of the box we're going to go someplace differently special. I thought you might be holding water or something. I'm thinking like we got the vote there. So good. Hey. Well, welcome. So, let's see. Everybody else is in consent. Um public. So, uh quick meeting. I think this is a record. I think this one, you know, make sure you check that time. Yep. Actually, 6. Okay. Um so uh we anticipate the need to enter into executive session uh to discuss personal second
008Mr. Kenny. All in favor? I post exemptions.