001There we go. Okay, they should be able to hear us now. >> Thank you, Angel. >> No problem. >> Thank you. >> Welcome to that. >> So, we're live right now. >> Yep. I would like some T. We're going to start the meeting. Okay. >> Okay. Hold on. >> Yeah, he's on the road. >> He's on the road. Say hi, Tanner. >> Hi, everybody. I'm going to be there in about a half hour. If it's still going on, I'll I'll walk in. >> Thank you. Thanks, Dann. Okay. Okay. Um, welcome everybody to the Thursday, September 25th special meeting of the Hopeac Central School District Board of Education. Uh, can I get a motion to open the meeting, please? >> Some move. >> Vice President Mafra. Second. >> Second. >> Trusty Harrian. All in favor? >>
002I. >> Please stand for the pledge. 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. >> Thank you everyone. Okay. So, what I'd like to do right now is appoint uh vice president Lucy Misafra as prom. Uh resolve the Mahopac Central School uh district board of education appoints trustee Lucy Mafre as meeting chair prom for the special meeting September 25th 2025. Can I get a motion please to accept? >> So moved. >> Trusty Harrian second. >> Second. Trusty Iicon. All in favor? I >> Okay. All right. Um so we have under under new business uh we have um we have the appointment of the district clerk confidential secretary uh for the contract for
003the uh for the Mahopak central school district uh resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education hereby appoints Melody Laraca as confidential secretary to the superintendent and district clerk to the board of education effective September 29th, Monday, 2025. The board further authorizes the superintendent to execute the terms and conditions herein uh the minutes of his of of his me of this meeting. The board further designates Melody Oraka as the records management officer, foil request officer, and public information officer effective September 29th, 2025. Can I get a motion to accept, please? >> So, don't we have to discuss the terms, the contracts before we appoint her was sent out to everyone? >> We sent out to everybody >> and I sent questions for our lawyers before we agree to the contract
004that should be discussed. I sent like nine questions. We're approving. We We already did the did this last time, right? >> On August 24th, we approved her. >> We approved her. We appointed her. So, now we're we're actually >> Well, we actually have >> contract, right? >> We actually have a start date. Yeah. And we did and we did and we did look at the uh at the parameters of the of the of an original contract. >> Right. So, there was questions and you said at that time that if you have questions or are we going to get a copy? So, we got the copy today and Jen has Travis has questions and I >> I think we should answer but we should go through the questions. >> Well, this is personnel so we would
005have to go into >> discuss the other items and then we can go into executive >> let's >> Well, first of all, we have to um >> Okay. So, >> there other items and C and then we have to motion to go into executive. >> Okay. So, we have we have three uh we have three items. We have um A, B, and A, A, B, and C. Uh B being um the UPSu administrative MOA. Um uh be it resolved that persuade to the terms of the May 1st, 2025 memorandum of agreement between the Mahopak Central School District, the UPSU administrative unit and Ellen Sagara, the board of education hereby accepts the recommendation of the superintendent of schools to remove Miss Sigara from her appointment as confidential secretary to the superintendent of schools effective the close
006of business September 26, 2025. Um, and then we have the ICE merger with >> We have to do that one first because they're separate. They're not part of a consent agenda. So, we just need >> Oh, I'm sorry. So, we need >> Sorry about that. So, can I get a motion to accept uh B on the administrative? >> Trusty Mafra second. >> Second. >> Trusty Harrian. All in favor? >> I >> Okay. >> Thank you, Tanner. Uh, okay. Now, we have the ice hockey merger with Brewster uh Central School District. This is for women's ice hockey. Um, which we're excited about uh we're excited about getting this uh getting this moving along with all the other things that we provide here for for our students and athletes. Resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of
007schools, the board of education hereby approves the agreement between the Mahopac Central School District and the Brucer Ice Arena for the use of the facility by the Mahopac girls ice hockey team for the 2526 school year. And can I get a uh can I get a motion to accept? Trustee um Travis, can I get a second, please? >> Trustee Msafra. All in favor? >> I I And then we've got um Thank you, Tanner. And then we've got budget transfers, athletics. Um uh this would be the uh resolved upon recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education of the Mahopek Central School District hereby authorizes the following budget transfer for athletics to purchase two laptops and an iPad. >> I just had a question about this. Do we not already have within our stock
008and technology uh the ability to fulfill this request without purchasing? So, so, so just real quick, this was this is a um this is part of a program. It's part of the game time announcing and it's a it's a it's part of the package that goes with the uh with our athletics with our ability to uh to screen with remember what's what's now which was local live is now called game time. So this is this this is the um the laptops and an iPad are for upgrading that system in order to uh to take advantage of more enhancements. Um Ben Ben August actually looked at looked into >> capacity of our >> Yeah. Yeah. This is Yeah. This is something that's kin to their to their work. >> The other thing the other thing that
009it does it u is there's no fear of anything inappropriate like songs being said. Over the years there's been every once in a while we you know they've left it to the kids and next thing you know there's every once in a while there's that one word or two words. So this this is a tiein to our new system which which is really awesome. I mean it's as professionally done as you can think which you know just makes our whole program basketball wrestling the whole all of our sports teams. So I think it's a a huge plus for us. >> No absolutely. Was this budgeted or wasn't budgeted? Miss >> probably wasn't uh for the simple reason that um game time has really kind of switched from local live to game time. So we were
010just transferring some uh funds from >> So where is it coming? It's coming from >> it's coming from our athletic budget which you know we'll be able to absorb. It's coming from account contractual officials and meds. >> What is contractual officials and meds? >> Yeah, that's >> I don't know that. >> So, it's coming from that budget line to materials and supplies, which makes sense, >> right? >> So, what's you know what contractual officials and meds is? >> Probably uh the contract that we have with our officials with section one. All right. Can you just find out just for us not? >> We could, >> please. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Yeah. It's $3,094 and it's coming from uh Yeah. contractual >> officials to the officials that that oversee the gains >> which >>
011Right. >> It's not a definitive fund, >> Right. So, okay. >> That's where we took it from. >> All right. We'll get the expanded. Uh, >> no. I'm just curious. Whatever. >> Okay. Not any brush. >> We're going to Can I get a motion to uh Can I get a motion to accept item D, budget transfer for athletics? >> Trusty Mopra. Second. Trusty Travis. All in favor? >> I. Okay. >> Thank you, Tanner. Okay. Um. >> All right. So now what we'll do right now is we'll go into >> Oh, we're going to motion to go into executive session uh for um uh to discuss personnel um personnel uh matters. Um we'll uh we'll we'll be uh we'll just jump out for for a little bit. We've got some questions and then we'll we'll be
012right back to you. Thank you. >> Yes. >> Motion to go into executive for for the uh personal matters. Some >> moved. So moved. Second. >> Trustee second. Trusty Travis. All in favor? I >> Thank you very much. We'll be right back. exit window >> including the front including the front No including the front window. So you have the front window which gets I'm sorry. Okay. Can I get a motion? Uh >> can I get a motion? Hello Mopac community. Can I get a motion to close executive session and go back into public? Trusty McCracken and thank you for joining Tanner. Second >> second. Trusty Ayakono. All in favor? >> I. >> Good. All right. Now, okay. So, >> you have to open the meeting and go back to the public, right? >> We're good.
013We got We got record on. Angela, you're good. >> Thank you very much. >> It's recording. >> Okay. Okay. So um so for uh for new business uh district clerk confidential secretary uh pardon me. >> Yes of course uh resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education hereby appoints Melody Loraca as confidential secretary to the superintendent and district clerk to the board of education effective September 29th 2025. The board further authorizes the superintendent to execute the terms and conditions herein the minutes of this meeting. The board further designates Melody Loraca as the records management officer, foil request officer, and public information officer effective September 29th, 2025. Um, can I get a motion to accept, please? >> So move. >> Vice President Mafra. Second. >> Second. It was a tie. I'm
014going to go with Nicole. Was pretty close. Chris, you got to be fast on that. Uh, can I get a roll call vote, please? Just write it down. >> Hi, >> Chris. I Kyle. >> Yes. >> I, >> Nicole. Yes. >> Um Lucy, >> yes. >> Um Jennifer, no. >> Nay nay. No. >> Okay. All right. Uh and I am an I. So uh thank you very much. I appreciate that. Melody, congratulations. Uh looking forward to uh to getting getting you over here and getting things uh uh getting things going. Um and that's uh that's it for for us right now. So Frank, are you good? Everybody's good. Okay, with that said, it is 5 it is 5:43. Can I get a motion to close the meeting, please? >> Some moved. >> Vice President Mafra
015second. >> Trusty McCracken. All in favor? >> I. >> Thanks, everyone. >> Community football summers Friday night, tomorrow night, 6:30. >> Go get them.