Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Place: Hilltop Board Room
Members Present: Amy Applebaum, Trustee
Bryan Burrell, Trustee
Vic Czajkowski, Trustee
Claudette Clarke, Trustee
Fletcher Johnson, M.D., Trustee
Michael Lagana
Michael Mark, Trustee
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Dr. Valencia Douglas, Superintendent
Walter Woodhouse, Ass’t Supt. For Instruction
Winsome Gregory, Ass’t Supt for Pupil Personnel
Services/ Professional Personnel
Gail Fleur, District Clerk
Community Members
Staff Members
President Bryan Burrell called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM. Trustee Mark moved and Trustee Clark seconded to adjourn to Executive Session for discussion of personnel matters at 4:05 PM.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Mark moved and Trustee Clark seconded to return to Public Session at 5:00 PM and adjourn.
Motion Approved (7-0)
The public meeting was reconvened at 7:30 PM by the Superintendent of Schools and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Signing of Oath of Office
Re-elected Board member Claudette Clarke and newly elected Trustee Michael Lagana were sworn in.
Election of New Board Officers
Trustee
Czajkowski moved and Trustee Mark seconded to elect Trustee Bryan Burrell for Board President.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Mark and
Trustee Johnson seconded to elect Trustee Claudette Clarke for Vice President of the Board.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Mark moved and Trustee Johnson seconded to elect Amy Applebaum Secretary of the Board.
Trustee Mark moved and Trustee Applebaum seconded to take the following appointments as one motion.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Clarke moved and Trustee Czajkowski seconded to appoint Gloria Menoutis District Treasurer, Dr. Valencia F. Douglas, Superintendent of Schools, Carleen Millsaps Deputy Treasurer and Gail Fleur District Clerk.
Motion Approved (7-0)
All were sworn in and congratulated.
District Appointments
Trustee Czajkowski moved and Trustee Mark seconded to appoint Ingerman Smith, L.L.P. District Counsel with an annual salary of $28,000.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Czajkowski moved and Trustee Mark seconded to appoint Lawrence Hecht, C.P.A.,External Independent Auditor at an annual salary of $16,500.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Czajkowski moved and Trustee Applebaum seconded to appoint Nugent & Haeussler, PC as Internal Auditor $42,750.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Czajkowski moved and Trustee Mark seconded to appoint John A. Beltramo, CPA as Internal Claims Auditor, $75 an hour.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Czajkowski moved and Trustee Clarke seconded to appoint Family Practice Associates as the District Physician an annual salary of $25,000.
Motion Approved (6-1-0)
Trustee Applebaum abstained
Trustee Mark
moved and Trustee Johnson seconded to appoint Trustee Clarke Representative to Rockland County School
Boards Association Executive Committee.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Mark
moved and Czajkowski seconded to appoint Trustee Applebaum Alternate Representative to the Rockland County School Boards
Association.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee
Czajkowski moved and Trustee Johnson seconded to appoint Trustee Mark Board Representative to the Nyack Teachers
Center Policy Board.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Mark moved and Trustee Czajkowski seconded to approve the following rest of the agenda 5i – 8). In one motion.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Trustee Mark moved and Trustee Czajkowski seconded to approve the following.
i.
Committee
on Special Education: (CSE)
Chairpersons:
Kenneth
Poka
Laverne
Campbell
Patricia
Seminelli
Alternate
CSE Chairpersons:
Margaret
Byrne, Psychologist
Michael Katz, Psychologist
Fredelyn
Engelberg, Psychologist Luanna
Maddalena, Psychologist
Francine Friedman,
Psychologist Linda Russell,
Psychologist
James Grasso, Psychologist Alison Webster, Psychologist
Richard
King, M.D., Physician
Psychologists:
Margaret Byrne
Laverne Campbell
Fredelyn
Engelberg
Michael
Katz
Kenneth
Poka
Linda
Russell
Parent
Members:
Margaret
Auer
Ellen
Lazecko
Dorothy
McClafferty
Karla
Penn
Lisa Retallack
Luanne
Stendardo
Anne
Welles
j. Committee on Pre-School
Special Education: (CPSE)
Chairperson: Alternate
Chairperson:
Laverne Campbell Kenneth Poka
Parent Members:
Margaret
Auer
Ellen
Lazecko
Dorothy McClafferty
Karla Penn
Lisa Valentine
Member At Large: Professional
who participates in child’s evaluation.
A certified or licensed professional
designated by the agency charged with
the responsibility for the child in
the birth to two system, if any.
k. Impartial
Hearing Officers
The following is a list of
Impartial Hearing Officers from which the District will
select in order and on a rotational basis as needed:(see attached list)
504
Coordinator: Dr. Winsome Gregory, Assistant Superintendent for Pupil
Personnel Service and
Professional Personnel
Alternate 504 Coordinator: Patricia Seminelli, Speech and Language Teacher
6. Designations:
a. Carleen
Millsaps as Purchasing Agent and Walter
Woodhouse as Assistant Purchasing Agent, as part of their regular duties
b. Winsome
Gregory, Title IX Coordinator
c.
Gail
Fleur, Records Access Officer
d. Gloria
Menoutis, Records Management Officer
e. The
Bank of New York, Citibank, N.A.;
Manufacturers and
Traders Trust Co.; Union State
Bank; HSBC Bank USA; Fleet Bank;
J.P. Morgan Chase, M.B.I.A.
(CLASS); TD Banknorth, as depositories for district funds including both
savings and checking and including, but not limited to cafeteria, construction,
general account, and federal aid accounts.
f.
Official
District Newspaper: The Rockland
Journal News
g. Date
of regular Monthly Business Meeting:
Third Tuesday based on the
published school calendar
h. Mileage
Rate per IRS for personal cars used on school business: $.445
i.
Standard
Meal Allowance (Per District Policy)
j.
Substitute
Teacher Rate:
Regular Duty- $100 per diem
Long-Term Duty- 110 per diem
(after 20 days consecutive
service in same position)
After 3 months in same position-
$115 per diem (retroactive)
7. Authorizations:
a.
Powers
to Board President, Vice-President and Superintendent of Schools:
The President, Vice-President,
and Superintendent of Schools shall be
authorized to pay all employees,
instructional and non-instructional, on a
periodic basis as established by
policy; pay principal and interest on school bonds when due; pay dues for
attendance of Board members at organization conventions at district expense
within budget allocation.
b.
Powers
of Superintendent of Schools:
The Superintendent of Schools
shall be authorized to expend funds for the district within the limits set by
the 2006-07 budget within each code, or as approved by the Board of Education
and to transfer funds per district policy; to prepare proposals for special
state and federal funds; to establish renewable petty cash funds in
each of the elementary schools
and the Middle School at $50.00 each, the Central Office at $75.00, and the
Senior High School at $100.00; establish non-resident tuition rates based on
the provision of Education Law #3202; pay in advance to a member of the
non-instructional staff his salary when the regular pay date falls within the employee’s
vacation period.
The
Superintendent of Schools shall also be authorized to represent the school district in the area of county proposals or
projects which will be subject to Board review before submission; transfer or
suspend school personnel for cause, after consultation with counsel whenever
possible; make appropriate assignments of practice teachers in the Nyack
Schools; acquire surety bonds of $1,000.000 for
the Superintendent of Schools,
$1,000,000 for Assistant Superintendent for Business, District Treasurer, and Internal Auditor at a blanket of
$250,000.
c.
Powers
to the District Treasurer:
The District Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer shall be authorized
to receive all
tax monies from the towns of
Orangetown and Clarkstown, borrow funds as needed on tax anticipation notes to
meet current expenses, and sign all district checks.
d. Powers to
the District Clerk:
The District
Clerk shall be authorized to hold annual elections and to receive and record
all legal documents of the district.
e.Certification
of Payrolls:
The Superintendent of Schools
and the Assistant Superintendent for Business
shall be authorized to certify district payrolls for 2006-07.
f. Cooperative Bid Resolution:
WHEREAS, it would be in the
joint interest of Nyack Union Free School District
and the following school
districts:
Clarkstown Central School
District
East Ramapo Central School
District
Haverstraw-Stony Point School
District
Lakeside-Ramapo Union Free
School District
Nanuet Union Free School
District
Pearl River Union Free School
District
Ramapo Central School District
South Orangetown Central School
District
Rockland Community College
Board of Cooperative Education Services
Dutchess
Nassau
Orange/Ulster
Putnam/Westchester
Rockland
Southern Westchester
Suffolk I
Suffolk II
Suffolk III
Sullivan
Ulster
to participate
in cooperative bids for the purchase of various supplies, materials, equipment,
and insurance for the 2006-07 school year as provided by Gen. Municipal Law
Section 119-0 and,
WHEREAS, each
Board retains the legal authority to contract with the successful vendor(s) and
shall not be bound by purchase contracts or other agreements made by other
Boards. Therefore,
BE IT
RESOLVED, That the Board of Education of the Nyack Union Free School District
hereby agrees to participate with the above named districts in such cooperative
bids for the 2006-07 school year.
g. Non-resident Tuition Rate Resolution:
WHEREAS, Part
174 of the Commissioner’s Regulations prescribes the methodology to be used by
public school districts in determining the tuition rate to be charged for a
non-resident pupil attending a public school district and the State Education
Department produces a Non-resident tuition Output Report of tuition rates
annually to be used for billing purposes.
Therefore,
BE IT
RESOLVED, That the Board of Education of the Nyack Union Free School District
adopt the tuition rates as stated on the State Education Department
Non-resident Tuition Output Report, to be used for billing purposes in
accordance with Part 174 of the Commissioner’s Regulations.
All policies in effect shall
remain in effect for the 2006-07 school year unless amended by the Board.
Motions Approved (7-0)
Trustee Czajkowski moved and Trustee Mark seconded to adjourn to its regular meeting at 7;45 PM.
Motion Approved (7-0)
Respectfully submitted,
Gail Fleur
District Clerk