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Okay, it's 5:42. We will call the meeting to order. We'll start with our flag salute. >> Aaron pointed to that to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God,

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indivisible, andice for all. Can you please take the role? >> Mrs. >> here. >> Mrs. Schuler >> here. >> Mrs. B >> here. >> Mr. M. Decker present.

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>> Mr. Nichol >> here. >> Mr. Quinn >> here. >> Mrs. Reynolds here. >> Mr. Sorry, Michelle. I forgot to ask if you were ready to go away. I always do that. Sorry.

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The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meeting of the public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed and acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of the act, the board secretary has caused notice of this meeting to be published

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by having the date, time, and place thereof posted on the bulletin board located in the hallway outside of the administrative offices. And notice was provided to the Courier News, the Home News Tribune, and the Middle Sex Burough Clerk. Okay, we're going to do exec at the end.

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Um, now we will open the public comment portion of the meeting in the interest of time because we have boards to attend to. Policy 0167 governing public comment sessions will be strictly followed moving forward. Please have your comments prepared before coming to the podium as each

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member of the public will be permitted to speak on two topics only and will not be permitted to speak speak more than twice during each public comment session. Be advised that a question constitutes a topic for purposes of these guidelines. Comments can be on any topic. Please come to the podium and put

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your name, address, email address, and subject of your comment into the record book. Before speaking, please give your name, address, and subject of your comment to Miss Annette Gordano, business administrator, board secretary. Direct your comments and questions to the board president, you may speak on two separate topics for up to three

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minutes each. And since there is nobody in the public right now, we will close the public comment portion of the meeting and we'll move on to the review of tomorrow night's agenda. open for me. Yeah, the big one.

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Okay, we will do our recognition. recognition. We going to accept >> I don't believe we need to. >> We'll do our announcements. Um and then we'll move on

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to our board meeting minutes from last month. Anybody have any questions or comments on the minutes from last month? Okay. Um, and then we have our annual appointments and readoptions. I'm sorry. Annual,

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organizational motions, and appointments. This is where we annually we approve our bylaws policies and regulations as they stand. Of course throughout the year if they need to be updated we do that as well. um our curriculum programs and textbooks, our

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newspaper, our treasurer, the school monies, affirmative action officers, uh title N officer, section 504 officer, special services coordinator. There's a

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bunch of things listed there. And we also annually appoint our professional services. Those are things like our board doctor, our board attorney, special counsel, special education

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council, our auditors, our architects, financial advisors, and things of that nature. Does anybody have questions or comments on those things? or concern on any of that. >> When did the RFPs go out for this kind

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of stuff? >> RFPs do not have to go out for these. And then if you want to elaborate, >> we're not required to send out. >> Okay. Okay, then we'll move on to our personnel report by our committee chair, Mr. Nichol.

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>> Thank you, Danielle. We have some appointments contractual. There are no classroom aids, hourly positions, many uh there are no substitutes, no extracurricular co-curricular stipens,

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several week absences, limited service, no transfers, couple salary adjustments, no extra teaching assignments, nothing to raise the community school, nor

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additional Um the one with corrections corrections previous agenda and that summarizes the personnel committee report. Does anybody have any questions?

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Any questions, comments, concerns on any of the personnel items? These um siphons are for the full year, right? So it's like all the the sports and the clubs and all of that is for the >> Yes. >> for the whole year. >> Great. Um any other questions, comments,

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concerns? >> All right. Then we'll move on to our education report by our committee chair Mrs. >> R. So education items um the HIV the acceptance of anti-bullying report that we get every

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brief um tuition out of service for Adam district home instruction teacher internship placement the fire emergency drill reports bus drill reports

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school self assessment HIV grade report field trips class trips workshop of travel and related expenses, special education professional services, special education professional services. Um, if there's

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any other educational items, which there are a few, and that's all. I don't know if there's any questions. Um the self assessment HIV grade report that is um

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>> we do that annually, right? >> Two times a year. >> Twice a year. Okay. Um also please be advised that your names are on the um workshop and travel related expenses and to refuse from yourself tomorrow.

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>> Okay. >> No other question. >> Sorry for that. Like these are just preliminary, right? We're just budgeting that if we don't if we're not able to go all four days, the actual cost is less, right?

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But we are booking everything so that we have it for you. We we've received approval from the executive superintendent. I know. But doesn't Monica usually send an email asking what? I know she asked the survey of the hotel, but she'll

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usually ask what days Okay, other questions, comments, concerns on education items. Okay, we'll move on to our policy action items. We have some second readings um

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there. adoptions. We abolished a couple of things. Any questions or comments on those items? >> The abolishments will only happen if we approve the ones that they are replacing.

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And then Mr. Plan, I know you had suggestions on one and it's still the same. Have you forwarded those to our board president or will you be forwarding those changes? >> I certainly can. I haven't written my

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own version. I certainly can. >> Yeah, if you want to just send um any suggestions that you have for changes. Yeah, that would be good. Then we can start there. >> So then >> and anybody else who has suggestions. So

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then we'll table that until we get those suggestions because right now it says the same exact thing as it has said. Which one was that? >> Um 016 >> and 0168.1. >> Yeah. So we'll table those and then if

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you want to >> which is 168.1 >> is not right. Any other questions, comments, concerns? All right, then we'll move on to our facilities and finance report by our committee chair, Mrs. Vic.

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>> All right, we got 16.01. Give the bills list. 16.02 monthly budget transfers 16.03 monthly board secretaries report 16.04 monthly treasurers report

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16.05 school business administrators monthly certification 16.06 board members monthly certification 16.07 7 building use there are five in there

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16.08 contract allowance management adjustments or change orders 16.09 joint services 2025 to 26 garbage collection service

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increase 16.10 10 purchase of equipment 16.11 supply and installation of flooring 16.12 districtwide point of sale POSOS system

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16.13 cancellation of capital project balances 16.14 transfer to capital reserve 16.15 transfer to maintenance reserve 1616

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Report of Contracts awarded 16.17 District Tax Levy Schedule 16.18 authorization payment of bills 16.19 Contracts for propri proprietary

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software services 16.20 insurance policy renewals 16.21 Employ Health benefit insurance carriers 16.22 increase to bid threshold

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16.23 coordinated transportation agreements 16.24 parental transportation contracts 16.25 tuition rates 16.26

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New Jersey cooperative bid program supplies 16.27 New Jersey cooperative bid program skilled trade bids 16.28 substitute educational staffing

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services 16.29 29 Substitute classroom aid teacher assistant services 1630 Water Treatment Service Agreement

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16.31 Pest Control Management Services 16.32 Fire Burglar Alarm Service Agreement 16.33 Boiler Service Agreement 16.34

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Lease Renewals 16.35 Burough Joint Services Garbage Collection Service 16.36 Solid Waste Collection and Disposable Disposal Services

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16.37 for recoding services 16.38 agreement for -ate program administration 16.39 basic service agreement for district fiber network maintenance 16.40

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Support and maintenance of servers and switching environment 16.41 >> Nothing there. Thank you. >> That was really >> You need some water. >> That was a lot.

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>> So I have a question on 168 the generator project. It says there's a remaining allowance of $4,118. What was the total on that project? >> What was the total? >> Yeah. >> Um, I'd have to look for you. I don't know the top of my head.

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>> Okay. >> That allowance is part of the contract that's awarded. >> Yeah. >> Um, I'll look and I'll have to get back to you. >> Okay. Any other questions, comments, concerns on the 47,000 facilities and

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finance items? You also if you need to look at them further you can also ask questions of course um I have a qu on 16.12 we talked about it in finance and facilities um and that that's the poss system

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>> um that was the one that we talked about was the one that worked best with our system and had the lowest fees had the lower fees and it worked the best with Genesis.

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>> Okay. >> Which is you know everything. >> Thank you. So what we what we use that for >> that's instead of um >> the lunch payment

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>> we've had some issues >> that we've talked about here several times. >> Okay. Any other discussions, questions? We are done with tomorrow night's agenda. So now

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back to here. Pursuant to chapter 231 PL1975, also known as the open public meetings act, authorizing a public body to meet an executive private session under certain limited circumstances, and the said law requires the board adopt a resolution at

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a public meeting before it can meet in such an executive or private session. The Middle Sex Board of Education hereby determines that it may be necessary to meet in executive session on June 15, 2026 to discuss matters involving attorney client privilege, superintendent evaluation, and

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confidential personnel matters. So moved. >> Second, can you please take the role? >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Scher, >> yes. >> Mrs. Bay, >> yes. >> Miss Becker, >> yes. >> Mr. Nichol,

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>> yes. >> Mr. Yes, >> Mrs. Reynolds. >> Yes, >> Mr. Dorton. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Um, at this time, I believe everyone who is involved in the executive session is going to the board

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conference room. The rest of us will wait for you here. >> Yes. Me, you, and Trish.