Good afternoon. I'm now going to call the North County Commissioners meeting to order. This is Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, 5:20 p.m. I'm going to read the executive order on remote
participation. And on March 28th, 2025, Governor Healey signed into law House Bill 62, an act relative to extending certain COVID 19 measures adopted during the state of emergency,
which includes a two-year extension of the option for public bodies to hold remote meetings by suspending certain provisions of the mass open meeting law. General Law Chapter 3A sections 18 through 25. That action was effective
immediately extending the current option for remote meetings through June 30th, 2027. Thank you. Going to ask if you join in saluting the flag. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America
and the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I'm going to call the role. Commissioner St. I am present sir. Commissioner Collins present. And Commissioner Shay is present. We have a
quorum. Um this is a brief agenda with one or two on financial items that have to do with the fiscal 25 budget. I'm here with uh Director John
Cronin. Number three on your budget on your agenda, folks, final review of the fiscal year 25 transfer and supplemental budget request. Director Cronin. Thank you, Commissioner. Uh commissioners, good afternoon. Following uh the April
meeting of the advisory board, um the requested transfer amount that had been previously approved by the commissioners and the advisory board for transfer of funds related to the school's request was found to be an error. As a result of that determination, the schools have
submitted a revised uh transfer request um which will effectively realign the budget the way it was originally intended. Um this afternoon's transfer request totals $160,000 and it basically removes the
funds that were previously moved into the wrong account, puts them back in the right account and adjusts it uh pursuant to the original design. The commissioners would like I can go line by line. Bill Buckley, if you'd be so kind as just to bring it up on the screen, I'll be happy to do my best to answer any questions the commissioners
might have relative to that request. But as I said, this is a correction to um a transfer that was done as a result of um inaccurate information provided back in April. So, as you can see on the
bottom half here, they're realigning um funds totaling $160,000 from those various classroom teacher professional salaries on down and moving them to um employee separation costs, heating,
uh building maintenance, and then finally contract services. The second request uh came in subsequent to the advisory board received by um the register. The register is sending in an
additional supplemental request. This is separate from his April 22nd request that totals $154,840. This particular request fortifies non salary line items pursuant to the register's request. As you can see on
the list, it includes funds for telephones, legal fees, miscellaneous technical office equipment, printing, contractual services, food supplies, postage, office supplies, law books, miscellaneous rentals, office
furniture, and miscellaneous equipment. These two transfer requests are before you this afternoon for your consideration. Commissioners, Mr. Chairman, if I may, for you, of course, to join. Uh, yes. First
question. Does the Aggie uh transfer I'm assuming, but I just want to make sure. Does that reflect the recent vote that was taken by the Aggie board last week? Uh so commissioner I believe what you may be referring to is the FY26 budget which revoted as a result of some
changes on tuition calculations. Yes sir talk about that in a minute commissioners to this 25 confirm that vote under other business. Okay I should say emergency this is fiscal 25. That's right. That's right. Okay. That's right.
That's right. and the uh registry. This is a it's tricky sometimes. We get a few, but this is separate from another uh uh how do I say it? Request or letter we had on the registry. That's how the register stated it in his letter. It is in addition to the earlier request from
Okay. But this for fiscal 25 again, right? That's right. All right. Was this covered by the advisory board at our meeting? They saying this was u I can't remember if this was something they um advisory board could not take action on the transfer request because it was uh
the previous one was not acted upon favorably by the comm uh the commissioners. Okay. All right. Okay. That's all I have for now. Thank you. You're welcome. Any other questions? Any other Joe? I can make a motion. Uh
supplemental budget motion. Motion to approve fiscal year 25 budget transfer request from the North County Agricultural High School Board of Trustees between various codes in the Agricultural High School budget in the amount of $160,000. We have a second on that commissioner.
Well, a question. Why are we doing the whole thing? I'm not sure. Why are we not approving we're doing we're doing the fiscal year just for the Aggie fiscal year 25 budget transfer request 160,000 right but the supplemental is for
314840 am I reading that right that's correct that number is inclusive of the registry D's supplemental request as well you've got two items in front of you have 154,840 in supplemental requests
from the register of deeds. And I want to remind the commissioners that after our last um meeting, we had expended virtually all of our FY25 supplemental funds. Commissioner Stady, I believe we have somewhere in the vicinity of $13,000 remaining. Um so we don't have
sufficient funds to cover the supplemental request from the register. The second piece of this item that you're looking at are transfers from within existing budget lines as the school shows totaling $160,000 coming from the respective column to $160 going
into the respective lines that are shown. Okay. Well, that wasn't clarified. Okay. So, thank you for remind Well, thank you for reminding me of that. Uh, but the register is stating the mandated funding. So, once again, this is a subject of what the ongoing litigation.
Is that the problem here that we can't act on it? Cuz he's claiming he has money and we can't act on that money till this is resolved. If the if I understand your question correctly, it's the same discussion that was I believe brought up
in April. Um there has been some report from the registry that the FY25 deeds excise receipts are exceeding benchmark according to the register and that that projected surplus might be available to use for these supplemental needs. Um
council has advised us that such funds when and if they are realized will be recommended to go into this reserve fund until the legis uh the um excuse me the litigation associated with the 64D matter is resolved.
So the registry request really should not on the advice of council be acted on. Is that what you're saying? More or less. Right. We don't have the money for it too. Okay. And the but the Aggie can be acted on because the money is there. They're identifying it and
they're just moving it from one if you will column to another. Is that correct? Correct. Okay. All right. Well, so based on that, I'll second the motion made by my colleague then. All right. Okay. On the motion on the agriculture
on the motion on the Aggie school money which were inadvertently listed in the wrong category and we're what we're doing is remaining that motion made and seconded. All in favor? I I and that's
for the fiscal year 25 on the agricultural school. Correct. Okay, motion passes. Well, um believe you had public comment. Um unless you had any other comments you wanted to make about the registries
supplemental item. Okay. I'm sorry I missed one one item we have is number four. We have a public comment session. If there's anyone in Zoomland that has any comment, now is the time to bring it up, please. We don't have anyone here, so there's no
one personal here. Last call. Public comment. John, do you need us to uh give permission for a stamp or can we sign those tomorrow at a regular meeting? Tomorrow's fine. I'll have Commissioner Sheay sign this version tonight. All right. I'll be there tomorrow in person. Thank you,
Commissioner. Quick quick question, John. um for the Aggie budget revote for 2026. Do you need that tonight or is that tomorrow? Uh I was going to ask the commissioner to bring that up under agenda item number five, Peter, if you
don't mind. Okay, terrific. I thought Okay. Okay. That there's no public comment. We're going to go to agenda number five. Emergency items that the chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed.
Um, Commissioner, uh, briefly, uh, I understand that the schools, um, trustees met a week ago to revote the FY26 budget, um, to rectify, um, a, uh, a matter involving tuition
presentation in the, uh, budget that that you had previously approved. Specifically, the budget from the Aggie had included um indistrict special education tuition costs which are now being um handled differently and as a
result their revenue projection for FY26 has changed. Their spending has not. So effectively they're going to have less of a surplus next year. So, um I would feel comfortable as we convey this budget amendment to the um advisory
board um if the commissioners could uh respectfully take a quick vote to affirm the vote that you took as trustees last week effectively recognizing the lower revenue number for the schools in FY26.
Do you want to make the want me to make the motion? Please, Commissioner. Okay. This is an Aggie budget revote. The motion to approve the recently revised Newark County Agricultural High School fiscal year 26 operating budget in the amount of
$18,438. I'm sorry, let me say it again. $18,438,465 with a revised revenue number of uh $18 $18,648,35. Second. Okay. On the AI school, any more
comment? Any comment? This is affirming a vote taken by the agri school uh trustees relative to not being able to charge in district
students uh the special needs fee. So we they re they re restructured their budget. We we approved this a week ago and now we're affirming it here.
Any further questions? Okay. A motion made second. All in favor? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I made a motion to second. You have to do a roll call vote. What? You have to do you have to do a roll call vote. I I made a motion, but then you have to roll call it because we're we're um
right because it's because it's a Zoom. Okay. Wait, we didn't do that for the last one. That vote's illegal then. We didn't do a roll call for the last No, no, no. He did a roll call vote, did he? You can do it again if you'd like. I
don't think I I don't recall him doing it. I think he just said all in favor and we said I and that was it. But I don't recall it. I think we if we're saying we had to do roll call, we got to be consistent. All right. I believe you're correct. I believe you're correct, Commissioner Staty. So, let's take care of the school matter on a roll
call vote and we'll go back to the other school matter. Okay, that's all. Okay, this Mr. Chairman of of not charging in district
schools the special needs fee. Right. Motion's made and seconded. All in favor? Commissioner Collins? No. And that's consistent with my vote at the Aggie school and my past votes. Okay, Commissioner Stady. Uh, yes. And that's
consistent with my past vote. Jim and Shay votes yes. Okay. Thank you. Let me go back to the supplemental budget motion for the transfer for fiscal year 25. So, I'll read it again and then we can just do a quick. So motion to approve fiscal year 25 budget transfer
request from the north county uh agricultural board of trustees between various codes in the agricultural high school budget in the amount of $160,000. That was my motion. I believe commissioner sty seconded the motion. Then then let's do a roll call. Right.
Okay. on the 160,000 uh matter for the agricultural school fiscal 25 budget. Roll call vote. Commissioner Collins, yes. Commissioner Sty, yes. And Chairman Shaol, yes. It's
three to zero. Under item number five, under item number five, is there any other emergency topics to come before us tonight? Last call. I'll take a motion to adjurnn.
All moved at 5:36. And Richard, tomorrow, are you going to be at the um the meeting um at uh so we start at noon, the trustee meeting at the um end. You're going to be there for that, right? Yes. Okay. I'm going to be there also as will Joe. Okay. Motions
are made and seconded to um adjourn. All right. Motion made and seconded. All in favor of adjournment. I I roll by roll call. No. I We are returning.