Minutes March 25, 2015
Minutes
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chappaqua, New York
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Date: |
March 25, 2015 |
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Time: |
6:30 p.m. |
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Place: |
Horace Greeley High School - Commons |
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Present: |
Board of Education |
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Staff Members |
Dr. Lyn McKay, Superintendent Mr. Eric Byrne, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Mr. John Chow, Assistant Superintendent for Business Mr. Andrew Selesnick, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership Dev. & HR Theresa Markley, District Clerk / Adm. Asst. to Superintendent |
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Visitors Present: |
Representatives of the Chappaqua PTA, school PTAs, building administrators, faculty, and other interested citizens. |
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President Visser called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Warren Messner moved to enter into an Executive Session for the purpose of discussion of a legal issue and negotiations. Victoria Tipp seconded. The motion passed unanimously. At 7:40 p.m. Warren Messner moved to adjourn the Executive Session and reconvene public session. Victoria Tipp seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Pledge of Allegiance - Vice President Alyson Gardner President Visser thanked everyone for coming. Presentations: Operations Maintenance / Non-Instructional Joe Gramando, Director of Facilities began his presentation by noting the mission of his department, to create a healthy and safe environment for students and staff, to provide the best level of care possible to buildings and grounds. Their goals are to maintain our facilities through preventive maintenance, and to continue to improve safety and security while conserving resources. He also reviewed some of the Operating Standards: staff is trained to further increase efficiency and safety while creating high performance school buildings. He reported that he is working on another $3.3 million energy project with no cost to the tax payers. It will further decrease heating and air conditioning costs and he explained some of the details. He also noted some of the many projects that his staff have completed including roofing, the Greeley iLab and cafeteria, Bell ADA ramp and Bell security station. Maintenance supplies and telephone repair were reduced. This year we need to have HVAC maintenance. Every five years the state mandates a building survey so we have some repairs to meet those requirements. Overall, his budget is increased by $723,000. John Chow, Assistant Superintendent for Business, reviewed the proposed budget is slightly more than last year at $117,901,688 or an increase of $1,044,700 or 0.89%. There are four components of the non-instructional budget - general support, transportation, community services, and undistributed. He compared the expenditures for 2015-16 to 2014-15. He also reviewed a proposition that will be on the May 19 ballot: PROPOSITION to transfer funds and authorization to use those funds for the purpose of renovation and replacement of equipment at HG cafeteria. Shall the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to perform certain alteration, reconstruction and renovation work, including replacement of equipment, on the cafeteria at the Horace Greeley High School, including incidental expenses, at a maximum expenditure of $600,000, with the amount of up to $600,000 to be solely financed by a transfer from the fund balance in the school lunch fund as of June 30, 2015 to the capital fund. NO budget increase is called for in this proposition. He explained that the $600,000 can only be used for this type of expense and must be transferred from the school lunch fund. There is NO budget increase. Projects over $100,000 must be put before the public for a vote. |
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Information Business Affairs
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Organization |
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Questions and Comments We welcome public inquiries, and in respect for each other's time, we ask that you limit your inquiry to three minutes. Board members may be contacted via email or phone.
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Approvals |
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Recommended Action: Personnel Dr. McKay made the following recommendations:
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Recommended Action: Other
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Facilities
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Financials |
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Communications |
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President Visser gave Notice of Future Meetings - Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Horace Greeley High School, 7:30 p.m. Budget WORK SESSION Presentation: Revenue / Tax Rates / Contingency |
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Adjournment Alyson Gardner moved to adjourn at 9:34 p.m. Victoria Tipp seconded. The motion passed unanimously. |
Respectfully submitted,
Theresa M. Markley, District Clerk / Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent
Karen Visser, Board President
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