Minutes April 22, 2014

Minutes

CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chappaqua, New York

 

Date:

April 22, 2014

 

Time:

8:00 a.m.

 

Place:

Horace Greeley High School - Library

 

Present:

Board of Education
Jeffrey Mester, President
Karen Visser, Vice President
Alyson Gardner Kiesel
Warren Messner
Victoria Tipp

 

Staff Members
Present:

Dr. Lyn McKay, Superintendent

Mr. Eric Byrne, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum

Mr. Andrew Selesnick, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership, and Instruction

 

Absent:

Theresa Markley, District Clerk / Adm. Asst. to Superintendent

 

Visitors Present:

There were none.

 

President Mester called the board meeting to order at 7:50 a.m. Jeffrey Mester moved to appoint Karen Visser District Clerk Pro Tem. Victoria Tipp seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Jeffrey Mester moved to enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the employment history of particular person at 7:52a.m. Victoria Tipp seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

President Mester moved to reconvene the public meeting at 8:14 p.m. Alyson Kiesel seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

1.

Recommended Action:

1.1

Jeffrey Mester moved to adopt the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES budget for 2014-15, in the amount of $8,697,847. Victoria Tipp seconded. After some discussion the Board members unanimously voted no. The motion unanimously did not carry. President Mester will offer a statement to PNWBOCES with the Board's reasons for rejecting the budget.

1.2

Jeffrey Mester moved to cast one vote for each of the two candidates, Richard Kreps and Anita Feldman, to fill two vacancies on the BOCES Board for two, three-year terms from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017. Alyson Kiesel seconded. The motion carried unanimously.

2.

President Mester gave Notice of Future Meetings:

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - Board meeting at Horace Greeley High School, 7:30 p.m.

Presentation:

Proposed Budget for 2014-15 for Adoption

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - Board meeting at Horace Greeley High School, 7:30 p.m.

Presentation:

Public Hearing for School and Library Budgets for 2014-15

3.

Adjournment

President Mester moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:27 a.m. Karen Visser seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

The meeting was followed by a Learning Walk with Horace Greeley administrators.

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Visser, District Clerk, Pro Tem

Jeffrey Mester, Board President

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