Vote on the Resolution of Chappaqua Central school District, New York, on October 9, 2012, authorizing said school district to enter into a Joint Agreement with the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the sole supervisory District of Putnam/Northern Westchester Counties (THE "BOCES") and the seventeen other component school districts of the BOCES for the reconstruction of, and construction of improvements to, various BOCES facilities pursuant to Section 1950 of the Education Law.
"BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (by a vote of not less than a majority of all the members of said Board of Education) AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Chappaqua Central School District (the "District") is hereby authorized to enter into a Joint Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof with the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the Sole Supervisory District of Putnam/Northern Westchester Counties (the "BOCES") and the seventeen other component school districts of the BOCES (the District and said component school districts referred to collectively hereinafter as the "Component School Districts") for the reconstruction of, and construction of improvements to, various BOCES facilities. Said Joint Agreement, in addition to providing for all other matters deemed necessary and proper, (i) sets forth the cost of such reconstruction of, and construction of improvements to, such BOCES facilities and costs incidental thereto and (ii) provides for an allocation and apportionment of said costs among the Component School Districts on such equitable basis as the parties thereto shall determine and agree, and further sets forth the proportion of the total cost to be provided by each such Component School District in accordance with such allocation and apportionment.
The Component School Districts are as follows:
Bedford Central School District
Brewster Central School District
Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
Carmel Central School District
Chappaqua Central School District
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
Garrison Union Free School District
Haldane Central School District
Hendrick Hudson Central School District
Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District
Lakeland Central School District
Mahopac Central School District
North Salem Central School District
Ossining Union Free School District
Peekskill City School District
Putnam Valley Central School District
Somers Central School District
Yorktown Central School District
Section 2. The President of the Board of Education, the chief fiscal officer of the District, and in her absence, the Vice President of the Board of Education, is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Joint Agreement for and on behalf of the District.
Section 3. The District hereby agrees to take any and all actions necessary as required by said Joint Agreement to accomplish the purposes and intent of the Joint Agreement.
Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately."
Randall Katchis seconded the resolution. A lengthy discussion followed.
ayes: None
noes: Randall Katchis, Karen Visser, Jeffrey Mester, Alyson Kiesel, and Victoria Tipp.
The resolution was declared, "not adopted".