REORGANIZATION BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
July 10, 2007
Location: RJK Middle School Library
7:00 p.m.
SUPERINTENDENT SWEARS IN DISTRICT CLERK Superintendent Dr.
Patrick Michel, swears into office, District Clerk, Mary Ryan
Buchholz
ROLL CALL Present: Alyce Van Etten, Eugene Nesin, Vivian Liff,
Yvonne Housman, Liza Glick, Jacob Billig, Richard Feller, Robert
Stewart, Taylor Fasce΄, Student Board Member
Also Present: Patrick Michel, Superintendent of Schools
Kathleen Pagano-Fuller, Assistant Superintendent
Gladys P. Baxter, School Business Official, Mary Ryan Buchholz,
District Clerk
Absent: Tara Buckstad
District Clerk, Mary Ryan Buchholz, called the meeting to order at
7:07 p.m.
OATH OF OFFICE
District Clerk, Mary Ryan Buchholz, administered the Board Member
Oath of Office to: Richard Feller, Yvonne Housman and Student Board
Member, Taylor Fasce΄.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS 7:0:1 Upon Motion by Alyce Van Etten,
seconded by Jacob Billig, Robert Stewart was nominated and elected
President of the Board of Education for the 2007 2008 term. The
Vote count is:
Eugene Nesin - Yes
Alyce Van Etten - Yes
Liza Glick - Yes
Robert Stewart - Yes
Vivian Liff - Abstained
Jacob Billig - Yes
Richard Feller - Yes
Yvonne Housman - Yes
8:0 Upon Motion by Richard Feller, seconded by Eugene Nesin,
Alyce Van Etten was unanimously nominated and elected Vice President
of The Board of Education for the 2007 2008 term.
OATH OF OFFICE
District Clerk, Mary Ryan Buchholz, administered the President Oath
of Office Robert Stewart and the Vice President Oath of Office to
Alyce Van Etten.
APPOINTMENTS AND DESIGNATIONS
8:0 Upon Motion by Robert Stewart, seconded by Richard Feller,The
Board of Education unanimously appointed Alyce Van Etten as Delegate
for the Sullivan County School Boards Association, and Vivian Liff
as Alternate for the Sullivan County School Boards Association.
Upon Motion by Richard Feller, seconded by Alyce Van Etten, the
Board of Education unanimously made the following appointments and
designations:
Appointments and Designations
Clerk of the Board - Mary Ryan Buchholz **
District Treasurer - Pam Buchwalter**
Claims Auditor - Marie Eck*
Tax Collector - Merle Friedlander**
Central Treasurer of Extra classroom Activity Fund:
Middle School William Reed Jr.**
High School - Nancy Swaine & Sue Bahrenburg**
Records Management Officer Carl Solomon Deferred **
Record Access Officer - Gladys P. Baxter**
Asbestos Designee - John Travis**
Attendance Officers - Michael Decker, Debra Heins**
Census Enumerator - Cathy Travis**
Independent Auditor - TBA
School Attorneys - General Counsel Service: Baum & Baum*
School Attorneys - Labor Relations & General Counsel - Donoghue,
Thomas, Auslander & Drohan*
Title Nine and Civil Rights Officer Kathleen Pagano-Fuller
Section 504 Compliance Officer - Kathleen Pagano-Fuller
Residence Officer Kathleen Pagano-Fuller or Gladys P. Baxter
School Physicians - Chief School Physician - Dr. Amarjit S. Gill*
High School - Dr. Amarjit S. Gill*
Middle School - Dr. Amarjit S. Gill*
Rutherford School - Dr. Imran Ahmed*
Cooke School - Dr. Imran Ahmed*
Duggan School - Dr. Imran Ahmed *
Chase School - Dr. Dhirajlal Shah*
Hebrew Day School - Dr. Abraham *Garfinkel
Transportation Dept. - Partners in Safety
* Fee basis
**Stipend basis
Purchasing Agent - Gladys P. Baxter
(With authorization of Purchasing Agent, Superintendent of Schools
may sign purchase orders in her absence.)
Payroll Certification - Gladys P. Baxter
Designation of Depositories:
Key Bank of Monticello
M & T Bank for capital construction
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank - Monticello
All Funds including Federal Depositories for Income Tax and Trust &
Agency Fund,
Bond & Interests Account
Designation of Institutions for Investment Purposes:
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank - Monticello
Bank of America - Monticello
Key Bank - Monticello
M & T Bank - Monticello
8:0 Upon Motion by Richard Feller, seconded by Eugene Nesin, the
Board of Education unanimously approved the following Authorization
of Surety Bonds:
District Treasurer - $ 2,000,000
Tax Collector - $ 2,000,000
Claims Auditor - $ 100,000
Business Official $ 2,000,000
8:0 Upon Motion by Jacob Billig, seconded by Vivian Liff, the Board
of Education unanimously tabled the Designation of Official
Newspaper: Times Herald Record Middletown.
8:0 Upon Motion by Vivian Liff, seconded by Yvonne Housman, the
Board of Education unanimously approved the Mileage Reimbursement
Rate for employees not covered by contracts. IRS rate that is in
effect July 1, 2007: $.485
8:0 Upon Motion by Richard Feller, seconded by Yvonne Housman, the
Board of Education unanimously approved the Petty Cash Accounts as
follows:
Business Office - Gladys Baxter - $100
Bus Garage - Transportation Supervisor - Martin Gershowitz $100
Pupil Personnel Services Edward Escobar - $50
Cafeteria School Lunch Manager Kathy Kelley - $100
High School - Arleene Siegel-Lerner - $100
Middle School - Deborah Wood - $100
Rutherford School - Kimberly Patterson - $50
Cooke School Sandra Johnson-Fields - $50
Duggan School - Patti Sonnenschein - $50
Chase School - Susan Gottlieb - $50
7:1 Upon Motion by Vivian Liff, seconded by Liza Glick, opposed by
Eugene Nesin, the Board of Education tabled to Readopt for Terms and
Conditions of Employment Agreement for Kathleen Kelley, School Lunch
Manager.
The vote count is:
Vivian Liff Yes
Richard Feller Yes
Alyce Van Etten Yes
Robert Stewart Yes
Yvonne Housman Yes
Jacob Billig Yes
Liza Glick Yes
Eugene Nesin No
8:0 Upon Motion by Jacob Billig, seconded by Vivian Liff, the Board
of Education unanimously approved:
To authorize Board members to attend conferences, conventions and
workshops at District expense and to authorize the Superintendent of
Schools or his designee to approve conference requests, and
expenses, of staff members as per General Municipal Law 77.b.
Authorize the Superintendent of Schools to approve budget transfers
up to $5,000 for individual transaction and up to $15,000 for
cumulative transactions.
To authorize the Treasurer and in the Treasurer's absence, the
Business Official, to make payment of District funds by use of the
facsimile signature and use of a check-signing machine as per Ed.
Law 1720, and 2523.
To readopt all Board Policies and Code of Ethics that were in effect
during the previous year.
To readopt terms and conditions of employment agreements for:
Gladys P. Baxter, Assistant Superintendent for Business
To readopt terms and conditions of employment agreements for:
Kathleen Pagano-Fuller- Assistant Superintendent for Student
Learning
To appoint Acting Principals of High School and Middle School as
follows:
Doug Murphy Acting High School Principal in the Absence of Arleene
Siegel-Lerner
Mark Sutherland: Acting High School Principal in the Absence of
Arleene Siegel-Lerner and Doug Murphy
Jason Doyle: Acting Middle School Principal in the Absence of
Deborah Wood
Gregg DAmbrosio: Acting Middle School Principal in the Absence of
Deborah Wood and Jason Doyle
John Correa: Acting K.L. Rutherford School Principal in the Absence
of Kim Patterson
Paulette Scheurer: Acting George L. Cooke School Principal in the
Absence of Sandra Johnson-Fields
To appoint Edward Escobar, Pupil Personnel Services Director, TBA,
Assistant Pupil Personnel Services Director, and Karen Simon,
Administrative Assistant, as administrator with authority to suspend
students attending BOCES.
8:0
Upon motion by Jacob Billig, seconded by Alyce Van Etten, the Board
of Education unanimously approved to Establish the First and Third
Thursday of Each Month as the Regular Business Meetings of the Board
of Education.
ADJOURNMENT 8:0 Motion to adjourn the Reorganization Meeting at 7:53
p.m. by Richard Feller, Seconded by Liza Glick.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Ryan-Buchholz, District Clerk
