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Board accepts clean audit; approves consent packages and hires new Absegami football coach
Summary
The board received a clean audit and accepted the comprehensive financial report showing more than $8 million in fund balances, approved consent business, transportation, education and personnel packages, and confirmed a personnel hire for the Absegami High School football program.
The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District board accepted a clean audit and comprehensive financial report presented by district staff and moved to approve multiple consent packages and personnel items.
Tom (identified in the meeting as the staff member presenting the audit) told the board the audit binder and annual comprehensive financial report show a district in stable financial condition. He reported fund‑balance details at the end of the fiscal year: an excess surplus of $1,742,000; a designated amount in the current budget of $1,000,007.42; a maintenance reserve of $831,000; a capital reserve of $951,000; an unemployment reserve of $356,000; and an unassigned fund balance of $1,900,000 — total fund balances “over $8,000,000” as presented to the board. He said the district received a clean audit and that a corrective action plan form is required by the state even when there are no findings.
Tom also noted a Regular Operating District (ROD) grant project: HVAC work at Absegami High School estimated at $2,000,000, with the district’s share presented as $951,000 and the state share as $1,050,000. He said the district will continue to monitor state aid prospects as the budget cycle approaches.
After the audit presentation the board moved to approve business items B‑1 through B‑17, transportation items T‑1 through T‑39, education items E‑1 through E‑9, and personnel items P‑1 through P‑12 by motion and second. The board also approved two items added as new business on the meeting addendum. A motion to enter executive session followed the public portion of the meeting.
During the personnel discussion the board introduced and welcomed the newly named head football coach at Absegami High School, identified in the meeting as Brandon Smith, who addressed the board and said he was “honored to be named the next head football coach at Absegami” and pledged high standards for athletes on and off the field.
Board members were repeatedly told the audit is clean and that staff will continue to work with architects and attorneys to resolve outstanding HVAC issues at Absegami “at no additional cost to us,” as stated during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Business items B‑1 through B‑17: moved, seconded and approved (roll call; motion approved). - Transportation items T‑1 through T‑39: moved, seconded and approved (roll call; motion approved). - Education items E‑1 through E‑9: moved, seconded and approved (roll call; motion approved). - Personnel items P‑1 through P‑12: moved, seconded and approved (roll call; motion approved). Two personnel items were approved with the customary language “with regret” for resignations as noted in the meeting. - New business 1 and 2 (addendum): moved, seconded and approved. - Executive session: approved to convene (motion; outcome recorded).
The meeting record shows motions were moved and seconded and then adopted by roll call. The board did not list detailed, individual vote tallies in the discussion text captured by the transcript; meeting minutes will reflect the official roll‑call record.
