At the start of the meeting, Board member Sandra Gong moved to add "board comments" back onto the agenda under Policy 0164; Board member Missus Kellogg seconded the motion. The chair ruled the board would follow the published agenda and an appeal and vote were taken. The motion failed on roll call (Gong and two other members voted yes; a majority voted no). "We have an agenda that we're following the order of," the chair said in denying the point of order.

During the final public comment period, a Raritan Township resident identified in the transcript as Adam Pianca (recorded elsewhere as Adam Bianca) addressed the board about a separate governance issue: the president's appointment of a committee to select a new board attorney. He said board President Lisa Santangelo had appointed Rebecca Peterson to that committee and questioned whether Peterson's presence posed a conflict because she had brought petitions against the board. "I question how this is not a clear conflict of interest," he said, and added that a committee balanced with experienced board leaders would be less concerning.

The resident asked why the committee would include two members without experience working with board attorneys and suggested the composition created an appearance of favoritism. The speaker asked the board to consider whether the committee should include members with long-standing experience with board counsel; he said he believed the president's appointments gave the appearance of trying to "rubber stamp" a preferred attorney choice. The board did not take formal action on the committee appointment during the meeting; the transcript records the resident's comments and that he was told the meeting's public-comment periods had set sequencing (the resident initially asked to speak during the action-item forum and was directed to the end-of-meeting forum).

Board President Lisa Santangelo did not respond to the resident's allegations on the record during the meeting. The board subsequently adjourned.

Separately, another attendee, who identified himself as a board member speaking in a private capacity, praised a student production (Hello, Dolly) and noted it showcased student talent; that speaker clarified the remarks were their personal opinion and not representative of the board.

The earlier vote to add a regular board-comments agenda item was the formal board action arising from the governance discussion: the motion to add board comments was moved by Miss Gong, seconded by Miss Kellogg, and failed on a roll-call vote; the transcript shows the chair called the roll and announced "Motion fails." No other formal actions about committee appointments or attorney selection were recorded in the public session.