Bay Shore board approves tax anticipation notes, several contracts and routine personnel actions

The Bay Shore Union Free School District Board of Education approved a set of routine fiscal and personnel actions in public session, including authorization for short-term borrowing to manage cashflow, contract renewals and a slate of resignations, appointments and tenure recommendations.

On the district’s cash-management plan, the board authorized the issuance of tax anticipation notes not to exceed $40,000,000 “in anticipation of the receipt of taxes” for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. District officials explained the notes fund operations from July through December because the district’s primary operating revenue—property taxes—arrives in January and June and some state aid timing delays require borrowing to cover payroll and other early-year expenses. The motion passed after the usual motion/second and “Aye” vote.

The board also approved a one-year extension of the refuse removal contract with MAGIO Environmental Services for the 2025–26 school year at a stated 1.9% price increase, and the BOCES shared services contract anticipated for 2025–26. The board accepted and placed on file the AHERA (Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act) triennial reinspection summary reports produced by JC Broderick and Associates. Each of these motions passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

A series of personnel motions carried by voice vote: professional and civil-service resignations and retirements were accepted; professional staff appointments and tenure recommendations were approved; substitute and summer appointments were authorized; and several coaches and civil-service summer hires were approved as listed in the board packet. The board also approved individualized home-instruction plans and Committee on Special Education and CPSE actions as enumerated on the agenda.

In governance items, the board approved the appointment of the district’s first student ex officio board member for 2025–26, David Burdi, to be sworn in at the July 1 reorganizational meeting; the board had earlier introduced Burdi in recognition. The board also acknowledged multiple building principal retirements and welcomed five incoming principals whose selections were discussed earlier in the evening.

On legal matters, the board voted to defend and indemnify listed employees and appointed Louis R. Silverman of Silverman & Associates to represent the district employees named in the motion. The meeting record shows routine motion/second and voice votes for these agenda items; the transcript records “Aye” and “So carried” responses rather than roll-call tallies.

Board members framed the TANs and contract renewals as standard annual business driven by local tax-collection timing and operational needs. A board member clarified that the need to issue tax anticipation notes is common on Long Island due to county tax schedules and that districts in some upstate counties have different tax-collection calendars.