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Votes at a glance: Ossining Board approves personnel, contracts, reports and nominations Feb. 26
Summary
The Ossining Board of Education approved multiple consent‑agenda items, personnel changes and business reports Feb. 26, with most motions passing by voice vote and at least one recorded abstention on a BOCES nomination.
The Ossining Union Free School District Board of Education approved a slate of consent‑agenda and personnel items during its Feb. 26 regular meeting. Most motions were approved by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies recorded in the public transcript.
Votes at a glance (motion text summarized; outcome as recorded in the meeting transcript):
- Move up item 6.6 and appoint a deputy district clerk (agenda item 6.6): approved by voice vote.
- 4.1 Resolution to appoint additional consultants for 2024–25: approved by voice vote.
- 4.2 Resolution to approve an affiliation agreement with Pace University: approved by voice vote.
- 4.3 Resolution to approve a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Northwell Community Scholars Program: approved; board requested additional written detail for future updates.
- 4.4 Resolution to approve an amendment to the employment agreement for the per‑diem literacy and transition consultant: approved by voice vote.
- 4.5 Resolution to nominate a candidate to the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Board of Directors (nomination of Frank): approved; recorded abstention by one trustee (abstaining trustee not named in the transcript excerpt).
- 4.6 Resolution regarding an installment purchase agreement (IPA) with Southern Westchester BOCES: approved by voice vote.
- 5.1 Resolution to approve recommended placements (curriculum & instruction consent item): approved.
- 6.1–6.7 Business office matters (treasurer’s report, budget and revenue report, disposal of outdated textbooks, driver education funds, donation/amendment to scholarship, interfund transfers, and the previously moved 6.6): approved.
- 7.2–7.21 Personnel consent agenda (rescindings, resignations, appointments, substitutes, volunteers and administrative items): approved as presented; several specific items were moved out of the consent agenda earlier and handled separately as noted in the transcript.
Where the transcript recorded voice votes, the board chair asked “All in favor?” and trustees responded “Aye”; no roll‑call tallies were shown in the public transcript for those motions. In at least one case (item 4.5, nomination to the BOCES board) a trustee explicitly stated an abstention when votes were called.
Administrative follow‑ups recorded during the meeting included requests for further information on the Northwell Community Scholars Program and a note that the treasurer would continue to support fund‑balance forecasting. The board concluded the public portion of the meeting and voted to enter executive session to consult with counsel.
