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Votes at a glance: Syosset Board approves routine business, personnel and procurement items
Summary
At its meeting the Syosset Board approved minutes, personnel and stipend lists, special education recommendations, multiple contracts and change orders, appointment of a chemical hygiene officer, donations and the Smart Schools Investment Plan amendment.
The Syosset Central School District Board of Education approved routine business and consent agenda items, including minutes, personnel actions, special education recommendations, procurement items and the Smart Schools Investment Plan amendment (see separate article for details).
Key approved items (motion/second where recorded):
- Approval of minutes (Oct. 3, Oct. 19, 2022): moved Lynn; seconded Shawnee — approved by voice vote. - Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report (September 2022): moved Susan; seconded Anna — approved. - Approval of staff changes (A1): moved Susan; seconded Anna — approved. - Approval of 2022–2023 stipend and hourly rates (A2): moved Shawnee; seconded Lynn — approved. - Approval of coaching recommendations (A3): moved Susan; seconded Lisa — approved. - Committee on Special Education (CSE) recommendations (B1): moved Lynn; seconded Brian — approved. - Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) recommendations (B2): moved Susan; seconded Jack — approved. - First reading: Fiscal Management Policy 1900 (B3) — motion filed; vote to be taken at December 12 meeting. - Second reading and adoption: Code of Character and Conduct (B4): moved Susan; seconded Anna — adopted. - Student club charters (B5): moved Lisa; seconded Jack — approved. - Acceptance of the order report (B6): moved Bridal; seconded Lynn — approved. - Authorization to destroy unused/void ballots (B7): moved Jack; seconded Lisa — approved. - Appointment: Jill Johansson as Chemical Hygiene Officer (C1): moved Shawnee; seconded Carol — approved. - Authorizations for various service and special-education contracts (C1–C3): moved Susan/Shawnee; seconders varied — approved. - Appropriation of insurance proceeds (C4–C5): moved Lisa; seconded Susan — approved. - Piggyback agreement with JC Broderick & Associates (C6): moved Lynn; seconded Carroll — approved. - Rejection of bid for high school pool ventilation general/mechanical work (C7): moved Susan; seconded Anna — approved. - Change orders (C8–C12): moved Shawnee; seconded Brian — approved. - Acceptance of donations from a donor-advised fund account (C13): moved Susan; seconded Lisa — accepted. - Authorization for disposal of broken/surplus equipment, supplies and books (C14): moved Lisa; seconded Susan — approved. - Authorization of the Smart School Investment Plan (C15) as modified to add elementary Promethean board purchases: moved Lisa; seconded Susan — approved (see article on Smart Schools plan).
For most items the board approved motions by voice vote; the meeting record does not include roll-call tallies. Several items were listed as “taken together” during the consent process; the board recorded no roll-call breakdown in the transcript.
