Lodi Board of Education approves finance, personnel and policy items; several abstentions on a salary-restoration vote
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Summary
At its Sept. 24 meeting the Lodi Board of Education approved finance resolutions (FB1–FB19), personnel items (P1–P11) and curriculum and policy resolutions. The board also approved P12, a placement and salary-step restoration for employee No. 4261, with multiple abstentions and at least one recusal recorded.
The Lodi Board of Education on Sept. 24 approved a package of finance, personnel, curriculum and policy resolutions during its regular meeting.
The board approved finance resolutions FB1 through FB19 as presented in the meeting packet. Board members asked questions about specific line items during discussion — including FB12 and FB14 — and raised the flooding incident at Thomas Jefferson Middle School (FB16) as part of the finance discussion. The board recorded votes and several abstentions on individual items; specific roll-call tallies are recorded in the official meeting minutes.
On personnel, the board approved P1 through P11 and then took a separate vote on P12, which restores employee No. 4261 to step 18 of the salary guide, at a salary of $94,636 for the 2025–26 school year, effective Sept. 1, 2025, and specifies that no retroactive pay be issued. The board discussion referenced NJSA 18A:20-9-14 during the motion introducing the restoration. The motion was seconded and carried; the meeting record shows multiple abstentions and at least one recusal on P12, and the minutes list individual member votes.
The board also approved curriculum resolutions 1–3 and policy/resolution items PR1–PR3 without extended discussion. "All motions carry" was announced after the personnel package vote, and subsequent roll call confirmed passage of the remaining agenda categories listed on the packet.
Other motions on the agenda (Other Items 1–7) were approved by the board during the meeting.
Why it matters: The personnel restoration decision (P12) affects a certified staff member's placement on the salary guide and will have budgetary implications for the district; the finance package includes routine payments and contract actions that support district operations and immediate recovery efforts following the Sept. 7 flood at Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
Where to find details: The meeting packet and the official meeting minutes contain the complete roll-call vote record and supporting documents for each resolution.
