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Township of Ocean Board approves minutes, personnel, finance and instruction consent items; one abstention and one recorded dissent
Summary
At its May 20, 2025, meeting the Township of Ocean Board of Education approved the minutes from May 13 and multiple consent blocks covering personnel, financial and instructional items. Board members recorded an abstention on the minutes and a recusal and one 'no' vote on separate consent items.
The Township of Ocean Board of Education on May 20 approved the minutes from its May 13 meeting and multiple consent blocks covering personnel, finance and instruction, with one abstention and a recorded recusal and dissent on separate items.
The board voted to approve agenda item 5.1 (approval of the minutes from the May 13 meeting). The motion was made by Mister Dalton, Board member, and carried on a roll call vote: Mister Brady — yes; Mister Dalton — yes; Missus Gilman — yes; Missus McGovern — yes; Miss Stevens — yes; Missus Talarico — abstain; Mister McCarthy, Board president — yes.
The board then approved the personnel items listed as 6.1 through 6.13. The personnel motion was moved by Missus McGovern, Board member. Roll call for items 6.1–6.13 recorded the following votes: Mister Brady — yes; Mister Dalton — yes; Missus Gilman — yes (recused from item 6.5); Missus McGovern — yes; Miss Stevens — yes; Missus Talarico — yes; Mister McCarthy — yes. The transcript records that Missus Gilman was recused specifically from item 6.5; other members voted in favor and the motion carried.
Financial items 7.1 through 7.11 were moved by Missus McGovern and approved with one recorded dissent on a subitem. Roll call for items 7.1–7.11: Mister Brady — yes; Mister Dalton — yes; Missus Gilman — yes; Missus McGovern — yes; Miss Stevens — yes; Missus Talarico — yes to all but item 7.5 (no on 7.5); Mister McCarthy — yes. The motion passed with item 7.5 recorded as a 'no' vote by Missus Talarico.
Instruction, education and student activities items 8.1 through 8.3 were moved by Mister Dalton and approved unanimously by the recorded roll call: Mister Brady — yes; Mister Dalton — yes; Missus Gilman — yes; Missus McGovern — yes; Miss Stevens — yes; Missus Talarico — yes; Mister McCarthy — yes.
After completing the consent agenda, President McCarthy asked for any remaining business and moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned later in the evening.
Board members moved and seconded the consent motions as recorded on the meeting agenda; several seconds were entered during the meeting but the transcript does not identify the seconder by name for each motion. The board noted one recusal (Gilman on item 6.5), one abstention (Tallarico on item 5.1) and one recorded 'no' vote (Tallarico on item 7.5).
