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Votes at a glance: Middletown Board of Education actions on April 24, 2025
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel, financial, calendar and procedural measures during the April 24 meeting. Most actions passed unanimously; several items included abstentions as recorded in meeting minutes.
The Enlarged City School District of Middletown Board of Education took a series of procedural and personnel actions on April 24. All motions listed below come from the board's meeting minutes and were carried as indicated.
Votes recorded (selection):
- Agenda approval: Moved by Pastor Williams, seconded by Mr. Biosyn; carried, 8–0.
- Approval of regular meeting minutes (04/10/2025): Moved by Pastor Williams, seconded by Mr. Moore; carried, 8–0.
- Personnel Memorandum 20A (personnel item 1): Moved by Mr. Rhett, seconded by Pastor Williams; carried, 8–0.
- Instructional Personnel Memorandum 20B (items 1–6): Moved by Mr. Mitchell Williams, seconded by Mr. Perino. One abstention was recorded for item 20B‑3 (motion recorded as passing with a 7–0–1 result for that item; the meeting transcript does not specify the member by name for that abstention). Other items carried 8–0.
- Noninstructional Personnel Memorandum 20C (items 1–6): Moved by Mr. Mitchell Williams, seconded by Pastor Williams; carried, 8–0.
- Financial Memorandum 20D (items 1–2): Moved by Pastor Williams, seconded by Ms. Tobiason; carried, 8–0.
- Special Services Memorandum 19E (items 1–2): Moved by Mr. Mitchell Williams, seconded by Mr. Perino; carried, 8–0.
- Change Order 14F No. 1 (concrete reinforcement in the Twin Towers project): Moved by Mr. Bias, seconded by Pastor Williams; carried, 8–0. District facilities staff described the work as reinforcing existing concrete floors and steel to support toilets and laboratory remodels.
- Stipulation agreement with employee No. 08074 (discussed in executive session): Moved by Pastor Williams, seconded by Mr. Freddie Williams; carried, 8–0.
- Amend 2024–25 instructional calendar (add May 27 as an extension to Memorial Day holiday): Motion moved and carried, 8–0. District officials explained the change was to ensure compliance with New York State Education Department requirements for the 180‑day/hour rule.
- Amend 2025–26 instructional calendar (adjust family conference week; no change to days in session): Moved by Mr. Rhett, seconded by Mr. Mitchell Williams; carried, 8–0.
- MOA for assistant director positions (PE, Health & Athletics; E&L/World Languages): Moved by Mr. Rhett, seconded by Mr. Mitchell Williams; carried, 8–0.
- Capital proposition resolution (place $45,645,000 capital project on May 20 ballot): Moved by Mr. Bias, seconded by Mr. Perino; carried, 8–0. (See separate coverage.)
- Motion to adopt the 2025–26 budget resolution and place the budget on the May 20 ballot: Moved by Pastor Williams, seconded by Mr. Moore; carried, 8–0. (See separate coverage.)
- Property Tax Report Card for 2025–26: Moved by Mr. Rhett, seconded by Ms. Tobiason; carried, 8–0.
- Orange‑Ulster BOCES 2025–26 administrative budget ($9,638,064): Moved by Pastor Williams, seconded by Mr. Perino; carried, 8–0.
- Vote for three members to the BOCES board (William N. Boss, Edwin Estrada, David Eaton): Moved by Mr. Perino, seconded by Mr. Williams; motion carried with a recorded abstention by Ms. Monchere (7–0–1).
Speakers and attribution: Motions and seconds are recorded in the meeting transcript and are reflected above. When the transcript identified a specific abstention by name (for the BOCES election, Ms. Monchere), that name is recorded. Where the transcript recorded an abstention without an explicit roll‑call name (person who abstained on 20B‑3), the item is described with the abstention but the minutes do not identify the abstaining member by name.
These votes cover routine personnel appointments, calendar adjustments, an infrastructure change order and the budget and capital propositions that will appear before voters on May 20, 2025.
