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Eastport‑South Manor board casts BOCES ballot, approves administrative budget and consent agenda
Summary
The board voted to cast its Eastern Suffolk BOCES ballot for five candidates after amending an initial slate, approved the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2025–26 administrative budget, and approved a consent agenda that included budget transfers, personnel items and capital project change orders.
At its April 23 meeting the Eastport‑South Manor Board of Education cast its ballot for the Eastern Suffolk BOCES board election, approved the Eastern Suffolk BOCES administrative budget for 2025–26 and approved the meeting’s consent agenda, all by voice votes.
Board members first proposed a slate of four BOCES candidates. After discussion and receiving a letter from an additional candidate, the board amended the motion and voted to cast one district vote for five candidates: Linda Goldschmidt, William Chang, Lisa Israel, Kellyanne Jennings and John Weiss. The board recorded the motion and voted “Aye,” and the chair announced the motion carried.
The board then voted to cast the district’s single vote to approve the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2025–26 administrative budget and authorized the district clerk to record and notify Eastern Suffolk BOCES; the chair announced the budget motion was approved by voice vote.
On the consent agenda the board approved items M1–M6 and N1. The consent agenda included: a risk‑operations center resolution for technology within BOCES; two budget transfers (including a transfer related to bond anticipation note interest and internal salary code housekeeping transfers); acceptance of internal audit reports and associated corrective action planning for information technology risk assessment; recommended change orders for capital projects; personnel items (resignations, leaves, teacher appointments, civil‑service items and supplemental pay listings); class‑size overage approvals; and acknowledgment of committee decisions on special education.
Board members asked for items to be pulled; none were requested. The chair called for a motion, and the consent agenda passed on a voice vote with all voting “Aye.”
Votes at a glance
- Motion to accept minutes from the April 9, 2025 regular Board of Education meeting: motion made, seconded; voice vote "Aye" — approved.
- Motion to cast one district vote to approve the Eastern Suffolk BOCES 2025–26 administrative budget and authorize the district clerk to record the outcome: motion made, seconded; voice vote "Aye" — approved.
- Motion to approve consent agenda items M1–M6 and N1 (includes budget transfers, internal audit acceptance, capital project change orders, personnel actions, and special education committee acknowledgments): motion made, seconded; voice vote "Aye" — approved.
