Board formalizes committee assignments; legislative liaison committee expected to coordinate twice‑annual outreach

The Township of Ocean Board of Education treated its committee assignment document as official at the Jan. 28 work session and discussed the role and cadence of a legislative liaison committee.

Board members confirmed the posted committees and expressed no objections to making the document official during the work session. Members discussed expectations for a legislative liaison committee, with one board member proposing the committee aim to meet twice a year with state assembly members and the state senator, twice a year with county representatives, and twice a year with town officials to keep officials informed of district priorities. A board member who identified as Kelly said committee meetings should be held when necessary and that the board, as a whole, should call committees as needed rather than committing to a strict schedule.

Nut graf: The discussion formalizes committee assignments and establishes the legislative liaison committee’s intended role as a coordinating body for outreach to state, county and municipal officials; the board did not adopt a mandatory meeting schedule and left cadence to the committee chair and board leadership.

Board members noted a scheduled legislative meeting had been canceled due to a personal illness in a legislator’s family and said they planned to reschedule meetings with assembly representatives. Members said the legislative liaison committee would also handle requests from federal representatives if they seek to meet with the board.

The committee document was accepted with no objection and no roll‑call vote recorded in the work‑session transcript.