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Votes at a glance: Port Jervis board approves personnel moves, scholarship, SEQRA lead agency resolution and policy readings
Summary
The Port Jervis Board of Education approved routine personnel actions, a new scholarship, an agreement with MHRIC, SEQRA lead-agency action for a capital phase, change orders and multiple policy readings at its Dec. 11 meeting.
The Port Jervis City School District Board of Education on Dec. 11 approved a slate of routine personnel items, a new local scholarship fund, an agreement with MHRIC, a State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) lead-agency resolution for phase 5 of the capital program, capital project allowances and change orders, and several policy readings.
Personnel and consent items: The board approved the consent agenda, which the superintendent listed as minutes from prior meetings, Committee on Special Education (CSE) and Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) recommendations, and the addition of a new CSE vendor (a taxi service). The board later approved multiple personnel items including leaves of absence, resignations (including a school psychologist and several food service positions), probationary appointments for support staff and substitutes, coaching and co-curricular appointments for the 2024-25 school year, and approval for Medicaid billing stipend arrangements for social workers and speech pathologists so they can bill Medicaid for eligible services.
Vendor and scholarship: The board approved contracting with Danielle McCormick (a local taxi service) for specific student-transportation needs when taxi service is more cost-effective than routing a bus. The board also approved a new local scholarship, the 'Rise and Grind' scholarship.
Intergovernmental and environmental review actions: The board approved an agreement with MHRIC (the risk operations center agreement) and passed a SEQRA lead-agency resolution for phase 5 of work at the 209 complex; administrators said phase 5 is the next project and that further scope details will be finalized after the holidays.
Capital and policy actions: The board approved capital project allowances and change orders for phases 1, 2 and 3 and took first-and-final readings for several attendance and student-services policies (policy numbers listed during the meeting). The board also approved first readings for additional policies related to family/employee matters and adopted second-and-final readings for policies 5665, 5681 and 5683.
Votes and outcomes: The meeting record shows each item was brought to the floor, motioned and seconded, and passed by voice vote with "Aye" and "Motion carried" recorded on each item. No roll-call vote tallies with named votes were recorded in the public remarks.
Provenance: The approvals appear in the consent, non-employment and action-items portions of the agenda and were taken without extended debate; votes were recorded verbally as "Aye" and "Motion carried."
