Board approves Oct. 8 minutes and personnel list; several procedural motions also recorded

The Mahwah Township Board of Education recorded several formal motions and votes at its Oct. 29 meeting.

The board unanimously approved the minutes of its Oct. 8 meeting. The motion to approve the Oct. 8 minutes was made by Mr. Gallo and seconded by Mr. Denise; a roll call vote followed with all members voting yes.

The board also unanimously approved personnel recommendations listed as new business items (personnel a–w). The motion was made by Mr. Hughes and seconded by Mr. Denise; a roll call vote followed with all members voting yes.

The meeting transcript records the following procedural actions earlier in the agenda: a motion to recess to an executive session (mover: Mr. Copeland; second: Mr. Gallo), a motion to reconvene the public meeting (mover: Mr. Hughes; second: Ms. Ting Jansen), a motion to open the meeting to public participation (mover: Mr. De Silva Jr.; second: Mr. Gallo), and motions to close public participation and to adjourn (movers and second recorded in the transcript). The procedural motions were recorded as carried as part of routine meeting procedure.

Where the transcript lists roll call votes, the board members recorded as voting in the affirmative on the minutes and personnel items were: Doctor Morphe, Mister De Silva Jr., Mister Kuzmarski, Mister Gallo, Missus Dabanero, Mister Denise, Mister Hughes, Missus Ting Jansen and Mister Copeland (each listed in the roll call as voting “Yes”). The transcript did not record any 'No' votes on those items.

These decisions were administrative and incumbent on the board's regular meeting agenda; no additional substantive policy or budget actions were taken under these motions.