Cliffside Park board hears finance update, previews safety and maintenance resolutions and approves agenda 6–0
Summary
During the Sept. 17 meeting the board was told the district closed fiscal 2024–25 with a surplus and two audit findings, was briefed on bus‑evacuation drills, planned security vestibules at multiple schools and the Comprehensive Maintenance Plan, and voted 6–0 to accept the meeting agenda.
The Cliffside Park Board of Education on Sept. 17 received a finance update, previewed several routine facilities and safety resolutions and voted unanimously 6–0 to accept the evening’s agenda.
A district finance presenter told the board the district is closing the 2024–25 school year with a surplus and reported two audit findings. The presenter stressed the importance of state reporting (ASSA and DRTRS enrollment and transportation reports) that help determine state aid and said the business office and committees will bring proposals to the full board about how to allocate the surplus.
The presenter previewed several resolutions on the consent agenda: Resolution 56, confirming that the district conducted multiple bus evacuation drills (three completed with additional drills planned); Resolution 74, authorizing installation of security vestibules (sometimes called "man traps") at Schools 4 and 6 with plans to expand to Schools 3, 5 and the high school and naming Elite Plus Services to perform configuration and wiring; and approval of the district’s Comprehensive Maintenance Plan (CMP) for submission to the state and county.
A board member who identified himself earlier as Charles Danho moved to accept the agenda; a second was recorded and the clerk called the roll. The board recorded six yes votes from Missus Abreu, Missus Fredo, Mister Garcia, Mister Nedru, Mister Rancourt and Mister Urbachia and declared the motion carried 6–0.
No public questions were recorded during the meeting’s public‑comment prompt. The board then proceeded to the NJSLA presentation portion of the agenda.
The resolutions previewed that evening appeared on the consent docket; the board did not take additional policy action beyond accepting the agenda at this meeting.
