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Carmel board adopts new 'New and Good' protocol, approves bids and personnel items, tables BOCES copier contract
Summary
At its Oct. 29 meeting the Carmel Central School District board adopted a brief 'New and Good' protocol to begin meetings, approved the consent agenda, personnel requests, a water-tank bid and a library dedication, adopted policy 6.102 (Probation and Tenure), and tabled a Southern Westchester BOCES copier/printing contract for further review.
CARMEL, N.Y. — The Carmel Central School District Board of Education on Oct. 29 moved several administrative items and policy votes while tabling a multiyear copier-services contract for additional review.
The board approved a resolution to implement a short “New and Good” protocol prior to open session to promote a welcoming and affirming environment. The resolution specifies a two-minute allotment per member to share something new or good and directs the board to role-model the protocol for the district. The motion passed by voice vote.
On routine business the board approved the consent agenda and the personnel slate, and Vice President Dahl recognized Janet Rossi, a teaching assistant, who will retire June 30, 2025. The board also approved a facilities bid for replacement of the George Fisher water pressure tank and approved dedicating the Matthew Patterson Elementary School library in honor of employee number 863; trustees said a public dedication will be scheduled.
On policy matters, the board held first readings of multiple policies (staff complaints/grievances; student registration; district electronic communications; fingerprinting/criminal-history checks) and adopted policy 6.102 (Probation and Tenure) on second reading, deleting policy 9260.2 as redundant.
The board considered a proposed four-year cooperative services contract with Southern Westchester BOCES for Regional Information Center (RIC) and printing services, presented with a not-to-exceed figure of $455,776.80 plus recurring RIC support fees. Trustees challenged apparent additional fees in the proposal (administration noted supplemental MFD service and lease fees that raised the total shown in the proposal). The original mover withdrew the motion and the board tabled the item for further clarification, asking administration to return at the Nov. 19 meeting with a clarified contract summary and line-item costs.
Votes at the meeting were conducted by voice and recorded as carried or tabled in open session; where individual roll-call counts were not read into the record, outcomes were recorded by the board clerk.
