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Neshaminy board approves consent agenda, service agreements and petition to intervene in Bucks County tax litigation
Summary
The Neshaminy School District Board approved a package of routine and personnel items, service contracts including a PA Pre-K Counts partnership, and ratified a solicitor’s petition to intervene in a Bucks County civil action over a tax collector account holding roughly $558,000; all motions passed unanimously (8–0).
The Neshaminy School District Board of School Directors approved a slate of routine business and contract items at its Oct. 22 meeting, including personnel retirements and appointments, service agreements with the Bucks County Intermediate Unit and a resolution to intervene in pending Bucks County tax‑account litigation.
Board members passed a master motion to adopt routine matters (minutes, treasurer’s report, check register, budget transfers, investments and exonerations). The board then approved personnel items including the retirement of Brian Kern after 31.8 years of service and the appointment of Todd Perry to replace Kathy Christie effective January 2025; both motions passed by unanimous voice vote, recorded as 8–0.
The board authorized revised articles of agreement with the Bucks County Technical High School, noting more than 300 Neshaminy students attend the technical high school each year. Members also approved service agreements related to the Pennsylvania Pre‑K Counts partnership with the Bucks County Intermediate Unit that will run three years beginning July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
The board ratified a petition to intervene filed by the district solicitor in civil litigation initiated by the Bucks County Controller’s Office concerning funds held in a tax collector account. Solicitor Duarte told the board, “the petition’s already been filed and basically, there’s a tax collector in Middletown Township that had a balance in the account of $558,000. It’s been in the account probably since the early 2000s.” Duarte said the county action seeks to place the funds in an unclaimed‑funds account, audit the account and then distribute monies to taxing bodies or eligible taxpayers; the district’s intervention is intended to protect the district’s interest and those of its taxpayers.
Other education items approved included homebound instruction and student settlement agreements. Where applicable, motions were seconded and all contested items were carried by an 8–0 vote.
The board closed with routine announcements about upcoming committee and work‑session meetings. The next public work session is scheduled for Nov. 12; the meeting adjourned after a unanimous voice vote.
