Ridgefield Park Board swears in trustees, names officers and affirms code of ethics
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The Ridgefield Park Public School District Board of Education held an organizational meeting: newly elected trustees were sworn in; Dr. Ricardo was nominated as board president; Steve Orth was selected as vice president by unanimous vote; the board read and acknowledged its code of ethics; no members of the public spoke.
The Ridgefield Park Public School District Board of Education held an organizational meeting and swore in newly elected trustees, announced officer selections and acknowledged the board code of ethics before adjourning.
The board opened at 6:01 p.m., and district staff conducted a swearing-in for the new trustees elected in the recent board contest. Speaker 1 announced the ceremony and called the trustees forward to be sworn in.
The board then moved to select officers. Speaker 1 said the cohort nominated "doctor Ricardo" as the sole candidate for board president and turned the meeting over to Dr. Ricardo to continue organizing the board and to select a vice president. The board subsequently reported a unanimous vote selecting Steve Orth as vice president.
The meeting also included a formal reading of the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act notice and instructions for public participation; the board secretary read where the meeting was posted (Bergen Record, Star-Ledger, municipal building, board offices and the district website) and explained that remote participants must use the Zoom raise-hand function (blue icon) or press *9 by telephone, and that public comments are limited to five minutes.
Trustee Jeanette Coloma read from the board's Code of Ethics during the meeting. As Coloma read, trustees and officials recited commitments including: "I will uphold and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations of the State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to schools," and statements to act in the educational welfare of children and to protect confidential matters pertaining to students and staff.
Speaker 4 opened the public-comment period and reported no participants elected to speak. The board then took a motion to adjourn; two second(s) were recorded and Speaker 4 closed the meeting.
The organizational meeting established the board's leadership for the coming term and reviewed procedural and ethical expectations; there were no policy votes or contested items on the agenda.