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Sayreville board pauses audit approval, reviews grants and change orders; settlement with Green Skies presented
Summary
Superintendent said the district will delay formal audit approval until federal compliance supplements arrive; administration asked the board to accept $95,557.14 in dual‑certification reimbursements, $9,000 in ConnectSafely grants and to approve change orders including a $12,951 credit from an Eisenhower parking project; a proposed settlement with Green Skies on a high‑school solar project was announced.
The Sayreville Board of Education on Dec. 16 heard committee reports and administration recommendations on finance and infrastructure that included a delay of formal audit approval and multiple items presented for board action.
Superintendent Dr. Labbe told the board the district would not ask for formal approval of the 2024–25 annual comprehensive fiscal report at the Dec. 16 meeting because the federal government had not released the federal compliance supplements necessary for submission; administration expects to return for final approval in January. “We’re not asking you to approve it yet because we haven't submitted it yet because due to the government shutdown, the federal government did not release what are called our federal compliance supplements,” Dr. Labbe said during the meeting.
Administration asked the board to accept several donations and grants: the district received $1,000 donations earmarked for school programs and a $95,557.14 reimbursement tied to a dual‑certification pathways grant for 13 staff members, which administration said would reimburse the district for credit completion costs. Dr. Labbe said, “So the total reimbursement that we're gonna receive is $95,557.14.” He also asked the board to accept nine ConnectSafely grants of $1,000 each (a total of $9,000).
On capital projects, administration explained a $12,951 unused contingency from the Eisenhower parking‑lot expansion will be credited back to capital reserve; separately, change orders for bond‑referendum projects (including kitchen heating at Arla School) were presented and explained as normal punch‑list items while most referendum work nears completion.
In governance the board was asked to approve a settlement agreement with Green Skies, the financier/contractor for the district’s high‑school solar power purchase agreement, to end ongoing litigation tied to that project. Dr. Labbe said an approval would “amicably sever our ties with GreenSkies” for that project and allow Shorelands (previously approved) to complete the work, with revenues from the high‑school project flowing back to the district.
The meeting record shows administration presented these items for board consideration; the transcript does not record final board votes on most of the grants, change orders, or the settlement during the Dec. 16 session. Routine procedural motions — approval of previous meeting minutes and the agenda — were taken and passed by roll call earlier in the meeting.
Minutes and the meeting agenda were approved by roll call votes (minutes carried with seven yes votes and one abstention; the agenda carried with unanimous recorded yes votes among members present). — Reporting from the Sayreville Board of Education meeting record.
