Votes at a glance: board approves consent agenda items, tenure actions and tax‑services retainer (two no votes)

The Newburgh City School District board approved a slate of routine and non‑routine items on Feb. 25, including consent agendas across divisions, tenure recommendations, and a retainer resolution for tax services.

Key votes recorded in public roll call:

- Consent agenda (items across HR, finance, technology, curriculum and exceptional learners): approved by roll call (individual votes recorded on the transcript). No detailed roll‑call objections to the grouped consent items were recorded except for item 10.13 pulled for separate vote.

- Tenure approvals (item 10.13): the board approved tenure for six employees named during the meeting: Holly Dunn (Gardnertown), Julianne Cacci (teaching assistant, Bonneville), Judy Belew (media specialist, Fostertown as read), Nicole Lancaster, Sarah Quickla (teaching assistant, Gidney Avenue), and Leah Moochie (Horizons on the Hudson school nurse). The board announced a June 9 celebration for newly tenured staff.

- Consent finance/technology/curriculum items (11.1–11.8; 12.1–12.7; 13.1–13.5): all approved by roll call as presented.

- Capital resolutions (6.3 and 6.4): board approved both resolutions on the consent agenda by roll call.

- Retainer agreement for tax services (section 7): the board authorized the president to execute a retainer agreement with Shore Carlson May & Lambert for specialized tax representation. The motion passed by roll call with two recorded 'No' votes from Trustees Christine Bello and Thomasina Bello; other trustees voted 'Yes.' Trustees discussed that the contract is a separate, specialist tax service used when property tax concerns arise.

- Adjournment: motion to adjourn carried by roll call and the meeting concluded.

Vote records and roll‑call tallies are reflected in the meeting transcript; counts here reflect the roll calls as read aloud during the meeting.