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Hackettstown board approves contracts, certifies finances and withholds one salary increment pending corrective action
Summary
The board approved June/early-July bill lists totaling about $5.2 million, awarded a $127,555 bid to install a dust collector at the high school, approved service and tuition contracts and a shared‑services policing agreement, and recorded a personnel action to withhold a 2025–26 salary increment for Employee ID #H0001724 with a corrective action plan.
At its July 9, 2025 meeting the Hackettstown Board of Education approved routine business and several contracts and personnel actions.
The board approved bill lists covering June 12–30, 2025 ($3,397,518.96) and July 1–9, 2025 ($1,821,134.18). The minutes record abstentions on specific check numbers: Board Member Shawn Burke abstained from A1 Check Nos. 76451 & 76452; Board President Amy Cochran abstained from A1 Check No. 76490; and Board Member Malainie Hibler abstained from A1 Check No. 76479. The board also recorded that no cafeteria check register, secretary or treasurer reports, or transfers were submitted for June 2025.
In finance and facilities business, the board certified compliance with N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c) that, to the best of its knowledge as of June 30, 2025, no major account or fund had been over‑expended and sufficient funds were available to meet the district’s obligations for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year. The board awarded the bid for a dust collector installation at Hackettstown High School to Iron Mountain Mechanical, LLC for the base bid of $127,555.00.
The board approved several service contracts for 2025–26, including SportCare for synthetic field maintenance and Motivating Change for behavioral-analyst services for Summer 2025 ESY. Tuition contracts were approved with Allamuchy Township School District, Great Meadows Regional School District and Roxbury High School. The board authorized disposal of assets per Board Policy #7300 and approved a shared services agreement with the Town of Hackettstown for Class Two/Three Special Law Enforcement Officers.
On personnel, the board recorded multiple routine items (resignations, leaves, new staff, ESY appointments, co‑curricular and athletic appointments). The minutes also state the board will withhold the 2025–26 salary and service increments for Employee ID #H0001724 and implement a Corrective Action Plan to address concerns reported on June 6, 2025. The minutes list no public details about the underlying personnel concerns; that matter had been discussed in executive session earlier in the evening and remains confidential in the public record.
Several items and supporting documents referenced in the minutes are “attached by reference” (e.g., contract details, staff lists, facility requests). Those attachments were not reproduced in the public minutes; details not included in the minutes are reported here as "not specified."
