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Hackettstown board approves $4.45 million bill list and multiple finance and personnel items
Summary
The Hackettstown Board of Education approved a $4,447,053.40 general fund bill list and a slate of finance, personnel and contract items on Feb. 11, 2026; several trustees recorded abstentions on specified subitems.
The Hackettstown Board of Education voted Feb. 11 to approve a $4,447,053.40 general fund bill list for Jan. 15–Feb. 11, 2026, alongside a $69,947.86 cafeteria fund bill list and a package of related finance and personnel measures.
Dr. Soobryan moved to approve the action items in subsections A, B and C as amended; Mr. Moore seconded. The motion carried on a roll-call vote. The minutes record several targeted abstentions: Mr. Burke abstained on agenda A1 checks #77724, #77687 and #77688; Ms. Cochran abstained on B3b; Ms. Cavanagh abstained on B9; and Mr. Gavin abstained on A1 checks #77640 and #77641. The minutes state only that the motions carried; specific yes/no tallies were not provided in the excerpt.
The Board also approved the Secretary and Treasurer reports for the month ended Jan. 31, 2026, and certified compliance with N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c), stating that, to the best of its knowledge, no major account or fund has been over-expended and sufficient funds remain to meet the district's financial obligations for the rest of the 2025–26 school year.
Other approved business included authorization of facilities use for extra and co-curricular activities; approval of students on home instruction (student IDs listed in the minutes); and approval of service contracts with vendors (J Warren Academy; Hobart Service; Hunterdon Prep School; WCSSD) for specified services and date ranges attached by reference. The Board also approved disposals of personal property under Board Policy #7300, with the listed asset tags and purposes to be handled per the policy.
Personnel actions approved in the finance motion package included multiple leaves (paternity, maternity and FMLA windows are recorded in the minutes) and approval of temporary high-school teaching block assignments for late February through April 1, 2026, with per-diem rates listed for each assignment. The agenda showed revised co-curricular stipends and ESEA Title I appointments (for example, Erin Takacs De Alvez approved as substitute instructional staff at $45/hour charged to account 20-230-200-100-000-009).
A motion to approve transfers and/or new appropriations for January 2026 in Fund 10 was listed and approved; the minutes excerpt did not show a dollar amount for the transfers.
The meeting later moved into executive session for confidential personnel and litigation matters and reconvened to adjourn at 8:03 p.m.
What happened next: the Board will proceed with the 2026–27 budget process and LRFP discussions referenced earlier in the committee reports; attachments and detailed line items referenced in the motion (vendor contracts, transfer amounts and check-by-check roll call tallies) are recorded in the official minutes and attachments.
