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Hillside board approves bulk labor and finance items; item 5B fails for lack of majority
Summary
By roll call the Hillside Public School District board approved most labor, finance and education agenda items, including a separate job description vote and personnel appointments; item 5B failed for lack of an affirmative majority and several members recorded abstentions on individual numbered items.
The Hillside Public School District board voted through most labor, finance and education agenda items at its meeting, approving a package of personnel and reserve-account resolutions while one item (5B) failed for lack of a majority.
The board first approved a walk-on appointment (item 59) to add Christy Tuminelli as director of funded programs, compliance and registration, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; the agenda listed a salary as "$145,57" (amount appears incomplete in the transcript). The board also voted separately on a related job description (item 54) before taking the remainder of the labor items.
Why it matters: the separate vote on the job description allowed members to decide the role’s specifications first and then vote on the appointment. Board members used abstentions to register conflicts on specific agenda numbers; clerk and chair counted the roll calls item-by-item rather than handling every sub-item with blanket votes.
Details of the roll calls and outcomes were given aloud during the meeting. Item 54 (the job description) passed after a roll call that recorded at least two abstentions. When the board moved items 1–60 under labor (minus 54) the chair conducted a lengthy roll call; the clerk and chair confirmed that, except for item 5B, the remaining items carried by affirmative vote. The clerk reported three abstentions and two 'no' votes for item 5B and concluded there was "no affirmative vote on 5B," so it did not pass.
Board members named specific items when recording their individual votes during roll call: members said they were abstaining from items including 10, 11, 14, 32B and 59 and voting 'no' on specified sub-items. The meeting transcript records which members spoke during the roll call and which items each said they would abstain from or oppose.
What passed and what failed: the record of the meeting shows the bulk labor and finance package passed by roll call with multiple item-level abstentions; item 5B failed for lack of majority. The added appointment of Christy Tuminelli and the reappointment/extension motions (including the walk-on reappointment of Dr. Perez) were handled as part of the votes described above and recorded in the roll call summary.
Next steps: the board adjourned after brief community-focused remarks and noted upcoming graduations; any procedural follow-ups (for instance, formal written confirmation of appointments or completion of any remaining procedural steps for the walk-on appointments) would appear in subsequent board records.
