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Levittown school board approves CSEA contract, names Covert as armed security vendor
Summary
At a June 24 special meeting, the Levittown Board of Education approved a CSEA contract proposal and a resolution naming Covert as the district's armed security vendor; additional routine budget transfers were also approved. A public speaker praised the negotiated contract and thanked board members and administration.
The Levittown Board of Education voted at a June 24 special meeting to approve a CSEA contract proposal and to appoint Covert as the district's armed security vendor for the coming school year, the board announced during the session.
Board members convened and briefly entered executive session to discuss CSEA negotiations and security before returning to complete the agenda. The board then moved through several consent and action items, including a budget transfer (item 4.1) and a separate item (4.2) before addressing the security vendor and labor contract items.
On item 4.3, the board considered a resolution to approve Covert as the armed security vendor for the district. The chair called the motion, which was moved and seconded; the transcript records "two against and then no abstensions." The record as provided does not include a full roll-call tally but indicates the board proceeded after the vote and the resolution was adopted.
Later, the board considered item 4.4, recorded in the agenda as a CSEA contract proposal. A motion was made (the transcript calls for Mr. Michael Papus to move and Peggy to second) and the chair called for a vote. The transcript contains unclear phrasing when reporting the vote (the chair said, "All in favor? Seven of us against. Any abstensions? None."). The meeting record includes a public speaker's remarks immediately after that vote thanking the board and administration for their work on the contract, which indicates the contract motion was acted on; the exact yes/no tally is not clearly recorded in the transcript provided.
A member of the public who identified himself as Charlie addressed the board after the vote to thank the board and administrators for their work negotiating the agreement. He praised several board members by name and referenced staff members "Todd, Beth, Jackie and Mike," congratulated reelected trustees Jenn and Phyllis and welcomed newly elected Dan Lockin. Charlie described the contract as "long-awaited" and commended a spirit of collaboration between the union representatives and administration.
Other procedural matters at the meeting included the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence. Peggy was recorded as excused from the earlier portion of the meeting. The board adjourned at the end of the special meeting; attendees requested a group photograph as members left.
Notes on transcript record: the transcript provided alternates between the acronyms/labels "CSEA," "CSA" and "CSCA" in different places; the board's agenda item and references in the meeting indicate this was a CSEA contract proposal, but the verbatim transcript contains inconsistent shorthand. Where vote tallies or roll-call details were not explicitly given in the transcript, this article reports the board's actions and the verbatim language recorded rather than supplying numeric tallies that are not in the record.
