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Tabernacle Board approves food-service and vendor contracts and names interim business administrator
Summary
The Tabernacle Township Board of Education approved multiple 2026–27 vendor contracts — including Nutri-Serve food services and auditing — certified March financial reports and appointed John Scavelli as interim business administrator pending county approval.
The Tabernacle Township Board of Education on May 18 approved a package of fiscal and vendor contracts for the 2026–27 school year and appointed an interim business administrator as the district finalizes its budget work.
The board unanimously approved Resolution 26-026 to contract with Nutri-Serve Food Management Company for school meal services. The minutes show a management fee of $36,239.25 and a total contract cost of $296,081.16. The board also approved a 2026–27 legal services contract with Capehart Scatchard, citing per-meeting and hourly fees ($700 per meeting; attorneys $185 per hour; paralegals $110 per hour), and selected Holt, McNally and Associates for auditing services at a stated fee of $33,000.
Administrators certified the district’s March 31, 2026 fiscal reports under N.J.A.C. requirements, stating that no line-item account was overexpended. The board approved the Board Secretary’s, Cash Flow, Bond Referendum Cash and Treasurer’s reports for March, and authorized payrolls dated 04/30/2026 ($387,983.80) and 05/15/2026 ($380,166.22).
The board also approved a substitute staffing agreement with ESS Northeast, LLC, and several facilities-usage requests, including Girl Scouts Troop 23030’s June 5 meeting in OMS room B66 and an HSA Color/Fun Run scheduled for June 22 on district fields. Those motions carried by recorded roll-call votes as documented in the minutes.
In personnel business tied to district operations, the board approved the re-employment of Kimberly Devlin as a teacher for the 2026–27 school year and accepted the retirement notice of bus driver Gale Bridge, effective Sept. 30, 2026. The board then approved the appointment of John Scavelli as Interim Business Administrator/Board Secretary for the 2026–27 school year, pending approval of his contract by the Executive County Superintendent. The motion to appoint Scavelli was moved and seconded and recorded as approved.
The meeting minutes indicate routine procurement and contracting decisions prevailed; where statutory citations were referenced, the minutes record the certifications required under New Jersey administrative code. No dissenting votes on the major fiscal motions are recorded in the minutes provided.
The board adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
