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Board approves budget transfers, $27,722.49 in receivable write‑offs and multiple personnel actions
Summary
On Oct. 17 the Ridgefield Board certified September financials, approved budget transfers totaling $87,810.49, authorized the write-off of $27,722.49 in uncollectible receivables, and approved several personnel appointments including a walk‑on bus‑driver hire.
The Ridgefield School District Board of Education on Oct. 17 approved a package of finance and personnel consent items that included budget transfers, a receivable write‑off and multiple hires.
By unanimous roll call the Board approved budget transfers of $10,074.15 (August) and $77,736.34 (September). Business Administrator and Board Secretary Kelvin Hiciano certified compliance with N.J.A.C.6:23‑2.11(d) and (e), stating that no budgetary line was over‑expended as of Sept. 30, 2024.
The Board also authorized the write‑off of $27,722.49 in accounts receivable after the Business Office concluded collection costs would likely exceed amounts owed. The motion to cancel these receivables passed unanimously (moved Claudia Narvaez; second Rafal Szumilo).
On personnel matters the Board approved a slate of appointments and adjustments under consent, including revisions to salary adjustments, substitute appointments and a revised long‑term substitute rate of $160 per day. At the meeting the Board approved a walk‑on appointment of Katie Barrera‑Laboy as a bus driver at Step 12 ($51,682 pro‑rated), effective Nov. 1, 2024 pending a criminal‑history check. The walk‑on resolution and other personnel items were approved by unanimous roll call vote.
Other consent finance items approved included minutes, bill lists for September and October, the cash report for the period ending July 31, 2024, and the Board Secretary report for July 2024.
