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Ridgefield board approves broad consent agenda, including $7,100 security consulting contract
Summary
At its Sept. 19 meeting the Ridgefield School District board approved a large consent agenda — from payroll and grants to vendor contracts — including a $7,100 security consulting contract with Stonegate Associates; one vote recorded a lone nay on the graduation site contract.
The Ridgefield School District Board of Education approved a comprehensive consent agenda at its Sept. 19 regular meeting, voting to authorize routine financial items, personnel appointments, district goals and several vendor contracts.
The consent agenda — moved by Board member Claudia Narvaez and seconded by Board member Michael Jacobs — passed by roll call with board members Andrew Grippa, Lori Hoffman, Michael Jacobs, Claudia Narvaez and Rafal Szumilo voting in favor. The motions to convene and close executive session and other procedural motions also carried unanimously.
Among the approvals, the board accepted minutes and payroll and authorized bill lists for July through September 2024; approved budget transfers of $9,148.29 (June) and $404,797.50 (July); and accepted various federal and state grants. The board also authorized out-of-district tuition contracts for the magnet program and approved resident and nonresident student placements required by Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
On operations and contracts, the board approved a joint transportation agreement with the Cliffside Park Board of Education to provide transport to the Applied Technology Program at Bergen County Community College; approved The Tides as the RMHS prom venue for June 5, 2025; and ratified an agreement naming Valley Bank as the mandatory direct-deposit bank in accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14-15h.
The board approved professional development and consulting contracts, including Inspired Instruction in-district workshops at a total cost of $10,500 (Title II-A funds) and New Jersey School Boards Association facilitation of a five-year strategic plan for $4,500. It also accepted donations of movie theater buckets and cups from AMC Movie Theater for RMHS programs.
A contract to hold the 2025 RMHS graduation at Felician University carried with a recorded dissent: Board member Lori Hoffman voted nay while four members voted yes. All other listed consent items carried on roll call.
The board approved multiple personnel items (appointments, substitutes, resignations and extra-service stipends), approved the Period 2 School Safety Data Report for January–June 2024, and approved policy readings including a first reading of revised Policy 3216 (Dress and Grooming) and the second reading and adoption of additional revised policies and regulations.
Next procedural steps: items approved by the board will be implemented per the contracts and timelines referenced in the agenda; the board did not table or postpone any of the listed consent items.
