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Salem County Special Services board accepts $121,927.97 HVAC settlement, approves grant carryovers and routine warrants
Summary
At its Oct. 15 meeting the Board of Education for the Salem County Special Services School District and the Salem County Vocational Technical Schools accepted a $121,927.97 settlement related to an HVAC dispute, approved federal grant carryovers and routine payroll and payment warrants, and authorized several administrative purchases and program contracts.
The Board of Education for the Salem County Special Services School District and the Salem County Vocational Technical Schools on Oct. 15 accepted a $121,927.97 settlement from the State of New Jersey resolving an HVAC dispute the state filed on behalf of the district.
The acceptance of the settlement was part of a slate of business-administrator recommendations that the board approved by roll call during the meeting. The board also approved routine payroll and payment warrants for the district’s two agencies, including SCVTS payrolls (Sept. 15, $296,648.82; Sept. 30, $279,370.77) and district payments for the period in September ($1,128,946.55), and SCSSSD payrolls (Sept. 15, $455,797.77; Sept. 30, $465,953.71) and payments for September totaling $1,146,023.30.
The board approved acceptance of 2023–24 NJDOE carryover funds to be used in the 2024–25 school year: ESEA Title IA ($1,042), Title IIA ($8,278), Title IV ($1,216) and IDEA ($8,278). It also approved revised partner contracts for adult-education programs listing Salem Community College and Revive South Jersey as partners.
Administrative items approved included applying to join the Bergen County Purchasing Cooperative, authorizing an application to the e2e Cyber Pilot Program at a cost of $500, voiding check #42180 for Garrison Architects, Inc. ($5,330.00) because it was lost and reissued, and approving a $60 refund for a TLC tuition overpayment.
The Business Administrator/Board Secretary presented the required monthly certifications under N.J. statutes and regulations certifying no line-item over-expenditure for the months listed; the board recorded roll-call approval of those certifications. The agenda also listed acceptance of a 2023–24 fixed asset report and approvals of GCSSD transportation contracts and completed school bus emergency evacuation drill reports.
Most agenda items were acted on by roll call with affirmative votes recorded in the meeting minutes. Where the agenda listed competitive or grant-funded training, the minutes recorded specific funding sources (for example, Lincoln Electric instructor training funded through an NJEDA grant).
The board recessed into executive session at 8:13 p.m. to discuss personnel and other matters permitted under the Open Public Meetings Act and adjourned at 8:41 p.m.
