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Franklin Lakes Board Elects Ari Donio President, Reaffirms Banking and Ethics Policies
Summary
At its Jan. 6 reorganization meeting the Franklin Lakes Board of Education elected Ari Donio president and Elisa Billis vice president, approved a consent agenda reauthorizing TD Bank and Provident Bank as depositories and adopted the NJ School Boards Association Code of Ethics.
The Franklin Lakes Board of Education elected Ari Donio president and Elisa Billis vice president at its reorganization meeting Tuesday evening and approved a consent agenda of routine organizational and financial items.
Mr. Kim nominated Ari Donio for president; the roll call recorded eight yes votes and one abstention (Elisa Billis). Donio was put forward to assume the presidency as the agenda noted that the newly elected president would assume office. Donio then nominated Elisa Billis for vice president; the roll call again recorded eight yes votes and one abstention (Billis), electing her vice president.
The board presented a consent agenda covering nine administrative and financial items and voted to approve it. The items include approval of the district organizational chart; reapproval of TD Bank as the depository for school funds and Provident Bank for capital and maintenance reserve investments; authorization of specified tax-shelter annuity providers; reapproval of existing petty cash funds; adoption of parliamentary procedures in accordance with the newly revised Robert’s Rules of Order (Bylaw 0164); and adoption of the Code of Ethics as set forth by the New Jersey School Boards Association. The consent agenda also reapproved the fee schedule for copies at the district’s current rates (listed in the minutes as “.5 cents letter size; .7 cents for legal size”) and authorized appointing the superintendent to serve as Acting Board Secretary for emergency purposes.
A motion "to waive public comment" was offered by board member Mr. Richman and seconded by Ms. D’Agostino; the minutes record that the motion was offered and seconded and set out the district’s public comment rules, but do not include an explicit recorded vote for that motion in the text. The consent agenda vote is recorded in the minutes with the motion offered by Ms. Severino, seconded by Ms. D’Agostino, followed by the notation "All in favor."
The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m. The minutes were filed by Dina Messery, Board Secretary.
The actions taken are procedural and administrative in nature; none of the items on the agenda introduced new policy changes or funding authorizations beyond routine reapprovals and administrative assignments.
