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Franklin Lakes Board approves consent agenda including financial reports, payroll and personnel actions
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Franklin Lakes Board of Education unanimously approved a consent agenda (Resolutions 1483–1522) that included acceptance of the district audit and corrective action plan, bills lists totaling more than $8.3 million across December and January, payroll approvals and multiple personnel appointments and leaves.
The Franklin Lakes Board of Education unanimously approved a consent agenda containing Resolutions 1483–1522 during its regular meeting on Jan. 21, 2025.
The motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Ms. Carolina Severino and seconded by Mr. Scott Loia; the board recorded six affirmative votes (Yes: Ms. Lisa Cardella, Mr. SeWhan Kim, Ms. Carolina Severino, Mr. Robert Spiotti, Mr. Scott Loia, Mr. Ari Donio) with no negative votes or abstentions.
The consent package included financial and administrative items: acceptance of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 as prepared by Nisivoccia & Company and the associated corrective action plan; approval of the Board Secretary and Treasurer reports for November and December 2024; certification that no major account over-expenditures exist for November and December 2024 under N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c); and authorization to process invoices and pay claims between meetings with confirmation at the next regular meeting.
The board approved bills lists totaling $4,486,045.17 for the second half of December 2024 and $3,847,553.48 for January 2025. It also approved actual payroll for December 2024 of $2,091,710.53 and estimated payroll for January 2025 of $2,200,000.00.
Personnel actions approved in the consent agenda included the appointment of long-term substitute teachers (Maite Arocena and Nelson Pinilla), acceptance of the resignation of Alexia Luna (school psychologist) with a last contractual date of Jan. 31, 2025, multiple maternity/paternity and medical leaves of absence, additional collaborative prep pay periods for specified staff, and approval of additional pay for extra hours.
Contract and service approvals included authorization of Change Order #5 for EACM Corp. to relocate a transformer and CT cabinet at Woodside Avenue School in the amount of $109,235.52 (remaining allowance $40,764.48), approval of a service agreement with Best of You Therapy for on-call therapy services through July 31, 2025, and approval of speech therapy services by Olivia Lada at $100 per hour for 12 hours per week beginning Jan. 6, 2025.
The board also approved routine curriculum and program items such as independent educational evaluation rates, field trips and home-instruction arrangements, including a retroactive payment of $700 to Dr. Hugh Bases for a pediatric neurodevelopmental assessment.
The meeting closed with a suspension report noting two suspensions and routine board announcements. The next regular meeting was scheduled for Feb. 11, 2025.
