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North Babylon board elects Jeff Myers president, confirms officers and administrative appointments
Summary
At its July 7 reorganization meeting the North Babylon Union Free School District board elected Jeff Myers president, installed Heather Rowan as vice president and approved a slate of clerks, treasurers, counsel, auditors and multiple memoranda of agreement by voice vote.
The North Babylon Union Free School District Board of Education reorganized July 7, electing Jeff Myers as president and Heather Rowan as vice president and approving a series of administrative appointments and labor agreements.
In the meeting’s reorganization segment, the board moved to nominate and elect Myers by voice vote; no members objected. The board then administered oaths of office to incoming trustees and officers. Shortly after the leadership votes, the board approved motions to appoint Aaron Aracy as district clerk, Olivia Buatzi as deputy clerk, Tianna Belcastro as district treasurer and Christine Mahan as deputy treasurer. The board also approved naming Gercio & Gercio as general and labor counsel and Dr. Donatelli as school physician.
The board confirmed banks of deposit (Citibank and Capital One) and appointed Cullen & Danowski as internal auditors, RS Abrams as external auditors, and MK Consulting as the district claims auditor. Board members approved a wide consent/omnibus slate of agenda items and a walk-on memorandum of agreement dated July 7, 2026, covering a confidential Schedule A employee matter.
Administrators also presented and the board approved several labor-related memoranda of agreement, including those with the North Babylon administrators association (administrators contract), the NBAA, CSEA Local 1000, the CSEA lunchroom unit and MBTO. A benefits agreement for named individuals was likewise approved.
Votes on routine appointments and contracts were carried by voice vote throughout the meeting; the transcript records aye responses and no recorded roll-call tallies. Where abstentions or specific objections were noted, the board record reflects them (for example, an abstention was recorded during the Brennan lease extension discussion).
The meeting concluded the reorganization portion and moved into the board’s regular business agenda.
Actions recorded in the meeting included officer elections, multiple appointment confirmations and approvals of memoranda of agreement; minutes and routine consent items were approved as well.
