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Board accepts $210,042 IDEA grant, approves vendor payments and authorizes routine purchases
Summary
The Board approved vendor payments totaling $783,704.85, accepted a $210,042 IDEA grant allocation, set the local bid threshold at $53,000 under QPA rules, and authorized a Kioti tractor purchase not to exceed $36,600.
At its Aug. 11 meeting, the Franklin Borough Board of Education approved multiple finance and facilities actions, including vendor payments, grant acceptance, procurement thresholds and equipment purchases.
Finance Chair Erin Henry presented vendor payments dated July 15–Aug. 11, 2025 totaling $783,704.85 (Fund 10 Charter School/ER FICA Share $38,590.09; Fund 11 General Expense $713,210.69; Fund 12 Capital Outlay $0; Fund 20 Special Revenue $15,610.94; Fund 60 Cafeteria $16,293.13; Fund 95 Student Activities $0). The Board accepted the Board Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports for June 2025 and certified no major account overexpenditures for June per N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10.
The Board approved submission and acceptance of the IDEA grant with allocations of Basic $199,530 and Preschool $10,512 for a total of $210,042.
On procurement, the Board resolved to set the district bid threshold at $53,000 effective July 1, 2025 because School Business Administrator/Board Secretary Carlos Sarmiento holds a Qualified Purchasing Agent (QPA) certificate; the resolution also outlines quotation requirements for contracts under the threshold.
The Board approved purchase of a Kioti Tractor (Model DK4720SEH Cab) from Bassani Power Equipment not to exceed $36,600. The Board also approved an out-of-district ESY placement at Windsor Learning Center for $11,010 (July 7–Aug. 15, 2025) and itinerant hearing-loss services from Mountain Lakes BOE not to exceed $1,900 for the 2025–26 year. Several facility use requests and first readings of finance-related policies were also approved.
Finance approvals were recorded as carried; the QPA-based bid threshold resolution delegates certain awarding authority to the School Business Administrator consistent with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A provisions.
Next steps: procurement and purchase orders to proceed within the authorized thresholds; grant acceptance will be processed per district procedures and state reporting requirements.
