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Franklin Lakes Board approves consent agenda covering contracts, personnel and student placements
Summary
By an 8–0 vote on April 29, the Franklin Lakes Board approved a broad consent agenda (Res. 1615–1654, 1656–1657) including contracts with Phoenix Advisors, an Aramark addendum totaling $1,857,144.55 for 2025–26, shared-services repaving at an estimated $379,500, multiple out-of-district placement tuitions, payroll and check-register approvals.
The Franklin Lakes Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a consent agenda at its April 29 meeting that bundled a wide set of administrative, financial and personnel actions. The motion to approve Resolutions 1615–1654 and 1656–1657 was made by Scott Loia and seconded by Kathryn D’Agostino; the minutes record an 8–0 vote in favor.
Key items approved under the consent agenda include approval of prior meeting minutes (Res. 1615); Board Secretary and Treasurer reports (Res. 1616); payroll and check registers (Res. 1628 approves March check register totaling $4,865,817.93 and Res. 1629 approves April-to-date check register totaling $3,071,581.81); and authorization for estimated and actual payroll for March and April (Res. 1630–1631).
The Board approved several contracts and service agreements: a professional services agreement with Phoenix Advisors for municipal advising and disclosure services (Res. 1633); an addendum to the Aramark Management Services Limited Partnership contract that sets total compensation to Aramark at $1,857,144.55 for 2025–26 and $1,917,674.85 for 2026–27 (Res. 1634); and a shared-services agreement with the Borough of Franklin Lakes for parking-lot repaving projects at High Mountain Road School and Woodside Avenue School at an estimated combined cost of $379,500 (Res. 1635).
The consent agenda included multiple student placement approvals and related tuition authorizations for out-of-district and extended-year services. Notable items include a Celebrate the Children placement with a total tuition/aid package of $97,730.00 (Res. 1620) and Glenview Academy placements with tuition of $87,258.08 and extraordinary aid amounts listed, resulting in total per-student amounts reported as $142,768.08 for certain 2025–26 placements (Res. 1624). Home instruction and related staffing approvals were also included (Res. 1628–1649).
Personnel matters approved under the consent agenda include revised maternity leave for a paraeducator, multiple paid and unpaid medical leaves, stipends for band support and concert chaperoning, and approvals for student clinical externships and internships with Montclair State University (Res. 1639–1649).
Votes at a glance: the minutes record the consent motion passed 8–0 with the following affirmative voters: Elisa Billis; Kathryn D’Agostino; SeWhan Kim; Ryan Richman; Carolina Severino; Robert Spiotti; Scott Loia; Ari Donio. Resolution 1655 (first reading of revised policy 5516, Use of Electronic Communication Devices) was specifically postponed to the May 13 meeting.
What happens next: items approved under the consent agenda will move forward to administrative implementation, including vendor contracting, payroll processing and placement arrangements; the Board’s next scheduled meeting dates were noted in the minutes.
