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Wallkill Valley board approves budget transfers, student placements and multiple capital contracts
Summary
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board approved budget transfers and financial certifications, accepted several special-education placements with specified costs, and authorized purchases and contracts including a tractor, truck, boiler maintenance and IT server during its June 24 meeting.
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education approved a set of financial and contract actions at its June 24, 2025 meeting, including budget transfers, multiple student placements and purchases of equipment and services.
The board approved budget transfers totaling $110,602.60 for the period May 23–June 19, 2025 and certified the Board Secretary’s and Treasurer’s monthly financial reports for April 30 and May 31, 2025, confirming no line-item accounts were over-expended under N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10. The reports showed cash balances of $2,353,882.64 on April 30 and $1,763,375.26 on May 31, figures the board accepted by unanimous roll call votes.
In Finance Committee business the board approved several Child Study Team placements for students with individual annual costs specified in board motions: a placement at Lakeland Andover School for $64,800; Celebrate the Children for $137,228 (including extended school year and paraprofessional costs); Windsor School for $156,450; Garfield Park Academy for $77,670.96; Shepard Preparatory High School for $76,045.26; and the Morris-Union Jointure Commission for $126,024. These approvals formalize out-of-district special education placements recommended by the Child Study Team.
The board also authorized or approved a series of contracts and purchases: a renewal of joint transportation services with High Point Regional High School (including a 5% administrative fee); a one-year boiler maintenance contract with East Coast Combustion Specialists for $4,715.88; purchase of a John Deere 4066R tractor with backhoe from Power Place Inc. for $57,328.69 (including a $20,000 trade-in credit); purchase of a 2025 Silverado 3500 4WD truck from Pellegrino Chevrolet for $53,512.90; a new server from Eastern DataComm for $15,088.40; and two SCAG Vanguard EFI 72" mowers from Bassani Power Equipment for $24,880 (including trade-in credits). The board also approved a shared-service agreement to provide a school nurse to the Franklin Borough School District on an as-needed basis at $350 per day.
Separately the board resolved to join the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program (no joining fee) and approved participation in a cooperative pricing system administered by the Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission, both actions intended to expand purchasing options. The board also authorized the School Business Administrator to transfer up to $600,000 into the district’s Capital Reserve account subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Most finance motions passed unanimously; the manifest of bills for May 24–June 19, 2025 totaling $1,920,813.71 passed with one recorded No vote from Ralph Bonard.
The board’s approvals were recorded in formal motions and roll call votes; no additional public debate on individual contracts or placements is recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board adjourned the business portion of the meeting after the approvals and proceeded to other agenda items, including personnel and policy matters.
