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Manasquan board approves minutes, financial reports and personnel actions after executive session
Summary
The Manasquan Board of Education approved minutes, financials, contracts and personnel actions following an executive session on Feb. 4, 2025. Pay applications totaling more than $918,000 for renovation work were recorded and multiple personnel items were approved on reconvening.
The Manasquan Board of Education approved a slate of routine but consequential items during its Feb. 4, 2025 meeting, including minutes, financial reports, contracts and personnel actions taken after an executive session.
Presiding officer Alexis Pollock called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and the board first approved the Jan. 7, 2025 minutes on a motion by Alfred Sorino, seconded by Joseph Loffredo. The minutes motion passed by roll call with eight ayes, two abstentions (Mrs. Bossone and Mr. D’Ambrosio) and two absences recorded.
The board accepted the Superintendent’s Report and the Business Administrator’s certification that, as of Dec. 31, 2024, no line item had been over-expended in violation of N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c)3 and that sufficient funds were available to meet fiscal obligations. The Superintendent’s Report passed by roll call (Ayes 10; Nays 0; Absent 2).
On the consent agenda the board approved Manasquan General Items #15–#25, which included a 60-month Ricoh copier lease-purchase agreement (one color multi-function copier at $375 per month with a $1 buyout), acceptance of a $2,400 donation from the MES PTO, and a $5,000 pre-kindergarten tuition rate approved per the cited statute. The board then approved Manasquan/Sending District Items #26–#36, which included acceptance of financial reports, a memorandum of agreement with law enforcement, multiple donations to the Manasquan Schools Development Fund, and pay applications related to renovation work.
The board recorded Pay Application #6 from H&S Construction for $371,273.00 and Pay Application #7 for $546,905.59 for Manasquan High School and Elementary School renovations; both items were on the consent agenda and were included in the roll-call approvals. The board also approved the purchase of a SendPro MailCenter 2000 for $8,800.89 under NJ State Contract #T0200.
Ms. Pollock then moved the board into executive session at 7:52 p.m. to discuss confidential student HIB matters and personnel items. The board reconvened at 8:20 p.m.; subsequent motions to approve personnel items were made public. A motion by Mr. Sorino, seconded by Mrs. Malone, approved Manasquan Personnel Item #40 (Elementary School personnel) by roll call (Ayes 7; Nays 0; Absent 2). A separate motion by Mr. Bolderman, seconded by Mr. Cattani, approved Manasquan/Sending District Personnel Item #41 (High School personnel) by roll call (Ayes 9; Nays 0; Absent 3).
The meeting adjourned at 8:21 p.m.
The board record lists supporting documents (financial reports, pay applications, donation letters and personnel documents) on file in the Board Office and includes specific student home-instruction placements in the minutes.
