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Hackensack board approves consent agenda, appoints interim business administrator and in-house counsel
Summary
The board approved its consent agenda and multiple personnel resolutions, including appointment of Dr. Dennis as interim business administrator starting July 1 and a walk-on appointment creating an in-house general counsel position intended to reduce legal costs.
At its June 16 meeting the Hackensack Board of Education approved a broad consent agenda and several personnel resolutions, and trustees read and passed a resolution honoring the district's late athletic director, Gordon "Scooter" Whiting Jr.
Personnel committee chair and trustees discussed tabling several personnel items (items 1'6) while moving forward on other appointments. Trustee comments highlighted the board's decision to appoint Dr. Dennis (identified in the agenda as a district finance professional) as interim school business administrator and board secretary effective July 1 to bolster financial oversight during a significant budget shortfall.
The board also approved the walk-on creation and appointment for an in-house general counsel role. Trustees said the measure is intended to reduce external legal costs (district counsel costs previously averaged in the $400,000'$500,000 range) and to save an estimated $200,000 compared with recent outside legal spending; the position was described as the single in-house general counsel without paralegal or secretary support.
The meeting record includes multiple roll-call votes on consent, policy and other committee motions; several trustees registered abstentions on individual items as noted in the minutes. Trustees who were recognized for concluding terms (Shivani Pringle and Mark Stein) were honored during the meeting; the board adjourned at midnight.
