EGG HARBOR CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

REGULAR MEETING

March 29, 2010

The regular meeting/budget hearing of the Egg Harbor City Board of Education was held on the above date at 7:00 p.m. at the Charles L. Spragg School, 601 Buffalo Avenue, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, with President Stephen Bouchard opening the meeting, and board members Richard Dovey, Joseph Farnan, E. Daniel McGinnis and Jeanne Williams present. Also present were: Superintendent, John Gilly III; Business Administrator, Joseph Smurlo; Spragg Principal, Adrienne Shulby; Supervisor of Special Projects, Gina Forester; Rittenberg Principal, Jack Griffith; and Board Secretary, Marie Setterman.

Mr. Bouchard called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with the following statement:

In compliance with the N.J.A.C. 5:18-3.15, in case of fire or other emergency, which should cause this facility to be evacuated, I direct your attention to the location of the exits in this facility. Also, there will be no smoking in this facility.

This is to advise those present at this meeting of the Board of Education of the Egg Harbor City School District, in the County of Atlantic, that adequate notice has been given of this meeting as required by the provisions of Chapter 231 of the Laws of 1975; that notice thereof has been forwarded for publication in the District official newspapers, posted in the Spragg and Rittenberg Schools, and forwarded to the Egg Harbor City Clerk within the time required by said Act.

Mr. Bouchard directed the secretary to enter this public announcement into the minutes of this meeting.

Mr. Bouchard called for the flag salute and roll call, which is reflected in the opening paragraph.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Mr. Gilly and Mr. Smurlo presented the school budget for the 2010-2011 school year. They discussed reductions in state aid, uncontainable appropriation increases, budget development priorities and necessary program and personnel reductions which results in a 6 cent increase to the total tax levy for the next year.

The presentation was followed by a question and answer period between the public and administration and board members.

BOARD MINUTES

Upon a motion by Mrs. Williams, seconded by Mr. Dovey, the Board approved the following set of minutes: March 10, 2010 – Regular

(Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

FINANCIAL ITEMS

Upon a motion by Mr. Dovey, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, the Board approved the Board Secretary’s Report and the Treasurer’s Report for February 2010. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. Dovey, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, the Board approved the Board Certification pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11. The Egg Harbor City Board of Education certifies that as of 2/28/10 after review of the Board Secretary’s monthly financial report (Revenue and Appropriation sections) and upon consultation with the appropriate district officials that to the best of our knowledge no major account or fund has been over-expended in violation of N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11(a)2-3 and there have been no changes in anticipated revenue sources and/or amounts so that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. Dovey, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, the Board approved permission for the Business Administrator to pay the March bills and make the necessary March transfers prior to ratification and affirmation at the April 28, 2010 Board meeting. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. McGinnis, seconded by Mr. Dovey, the Board approved the Submission of the 2010-2011 school district budget to the voters of Egg Harbor City and after public hearing as follows:

The proposed budget includes programs and services in addition to Core Curriculum Contents Standards adopted by the State Board of Education. Information on this budget and the programs and services it provides is available from your local district.

BE IT RESOLVED to approve the 2010-2011 school district budget for submission to the County

Office of Education as follows:

Budget

General Fund $7,890,438.00

Special Revenue Fund $1,546,342.00

Debt Service Fund $ 629,305.00

$10,066,085.00

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to acknowledge that the 2010-2011 budget as described above will result in the following:

General Tax Fund Levy $2,325,239.00

Debt Service Tax Levy $ 120,461.00

$2,445,700.00

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that automatic tax levy cap adjustments have been applied to the 2010-2011 school budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Egg Harbor City Board of Education establish a maximum of $20,000.00 in the general fund 2010-2011 budget, allotted for travel and travel related expenditures.

(Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. Dovey, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, the Board approved Resolution #10-14 transferring from surplus the $582,573 in 09-10 that was reduced by the Governor through Executive Order 14. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

PERSONNEL

Upon a motion by Mr. McGinnis, seconded by Mrs. Williams, the Board approved the resignation of Spragg Health and Physical Education teacher, Carley Cross, dated 3/22/10 and effective 6/30/10. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. McGinnis, seconded by Mrs. Williams, the Board approved the extended leave of absence for Spragg teacher, Renee Johnson, for the 2010-2011 school year. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

STUDENT ITEMS

Upon a motion by Mr. McGinnis, seconded by Mrs. Williams, the Board approved field trip for the 2009-2010 school year as follows: 4^th grade Safety Patrol Members to 6 Flags Great Adventure on 5/14/10. Admission and transportation funded by the 21^st CCLC Grant. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. McGinnis, seconded by Mrs. Williams, the Board approved field trip for the 2009-2010 school year as follows: trip for the 2009-2010 school year as follows: Preschool classes to the Children’s Museum on 6/11/10. Admission co-funded by students and PTO. Transportation funded by PTO. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

Upon a motion by Mr. McGinnis, seconded by Mrs. Williams, the Board approved field trip for the 2009-2010 school year as follows: field trip for the 2009-2010 school year as follows: 7^th & 8^th grade students and multi-grade class to the Morey’s Pier, Wildwood, NJ on Thursday, June 3, 2010 (Rain date Friday, June 4, 2010). Admission funded by students. Transportation funded by the EHC PTO. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

PROGRAMS

Upon a motion by Mrs. Williams, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, the Board approved Stockton College literacy volunteers: Sabrina Mazzucco, Lauren LiPuma and Sagie Farruggia (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-yes; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional development activities have been recommended by building Principals, approved by the Supervisor of Special Projects and the Superintendent as directly related to the fulfillment of individual professional improvement plans and/or required by the New Jersey Department of Education, No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB), local student Individual Education Plans, or entitlement/discretionary grants. Adequate funds have been appropriated.

Upon a motion by Mrs. Williams, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, the Board approved Professional Development Workshops for the 2009-2010 school year. (Roll Call: Mr. Dovey-recuse; Mr. Farnan-yes; Mr. McGinnis-yes; Mrs. Williams-yes; Mr. Bouchard-yes)

NEW BUSINESS

None.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Mr. Gilly reminded the Board that April 28^th will be Mrs. Heist’s last board meeting and he would like to honor her at that meeting.

CALENDAR DATES

District dates of interest for the upcoming month:

March 29 Public Budget Hearing / Regular Meeting

April 2 & 5 Spring Recess (bldgs. closed)

April 20 School Budget Election

April 28 Regular / Reorganization Board Meeting

Mrs. Shulby reminded everyone about the used clothing fund raiser to benefit the EHC Playground Committee to be held on April 10^th.

Upon a motion by Mrs. Williams, seconded by Mr. Dovey, and carried, the Board resolved to enter into executive session as follows:

Resolution of the Board of Education of the Egg Harbor City School District to permit discussion of subjects in closed sessions.

RESOLVED: At a public meeting of the Board of Education held on March 29, 2010 at 8:17 p.m. that pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of the “Open Public Meetings Act”, the following subjects be discussed in a session of the Board of Education closed to the public:

(1) Contracts

(2)

It is presently anticipated that the items mentioned in the Resolution can be

disclosed to the public when a decision is made upon the same, and in personnel matters, with the consent of the employee.

The Board returned from executive session at 8:25 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, upon a motion by Mr. Dovey, seconded by Mr. McGinnis, and carried unanimously, the Board adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,