Nanuet School Board Passes 14 Consent Agenda Items

On Tuesday evening, the Nanuet Board of Education met to approve several consent agenda items such as several contracts and non-certified personnel.

All items were passed, but there was only one item that was not unanimously passed, which was on agenda item N.

It was an agreement with the Town of Clarkstown for a school resource officer (SRO) for the following school year in the amount of $35,751.84. Nanuet School Board Member Charleen Caulk was the only one to vote against this item.

“He’s getting a raise, which we didn’t negotiate. He gets overtime, which (I didn’t know) and we don’t tell him what to do. The police department tells him what to do,” ” said Caulk. “So I think (35,751.84) … should come from the police department, which is his employer.”

She also added that her vote ‘no’ was not because “he doesn’t do a good job… I’m sure he does a good job. I’m voting ‘no’ because I don’t think we should be the ones paying for him.” 

The following Consent Agenda items were approved on Tuesday night’s meeting:

• Acceptance of Warrants and Treasurer's Reports
• Approval of Educational Data Bids—they approved bid awards for the purchase of school supplies for the 2012-2013 school year (which is attached to this article as a PDF—award letters provided by Educational Data Services, Inc. for those vendors who won the bids for various schools supplies for the 2012-2013 school year. Nanuet participates in the cooperative bidding process through Educational Data Services, Inc. 
• Approval of Recommendations of the Committee on Pre-School Special Education
• Approval of Recommendations of the Committee on Special Education
• Approval of Write-off of Uncollectible Highview Playground Receivables for the 2011 and 2012 school years totaling $1,044.33.
• Approval of the 2011-12 Health Services contract with the Clarkstown Central School District for services provided by Clarkstown to 26 Nanuet resident students attending Albertus Magnus High School and Rockland Country Day School in the Clarkstown District at a cost of $742.89 per student. The total amounts to $19,315.14.
• Approval of a maximum potential contribution to the Tax Certiorari Reserve Fund of $2.5 million for the 2011-12 school year.
• Approval of Confidential Contracts for Clerical Employees for 2012-2013, whereas the employees named in this resolution are not covered under a collective bargaining agreement but are provided individual contracts—The contracts with Lucille Anemone, Jo Cavaliere, William Gavin, Cynthia Morehead, Catherine Plate and Cheryl Tully for the 2012-2013 School Year are approved. 
• Approval of Non-Represented Administrators' Salaries and Contracts for 2012-2013 School Year and the Superintendent of Schools is authorized to sign the contracts and compensation amounts for Ursula Carbone, Meredith Fox, Frank Mazzuca, Mark McNeill, Jay Newler, Steven Schlanger, Phil Sions, and Rudy Villanyi for the 2012-2013 School Year are approved. The Superintendent of Schools and/or the Board President (or Vice President in her absence) is authorized to sign the contracts.
• Approval of Health Insurance Buy-Back for 2012-13 and that any eligible staff member currently enrolled and who has been enrolled for a minimum of one year in the district's health insurance plan and who voluntarily withdraws from health insurance coverage, may only apply for this buy-back between June 20th and June 30th of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the buy-back is to take effect, and shall be paid $2,000 in June 2013 for the school year; any staff member who withdraws may re-enroll in the health insurance plan upon request due to a change of personal life status with the health insurance cost to be pro-rated.
• Approval of School Breakfast/Lunch Renewal for 2012-13
• Approval of Family Resource Center Contract for 2012-13. There will be no increase in cost from last year. This contract is effective 7/1/12 through 6/30/13 at a cost of $50,000.00 from the District's Title 1 Federal Grant.

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Approval of Non-certified Personnel

The school board abolished the position of Custodian III, effective 7/1/12.

The Nanuet Board of Education also approved the change in the hourly rate of pay for Kevin Leonard and Michael McGreevy, two of the 2012-13 Summer Student Workers. They were mistakenly put on Step 3 at $8.50 per hour, but should be at Step 4 at a rate of $8.75 per hour.

Appointments:

• Bret Bonomolo to the position of Boys’ Modified B Lacrosse Coach, for the Spring 2012 season at a salary of Code D, Step 1, $1,229 (prorated amount for one-half of the season).
• Frank Friscoe to the position of Custodian II, effective 7/1/12 at the rate of $61,767 (Step 10).
• JoAnn Kelly to the position of Teacher Aide in the Highview School (replacing Irene Antonnechia), effective 9/1/12 at the rate of $15.16 per hour (Step 1).
• Viju Mathews to the position of Registered Nurse (Schools) (Substitute), effective 9/1/12 at the rate of $100 per day.
• Jennifer Ryan to the position of .2 Library Clerk Typist, effective 7/1/12 at a yearly rate of $7,131 (Step 1; $35,655 x .2).