October 3, 2019

The Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District Board of Education Regular Meeting dated October 3, 2019 was called to order by Mrs. Ricci at 7:00pm.

PRESENT: Marcia Ricci, David Lee, Carolyn Bell, Jamie Maloney, Jack Catanzarita, Denise Carutasu

ALSO PRESENT: Patrick Pomerville, Rachel Schwendinger, Ken Williams

ABSENT: Tammi Dehler

Prior to the regular meeting , on motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board went into executive session to discuss a legal matter at 6:12pm.  The Board  returned to regular session at 6:53pm.

There were no comments from the public regarding items on this evening’s action agenda.

Presentation: Pre-Vote Proposed Capital Project, Mr. Pomerville
See attached doucment

ACTION

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved the September 19, 2019 Board of Education minutes.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved the following warrants:
General Fund #21 for $1,351.00
Special Aid #10 for $700.00
Capital Fund #4 for $2,381.29
Special Aid #9 for $2,790.50
General Fund #20 for $106,564.18

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved  the appointment of Lamont Strickland as substitute custodian, pending fingerprint clearance, for the 2019 - 2020 school year; salary per the CSEA contract.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved  a first request from Mr. Byron to take the senior high band members to WDW in Florida in the summer of 2020.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board authorized the transfer of $300,000 to the Tax Certiorari Reserve.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved an extension of Lisa Strubel’s probationary period, as Teaching Assistant, to May 2, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved  the one year probationary appointment of Rachel Schwendinger as Business Manager; effective November 4, 2019; salary per the contract by and between Rachel Schwendinger and the Waterford-Halfmoon UFSD.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved an adjustment to service request from WSWHE BOCES to provide communication services for the capital improvement project in the amount of $4,234.00.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved the following warrants:
School Lunch #4 for $6,256.64
Special Aid #11 for $2,000.00
Capital Fund #5 for $109,576.45
General Fund #23 for $31,772.77

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved the Claims Audits dated August 2019 and September 2019.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved  the appointment of Megan Wason-Selin as a substitute teacher for the 2019 - 2020 school year; salary per the policy on substitute teacher pay; pending fingerprint approval.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved  a 3 - 4 week leave of absence for Amy Atwood, high school monitor, beginning September 25, 2019.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved a contract with Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES for substitute coordination services for the 2019 - 2020 school year.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board accept the resignation of Tammy Kivitz as Teaching Assistant effective October 4, 2019.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved the final request from Mrs. Dawson for a trip to NYC with the 5th and 6th grade students.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board approved  the following elementary substitute teachers for the 2019 - 2020 school year; salary per the policy on substitute teacher pay: Brandon Keeting, Grady Gawys, Ashley Lee and Lauren Beauchamp.

On motion by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mrs. Maloney and by a vote of 6 - 0 the Board adjourned at 7:24pm.


Julie Caulkins
District Clerk