e okay let's rock and roll guys Happy New Year um this public has been duly informed of this meeting in accordance with chapter 231 of the public laws of 1975 for post at least 48 hours in advance a notice on the bulletin boards in Stevenson and Church Hill schools a notice to to the Township Clerk and a notice to The Herald news in the progress notice had been posted on the district website Miss alai here Mr FEI here Mr D Pasqual here Mr jandoli here at this time I'd like to swear in the newly elected board members will you come forward I Anthony Pascal swear I will support the of the United States of state of newey and I will TR and Al Gover estblished in the United States and State under the authority of the people so the office of member of the Board of Education and that I will andly perform all the duties of that according to the of my ability so help me thank you I josephi do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Joseph fi do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed I Joseph do solemly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God perfect I Melinda Street do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Melinda Street do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by the law for the office of the member of a board of Board of Education and I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations you put you congratulations everyone okay um resolution one resolution for the Board of Ed elections affirms the vote vote voter election official results as of November 7 2023 election for the Board of Education members as follows Anthony D Pasqual three-year term 921 votes Mr Joseph feii one-ear term 1161 votes Miss Melinda Street threeyear term 1257 votes may I have a motion to accept and affirm it I make a motion second roll call Miss alai yes Mr feedi yes Miss Street yes Mr D Pasqual yes Miss jandoli yes at this time for the public I'm asking for uh nominations for the president of the Fairfield Board of Ed for the calendar year 2024 so can I have nominations please and Anthony dequal seconded by second second Angela Joe okay any other nominations none I'd like to close the nominations for the president of the board motion by motion second second thank you at this time roll call Miss alai yes Mr feti yes Mr Street Mrs Street M Street Mr D Pasqual I abstain and Miss jandoli yes okay okay congratulations Anthony thank you very much I'm going to turn this portion over to you at this time okay thank you very much and I'd like to thank everybody for coming out tonight uh it means a lot to us to see that we have this much support moving forward in 2024 so thank you very much we're looking forward to a great year we know we have a lot of work ahead of us and we are this board is ready for the challenge and uh eager to to tackle the the problems in the district and and and get us on the right path and we're excited and uh we're grateful for the members that are up here with us so thank you all of you at this time I would like to call for a motion for the vice president I nominate Joseph feii oh no oh sorry Angela alai that wasn't in the script I'm already going to the next I have a second second any other nominations you close it at this time close it motion Miss abstain Mr FEI yes Mr Street yes D Pasqual yes M jand yes appoint motion motion to appoint second Angela Andrea was the was the first yeah and the second Joe Joe Joe Miss alai abstain Miss Fe Mr FEI yes Miss Street yes Mr D Pasqual yes and Miss jandi yes okay okay we have a president and a vice president wonderful so in an effort to uh make this official we'll take a second and we'll move accordingly up here very official way to go thank you thank you what are they doing okay before we move on to the public comments on agenda items only I just want to take a second and recognize uh Miss Jan DOI thank you very much for your time as our president in 2023 we greatly appreciate it and uh we're glad that that you're here with us this year so thank you very much thank you and I wish you a great year ahead thank you very much uh public comments on agenda item agenda items only anyone okay I'd like to take a second and just Rec recognize some of the dignitaries that are with us today uh we have the chairman of our Republican committee Anthony campy thank you for coming very much uh councilman cesy thank you for being here we also have the chairman of our zoning board Mr Lear Tony thank you for coming out we have other various board members that hold seats in Fairfield uh Jason Street and Tony uh Lenny anania thank you very much for coming out we appreciate the support and it means a lot that you're here to uh to kick off 20124 so thank you very much we we give you a big round of [Applause] applause proceed okay item seven on the agenda is basically to acknowledge the board members in their term may have a motion motion second rall Miss alai yes Mr feedi yes Miss Street yes Mr D Pasqual yes Miss jandi yes resolution 8 is the board member code of ethics at this time M janelli would you mind um reading yes thank you be resolve the Fairfield Board of Education adopts the purpose and the role of the code of ethics the member New Jersey 18812 24.1 the members of the Board of Education recognize they hold the authority not as individuals but as members of the board in order to make a clear public statement of its philosophy of service to the peoples of the district the board adopts this code of ethics one I will with I will uphold and enforce all laws rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to schools desired changes shall be brought brought about only through legal and ethical procedures two I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of the children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools which meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability race Creed sex or social standing three I will confine my board action to policymaking planning and appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them four I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well-run five I will recognize that Authority rests with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action they may compromise the board six I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use the school for personal gain or for the gain of friends seven I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needlessly injure individuals or the school in all other matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for its schools eight I will vote to appoint the best qualified Personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer nine I will support and protect School Personnel in proper performance of their duties and 10 I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and I will act upon the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution can I have a motion motion and a second second can I have a roll call Miss alai yes Mr FEI yes Miss Street yes Mr D Pasqual yes M jandi yes at this time um committee appointees I'm going to ask Anthony if You' um establish the Committees yes so this is typically something that we table into the next meeting but in an effort to hit the ground running we uh we we moved forward and appointed our committee chairperson and members so be it resolved that the Fairfield Board of Education confir confirms the existing Board of Education committees chairpersons and members for the 2024 organizational year as follows building and grounds chair Joe spe member Anthony D Pascal curriculum and Technology chairperson Angela alai member Anthony D Pascal Finance chairperson Joseph fiti member Andrea jandoli negotiations Andrea jandoli chair member Angela alai Personnel chair Angela alai member Melinda Street policy chairperson Angela alai member Joseph feedi special education chairperson Melinda Street member Anthony D Pascal liaison to the HSA chair Melinda Street leison to the Fairfield Township Anthony D Pascal member Andrea jandoli NJ school board's delegate Angela alai Essex County Boards of legislative Melinda Street Municipal Alliance delegate appointed by the mayor Anthony D Pascal we are adding two committees this year one will be a chairperson to Recreation which would be Anthony D Pascal and the member Joseph feii and our community outreach will be chaired by Angela alai and membered by Anthony D Pascal can I have a motion motion second roll call Miss alai yes Mr feedi yes Miss Street yes Mr D pas yes M dandi yes I'm asking the board at this point for the reorganization resolutions listed on page 5 through 11 to do consent agenda resolutions 10 through 6 pending any questions you may have we have a motion motion second second second thank you roll call Miss alai yes Mr feti yes M Street yes Mr D Pasqual yes Miss jandi yes old business yes on their old business I just like to remind everybody that on February 7th our Education Foundation is having their their first official fundraiser which will be located at 1776 David to Burke in marown I know there's a lot of uh interest on social media so I would like everyone to acknowledge that the Education Foundation is working extremely hard and diligent to make this you know this kickoff fundraiser something for everyone and we'd appreciate to see your support there if possible anybody have anything under old business uh we just got two Christmas cards one from the Mad low group and one from iMac Insurance Agency okay if there's nothing else I'd like to move on just one more thing I would just like to thank Mr sylvestri and Mr Lazaro they fa some challenges ahead of the winter break with having to reschedule their Winter concert and they were gracious enough to postpone it and allow all of the children to have the opportunity to participate so we appreciate their efforts as well as Mr Harvey who handled some of the technical difficulties that day with the QR code so thank you thank you under new business I'd like to take uh a second second to just recognize the reaffirmation on Tuesday night of Mayor Bill galise councilman cesy and councilman laforgia congratulations we know you're going to do a great job continuing to serve Us in in Fairfield thank you very much anyone have anything on their committee reports okay we hope to hit the ground running with our committee reports and open up the lines of communication at every meeting so I'm looking forward to that and everyone that's been appointed public comments on non-agenda items only I'll take this opportunity to close that and uh take this opportunity to say Happy New Year to everyone once again we're extremely grateful uh this board feels like we are ready to hit the ground running and really work for the community so thank you very much for uh electing us and trusting us and and having us up here hopefully Mak making the right uh decisions uh in the best interest of the school district so thank you very much our next meeting be resolved that the next meeting will be held in person on Wednesday January 17 2024 with a public work section beginning at 6m followed by executive session with public session resuming at approximately 7:30 at the Fairfield Municipal Building being there no further business before the board the res the reorganization meeting is hereby adjourned motion second Miss alai yes Mr FEI yes Mr Miss Street yes Mr D Pasqual yes M joli yes thank you very much everyone thank you Happy New Year happy New [Applause] Year you know what it's it's like nervous energy I guess do you