all right ready thank you again I'd like to take call the meeting to order with a uh roll call Miss carry Miss picala Miss Kennedy yes here miss Steen adictas yes Miss a room here miss Sebert yes Miss wre yes the New Jersey open Public's meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act The Brick Township Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be posted on the administration office bllen board the official District website and channel btv2 and sent to the Asbury Park Press to Brick times The Star Ledger and Municipal clerk's office I ask everyone to stand for a salute to the flag a moment of silence United States of America the stands one na indice thank you often it appears to members of our audience that the Board of educ Education acts with very little commitment and in many cases a unanimous vote please understand that before a matter is placed on the agenda at public meeting the Administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the superintendent of schools discuss discussed it in appropriate Boe committees and only then if the superintendent is satisfied that the matter is ready to be presented to the full board of education is placed on the agenda for Action at a public meeting Bo of Education members are given advanced notice to review the agenda and through the chair ask questions or voice concerns in rare instances when necessary some matters could be presented to the board of education for discussion and vote at the meeting this time we'll have our first public comment session this will be the first opportunity for public comment and will be for agenda items only the board invites thoughts and reactions on agenda items each participant is asked to give his or her name prior to making a statement all statements shall be directed to the presiding officer now that's me the board will not during the public portion of this meeting discuss matters involving employment appointment termination of employment negotiation terms and conditions of employment evaluation of the performance of promotion or disciplining of any specific perspective or current employees Andor students do we have any public comment on agenda items none we will move on uh first is the uh certification of the election results uh and they are as follows Allison Kennedy received 8577 votes Mike Mesmer received 7,025 votes Greg Cohen received 553 votes Michael blandina received received 6498 votes and wrin we received 126 so with that I will ask that Miss Kennedy please join me at the podium first for the oath of officers it's very dramatic can you see and here okay you defitely me I state your name I Alison Kennedy do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will that I will support the Constitution support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey and that I and that I will bear true faith will bear true faith and Allegiance and and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God I state your name I Alison Kennedy do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I possess that I possess the qualifications the qualifications descried by law prescribed by law for the office of for the office of member of member of a Board of Education Board of Education and that I and that I will Faithfully will faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly perform all duties perform all duties of that office of that office according to the best according to the best of my ability of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations and welcome back thank [Applause] you don't trip over this I'll stand on it for extra height maybe I can be taller than one one of the kids short people in the front thank you right super right this is Jim's big day thank [Applause] you let me right right yes yes what yeah if you want them up there they can come out sure yeah you don't want to bring the might add a couple minutes to the meeting all right give me you want to hold it we give it to you all right a little closer to mic so they can hear you over here there you go okay I state your name I Michael Mesmer do solemnly swear do solemnly solemnly swear that I that I will support the Constitution will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the of the St state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey and that I and that I will bear truth faith will bear bear truth and faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in established in the United States the United States and this state and this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people so help me God so help me God I state your name I Michael Mesmer do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I possess that I possess the qualifications the qualifications prescribed by law prescribed by law for for the office of for the office of member of member of a board of education a board of education and that I and that I will Faithfully will Faithfully partially and partially and justly and justly perform all duties perform all duties of that office of that office according to the best according to the best of my ability of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations thank you good job [Applause] [Music] buddy smile okay smile buddy smile one get Edward Dr youbody more coming in for this picture the rest everybody all right all right we still need to picture with Dr farell and Mr Edwards whoever you want to stay up there just let us know okay he's like no be silly there's three of us yeah that's that's [Music] make [Music] hey this time I'll need a motion for and a second for the adoption of the code of ethics second Fran G palala okay yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss Benedictus yes Miss ayon yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss Sebert yes Miss wreb yes right my favorite time of the meeting to seek a nomination for president so I can give this gavl up Nom nominate can I nominate Miss wall for president and I would like we have to wait for a second right yes we uh well first and second yes unless there's any other nominations I have a nomination I'd like to nominate Victoria for president second Victoria okay second Stephanie second for Miss wreb as well any other nominations okay so the uh Mr Montenegro remind me I do the second one first or the first one first thank you so we'll first vote on Miss wab Miss car a roll call Miss picala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss St Benedictus but I want right no no misson no Mr Mesmer no Miss seber yes Miss wreb yes so Mr montro we have 43 so that's enough to carry right okay so miss wreb congratulations here is the [Applause] gavl catch up here no it's fine I have one here I need a nomination for vice president in a second I nominate Victoria I don't know who I they were like at the same time mine I need a second I'll second Victoria I'll second meline was roll call Mary theala who are we voting for for the first nomination which is Victoria right so it's being vot right right so I'm roll calling Miss Bala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss D Benedictus no Miss aanon no Mr Mesmer no Miss Sebert yes Miss wreb yes congratulations [Applause] Victoria we'll do that for the next one you're changing everything anyway um I need a motion and a second to approve board meeting dates until the next reorganization meeting as attached motion Victoria second FR um can I just make one comment and I I don't think we change it in during the um the concerts in what is that in June in July I know we have a th Thursday on the agenda can we discuss and can I make a motion for the board to discuss whether or not we're going to change that because I know a lot of board members okay so just so you know I'll be calling you guys about that because I know we all attend yep okay so we'll go as it is now and then I'll talk Mary Bala yes Miss kenned yes Miss Benedictus Miss sayana R yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss seber yes M wreb yes right we'll discuss that new date and you guys can let me know and we'll okay thank you uh next item I need a motion in a second to adopt the Asbury Park Press as the official newspaper and the brick times as the alternate newspaper for the district in accordance with njsa 104-1 18 motion alley second Mike motion alley second Mike um Miss picala yes Miss Kennedy yes yes Miss D Benedictus yes Miss a room yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss Sebert yes Miss wreb yes I'm not going to read this whole thing I'll just read the beginning number eight to authorize the Personnel listed below to sign checks effective from this date until 2025 reorganization meeting as follows I need a motion and a second motion Nicole second alley Mary who was first okay thank sorry and then Ally oh because it's Miss kala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss Ste Benedictus yes Miss Ayan room Mr Mesmer yes Miss cver yes Miss W yes uh number nine to appoint William cler as the appointing authority I need a motion in a second motion Fran second Mike Mary Miss picala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss D Benedictus yes Miss aan room yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss seber yes Miss wre yes number 10 to appoint James W Edwards Jr CPA as the district public agency compliance officer I need a motion in a second for that motion Victoria second Mike Mary Miss picala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss D Benedictus yes Miss aanon yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss cert yes Miss wam yes be it resolved that the superintendent of schools and the business administrator board secretary for the Brick Township Board of Education or their design be designated as the board's agents to request state and federal funds under the existing state and federal laws for the period from the date of this reorganization meeting to the board reorganization meeting in the next calendar year I need a motion and a second moot second alley Miss picala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss St Benedictus yes Miss ayon yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss seber yes Miss wre yes finally the adoption of all existing board policies and regulations I need a motion in a second motion Nicole second Victoria Mary Bala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss Ste Benedictus yes Miss Ayan Ron yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss Sebert yes Miss wreb yes second public comment session this is the second opportunity for public comment each participant is asked to give his or her name prior to making a statement all statements shall be directed to to the presiding officer comments shall be limited to 5 minutes and each speaker may only speak once the board will not during the public portion of this meeting discuss matters involving employment appointment termination of employment negotiations terms and conditions of employment evaluation of the performance of promotion or disciplining of any specific or prospective or current employees Andor students do we have any comments public comment yes thank happy New Year everybody Mike toen um I wanted to tell you that I kind of like the new layout a lot uh but I could make one new suggestion as well because I never ever just give you the good stuff perhaps we could move this over to the corner so we could see everybody because I can't see Jim's smiling face as he gives up the gavel and I would imagine that the folks on this side can't see the board so we're we're actually making a change that Dr F's going to talk about at the next meeting we're going to try a couple different layouts where we're trying to get get everybody in front well I like this one with this over there so just to add to that so when we went when I first got here and covid came in we kind of spread out along the sides which I kind of like but board members want to go back we had an original use so what you're going to see next week you're going to see a two kind of tier but we don't have the risers in right now because our VA uh didn't buy doesn't want to pay for him right now but we're going to we're going to do two tiers so we could see him elor there we're also going to go back show a you and we're going to do we got one at Brick for the teacher year we're going to do a brick memorial one again so we get to the high schools so we're going to try different and you the board they like we'll try to do that it's good close but that would be a little bit better so we could see everything excellent thank you thank you any other public comment seeing none I'll change the board comment and what I'll do is I'll ask Mr Mesmer if you want to start with board comments if you you have anything you would like to say sure thanks so happy New Year everyone uh first off I want to thank my family friends the voters of Brick Township uh for giving me this opportunity to serve on this board that I will not take lightly um I'm here to advocate for our children Logan I'm looking at you but not just you everyone in the district every child um I'll do my absolute best to represent this community um and make all decisions you know by listening and really understanding the data and the facts that are provided um I look forward to working with all of the board members um as well as Dr frell I appreciate you know having a couple meetings so far to get the lay of the land and you know get a head start before uh getting sworn in tonight so thank you for that um and yeah I mean I just promise everyone in the town of brick that I'm going to prioritize your children so thank you everyone and happy New Year Al why don't you go next since short and sweet for a change um I just wanted to take the opportunity and thank every um 8,577 of you that voted for me and put your faith into me I truly appreciate you um I have enjoyed being a part of this board and I look forward to having the next three years to continue to work with this excellent team that we have together I'm excited to um welcome Mike to the team and look forward to working together and I look forward to doing continued good stuff thank you thank you Ally mie well I want to welcome Mike so excited he's here and I also want to congratulate Ally on her win and hopefully we get to do great things this year as a group what happen thank you m the same old um everybody's saying the same thing welcome Mike we're so excited for you to be here um and it's so great that there's somebody else who really appreciate wants to do what's best for the kids and it doesn't hurt that you're really awesome with numbers and stuff like that so um and S welcome I guess um and happy New Year and I just look forward to all the amazing things that are going to come with this new great group great thank you friend Victoria hi thank you um Ally and Mike for taking on this service I appreciate it I think you'll be a great part of our team um I want to thank uh the board for supporting me for the office of vice president and I also want to mention that I have been attending New Jersey school board um trainings delegate assembly and Ocean County Schoolboard meetings I've learned a lot I appreciate the leadership I get from them and as a green team meeting uh member who is a member of the curriculum committee who loves loves loves Steam and all the efforts our students make in Hydroponics and and everything else I just wanted to announce the next Green fear date is May 18th write it down Elise thank thank you and happy New Year thank you Victoria Nicole can I just say ditto to everything like I don't really think there's ditto welcome Mike so excited for you to join the team good luck surviving us women over here um and Ally welcome back to you as well congrats to Victoria I'm vice president and miss wab again I'm president and happy New Year thank you Nicole um I just want to welcome Mike and congratulations again Ally for coming back um this we have a lot of work to do on this upcoming year I'm going to be touching base with all board members to talk about committees and um you know where you feel you might either like to stay or change for the Committee Member for the board members that um are remaining this you know that you're coming back again this year so I'll be reaching out to all of you and I'll also be reaching out to all of you regarding that one date in July to see if you can change that so everybody can go out and enjoy the festivities of uh brickfest yeah no we can't hold the meeting there um the next calendar overl yes the next date for our regular meeting is January 11th here at 700 p.m. I need a motion and a second for adjournment motion Al second Fran Mary Miss picala yes Miss Kennedy yes Miss de Benedictus yes Miss a room yes Mr Mesmer yes Miss seber yes Miss wre yes happy New Year Happy New Year