##VIDEO ID:8WqtAOKOkwA## e e e e e e e e good evening everyone uh join me for salute to the flag right so in accordance with the open public meetings Act njsa 10 Poland 4-6 exor adequate notification of this meeting has been provided by advertising in the record of posting notice of this meeting in Burl Hall and superintendent's office I hereby call to order the reorganization meeting of the little per board of education today Thursday January 7th at 703 p.m. okay I just before we start the meeting I just want to acknowledge uh we did acknowledge M Scot Le in December since you're in attendance today once again the same statements that we had last time you serve this District crowd for two full terms um there what we needed you work hard you asked appropriate questions appropriate comments um it's going to tough tough place to fill we really appreciate everything youve done for the district the time that You' given us volunteer time people need to understand that it's a volunteer position uh we're very proud and and and happy that we've been for so thank you very much thank you Mr so before I read the certification for election results what we're going to witness today here is the most basic fundamental of democracy had an election now we're going to have a peaceful transition power so the board transforms every year so this year we have two of our board members reelected and we have someone from the community who has stepped up and decided to join us congratulations thank you so uh be it resolved that the Little Ferry Board of Education certifies the results of the annual School Board election held on November 5th 2024 for membership to the Board of Education the results were provided by the county cour so uh lordes vzo received 2,254 votes Mr vorc received 1,493 votes and Mr Canan received 992 votes congratulations everyone now comes the fun part for any board secretary I will now um swear in the three members so first I will start with Mr pan so you can join me out front hold you feel free to take pictures record it do whatever you all right so raise your right hand y i i state your name talb Canan do solemnly swear or affirm do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will respect Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and the state and to the governance of the United States and to the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God keep going I state your name I talb Canon do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I possess the qualification that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law prescribed by law for the office for the office of member of a board of education of member of the Board of Education and that I am not disqualified as a voter and I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs19 colon 4-1 pursuant to 19 col in 4-1 nor disqualified nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njsa L listed in njsa 18a 18a col 12 12-1-1 and then I will faithfully and I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties of that office and perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations sir very and now Lord is come on up right raise your right hand I I state your name do Solly swear or affirm Solly swear that I that I will support the Constitution will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the Saint the saint and to the government's established and to the government established in the United States and the state in the United States and the state under the authority of the people Au people so help me God so help God more I I I state your name do Solly swear swear or affirm or affirm that I possess the qualifications that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law prescribed by law for the office for the office of member of a board of education of the member of the member of a board of education the Board of Education and I am not disqualified and I not disqualified as the voter pursuant as the voter pursuant to RS to RS 19 colon 4 19 column 4 d One D one nor disqualify nor disqualify convict forever offense listed in in njs njsa 18a 18a Colon 12 12-1-1 and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties of that office all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations all right s say come on down you think I have this memorized right now all right um it's up to you I don't have to okay just my hand I I State your namea do somly swear and I will support the Constitution and I will support the Constitution of the United States United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey constitution of the state of New Jersey and that'll bear true faith and Allegiance and true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established governments established in the United States states in this state and this state under the authority of the people authority of the people so help me God help me God continue I I state your name do Solly swear or affirm Solly swear or affirm that I possess the qualifications that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law by law for the office of member the office of member of a board of education Board of Education and that I am not disqualified not disqualified as a voter voter pursuant to pursu to RS RS 19 colon 4 nor disqualify or disqualify due to conviction of a crime due to conviction of a crime or offense listed or offense listed in njsa njsa 18a 18a 12-1 12-1 and that I will Faithfully I will faithfully and partially partially and justly perform justly perform all the duties of that office all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God God congratulations sir so now we will have a roll call here hereos here mran here Mr mey here Mr here here all right we have a forum put it on the other page and our student representative all right so uh I will now entertain nominations for the office of president of the Little Ferry board of education for the 20125 C year uh I nominate okay do I have any other nominations twice all right so we will now have roll call vote Mr Benelli yes M Bradley yes Mr broli yes Mr yes Mr mey yes Mr yes Mrs vzo yes and Mr bis all right congratulations Madam president now present you with your D yes just really quick I know I'm not supposed to say anything but I have to this is my board this honestly means so much to me and I'm genuinely so proud of all the work we done just thank you for allowing me to leave this and I love all very um with that said um the board president to entertain nomination for the office of Vice President of the little fairy Board of education for the 2025 calendar year do I have any nominations I nominate Second Great do I have any other nominations for vice president okay we'll now take John do you take yes I'll take all right Mr velli yes Mrs Bradley yes yes Mr fos yes Mr Canan yes Mr mey Mrs V yes Mr V congratulations thank you I'm not gonna I don't thank you very yeah all right uh we'll have the president to entertain nominations for the reville park Little Ferry Board of Education liaison for the 2025 calendar year do I have any nominations Nick five Co yes any second Nick five all right they're gonna be so happy any other nominations by all right we'll now take a roll call Mr pelli yes M Bradley yesi yes pyos yeah yes Mr mey enthusiastic yes M Patel yes mzo yes Mr vac congratulations all right everybody could please either um grab the code of ethics with this blue header or it's with her agenda the njsda code of ethics we'll start an alphabetical order starting with M broli um yes I'm sorry I thought we were all right we'll start withi and we'll read through the code of ethics I will uphold and import we go rules and regulations State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to school desired changes shall be B only legal and ethical procedures I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of the children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools that meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability race greed sex or family I will confine my board action to policymaking planning and Appraisal I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are run well-run I will recognize that Authority rest with the Board of Education make no personal promises or take any private action May compromise the I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or part and political groups or to use schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needlessly injure individuals for the school and 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 of the community for it support I will vot I will votee to appoint the V qualified personel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer I will support protect School Personnel performance of I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and will act on the complains at public meetings only after failure administrative scho um follow on the agenda or following all at home um the agenda are the key dates which is the board meeting dates uh for the ring school year up until December of next year or this year um and then the reorganization agenda is also just approving the order in which our meetings are held which now brings us to anybody have any comments questions on agenda items all we're we are going to table 30 which is approving our committee assignments uh do I have a motion motion second we now take a block vote for the reorganization all in favor of that I we now take a block vote for the reorganization resolutions 1 through 29 do I have a motion motion second Mr belli yes Bradley yes Mr roli yes Mr P yes Mr pan yes Mr meing yes Mr Patel yeso yes Mr B yes motion passes great we'll now open it up for public comment on non agenda items as a former board member I just want to wish the 25 20 uh Year Board good luck you guys have been great to work with you're not only like my board memb you supported no but I was treated for leukemia and had a bone transplant bone transplant last year so I just wanted to wish everybody the best of luck I'll be around I'll keep in touch good luck know the clock we gave you in December but you can hold on to your name desk Leslie on behalf of the board thank you very much we had a lot of fun with you too and I'm sure we'll see um and my public comment to is to thank uh the public knows this but um me and his family were instrumental in helping us pass our referendum last March uh knocking on doors talking to people handing out flyers um so I was thrilled when we decided to join this board with high expectations we all do thank you with that said do I have a motion to adjourn moot second second