##VIDEO ID:573tBxN04XU## in compliance with chapter 231 Public Law 1975 entitled open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as specified in the ACT proper notice of this open public meeting was provided in the notice of January 4th 2024 said notice was posted at the entrance of the Board of Education offices mailed to the Nutley Township Clerk sent to tap into Nutley advert Iz in the nutly sun on January 4th 2024 and posted on the district website everybody please arise for the flag salute on Tuesday November 5 2024 the annual school election for the Nutley School District was held between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and as much longer as was necessary to permit all of the legal voters then present at the polling places to vote voting was conducted for the election of three members to the board of education for a period of three years the votes were certified by the office of the clerk of Essex County and the results of the election were as follows Steven gilberti 5,937 votes Nicholas Scotty 7,295 votes Daniel fraginals 6,238 and Joseph Paglia 4736 the candidates elected for the three-year term were Nicholas Scotty Daniel fraginal and Steven gilbery congratulations uh now we would like to uh perform the oath of office to our new board members um I'd like to call up um The Honorable John Cosgrove and Nicholas body to the podium please thank you very much it's my honor to swear in Nick who I've known for a while I know he's going to do a great job here on the nutly board of ed so Nick please raise your right hand and repeat after me I I Nick Scotty Nick Scotty do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the contition of the United States and the constit ition of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and I will and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established and to the governments 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 further do solemnly swear I further do solemnly swear that I will possess the qualifications prescribed by law that I will possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of board of education for the office of member of Board of Education and I am not disqualified and I am not disqualified as a voter as a voter pursuant to RS pursuant to RS 19 4-1 1941 nor disqualify due to conviction of a crime qualified due to a conviction of a crime or offense listed in njs or an offense listed in njs 18a 121 12-1 18 18 a21 great and that I will faithfully and then I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties a board member a board member according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations thank you good Lu thank you so much [Applause] [Music] right now I'd like to call up uh The Honorable Alan jenet Tempo and Daniel franel all right hello there they are hey guys is there hey Mike no all right Dan uh please raise your right hand I Danny fraginal I Danel frag do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established to the governments established in the united states in the United States and this state and this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God I Dan fraginal I Dan frag do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications that I possess the qualification prescribed by law prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education for office of a member of Board of Education and that I am not disqualified not disqualified as a voter as a voter pursuant to rs19 col 4-1 as a voter pursuant to as a voter pursuant to RS RS 19411 nor disqualified nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime due to conviction of a crime uh or offense listed in njs or offense listed in njs 18a 18a 12-1 12-1 and that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially impar and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all duties of that office of office according to the best of my ability according to the so help me God congratulations [Applause] question all right now i' like to call up stepen gberie he doesn't have any honorable anything it's just just old me doing this for you all right ready please raise your right hand I Steven gilberti do solemnly swear or affirm steber swear andir that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the 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 that I will bear in true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established and in the united states in the United States and this state and this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God I Steven gberie do solemnly swear or affirm I Steve gilber do Solly swear or confirm that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education for the office of member of the board of UC education and that I am not disqualified and I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to as a voter pursuant to rs1 194 D1 to rs1 194 D1 nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed or offense listed in njs 18a in njs 18a 12-1 12-1 and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties of that office 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 [Applause] that I'll do a roll call now Mr bamo Mrs danek Martin here Dr deia Mr feraro Mr fragels Mr galber Mr kazinski Mrs Quirk here Mr Scotty all right um have any correspondence uh yes Mr deita I'd like to reading a correspondence uh in my monthly meeting with the mayor the mayor asked me to uh on behalf of himself and the Board of Commissioners congratulate the newly elected and appointed board members I did see the mayor come in uh thank you mayor Kelly for coming tonight thank you commissioner petraco for coming tonight um can I have a motion um number number one to appoint uh the board secretary as a temporary chairperson to conduct the election of board President right second all in favor all right all right now um I'd like to open up the floor for nominations for board president yes Mr uh secretary uh I'd like to make a nomination uh South Ferraro has provided leadership in some of our best times as a school district and some of our most challenging times all the while maintaining impeccable Integrity he has shown vision and works for the benefit of our students in the spirit of the one nutly initiative throughout the years we've seen him lead with character and strength on behalf of this board and therefore I believe that a nomination is earned and deserved any other nominations all right seeing none I'll close that portion um so now I'd like to uh um and for number two uh for the election of the office of President motion to elect uh should fill in F Sal [Music] fararo uh as president of the Board of Education effective immediately until the next reor reorganization meeting as prescribed by law motion second Mr balamo Mrs danek Martin yes Dr deia Mr feraro Mr fraginals Mr gilberti Mr kazinski yes Mr Quirk Mrs Quirk sorry Mr Scotty yes right [Applause] congratulations now I'd like to open up the floor for nominations for board vice president yes I'd like to nominate uh trustee Dr Tom DEA Tom brings a wealth of expertise built on years of experience in Education and Leadership his deep understanding of our District's needs combined with his ability to navigate complex challenges has made him inval an invaluable asset to this board his thoughtful approach sound decision making an unwavering commitment to our students success have earned him the respect of his colleagues and the community as a whole I'm proud to make this nomination any other dominations seeing that I'll close that um so for number three um the Motion One n read motion to elect uh Tom deia as vice president of the Board of Education effective immediately until the next reorganization meeting as prescribed by law second second right uh Mr B Mrs danek Martin Dr deia Mr fragels Mr gilberti Mr kazinski yes Mrs Quirk yes Mr Scotty and Mr fro yes [Applause] congratulations okay thank you everyone um if you see us squinting up here it's because the lights are very bright um so we're having a little issue with the lights keep us keeps us warm though uh but I I do want to just take this moment to congratulate our three new board members um congratulate Mr deia on being uh elected as vice president and I want to thank uh the members for electing me as president and uh for their confidence uh in me um and uh we're going to have a a year with with some challenges um but we're going to we're going to persevere through those challenges um we have our our friends on the Board of Commissioners we have you know commissioner pet here tonight we have mayor Kelly tonight and the other Commissioners uh and we started two years ago to have dialogue with the Board of Commissioners uh had many actually created at hoc committees where we met regularly and discussed issues that were facing our school district uh and we have a great partnership and we we're going to continue to uh Foster that partnership this year and do great things for the school district and I want to thank them for all their uh all their help and uh everything that they do for our school district and our children thank you um Mr deia just want to also um congratulate our our newly elected uh board members um it's a nice to have everybody uh on the deis so we can get uh back down to business and there's a lot to be done in the district as we continue to move forward as Mr Ferrara had pointed out the U the collaboration in the town with our our Board of Commissioners is uh it is nothing better than um when you are knocked down uh having so many hands reaching out to to pick you back up and not not just to get up but to really move forward um and what the Testament that to this um this commitment to the town to the city into this community uh for tomorrow will be forged uh to really show tremendous amount of immediate progress uh and this board is going to be committed to working towards that progress with the the Commissioners and continue to bring our students and our teachers uh and our community at large the best that we can possibly bring to our district so thank you very much I also like to thank all of my colleagues for their their vote of confidence uh literally vote of confidence in me as vice president I look forward to uh continuing all the the wonderful things that we are uh planning for thank you Mr tiia um can I get a motion for organization action items 4 through 28 any discussion roll call Mr balamo yes Mrs danek Martin yes Dr Delia yes Mr fragels yes Mr gilberti Mr kazinski Mrs Quirk Mr Scotty Mr fararo yes we now come to the portion of our meeting we'll reallow members of the public to address the board in this section we allow questions or comments on reports resolutions and all School related matters our board regulations number 0167 a lot 20 minutes for these communications each person shall be limited to three minutes and we ask you try to stay within this requirement speakers may speak more than one only after all others wishing to speak on a topic have been heard all statements will be directed to me as a chairperson and no one may address board members individually please be reminded that if your statement is too lengthy abusive obscene irrelevant or redundant your participation may be terminated please remember to state your name and address each and every time you address this board does anyone have any questions okay seeing none can I get a motion to close the public comment portion motion all in favor thank you okay with that thank you everyone happy New Year um our regular scheduled meeting uh is later this month I believe January 24th but uh thank you all for coming out and uh Happy New Year and I just need a motion to adjourn the meeting motion second all in favor I I thank you everyone