June 13 - Minutes
Minutes June 13, 2023
OFFICIAL MINUTES
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 1:30PM
education Center - Board Room
Present: Board of Education
Jane Kimmel Shepardson, President
Warren Messner, Vice President
Hilary Grasso
Cailee Hwang
Absent: Ryan Kelsey
Staff Members:
Josh Culwell-Block, Assistant Superintendent for Business
Joe Gramando, Director of Facilities, Operations & Maintenance
Liisa Elsner, District Clerk
1. Call the meeting to order.
Motioned by Cailee Hwang to open the public meeting at 1:31 pm. Seconded by Warren Messner. Motion carried 4-0. Board Member Ryan Kelsey was absent.
2. WHEREAS, it was discovered on June 12, 2023, due to the smell of sewage at Horace Greeley High School Campus (HGHS) that a sewer line is in need of immediate repair in order to prevent further deterioration, assure the general safety, health and welfare of the students, staff and visitors to HGHS , and to safeguard the School District’s property; and
WHEREAS, the Board is empowered to determine that the expense of these activities is an ordinary contingent expense within the meaning of §2023 of the New York State Education Law and §170.2(l) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education and that the project constitutes an emergency within the meaning of §103 of the General Municipal Law to allow for the repair of the HGHS sewer line and related activities on an immediate basis without the necessity of competitive bidding;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education hereby determines and declares that the cost of excavation and emergency repair of the HGHS sewer line, and incidental costs and expenses, constitutes an ordinary contingent expense within the meaning of §2023 of the Education Law and §170.2(l) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, and constitutes an emergency within the meaning of §103 of the General Municipal Law and hereby authorizes the expenditure of those funds necessary for such purposes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, as the only agency involved in the emergency project and, therefore, lead agency, hereby determines that the emergency excavation and repair of the HGHS sewer line, including related activities, will not have a significant environmental impact and declares this project a Type II Action pursuant to Section 617.5(c)(1) (maintenance or repair involving no substantial changes in the structure or facility) and/or (2) (replacement, rehabilitation or reconstruction of a structure or facility, in kind on the same site) and/or (10) (routing activities of educational institutions) of the State Environmental Quality Review Act regulations, and no further action is required; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board authorizes the Board President to execute an agreement with Empire Core for the emergency excavation and repair work on the sewer line at HGHS, in the amount of $56,111.22, as presented to the Board at this meeting.
Motioned by Jane Kimmel Shepardson to approve Item 2 as stated above. Seconded by Cailee Hwang. Motion carried 4-0.
3. Notice of Future Meetings
Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 7:30 pm
Horace Greeley High School – Auditorium
Horace Greeley High School Auditorium
Thursday, July 6, 2023, 7:00 pm
Reorganization Meeting
4. Adjournment
Motioned by Hilary Grasso to adjourn the meeting at 1:41 pm. Seconded by Jane Kimmel Shepardson. Motion carried 4-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Liisa Elsner
District Clerk / Secretary to the Superintendent