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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