PROPOSED                                                    APPROVED MINUTES

MINUTES                                                        DECEMBER 5, 2006

of the                                        SPECIAL MEETING of the BOARD OF EDUCATION

of the

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Held in the Senior High School, Room 11

Conklin, New York, County of Broome

 

 

MEMBERS     Mrs. Janice Young

PRESENT:      Mrs. Eleanor Hamilton

                       Mr. John Pollock                                                       

                       Mrs. Mary Haskell                                                                                   

                       Mr. Bill Yelverton                                                      

                       Mrs. Christine Moriarty 

                       Mr. Raymond Storm                                                   

                       Mrs. Julia Bowers

                       Mr. Kevin McGuigan                                                  

 

Mrs. Young, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

 

RECORD OF ATTENDANCE – Mrs. Hamilton made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Bowers, to accept into record the attendance for the December 5, 2006 Special Meeting of the Board of Education.  Upon vote the motion was approved unanimously.  (9 yeses)

 

Executive Session – Mrs. Bowers made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Haskell, that the Board of Education meet in

Executive Session to discuss a specific personnel matter.  Upon vote the motion was approved unanimously.  (9 yeses)

At  7:02 p.m. the Board met in Executive Session

At  8:05 p.m. the Board returned to Regular Session

 

Resolution – Mr. Storm made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Bowers, to approve the resolution of the personnel matter.  Upon poll vote the motion was approved.  (5 yeses, 3 noes, 1 abstain)  (Pollock, no; Haskell, yes; Yelverton, no; Hamilton, yes; Moriarty, no; Storm, yes; Bowers, yes; McGuigan, abstain; Young, yes)

 

Mr. Pollock read a statement regarding the vote:

      "At the special meeting of the SV School Board of 12/5/06, board members Moriarty, Pollock and Yelverton joined in

this statement regarding their "No" vote on the resolution to accept a proposed resolution of a personnel matter:

       We oppose this resolution, first, because it is based on a process that was little more than a personal vendetta, with insufficient justification.  Beyond that, if there is to be a resolution, the District should receive services for the money it spends.  There should be no Buy-Out, but the individual should be expected to do his or her job for the remainder of the year, in return for what the District spends.  This would provide the District with direct economic benefit for what it spends and avoid the continued waste of taxpayer money."

 

MOTION TO ADJOURN – Mrs. Bowers made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Haskell, that the meeting be adjourned.  Upon vote the motion was approved unanimously.  (9 yeses)

 

There being no further business, Mrs. Young adjourned the meeting at 8:07 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Diane M. Kalmen

School District Clerk

 

Minutes taken by Mrs. Eleanor Hamilton