Approved Minutes
Present: Susan Oerman, Jane Fortson,
Gene White, Colline Dreyfuss, Karen Cota, William Felton, Robert Smith, Kristin
Goodenough, Winston Wright and James Carnie.
Also present: K. Dassau, Superintendent,
T. O’Connor, Assistant Business Manager and L. Aivaliotis, Recording Secretary.
1. G. White called the meeting to order at 8:49
PM.
2. NEW BUSINESS:
1.
Sign Warrant: MOTION: C. Dreyfuss MOVED to approve the Special Warrant
Article as amended by the Budget Committee. SECOND: W.Felton. DISCUSSION:
W. Wright asked if Attorney Apple filed anything concerning this meeting.
K. Dassau explained that Attorney Apple mailed it today on July 24, 2008. W. Felton
commented that this is an emergency with unusual circumstances. He said that
sometimes observing the letter of the law is hurting the spirit. J.Carnie
commented that Judge Tucker set the date for the warrant. Tonight’s date is
different from the decree. He commented that the School Board did not authorize
the changes. He said that the Judge set the time, the date and the place all three together. He
commented that the Board needs to comply with the law and if not they need to
be removed from their position. It is the Judge’s decree. He said that the
Chair of the School Board had concerns on the dates and times during the School
Board Meeting but was not in the minutes. J. Carnie said that he would not be
part of something illegal. The Board knows that the time and dates are wrong.
Those that changed the dates and times need to be recognized. C. Dreyfuss read
the attached paper of the decree and it stated that the intention was solely
for the purpose of permitting a Special Meeting to be held. K. Goodenough
commented that it was safe to assume that the voting would be taking place on
September 9, 2008. It is her guess that the date was picked to correspond to
the regular voting. S. Oerman commented that the wording assumed that we were a
town meeting town. W.Felton commented that he would be voting yes because it is
in the best interest of the children and any repercussions he would take his
chances. J. Carnie commented that the Board is making assumptions on how the
date was chosen. He said that the Attorney submitted the petition and asked for
the vote sometime in Sept. He said that every town has to comply with the law
as an SB2 town. You can not have a hearing on a date that does not follow and
comply with the statutory requirements. The meeting has to be held 25 days
prior to the first session. The petition was requested by this
2.
Manifest Approval: MOTION: S. Oerman MOVED to accept the manifest in the
amount of $335,434.84. SECOND: C.
Dreyfuss. VOTE: 7.098/1.121/2.20/4.423.
Motion passes.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: G. White thanked everyone
for attending the meeting.
N. Moriarty encouraged the memorandum of understanding to be written by and on behalf of the teachers concerning the Evergreen Clause.
D. Kauffman commented that a vote has to take place whether
now or later. He said that he is in favor of the contract but we need results.
He would like accountability.
4. Motion to adjourn: MOTION: R. Smith MOVED to adjourn the meeting at 9:15
PM. SECOND: C. Dreyfuss. VOTE: Unanimous for those present.
Respectfully
submitted,
Laura
L. Aivaliotis
Recording
Secretary