Board approves appointments and personnel actions; auditors' final report due Jan. 15

The Mahwah Township Board of Education on Jan. 8 approved listed appointments and personnel items and received an update on the district's audit and capital projects.

The board voted to approve appointments numbered 1 through 19 and approvals 1 through 7. Board member Rick DeSilva asked that the board take item 8 — the board member code of ethics — separately; that item was then approved by roll call. Later the board approved personnel items listed on the agenda; during the personnel vote, Benjamin Kesmarski recorded an abstention on item B because it involved the school resource officer and the township, and he said he “wholeheartedly supports the decision.”

Business administrator Thomas Lam told the board the district's electronic audit submission was filed with the state by Jan. 1 and that the final audit is due Jan. 15; a final, hard-copy audit will be provided to the board shortly after that date. Lam also said the district expects to hold an opening next week for a rooftop HVAC unit at Joyce Kilmer School tied to a state grant that covers 40% of the project's costs; if bids proceed normally, an award will appear on the next board meeting agenda.

Board members did not receive public comment on these items at the Jan. 8 meeting; the board recessed to an executive session and adjourned directly from that session.