Board of Education Special Meeting Minutes: May 17, 2022

Watervliet City School District
Watervliet, New York

Board of Education
Special Meeting
Date: May 17, 2022
Type of Meeting: Special Meeting
Meeting Opened: 7:03 p.m.
Where: Watervliet Jr. – Sr. High School

Board Members present:

Vice President Sheri Senecal
Heather Soroka
Mary Beth Whited
Timothy Delisle

Superintendent: Dr. Donald Stevens Jr.

The meeting was opened at 7:03 p.m., with Vice President Sheri Senecal officiating.

Executive Session

On a motion by Timothy Delisle, seconded by Heather Soroka and unanimously accepted, the Board entered into executive session at 7:04 p.m. to discuss matters related to the evaluation of the Superintendent.

Adjourn Executive Session and Reconvene

On a motion by Heather Soroka, seconded by Mary Beth Whited and unanimously accepted, the Board adjourned executive session and reconvened the meeting at 8:17 p.m., for the purposes of receiving and certifying the election, budget vote and school bus proposition results.

Receive & Certify Election and Budget Vote Results

On a motion by Timothy Delisle, seconded by Heather Soroka and unanimously accepted, the Board received and certified the vote for the election of two Board Members for the Board of Education, one for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2025, and one for a two-year term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2024, and received and certified the results of the school district budget vote and school bus lease, as recommended by the Superintendent.

The results are as follows:

WARD I AND MANNSVILLE – ELKS CLUB

Budget Vote:
YES 45
NO 16
School Bus Lease:
YES 53
NO 8

Sheri Senecal 43
Brian White 43

WARDS II, III AND IV – WES

Budget Vote:
YES 84
NO 25
School Bus Lease
YES 95
NO 14

Sheri Senecal 81
Brian White 92

Absentee Ballots

Budget Vote:
YES 17
NO 5
School Bus Lease:
YES 20
NO 3

Sheri Senecal 20
Brian White 18

TOTALS

Budget Vote:
YES: 146
NO: 46
School Bus Lease:
YES 168
NO 25

Sheri Senecal 144
Brian White 153

Adjournment

On a motion by Mary Beth Whited, seconded by Timothy Delisle, and unanimously accepted, the Board adjourned the meeting at 8:47 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Bernadette L. Boardman
Clerk of the Board