Page 4 • Wednesday , June 14 , 2017 • The Hammonton Gazette
Board approves insurance , superintendent , other items
SCHOOL , from Page 1 posals with regard to health insurance coverage available to board employees .”
Thus , the board was able to approve the following contracts , as stated in the agenda :
• Extraordinary Unspecifiable Contract with Aetna Health Insurance for employee medical benefits with Anderson Jackson Metts Insurance as the Broker of Record effective August 1 , 2017 through July 31 , 2018 . The board shall pay for OAMC 15 and the employee shall contribute to the cost of the plan as required by law . If the employee chooses a cheaper plan , the board will not pay the employee the difference .
• Extraordinary Unspecifiable Contract with Benecard Services Inc . for employee prescription insurance benefits with Anderson Jackson Metts Insurance through Allen Associates as Broker of Record effective July 1 , 2017 , through June 30 , 2018 , and the employee shall contribute to the cost of the plan as required by law .
• Extraordinary Unspecifiable Contract between the Hammonton Board of Education and the Horizon Dental Public Employer Trust with Brown & Brown Benefit Advisors as Broker of Record for the renewal term of July 1 , 2017 through June 30 , 2018 .
• Competitive Contracting award to EB Employee Solutions LLC for third party administration of employee medical copayment coordination plan ( Difference Card ) for employee medical benefits effective August 1 , 2017 , through July 31 , 2018 , and the employee shall contribute to the cost of the plan as required by law . If the employee chooses a cheaper plan the Board will not pay the employee the difference .
• Extraordinary Unspecifiable Contract between the Hammonton Board of Education and NJSIG with M . L . Ruberton as Broker of Record for the renewal term of July 1 , 2017 through June 30 , 2018 . Board member Raymond Scipione abstained .
• Extraordinary Unspecifiable Contract between the Hammonton Board of Education and Bob Mc- Closkey Insurance for Student Accident Insurance for the renewal term of July 1 , 2017 through June 30 , 2018 .
The second time was “ to allow all board members to formally appoint Robin Chieco as the Board ’ s Chief School Administrator and adopt a contract of employment for the Chief School Administrator which has been approved by the Executive County Superintendent ,” as stated in the agenda .
Robin Chieco was approved by the board as Chief School Administrator / Superintendent of Schools to begin on July 1 , 2017 .
“ Thank you for giving me this tremendous , tremendous honor and opportunity … It ’ s just a blessing that I came here because there ’ s not too many districts where you can move like I have moved . I started as a teacher and I moved my way up into various administrative roles . In this day and age , it ’ s just so uncommon when an educator is able to do that in the same district . I can ’ t imagine doing this any place else . The town of Hammonton loves their schools , they support their schools ,” Chieco said .
As stated in the agenda , the board approved the following amounts :
• ratify the purchase order lists for April and May 2017 in the amount of $ 160,825.20 .
• bill list for June 2017 in the amount of $ 811,607.11 .
• ratify the check lists May 2017 and June in the amount of $ 840,626.18 .
• ratify the May 2017 payroll in the amount of $ 3,072,047.63 .
Pursuant to PL 2015 , Chapter 47 , the board intends to renew , award or permit to expire the following contracts previously awarded by the board of education . These contracts are , and have been , in full compliance with all state and federal statutes and regulation ; in particular , New Jersey Title 18A : 18 et . seq , NJAC Chapter 23 , and Federal Uniform Administrative Requirements 2CFR , Part200 . Compliance with new contracts , not listed here , will be addressed prior to board action , as stated in the agenda .
In a nine-to-one vote , with board member John Lyons abstaining , the following two contracts were approved by the board for the 2017- 2018 year : the extension of the Hy-Point Farms contract for the purchase of milk and dairy products and Juice , and the purchase of ice cream from Hershey ’ s Ice Cream based on lowest quote .
The board unanimously approved the 2017 / 2018 lunch prices ( no increase ): high school $ 3.00 ; middle school $ 2.75 ; Warren E . Sooy Elementary School $ 2.50 ; Early Childhood Education Center $ 2.50 .
Joe Porretta Builders was awarded a contract for the middle school toilet rooms in the amount of $ 147,000 for Base Bid and Alternates # 1 and # 2 based on lowest bid .
The board approved the purchase of a Type B Wheelchair Bus , 15 passenger , from Van-Con in the amount of $ 59,422.59 based on ESCNJ 16 / 17-35 co-op pricing .
The following contracts were awarded by the board for the 2017- 2018 school year : Frontline Education for absence and substitute management services in the amount of $ 8,532.48 based on lowest quote ; ACSG for technology hosting and support services in the amount of $ 36,350 based on lowest bid ; RFP Solutions Inc . for telephone maintenance at the high school and early childhood center in the amount of $ 11,481 based on state contract pricing and for the middle school in the amount of $ 2,083.80 based on Educational Services Commission of New Jersey pricing .
A Professional Service Contract was awarded by the board for Auditing Services for the 2016-2017 school year with Raymond Colavita , CPA of Nightlinger , Colavita & Volpa in the amount of
$ 17,970 . The board approved to award a Professional Service Contract for NJ DOT Drug / Alcohol Testing and Compliance with Atlantic Investigations from July 1 , 2017 to June 30 , 2018 .
In a nine to one vote , with Lyons voting no , the board approved to award a professional contract for medical inspector to Stephen A . Nurkiewicz , MD , for the 2017- 2018 school year in the amount of $ 25,000 .
As stated in the agenda , the board approved the 2017-2018 Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services Inc . Agreement in the amount of $ 35 per hour for LPN and $ 45 per hour for RN for student ID # 911808 .
The board approved two 2017- 2018 nursing services agreements : the first with Maxim in the amount of $ 40.50 per hour for LPN and the second with Bayada Home Health Care in the amount of $ 40 per hour for one-on-one LPN and $ 55 per hour for Substitute RN .
A contract with RPS Inc . was approved by the board to provide physical , occupational , speech and language therapy services from July 1 , 2017 to June 30 , 2018 at a cost of $ 20 per unit ( 15 minute intervals ). The board accepted Hammonton Education Foundation Grants as awarded in the amount of $ 29,666.70 . The following money transfers were approved by the board : unspent appropriations in the amount of $ 800,000 to the tuition reserve and unspent appropriations up to the amount of $ 500,000 to the maintenance reserve and to return any unspent project funds .
The board approved the disposal of old calculators in the middle school , library books that are of low interest , bad condition and antiquated in the high school , and two broken chairs in the Warren E . Sooy Elementary School .
As stated in the agenda , the board approved Nemours DuPont Pediatrics to perform CST evaluations for the 2017-2018 school year in the amount of $ 549 for evaluations for less than 60 minutes and $ 685 for evaluations over 60 minutes .
The board approved the following letters of retirement : Theresa Cafiso , elementary / middle school child study clerk typist , effective September 1 , 2017 ; Helen Campione , elementary school part-time
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