{"id":10064,"date":"2017-01-06T00:59:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T05:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=10064"},"modified":"2017-01-06T00:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T05:59:11","slug":"new-brick-boe-meeting-schedule-could-delay-financial-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/01\/new-brick-boe-meeting-schedule-could-delay-financial-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brick BOE Meeting Schedule Could Delay Financial Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Daisy<\/a>

Daisy Haffner is sworn into office as a Brick school board member, Jan. 5, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brick Township Board of Education on Thursday swore in two new members and voted on a meeting schedule that breaks from the previous tradition of holding meetings toward the end of each month.<\/p>\n

Board President John Lamela said the change was made because of attendance issues in 2016, including one meeting that had to be canceled because there was not a quorum of board members present. But some raised concerns that the new schedule would mean district financial reports produced\u00a0by Business Administrator James Edwards would appear on agendas later than ever before \u2013 sometimes just short of two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Edwards had suggested the last Thursday of the month so he has time to get together all the financials,\u201d said board member Sharon Cantillo, who previously served as board president. \u201cI don\u2019t understand how that\u2019s going to work if he doesn\u2019t have all the time to get that in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edwards said that financial reports would, indeed, be delayed. The Dec. 2016 report, for example, would not be completed by Jan. 12 and would be pushed back to the Feb. 9 meeting, with the other months of the year going along the same schedule. The law requires districts to accept the reports within 45 days of the end of a particular month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to get them within four weeks, now we\u2019ll get them within six weeks,\u201d said Edwards.<\/p>\n

Lamela, who was re-elected board president Thursday, did not comment on the change except to say it was made \u201cbased on the attendance and some of the issues we had this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some residents feared the change could lead to a transparency issue, given the length of time in between when the district expends funds and when the activity will appear on a public agenda.<\/p>\n

The board also swore in two new members \u2013 Melita Gagliardi and Daisy Haffner \u2013 on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Melita<\/a>

Melita Gagliardi is sworn into office as a Brick school board member, Jan. 5, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI do look forward to this new adventure with everybody,\u201d Haffner said.<\/p>\n

The full meeting schedule for 2017 can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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