SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF

KENILWORTH� AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HELD ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 2005.� MAYOR GREGG DAVID PRESIDED.

ROLL CALL

Roll Call at 7:30 pm showed the following Council Members present:�� Carmela Colosimo, Alan Jankunas, Robert Taylor and Edward Galasso.� Councilman Corvelli and Soos were absent.

Roll Call showed the following Board Members present:����������� Carol Boyden, Claudio Campanella, Annmarie Duda, Mark LoBello, Livio Mancino, and Nancy Zimmerman.� Gerard Laudati, Thomas Mannix, Anthony Pugliese and Fred Viteka were absent.

Also in attendance were Lloyd M. Leschuk, Superintendent and Vincent A. Gonnella, Business Administrator/Board Secretary.

PRESENTATION

�Borough Council FY �06 School Budget Presentation� presented by Vincent Gonnella.

The Presentation was an overview of the 2006 budget review, enrollment projections and class size, the truths about CHOICE, and highlights of the instructional program.

A brief video was shown on the impact of the S-1701 which provides a short term tax relief and will impact future budgets.

The following were highlighted in the presentation:

�        Expenditures � increases in enrollment, insurance, health benefits, special education costs & out of district placements, employee contracts, utility costs, reduced state aid and the impact of S-1701

�        Expenditures vs. Revenues

�        Administrator�s Budgets � Phase 1, Salaries � Phase II, School Business Administrator�s Supporting Documentation � Phase III

�        Discretionary Accounts � controlled cost by the Board, Non Discretionary Accounts � no controlled cost by the Board

�        Program Cost Analysis

o       Insurance/Benefits����������� 13.5 %

o       Harding����������� ����������� 22.1 %

o       Brearley����������� ����������� 28.9 %

o       Special Education����������� 20.0 %

o       Athletics����������� ����������� 3.9 %

o       Undistributed Cost����������� 11.16 %

�        Major Budget increases totaling $1,221,575

�        Preliminary Tax Rate increase of 5.83 %

�        Enrollment Projection increase of 5.28 % and it�s impact on Class Size

PRESENTATION (CONT)

�        New Staff & Budget Impact

o       Harding School �

Change in Regular Education Staff:����������� (0.50)

o       David Brearley Middle/High School

Change in Regular Education Staff:����������� 2.70

o       Special Education Staff

Change in Special Education: ����������� 1.50

�        Dr. Leschuk highlighted the CHOICE/Send Received Programs.

�        Important dates to remember

o       March 23, 2005: Annual Public Budget Hearing � David Brearley Auditorium 7:30 pm.

o       April 12, 2005: Last day to apply for an Absentee Ballot

o       April 14, 2005: PTO �Meeting the Candidates Night� � Warren Harding Auditorium 7:30 pm.

Other matters of discussion:

�        Suggestions to sell the budget to the voters.

�        Future Plans for TV 36.

�        A contest at Brearley to create a Kenilworth Flag.

�        The School web page possibly providing a link to the Kenilworth web page.

�        School surplus.

�        Mr. Mancino received dates for the Soccer Team to use County Parks.� He also mentioned there was a possibility of getting back funds from the Dissolution of Assets Settlement.

�        Centralizing the Summer Parks Program to the School.

�        The impact of the School, County and Local Budgets on Borough taxes.

MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

No one desiring to be heard.� Mayor David thanked the Board for coming.

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at approximately 9:25 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

����������������������� ����������������������� ����������������������� ����������� ����������� Hedy Lipke

����������������������� ����������������������� ����������������������� ����������� ����������� Borough Clerk