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Mr. Bonafide P	At 6:02 p.m., President Varney called the meeting to order. Others in attendance: Vicki Wright, Superintendent; Gene Grasso, Interim Business Administrator, Greg Chase, Admin for Human Resources/District Clerk, David Shaw, District Attorney.
Ms. Elliott P
Ms. Hafensteiner P
Mr. Hughes A
Mr. Sorensen P
Mrs. Traver P
Mr. Vadney P
Mr. Varney P

AGENDA ITEMS		ACTION TAKEN
1. Call to Order -Pledge of Allegiance
2. Moment of Silence
3. 3. Old Business EXCEL – see attached Bus Garage Repairs – Please bring your packets from last meeting A motion was made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Ms. Sorensen to move 3.1 and 3.2 for discussion. The motion was withdrawn by Ms. Hafensteiner and Mr. Sorensen. A motion was made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Mr. Sorensen to approve the attached resolutions 3.1 and 3.2 with the following amendments (changes and/or additions): Indicate the meeting date of August 13^th, 2007 @ 6:00 p.m. in The R-C-S High School in Ravena, NY October_ is October 9^th The EXCEL project is changed from 2,405,000 to 2,353,243 The Bus Garage, MS and HS project for $1,160,00 to Bus Garage project for 390,000 (thus striking references to Middle School and High School repairs) Vote to approve the amendments: Elliott-Y, Hafensteiner-Y, Sorensen-Y, Traver-Y, Vadney-Y, Bonafide-Y, Varney-Y Motion to add approved 7-0. A motion to approve the amended motions 3.1 and 3.2 made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Ms. Elliott. Hafensteiner-Y, Sorensen-Y, Traver-Y, Vadney-Y, Bonafide-Y, Elliott-Y, Varney-Y Motion approved 7-0. A motion was made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Mr. Vadney to add the following resolution: Modify the costs associated with the projects as noted An amendment was offered to the motion by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Mr. Vadney to: Change regular meeting to special meeting Change head agency to lead agency Sorensen-Y, Traver-Y, Vadney-Y, Bonafide-Y, Elliott-Y, Hafensteiner-Y, Varney-Y Motion to add to agenda approved 7-0. Motion to approve the amended resolution made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Mr. Sorensen. Sorensen-Y, Traver-Y, Vadney-Y, Bonafide-Y, Elliott-Y, Hafensteiner-Y, Varney-Y Motion approved 7-0. Motion to clarify expenditure of $9,820 to repair District Office roof – see attached A motion was made by Ms. Elliott, seconded by Mr. Bonafide to amend 3.3 as follows: Indicate that the work on the District Office roof be completed by August 31, 2007 and that payment will be made with 45 days of completion of the project. Vote to add amendments to the motion: Traver-Y, Vadney-Y, Bonafide-Y, Elliott-Y, Hafensteiner-Y, Sorensen-Y, Varney-Y Motion to add amendments approved 7-0. Motion to approve 3.3 as amended by Ms. Elliott, seconded by Mr. Bonafide. Vadney-Y, Bonafide-Y, Elliott-Y, Hafensteiner-Y, Sorensen-Y, Traver-Y, Varney-Y Motion to approve 7-0. 3.4 Discussion and action on filling 9^th position on the Board of Education A motion to go into executive session at 7:14 p.m. to discuss issues concerning attorney client privilege was made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Ms. Elliott. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote. The BOE returned to open session at 7:22 p.m. The following motion was made by Ms. Hafensteiner, seconded by Mr. Sorensen: Be it resolved that the Board hereby Directs it’s clerk to conduct an advisory vote for a candidate to be appointed to the Board of Education at an election to be held on Tuesday, October 9^th, 2007 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with polling to take place at the Gymnasium of R-C-S- High School, Ravena, N.Y. Be it further resolved that candidate petitions must be filed with the clerk of the Board by 5:00 p.m. September 10^th 2007. Bonafide-Y, Elliott-Y, Hafensteiner-Y, Sorensen-Y, Traver-Y, Vadney-Y, Varney-Y Motion to approve 7-0.		Motion approved Motion approved Motion approved Motion approved Motion approved Motion approved Motion to go into executive session approved. Motion approved
4. Executive Session		None
Adjournment At 7:28 p.m. by unanimous voice vote, the special meeting of the BOE was adjourned.