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Meeting Date:
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10/24/2024 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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Purchasing
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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12.15 Labor Relations Consultant Purchasing Reference 9999
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Strategic Plans:
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Priority 1.4 1.4 Attract and recruit highly effective and qualified staff who are excellent matches for the district, develop a pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill areas, and provide support to all employees that enables and empowers them to fulfill their role in our mission.
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Enclosure
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Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services Declaration
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education seeks to obtain services of an experienced labor relations consultant to assist with negotiations, arbitration hearings, supplemental fringe benefits, and insurance benefits for various unions; and
WHEREAS, the District is authorized to enter into an agreement for extraordinary unspecifiable services in accordance with NJSA 18A:18A-5a (2); and
WHEREAS, October 24, 2024 through September 30, 2025 is the contract term; and
WHEREAS, the recommendation for award of term contract was reviewed and approved by Scott Carbone, Director of Labor Relations.
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Funding :
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Subject to availability of funds.
10-11-000-251-330-315-000-000
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Recommendation to the Board:
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the award of term contract for Labor Relations Consultant services to assist with negotiations, non-instructional arbitration hearings, impasse proceedings, and labor relation services for various unions from October 24, 2024 through September 30, 2025 as follows:
Fogarty & Hara, Counsellors At Law, South Fair Lawn, NJ at cost not to exceed $40,000.00
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Sherelle Spriggs - Director Support Services
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Signed By:
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Ty-Shanique Addison - Principal Fiscal Analyst
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Signed By:
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Scott Carbone - Director
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Signed By:
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Dr. Yolanda Mendez - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
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Signed By:
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Roger León - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Vereliz Santana Moved, Member Kanileah Anderson seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the award of term contract for Labor Relations Consultant services to assist with negotiations, non-instructional arbitration hearings, impasse proceedings, and labor relation services for various unions from October 24, 2024 through September 30, 2025 as follows:
Fogarty & Hara, Counsellors At Law, South Fair Lawn, NJ at cost not to exceed $40,000.00'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 7 - 0 | | | | | Kanileah Anderson | Yes | | Allison K. James-Frison | Yes | | Crystal Williams | Yes | | Vereliz Santana | Yes | | Hasani Council | Yes | | Josephine Garcia | Yes | | Dawn Haynes | Yes | |
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