May 21, 2019 Board of Education Meeting Minutes

Watervliet City School District
Watervliet, New York

Date: May 21, 2019
Type of Meeting: Special Meeting
Where: Watervliet Jr. – Sr. High School

Board Members Present:
President Sheri Senecal
Vice President Heather Soroka
Mary Beth Whited
Steven Hoffman
Amanda Cavanaugh

Superintendent: Dr. Lori S. Caplan

The meeting was opened at 8:45 P.M., with President Sheri Senecal officiating.

Receive & Certify Election and Budget Vote Results

On a motion by Steven Hoffman, seconded by Amanda Cavanaugh and unanimously accepted, the Board received and certified the vote for the election of one Board Member for the Board of Education, for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2019 and received and certified the results of the School District Budget vote, as recommended by the Superintendent. The results are as follows:

Ward I and Mannsville – Elks Club

Budget Vote:
Yes – 52
No – 33

  • Philip DiPompei –33
  • Sheri Senecal – 50

Wards II, III AND IV – WES

Budget Vote
Yes – 119
No  – 50

  • Philip DiPompei – 67
  • Sheri Senecal – 98

Absentee Ballots

Budget Vote
Yes – 18
No – 6

  • Philip DiPompei – 9
  • Sheri Senecal – 14

Write-In Candidates:
Blank (no name written) – 3
Bill Sheehy – 1

Totals

Budget Vote
Yes – 189
No – 89

  • Philip DiPompei – 109
  • Sheri Senecal – 162
  • Blank (no name written) – 3
  • Bill Sheehy – 1

Adjournment

On a motion by Steven Hoffman, seconded by Amanda Cavanaugh, and unanimously accepted, the Board adjourned the meeting at 8:49 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Bernadette L. Boardman
Clerk of the Board