THE ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MEMBERS OF
THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS
OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
ATTENDANCE
The meeting of the Associate Business Members of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials
(NJASBO) was called to order on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 9:35 AM at the NJASBO Headquarter
Offices in Robbinsville, NJ.
The following Executive Committee members were present: Latonya Jackson (NJSBAIG), President; Bill
Pappalardo (Greyhawk), President Elect; Nancy Riccio (G.R. Murray), Vice President; Christine Messina (All
Risk Inc), Membership Chairperson; Ronni Leddy (Ackerson Drapery), Immediate Past President; and Paul
Napoli (NORESCO), Secretary.
Ten Associate Business Members were present in addition to the Executive Committee (sign-in sheet
attached): Ginny Nims, AV Business Communication Systems; Ken Koenig, American Bus & Coach; Fran
MacCarrigan, Tozour Energy Systems; Greg Grimaldi, Connor Strong; Ed Meglis, Lincoln Investment; Tara
Massey, Network Information Tech; Rob Lavecchia, NJSBAIG; John Kounelias, Commerce; Susan Thames,
TTI Environmental; and Ben Marino, Tarpey Group.
Representing NJASBO: John Donahue, Executive Director; Dr. Michele D. Roemer, Assistant Executive
Director; and Kateryna Bechtel (Egg Harbor Township BOE), President.
MINUTES
A motion to approve the June 2, 2010 Meeting Minutes was made by Bill Pappalardo and seconded by Ed
Meglis.
BUDGET REPORT
Vice President, Nancy Riccio, commented there have been no expenditures to track and thus the entire
$1,500.00 operating budget remains in full.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
John Donahue reported the following:
 It is going to be a tough year.
 New cap places restrictions on spending (2%).
 Strategic plan to be released next Friday.
 Planning for next year is important to BA’s and John suggested that it’s a good time to approach them.
 District Budget issues – shared services, consolidation, and no state aid increase.
 Keypost is changing to a bulletin on-line (no advertising). Anyone interested in writing “professional
articles”?
 Spring Conference: already received approval from DOE.
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No fee changes to the Spring Conference are anticipated.
Per Latonya, a request was made to have ABM’s on the committees.
Legislative Summary:
 Michele Roemer requested a contact list from ABM’s of individuals who could lobby for different
issues.
Spring Conference Summary:
 Kateryna Bechtel advised that the conference will be held again at the Borgata on June 1, 2, and 3
(Wednesday - Friday).
Kateryna Bechtel spoke about:
The current perspective of most Business Administrators being one by which they must evaluate which
essential basic services will receive funding from their scarce dollars. The topics that have their mindshare at
the moment are consolidation, shared services, and trying to keep activities going/saving programs. Kathy
recommended that vendors put together packages to serve several districts.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
New President, Latonya Jackson, thanked Ronni Leddy for her 2 years of service.
Latonya introduced the officers for 2010-11:
Latonya Jackson – President
Bill Pappalardo – President Elect
Nancy Riccio – Vice President
Paul Napoli – Secretary
Christine Messina – Membership Committee Chair
Latonya presented the 2010-11 Associate Business Members meeting schedule as such:
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Following through on her vision for the future which included increasing training seminar opportunities for
ABM’s, Latonya detailed plans to provide added value to the Associate Business Members in the form of two
future programs to take place after the traditional ABM meetings in Robbinsville on the following two dates:
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The first event will be a training opportunity detailing the BA’s calendar year. A day in the life of a BA with a
little procurement 101 mixed in.
The second date will be more of a networking event in which ABM’s will be able to give a brief elevator
speech in order to educate other ABM’s as to what they do for a living so that we could recommend our peers
to BA’s should that sort of scenario present itself. A “B2B Subcommittee” was formed consisting of: Tara
Massey, Rob Lavecchia, Ben Marino, Christine Messina, Latonya Jackson, and Paul Napoli.
A “Conference Subcommittee” was also created in order to provide feedback to the association so that the
collective voice of the ABM’s is heard when decisions are being made for this years annual conference at the
Borgata. Those individuals making up this subcommittee are Ginny Nims, Alan Walker, Bill Pappalardo,
Latonya Jackson, and Paul Napoli.
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
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Christine Messina presented (9) companies for provisional membership for approval by NJASBO as
follows: AmeriHealth NJ; Asset Control Solutions, Inc.; Concord Engineering;Danzinger &
Markhoff; DeltaDental of New Jersey; Doyle Alliance Group; Floria Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader; The
OMNI Group; and T.C. Irons Agency.
A motion to approve the list was made by Ed Meglis and seconded by Nancy Riccio.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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No reports given.
OLD BUSINESS
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None
NEW BUSINESS
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None
ADJOURNMENT
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A motion to close the meeting at 10:55 AM was made by Ed Meglis and seconded by Nancy Riccio.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Napoli, Secretary