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[3:01] - You are watching CNET Center County's Government

[3:04] and Educational Access Network.

[3:09] - Alright, we'll call the meeting to order.

[3:12] Please rise for a Pledge of Allegiance.

[3:18] I pledge allegiance all

[3:20] - Of the United States of America

[3:23] and to the Republic for which it stands,

[3:26] one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty

[3:29] and justice per all.

[3:35] - Thank you. Roll Call please.

[3:41] - Mrs. Barnhart. Here. Mr. Campbell. Here. Mr. Gazar? Here.

[3:45] Mrs. Hopkins. Here. Mrs. Lyons? Here. Ms. Smith? Here. Mrs.

[3:49] Weaver. Here. Mr. Yak here.

[3:52] - Thank you. So the, the purpose

[3:55] of tonight's meeting, it's a special meeting.

[3:57] It is to interview candidates for the vacant seat

[4:00] on the board of directors.

[4:02] The, the individual that is hopefully appointed this evening

[4:06] will serve until the next municipal election in December

[4:08] of 2027, and candidates will be called on alphabetically

[4:12] and asked to provide a brief description

[4:15] and self-introduction to the board, followed by a series

[4:18] of questions and some follow up if there's anything

[4:21] that candidate would like to add to their presentation.

[4:26] So with that, Mr.

[4:27] Bean, if you could ask the first candidate to come in.

[4:55] Hi. Welcome.

[4:56] And if you could just introduce yourself

[4:58] and maybe tell us a little bit about yourself

[5:01] and then we'll proceed with about, I think, 10 questions.

[5:04] We'll just go around the table

[5:05] and then you'll have a chance at the end of that

[5:07] to add anything additional you'd like us

[5:09] to know. Okay. Sounds

[5:10] - Good.

[5:11] All right. Yeah. My name is Hannah Hartwick.

[5:15] I have to make it admission.

[5:17] I don't know how many of you are local to Bellon. I am not.

[5:21] I grew up in State College, don't hold it against me,

[5:25] but my husband

[5:27] and I originally, when we bought our house here in Bellon,

[5:29] we thought that it would be a starter home

[5:32] and that when our kids were old enough,

[5:34] we would end up moving to State College where we had gone

[5:37] to school, where we knew the district and everything else.

[5:41] During our time here, we came to get to know the community

[5:45] and we really fell in love with the community.

[5:47] And then I volunteered with some

[5:50] of the youth athletics programs.

[5:53] We got to know the district a little bit more,

[5:55] and by the time our kids were old enough for school,

[5:58] we had fallen in love with the district.

[6:00] With Benner Elementary was where they both went,

[6:04] and we just felt that Bellon was

[6:06] really the place we wanted to be.

[6:08] So since that time, I've continued

[6:11] to be involved in the community.

[6:13] I've opened a business here in in Bellon, continue

[6:17] to raise the kids, volunteer where I can,

[6:20] and at this point become pretty interested in the workings

[6:24] of the district and kind of thought

[6:27] that if I was involving myself to the extent that I was

[6:31] and trying to find out more, then I might

[6:34] as well step forward and try to make an impact.

[6:37] - Okay, thank you. Yeah.

[6:38] So we'll go around the table then we'll begin with Mr.

[6:41] Yk there.

[6:45] - Sorry, as I'm taking a note. Good evening.

[6:49] What do you perceive to be the responsibilities

[6:52] of a local school?

[6:54] School board? Excuse me.

[6:56] - Okay. - I think the responsibilities are to balance

[7:01] the needs of the students, the families,

[7:05] the taxpayers, and to try to present the most well-rounded

[7:10] and best opportunities we can to the students within

[7:14] the means we have and the legal guidelines that we have.

[7:21] - What do you see as the greatest challenges facing

[7:23] public education today?

[7:28] - Balancing the needs that all of the students have, both

[7:33] academically, socially, emotionally.

[7:36] That is a big part at this point, especially

[7:38] with technology being where it is, balancing all

[7:41] of those things in the best interest of the students with

[7:45] how are we gonna pay for it?

[7:47] How are we gonna uphold the quality of education

[7:50] that the students deserve?

[7:52] And how are we going to do so in a data-driven

[7:57] and fiscally responsible way.

[8:03] - Hannah, what do you see

[8:05] as the top three challenges facing our local

[8:07] school district today?

[8:10] - Well, I think I would be remiss if I didn't say number one

[8:13] is probably the contract negotiations

[8:15] that are taking place right now.

[8:18] We have a need to find an agreement that works

[8:22] for our amazing educators, as well as the

[8:29] ability we have within the district

[8:31] to offer the programs we need to offer

[8:33] to cover the costs we need to cover,

[8:35] and to not put too much of a burden on the taxpayer.

[8:39] I also think that continuing to grow academically

[8:42] and be competitive academically is a, a big

[8:48] area of need.

[8:50] Not that we don't do a good job already, we absolutely do,

[8:53] but we can always continue to grow in that area.

[8:56] And I think that ensuring that the students

[9:01] as a whole have the needs met.

[9:05] You know, we are very lucky in our district

[9:07] to have wonderful social work.

[9:11] We have wonderful counseling opportunities.

[9:14] We've come a long way in that area over the past five

[9:17] to 10 years, but I think it's important for us

[9:19] to continue to build on that.

[9:24] - Thank you. - Based on those answers, how would you

[9:29] as a board member, address the challenges?

[9:35] - Obviously, I can't speak to specific data

[9:38] and financial pieces and,

[9:40] and all of the specifics that go into it.

[9:45] I would listen to all of the stakeholders.

[9:50] I would gather as much of the information as I could listen

[9:54] and work to understand the different perspectives

[9:57] that are at play, and then try

[10:01] to make the best decisions possible based on the

[10:04] opportunities and the

[10:11] the resources that we have.

[10:16] - And what, what do you think you would find

[10:18] to be the most difficult part of being a board member?

[10:23] - I think one of the difficulties would be in jumping in

[10:26] and not having had board experience

[10:28] before, to be honest, in getting a feel for

[10:32] how everything operates

[10:34] and getting a really solid understanding of the policies

[10:37] and procedures of the district.

[10:41] I also think one of the challenges would be in attempting

[10:45] to balance the various and

[10:49] and vocal positions that we have with

[10:54] the different groups in, in the district, the parents,

[10:57] the students, the educators, the, you know, legalities

[11:02] of, of everything that go into it.

[11:04] And trying to make sure that I'm taking all

[11:07] of the perspectives into account, listening

[11:10] to all the perspectives.

[11:11] I understand that listening doesn't always mean agreeing,

[11:14] but making sure that those are all being taken into account

[11:17] in any decision making.

[11:20] - Thank you. - What do you think you would enjoy the most?

[11:29] - So, I like challenging myself.

[11:33] I don't think that there would be any shortage

[11:35] of challenge in these situations.

[11:39] I also, when I was trying to decide what direction

[11:43] to take my career, ultimately I, I

[11:46] got my bachelor's degree in criminal justice trying

[11:49] to decide what to take my career.

[11:51] Ultimately it was either the counseling

[11:53] field or the legal fields.

[11:55] I feel like this would offer something that for me,

[12:00] I haven't had as much of an opportunity as I would like

[12:04] to have in my career with having kind of

[12:08] that balance in taking a look at the legal processes,

[12:13] taking a look at the policies, procedures,

[12:15] having an impact in updating, adjusting, creating,

[12:21] and working with a group of people to kind of be at

[12:26] that decision making level, I think would be really

[12:30] rewarding for me.

[12:35] - Hello. Hi.

[12:36] How do you see yourself working with other members

[12:39] of the board and the Superintendent?

[12:43] - I think that I would very much be able to work

[12:46] with other members of the board

[12:47] and the Superintendent I, on a daily basis,

[12:52] a significant part of my role is in,

[12:56] in mediation, in exploring

[13:01] different perspectives

[13:02] and finding ways

[13:03] to bring those perspectives together in finding ways

[13:07] to compromise and finding ways to communicate.

[13:10] I work regularly, whether it's with individuals, couples,

[13:14] families, groups that I am consulting with work regularly

[13:19] to help people work on listening to

[13:24] hear and understand rather than listening to respond.

[13:28] And I think that that's a really important strength

[13:31] to have when you're coming together with a board of people,

[13:34] with a group of people and trying to make decisions.

[13:39] - If you were faced with a tough issue as a board member,

[13:41] for example, raising taxes

[13:43] or cutting programs, what kind of data would you need

[13:47] to help you make your decision?

[13:54] - I think I would obviously would need some data.

[13:57] Taking a look at the cost versus

[14:01] what we're seeing as the benefits.

[14:03] It would be important to see

[14:06] what population is being served by the program.

[14:10] And when I say that, I don't necessarily mean always just

[14:13] the size of the population.

[14:15] Sometimes it can be about, you know, the cost versus

[14:18] how many are being served.

[14:20] Sometimes it's about the importance

[14:22] of the impact on the population that is being served.

[14:26] I'd like to think that there would be some opportunity

[14:30] to find ways to balance the two rather than strictly cut

[14:33] programs that are benefiting individuals

[14:37] and benefiting students in the district.

[14:39] But ultimately looking at the financial aspect,

[14:45] how the program is being implemented.

[14:48] Are there areas where the program could be more

[14:52] streamlined, where some of the cost could be cut there

[14:56] and you know, what are we actually seeing from the data?

[14:59] What are we actually seeing from the students

[15:01] that's telling us the program is working?

[15:03] Or do adjustments need to be made on that part,

[15:10] - Back to me, we're going this way.

[15:14] What are the qualities, the skills,

[15:15] and the experience that you will bring to the board?

[15:20] - So I am detail oriented.

[15:25] I like to make sure that I get as much information as I can,

[15:29] and I know to the best of my ability

[15:35] What I'm talking about, if I'm going to talk about it,

[15:39] I am also flexible in

[15:43] hearing other perspectives.

[15:45] And I'm not afraid to say, you know

[15:48] what, that's a really good point.

[15:49] And that changes how I'm looking at this.

[15:53] I think that my career as a mental health counselor gives

[15:59] a, a powerful and important perspective on some

[16:02] of the social and emotional needs

[16:04] of the students in the district.

[16:06] That doesn't necessarily override my role

[16:10] as a business owner and a, a successful business owner.

[16:13] Still young, it's been four years.

[16:15] It's expanded in the time that I've owned

[16:18] and run the business that I started.

[16:20] And I think that kind of balances with taking a look at

[16:25] budgetary needs, fiscal responsibility.

[16:28] I have to make sure that I follow a variety of

[16:32] guidelines of legal requirements.

[16:36] Confidentiality is something

[16:38] that is incredibly important in my business

[16:42] and that I have a lot of experience with.

[16:44] So I think kind of all of those things, things combined,

[16:47] in addition to being a parent in the district, not

[16:50] that being a parent in the district means

[16:52] that I would be looking out for each individual student,

[16:55] but I think it does give me a good perspective on

[16:58] what's being experienced.

[17:02] - Okay. - Okay.

[17:04] And would you be willing

[17:05] to serve on joint board subcommittees

[17:08] or any other committees asked?

[17:11] Yes. I don't know

[17:12] that I've ever heard anyone say no, I'm just saying,

[17:15] - I will say, you know, if I, if I jump on and I,

[17:17] and I'm asked to serve on 20 at a time,

[17:19] that might be a little much.

[17:20] But yes,

[17:24] - That seems to be more of a placeholder

[17:25] than anything else. Yeah.

[17:27] - What subcommittees would you be willing?

[17:31] - Yeah. Alright,

[17:33] thank you for going through those questions.

[17:35] And is there anything else you'd like the board

[17:37] to know about you

[17:38] or your willingness to serve

[17:40] that you feel hasn't been addressed?

[17:45] - I don't think so. I think overall the questions kind

[17:49] of addressed what I had hoped to be able to share with you.

[17:52] Just that, like I had said over the years

[17:57] of being part of Bellefonte, I've grown to be more involved

[18:01] and to care more about how the district

[18:07] progresses, how it moves forward,

[18:08] and the experiences that our students, our families,

[18:12] our taxpayers have.

[18:15] And I would love the opportunity to be able to be part of,

[18:19] of kind of making a bigger impact in the district.

[18:22] - Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you.

[18:24] You're welcome to stay in the room here

[18:25] as the others come through.

[18:26] Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you.

[19:01] Hi. I think you're no stranger to this, so,

[19:03] but if you would please introduce yourself

[19:06] and just take a moment to

[19:09] give us any opening comments that you'd like us to know.

[19:11] And then we're gonna go around the room with a series

[19:13] of questions and at the end of

[19:14] that you'll be given the opportunity

[19:16] to say anything else you think wasn't

[19:18] addressed during those comments.

[19:19] - Okay, thank you. I am Robert Lumley Ky and my wife

[19:24] and I have lived on a small farm,

[19:28] 400 Raspberry Lane, Benner Township, Beon

[19:33] since 1978.

[19:35] Had two kids who graduated from Beon Audrey in 2000,

[19:40] Jonathan 2005.

[19:42] They are both doing well in their chosen

[19:47] vocations and a large part due to I think the encouragement,

[19:51] support and education they got here in Bellon

[19:55] from the teacher staff, all the staff, their coaches,

[19:59] their advisors,

[20:02] and you know, they're still friends with friends here

[20:04] and still follow what's going on in the district,

[20:07] but they're always really proud

[20:08] and happy at the education you got here.

[20:14] So I've been on the board

[20:15] before, got elected in 1999,

[20:20] served five terms, proud of the things we accomplished,

[20:25] including starting full day kindergarten, getting the,

[20:30] starting some additional programs for, for girls in sports,

[20:34] starting the girls varsity soccer program.

[20:38] My daughter played on the boys team,

[20:40] but not a lot of girls were, you know, willing to go out

[20:43] and do that when we started that of course, girls

[20:45] and boys lacrosse and the track and field

[20:50] and cross country programs down here in the middle school.

[20:54] So focusing on more opportunities, you know, for our kids.

[21:00] And beyond that, when I was president we did the two

[21:05] projects that I'm pretty proud of.

[21:08] That would be the High School Reno renovation.

[21:10] In addition, the Mion Walker renovation additions to those,

[21:14] they both came in on budget and on time

[21:18] and I think we were pretty happy with, with

[21:20] what we accomplished there.

[21:22] And I was also chair of the fundraising committee

[21:25] for the Rogers Stadium Complex.

[21:30] We did bring in millions of dollars, some thankful

[21:33] to Benning Hot and Senator MCC Corman

[21:36] who got us grant money to do that.

[21:37] And we were doing public fundraising then things just kind

[21:42] of got dropped on that after a few of us got off the board.

[21:46] I'm happy to see that big stand up there with the names,

[21:50] but it's kind of sad to look at that

[21:52] and only see so many names.

[21:54] Especially now with the growth going on in the district.

[21:57] My Township, you know, there's

[21:58] so many new companies coming in, so

[22:02] it's gonna need some, you know, work eventually on

[22:05] that stadium and other things.

[22:06] So I, I would like to look back into getting

[22:08] more community support, naming opportunities, et cetera,

[22:12] and get some more community names up, up on that board.

[22:17] So when I saw that Mr.

[22:20] Kessling had stepped aside, I figured, you know,

[22:25] I've got a lot of experience, it would

[22:27] need a little bit getting up to speed.

[22:29] I've been through negotiations

[22:32] before, I've been through contract approvals

[22:35] before, been through the of course budgeting

[22:38] process and all.

[22:39] So rather have a lot, spend a lot of time getting up

[22:42] to speed, thought I'd throw my hat in the ring

[22:45] and you know, apply here tonight.

[22:47] So, you know, I think public education is one

[22:50] of the greatest things our country has to offer.

[22:53] Our kids, you know, are free and fair education

[22:56] and you know, I want to continue that here, working

[23:00] with the board, the administration and the staff.

[23:03] So have at it. Okay

[23:07] - With that we'll go around the table

[23:08] and ask a few questions.

[23:09] And Joe, you can just start again.

[23:11] - Okay. - So number

[23:14] one standard question.

[23:16] What do you perceive the responsibilities

[23:18] of the school board to be?

[23:22] - Roles and responsibilities are, you know, you set the,

[23:27] you hire the Superintendent, set the salary on them,

[23:30] you approve the contract for the staff, act 93 employees,

[23:37] you to set the policy.

[23:39] That's, that's a big one. And stick on that of course.

[23:43] Then the, the finance issue is a huge one.

[23:48] Budgetarily, you set the budget

[23:51] and you have to keep in mind, you know, we're handling

[23:53] two things most important to the residents in the district.

[23:56] That's their kids and their money.

[23:58] So, I mean, and that's a huge one.

[24:00] So I think those are, those are the biggest ones.

[24:06] - What do you see as the greatest challenges facing public

[24:09] education today?

[24:11] - Oh, I could go on, get me on a soapbox up here.

[24:16] A few of the main ones are,

[24:20] I think COVID was a big hit to education

[24:24] and kids lost their connection to collaborating,

[24:28] being creative, staring at a screen at home

[24:31] for a couple years was not good.

[24:34] Good. I had friends at the university telling me the kids

[24:36] coming in, they just didn't have those skills

[24:39] and it took 'em a while to get back on track.

[24:42] So we need to get education focused for the best outcome

[24:46] for the, for the kids.

[24:47] And that's not just getting them ready to go up to college.

[24:51] I think our C P I does great work, as many kids

[24:54] who don't want to and they don't need to go to college,

[24:59] but we need to give them the skills

[25:01] so they can be successful.

[25:03] I mean, carpentry, it's all geometry, it's all math.

[25:06] So they have to have those skills.

[25:07] You know, we go into tech jobs, nursing, we gotta be able

[25:11] to read manuals and instructions.

[25:14] So we have to give them those skills in addition

[25:18] to the skills they can learn.

[25:19] You know, at the C P I, I think the safety

[25:23] and security is huge.

[25:26] And not only the physical security of buildings,

[25:29] but I heard the attorney general speak a couple years ago

[25:32] and he went

[25:34] around a High School seniors all across the state

[25:37] and he said the number one issue kept coming up.

[25:39] Their concern was the mental health

[25:42] support they got in the schools.

[25:44] So you're looking at, you know, bullying, cyber bullying,

[25:49] you're looking at everything going on with AI now, you know,

[25:53] drug use, you know, suicidal tendencies.

[25:57] And when you know, school budgets come

[25:58] and it's like, oh, we gotta cut things.

[26:00] It's always the counselors

[26:02] and it's the school psychologist, those professionals

[26:05] that like, oh, we can cut them rather than,

[26:08] you know, another teacher.

[26:09] Well we need to keep those people

[26:12] and the kids need that kind of support.

[26:16] And obviously the budget, I mean,

[26:19] we're facing unfunded mandates.

[26:22] We're not getting any help from the state

[26:23] and federal government giving us all these mandates

[26:26] with no money behind them.

[26:28] I mean, when my facility, my utility bills come in

[26:32] and we look at the cost of gas heating my house

[26:35] or air conditioning electricity

[26:37] and look at all the school buses we have to fill with fuel

[26:39] and the landscape crew here

[26:42] and just even cutting the ground, all the gas expenses,

[26:44] the electrical expenses,

[26:46] and then you look at our healthcare expenses.

[26:49] So we're not getting much help from the, you know, the state

[26:52] and federal government on those issues.

[26:54] So I, you know, I see those three as the,

[26:56] the biggest challenges to our kids and to the board.

[27:04] - Similarly, what do you see

[27:05] as the top three challenges facing our

[27:07] local school district?

[27:10] - Well, obviously right now there's, we're in the midst

[27:14] of contract negotiations

[27:16] and I don't, you know, not privy to that information,

[27:20] but, you know, we need to address that soon.

[27:24] And I think having a break in the regular

[27:29] teaching is not a good thing.

[27:31] So I'm hoping that can get resolved soon.

[27:35] They spoke the budget issues

[27:38] or just they're gonna be killing us,

[27:40] transportation costs and everything else.

[27:43] And then I think, you know, the, the charter schools

[27:48] and us taking kids out of our, our schools

[27:51] and sending that money off that doesn't have,

[27:53] they won't take kids in the special education programs.

[27:57] So they're hand picking Kes out there

[27:59] and we're, we're funneling millions

[28:01] of dollars a year off into, into the charter school.

[28:04] So I know Mrs. Smith has been at work trying

[28:07] to get Legislation passed on that.

[28:10] So I appreciate that and I think one of the huge

[28:15] responsibilities of the board to is to be an advocate,

[28:18] not just meet here, but to go out

[28:19] and advocate for public education.

[28:22] - Thank you. - Based on those answers, how would you

[28:26] as a board member address these issues?

[28:29] - Well, as I said, I would try to go out to the community.

[28:33] I mean I'm in Benner Township

[28:35] and they've just built hundreds

[28:36] and hundreds of new houses out there, go out to Benner Pike.

[28:39] We're putting up all these new companies moving in there.

[28:42] So I would like to go out

[28:45] and, you know, seek community input, some monies we should,

[28:49] our tax base should obviously be going up

[28:51] to help us with these expenses.

[28:55] Again, advocacy, meeting with the local officials.

[28:59] I'm pretty good friends with Benninghoff and Takac

[29:03] and I've known Glen Thompson since he was on the Bald Eagle

[29:06] School Board and actually got

[29:09] to give him an award down in Washington

[29:11] 'cause he had one

[29:14] of the few in the federal government fighting

[29:16] for the individual Disability Education Act.

[29:19] The federal government agreed to spend cover 40%

[29:23] of our costs on special education.

[29:25] They the most 14%. So he's fighting for that.

[29:30] So I think we need to advocate the getup help

[29:33] for release unfunded mandates.

[29:36] I don't know, again, privy

[29:38] to the facts about the negotiations.

[29:40] I've been on the negotiation teams a few times before,

[29:43] but I'd like to learn if I get on the board

[29:48] and get this settled fairly.

[29:54] - Thank you. Robert, what would you find

[29:56] to be the most difficult about

[29:57] being a member of the school board?

[30:03] - I think, again, you've got all these,

[30:05] you've got people coming from all sides.

[30:08] And I believe in critical thinking not to get in here

[30:11] and come in with your mind made up on something.

[30:14] You need to listen to all sides on the issues,

[30:17] people you may not agree with to hear what they have to say

[30:20] before you, you know, have your mind up

[30:23] and just go ahead with what you think is the right solution.

[30:25] So it behooves board members to do a lot of their homework,

[30:30] to talk to other people, to ask questions

[30:32] of the administrations and other board members, you know,

[30:34] why they feel this way, not attacking anybody,

[30:37] but you need to open your mind.

[30:40] We're here about education

[30:41] and you need to educate yourself

[30:44] on why people feel that way.

[30:48] So I think, I think that's it.

[30:49] - Thank you. What do you think you would enjoy most?

[30:54] - Oh, just sitting with you guys around this table.

[30:58] No, I had, I enjoyed my time.

[31:00] I enjoyed, again the things I mentioned

[31:05] before, getting the stadium done,

[31:07] getting the buildings done.

[31:08] I have a lot of pride. It was a facilities work at the

[31:10] university, so seeing a project come to fruition

[31:13] and turn out the way you wanted,

[31:17] that makes me happy.

[31:19] And seeing, obviously kids graduating

[31:23] and you know, gr sitting at graduation is like one

[31:26] of the happiest days of the year.

[31:27] Seeing these kids who've worked so hard to get there,

[31:30] you know, some kids can breeze through

[31:32] and other kids, yo, it's down on the last day.

[31:36] I enjoy that. Graduation is always like the highlight

[31:39] and the success of kids, again,

[31:41] it doesn't matter if they're going off to Harvard

[31:43] or they're, you're gonna work, you know, in auto shop here.

[31:47] You know, I just had my car fixed

[31:48] and thank God, you know,

[31:49] I have a good mechanic who knows what he's doing.

[31:52] So the success

[31:54] of the kids is what's gives me the most pleasure.

[31:57] - Thank you. How do you see yourself working

[32:01] with the other board members and with the Superintendent?

[32:06] - I've been involved with

[32:08] five superintendents over the years.

[32:11] I haven't had any issues,

[32:13] again all those years on the board, five terms.

[32:17] I may not have always agreed with everyone on the board,

[32:21] but I don't think I ever had any, any real issues.

[32:24] It's, my wife was saying I was coming up here.

[32:26] She goes, well you don't have any, you,

[32:27] you never really didn't get along with anyone on the board.

[32:30] I said, no, I mean, I mean you remember Rodney Muser, he,

[32:34] you know, he was a cantankerous of the devil

[32:37] and you know, we could, he would know I would say that.

[32:41] So we could go back and forth and, and we go back

[32:44] and forth and argue about things.

[32:45] But I'm saying critical thinking, you know, I had to listen

[32:47] to him on the High School project, you know,

[32:49] he's the one said, your 20 million's over budget,

[32:52] you need to cut this stuff off.

[32:53] You know, and so he was right.

[32:56] So, you know, we have disagreements and other things,

[33:00] but I didn't really, again, I could disagree

[33:03] with people, I wouldn't argue with them.

[33:05] We would discuss it and you know, they could change my mind.

[33:08] The ultimate thing is when the board makes that decision,

[33:12] you need to be there and support it

[33:13] and not undermine the decisions of the board.

[33:18] - Okay. If you were faced with a tough issue

[33:20] as a board member, for example, raising taxes

[33:22] or cutting programs, what kind of data would you need

[33:25] to help you make your decision?

[33:28] - Well I think Mr.

[33:31] Bean is great at supplying the fiscal information

[33:34] and I, you know, I know how to read through all that stuff.

[33:39] Again, listen to the community, what the input is of parents

[33:44] and of listen to the school kids.

[33:47] I enjoyed that we got school board representatives from,

[33:50] you know, the schools here to give us their take on things.

[33:55] It's a tough decision come budget time

[33:57] and like I said, with no help and our rising cost.

[34:02] So you just have to take in everything

[34:04] and need all the financial background

[34:06] and of course the input from the Superintendent

[34:08] and the administrators who, you know, it's

[34:11] their tough decision.

[34:13] But that needs to be an open conversation

[34:16] with everybody involved.

[34:21] - Back to me. What quality skills

[34:24] and experience, it's kind of silly asking this,

[34:27] would you bring to the board?

[34:29] - I think I'm a good listener.

[34:31] I don't, I don't think I am, you know,

[34:34] aggressive in response, losing my temper.

[34:37] I've got a lot of experience with, you know, working.

[34:41] I was president of the State School Board Association.

[34:44] I was on committees at the National School

[34:47] Board Association.

[34:49] So I have a lot of experience

[34:53] and the collaboration is great.

[34:55] So, you know, you can go to another school

[34:57] and say, alright, you had this issue, I mean

[34:59] with the stadium thing and talk with people in Williamsport

[35:02] and Lewisburg, you know, how did you guys handle this?

[35:05] So to be able to go out

[35:07] and ask other people have the experience

[35:10] and the connections around, I think is important.

[35:14] And I think I'm fairly fair-minded and open-minded

[35:17] and willing to listen to differences of opinions than mine

[35:22] to try and, you know, make the right decision.

[35:26] - Alright. Well I know this answer

[35:28] so I am gonna ask a different one.

[35:29] Thank you. What a better teacher question.

[35:32] What boards would you be willing to serve on

[35:37] - If you were appointed?

[35:40] - I, whatever I've been on, you name it, I've been on all

[35:45] of them over the time, so it doesn't matter.

[35:48] And I've traveled to the IU meetings.

[35:51] I, I haven't been on a C P I board,

[35:53] but whatever, whatever is needed,

[35:58] I'm willing to step in.

[36:02] - Thank you. So in all of that, is there anything

[36:04] that you feel we didn't ask

[36:06] or you weren't able to get out there?

[36:09] You're, you're welcome to follow up.

[36:13] - No, I think, you know,

[36:14] I've got a lot of experience to bring.

[36:17] So I appreciated the support my kids got through, you know,

[36:22] I can think of some of the great teachers they had

[36:24] and you know, all the way through elementary, they went

[36:27] through the two schools that are now closed.

[36:31] So I know a lot of the history of the district

[36:34] and I've done walking tours.

[36:36] I've gone in the classroom to talk about the

[36:40] underground railroad history in Bellon

[36:42] and with Matt Marris, you know, local history.

[36:46] He's a great teacher.

[36:50] So I appreciate when I went up.

[36:52] You guys did a beautiful job on that new school, went

[36:55] to the opening night and I, I was really impressed.

[36:58] It was really beautiful.

[37:00] I mean, we put years into it before it came to fruition,

[37:05] but even walking down that hall of history,

[37:07] that was really, really nice.

[37:08] So, you know, you did a great job on that.

[37:12] But I think preserving the history

[37:17] and it's gotta be student focused, I think

[37:19] that's the most important thing

[37:21] that I would look to keep us moving.

[37:24] Keep us, you know, going without any interruptions in the

[37:27] education process, I, I think is important.

[37:31] - Okay. Thank you very much. - Thank you.

[37:36] - Alright, - Well, Mr. Bean is getting the

[37:39] last candidate for us.

[37:46] - You wanna, you can stay here if he wants.

[37:48] - Yeah. Bob, you're welcome to stay over here.

[37:51] - You may stay in here if you want. There's chairs.

[38:05] - Good evening. Thank you for joining us.

[38:07] So if you would just introduce yourself

[38:09] and tell us a little bit about yourself,

[38:12] and then we'll go around the table with a few questions

[38:14] and then you'll have a, a chance

[38:16] to give any closing remarks that you'd like to. Sure.

[38:19] - My name's Adam Ing.

[38:22] Been in Bellefonte since 2007, married

[38:26] to my wonderful wife.

[38:28] We've been married, matter of fact,

[38:31] next month will be 43 years.

[38:34] And that reminds me, I need to make a note, I need to go do,

[38:37] do shopping now that I think about that.

[38:41] But so I, we got here in 2007 from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[38:46] I was in the military. I did 20, just over 20 years,

[38:49] retired in 2006.

[38:51] So we moved here. I was offered a position at Penn State

[38:55] with University police department.

[38:57] So I took that moved here in 2007.

[39:01] So I did various positions

[39:02] and jobs within the police department.

[39:04] So I retired from that in 2023.

[39:09] And I've started since part-time

[39:11] with the Centre County Sheriff's Department.

[39:14] And I also started about the same time I started a food

[39:19] truck business, Adam

[39:21] and Nancy's paninis, just

[39:23] to throw a shameless plug out there.

[39:25] And my wife, she retires, she's a special education teacher,

[39:28] middle school in Lewistown.

[39:31] So she retired the same time in 2023.

[39:34] She always says the business is way too successful.

[39:37] That's not what she wanted to spend her retirement doing,

[39:41] but she's always got a smile in helping.

[39:44] So I, I appreciate the opportunity, saw the opening

[39:46] and I was here last year, applied as well and,

[39:52] and you know, got my butt kicked by another person.

[39:57] So, but anyway, so I'm here

[39:58] and I'd be happy to take any questions.

[40:01] - Okay, thank you. What do

[40:05] - You perceive to be the responsibilities

[40:07] of the local school board?

[40:10] - The - School board's really, I think, you know,

[40:15] maintaining what the district has, the,

[40:19] the safekeeping of the school, the resources,

[40:24] keeping everything on task,

[40:30] ensuring safety and security for the students

[40:33] and faculty, staff, facilities,

[40:38] managing the facilities and budgetary items to

[40:42] know, have what the district needs

[40:45] and be able to fund that going forward.

[40:51] - What do you see as the greatest challenges facing

[40:53] public education today?

[41:00] - I, - You know, I,

[41:04] I'd probably say the,

[41:08] The biggest challenge is gonna be the,

[41:10] the safety and security.

[41:13] I mean, we see far too often acts of violence,

[41:17] school shootings, you know, men, some of it's mental health,

[41:23] just a, a lot of stuff going on to keep, so

[41:26] to keep the kids safe, the, the staff safe to be able

[41:31] to lock down

[41:34] and have the funding to be able to do some of those things,

[41:38] I think is really a big challenge.

[41:40] It seems like weekly you, you know, you don't have to go far

[41:44] to hear that there's been some act of violence in the,

[41:47] in the education system.

[41:49] So I think really that to me is one

[41:52] of the biggest challenges in our school system.

[41:58] - What do you see as the top three challenges facing our

[42:00] local school district today?

[42:03] - Well, I would say kind

[42:07] of going along the same lines.

[42:09] The, and it may not be a challenge per se

[42:13] because I haven't, obviously haven't been on the school

[42:15] board, so I don't know specifics,

[42:18] but the safety

[42:20] and security locking down the school to entry

[42:24] and, you know, one entry point, multiple exits obviously,

[42:28] but an entry point, you know, the, the safest thing would be

[42:33] to have magnetometers at every entrance,

[42:35] but that's not feasible.

[42:36] So you have to mitigate that risk.

[42:39] And that might be having staff

[42:42] at the door welcoming students by name,

[42:46] because that in the mind, I,

[42:48] and a lot of the work I've done is

[42:50] anti-terrorism force protection.

[42:51] So if you acknowledge someone

[42:53] and acknowledge them by name, it puts in their mind that,

[42:58] you know, maybe what they're getting ready to do

[43:00] and it's gonna lessen the chance

[43:03] that they're gonna maybe do something, you know, violent.

[43:08] A second item, I think is to have world class teachers,

[43:14] top teachers teaching top level education,

[43:19] you know, getting those teachers in to, to provide

[43:23] that education to our, to our students.

[43:26] Now with those two top things obviously comes funding.

[43:31] So I think as with any district

[43:33] and anything I've been involved in, funding

[43:38] really goes hand in hand with those two issues.

[43:42] You know, being able to have the funding

[43:45] and the transparency to the community,

[43:49] to the students parents so that they will

[43:54] maybe be willing to offer that funding when needed

[43:58] to take care of their students, take care of the,

[44:01] the community in, in that regard.

[44:03] So that I'd kind of put the, put 'em in that order

[44:08] - Based upon those responses.

[44:10] How would you address that as a board member?

[44:23] - I guess a big part, big part of that is education in

[44:31] safety and security.

[44:33] Provided part of the, my job at Penn State,

[44:35] we stood up a community oriented policing unit.

[44:38] I was asked to, to be the first one into that,

[44:41] to stand that unit up.

[44:43] So we did a lot of education in the classroom for students

[44:45] and faculty and staff.

[44:47] So educating the students that you can't prop that door open

[44:53] and go do some something else

[44:55] and allow access to someone that may not be authorized.

[44:59] So a big part of that's going

[45:00] to be the education part of that.

[45:02] It doesn't cost you anything to do that.

[45:04] But the education, and I know, you know,

[45:09] and I will just say the elephant in the room is I know

[45:13] and have been following a little bit with the teachers

[45:17] within the school district, being able

[45:19] to have the best teachers

[45:22] and the best education to provide to those students.

[45:28] We, we'd have to find a way to break through

[45:32] what's happening and try to get the, the best teachers.

[45:37] We can't, obviously we can't, you know,

[45:38] pay everyone a hundred thousand dollars a year,

[45:40] but there's ways that we could go about potentially to

[45:45] want to have them come back with a work environment

[45:48] with providing them with the resources needed to

[45:53] properly teach and educate our kids at a high level.

[45:57] So I think that's, you know, based on one

[46:00] of the answers I did that,

[46:01] that's would be my top top priority in that.

[46:08] - Thank you. What do, what do you think you'd find

[46:10] to be the most difficult about being a member of the board?

[46:16] - You know, I,

[46:24] I don't know that I would, I mean, I've been on a lot

[46:26] of boards, a lot of groups and committees

[46:31] and I enjoy, I mean,

[46:33] and that may sound like a cop out just

[46:36] to not have an answer, but that's fine.

[46:38] I don't really, I just really don't.

[46:40] The only, I mean, the only thing I can really think of is

[46:44] at the end of the day, you need

[46:50] buy-in from the community, from the, the parents

[46:54] and the community of the students.

[46:57] And every decision you make

[47:00] is not gonna be liked.

[47:03] It happened at Penn State frequently, you try to come up

[47:07] with an agreeable solution.

[47:10] Somebody may not like that, but it, you have

[47:12] to make hard decisions and sometimes

[47:13] the decisions aren't liked.

[47:16] I think it's the same thing, it's just, you know, trying

[47:20] to get buy-in, trying to be transparent with the

[47:25] students, with the parents, with the community

[47:28] to get support may be some

[47:32] of the tougher challenges.

[47:34] But all in all, I just really don't, I, I just,

[47:38] I couldn't come up with a, an answer on

[47:40] what a challenge would, what a challenge would be.

[47:44] - Thank you. What do you think you would enjoy the

[47:47] most? I think

[47:50] - What I found most enjoyable is working with other people.

[47:56] You know, obviously we all have different backgrounds

[47:59] and we, but we all bring something to the table

[48:02] and we're being able to work with other people

[48:05] of like minds.

[48:07] We want the best for Beon area, school district.

[48:11] I mean, that, that should be the bottom line.

[48:13] So how are we gonna get there?

[48:15] So to work with every single person, the challenges, work

[48:18] through the challenges and get to where we want to be so

[48:21] that we have that top level education.

[48:24] We have that top level security and safety for our school,

[48:28] and we have the smiles up and down the hallway.

[48:31] So to me that's would be the most enjoyable

[48:36] is working to, to get to the end of that.

[48:42] - How do you see yourself working

[48:43] with the other board members and the Superintendent?

[48:48] - I, I really, there really is no, I have no issues

[48:52] because with my military background,

[48:57] there are things you do, there's rules, there's regulations,

[49:02] you know, you, you, I always, I told my wife, you know,

[49:04] if I don't go to this or do this, then I'm gonna go to jail.

[49:09] And so my background, being in the military

[49:13] for over 20 years, you, you, you could have opinions

[49:17] and you could voice those at meetings

[49:19] or certain opportunities,

[49:23] but at the end of the day, you, you go out of the office

[49:26] and you're, everyone's on the same tune.

[49:28] Same thing with the police work.

[49:32] There are a lot of rules, a lot of regulations

[49:35] and, you know, people's rights

[49:38] and you just can't violate certain things.

[49:41] So I can work with anybody.

[49:44] I've done it for, you know, 40 years now,

[49:48] and that there would be no issue with that.

[49:53] - If - You were faced with a tough issue as a board member,

[49:56] for example, raising taxes

[49:58] or cutting programs, what kind of data would you need

[50:00] to help make your decision?

[50:03] - I think what would be important is looking back

[50:07] to see what has transpired in that curriculum

[50:12] or program or tax base, you know, what,

[50:17] what is it that we need to accomplish.

[50:19] So we look back to see, you know, where things were.

[50:24] And the first thing is gonna be can we do it better?

[50:27] Can we streamline things?

[50:29] Can we find a way to incorporate a better

[50:34] path forward that maybe would reduce some of the finance,

[50:38] some of the, the cost.

[50:41] Try to do everything we can do.

[50:43] And I think if we had to raise, you know, the taxes,

[50:47] I think if, if you're transparent

[50:49] and you provide a plan, not just, Hey,

[50:53] we gotta do this, sorry.

[50:54] You know, get over it. Provide a plan and what is our goal?

[50:59] What are we going to accomplish?

[51:01] Because just like downtown

[51:03] and state college, Addison Court, I think it is,

[51:08] the company that was leasing that decided they're going

[51:11] to be done with it, they went out of it.

[51:14] So the Borough had a meeting

[51:16] and they were gonna, it was gonna be sold.

[51:18] And the Borough at the meeting fought the, the,

[51:22] the community came

[51:24] and very loudly said, we don't want it

[51:26] to go, you need to keep it.

[51:29] So the Borough has adopted that they're gonna take over

[51:33] that building, lease it again, back

[51:36] to the company that really has it.

[51:37] Now they're gonna raise taxes

[51:39] because they don't have the money to buy it.

[51:41] But the community said, we are willing to pay

[51:45] more money to keep it.

[51:47] It's low income housing, we want, you can raise our taxes,

[51:51] we're willing to pay for that.

[51:52] If you have a plan and you put that forward

[51:55] and the, the community, if you can get that buy-in,

[52:00] they'll be willing to help

[52:02] and secure a better opportunity

[52:04] for their kids and for the community.

[52:06] So it would be tough,

[52:09] but I think if you approach it in the right way,

[52:12] I think, I think you'd be okay.

[52:17] - Back - To me. Yeah. What

[52:18] - Quality skills and experience

[52:20] would you bring to the board?

[52:26] - So in the military for the 20 years, like I say,

[52:30] I was primarily security forces,

[52:32] which is a police force within the Air Force.

[52:38] I also, for many years was the

[52:40] anti-terrorism force protection.

[52:42] I managed that program in Germany.

[52:45] So I went out and did a lot of surveys, site surveys

[52:49] and prioritized vulnerabilities

[52:52] and, you know, prioritized, you know, what has to be

[52:57] fixed and protected, what could we mitigate

[53:01] and maybe do something extra

[53:04] and you know, you don't have the money to fix everything.

[53:08] So I think that brings a lot to the table as far

[53:11] as the safety and security of the school district.

[53:14] Having someone that can look at a plan

[53:17] and look at what's happening

[53:21] and be able to, to see that in a mind frame, that,

[53:24] because I've done it, I've been there in military,

[53:28] military resources, I think that helps.

[53:32] I also was the, when I retired, I was the deputy director

[53:37] of the Airman and Family Readiness Center.

[53:39] So I managed an office of 12 people.

[53:43] You know, we, we were able

[53:45] to move forward and do good things.

[53:49] It's about working with people

[53:51] and establishing, you know, helping with

[53:56] how you can channel things to get to a desired result.

[53:59] And, and when I came to Penn State working at a university,

[54:05] I would say, you know, you would like to think

[54:08] that the university students are, you know,

[54:13] next level beyond High School.

[54:15] Some of the university students we're

[54:17] still High School levels.

[54:18] I mean, that's just the way it is.

[54:20] But working with them, educating them, doing program.

[54:23] When I was in community oriented policing,

[54:26] I did run hide fights, surviving an active shooter.

[54:29] That was one of our most popular programs.

[54:32] Alcohol problems, alcoholism,

[54:35] intoxication over intoxication.

[54:38] We do programming for, you know, at, at events at the hub,

[54:42] we'd go in, set up our table and give, give things away.

[54:46] So working, primarily working with the students,

[54:52] working with the staff in the faculty, in an office setting

[54:55] or in a classroom, that is all led to

[54:59] being able to work with you.

[55:01] Being able to work with students, the faculty staff,

[55:04] and trying to, you know, get

[55:08] beyond any barriers we might have.

[55:10] And being able to, at the end of the day,

[55:13] accomplish the mission, which is safety

[55:15] and security of our kids, faculty and staff.

[55:19] Educating at a high level

[55:21] and being able to fund all of those things.

[55:27] - What - Subcommittees

[55:29] or joint boards would you be willing to serve on?

[55:33] What kinds? I could say, right, we don't know,

[55:37] - Right?

[55:38] I would, I mean the financial part of it is,

[55:42] has always has my interest.

[55:44] So something with budgetary financial, being able to,

[55:48] to look, you know, beyond what's on the paper

[55:51] to determine if something could be

[55:54] changed somehow.

[55:57] You know, go, you know, accomplish the same mission

[56:02] but maybe not at the cost that we're doing.

[56:05] So I think budget stuff.

[56:06] And then the other thing would be facilities.

[56:09] As I say, my background is really,

[56:12] and anti-terrorism, force protection, safety and security.

[56:16] So something with facilities that I could provide input on

[56:20] what's, you know, this window

[56:22] or that window, this door, that door.

[56:24] What do we need to do to facilitate a much

[56:28] more secure environment?

[56:31] - Thank you. - Thank you.

[56:34] So through those questions,

[56:36] is there anything you think was not

[56:37] addressed that you'd like the board to know?

[56:44] - I, I don't think so. I think I, I, you know, told you

[56:48] what I, you know, what I came to tell you.

[56:50] - Alright, well thank you. You can have a seat there.

[56:53] We just have a couple other items to get through here. Okay.

[56:56] And then we will, we may have questions.

[56:58] I'm not sure where we go, so thank you. Alright, thank you.

[57:03] All right, so we heard the presentations

[57:04] and then just as a housekeeping thing,

[57:06] do we have any comments from the public this evening?

[57:12] Okay, seeing none, then we'll move on

[57:15] to discussion about the three applicants.

[57:17] So is there anybody that would like to have

[57:19] a discussion about any of the members

[57:21] before we make a motion for, for

[57:24] - Voice vote?

[57:26] - I think it goes without saying.

[57:28] I am so grateful for the people who stood up today.

[57:32] Just, it's, it's tough being on boards in general

[57:34] and education is difficult

[57:36] and this is a especially tricky time.

[57:41] And if I could, I would say all three.

[57:45] But thank you so much for, for stepping up.

[57:50] - Okay. - Now I'd also like to echo, I think we have two,

[57:52] three wonderful candidates that showed up.

[57:55] You're definitely going to make this difficult.

[58:00] So you each show strengths in your own way

[58:03] and it's commendable that you guys are here

[58:06] and willing to step up for this district.

[58:08] Thank you.

[58:12] - I'll echo the, the appreciation for having people

[58:15] who are willing to serve in a sometimes thankless role.

[58:20] It is, it is work, it's rewarding work,

[58:25] but your applications are very much appreciated.

[58:28] And I, I have to just real quickly confess that, you know,

[58:30] and, and looking at paperwork is one thing,

[58:34] and then hearing people here is something quite different.

[58:37] So in looking at your applications, I thought, boy, I,

[58:40] I think I know where I'm headed

[58:42] with this discussion tonight.

[58:43] This might be relatively easy.

[58:45] And then you all come up here

[58:48] and give these interviews to us and,

[58:50] and answer our questions on the fly.

[58:52] And I think, boy, I thought I had

[58:55] that figured out and now I don't.

[58:57] So I just, we all have to make a decision, one of three.

[59:02] And I'm still not sure I'm

[59:04] convinced yet, which way I'm going.

[59:05] But whatever I say, just know

[59:07] that it's no reflection, good or bad.

[59:09] On, on the other two that I, that I don't mention.

[59:12] I, again, I really appreciate everybody taking

[59:15] the time to come out here this evening.

[59:17] Any other comments? None.

[59:22] Then we'd entertain, I'm not sure how to go about this

[59:27] to make a motion, but we're just gonna take a voice vote.

[59:30] We don't have to put a motion on the table, do we?

[59:33] - No, you can just say vote, start at one end or flip coin

[59:37] and just vote who, who you would like to see

[59:41] as a replacement candidate.

[59:43] And since we have eight sitting,

[59:45] you need a majority of those.

[59:46] President voting need five?

[59:49] - Yeah, so we need five to, for any one member

[59:51] to be appointed.

[59:53] So we'll just do a Roll Call vote,

[59:54] but this will be a voice vote.

[59:56] So rather than going through nominations

[59:59] and feeling like anybody's cut out of the process

[1:00:01] when your name is called, just mention the, the person

[1:00:04] that you would like to see fill the role.

[1:00:06] And then we'll see what that vote tally looks like.

[1:00:08] If there is a tie

[1:00:09] or nobody receives five votes,

[1:00:12] then the two top vote getters would be on the table again

[1:00:15] and we'll have another voice vote and see where that goes.

[1:00:18] So with that Roll Call please.

[1:00:21] - Barnhart. Haha.

[1:00:34] Hardwick Campbell.

[1:00:38] Harwick, gazar,

[1:00:43] - Lonely, spiky - Hopkins,

[1:00:48] - Rotten - Lyons,

[1:00:57] Hartwick,

[1:01:01] Ms. Smith, everyone.

[1:01:08] I'll say Lumley. Sipan,

[1:01:10] - I, - Mrs.

[1:01:13] Weaver,

[1:01:17] Adam and Mr.

[1:01:22] Yak. Lum. Lisa

[1:01:24] - Pansky.

[1:01:29] - So 1, 2, 3, 4, Hannah,

[1:01:35] 1, 2, 3 for Lumley and two for routing.

[1:01:39] - Okay, so that leaves Hartwick and Lum.

[1:01:42] Sipan in the running still.

[1:01:44] Are there any additional conversations

[1:01:46] or questions that we have discussions that we need to have

[1:01:49] before we take another Roll

[1:01:50] - Call?

[1:01:51] Vote, Roll Call. Vote. Want

[1:01:54] - Us to go again or just two? Yep,

[1:01:56] - Same thing.

[1:01:57] - Just - Between those two. Yeah.

[1:01:59] - Alright. Roll Call again.

[1:02:01] - Mr. Campbell. Hartwick. Gazar.

[1:02:06] - L Symansky - Hopkins.

[1:02:12] Harwick Lyons.

[1:02:15] Hartwick Smith.

[1:02:20] Lumley Suski Weaver.

[1:02:24] Hartwick and Yek.

[1:02:28] - Lumley. Suski - And Barnhart.

[1:02:32] - Hartwick.

[1:02:36] - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for Hannah and three for Bob?

[1:02:42] - Yes. - Alright. So Mr. Hartwood, congratulations.

[1:02:53] All right. Again, thank you to all

[1:02:55] who were here this evening and took the time to apply

[1:02:58] and answer those questions.

[1:03:01] So with that, if you are prepared, we'd like

[1:03:04] to have you sworn in this evening.

[1:03:06] And who is doing that for us? Tracy? Okay. Well

[1:03:14] - Just step out of the way.

[1:03:29] If you

[1:03:30] - Wanna raise your right hand and I, your name

[1:03:34] - I, Hannah Hartwick, - Do solemnly swear,

[1:03:37] - Do solemnly swear - That I will support,

[1:03:40] - That I'll support, - Obey and defend.

[1:03:43] - Obey and defend the - Constitution of the United States,

[1:03:46] - The Constitution of the United States, and

[1:03:48] - The Constitution of this Commonwealth

[1:03:50] - And the Constitution of this commonwealth.

[1:03:52] - And then I will discharge the duties

[1:03:55] - And then I will discharge the duties

[1:03:56] - Of my office with fidelity - Of my office with fidelity.

[1:04:00] - Okay. Then I'll just have you

[1:04:01] - Sign off.

[1:04:03] - Okay. Again, congratulations. Thank

[1:04:05] - You.

[1:04:15] - All right. With that we'll entertain a motion to Adjourn.

[1:04:19] - So moved, - Moved, and seconded.

[1:04:21] All in favor signify by saying Aye.

[1:04:23] - Aye. Opposed? - Meetings adjourned. Thank you all.

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