Kathy Fallow and Audrey Larvey will retain their roles as president and vice president respectively of the Palmerton Area School District board of directors following a reorganization meeting Tuesday night.

Both votes were unanimous.

“We worked well together so I’d like to continue that,” Fallow said in nominating Larvey after being re-elected president.

In two reappointments, Doris Zellers will be the board’s liaison to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Earl Paules will be the board’s alternate representative on the Carbon Career & Technical Institute’s joint operating committee.

Contribution change

Palmerton Business Manager Ryan Kish told the board Tuesday that the district’s contribution to CCTI’s budget would be increasing for 2021-22, while its contribution to Lehigh Carbon Community College’s budget would be decreasing.

“Our contribution to CCTI is set to go up $31,000,” Kish said. “That is based on the five-year historical average enrollment. We also had a $16,000 increased contribution in the 2020-21 budget.”

For LCCC, the district’s contribution is decreasing $2,068 after going down $6,000 last year.

Other action

In other action items Tuesday night, Palmerton’s board:

• Adopted the 2021-22 Act 1 Resolution stating that the district will not increase taxes by more than its 2021-22 adjusted index of 4.1%, as determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

• Approved food service layoffs, as a result of the district’s move to all remote learning, retroactive to Nov. 30.

• Authorized the superintendent and business manager to make and release payments for the remaining December accounts payable.

• Approved the 2021-22 fee agreement with Sweet, Stevens, Katz, and Williams. The 2021-22 hourly rate for nonroutine matters will remain at $195 per hour and the hourly rate for routine or general advice will remain at $160 per hour.

• Approved the Around the Clock Nursing contract for the 2021 calendar year.

• Approved the third reading of Policy 339 on uncompensated leave.