Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 2/26/2025 - 5:30 PM
Category: OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Type: Action
Subject: 18.2 Empire Electronics Inc.
District Goals:
Goal 1 Student Achievement
Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
Enclosure
File Attachment:
BOCS Worksheet.pdf
Request for Non-Competitive Contract.pdf
Empire Quotes.pdf
NYS Cert - 04.02.2024 - 2029.pdf
Rationale: Empire Electronics Inc. Term: 2024-2025 Amount: $11,261.92 Scope: This is for the purchase of technology (ex: Interactive Boards, Projector, Screen, Speaker) to facilitate instruction and professional development in the target schools covered under the RECOV: Learning Loss Grant. This vendor fulfills the grant’s MWBE requirement and has received NYS programmatic approval.
Funding: 24-25 RECOVS Learning Loss 490.5241.25J362.2110.B2520
Resolution: WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Empire Electronics Inc. to purchase materials to support instruction and professional development in target schools through the use of technology for the 2024-2025 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Empire Electronics Inc. a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and, WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Empire Electronics Inc. to purchase these materials, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Empire Electronics Inc. at a cost not to exceed $11,261.92.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Michael McDonald - Executive Director
Signed By:
Dr. Daisy Rodriguez - Associate Superintendent
Signed By:
Victor Martinez - Director of Purchasing
Signed By:
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:
Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:
Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Kevin Cacace Moved, Member Lawrence Sykes seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Empire Electronics Inc. to purchase materials to support instruction and professional development in target schools through the use of technology for the 2024-2025 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Empire Electronics Inc. a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and, WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Empire Electronics Inc. to purchase these materials, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Empire Electronics Inc. at a cost not to exceed $11,261.92.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes