Common Ground Board Meeting Agenda for September 29, 2025

This meeting will be held in person.

September 29th 5:30pm

In person at Common Ground – Hilltop 109

Welcome 

Public Comment (5:30) (two minutes per person for a total time limit of 30 minutes, or by email; see instructions below) Sign up for Public Participation HERE

Business Requiring Approval 

• Minutes of the August 25th Board Meeting
• Draft 2025-2026 Student Handbook

Motion for Certified Resolution: N/A

Nomination of New Board Member(s)

• Almut Zieher

Invoices Needing Approval

• YPTC Invoices in blue were approved by email. Top invoice approved by committee. 
  • $8,231.25
  • $8135.00
  • $6,386.25
  • $5,313.75
  • $5,265.00

• Larosa – DoAg

• • • $9,063.49  Reimbursable expense. Farm team work. Approved in meeting 

• Edmentum 

• • $8,4049.80 Approved with email 

• Facilities / Compressor

• • $12,839.20 Approved with email. Not budgeted expense. 

• NRCS Grant / Tractor Purchase

• • $48,000 / Reimbursable less $ 5,000.00 +/- Farm Team. 
  • (We received a $22k est. advance and will have to front the rest which will be reimbursed) 

• PKF O’Connor Audit Invoice

• • $15,525 Approved by email 

• Zangari Invoice 

• • $18,281.50 

Executive Director Report

Link to September Directors Reports

Benefits Architects Presentation

Click HERE to view the Benefits Architects Presentation

Committee Reports

Minutes of all Committee Meetings will be posted on the Board of Directors Webpage by the end of each month.

Finance Committee (Jeff)

The finance committee met on September 18th.

The meeting agenda and minutes from the Finance Committee can be found HERE. 

• Review of the monthly financial report:
  • August Finance Report can be found HERE.

Governance Committee Report (Kyeen)

The governance committee met on September 16th.

Minutes from the Governance Committee Meetings can be found HERE.

Development Committee Report (Brian)

The Development Committee met on September 16th.

Minutes from the Development Committee Meetings can be found HERE.

School Committee Report (Liz)

The School Committee met on September 17th.

Minutes from the School Committee Meetings can be found HERE.

To be approved by the Board: DRAFT 2025-2026 Student Handbook

New Business

Executive Session

Adjourn

Next Meeting: Monday, October 27th on Microsoft Teams.

Public Comment: 

In order to comply with Connecticut Open Meeting laws, any member of the public wishing to participate in the meeting must sign up on the Public Participation Sign-up Document. Sign-ups for Public Participation will open at 5 pm on the last business day before the meeting (Friday, October 24th) and will close at 5:00 pm on the day of the meeting (Monday, October 27th) Public Participation is limited to 2 minutes per person up to 30 total minutes. Anyone wishing to make a statement to the board can also submit testimony in writing to Alexis.Smith@nhep.com by 5:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All submitted documents will be included in the publicly shared meeting minutes.