BASKING RIDGE, NJ - Bernards Township Board of Education has replaced its long-standing attorney.
Matthew J. Giacobbe, principal partner in the law firm Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, based in Matawan and Oakland, was hired May 8 through the 2023-24 school year at a fee of $175 per hour and $90 for all law clerks and paralegals.
The contract was awarded without competitive bidding as a "professional service" under provisions of the local public contracts law.
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The vote was unanimous.
Giacobbe attended the May 8 meeting and was notable for crisply notifying public speakers when their three-minute allotment for making comments had been reached. At one point, he chided a voice from the audience when a would-be speaker was stopped and told she would have to make non-agenda-related comments later in the meeting.
“Don’t call out from the audience,” Giacobbe said. “It is not appropriate. This is a board meeting,” adding she would have her chance later in the meeting.
Giacobbe succeeds John E. Croot, Jr., a partner in the law firm of Adams, Stern, Guttierrez, Lattiboudere, based in Woodbridge and Marlton. Croot was last appointed May 23, 2022. Those meeting minutes note “the Administration has confirmed the terms of engagement with respect to rates and services” and the firm was engaged for “a period...
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