September 13, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

I. Call to Order Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

II. Roll Call     President Tomschin, Vice President Dominick, Secretary Terracino,
                   Members Couch, Manouzi, Moreno and Segura

III. Establish Quorum

IV. Pledge of Allegiance

V. Superintendent's Report

V.A. Informational Items

V.A.1. Monthly Board Report

V.A.2. Freedom of Information Act Requests

V.A.3. Enrollment Report

V.A.4. Suspension Report

V.A.5. Open House 2023

V.A.6. Security Report

V.A.7. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Alicia Rohr, ESL Resource Teacher at Wilson School

V.A.8. Treasurer's Report

V.A.9. PMA Presentation on Qualified School Construction Bonds/Annual /Sinking Investments

V.A.10. Departmental Updates Presentation

V.A.11. Perfect Attendance for the 2022-2023 School Year

Joan E. Arnold                                    Eilen Nahm
Sonia Camargo                                  Sepideh Noekhah
Geoffrey Davis                                    Araceli Pena
Thomas Eukovich                               Mark Peterson
Bertha Garcia                                     Isabel Ramirez
Kelly Gomorczak                                Kristin Rea
Nichole Gross                                    Tina Riedl
Matthew Hart                                      Juanita Spahn
Maribel Hernandez                             Alfonso Vega
Rosario Hernandez                             Magdalena Vega
Epifania Ibarra                                     Mark Zak
Christian Kalonji Kanyiki                      Anthony Zell
Letisha Miller
 

VI. Other Reports

VI.A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. 

VII. Correspondence

VIII. Comments from the Audience

IX. Adjourn to Executive Session

IX.A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.  However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

IX.B. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)

 

IX.C. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)

IX.D. Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8).
 

IX.E. Student Disciplinary cases.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9).
 

IX.F. Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or  when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding must be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting; 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).
 

X. Adjourn from Executive Session

XI. Reconvene to Open Session

XII. Action as a result of Executive Session if necessary

XIII. Consent Agenda

XIII.A. Approval of Minutes

XIII.A.1. Regular Meeting Open Session August 16, 2023

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session August 16, 2023

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   6,800,664.23
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     476,885.26
Transportation Fund                                               $       42,519.71
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $   7,320,069.20

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  3,479,213.64
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $  1,082,097.06
Transportation Fund                                                 $       85,982.43
Capital Projects                                                        $  1,775,565.14
TORT                                                                        $       15,634.62
Debt Fund                                                                 $       40,995.48
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR  SEPTEMBER                  $ 6,479,488.37

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER         $  359,327.05     

XIII.E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

XIII.F. Approval of Resolution for Disposal of Personal Property

XIII.G. Approval of Purchase Orders over $25,000.00

XIII.G.1. CDW                  Backup to IDF Network Equipment                $  77,000.00

XIII.G.2. CDW                  Staff Desktop Computers                               $  46,500.00

XIII.G.3. Key2Ed               Professional Development                            $  53,100.00

XIII.H. Approval of a donation in the amount of $ 1,000.00 from the Chicago Bears Organization which will be used for the purchase of classroom materials for Carmina Rosales at Burnham School

XIII.I. Approval of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as Bond Counsel for the Amendment to the Bond Fund Investment Agreement of December 29, 2016 

XIII.J. Approval of QSCB Sinking Fund Investment Facilitation Agreement with PMA Securities, LLC for the provision of Bond Investment Services  

XIII.K. Approval of Master Service Agreement with The Hack Ninja, SP for the provision of Cyber security Services

XIII.L. Approval of Capacity Building Service Agreement with West 40 Intermediate Service Center #2 for the provision of Professional Development Support Services for the 2023-2024 school year 

XIII.M. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.M.1. Jack Rein, MTSS Director, Heather Mathis, Principal, Cory Kalyvas, Associate Principal and Brad Randmark, Assistant Principal, Restorative Conferencing: Training of Trainers, October 23-25, 2023, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 

XIII.M.2. Nokhaze Ilyas, Director of Technology, Infrastructure and Operations, National Future of Educational Technology Conference on January 23-26, 2024, in Orlando, Florida
 

XIV. Approval of BP23-CO06 Change Order for Key West Metal Industries for work performed at Liberty School for the HVAC Priority Repair Work Project

XV. Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to the Bond Fund Investment Agreement of December 29, 2016, Regarding the Taxable  General Obligation School Building Bonds, Series 2016B (Qualified School Construction Bonds)

XVI. Resolution Waiving the Limitation on Administrative Costs

XVII. Personnel Report

XVII.A. Certified Personnel

XVII.A.1. Employment

XVII.A.2. Resignations

XVII.A.3. Other

XVII.B. Non-Certified Personnel

XVII.B.1. Employment

XVII.B.2. Resignations

XVII.B.3. Other

XVII.C. FMLA Requests

XVIII. Student Discipline Disposition

XVIII.A. Student Number 990021004

XIX. Old Business

XX. Informational Items

XX.A. Special Board Meeting for Budget Hearing on September 25, 2023, 5:00 p.m. at the Administration Building

XX.B. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on October 11, 2023, 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln School

XXI. Adjournment