December 11, 2024 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 Manouzi,
                  Members Couch, Moreno, Segura and Terracino

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. Security Report

V.A.6. Recognition of Daniel Murphy Scholarship Recipient:
Minda Huynh

V.A.7. Recognition of Fine Arts Students

V.A.8. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Carmina Rosales, 1st Grade Dual Language Teacher at Burnham

V.A.9. Treasurer's Report

V.A.10. Presentation by Kathy Naughton, Eccezion Consulting on the 2023-2024 Audit

V.A.11. Early Childhood Center at Burnham Concept Phase Presentation

VI. Other Reports

VI.A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. and Vision Construction & Consulting, 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. The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6).

IX.E. 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.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 November 13, 2024

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session November 13, 2024

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   8,247,328.97
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     471,458.28
Transportation Fund                                               $     248,998.97
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $   8,967,786.22

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  1,952,558.34
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     843,185.51
Transportation Fund                                                 $     299,084.50
Capital Projects                                                        $     559,846.82
TORT                                                                        $  1,808,642.57
Debt Fund                                                                 $       20,131.57
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR DECEMBER                    $  5,483,449.31

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER       $ 62,335.85    

XIII.E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

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

XIII.G. Approval of donation of $8,500.00 from ExxonMobile for the purpose of supporting STEAM Programs districtwide

XIII.H. Approval of Service Agreement with Conference Technologies, Inc. for the Audio Visual System Upgrade at Lincoln School

XIII.I. Approval of Service Agreement with Sharp Business Solutions for the Audio Visual System Upgrade at Unity Junior High School

XIII.J. Approval to go out to bid for the Self-Leveling Epoxy Flooring Project for Columbus West and Columbus East Schools 

XIII.K. Approval of bid recommendation for the New Boiler Project at Unity  Junior High School

Bid Package # 6           General Trades

XIII.L. Approval of A101-2017s and Assignment of Contractor Agreements for the New Boiler Project at Unity Junior High School

Bid Package # 6          N.A. Favia Builder, Inc. 

XIII.M. Approval of A133-2019 Exhibit A Guaranteed Maximum Price Amendment for the New Boiler Project at Unity Junior High School

XIII.N. Approval of Agreement with Logic Elevator Solutions, Inc. for the provision of Multi-Site Elevator Modernization

XIII.O. Approval to apply for the first round of the FY 2025 School Maintenance Project Grant

XIII.P. Second Reading and approval of proposed revised policies: 2:105, 2:120, 4:30, 4:60, 4:150, 4:170, 5:90, 5:125, 5:230, 6:60, 6:135, 6:270,  7:10, 7:100, 7:200, and 8:10 

XIII.Q. Approval of Board and Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.Q.1. Heather Mathis, Principal, Plain Talk about Literacy and Learning, on February 12-14, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana

XIII.Q.2. Tom Tomschin, Board Member, 2025 COSSBA National Conference, on March 21-23, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia

XIV. Approval of Termination of Employee A

XV. Personnel Report

XV.A. Certified Personnel

XV.A.1. Employment

XV.A.2. Resignations

XV.A.3. Other

XV.B. Non-Certified Personnel

XV.B.1. Employment

XV.B.2. Resignations

XV.B.3. Other

XV.C. FMLA Requests

XVI. Approval of Tax Levy Resolution

XVII. Approval of Resolution regarding Special Tax Levy for Special Education

XVIII. Approval of Resolution regarding Special Tax Levy for Lease/Technology

XIX. Approval of Resolution allocating Tax Levy to Individual Funds of District Property Tax Extension Limitation as Amended

XX. Old Business

XXI. Informational Items

XXI.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on January 15, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln School

XXII. Adjournment