October 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Consent Agenda - Request to Approve
Note:  Consent Agenda Items are routine, non-controversial matters and will be considered together and enacted by one motion and one roll call vote.  Anyone desiring to remove an item for separate consideration should request to do so before approval of this consent agenda.  

2.A. Agenda Approval

2.B. Minutes of August 19, 2026: Regular Meeting; Closed Meeting

2.C. Minutes of September 9, 2026: Regular Meeting; Closed Meeting

2.D. Minutes of September 16, 2026: Special Meeting; Closed Session 

2.E. Minutes of September 23, 2026: Regular Meeting; Closed Meeting

2.F. Human Resources: 

2.F.1) Regular Items:  Employments, Employment Changes, Leaves of Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Extracurricular Assignments/Changes

2.G. Business/Finance:

2.G.1) Regular Items

2.G.2) Business/Finance:

2.G.2)a) Bills paid from each fund pursuant to board's prior authorization (board policy 4:50)

2.G.2)a)(1) Education Fund                                                            $       483,229.40
Food Service Fund                                                       $         63,680.98
Operations and Maintenance Fund                              $         23,018.53
Transportation Fund                                                      $                 0.04
Liability Fund                                                                 $        45.105.53 
Fund Summary Total                                                     $      615,034.48

2.G.2)a)(2) Payroll
Payroll dated October 16, 2026 in the net amount of    $   1,459,780.54
Payroll dated September 2, 2026 in the net amount of $          6,394.41
Payroll Total                                                                   $  1,466,174.95

2.G.2)a)(3) October bills/checks from each fund - need Board approval

2.G.2)a)(3)(1) Education Fund                                                       $     101,345.05
Food Service Fund                                                  $         4,919.70
Operations and Maintenance Fund                         $       51,405.61
Liability Fund                                                           $       80,839.13
Fund Summary Total                                               $     238,509.49             

3. Public Comments

4. Approval for Theater Show for the 2026 and 2027 school year - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

5. Policy:

5.A. PRESS Policy Issue 121 - Recommendation
Motion and Roll Call Vote

5.B. PRESS Policy Issue 122 - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call

6. Business/Finance:

6.A. 2026 Preliminary Tax Levy - Discussion

6.B. Motion for approval to Display the 2026 Levy for 20 Days and set the Public Hearing for the Proposed Tax Increase for November 18, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. - Permission to Display
Motion and Roll Call Vote

6.C. Resolution declaring the intention to issue not to exceed $5,000,000 Working Cash Fund Bonds of Community Consolidated School District Number 118, Vermilion County, Illinois, for the purpose of increasing the Working Cash Fund of said School District and directing the notice of such intention be published in the manner provided by law. - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

6.D. TIF (Tax Increment Financing) Update - Discussion

7. Informational Items: 

8. Superintendent/Board Comments

9. Suspend Open Meeting

10. Adjournment to Closed Meeting
Pursuant to IL Open Meetings Act.
A closed session in accordance with the Illinois Open Meeting Act (5ILCS120/2c)  will be necessary to consider one or more of the following subjects including, but not limited to:
120/2(c)(1) Appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity
120/2(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees
120/2(c)(3) Selection of a person to fill a public office
120/2(c)(5):  The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.
120/2(c)(8) Emergency Security Procedures
120/2(c)(9) Student Discipline
120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students
120/2(c)(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular District has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the District finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the closed meeting minutes
120/2(c)(16) Self-Evaluation, practices and procedures or professional ethics when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member
120/2(c)(21) Closed Meeting Minutes Discussion/Review

11. Reconvene Open Meeting & Discipline Motions

12. Adjournment