July 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Opening the meeting

1.A) Call to Order, Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance

2. Recognition of visitors/communication to the Board (Goals 2, 4)

3. Homer Council Report

4. Homer Support Staff Council Report

5. Consent Agenda

5.A) Approval of the June 27, 2017 Regular Board meeting minutes and the June 27, 2017 Closed Session Board meeting minutes (Goal 4)

5.B) Treasurer's report as of June 2017 (Goal 5)

5.C) Invoices payable July 2017 (Goal 5)

5.D) Personnel recommendations (Goals 2, 3)

5.D)1) Resignation

5.D)1)a) One non-certified resignation

5.D)2) Requests for Leave of Absence (Beginning and end dates open to modification)

5.D)2)a) One certified request

5.D)3) Employment recommendations

5.D)3)a) Eight certified recommendations

5.D)3)b) NIne extra-curricular recommendations

5.D)4) One recalled employee

6. Old Business

6.A) Update on Butler Roof Project (Goal 5)

6.B) Facility Audit update (Goal 5)

7. New Business

7.A) Motion to accept the retirement of the following individuals subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the retirement incentive program (Goal 5)

7.B) Motion to approve the following employees for participation in the District's one-time IMRF retirement incentive and to approve separation agreements with said employees (Goal 5)

7.C) Motion to approve the Certified Resolution dedicating .620 acres of property known as Parcel No. 0004 DED, authorizing execution of a Permanent Easement covering .033 acres known as Parcel 0004 PE-A and 0004 PE-B, and authorizing execution of a Temporary Construction Easement over .322 acres known as 0004 TE-A and 0004 TE-B, all to the County of Will (Goals 4,5)

7.D) Motion to approve the Resolution Authorizing the Sale of District Assets (Goal 5)

7.E) Motion to change the Regular Board meeting scheduled on May 22, 2018 to May 29, 2018 (Goal 4)

8. Informational reports

8.A) Ross School update

8.A)1) Sandy Vasko, Director/President of the Will County Historical Society and Chair of the Will County Preservation Commission 

8.B) Dr. Thomas Kersten, author of Taking the Mystery Out of Illinois School Finance, presentation on principles of school finance

9. Discuss future Board meeting agenda items

10. Motion to go into Closed Session for the discussion of the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity, the discussion of the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students and the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 

10.A) Review and approval of the recommendation to maintain Closed Session minutes as closed to the public

10.B) Review and approval of the recommendation to destroy all verbatim minutes older than eighteen months

10.C) Motion to approve the Assistant Principal of Schilling School - effective August 1, 2017

10.D) Motion to approve the contract for the Assistant Principal of Schilling School as presented

11. Motion to adjourn