November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.

Description:  Individuals wishing to speak during public comment must complete the Public Comment Form and submit it to the Board Secretary prior to the start of the meeting. Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments or questions during "Public Comments". Should total Public Comments approach or exceed a cumulative time of 30 minutes, the Board may suspend additional Public Comments.

Description:  "Board Policy 2:220 The President shall designate a portion of the agenda as a consent agenda for those items that usually do not require extensive discussion before Board action. Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration." There will be no separate vote on these items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

Description:  Consistent with Board Policy 2:220, the Board is asked to approve meeting minutes, and, once approved, open session minutes become public.

Description:  Regular personnel items.

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• Reauthorization of contract with KL Staffing Health, LLC for continued educational services. This is for a special education teaching position at Northview.
• Approval to purchase Pelican wireless thermostats and ventilation controls. $80,703.

Description:  Special Education Administrative Stipend

Description:  Consideration of Quarterly Community Forums (D. Mendoza)

Description:  10-23-2026. Vincent Mutolo; vincent@argocivicrecords.com; Purchasing information.

Description:  The Board is provided a monthly report detailing out-of-school suspensions. Due to the student record data contained in this report, this report remains confidential. 

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The District is in the process of determining our annual Tax Levy. At the December Board Meeting, the Board will be asked to approve the Tax Levy. This year's proposed levy will not require a Truth in Taxation Hearing. For the fifth consecutive year, the Board is expected to be able to lower the District's property tax rate.

The Tax Levy is the legal mechanism for the District to request that taxes are collected. It is typical that the Tax Levy exceeds the Extension (the amount collected by the county). This is done in order to account for possible errors, miscalculations, or last-minute changes.

This year, the county estimates a property value increase in RCS of 9.2%, with an additional $925,930 in new property. The District is limited in the amount of increase it can receive by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL, also known as Tax Caps). This year's Consumer Price Index (CPI), which determines the allowable increase on existing property, is 2.7%. Including new property, the District's estimated tax extension will increase by approximately 3.15%. These limitations protect local property taxpayers from larger increases in the District's tax extension. In a non-PTELL district, property tax collections could increase more substantially.

The Tentative Tax Levy requests a 4.98% increase ($366,089), bringing the proposed levy to $7,713,743. The likely Extension is estimated at $7,579,450, an increase of approximately 3.15% ($231,796). The estimated total tax rate for RCS will decrease from 3.8214% to 3.6082%. This would represent the fifth consecutive year that the Board has reduced the District's property tax rate.

The numbers provided here are estimates and subject to change prior to Board action at the December meeting.

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The Board will move to closed session for 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).