Proviso District 209 Financial Oversight Panel discusses bond-refinance plan

By West Cook News

Sep 30, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Proviso Township High School District 209 Financial Oversight Panel discussed a bond-refinancing plan to reduce property taxes.

Below is the agenda for this meeting, as provided by the panel.

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT PANEL

FOR PROVISO TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 209

AGENDA

Regular Meeting and Executive Session

Proviso Math & Science Academy

8601 Roosevelt Road

Forest Park, IL

Friday, September 30, 2016

10:00 AM

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Public Comments

4. Superintendent’s Reports (for discussion only):

a. Upcoming Agenda Items

b. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Reports (Tab 1)

1. Enrollment and Attendance for August 2016

2. Project Lead the Way (PLTW): Engineering Program Career and Technical Education

3. Grade 8 Testing

c. Transition Plan Update (Tab 2)

d. FOIA Report (Tab 3)

e. Finance Report (Tab 4)

1. Financial Report

2. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts Update

3. Budget Calendar FY2018

4. 2016 Tax Levy

5. Property Tax Savings Opportunity (Bond Refinancing)

5. Retire to Executive Session in accordance with 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) for the purpose of discussion of personnel and employment, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) to discuss collective negotiations, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) to discuss litigation, and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act for purposes of approval.

6. Reconvene Regular Meeting

7. Consent Agenda:

a. Approval of Meeting Minutes (Tab 5)

1. Regular meeting, July 26, 2016

2. Regular meeting executive session, July 26, 2016

3. Joint meeting with the Proviso Board of Education, August 9, 2016

4. Joint meeting with the Proviso Board of Education executive session, August 9, 2016

b. Approval of Monthly Personnel Report including addendum, as applicable (Tab 6)

1. Personnel Report

A. Certified Staff

i. Employment

ii. Resignation-Retirement-Termination

B. Non-Certified Staff

i. Employment

ii. Resignation-Retirement-Termination

C. Other Employment

D. Other Terminations

E. Approved Leaves

2. Addendum

3. Salary Increase

c. Approval of bills payable (including attorney’s fees) dated September 13, 2016, in the amount of $3,973,415.70; gross payrolls in the amount of $1,824,877.76; student activity checks in the amount of $43,738.96; Harris checks in the amount of $400.00; and, special checks in the amount of $794.00. (Tab 7)

d. Attorneys’ Fees

e. Contracts and Bids (Tab 8)

1. Student Uniforms with Logo

2. Chemical Waste Disposal

3. Band Instruments

4. Energy and Gas Supply Procurement Agreement - Energy Network Operations Center (EnerNoc)

5. BP-2C Sound System Upgrades at Proviso East

6. BP-3 Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) Upgrades

f. PTHS District 209 FY 2017 Budget (Tab 9)

g. PMSA Admission Changes (Tab 10)

h. Application for Recognition of Schools (ARS) SY2017 (Tab 11)

i. 403(b) Plan Document Update (Tab 12)