Cicero School District 99 Board of Education met Sep. 13

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

Oct 11, 2023

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Call to Order Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

II. Roll Call President Tomschin, Vice President Dominick, Secretary Terracino, Members Couch, Manouzi, Moreno and Segura

III. Establish Quorum

IV. Pledge of Allegiance

V. Superintendent's Report

A. Informational Items

1. Monthly Board Report

2. Freedom of Information Act Requests

3. Enrollment Report

4. Suspension Report

5. Open House 2023

6. Security Report

7. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients: Alicia Rohr, ESL Resource Teacher at Wilson School

8. Treasurer's Report

9. PMA Presentation on Qualified School Construction Bonds/Annual /Sinking Investments

10. Departmental Updates Presentation

11. Perfect Attendance for the 2022-2023 School Year

Joan E. Arnold Eilen Nahm

Sonia Camargo Sepideh Noekhah

Geoffrey Davis Araceli Pena

Thomas Eukovich Mark Peterson

Bertha Garcia Isabel Ramirez

Kelly Gomorczak Kristin Rea

Nichole Gross Tina Riedl

Matthew Hart Juanita Spahn

Maribel Hernandez Alfonso Vega

Rosario Hernandez Magdalena Vega

Epifania Ibarra Mark Zak

Christian Kalonji Kanyiki Anthony Zell

Letisha Miller

VI. Other Reports

A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc.

VII. Correspondence

VIII. Comments from the Audience

IX. Adjourn to Executive Session

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).

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)

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)

D. 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).

E. Student Disciplinary cases. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9).

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

A. Approval of Minutes

1. Regular Meeting Open Session August 16, 2023

2. Regular Meeting Closed Session August 16, 2023

B. Approval of Payrolls:

Education Fund $ 6,800,664.23

Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund $ 476,885.26

Transportation Fund $ 42,519.71

GRAND TOTAL SALARIES $ 7,320,069.20

C. Approval of Bills:

Education Fund $ 3,479,213.64

Building & Maintenance Fund $ 1,082,097.06

Transportation Fund $ 85,982.43

Capital Projects $ 1,775,565.14

TORT $ 15,634.62

Debt Fund $ 40,995.48

TOTAL EXPENSES FOR SEPTEMBER $ 6,479,488.37

D. Miscellaneous Monies

TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER $ 359,327.05

E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

F. Approval of Resolution for Disposal of Personal Property

G. Approval of Purchase Orders over $25,000.00

1. CDW Backup to IDF Network Equipment $ 77,000.00

2. CDW Staff Desktop Computers $ 46,500.00

3. Key2Ed Professional Development $ 53,100.00

H. Approval of a donation in the amount of $ 1,000.00 from the Chicago Bears Organization which will be used for the purchase of classroom materials for Carmina Rosales at Burnham School

I. Approval of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as Bond Counsel for the Amendment to the Bond Fund Investment Agreement of December 29, 2016

J. Approval of QSCB Sinking Fund Investment Facilitation Agreement with PMA Securities, LLC for the provision of Bond Investment Services

K. Approval of Master Service Agreement with The Hack Ninja, SP for the provision of Cyber security Services

L. Approval of Capacity Building Service Agreement with West 40 Intermediate Service Center #2 for the provision of Professional Development Support Services for the 2023-2024 school year

M. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

1. Jack Rein, MTSS Director, Heather Mathis, Principal, Cory Kalyvas, Associate Principal and Brad Randmark, Assistant Principal, Restorative Conferencing: Training of Trainers, October 23-25, 2023, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

2. Nokhaze Ilyas, Director of Technology, Infrastructure and Operations, National Future of Educational Technology Conference on January 23-26, 2024, in Orlando, Florida

XIV. Approval of BP23-CO06 Change Order for Key West Metal Industries for work performed at Liberty School for the HVAC Priority Repair Work Project

XV. Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to the Bond Fund Investment Agreement of December 29, 2016, Regarding the Taxable General Obligation School Building Bonds, Series 2016B (Qualified School Construction Bonds)

XVI. Resolution Waiving the Limitation on Administrative Costs

XVII. Personnel Report

A. Certified Personnel

1. Employment

2. Resignations

3. Other

B. Non-Certified Personnel

1. Employment

2. Resignations

3. Other

C. FMLA Requests

XVIII. Student Discipline Disposition