West Cook News

Cicero School District 99 Board of Education met Feb. 12

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 Manouzi, Members Couch, Moreno, Segura and Terracino

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. Security Report

6. Quarterly Investment Report

7. Monthly Building Special Needs Expenditure/Revenue Reports

8. Recognition of Daniel Murphy Scholarship Recipients: Renata Andrade, Danely Granciano Flores and Lillian Ipina

9. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients: Epifania Ibarra, Dual Language Pre-K Teacher at Warren Park

10. Treasurer's Report

11. Departmental Updates Presentation

VI. Other Reports

VII. Correspondence

VIII. Comments from the Audience

A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. and Vision Construction & Consulting, Inc.

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. Setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned y the public body. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6).

E. 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).

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

G. 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 January 15, 2025

2. Regular Meeting Closed Session January 15, 2025

B. Approval of Payrolls: Education Fund $ 12,062,083.00

Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund $ 712,415.10

Transportation Fund $ 314,222.64

GRAND TOTAL SALARIES $ 13,088,720.74

C. Approval of Bills:

Education Fund $ 3,172,842.75

Building & Maintenance Fund $ 290,096.48

Transportation Fund $ 157,183.30

Capital Projects $ 222,697.69

Debt Fund $ 73,993.94

Tort $ 20,131.57

TOTAL EXPENSES FOR FEBRUARY $ 3,936,945.13

D. Miscellaneous Monies

TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY $ 93,126.13

E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

F. Approval of Resolution for Disposal of Personal Property

G. Approval of Bid Recommendation with Central States Bus Sales, Inc. for a 5-year lease of 18 new buses

H. Approval of Vehicle Towing Agreement with NOBS Towing

I. Approval of sale of 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe

J. Approval of AIA Document B101-2017 Master Services Agreement Between Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 and Legat Architects, Inc. for Architectural Services

K. Approval of AIA Document G802-01 Between Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 and Legat Architects, Inc. for Architectural Services Related to the New Early Childhood Center

L. Approval of Agreement with Midwest Mechanical Group, Inc., for the HVAC Project at Wilson School

M. Approval of Settlement Authority Request to Workers’ Compensation Claim of Danny Wunschel (21WC000124)

N. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement between La Grange Area Department of Special Education and Cicero School District 99 for the provision of Certain Special Education Services for the 2024-2025 school year

O. Approval of Agreement with Brecht’s Database Solutions, LLC d/b/a Embrace for Special Education Software Program

P. Approval of Upward Allocations from the Illinois State Board of Education to the 1003a

Grants for Goodwin, Sherlock, Warren Park and Unity Junior High Schools

Q. Approval of Early Childhood Summer Diagnostics Program for 2025

R. Approval of Affiliation Agreement with Ball State University for Field-Based Experiences

S. Approval of Partnership Agreements for the provision of After-School and Summer Programming for District 99 Students

1. Striker Lanes

2. PAV/YMCA

3. Morton College

T. Second Reading and approval proposed revised policies: 5:10 and 5:20

U. Approval of Staff and Student Travel for Tournament Attendance

1. 14 students, 14 parent chaperones, 4 coaches and 1 administrator for an overnight field trip to participate in the Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament in Bloomington, Illinois on March 7-8, 2025

V. Approval to rescind the approval of Board Travel for Conference Attendance

1. Malika Manouzi, Board Secretary, Annual NSBA Conference, on April 4-6, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia

XIV. Approval of Purchase Agreement between the Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 and BV 2125 Laramie, LLC for property commonly known as 2117 S. Laramie Avenue, Cicero, Illinois 60804

XV. Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Notice to Remedy to Teacher A

XVI. Resolution for Authorizing Issuance of Notice to Remedy to Teacher B

XVII. Termination of the 2024-2025 Employment Contract of Employee A, pursuant to Section 8.e of the contract

XVIII. Personnel Report

A. Certified Personnel

1. Employment

2. Resignations

3. Other

B. Non-Certified Personnel

1. Employment

2. Resignations

3. Other

C. FMLA Requests

XIX. Student Discipline Disposition

A. Student Number 990034115

B. Student Number 990028996

XX. Old Business

XXI. Informational Items

A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on March 12, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at Cicero West School

XXII. Adjournment

https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1488?meeting=672240