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Cicero School District 99 Board of Education met March 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. Monthly Building Special Needs Expenditure/Revenue Reports 

7. ISBE Acknowledgments: 

• Elana Gordon, “Award of Excellence” in the Student Support Personnel Category 

8. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients: Salud Farfan, Lunch Hostess at Liberty School 

9. Treasurer's Report 

10. Departmental Updates Presentation

VI. Other Reports 

A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. and Vision Construction & Consulting, 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. 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 February 12, 2025 

2. Regular Meeting Closed Session February 12, 2025

B. Approval of Payrolls: 

Education Fund $ 8,163,203.13 

Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund $ 488,413.84 

Transportation Fund $ 257,517.60 

GRAND TOTAL SALARIES $ 8,909,134.57 

C. Approval of Bills: 

Education Fund $ 2,098,344.38

Building & Maintenance Fund $ 377,381.57 

Transportation Fund $ 186,728.95 

Capital Projects $ 77,741.58 

Debt Fund $ 20,131.57 

Tort $ 4,827.13 

TOTAL EXPENSES FOR MARCH $ 2,765,155.18

D. Miscellaneous Monies 

TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF MARCH $ 146,630.20

E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests 

F. Approval of Resolution for Disposal of Personal Property 

G. Approval of Purchase Orders over $35,000.00 

1. Tyler Tech Versatrans Routing for Buses $ 95,073.85

2. Liminex Renewal of Device Monitoring $ 85,080.00 

3. Sterling Services Chroma Glaze Walls $ 47,850.00

4. CDW VmWare Support/Subscription $ 42,560.00

H. Approval to go out to bid for On Call HVAC, Painting, Plumbing and Electrical Services 

I. Approval of Donations received that are to be used for Parent University on March 21, 2025  for raffle prizes and snacks 

1. Neighborhood Loans, $750.00 

J. Approval of Renewal Agreement with Open Kitchens for Food Services for the 2025-2026  school year 

K. Approval of Ten-Year HLS Survey Report Applications for 13 School Sites 

L. Approval of Service Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and Comcast Cable  Communications Manage, LLC for the provision of 10g Broadband Internet Circuit  

M. Approval of Agreement with CDW/Sophos/Vartana for Cybersecurity Services N. Approval for Cicero School District 99 to participate in the Cybersecurity Pilot Program 

O. Approval of Affiliation Agreement with Arizona State University for Student Teaching Field  Experiences 

P. Approval of Rental Agreement between Midwest Renegades Basketball Club and Cicero  School District 99 

Q. Approval of Resolution to support Vision 2030 

R. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance 

1. Elisabeth Nealon, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services, 29th Annual Safe &  Civil Schools National Conference, on July 13-17, 2025, in Portland, Oregon 

XIV. Approval of Settlement and Release Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and  Alyssa Parrillo 

XV. Personnel Report 

A. Certified Personnel 

1. Employment 

2. Resignations

3. Other

B. Non-Certified Personnel 

1. Employment 

2. Resignations 

3. Other

C. FMLA Requests

XVI. Old Business 

XVII. Informational Items 

A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on April 16, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at the  Administration Building 

XVIII. Adjournment

https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1488?meeting=676649