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Cicero School District 99 Board of Education met July 16

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 Terracino, Couch, Moreno and Barrera 

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. Security Report 

4. Treasurer's Report 

5. 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. Public Hearing on Amended Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year, June 11, 2025

2. Regular Meeting Open Session June 11, 2025 

3. Regular Meeting Closed Session June 11, 2025

B. Approval of Payrolls: 

Education Fund $ 7,935,075.26 

Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund $ 501,511.42 

Transportation Fund $ 187,705.93 

GRAND TOTAL SALARIES $ 8,624,292.61 

C. Approval of Bills: 

Education Fund $ 2,298,850.77 

Building & Maintenance Fund $ 331,922.05 

Transportation Fund $ 737,131.90 

Capital Projects $ 388,662.64 

Debt Fund $ 150,375.50 

Tort $ 10,068.75 

TOTAL EXPENSES FOR JULY $ 3,917,011.61

D. Miscellaneous Monies 

TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF JULY $ 647,981.14  

E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests 

F. Approval of Purchase Orders over $35,000.00 

1. Instructure, Inc. Subscription Renewal $ 313,735.00 

2. Discovery Education Subscription Renewal $ 45,700.00 

3. Midwest Mechanical Hot Water Pump Replacement $ 49,785.00 

4. Learning Internet Subscription Renewal $ 56,601.00 

5. Committee for Children Health Curriculum Support $ 40,140.00 

6. SAVVAS Social Studies Pilot $110,161.62

7. Follett Software, LLC Resource Materials $76,331.88 

8. NWEA MAP Renewal $ 133,658.75

G. Approval to renew Illinois Association of School Boards Restricted Annual Dues for the 2025-2026 school year 

H. Approval of Settlement Agreement for Workers’ Compensation Claim of Bertha Gonzalez (24WC13488) 

I. Approval of Master Services Agreement with Red Rover Technologies, LLC for Recruiting and Hiring Software for the 2025-2026 school year 

J. Approval of Amendment to contract with PlanSource Benefits Administration, Inc. for Employee Online Subscription Services 

K. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement with J. Sterling Morton School District 201 regarding the Teaching Education Pathway Program 

L. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreements with West 40 Intermediate Service Center #2 for the 2025-2026 school year 

1. Regional Safe School Program 

2. High Needs Alternative Learning Opportunities Program (ALOP) 

3. Alternative Learning Opportunities Program (ALOP)

M. Approval of Capacity Building Service Agreement with West 40 Intermediate Service Center #2 for the provision of Professional Development Services for the 2025-2026 school  year 

N. Approval of 1003(a) Continuous Improvement Service Agreement with West 40 Intermediate Service Center #2 for the provision of Professional Development Services for the  2025-2026 school year 

O. Approval of renewal of Agreement with Grand Prairie Transit, Inc. for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years 

P. Approval of renewal of Food Service Software with EMS LINQ, LLC for the 2025-2026  school year 

Q. Approval of Agreement with Everyday Speech, LLC for the provision of Online Social Communication and Social Emotional Learning Curricula for the 2025-2026 school year

R. Approval of renewal of Agreement with Brecht’s Database Solutions, LLC d/b/a Embrace for Special Education Software Program for IEPs and 504 Plans for the 2025-2026 school  year 

S. Approval of Agency Contracts for Special Education and Student Services for the 2025- 2026 School Year 

1. 3Chords, Inc and Therapy Travelers, LLC collectively d/b/a Epic Special Education Staffing 

2. Aya Healthcare, Inc. 

3. Bilingual Speech Solutions 

4. HealthPro Pediatrics, LLC 

5. New Direction Solutions, LLC d/b/a Bilingual Therapies 

6. ProCare Therapy d/b/a New Direction Solutions, LLC 

7. RO Health, LLC 

8. Salinas Educational Services, LLC 

9. Soliant Health, LLC 

10. Sunbelt Staffing, LLC 

11. The Stepping Stones Group, LLC 

12. Therapy Care, Ltd.

T. Second Reading and approval of proposed revised policies: 2:260, 2:265, 4:15, 4:80, 5:10, 5:20, 5:60, 5:100, 6:150, 6:235, 7:10, 7:20, 7:60, 7:70, 7:180, 7:185, 7:190, 7:200, 7:210,  7:250, 7:255, 7:270, 7:310 and 7:340  

XIV. Approval of Resolution for Publication of Notice for Public Inspection of Tentative Budget for FY2025-2026 (from August 14, 2025 through September 12, 2025) 

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 August 13, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building 

XVIII. Adjournment

https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1488?meeting=695031