April 11, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

2. CLOSED SESSION (5:45 P.M.)
Recommended motion: Move to adjourn to closed session to discuss the following matters according to the exceptions provided in the Open Meetings Act and specified as follows:
•2(c)(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity, and
• 2(c)(2) 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.

3. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION (7:00 P.M.)

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5. SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS

7. ACTION ITEMS

7.A Approve Purchase of Two School Buses from Midwest Transit Equipment Under CMS Contract PSD4018316

8. CONSENT AGENDA

8.A Personnel Matters

8.A1 Resignations/Retirements/Releases/Terminations

8.A2 Employment

8.A3 Contract Revisions

8.A4 Leave Requests

8.B Payment of Bills and Payrolls

8.B1 Authorization to Pay Bills and Payrolls

8.B2 Payroll Detail Report

8.B3 Vendor Bill Listing

8.C Finance Department Reports

8.C1 Treasurer's Report

8.C2 Statement of Expenditures by Operating Fund

8.C3 Statement of Revenues by Operating Fund

8.D Approve Requests for Authorization to Use Fire Prevention and Safety Funds

8.D1 Benjamin Elementary School, Installation of New Aluminum Flashing and Sealant Around Banks of Windows, Amendment #1

8.D2 Cedar Ridge Elementary School, Installation of New Aluminum Flashing and Sealant Around Banks of Windows, Amendment #2

8.D3 Eugene Field Special Services Center, Remove Existing Doors and Door Frames and Install New Doors and Frames, and Remove and Install New Carpet, Amendment #18

8.D4 Fairview Elementary School, Remove and Replace 13 Existing Light Fixtures, Amendment #20

8.D5 Hudson Elementary School, Remove and Replace 34 Soffit Fixtures and Seven Wall Pack Fixtures, Amendment #21

8.D6 Northpoint Elementary School, Remove and Replace Exterior Kitchen Tank and Repair Piping, Amendment #12

8.D7 Parkside Elementary School, Install 12 Can Lights, Three LED Wall Packs, Four Pole Mounted LED, and One High Bay LED Wall Pack, Amendment #10

8.D8 Towanda Elementary School, Remove and Replace Kitchen Tank and Repair Existing Floor, Amendment #11

8.D9 Kingsley Junior High School, Remove and Replace 85 Steel Lockers, Amendment #37

8.D10 Parkside Junior High School, Remove and Replace Intercom Base Station and Speakers, Amendment #18

8.D11 Normal Community High School, Remove and Replace Damaged/Broken Stair Treads, and Remove and Replace Gearbox, Amendment #23

8.D12 Normal Community West High School, Remove and Replace Chiller Enclosure to Access Trap Tank, Remove and Replace 22 Broken Stair Treads, and Remove and Replace All Other Stair Treads with Proper Aluminum Nose Edge, Amendment #36

8.E Approve Requests for Overnight Trips

8.E1 Chiddix Junior High School 7th and 8th grade Team Quest Clubs, Team Quest Ultimate Academic Challenge Finals Competition, April 25-26, 2018, Mount Vernon, IL

8.F Approve Donations to the District

8.F1 Normal West Booster Club, Basketball Scoreboards for Normal Community West High School Small Gym, $8,845.08

8.F2 State Farm Donation of 64 Laptop Computers for Use at Normal Community and Normal Community West High Schools for Computer Science Programs, Used, No Resale Value

8.G Approve 2017-2018 Last Day of School

8.H Approve Illinois Elementary School Association (K-8) Memberships for Chiddix, Evans, Kingsley, and Parkside Junior High Schools for Sports Teams Participation

9. REPORTS AND DISCUSSION

9.A Transportation Committee Report
Presenter: Ray Epperson

9.B Indigenous Peoples' Day Discussion
Presenters: Curt Richardson, Dayna Brown, Ray Epperson 

9.C Requests for Information Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act
Presenter: Curt Richardson
The District has received and processed one request for information.

9.C1 Jim Tyrrell, LocalLabs and Prairie State Wire. Information requested and provided included copies of current collective bargaining agreements between McLean County Unit School District 5 and any organized labor collective bargaining unit, and names of all staff members, position title, and collective bargaining group (if any) they fall under.

9.C2 Darren Hess, Hudson, IL. Information requested and provided included copies of notices reflecting copies of business conducted in Closed Sesion November 9, 2018 and December 13, 2017, and documentation reflecting a quorum was present at each meeting and that a majority of those present voted to go into closed session.

9.C3 Brendan Bakala, Illinois Policy Institute. Information requested and provided included documentation of the district provides employees to authorize dues deductions of collective bargaining members and documentation outlining the process for revoking the authorization.

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS

11. ADJOURNMENT