April 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Regular

Description:  Stoxen____, Klein____, Crosby____, Miller____, Garrels ____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____

Description:  "I move to adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity, the setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the District, the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandates by Section 2.06 of the School Code" Roll call
Crosby____, Garrels____, Klein____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Lehmann____,  Stoxen____

Description:  The District 50 School Board appreciates and welcomes all visitors to tonight's meeting.  We ask that all visitors sign in so we can thank you for attending tonight's meeting.

This is the time in our meeting when we invite the public to address the school board with issues and concerns.  While the board is very interested in your comments, this is not a time for discussion or debate, so we cannot respond to comments or answer questions at this time.  However, a member of the District 50 administrative staff will follow up with you within 48 hours of this meeting to determine if you would like to discuss the comment or issue further.  So in the interest of time, we ask that you keep your comments brief and limit them to three minutes.

You should also know that since our board meetings are recorded for re-broadcast to the public, that your comments will be recorded as well.  With that in mind, we request that you keep your comments civil and professional.  We do reserve the right to stop anyone who does not comply with this request.  If you are interested in making a comment, please raise your hand.  When called on to speak, please give your name and address.  Thank you!

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the closed session minutes from the March 19, 2014 regular meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call (Miller and Garrels Abstain)
Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Garrels____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the open session minutes from the March 19, 2014 regular meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call (Miller and Garrels Abstain)
Klein____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to remove the Miller Auto invoice for the amount of $1015.67 and approve the consent agenda as presented." Roll call
Wilhoit____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve paying the Miller Auto invoice in the amount of $1015.67 as presented" Roll call (Miller Abstain)
Klein____, Wilhoit____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the hiring of Laura (lora) Hay (hay) for the position of 4th grade dual language English position, Brienne (bree-an) Bohman (bow-man) for the position of physical education teacher at the Jr. High School, Alvaro (al-ver-oh) Hernando (her-nan-doe) for the position of 4th grade dual language -Spanish teacher, Jario (jar-ee-oh) Alvarez (al-ver-ez) for the position of dual language Spanish science teacher at the Jr. High School, Mark (mark) Payne (pain) for the position of Credit Recovery Teacher for Harvard Academy and Michael (mike- el) Sean (shawn) Saylor (sail-or) for the position of Physical Education/Driver Education teacher at the High School." Roll call 
Lehmann____, Miller____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Klein____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the transfer of Michelle (mish-el) Bezares (bah-zar-ayes) from the position of 1 way dual language to 2 way dual language and Beth (beth) Schmidt (sh-mit) from 3rd grade teacher to 2nd grade teacher both at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School." Roll call
Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to accept the notice of resignation from Maria (mah-ree-ah) Garcia (gar-see-ah) Oliveros (olive-air-ohs) and Patricia (pah-trish-ah) Dalton (dall-ton) at the end of the 2013 - 2014 school year."   Roll call
Wilhoit____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to accept the notice of retirement from Jodi (joe-dee) Barrett (bare-it) effective at the end of the 2018 - 2019 school year." Roll call
Crosby____, Garrels___, Miller____, Klein___, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve hiring Mark (mark) Payne (pain) for the position of Head Varsity Wrestling Coach and Michael (mike-el) Sean (shawn) Saylor (sail-or) for the position of Head Varsity Football Coach both for the 2014 - 2015 school year." Roll call
Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  There are no change orders this month.

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the FMLA request for Linda (linda) Pagles (pay-gls) as presented." Roll call
Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Klein____, Crosby____, Stoxen____

Description:   SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the High School Student Council "Man of the Year" fund-raiser on April 11, 2104 to earn money for Student Council scholarships for seniors, Harvard High School National Honor Society "Mooing" for the NHS Scholarship fund-raiser on April 21, 2014 through May 1, 2014 to raise money for scholarships, the Harvard High School baseball cash raffle, meat raffle/trivia night fund raiser on March 29, 2014 to raise money for team windshirts and trips." Roll call
Klein____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  BOARD PRESIDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Superintendent's contract for 3 additional years as it currently reads." Roll call
Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefit Report as presented." Roll call
Lehmann____, Miller____, Klein____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to forgo the reading of and approve the Resolution Extending Participation in the Regional Safe Schools Program as presented." Roll call
Klein____, Crosby____, Garrels____, Lehmann____, Miller____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve Gary Edgeton as the Harvard Community Unit School District #50 treasurer and The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company as the firm acting as Surety on Bond." Roll call
Crosby____, Klein____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to award the district custodial supply bids as follows:
Central Poly in the amount of $2,771.00
Calico Industries in the amount of $326.02
Conserv FS in the amount of $591.75
Fox Valley in the amount of $174.20
HP Products in the amount of $4,727.79
Kranz in the amount of $210.00
Warehouse Direct in the amount of $2,576.00
North American Corp. in the amount of $923.00
Pro Source in the amount of $5,215.49
Ramrod in the amount of $5,652.66." Roll call
Lehmann____, Crosby____, Miller____, Wilhoit____, Klein____,  Garrels____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the hiring of student summer workers for Harvard Community Unit School District #50 as presented." Roll call
Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Garrels____, Klein____, Lehmann____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the sale of 811 Forrest Downs in the amount of $192,500.00 as presented." Roll call
Wilhoit____, Lehmann_____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve a line item transfer of $36,134.00 from function 2320 General Administrative Services in the Education Fund to 2550 Pupil Transportation Salaries as presented." Roll call
Klein____, Crosby____, Garrels____, Lehmann____, Miller____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve extending the current contract with Durham Transportation for the next two years (2014-2015, 2015-2016) as presented."Roll call
Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the firm of Milburn Cain & Co. to provide the audit for the Harvard Community Unit School District #50 for the year ending June 30, 2014 as presented." Roll call
Miller____, Wilhoit____, Garrels____, Lehmann____, Klein____, Crosby____, Stoxen____

Description:  On February 21, 2014 Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer, received a request from Brian Anderson of Lee's Foodservice Parts and Repairs, Inc. requesting records of all vendor/contractor information providing for the maintenance and repair of the cafeteria/foodservice equipment. The vendor/contractor information providing the ware-washing, cleaning and sanitizing products for the cafeteria/foodservice equipment and copies, if applicable of the contract/s of the aforementioned services/products and the person/department whom purchases the aforementioned services/products.  On March 17, 2014 Susan Johnson sent him all requested information.

On March 19, 2014 Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer, received a request from Patrick Nohl from IBEW 117 requesting any Board minutes regarding the concession stand project. Copies of all bid notices, bid results, bid specs, all contract awards and copy of the prevailing wage requirements.
On March 20, 2014 Susan Johnson sent a copy of the Concession Stand project manual, the Concession Stand Bid Tab, the notice to the bidders and the prevailing wage requirements.  Susan explained to Mr. Nohl that the minutes from the meeting would not be made public until after the April 16th meeting and at that time he could re-FOIA for the information.

On March 20, 2014 Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer received a FOIA request from Timothy Dwyer requesting a copy of the current District 50 budget and Appropriation Ordinance as well as the Tax Levy Ordinance passed in 2013. On March 21, 2014 Susan Johnson responded that the budget is found on the District website and she attached a copy of the Levy Certificate to the email response.

On March 20, 2014 Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer received a FOIA request from Brian McSherry of SMART Local 265 asking for information regarding background checks performed for workers and construction workers. Specifically which types of background checks are required.  On March 20, 2014 Susan Johnson told Mr. McSherry that the District required both the State Police of Illinois Background Check and the FBI background check.

Description:  Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - Regular Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.