October 12, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

I. Call to Order Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

II. Roll Call     President Tomschin, Vice President Dominick, Secretary Terracino,
                   Members Couch, Manouzi, Moreno and Segura

III. Establish Quorum

IV. Pledge of Allegiance

V. Superintendent's Report

V.A. Informational Items

V.A.1. Monthly Board Report

V.A.2. Freedom of Information Act Requests

V.A.3. Enrollment Report

V.A.4. Suspension Report

V.A.5. Security Report

V.A.6. Unity Day - October 19, 2022

V.A.7. Treasurer's Report

V.A.8. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Rosa Covarrubias, Secretary for Student Services, Administration Building
 

V.A.9. Departmental Updates Presentation

V.B. Discussion of items

VI. Other Reports

VI.A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. 

VII. Correspondence

VIII. Comments from the Audience

IX. Adjourn to Executive Session

IX.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).

IX.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)

IX.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)

IX.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).

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

IX.F. 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

XIII.A. Approval of Minutes

XIII.A.1. Regular Meeting Open Session September 14, 2022

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session September 14, 2022

XIII.A.3. Public Hearing on the Budget for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year, September 19, 2022

XIII.A.4. Special Meeting Open Session September 19, 2022

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   9,590,574.96
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     604,683.56
Transportation Fund                                               $     234,570.69
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $ 10,429,829.21

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  2,073,997.52
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     263,895.44
Transportation Fund                                                 $     185,883.36
Capital Projects                                                        $  1,823,097.60
TORT                                                                        $       13,211.00
Debt Fund                                                                 $      40,995.48
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR OCTOBER                       $ 4,401,080.40

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER         $       261,394.16

XIII.E. Approval of Resolution for Disposal of Personal Property

XIII.F. Approval of Purchase Orders over $25,000.00

XIII.F.1. KS State Bank (Providence Capital)            Lease Payment          $ 149,869.94

XIII.F.2. PowerSchool          Agreement for Student Registration              $  35,092.47

XIII.G. Approval of Bid Recommendations for the HVAC Mechanical Upgrade Project at Unity Junior High School

Bid Package # 23        Mechanical
Bid Package # 26        Electrical

XIII.H. Approval to obtain Request for Qualifications to select a consultant to develop Scope of Services for all District Elevators

XIII.I. Approval of Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and Western Governors University for Clinical Student Teaching Field Experiences beginning October 12, 2022 and ending on October 13, 2025

XIII.J. Approval of Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and Kelly Services, Inc. for the provision of Educational Staffing

XIII.K. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement between the Board of Education of District 99 and the Town of Cicero for the Administration and Funding of a School Crossing Guard Program for the 2022-2023 school year 

XIII.L. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between Cicero School District 99 and Tobii Dynavox, LLC for Assistive Technology Services for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.M. Approval of Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and 321 Insight for the provision of Professional Development Services

XIII.N. Waiver of First Reading and Approval to adopt revised Board Policy 5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays and Leaves

XIII.O. Approval of Board and Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.O.1. Bertha Moreno-Paz, Director of Multilingual Department, 2022 La Cosecha Dual Language Conference, on November 2-5, 2022, in Santa Fe, New Mexico

XIII.O.2. Tom Geraghty, Principal, Amy Kalas, Assistant Director of Special Education and Christina Saenz, Early Childhood Coach, Annual NAEYC Conference, November 16-19, 2022, in Washington D.C.

XIII.O.3. Board of Education, and Dr. Aldo Calderin, Superintendent, Annual NSBA Conference, on April 1-3, 2023, in Orlando, Florida

XIII.P. Approval of Student and Staff Travel

XIII.P.1. 40 students, 2 teachers and 2 administrators to participate in the Smoky Mountain Summer Enrichment Program on June 20-23, 2023

XIV. Personnel Report

XIV.A. Certified Personnel

XIV.A.1. Employment

XIV.A.2. Resignations

XIV.A.3. Other

XIV.B. Non-Certified Personnel

XIV.B.1. Employment

XIV.B.2. Resignations

XIV.B.3. Other

XIV.C. FMLA Requests

XV. Student Suspension Appeal Hearing Disposition

XV.A. Student Number 990019472

XVI. Student Discipline Disposition

XVI.A. Student Number 990019254

XVI.B. Student Number 990018774

XVI.C. Student Number 990019472

XVI.D. Student Number 990019869

XVII. Approval of Master Agreement between the Board of Education Cicero School District 99 Cook County, Illinois, and Cicero Council Union - Secretaries Unit, West Suburban Teachers Union, Local 571, American Federation of Teachers, July 1, 2022-June 30, 2026

XVIII. Old Business

XIX. Informational Items

XIX.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on November 9, 2022, 6:30 p.m. at Cicero East School

XX. Adjournment