November 9, 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. Quarterly Investment Report

V.A.6. Security Report

V.A.7. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Matthew  Sullivan, PE Teacher at Burnham School

V.A.8. National School Board Recognition

V.A.9. Treasurer's Report

V.A.10. Tax Levy 2022 Presentation

V.A.11. 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 October 12, 2022

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session October 12, 2022

XIII.A.3. Special Meeting Open Session October 27, 2022

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   6,968,992.17
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     403,165.42
Transportation Fund                                               $     215,713.00
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $   7,587,870.59

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  2,777,764.98
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     320,825.01
Transportation Fund                                                 $     120,625.48
Capital Projects                                                        $  1,659,061.75
TORT                                                                       $     637,401.25
Debt Fund                                                                $         1,200.00 
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR NOVEMBER                   $  5,516,878.47

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER       $    418,142.73 

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

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

XIII.F.1. Alliant/Mesirow            Workers' Comp Insurance          $ 627,810.00

XIII.F.2. SHI                                Google License                           $  40,742.88

XIII.F.3. Procom                        Servers for Security Cameras      $ 216,891.59

XIII.F.4. Amazon                       Office Chairs                               $   28,035.00

XIII.F.5. Frank Cooney Co.        Office Furniture                          $   56,235.69

XIII.F.6. Curriculum Associates  Software Renewal of Ellevation   $  71,656.00

XIII.G. Approval of donation of LED Light Bulbs from Commonwealth Edison which will be distributed at the District, Community Events and Health School Pantry

XIII.H. Approval of a monthly donation of bakery goods from Bimbo Bakery which will be distributed at the District and Community Events

XIII.I. Approval of renewal of Service Agreement with McCloud Pest Solutions for a term of 12 months 

XIII.J. Approval of Agreement with Power Ad Company for the coordination of advertising, purchasing and installation of the scoreboard for the Track and Turf Project at Unity Junior High School

XIII.K. Approval to obtain Request for Proposals for Vertical Transportation (Elevator) Maintenance Services

XIII.L. Approval to obtain Request for Proposals for Facility Maintenance Planners to develop a Master Preventative Maintenance Program District-Wide

XIII.M. Approval of Proposal with Core Construction via Omnia Partners for the Fence Replacement Project at Roosevelt School

XIII.N. Approval of Bid Recommendation for Emergency Trade Services for the provision of Electrical Services

XIII.O. Approval of Agreements for the Provision of Painting/Finishes Services

XIII.O.1. Go Painters, Inc.

XIII.O.2. Oosterbaan & Sons Co.

XIII.O.3. C & W Building Services, Inc.

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

Bid Package # 6               General Trades
Bid Package # 7               Roofing
Bid Package # 9.7            Painting
Bid Package # 23             Mechanical (revised with alternates)
Bid Package # 26             Electrical (revised with alternates)

XIII.Q. Approval of Resolution determining the estimated Tax Levy for the 2022 tax year and scheduling a public hearing hereon

XIII.R. Approval of 2-year renewal of Lease Agreement with Pitney Bowes for Postage and Sorting Machine

XIII.S. Approval of Agreement with CDW Government LLC for the purchase of Firewall Hardware and associated Migration Services

XIII.T. Approval of Agreement with Infinite Connections, Inc. for the provision of Electronic Connectivity Fund (ECF) Consulting Services

XIII.U. Approval of Agreement with Why Try LLC for the provision of Online SEL Toolkit

XIII.V. Approval of Agency Contracts for Special Education Student Nursing Services for the 2022-2023 School Year

XIII.V.1. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

XIII.V.2. RO Health, LLC ("RO HEALTH")

XIII.W. Approval of renewal of Agency Contracts for Special Education and Student Services for the 2022-2023 School Year

XIII.W.1. Jigsaw Learning, LLC dba Teachtown

XIII.W.2. Teaching Strategies, LLC

XIII.W.3. Texthelp, Inc.

XIII.X. Approval of Letter of Agreement with Loyola University Chicago for the Department of Education Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant

XIII.Y. Approval of Disclosure and Consent to Potential and/or Actual Conflict of Interest regarding 2022-2023 IGA for Larry Dominick Literacy Program

XIII.Z. Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and the Town of Cicero for the Larry Dominick Literacy Program for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.AA. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.AA.1. Jennifer Evans, Principal, The Summit on RTI at Work, on January 18-20, 2023, in Austin, Texas

XIII.AA.2. Robert Mensch, Principal, High Reliability Schools Summit, on January 25-27, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas

XIII.AA.3. Donata Heppner, Veronica Morales, Principals and Jack Rein, MTSS Director, School Climate Conference, on April 26-28, 2023, in Temecula, California

XIII.AB. Approval of pay increases and retroactive pay effective July 1, 2022 for Non-Union Certified Staff

XIII.AC. Approval of pay increases and retroactive pay effective July 1, 2022 for Non-Union Non-Certified Staff

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 Discipline Dispositions

XV.A. Student Number 990035682

XV.B. Student Number 990035419

XV.C. Student Number 990018111

XV.D. Student Number 990035472

XVI. Old Business

XVII. Informational Items

XVII.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on December 14, 2022, 6:30 p.m. at Drexel School

XVIII. Adjournment