January 11, 2023 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. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Megan O'Malley, Special Education Program Supervisor at Goodwin School
 

V.A.7. Recognition of Daniel Murphy Scholarship Recipients:
Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, Enrique Mondragon Arenas, Rayshawn Hamler and Ricardo Garcia Chavez

V.A.8. Treasurer's Report

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. Public Hearing on the 2022 Tax Levy December 14, 2022

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Open Session December 14, 2022

XIII.A.3. Regular Meeting Closed Session December 14, 2022

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   7,012,662.60
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     446,862.36
Transportation Fund                                               $     215,067.54
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $   7,674,592.50

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  2,277,999.50
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     226,335.23
Transportation Fund                                                 $       95,808.99
Capital Projects                                                        $   1,327,438.77
TORT                                                                        $         7,882.75
Debt Fund                                                                 $            300.00
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR JANUARY                        $  3,935,765.24

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF JANUARY         $      31,678.75

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

XIII.E.1. Lakeshore Learning            New Furniture for EC Rooms              $   61,524.36

XIII.E.2. Children's Plus                   Circulation of Library Materials            $   36,904.80

XIII.E.3. BrainPOP                            Subscription Renewal                          $   31,283.50

XIII.E.4. Tyler Technologies             Renewal of Telematics Support            $   30,404.23

XIII.E.5. SEPUP/Lab-Aids                 Renewal of Science Materials              $ 357,605.85

XIII.E.6. CDW                                   Microsoft License Subscription           $   68,707.50

XIII.E.7. Follett                                 Circulation of Library Materials           $   80,465.55

XIII.E.8. Fulcrum Mgmt. Solutions   Subscription Renewal                         $   26,460.00

XIII.F. Approval to go out to bid for a 5-year lease of new buses as part of approved leasing plan for the 2023-2024 school year

XIII.G. Approval to go out to bid for Milk Services for the 2023-2024 school year

XIII.H. Approval to go out to bid for Paper Supplies for the 2023-2024 school year

XIII.I. Approval to negotiate Food Service Contract Renewal with Open Kitchens for the 2023-2024 school year

XIII.J. Approval to negotiate Student Transportation Contract renewal with Grand Prairie for the 2023-2024 school year

XIII.K. Approval of Aspire (Morton Private Wealth Strategies, Inc. Advisors/Raymond James) as an additional 403(b) Investment Vendor

XIII.L. Approval of Third Party Custodian Agreement for Collatorized Municipal Deposits with BMO Harris

XIII.M. Approval of Bid Recommendations for the Roofing Project at Unity Junior High School

Bid Package # 4          Masonry
Bid Package # 7          Roofing

XIII.N. Approval of Bid Recommendations for the Chiller Replacement Project at Lincoln School

Bid Package # 23         Mechanical
Bid Package # 26         Electrical

XIII.O. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between Cicero School District 99 and Northeastern Illinois University for the provision of 21st Century Community Learning Centers

XIII.P. Approval of Affiliation Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and Marquette University for the provision of Student Teaching/Clinical Field Experiences in Speech Pathology and Audiology beginning January 11, 2023 and ending on January 10, 2028

XIII.Q. Second Reading and approval of proposed revised policies: 2:100, 2:105, 2:150, 2:210, 2:250, 2:265, 3:10, 4:10, 4:55, 4:140, 4:165, 5:120, 5:20, 5:170, 5:190, 5:220, 5:250, 5:260, 5:280, 5:320, 5:330, 6:15, 6:20, 6:60, 6:65, 6:130, 6:250, 6:255, 6:260, 6:270, 6:340, 7:50, 7:70, 7:100, 7:180, 7:250, 7:285, 7:290 and 7:340

XIII.R. Waiver of First Reading and Approval to adopt revised policy 6:50 School Wellness

XIII.S. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.S.1. Leticia Brandt, Executive Director of Data Systems and Assessments and Dominique McBride, Data and Assessment Coordinator, 2023 National PowerSchool User Group (PSUG) Event, on March 20-23, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada

XIV. Approval of Termination of Employee A

XV. Personnel Report

XV.A. Certified Personnel

XV.A.1. Employment

XV.A.2. Resignations

XV.A.3. Other

XV.B. Non-Certified Personnel

XV.B.1. Employment

XV.B.2. Resignations

XV.B.3. Other

XV.C. FMLA Requests

XVI. Student Discipline Disposition

XVI.A. Student Number 990025501

XVII. Old Business

XVIII. Informational Items

XVIII.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on February 8, 2023, 6:30 p.m. at Columbus West School

XIX. Adjournment