March 12, 2025 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 Manouzi,
                  Members Couch, Moreno, Segura and Terracino

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. Monthly Building Special Needs Expenditure/Revenue Reports

V.A.7. ISBE Acknowledgments:
•   Elana Gordon, “Award of Excellence” in the Student Support Personnel Category

V.A.8. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Salud Farfan, Lunch Hostess at Liberty School

V.A.9. Treasurer's Report

V.A.10. Departmental Updates Presentation

VI. Other Reports

VI.A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. and Vision Construction & Consulting, 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. 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 February 12, 2025

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session February 12, 2025

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   8,163,203.13
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     488,413.84
Transportation Fund                                               $     257,517.60
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $   8,909,134.57

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  2,098,344.38
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     377,381.57
Transportation Fund                                                 $     186,728.95
Capital Projects                                                        $       77,741.58
Debt Fund                                                                 $      20,131.57
Tort                                                                            $        4,827.13
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR MARCH                            $ 2,765,155.18

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF MARCH         $ 146,630.20

XIII.E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

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

XIII.G. Approval of Purchase Orders over $35,000.00

XIII.G.1. Tyler Tech                 Versatrans  Routing for Buses             $ 95,073.85

XIII.G.2. Liminex               Renewal of Device Monitoring               $ 85,080.00

XIII.G.3. Sterling Services                  Chroma Glaze Walls                 $ 47,850.00

XIII.G.4. CDW              VmWare Support/Subscription                  $ 42,560.00

XIII.H. Approval to go out to bid for On Call HVAC, Painting, Plumbing and Electrical Services

XIII.I. Approval of Donations received that are to be used for Parent University on March 21, 2025 for raffle prizes and snacks

XIII.I.1. Neighborhood Loans, $750.00

XIII.J. Approval of Renewal Agreement with Open Kitchens for Food Services for the 2025-2026 school year

XIII.K. Approval of Ten-Year HLS Survey Report Applications for 13 School Sites

XIII.L. Approval of Service Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and Comcast Cable Communications Manage, LLC for the provision of 10g Broadband Internet Circuit 

XIII.M. Approval of Agreement with CDW/Sophos/Vartana for Cybersecurity Services

XIII.N. Approval for Cicero School District 99 to participate in the Cybersecurity Pilot Program

XIII.O. Approval of Affiliation Agreement with Arizona State University for Student Teaching Field Experiences

XIII.P. Approval of Rental Agreement between Midwest Renegades Basketball Club and Cicero School District 99

XIII.Q. Approval of Resolution to support Vision 2030

XIII.R. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.R.1. Elisabeth Nealon, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services, 29th Annual Safe & Civil Schools National Conference, on July 13-17, 2025, in Portland, Oregon

XIV. Approval of Settlement and Release Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and Alyssa Parrillo

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. Old Business

XVII. Informational Items

XVII.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on April 16, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building

XVIII. Adjournment