July 7, 2015 at 6:00 PM - SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

Description:  •The appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body
or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a
complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal
counsel for the public body to determine its validity.  5ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
•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 shall be
recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.  5ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

Description:  Action on waiver of the attorney-client privilege to require the law firm of Scariano, Himes and
Petrarca to respond to a subpoena from, or through, the Cook County State’s
Attorney regarding a former employee of the District.  Todd Faulkner has received a copy of the subpoena and is tailoring our motion to waive our right of attorney/client privilege for your action Tuesday night.

Description:  Pat and I need to be very careful in allocating our 100 days allowed by the TRS pension rules for retirees. We do not believe we could appropriately facilitate an entire strategic planning process and address the daily business of running the district without exceeding our days allotment.
That said, we solicited proposals from three providers for board consideration. You have a couple of options, accepting one of the proposals at the July 21st board meeting and getting started on the actual strategic planning process at the July 25th board workshop meeting or asking the three providers for their "dog and pony shows" on the 25th delaying the beginning of the planning process itself. 
Pat and I are leaning toward the simplest approach. At this time we recommend the least costly proposal and begin the process on July 25 with a brainstorming session with the board. Regardless of who you choose to facilitate the process the components of the process are similar:You will have a brainstorming session of the board reviewing the current Mission, Vision and Goals of the district. Furthermore you will identify focus areas, categories and related topics for consideration. You will begin answering the questions, 1) Where are we? 2) What do we have to work with? 3) Where do we want to be? and 4) How do we get there?The process will further include review of archival reports, surveying stakeholders, training board members to facilitate planning meetings, conducting meetings with stakeholders, developing action plans, drafting a template of the plan and communicating the plan to all interested parties.Please call Pat or me if you have any questions or concerns with the proposals or our recommendation.