September 14, 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. Suspensions Report

V.A.5. Security Report

V.A.6. Open House 2022

V.A.7. Treasurer's Report

V.A.8. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipient:
Adela Bernal, Secretary at Wilson School
 

V.A.9. Departmental Updates Presentation

V.A.10. Perfect Attendance for 2021-2022 School Year

William Bejda                                        Paul Mannella 
Sonia Camargo                                     Heather Mathis
Maurici Carbo                                        Dana Muslimovic
Alexis Cohn                                           Eileen Nahm
Brian Dominick                                      Sepideh Noekhah
Melissa Ellis                                          Brian Petracek               
Nichole Gross                                       Kristin Rea
Rosario Hernandez                               Milagros Santiago
Epifania Ibarra                                      Christine Vassos 
Jennifer Kaempfe                                  Mark Zak
Christian Kalonji Kanyiki                        Anthony Zell
Beatriz Maa                                           Tracy Zoeteman



 

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. 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 E-Learning Program August 17, 2022

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Open Session August 17, 2022

XIII.A.3. Regular Meeting Closed Session August 17, 2022

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   6,412,487.66
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     433,811.05
Transportation Fund                                               $       33,414.70
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $   6,879,713.41

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  5,503,506.82
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     417,742.68
Transportation Fund                                                 $     496,432.21
Capital Projects                                                        $  2,081,078.08
TORT                                                                        $       31,966.53
Debt Fund                                                                 $       20,497.74
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR SEPTEMBER                  $  8,551,224.06

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER    $     1,124,158.64 

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 $25,000.00

XIII.G.1. Somerset                      Return of Damaged Chromebooks             $  123,267.00

XIII.G.2. Somerset                   Missing Chromebooks not returned               $   69,680.00

XIII.G.3. CPI                                    CPI Training                                             $    32,086.00

XIII.G.4. Central States Bus              Bus Leasing                                           $   245,779.47

XIII.G.5. Central States Bus              New Bus Leasing                                  $   182,087.15

XIII.G.6. Follett School Solutions          Library Materials                             $     73,419.43

XIII.G.7. ThermoSystems                  Unity HVAC Project                             $   207,500.00

XIII.H. Approval to offer Voluntary Student Accident Insurance for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.I. Approval of Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefits Report which includes the base salary and benefits of the Superintendent, Administrators and Teachers employed by Cicero School District 99 during the 2021-2022 school year

XIII.J. Approval to apply for the School Maintenance Projects Grant to cover a portion of the potential Fencing Project at Roosevelt School

XIII.K. Approval of Bid Recommendation for Painting/Finishes Services

XIII.L. Approval of AIA Document G701-2017- Change Order 001 for the Track & Turf Project at Unity Junior High School

XIII.M. Approval of Project Authorization #33 with Vision Construction & Consulting, Inc. for the HVAC Mechanical Upgrades Project at Unity Junior School

XIII.N. Approval of AIA Document A133-2019 between the Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 and Vision Construction & Consulting, Inc. for the HVAC Mechanical Upgrades Project at Unity Junior High School

XIII.O. Approval of AIA Document A201-2017 between the Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 and FGM Architects, Inc. for the HVAC Mechanical Upgrades Project at Unity Junior High School

XIII.P. Approval to go out to bid for the HVAC Mechanical Upgrades Project at Unity Junior High School

XIII.Q. Approval of School District Library Grant Application for FY2023

XIII.R. Approval of Agreement with CDW Government LLC to migrate from on-premises to Cisco WebEx Calling (VoIP Cloud) 

XIII.S. Approval of T-Mobile for Education EmpowerED Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and T-Mobile USA, Inc. 

XIII.T. Approval of Purchase Agreement 3163 with IT-RE, Inc. for the purchase of decommissioned Network Equipment

XIII.U. Approval of Interlocal Contract-Interstate between Harris County Department of Education and Cicero School District 99 for participation in HCDE'S Choice Partners Cooperative

XIII.V. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between Cicero School District 99 and Family Focus in Partnership with Phillip Jackson Freedom Schools for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.W. Approval of Student Teacher Agreement between the Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 and Dominican University beginning September 14, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2027

XIII.X. Approval of Program Agreement between Amanda S. Norris, M.A., Sustainable Mental Wellness, Inc. and Board of Education of Cicero School District 99 for the provision of Staff Mental Health Training and Support Services for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.Y. Approval of Agreement with N2y LLC for Online Hosted Software Services for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.Z. Approval of renewal of Agreement with Illuminate Education, Inc.-Fastbridge for Student Support Services for the 2022-2023 school year

XIII.AA. Approval of renewal of Agency Contracts for Special Education and Student Services

XIII.AA.1. Bilingual Speech Solutions, LLC

XIII.AA.2. Center for Special Education Services

XIII.AA.3. Key2Ed, Inc.

XIII.AA.4. Therapy Care, Ltd.

XIII.AA.5. Therapy Travelers, LLC and 3Chords, Inc. dba Therapy Travelers

XIII.AB. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.AB.1. Nataly Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Multilingual Program Supervisor and Martin Mireles, Instructional Biliteracy Specialist Coach, 2022 La Cosecha Dual Language Conference, on November 2-5, 2022, in Santa Fe, New Mexico  

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

XVI. 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

XVII. Old Business

XVIII. Informational Items

XVIII.A. Special Board Meeting for Budget Hearing on September 19, 2022, 5:00 p.m. at the Administration Building

XVIII.B. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on October 12, 2022, 6:30 p.m. at Columbus East School

XIX. Adjournment