Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 Board of Education met June 8

By Michael Abella

Jul 27, 2020

Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 Board of Education met June 8.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

A regular meeting of the Board of Education of Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District No. 196 was held in the High School Library at 6:05 PM on Monday, June 8, 2020. The meeting was called to order by President Teresa Stacey.

ROLL CALL

Secretary Malinee called the roll with the following result:

Members Present:

Acosta, Hicks, Ketteman (by conference call), Loucks, Rounds, Schoenbaechler, Stacey

Members Absent: None

Staff Present: J. Henry, K. Jones, V. Malinee, B. Dilliner, C. Garner

Visitors Present: None

PUBLIC COMMENT & CORRESPONDENCE

None

REPORTS

SEA: No report.

LABORERS' LOCAL 773: No report.

CUSTODIAL & MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR: Brandon Dilliner, Maintenance Supervisor, presented information on the parking lot project and buzz-in door system status. Discussion followed regarding beginning date of parking lot project and availability of use of parking lot during the process

K-8 PRINCIPAL: Mr. Jones, Elementary/JH Principal, presented information regarding the following to the board: Trust fund and recent and upcoming activities and dates. He reported that the 8th grade graduation ceremony is still postponed. Discussion followed regarding the K-8 students in regards to incomplete work from the 4th quarter.

H.S. PRINCIPAL: In the absence of Mrs. Page, High School Principal, Mr. Henry presented information regarding the following to the board: Trust fund and recent activities. Discussion

Minutes of Regular Board of Education Meeting

Page 2 of 5 June 8, 2020 followed regarding the high school students in regards to incomplete work from the 4th quarter (in holding pattern; hoping to use after-school program and summer school to complete).

SUPERINTENDENT: Mr. Henry, Superintendent, presented the following information to the board:

1. The consent agenda for this month's meeting includes the following additional item(s):

• Adoption of the district depository resolutions for FY 2021

• Adoption of the prevailing wage resolution for FY 2021

• Approval of the Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Trust (WCSIT) intergovernmental cooperative pooling agreement

• Approval of the Illinois School District Agency (ISDA) agreement

• Approval of a revised lunch price schedule (effective July 1, 2020) Adoption of the FY 2020 amended district budget

2. COVID-19 Updates

• Late Thursday afternoon, ISBE unexpectedly released new guidance regarding allowing summer school programs (including drivers' education behind-the-wheel instruction and any remaining schoolwork needed to clear an "incomplete") during Phase 3 of the State's re-opening plan. Applicable personnel are currently meeting and will announce how SV196 can implement this allowance as soon as practical.

• On Friday afternoon, the IHSA released its anticipated Stage 1 Return-to-Play guidelines for slowly resuming certain athletic activities. The administrators and staff are currently reviewing these guidelines and making plans for how we could resume, on a limited basis, some small group activities.

3. The recent, special legislative session produced a forecast for Evidence-Based Funding for schools for Fiscal Year 2021, and that result is probably the best option that we could have hoped for (level-funding consistent with FY20 funding). Over the next 2-3 months, Superintendent Henry expects other pieces of state revenues to become clearer, and believes that S-V will be able to weather Fiscal Year 2021 school finances successfully.

4. Along that same line of discussion, Superintendent Henry is anticipating local property tax revenues to be 1) less than was anticipated for FY21, and 2) late arriving due to late distribution of tax bills. For the FY21 budget, the local property tax projections in anticipation of these factors will be reduced.

5. As of June 8, 2020, the following Fiscal Year 2020 payments are due & payable to the school district:

Total payments to date: $155,304.66 (66.87% of payments due-to-date for FY20)

Grand Total of Outstanding Fiscal Year 2020 State Payments (FY19 Claims): $153,897.54

Superintendent Henry also reported on two additional items including an e-mail that was received near the end of the official school year (presented the misinformation and asked board members to help if this misinformation is brought to them and his possible family vacation (end of June/first part of July).

CONSENT AGENDA

A motion was made by Schoenbaechler and seconded by Acosta approving the minutes of the previous meetings: May 11, 2020 (Regular Meeting) and May 21, 2020 (Special Meeting); Treasurer's report; the bills in the amount of $276,787.31 and salaries in the amount of $371,586.19; adoption of district depository resolution(s) for Fiscal Year 2021; adoption of the Prevailing Wage Resolution for FY 2021; approval of Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Trust (WCSIT) intergovernmental cooperative polling agreement; approval of Illinois School District Agency (ISDA) agreement; approval of lunch price schedule; and approval of Fiscal Year 2020 amended district budget, as presented.

Roll call voting was as follows:

Yeas: Acosta, Hicks, Ketteman, Loucks, Rounds, Schoenbaechler, Stacey

Nays: None

There being seven (7) yeas and zero (O) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS

None

NEW BUSINESS

AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE A FACILITY USE REQUEST (SESSER-VALIER YOUTH ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION, INC.): A motion was made by Acosta and seconded by Loucks to authorize the Superintendent or designee to approve a pending facility-use request from Sesser-Valier Youth Athletic Organization Inc., on an as-needed basis.

Voting was as follows: All voted yea. There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.

CLOSED SESSION: At 6:32 PM, a motion was made by Acosta and seconded by Schoenbaechler to enter into closed session for the purpose of discussing the following exceptions to the Open Meetings Act:

a. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body (5 ILCS 120/200(1), as amended by P.A. 93 57)

b. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students. (5 ILCS 120/2(C)(10))

Roll call voting was as follows:

Yeas: Ketteman, Loucks, Rounds, Schoenbaechler, Stacey, Acosta, Hicks

Nays: None

There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.

Brent Loucks left at 6:51 PM.

RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION: At 7:28 PM, a motion was made by Schoenbaechler and seconded by Acosta to reconvene from closed session.