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Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met Dec. 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

PUBLIC HEARING

Call to Order – Board President

Roll Call

Purpose of Hearing: The purpose of the Waltonville CUSD #1 Board of Education Tax Levy Hearing is to discuss and determine the necessary property tax levy required to adequately fund the district's schools and educational programs for the upcoming fiscal year.

I will provide an overview presentation of the Tax Levy here.

Opportunity for Public Input

Adjourn

Regular Board Meeting

AGENDA

Call to Order and Roll Call

Closed Session- for Purposes of the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors, or specific volunteers of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor, or a volunteer of the District or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity, and student discipline. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) -

Employee issue update

Discussion of Jamie Long's salary. When we hired Jamie, she did not have a few of the certifications that Gail Patteau had. In light of that, we hired her at a little lower salary than I would have recommended otherwise. As requested, she has achieved those certifications to provide services to our students and staff that she could not when hired. An explanation of those and what they mean to the district can be found in Jamie’s email to me dated December 4, 2023.

A request for Nick Barclay to provide on-site IT support for our school at a cost to the district of $14 per day. I’ll better explain this request in closed session.

Consent Agenda (All items will be voted on together as a part of the consent agenda)

Approval of Minutes of open and closed session Regular Board Meeting for November 27, 2023

Activity Financial Reports, including PTO and Booster Club

Approval of Bills and Treasurer’s Report

Approve student vacation requests

Approve enrollment and discipline reports

Correspondence to the board

Public Comment

WEA

Others

FOIA Requests None

Old Business

Presentation by Round Table Design- the architect will be here to present the plans for the student and staff health and wellness center to the board.

Approve a sick-day bank for an employee - we had 31 employees donate a day to Bill. I make a motion to approve the voluntary donation of one sick day per employee to a sick day bank for Bill Eastham.

Approve Board Policy 7:270- The attorney said adding the oxygen is optional. I recommend we omit that language. I make a motion to approve Board Policy 7:270 as presented.

Employment of Staff (These are kept on the agenda to ensure action can be taken for a last-minute resignation or hire).

Accept the resignations

Certified Staff

Non-Certified Staff

Extra-Curricular

Approve the hire of

Certified Staff

Non-Certified Staff -I make a motion for the board to hire Nick Barclay at a cost of $14 per day to the district to assist with IT issues for the district.

Extra-Curricular

New Business

Approve FY2024 Tax Levy- I make a motion to approve the FY2024 Tax Levy as presented.

Consider approval of a contract with XT Solutions -XT is currently working without a contract. The increases over the life of the contract are fair. I recommend we approve the contract. I make a motion to approve the contract with XT Solutions as presented.

Consider approval of an estimate for Bevis Construction to install Acoustic grid ceilings in high school restrooms.-rather than paint the ceilings in the restrooms, I recommend we have these ceilings installed. This will hide some of the pipes at the top, improve lighting, and improve the overall appearance of the restrooms. I do not think the cost of not painting the ceilings will save us even half of the cost of installing the acoustic ceiling grids, but should cover some of the cost. The total cost for both restrooms is $2,780.

Review the certifications and hourly pay of the school nurse. I make a motion to approve an hourly increase in pay for Jamie Long to $____ per hour.

Discussion regarding HVAC projects in the high school and elementary gyms. The cost of the HVAC upgrade is going to be about $30,000 per unit installed (before architect fees). Three units are needed in the grade school. Four units are needed in the high school. Due to the maintenance grant, the grade school units will cost the district $45,000. The board will have to cover the entire cost of the high school project at an estimated cost of $130,000.

Provide the superintendent with the authority to hire a nighttime custodian and a paraprofessional.

Other/Additions to the agenda

Administrator Reports

High School

Grade School

Athletic Director

Superintendent

Adjournment

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