CHESTER – A regular meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held this evening, Nov 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chester Community High School Juergens Gym located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL.
AGENDA
- Call to Order and Roll Call – 6:00 p.m.
- Executive Session
2.1 For the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public Body.
- Regular Session – 7:30 p.m.
- Opportunity for Public Comment (please be mindful that these meetings of the BOE are required by the Open Meeting Law to be held in a public setting. Each participant will be limited to 5 minutes, which the board will listen to but will not respond during this time.)
- Board Correspondence
- Presentation
7.1 Curtis Stoll, CPAl from Fick, Eggemeyer, & Williamson, CPA’s
7.2 Presentation by Rachel Marshall on the Prevention Initiative 0-3 Early Childhood grant
- Approve Consent Agenda Items as Listed
8.1 Approval of Agenda
8.2 Approve October 16, 2024, Regular and Executive meeting minutes and November 14, 2024, Special meeting minutes
8.3 Bills & Payroll
- Financial Reports
- Departmental & Administrative Reports
- Old Business
10.1 Conduct 2nd reading and approval of Employee Handbook
10.2 Resolution expressing official intent regarding certain capital expenditures to be reimbursed from proceeds of an obligation to be issued by the District.
10.3 Resolution providing for the issue of approximately $1,720,000 General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2024, for the purpose of altering and reconstructing school buildings and purchasing and installing equipment therein for fire prevention and safety, energy conservation and school security purposes, providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds, and authorizing the sale of said bonds to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated.
10.4 Resolution providing for the issue of approximately $ 6,000,000 General Obligation School Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series 2024B, for the purpose of altering, repairing and equipping school buildings and facilities of the District and improving the sites thereof, providing for the pledge of certain revenues to the payment of principal and interest on said bonds and the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay such principal and interest if the pledged revenues are insufficient to make such payment and authorizing the sale of said bonds to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated.
- New Business
11.1 Conduct 1st reading of Press Policy Issue 117
11.2 Approve Board of Education regular meeting dates for the calendar year 2025
11.2 Consider First Reading/Discussion of Tax Levy
11.3 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established with Chester Education Association to consider ELL endorsement for Marrisa Talbert.
11.4 Approve the purchase of Staff Gift Cards for Christmas
11.5 Approve the updated service agreement with TK Elevator Corporation effective November 1, 2024
11.6 Approve the FY24 Annual Audit as presented
11.7 Approval of the project of Professor Sharp Media Center Phrase 3 at High School for the School Maintenance Project Grant match of 50,000
11.8 Approve Certificates for Payment for Samron Midwest Contracting, Inc.’s Pay Application #3 in the amount of $125,226.81
11.9 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established with Stingers Youth Program and Chester CUSD 139 Board of Education.
- Personnel
12.1 Employment, Coaches, and Volunteers
12.2 Resignations
13 Adjournment