001Good evening. I'd like to call the Lincoln Way 210 Board of Education meeting for June 18, 2026 to order. Please stand for the pledge of >> allegiance. Pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Can you please call the role? >> Dana Berthold >> here. >> Katherine Johnson >> here. >> Joseph Costa >> here. >> Richard Lassine >> present. >> Caitlyn Oennic here. >> Dedra Stokes here. >> Aaron Janick >> here. All right. First up on the agenda for the evening is the recognition of Lincoln Way West softball state champions. >> You got to come in there. >> They will. They will. >> All right. Good evening. Earlier this month, the
002Lincoln Way West varsity softball team made history by becoming the first team to win a state championship for the Warriors. On behalf of the board of education and administration, I'd like to congratulate the Warriors on becoming the 2026 IHSA 4A state champions. We're so proud of you and thankful to you for representing our school district in such a positive light. I am honored to introduce head coach Heather Novak to say a few words about this year's season and introduce the student athletes that are with us tonight. You guys want to come over here? Okay. Um, good evening. Thank you so much for having us, um, here tonight. We actually have four of our seniors, um, and our one and only freshman on the team. So, um, we have senior Reese Forsight, we have senior Molly
003Finn, um, freshman Regan Connelly, senior Abby Bugamman, and then senior Reese Ror. So, um, we are just so extremely proud of our girls. Um, they were just unbelievable to watch in the postseason. If anyone was able to watch them follow along, um, their focus, their determination, um, I think Abby pitched every uh, pitch of the postseason. Um, but she had told me right early on in the postseason, she said, "Coach Novak, our team chemistry is off the charts right now." So, um, just watching them together, just how how much joy they brought to each other, to our program. Um, Lincoln Way West, um, we just could not be more proud of this group. Um, and then the overwhelming support that we have received all throughout the postseason, um, hearing from their teachers, hearing from staff
004members, um, hearing from district administrators, um, just a lot of people who were so supportive of our girls. Um it's just been overwhelming the whole experience. Um but just so proud of this group to be the first in Lincoln Way West history um to bring back a state championship. So congratulations again. >> We would coach before you guys take off we like to have you guys come up in front of the logo here. We'll take a couple pictures. Dr. Robbins you need to hop up here as well please. >> And what do we for Dr. Robins? >> Yeah. All of us. >> Okay. >> Squat there. You got it. All right, let's Dr. >> Congratulations, guys. >> Thank you. >> Good job, ladies. >> Thank you, seniors. Good luck. >> Thank you. >> No, we're
005phenomenal. What a great way to end over there. >> Yeah. >> And it was mentioned Dr. Robbins be his last board meeting as well. Thank you for all you've done for our district. Ted >> Thank you, Ted. >> He's leaving. >> Yeah, he's out. >> Yeah. All right, moving right along. Uh, no one has signed up for public comment. Um, we'll move into the, uh, budget hearing. We have no one signed up for public comment on that. Do we need a motion to open the budget hearing? So, I would entertain a motion to open the budget hearing. >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Motion to second. All in favor? >> I. >> Budget hearing is open. Mike, >> uh, very little to say. Obviously, we discussed this amended budget in April. Um, this was for
006an accounting and auditing rule, uh, to move capital lease payments into fund 30. Um, that budget's been on display, the amended version since the April board meeting. Um, and at that time, we presented a slight operating surplus with fund balances at 34%. This final version's about $50,000 different, um, but on $170 million total budget. Obviously, that's very minor. We just made a few adjustments between salary and benefit accounts. Reflecting those now that helps us as we plan for FY27. Um nothing else to report in terms of the numbers. There is an action item on the agenda later for board consideration to adopt this year's amended budget. >> Any questions for Mike? All right. Hearing none, I'd entertain a motion to close the budget hearing. >> So moved. >> We have a motion to second. All
007in favor? >> I. All right. Budget hearing is closed. Moving right along. Next up is the tenative fiscal year 2027 budget presentation. >> Moving on to the upcoming fiscal year. Tonight, we would like to present the tenative version of of FY27. Typically, this is presented in in August when we kick off the school year and then the final version adopted in September. Because of how the the board meeting dates fell this year, we need to ensure uh as you know that there's 30 days in in between the meetings for that budget to be on on public display. So, we're presenting this earlier and doing the tenative budget in June. There's some good news to this. Uh, we've worked diligently to finalize um our our staffing uh salaries and insurance trends to predict budgets in those
008areas. And then we've been able to work with our department heads and building heads to finalize their budget allocations as well. At the same time, uh we've not yet fully closed this fiscal year. So I would just like to say um much is subject to change just because it is June rather than August. On the revenue side, for example, what we don't collect from property taxes here in June, and you hear me say this every year, what we don't collect in June obviously then will be adjusted and accounted for in July and subsequent months. Uh CPI, certain utility costs, as those trend higher as they have in the last month or two if you've been watching CPI and inflation trends, um we'll adjust in those areas. What we'd like to do tonight is walk through
009the work that has gone into this tenative budget at a high level and then still adopt uh or bring for board consideration to adopt the final budget in September. And at the August board meeting, what we would bring are some kind of noteworthier material updates, things that have changed over the summer, uh just to keep the board apprised of those and then still adopt in September. So moving right along uh you can follow along in your packet materials or or here on uh the slide presentation as as the board knows um our annual budgets are highly dependent on local revenues predominantly as you can see here 71% property tax receipts. We do get uh about 11% of our operating revenue coming through evidence-based funding. We had seen some nice increases uh there from the state
010as we were catching up as a tier one district. I think we're going to pretty solidly move into tier two. Now those have leveled off. And then only 4% total of our operating revenue comes from other state and federal sources. So as we've discussed in the past, highly uh locally um funded. Local operating revenue projected to increase 4.9%. This includes the tax levy and it does include other local revenue. So that would be rental income from our recent rental agreement and then uh feeder district transportation payments as as well as investments and other minor lines. Uh state revenues predicted to go up very moderately in terms of evidence-based funding. We are continuing to budget for mandated categorical payments. We we don't feel it's appropriate at this time to start planning on or or budgeting fewer
011than the four. Obviously, we'll keep you in the loop if if the state continues to be delayed. One thing we are going to watch and may be a noteworthy update here at the August meeting is if or as the state continues to prorrate those categoricals um in a more extreme way because that would be a that would be a meaningful revenue decrease for us. That that would change this picture a little bit in in terms of those. So, that'll be something that we refine in the coming months. Federal revenues, a very modest decrease. A lot of that's just carryover timing with the with the idea in title grants. Um but those grants are largely um flat for operating expenditures, salaries, and benefits continue to account, as you can see here on this pie chart, um
012for roughly $7 of every $10 that we spend in terms of our operating budget. Supplies and purchase services do make up the next largest chunk. uh capitalized equipment here, that's the uh light blue it shows is only about 5%. Uh just one thing to note, capital spending is very low in our operating budget. We do obviously have the higher capital spend in our fund 60 capital projects for our, you know, field improvements, things like that, as well as life safety fund uh for the HVAC improvements that are underway. Overall, salaries and benefits are expected to increase about 3.6 $6 million for FY27. This has already accounted for or baked in, if you will, any attrition or retirements that we've experienced. As Dr. Murphy and our building teams work to to work through, excuse me, any
013final adjustments uh to staffing, we'll account for those in the future updates to this budget. For services and supplies, I want to talk a little bit about a couple um service contract contracts that we have. A few months ago, the board approved our new athletic trainer agreement. if if you recall and and we did see kind of a market increase there, right? Both in terms of the trainer rates just with where that market is and we added an additional athletic trainer just to provide even better service um for our schools and for our students. So, that was one that was um higher. On the other hand, later in this agenda tonight, uh one of the action items for your consideration is a contract extension with our custodial cleaning company, GSF. Um Mr. Wali and I
014met with them and they have agreed uh after some discussion to doing um a two-year increase that was built into the original contract. We're ending this is year three of three and we had extension years um baked in and they've agreed to do those extension years at 2.4%. Which based on how things are going in terms of wages and and contracts like this, we feel that's an extremely controlled percentage. We're very very happy with that. So, um, that's a big area of spend for us and and something that's a positive news for the budget. Uh, big picture for the operating budget, if you take a look at this slide, the the light red column on the right, we have 133.4 million tenatively slated for operating revenue and 131.2 million in operating expenditures. When we presented
015the five-year uh financial forecast recently, we talked about this being a tighter budget year. That does remain true. Um as you see toward the bottom there, that $2 million number, we've been able to transfer four.5 million a year for capital projects in in the fivecast as well as right now. That's currently sitting at two. However, this keeps us with an operating surplus and a maintenance of our fund balances. We know that we have more uh than $2 million in project needs for the summer of 2027. And so that will be a goal for us as we refine this to get that number up a little bit, but we will only increase it if we can keep us where we need to be in terms of uh stability financially. We we talked through some areas to
016watch for refinement already. Um some of these are are timing dependent. uh some of how the FY27 budget looks will be as I mentioned property taxes but also the the pay apps from contractors for our life life safety projects that some of those things are timing dependent monthly and and even every other week we're taking a look at CPI and insurance trends. So these will be things that we watch uh and make refinements for. And then our overall recommendation for the tenative budget is summarized here. Um, we have an operating surplus. Once again, I'd like to highlight if you look at the the the third column from the left, the third column of financials, second gray column, the second gray column from the left is our transportation fund. And we do have a planned deficit
017in that transportation fund. That is the final partial payment for the bus purchasing. This fiscal year, we don't have a new debt certificate. We don't have another purchasing round for buses. We don't need to buy anymore right now. So we have no revenue stream. We just have the expense going out the door that's planned for. That's baked in. We knew it. Um so so that's expected, but we still have the operating um surplus. And at this time we would be predicted to end at 33.7% fund balance. Uh again, very tentative, but this is the work that's gone into where we are for FY27. Happy to take any questions you may have. Any questions from Dr. Dubc? Just one brief question from me. Um said there would be maybe a decrease in the categoricals or or
018proration of them. How how do we get notified about that? Is it just you know we we're owed a million and 700,000 shows up or do they give us a call? Hey, next next categorical payment will be X. >> Uh no, that's a great question. So, we find out um sometimes that there are components of it that are in in the governor's state budget that gets approved. There are other components that are finalized later. That's actually why school districts budgets are done in August and September. Typically, you know, the corporate world, you say, "Well, you're already almost a quarter of the way through the fiscal year. Why are you doing your budget now?" And so, um what Mr. Rezer and I in in the transportation world have to submit our annual transportation claim. We do
019that over the summer. We don't receive finalized amounts for what the reimbursements will be, which is one of these mandated categoricals, and how uh extremely or not it's prrated until August. >> Uh and so that's part of the timing for why these can be refined more later. >> Okay. >> Y worst case scenario is is that 1.5 million mandated category goals. What if they don't end up paying out? Well, if they're delayed and we don't receive one of those quarterly payments, we're still owed that quarterly payment. It would just be a timing difference in a different fiscal year. And that that's why I mean there's different philosophies. That's something we can certainly discuss if if if you would like. We're still owed the categorical. At some point, they will need to get caught up. The
020proration is the piece that really materially affects us, right? because that once they say it's prrated and if it's $300,000 less, it's $300,000 less. So that's what what we want to track. Bring those updates to you guys in August for whatever we know at that time and then again further refinements for September. >> All right, any further questions? >> Could you expand a little bit on the 2 million for capital projects? And I know that's a very tentative figure. Um when will that get refined? So, that'll be something as we as we close this year um and we see where we stand and then we take a look at our capital improvements plan, our 5year 10-year plan, right? What we typically do is come back to you guys in that August September timeline and start
021early discussions anyway, right? And so by that time, again, was very conservative here. Uh, and so if that's 3 million, three and a half million, we'll know that by August. That will then help us with our planning for projects. >> And thank you. >> And and to that question, Joe, that's a good good question. We're we're pretty much locked in with several of our expenditure numbers. That's fair to say. >> Right. Right now, the the the expenditure numbers we feel pretty good about. It's those revenue adjustments that right now we're conservative as we look at it, as we see what happens here with CPI, as we see what happens with some of the state funding. Our certainly our hope is that's going to open up a little bit. We can get another million million and
022a half into that dollar amount. 4 million has kind of always been our earmarked target um just to keep up with where we where we want to be in our five and 10 year plans. Now, obviously our, you know, we we took out a large chunk with these HVAC projects we're doing, but you know, our parking lots, our roofs, our sidewalks, everything else is still still lined up and and and going to be need need to be addressed. But that's a good question. >> Thank you. >> All right. Anything else? >> All right. Thank you. Uh, moving on, we have the consent agenda, items F1 through F7. Correct? >> Yep. F7. Um, can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Second. >> We have a motion, a second. Please open the vote.
023>> Voting is open. vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up under action items is the presentation of invoices for May 2 or May 22nd, 2026 through June 18th, 2026. >> Motion to approve invoices in the amount of 7,749,240. >> Got a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Hearing none. Can you please open the vote? >> Voting is open. >> The vote is unanimous. Motion passes. Next up is the presentation of fiscal year 2027 invoices. >> Motion to approve July invoices in the amount of $1,728,122 >> and six cents. >> And the six cents. >> We have a motion. >> I'll make that up if doesn't count. I forgot to read it. >> We have a motion. Do we have a second? >> Any questions? >> All
024right. Hearing none. Can you please open the vote? Voting is open. >> I got passed over for treasury again 10 years in a row. So tell you >> vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is the treasures report for May of 2026. >> In the month of May, revenues totaled 11.4 4 million. Expenses for the month were 11.3. Uh district's total cash balance on May 31st was $48.3 million through the end of May. Operating budget uh 65.2% of budgeted operating revenues received and 85.5% of operational spending has occurred through May 31st of last year. Comparison data were 62.3% and 86.4. So both operating revenues and expenses are trending appropriately. In May, we held liquid liquid rates at 3.6%. Uh we have now made multiple new investments um and are in discussion for
025additional um because of property tax receipts now hitting the books in May and we have more distribution dates um here in June. Obviously, May's cash receipts and dispersements were in line with predicted amounts. In particular, uh largest cash flow component in the district's control is that of salaries and benefits. At this time it shows us ending within the um original budgeted figures in those areas. Happy to take any other questions you might have. >> Any questions for Dr. Dubc. Anything in the next 12 days you're worried about? >> Nope. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Well, that's good news. >> Yes, sir. >> Um I'd entertain a motion to approve the treasures report for May 2026 as presented. We have a motion to second. Can you please open the vote? >> Voting is open. >>
026Vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Next up, we have the joint agreement with district 843 operations and maintenance. Uh, District 210, we provide certain operational and maintenance related services for district 843 as you know. Um, we do review those annually between the two district administrations. So, some examples, inspections, evaluations, um, mechanical and structural issues. Uh, bid documents, uh, helping review or develop those when needed, um, fire safety compliance, and then, um, assistance with securing contractors, um, as appropriate when needed and when they need support. The 2026 27 agreement uh can be viewed in your packet materials for the services that district 210 will provide. Um the rate that district 843 will pay us this year is $44,366. That's a CPI increase over last year. Um no other changes to the agreement um or or relationship
027otherwise. >> All right, any questions? All right. I'd entertain a motion to approve the joint agreement with district 843 for operations and maintenance as presented. >> So moved. >> We have a motion to second. Can you please open the vote? >> Voting is open. >> Vote is unanimous. Motion passes. Next up, we have the inter intergovernmental agreement between Lincolnway Area Special Education District 843 and Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 for use of the MC McKay Education Center. >> This is an annual agreement that we bring forward. We have taken over, it's I guess probably been five years now. Um the educational component of the McKay Center. Um so we provide the instruction, the services, we utilize the building as a member of 843 essentially. We we pay for the cost of being there
028and um we've just asked that we update the agreement for one more year. We're on a yeartoear right now with 843. There's some stuff going on in the state in terms of I think we just got the go ahead to charge outside rates for one more year. I don't know Dana if that's if that's appropriate under that S fund. And uh so we may 843 was growing and and now if outside group or if outside districts pay the same rate as inside districts there's going to have to be some more discussion in the future. But it's a year-to-year agreement right now. We would ask that we we enter into one more year and and we continue to uh evaluate as as we move forward. It's been great. It's been a great transition for us in
029in our programming. Any questions on the agreement? All right. With that, I'd entertain a motion to approve the agreement as presented. >> Second. >> We have a motion, a second. Can you please open the vote? >> Voting is open. Vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Next up is the Village of New Linux public utility easement agreement. >> I'll have Mike provide the overview. Chuck's here also to answer any questions about um what we're going to kind of have to agree to. Go ahead. Go ahead, Mike. >> Sure. So, um, if you don't know, the village of New Lennox is building a a water treatment plant down, um, Galer and Lairway, just south of Lairway down there. And so, um, it it's a massive, uh, water recovery facility project, multiple pipelines connected to it. Phase one
030was to start building the treatment plant, and that happened in um, August, summer of 2024. Phase two is now to connect other pipelines to it. And so, um, phase two needs to connect Nelson Road to Larayway Road, and it includes a new, uh, force main running down Haven Avenue to Nelson in New Linux and then gravity conveyance along Nelson to Illinois Highway and ultimately to Galer Road and down. And so, you might say, perfect. Why wouldn't they do that along Illinois to the intersection of Illinois and Galer and then down Galer? What does this have to do with us? because of other utility easements and other other things underground there. They cannot do that. And so what what they need to do and and we met with them, Dr. Tingley, Mr. welcome myself. We met
031with village officials and their project engineers um to review the scope. What they would like to do, what they need to do to make this connection is come down Nelson, make the turn on Illinois and then go along the eastern edge of the Lincoln Way West property >> through the Burm through like the detention area and then along the southern border over to our maintenance fac maintenance barn along Gagher kind of there and then under the train tracks across Gala and then go from there. So that requires uh public utility easement on our property. So um to make that connection, it needs to go along there along the campus. Um so they've requested that easement to install it and to maintain it. Um the agreement in your packet materials, we have reviewed, it's been reviewed
032by legal counsel. Um it is 100% no cost to us. Might be some logistics along the way. Um, but what they have promised to do is have a temporary easement for construction, have a permanent easement for this pipeline. I think it's what, like 35 ft underground, but it's 8 foot wide with all the soil spoils and everything else. So, it's kind of a big undertaking. And so, especially on the south end, they will need to remove some things. And that includes potentially, it depends once they get into the project, it's going to change. And that's where we need to sit with their engineers. But perhaps some trees, they they we believe they will go through a batting cage >> um or two and those will need to be taken down and then restored. The restoration
033and we made sure there was protective language that we added in here for our district to say uh equal to or better than >> and as judged by us. >> So um >> they agreed to that. >> Yeah. So, so the whole like they will control it, they will handle it, it's all their cost, it's all their work, but this is the easement that has to get done. And then when they're finished, that will be 35 ft underground, it will all be put back, they'll do the grading, but they will also restore batting cages, you know, and some of our conversations are, okay, you take down a 50 foot, what is equal to or better. You take down a 50 60 foot tree, putting one with a one and a half inch caliper is not
034the same. So, that might need to be discussions with us where they replace it with three or four smaller trees and and we'll have to work that out. But the the the bigger pieces were the batting cages, um potentially sidewalks or anything else that they might hit along the dugouts. Yeah. So, so that will all be restored after the fact. This the timeline here, I want to make sure I don't forget. Um, I think they're going to start some of the construction here this fall, but this would not be until summer of 27 for us. And the and the portion of this pipeline where they're kind of actually affecting our property was what, 3 to 6 months, something like that. Right. >> Correct. We they would begin at the completion of softball and baseball season
035and then have it >> everything put back and ready to go for the following spring. So, there's a there's a tight >> timeline to replace whatever has to come out. Um because we'll need to be back up and running by the middle end of March. >> Right. Yeah. Right. >> Is new Oh, sorry. Go ahead. >> No, you go ahead. >> I have a quick question. Um so, a lot most times with easements, they uh prevent you from actually building on top of it or they make you aware of it. So, the fact that they're going to restore the batting cages, are they movable structures? Um, if they put them back or generally speaking, you're not supposed to expand on that area because they can charge that to you if you do that. Now, if
036they have to take it down, they already know. So, are we putting um I guess or is it addressed in the agreement that if they restore the batting cages that the fact that they're restored and that they're crossing this easement that if they have to go and something's wrong with the pipe and they have to go and break that back up, are they going to charge that to us because they're putting it back? You >> No, you understand? >> They I do understand. And no, they will not. Yep. that that's addressed and that and that's in the agreement um between the two parties that that they're restoring and that we are allowed to have >> said structure and it's you know it's not a building. I understand that but it's still a batting cage and
037>> how how deep is that concrete? >> I mean se several feet thick just so it doesn't you know so so we understand that it's on there but so do they and that was part of the agreement. So, they're going to obviously once they get >> there um and they've got the is it what a natural gas pipeline south of that that they've got to stay away from. But once they get in and start digging and and make the path and kind of refine it, they're hoping to miss as much as possible. I don't think they're intentionally trying to, you know, take things out that they don't have to, but there's going to be some impact >> to stay away from the gas line. >> Correct. >> That is also running on the other side.
038>> That's right. No, having spent many of nights on it, you're talking about the practice field, right? The on the east side of the property from Illinois Highway going south. >> So, they will have to when they make the cut from heading north south along the east side of the property to the and and Chuck, correct me if I'm saying it wrong, to the south. They will have to make a cut that's a 45 that will go we'll probably have to take some fencing and we'll cut under some of that practice field. The the batting cages I'm talking about though are down on varsity. So having coach football out there all the mirrors, can we talk them into crowning that field that settled since the original construction? It is a and and because it's it
039holds the water, it becomes concrete. I mean, rough it up. I mean, they're going to destroy the truck paths. I can tell you whatever they want, but they're going to beat that field up. But I mean, >> sure, >> that that field, >> it just settled from the original build. It it could really use a ground and some drainage at the end tunnels. It's going to be tricky with that because in that easement when they do when they finish that trench, >> right, >> there's three cleanouts in there that are 8 ft higher that have a 30ft circle around them. >> So that will continue to come west of that field, >> right? I mean, if it I mean just even if it's at the west side and just to get the water standing off
040the field >> better than what was there. So that's what they're promising. So >> Right. Exactly. >> That's going through with a laser >> duly noted and we'll advocate for it. >> Yep. >> I mean, they're going to do all the, you know, I mean, and they got a ton of spoil to get rid of >> 100%. >> And will this cause any disruption to our water to the school or any of the electric? They know that we have all the electronics and everything that we've just upgraded. >> Yeah. Shouldn't affect water. They >> the electric is under there for sure. >> Right. Chuck Chuck Chuck is not going into this with the positive. >> Well, you know, with any project, right? Any construction project, that's what's going to happen. So, the timing of it,
041I think, is important, too, of when they're going to be doing that. That you know, you can't cancel school for two weeks because they've >> hit something. >> 100% 100%. That and that that's where um we walked it and we will walk it several more times with them to make sure that, you know, they know where we have all of our electric underground. um because that you know that may they might be looking at other easements and pipelines and all that but we we've got to be and we will be involved in in >> talking through that with them because >> definitely some place nor are they easy so any of that kind of stuff that goes there it's going to be a problem >> so the this is the village project are they doing
042the work or are they hiring or you know putting out to bid do you know >> uh it was put out to bid >> yeah I don't I don't remember the contractor's name but it was put out to put out to bid And I take it I can >> I assume in the unlikely event probably during any of our lifetimes that we add that wing on to west to fill set up what for 3,500 kids and >> that if we ever put that additional wing on that would never be affected by this. >> No, this is on the far this would be on the far east and the far south >> trying to good question my head. >> All right. Well, that's just a pipe dream, but so no disruption. Hope any see. You never
043know. >> They can still do all their things. And >> well, as we begin this process, baseball camps are during the day and that's our next kind of wave of discussions. If we're not able to host camp, >> we will ask permission to go up to Silver Cross to use the village fields there because during the day on Monday, Tuesday, Friday or Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, believe those will be available. So, we we'll have some options and I know they would be they'd be agreeable because they they know this is a lot and and so if we're not able to >> to be on those fields during June for camp, we would we would ask for some space. Yeah, it's a good question. Any further questions? All right. Hearing none, I'd entertain a motion to
044approve the village of New Linux public utility easement agreement as presented. >> So, move. >> Second. We have a motion to second. Can you please open the vote? >> Voting is open. >> This vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is the student activities report for May 2026. >> Okay. Okay, for month ended May 2026, the fund balance is $2,333,532 with revenues of $349,118. Expenditures of 568,843. We had two in the negatives. The large one 2027 East has already been taken care of at the time of the printing of this memo. And then the boy swim central is just due to a timing difference. ask that you accept the student activity summary as presented. >> Can I get a motion to approve the student activities report for May 2026 as presented? >>
045Second. >> Any questions on it? Hearing none, can you please open the vote? >> The vote is open. Vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is the second reading for the textbook adoption. >> So the second reading, we only have one book to purchase this year, AP Business and Personal Finance. I ask the board approve this recommendation as presented. >> We get a motion to adopt the textbook recommendation as presented. >> We have a motion to second. Can you please open the vote? >> Voting is open. Vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Next up is our second reading for policies. >> Once again, second reading, our quarterly issue from press. Nothing really earthshattering here. Just mostly footnotes and some language cleanup. would be happy to answer any questions you may have, but
046we would recommend that we accept the press revisions as presented. >> Any questions for Dr. Tingley on the policies? >> Any changes to cell phone policy? >> So, not yet. Um, that's a very good question. The the law, I guess, is going to be signed. it really won't change us because for high schools, they're still going to be allowed to use them in passing periods and during lunch and and that's kind of what we did. Um I had a couple different reporters reach out when it was passed and I said it really doesn't have any impact. Our teachers have some do the uh the little cubby on the on the desk, some do a pencil case taped to the side of the desk. And our students have been really really good about following the teacher's
047request to put your cell phone away. They do use them from time to time during assignment in class obviously, but uh really no significant impact on us. We'll wait until that that should come out of come through press Dana the next quarter. So we'll see. I think it's on the Senate floor right now. Is that where it's at? >> I think it's that's where it's at. >> I anticipate it being passed. Yeah. >> But I don't, as I said, I don't think any immediate impact to us. That's a very good question. >> Are teachers provided with a kind of a hooks to like >> so whatever they want to do that comes through the department budget. So they coordinate that with the department chairs. Many departments in each building then are similar in terms of
048whether it's a little case on the desk or a zip on the side. Um, some do a the oldfashioned companies in the front of the room. >> So that's that's a lot of those are department by department and that comes out of their department budget. >> All right. Any other questions? All right. With that, I entertain a motion to approve the updated policies as presented. >> We have a motion and second. Can you please open the vote? Voting is open. >> Vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is the amended fiscal year 2026 budget. >> We would just ask to adopt the amended budget as presented at the summary. All the detail is before and the resolution are all included in the backup material. Mike can answer any any additional questions you
049may have. >> Any questions on the amended budget? >> All right. Hearing none, I'd entertain a motion to adopt the amended fiscal year 2026 budget as presented. >> So move. >> We have a motion and a second. Can you please open the vote? >> Vote is open. vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Next up is the tenative fiscal year 2027 budget. >> Once again, this is more of a formality to accept the tenative budget, place it on display, and then schedule the public hearing as presented. Public hearing will be in September. Correct, Mike? And so we will bring back any adjustments in August and then have it ready to go in u for for board approval uh the next meeting. >> All right. I'd entertain a motion to accept the fiscal year 2027 tenative budget,
050place it on display, and schedule a public hearing as presented. >> So move second. We have >> a motion to second. Please open the vote. >> Vote is open. The >> votes are unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is our capital projects transfer. >> Once again, this is our preunding of the capital projects that we've done I want to say for probably six six or seven years now if I'm not mistaken. It's been >> Yeah. Sorry. Uh but yeah, we we've done it for several years. So, uh we're asking to transfer 4.5 million for expenditures then in the 26 27 fiscal year. Mike, anything to add to that? >> Nope. >> So, you approve the uh capital projects transfer as presented. >> Any questions? >> Just to like any revenue that we make
051from north will also be put into fund 62. Right. >> Correct. that that's the plan and what we will provide is is detailed update as we start receiving those. We'll come back and say, "Okay, here's >> here's a here's a month-by-month breakdown of >> either some cost cost differential or at the same time the revenue that we're gaining." >> That's that's the plan is to put that into >> Yeah. into capital projects. >> Any other questions? >> All right. to entertain a motion to approve the permanent interfund transfer for capital projects as presented. >> Second. >> We have a motion to second. Please open the vote. >> Voting is open. >> Votes are unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is the custodial services contract extension. >> Mike, go ahead and give us a
052>> Yep. Uh, as mentioned earlier, so the three-year contract with GSF, um, we're we're ending that and so we're looking at these extension years. Uh, really no changes to the agreement otherwise. That's why you only see this onepage amendment. And this is just where they have the 26 27 um, kind of extra service rates. But in recital C pricing, that's where you will see the contract price shall be adjusted to reflect an increased 2.4%. So this is where we feel really good about locking them in for two more years. GSF is doing a great job for us. Um, if you recall from years before, our our previous company was really struggling with staffing. Uh, and the buildings were you you could tell, you know, and they're staffed up. They keep the buildings clean and they're
053doing a great job. So, we would um ask for board consideration to approve a two-year extension with GSF. >> Chuck, much better. We're happy. We're happy with this agreement. Correct. Much better. Yeah, they they've really they've really done a nice job. And Chuck and Mike and his team did a nice job of the due diligence three years ago when we moved from a company we had been with for quite some time. And um this has really worked out for us. >> Is it Go ahead, Rich. Is this the end of our options to extend? So, it'll have to go out the bid again or how does that happen? I mean, two years is going to go quick. >> Two years is going to go quick. Um, we can take a look if it's typically what
054you can do is extend annually. What you can't do are multi-year multi-year extensions after that, but you can do one-year extensions uh unless there's other significant interest or or we want to go back out to bid or something like that. >> Right. I'm saying if we're you know is you know I mean if if it's got to go back out in two years I mean you got to start planning it this time next year >> right I it would not be I mean I don't want to speak for you it would not be my interest with the service level we're at right now >> right I'm saying if we're happy are we at the end of the rope or we can just keep doing extensions >> we just can't do multi-year extensions >> so I
055have to ask a question then say we can't do multi-year extensions but we're doing >> this is the fir I'm sorry so the original contract was three years with the option to extend two years. This we can do. After this, we can't do multi-year extensions. Yep. >> And it's increasing 2.4% this year or is it 2.4% total? 2.4%. >> 2.4% for this upcoming year and another 2.4 after that. >> Got it. >> Yes, sir. >> Just wanted to make sure I was >> Yeah. Sorry if I was unclear. >> No, no, it did. It said CPI in there and then it was 2.4. I just wanted to make sure I >> what the increase was. >> Yeah. Any other questions? All right. With that, I'd entertain a motion to approve the custodial services contract extension
056with GSF as presented. >> So moved. Second. >> We have a motion to second. Please open the vote. >> Voting is open. The votes are unanimous. Motion passes. >> All right. Next up is a report for a meeting that has not yet happened yet, I believe. >> So, >> correct. We had to reschedule a meeting. Um, but we do have a July meeting as well. So, um, yes, meeting not till June. >> Okay. >> Futurist future Dana says there's going to be a meeting on June. I >> was going to say I'm interested to hear this report. All right. Uh, next up, community relations report. >> Community relations, FOYA, and buildings and grounds are all in your backup materials for your review. >> All right, so skipping right over those next three. All right, legislative.
057>> Legislative really nothing to report. We're going to see how everything settles in Springfield. Um, they did make a good decision. We've had some discussion about the 2-year world language requirement that is now off the table. Um, it's kind of dead in the water. It wouldn't have worked anyway. Um so this that that was one of the things. Um some of the collective bargaining stuff that came out in terms of remediation plans going to kind of see where that where that falls. Um and then the big thing for us will be the funding mechanisms of of what kind of happens. It does appear that that we'll be okay in in in EBF and and and possibly the overall educational budget. It's just going to come down to those prorations for us. not terribly significant because
058it's a such a small percentage, but it is is impactful in those particular programs. If they take away another 10% from, you know, from our students that are outplaced or 10% in our special ed transportation, th those start to add up pretty quickly. So, we'll continue to monitor that and and kind of see where where they fall, but we don't have an indication yet where that final number will be. They may call a special session as well. >> That's what it looks like. There may be a special session to see if they can keep a football team around. I don't know. But but we'll see. We'll see what happens. And I don't know if there's any educational language that would be on the horizon. Um I had a meeting last week with my Illinois high
059school group and and it seems like dodged a couple bullets. The world language thing being the being the big one because I just don't know how we could have done that. I mean, if they do call special session for the Bears and they do come up with some pilot language or whatever they're talking about, I mean, it could impact us down the road. >> Could potentially, but yeah, >> it's a wait and see approach, I guess. >> Yep. >> Uh, anything from the superintendent? >> No, the only the only thing is uh in August we'll have new Board Doc software. That's Michelle's fault. That's not mine. No. Um, Board Docs is moving over to a new new programming and platform. It it will be fine. uh we'll we'll we'll we'll get the training and everything
060ready to go prior to our August meeting. And you know, I I've been can't speak for everyone else, but I've been happy with our transition to Bordox here over the last four or five years. It's really helped things and and I think that they've been a good company to work with. So, I'm sure our our move will be seamless. >> Everyone show up early though for that first meeting in August. >> A couple minutes just to make sure it may it's probably been eight. It's probably been eight. I don't know. >> No, I'll tell you what. because it was was before my first this is 10 years >> 10 years fun. Yeah, it's been it's been a while but they we've been really happy with this company. There are several other out there but um
061but but I've I think they've done a done a nice job working with us and they always answer the phone. So >> Richie Rich, you look nervous technology. >> Yeah. Yeah. Uh, anything >> password, right? >> Any other district business? >> No, none at this time. >> Any correspondence? >> None. Nope. >> All right. With that, I would entertain a motion to adjourn to close session to discuss the appointment employment compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of employees and student disciplinary cases. >> So moved. Second. >> A motion a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All right. We are in close session and there will be some action after close session. Yep. We are back in open session. Uh I would entertain a motion to uphold the suspension of student 2026-1.
062>> Second. >> A motion a second. >> Can you please open the vote? >> May you may call those votes. >> Yeah, we can call these. Yep. Roll call. >> Okay. One second. >> Okay. I'm going to go through everyone's name and say your name. >> Um Dana Berthole. >> Hi. >> Katherine Johnson. >> Yes. >> Joe Costic. >> Hi. >> Rich Leine. >> Hi. >> Caitlyn Atlantic. >> Hi. >> Um Dedra Stokes. Abstain. >> Mr. Janick. >> I >> One, two, three. We have six eyes and one abstain. The motion has passed. >> All right. Next up, we have a motion or I would entertain a motion to approve the expulsion agreement for student 20 26-2 as discussed in close session. >> So move. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second.
063Please call the vote. >> Dana Barthol, >> I. >> Katherine Johnson, >> yes. >> Joe Costik, >> hi. >> I'm sorry. Uh, Miss Stokes. >> Hi. >> Rich Leine. >> Hi. >> Caitlyn Atlantic. >> Hi, >> Mr. Janick. >> I. >> This motion is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Next up, uh, I would entertain a motion to approve a five-year contract for Dr. Mike Dubac as deputy superintendent and then as superintendent beginning in the 2028 2022 school year. >> So move second. >> Motion a second. Can you please call the vote? >> I would like to any discussion. >> Oh yes. Sorry. Any discussion? >> Yes. Um, I would just like to um I would like to state that I want to be clear as it relates to my position and why I will not be
064in support of this motion. It doesn't diminish the valuable contribution that Mr. Dubac has made to this district, nor is it um addressing any of the contributions that he has made. It is because of the process that we have not that that has not taken place for such an important position that is in our district which is really equivalent to the chief executive officer of this district. Um I think we must ensure that the process is one that is transparent, one that we have used due diligence and also I think if in fact after having a process that he in fact would be the best candidate. It would strengthen his position and the legitimacy of that selection and for that reason would be the reason why I will not be voting in support of this
065at this time. Any further comments from anyone else? >> I'd like to speak as well. I um so eloquently support or I support Dear Joe's eloquent speech there. Um agreeing that I am a huge fan of you, Mike. I appreciate your your um knowledge and understanding and explanations are clear and and pointed and and very much appreciated. Um I am also not in support because I don't appreciate the lack of process as well and I would have liked to been 5 million% sure that we are making the best decision for the district and um that the perceptions are not that we just continue to appoint within the district for for the sake of keeping um our great administrators. So, um I also will not be able to support um at this time. >> Any further
066discussion? >> Right. Do you want to >> I'm going to call call the votes. >> Yep. >> Dana Bartholo, >> no. >> Katherine Johnson, >> yes. >> Joe Costik, >> a very strong unequivocal yes. Dedra Stokes. >> No. >> Rich Leine. >> Hi. >> Caitlyn Atl. >> And Mr. Janick. >> I need discussion. Hearing none. Can you please call the vote? >> Dana Berthol. >> I. >> Katherine Johnson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Costik. >> Hi. >> Dedra Stokes. >> Hi. Rich Leine >> I. >> Caitlyn Oanic. >> Hi. >> Mr. Janick. >> I. >> This vote is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Next, I would entertain a motion to approve a four-year retirement contract for assistant superintendent Dr. Brian Murphy. >> Second. >> All right. Can you please call the vote? >> Yes, sir. >> Dana
067Bartholote, >> I. >> Katherine Johnson, >> yes. >> Joe Costic, >> I. >> Dedra Stokes, >> I. >> Rich Leine, >> I. >> Caitlyn Atlantic. >> Hi. >> Aaron Janick. >> Hi. >> This motion is unanimous. Motion passes. >> Max, I'd entertain a motion to approve a four-year retirement contract for assistant superintendent Dr. Rene Goldie. >> So moved. >> Second. Like when I asked for the motion, someone's got it. I'm just kidding. All right. Could you please call the vote? >> I Johnson. >> Yes. >> Joe Costic. >> Hi. >> Dedra Stokes. >> Hi. >> Rich Leine. >> I. >> Caitlyn Atlantic. >> Yes. >> Aaron Janick. >> I. >> This motion is unanimous. Vote passes. >> And last, I would entertain a motion to approve annual contracts for district and school administrators as presented
068in close session. Move. >> Second. >> Please call the vote. >> Dana Dana Berthol. >> Hi. >> Katherine Johnson. >> Yes. >> Joe Costik. >> Hi. >> Uh, Dedra Stokes. >> Hi. >> Rich Lassine. >> Hi. >> Caitlyn Oennic. >> Hi. >> Aaron Janick. >> I. >> This motion is unanimous. It passes. All right. Um, my computer is about to die, so I think we're done for the evening. With that, I'd entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So move every other motion to second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All right, we are done. Next meeting is August 20th. Rich. >> August. >> Yes.