Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

4 Thursday, September 11, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Lake Zurich C.U.S.D. 95 Sfire Family Education Center 832 South Rand Road Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047 6:15 P.M. 1. Call to Order and Roll Call 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. President's Comments/Recognitions 4. Public Comments Subject A. Please sign in by 6:15 P.M. Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 4. Public Comments Type Information Public Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting or any other activity or program and who require certain accommodations so that they can observe and participate, or who have questions regarding the accessibility of the meeting room or the District’s facilities, should contact the Superintendent’s office (847-540-4963) promptly to allow the District to make reasonable accommodations for those persons. File Attachments 5. Consent Agenda Subject A. Consent Memo Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 5. Consent Agenda Type Action (Consent) Recommended Action To approve the consent agenda as prepared and presented by the Administration. File Attachments Consent Agenda Memo 9.11.25.pdf (170 KB) Subject B. Approval of Minutes Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 5. Consent Agenda Type Action (Consent) File Attachments 8.14.25 Minutes.pdf (179 KB) 8.28.25 Minutes.pdf (205 KB) Subject C. Approval of Payrolls Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 5. Consent Agenda Type Action (Consent) File Attachments BOE meeting 9-11-25 BOE Memo for Approval of August Payroll.pdf (1,779 KB) Subject D. Approval of the Personnel Report - (The full contents of the Personnel Report may be viewed online via the District 95 webpage with the contents of the Board of Education meeting documents.) Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 5. Consent Agenda Type Action (Consent) Recommended Action To approve the attached personnel report (Consent). File Attachments September 11, 2025 Personnel Report.pdf (146 KB) 2025.2026 Stipends for September 11, 2025 Personnel Report.pdf (217 KB) 6. Superintendent's Report - Dr. Gallt Subject A. Communications to the Board Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 6. Superintendent's Report - Dr. Gallt Type Discussion, Information File Attachments District 95 Superintendent Report 9.11.2025.pdf (2,868 KB) Subject B. Committee Update Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 6. Superintendent's Report - Dr. Gallt Type File Attachments Subject C. Field Trip Report Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 6. Superintendent's Report - Dr. Gallt Type Information File Attachments Field Trip report memo.pdf (141 KB) Subject D. FOIA Report Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 6. Superintendent's Report - Dr. Gallt Type Information File Attachments FOIA memo.pdf (185 KB) Subject E. Other Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 6. Superintendent's Report - Dr. Gallt Type File Attachments 7. Reports to the Board Subject A. HR Staffing Report Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 7. Reports to the Board Type Information File Attachments 2025 26 Staffing Board Staffing Update 6th Day Sept 2025.pdf (212 KB) Staffing and Enrollment Update for 2025 26 September 6th Day Enrollment BOE.pdf (102 KB) 8. Public Hearing on 2025-2026 Proposed Budget Subject A. Administrator Comments Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 8. Public Hearing on 2025-2026 Proposed Budget Type Information File Attachments Subject B. Public Comments Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 8. Public Hearing on 2025-2026 Proposed Budget Type Information File Attachments Subject C. Board Comments Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 8. Public Hearing on 2025-2026 Proposed Budget Type Discussion File Attachments Subject D. Close Public Hearing on Proposed 2025-2026 Budget Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 8. Public Hearing on 2025-2026 Proposed Budget Type Discussion File Attachments 9. Discussion With Action Subject A. Adoption of 2025-2026 Budget Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 9. Discussion With Action Type Action Recommended Action To approve the 2025-2026 Budget as presented. File Attachments 9-11-25_BOE Approval of 2025-2026 Budget (Final).pdf (372 KB) FY26 Revenue Line Item Detail.pdf (61 KB) FY26 Exp Line Item Detail (Final).pdf (353 KB) BOE_Updated _ FY25 Ending Fund Balance Analysis (Budget Hearing) 9-11-25.pdf (122 KB) FY26-SD50-36-JA50-39 Lake Zurich Budget File for ISBE (FINAL).pdf (797 KB) Budget Certification FY26.pdf (162 KB) Subject B. Approval of Amended Energy Savings Contract for Solar Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 9. Discussion With Action Type Action Recommended Action To approve the amendment to the Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract with Performance Services, Inc., authorizing the installation of solar energy systems at Isaac Fox Elementary School Middle School South, and Lake Zurich High School (LZHS) along with roofing replacement at LZHS with design, engineering, and administrative work valued at more than 5% of the total estimated costs of the project, completed and paid for by December 2025, provided that the project costs are offset by the resulting energy savings, subject to attorney review and approval of the updated agreement as presented. AND To approve the installation of solar energy systems at Isaac Fox Elementary School and Middle School South commencing in the summer of 2026, and at Lake Zurich High School, including roof replacement to support the solar project, with completion and system energization by December 2029, only after the Board determines the future expenses for the Lake Zurich High School solar and roofing project align with the district's long-term financial goals with notice to proceed being provided by December 2027. OR To approve the installation of solar energy systems at Lake Zurich High School, including roof replacement to support the solar project commencing in the summer of 2026, and solar projects at Isaac Fox Elementary School and Middle School South with completion and system energization by December 2029, only after the Board determines the future expenses for the solar projects at Isaac Fox Elementary School and Middle School South align with the district's long-term financial goals with notice to proceed being provided by December 2027. File Attachments 9-11-25_BOE Approval of Amend Energy Savings Contract (Solar).pdf (283 KB) 10. Closed Session Subject 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 [the Open Meetings Act]. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 10. Closed Session Type Discussion, Information File Attachments Subject B. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, ordeliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2). Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 10. Closed Session Type Discussion, Information File Attachments Subject C. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose ofdiscussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(5). Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 10. Closed Session Type Discussion File Attachments Subject D. 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 shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11). Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 10. Closed Session Type Discussion File Attachments Subject E. Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8). Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 10. Closed Session Type File Attachments Subject F. Student disciplinary cases. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) Meeting Sep 11, 2025 - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education Category 10. Closed Session Type File Attachments 11. Adjournment