Special Board of Education Meeting

2 Monday, September 23, 2024 Special Board of Education Meeting Liberty Middle School, 1 District Dr. in Edwardsville Closed Session – 5:30 p.m. 1. OPENING ITEMS Subject 1.1 Call to Order Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 1. OPENING ITEMS Type Procedural File Attachments Subject 1.2 Roll Call Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 1. OPENING ITEMS Type Procedural File Attachments 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Subject 2.1 Adjournment from Regular Session to Closed Executive Session Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Action Recommended Action Recommended that the Board approve to adjourn from regular session to closed executive session. The Opening Meetings Act requires all meetings of school boards to be open meetings. Meetings, or portions of regular or special board meetings may be closed to the public only under the exceptions provided for in the Act. The only exceptions are for collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitration that are exempt from the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. The following are closed meeting exceptions: 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. 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 this Act, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), amended by P.A. 101-459; Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2); The selection of a person to fill a public office, including a vacancy in a public office, when the District is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the District is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3); Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or in closed hearing where authorized by law, to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in the Open Meetings Act, provided that the body prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision with its determinative reasoning, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(4); The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5); The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the District, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6); The sale or purchase of securities, investments, or investment contracts, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(7); Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment ot respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8); Student disciplinary cases, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9); The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students; pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10); Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular District has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the District finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case tha basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the closed meeting minutes, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11); Establishment of reserves or settlement of claims as provided in the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the District or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the District is a member, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(12); Self-evaluation, practices and procedures or professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the District is a member, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(16); Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21); Meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspect frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(29). File Attachments Motion & Voting Recommended that the Board approve to adjourn from regular session to closed executive session. Motion by Jill Bertels, second by Lynne Sanderson. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Ayes: Terri Dalla Riva, Jennifer Brumback, Kristen Pfund, Lynne Sanderson, Bob Paty, Jill Bertels Subject 2.2 Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of Specific Employees or Office of the Public Body, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Discussion, Information File Attachments Subject 2.3 Collective negotiating matters or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Discussion File Attachments Subject 2.4 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, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8} Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Discussion File Attachments Subject 2.5 Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular District has been filed and is pending, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Discussion File Attachments Subject 2.6 Closed Session Minutes, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Discussion File Attachments Subject 2.7 Adjournment from Closed Session to Regular Session Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION Type Action Recommended Action Adjourn closed session back to regular session File Attachments Motion & Voting Adjourn closed session back to regular session Motion by Jennifer Brumback, second by Kristen Pfund. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Ayes: Terri Dalla Riva, Jennifer Brumback, Kristen Pfund, Lynne Sanderson, Bob Paty, Jill Bertels 3. CLOSING OF THE MEETING Subject 3.1 Adjournment Meeting Sep 23, 2024 - Special Board of Education Meeting Category 3. CLOSING OF THE MEETING Type Action Recommended Action Motion to adjourn the regular meeting File Attachments Motion & Voting Motion to adjourn the regular meeting Motion by Bob Paty, second by Terri Dalla Riva. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Ayes: Terri Dalla Riva, Jennifer Brumback, Kristen Pfund, Lynne Sanderson, Bob Paty, Jill Bertels