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Ball-Chatham Community Unified School District 5 Board of Education met June 16

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

1. SPECIAL MEETING BCSD#5

1.1 Call to Order and Roll Call - The meeting was called to order at 5:15PM by President Murphy

1.2 Pledge of Allegiance 

1.3 Roll Call In attendance: Joe Bolletta, Carrie Jeffries, Brent Kulavic, Lisa Lipe, Ryan Murphy, and Amanda Ostermeier. Absent Kelvin Coburn. Also in attendance was Dr. Lamon.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

2.1 Approval of Agenda

Bolletta moved to approve the agenda for June 16, 2025. Motion was seconded by Lipe. Motion carried

3. COMMUNICATIONS

3.1 Citizens - Opportunity for Visitors to Address the School Board Concerning Any Agenda Topic

There were no audience members. 

4. NEW BUSINESS

4.1 BCESPA 2025-2028 Contract

President Murphy opened new business item, 2025-28 contract for the Ball Chatham Educational Support Professional Association with the BCSD#5 Board of Education.

Kulavic shared a point of personal privilege and thanked the Board and Administration for working interest of the employees first.

Ostermeier moved to approve the BCESPA 2025-28 Contract. Motion was seconded by Bolletta. Motion carried. 

4.2 Administrative Raises

President Murphy opened new business item, Administrative Raises for the 2025-26 SY. The contracts will be available to the public at the next board meeting. 

Lipe moved to approve the Administrative Raises for 2025-26. Motion was seconded by Jeffries. Motion carried. 

4.3 Non-Union ESP Raises

President Murphy opened new business item, Non-Union ESP Raises for the 2025-26 SY. Dr. Lamon explained that there are five categories of employees at BCSD#5. Members of the Certified Union, members of the ESP Union, Administrators, Non-Union ESP's, and Coach/Sub personnel. This item addresses district and building employees that are not in the ESP bargaining group. 

Kulavic moved to approve the Non-Union ESP Raises for the 2025-26 SY. Motion was seconded by Ostermeier. Motion carried.  

 4.4 Personnel/New Hire

President Murphy opened new business item, Personnel/New Hire. This meeting offered an opportunity to hire these individuals so they could continue to complete the hiring process now. 

Jeffries moved to approve the New Hire list of employees. Motion was seconded by Bolletta. Motion carried. 

4.5 District Wide Furniture Bid

President Murphy opened the District Wide Furniture Bid recommendation and introduced the Facilities and Grounds Director, Jared Koester. Koester introduced the three bids that were provided to the district for the district wide purchase. The first bid by  Lakeshore Learning in California only provided a partial bid, so they were disqualified. The bid from Illini Supply in Forsyth IL was chosen over School Specialty in Wisconsin. Illini Supply has been used by the district previously. The bid is a total cost of $73,783.00 for furniture throughout the buildings of the district. 

Kulavic moved to approve the District Wide Furniture Bid of Illini Supply in Forsyth, IL for $73,783.00. Motion was seconded by Ostermeier. Motion Carried.  

5. COMMUNICATIONS

5.1 Citizens- Opportunity for Visitors to Address the School Board Concerning Any Topic

There were no audience members. 

6. ADJOURNMENT

6.1 Adjournment of Regular Meeting

President Murphy called to adjourn the meeting. 

Lipe moved to adjourn. Motion seconded by Bolletta. Motion carried. 

Meeting was adjourned at 5:23PM

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