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Board approves consent agendas, facilities permits and bid release; moves to closed session
Summary
CUSD 200 approved the general consent agenda and a separate facilities approval consent agenda that included ROE building permit requests and release of middle‑school issuance 1 bids; the board then adjourned to closed session under Illinois Open Meetings Act exemptions.
The CUSD 200 Board of Education approved the evening’s consent agenda, accepted gifts and personnel items, and separately approved a facilities consent agenda that included Regional Office of Education building permit requests for 2025 summer projects and authorization to release bids for middle‑school capital project issuance 1. The board then moved into closed session under exemptions of the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
Motion and roll call on the general consent agenda: Mr. Paulson moved to approve the general consent agenda, Ms. Culvitz seconded, and the motion carried on a roll call vote with board members recorded as voting yes. Items on the general consent agenda included acceptance of gifts to Hawthorne, Longfellow and Washington Elementary Schools; approval of middle school ELA instructional materials; approval of professional learning expenditures for board members; designation of a serious safety hazard bus route for Emerson Elementary; approval of bills payable and minutes; destruction of certain closed‑session recordings permitted by law; and approval of the personnel report covering employment, resignations and leaves of absence.
Facilities approval consent agenda: Mr. Paulson moved and Mr. Rutledge seconded approval of three facilities items: (1) approval of ROE building permits for 2025 summer architectural capital projects, (2) approval of ROE building permits for 2025 summer mechanical capital projects, and (3) approval to release middle‑school capital project bids for issuance 1. The motion passed on roll call; the board’s approval triggered release of permit and bid documents so the construction manager and architects can proceed toward public bidding.
Closed session: The board voted to adjourn to closed session pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act exemptions listed in the motion (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) and (c)(10)). The motion to go into closed session was moved by Ms. Kulovich and seconded; the roll call recorded affirmative votes and the meeting was adjourned to closed session with action expected afterward.
Votes recorded in the transcript were roll‑call affirmatives on the motions described above; no “no” votes or abstentions were recorded in the portions of the transcript reviewed.
