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Round Lake board approves contracts, staffing changes and programs in Feb. 3 consent agenda and new-business votes
Summary
The board approved multiple motions on Feb. 3, including a gym-sound/projection contract partially funded by Title I, staffing inventory changes, middle-school club pilots, prom/photography contracts, a 10-year enrollment projection study, and the administrative procedure on immigration-enforcement interviews; roll-call votes carried each item.
ROUND LAKE, Ill. — During its Feb. 3 regular meeting, the Round Lake CUSD 116 Board of Education approved a slate of routine and capital items in new business and the consent agenda. The following are motions the board voted on and the outcomes recorded in the meeting minutes.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of meeting agenda: Motion by Mr. Jewett; seconded by Miss Lee. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Approval of open-meeting minutes (01/27/2025): Motion by Miss Lee; seconded by Missus Klingler. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Consent agenda (accounts payable $661,512.74; 02/03/2025 employment report): Motion by Mr. Jewett; seconded by Miss Lee. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Advent Solutions gym sound/projection proposal (5 elementary buildings) — total proposal $296,903; Title I approval noted for $207,887 (equipment/shipping), with a remaining district cost reported at $89,016; warranty may be covered by Title I leaving district cost $72,036 if approved by grant manager. Motion to approve Advent Solutions proposal: Motion by Missus Klingler; seconded by Mr. Jewett. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Staffing inventory adjustments (convert 0.5 FTE crossing guard to 0.5 FTE crossing guard safety assistant, and add 1.0 FTE business-office accounts-payable secretary): Motion by Miss Lee; seconded by Mr. Jewett. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Middle school clubs (jazz band at John T. McGee Middle School; Health & Wellness clubs at John T. McGee Middle School and Round Lake Middle School) — estimated cost $2,040.69: Motion by Mr. Jewett; seconded by Missus Klingler. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Prom-related contracts: Littleseen contract (flip books) $3,850 and PIXTA 360-camera package $1,895: Both contracts were presented and each approved following motions (Littleseen motion by Mr. Jewett; PIXTA motion by Miss Lee). Roll-call: unanimous; motions carry.
- Long-range enrollment projection study (Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin–Madison) — $8,100: Motion by Mr. Jewett; seconded by Miss Lee. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries.
- Administrative procedure 7.150.2 (Immigration enforcement interviews and records request): Motion by Missus Klingler; seconded by Miss Lee. Roll-call: unanimous; motion carries. Administrators said the procedure was drafted with legal counsel and with outreach to Mano a Mano; no imminent enforcement requests had been received but the procedure is intended to guide staff should requests occur.
Final procedural motion
- The board approved convening to closed session for employment matters, litigation and closed meeting minutes under the applicable Illinois statutes; roll-call vote carried.
Ending: All motions recorded in the meeting minutes passed by recorded roll-call votes. Administrators indicated several of the approved projects (AV sound/projection installations and club pilots) will proceed through finance and implementation steps and return to the board or committees with schedules, final funding confirmations and implementation details as required.
