Votes at a glance: U-46 board approves consent agenda, list of bills and Kimball foundation bid

At its Jan. 13 meeting the School District U-46 Board of Education recorded roll-call votes to approve the consent agenda, the list of bills and a construction bid for Kimball Middle School foundation work.

Consent agenda The board moved and approved the consent agenda, which included personnel actions (terminations listed in the packet), disposal of surplus property, multiple bids and proposals (communications, plant operations, video production, district-wide copy paper, plumbing on-call services, fleet replacements), contract renewals and change orders, and approval of a settlement and general release in the matter of Melody Behney v. Board of Education of Elgin Area School District U-46. The transcript records a roll call with the following results: Miss Kerr, Miss Khan, Miss Martin, Miss Schwartz, Miss Thomas and President Owens voting yes. Motion carried.

List of bills The board approved an itemized list of bills in the amount of $50,152,871.79. Administration recommended approval of the bill list and presented Dr. Frank Williams to answer questions. The motion to approve the list of bills passed on roll-call with the same yes votes recorded: Miss Kerr, Miss Khan, Miss Martin, Miss Schwartz, Miss Thomas and President Owens.

Kimball Middle School — aggregate stone piers (bid award) Administration recommended awarding the Kimball Middle School aggregate stone piers contract to the lowest responsible bidder, CNC Foundations Inc., for $199,700 to be charged to the Capital Projects Fund. The board moved to approve award to CNC Foundations Inc. and authorized district administration to execute related documents. The roll-call vote recorded Miss Kerr, Miss Khan, Miss Martin, Miss Schwartz, Miss Thomas and President Owens voting yes; motion carried.

Other recommended awards, proposals and reports presented during the meeting Administration presented multiple other recommended bids, proposals and contract renewals during the Jan. 13 meeting, including (not an exhaustive list): bid packages and trade awards for the Kenyon Woods Middle School project (15 bid packages totaling $19,674,955 recommended), a playground replacement proposal ($421,178.51), an ExaGrid data-backup solution ($324,568.87), new middle-school radios and repeater purchase ($35,829.44), student iPads for specialized student services ($46,870), and a contract renewal for language proficiency testing ($50,000). The transcript records presentations and Q&A for these items but does not show a recorded roll-call vote on each item within the provided excerpt; the administration indicated the recommended funding sources (Education Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Operations & Maintenance Fund) and budget years where applicable.

Adjournment The board moved, seconded and approved adjournment by roll call (same yes votes recorded). The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Note: This roundup lists actions recorded by roll call in the provided transcript excerpt. Several proposals and bid recommendations were presented and discussed; if a formal vote took place on any of those items later in the meeting packet or in a later minutes entry, that vote was not included in the excerpt provided for this summary.