East St. Louis School Board approves energy agreement and several consent items, defers two items to November

The East St. Louis School District 189 Board of Education approved several consent items, including a distributed energy resource agreement with Valtas that the district said will provide $45,000 per year in demand capacity payments, and waived facility fees for a Sigma Gamma Rho youth symposium. Two items — a bid (item 3f) and a resolution regarding the sale of surplus property (item 10f) — were deferred to the board's November meeting because of missing information.

Board members approved the agenda and later approved the listed action items by roll call vote. The items approved at the meeting were identified in the agenda as 12c, 12a, 13a, 14a, 15a, 15b and 15c. The vote on the omnibus motion to approve the listed items recorded board members as voting yes; the motion passed.

Item 12c, described in the agenda as a “distributed energy resource agreement with Valtas,” was listed with a contract term that includes demand capacity payments to be paid to the district at a rate of $45,000 per year. The district presented that amount in the meeting materials and sought board approval as part of routine action items.

Under building and grounds items, the board approved waiving fees for a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority youth symposium. District staff noted the auditorium will not be available because it is under construction and the large gym could not be offered because high school activities were scheduled that day; the waiver was limited to available spaces.

Superintendent and staff told the board item 3f contained incomplete bid information and therefore will be brought back at the November meeting with corrected details. Similarly, a resolution concerning the sale of surplus property, item 10f, was not ready and will also appear on the November agenda.

The board set its next meeting for Nov. 17, 2025, and then adjourned.