Minooka CHSD 111 board accepts FY2025 audit, approves asbestos oversight and service contract; moves to closed session

The Minooka Community High School District 111 Board of Education voted to accept the district's FY2025 audit and approved a set of contracts and appointments during its regular meeting, then moved into executive session for personnel and student-discipline matters.

Board members voted unanimously to accept the FY2025 audit as presented. The auditor reported strong fund balances — roughly $59.5 million in certain combined funds and a total fund balance across all funds of about $119.4 million — and said the general fund showed a net increase in fund balance of about $20 million and the district's total fund balance grew about $52 million. The auditor also noted upcoming GASB standards (referred to in the meeting as GASB standards 103 and 104) and that a previously recommended capital asset appraisal item had been implemented and would not repeat in the management letter.

The board approved a design fee and contractor oversight for asbestos abatement tied to the central campus remodeling work. The motion authorized an abatement design fee of $2,536 and abatement oversight of $25,664; the board directed staff to proceed to bid for an abatement contractor after design and oversight are secured. The abatement scope described in the meeting covers art rooms, the foods room, maintenance areas and one shop area; the district reported it maintains an asbestos inspection log and that the listed materials (pipe insulation, chalkboards and some flooring) were documented in that inspection binder.

The board also approved a three-year service agreement with Trane in the amount of $41,524 as presented. Board members were told the district will also put out numerous equipment-to-furnish bid packages tied to the field house and CTE projects; early vendor quotes for equipment and furniture were presented to the board totaling about $1,356,816, which the superintendent said is within the district's previously budgeted $2 million for those items and is included in the broader capital package. The board approved the list of board and superintendent appointees with one change noted (the addition of Tracy Adams to grievance/complaint-manager duties).

The board unanimously approved disposal or donation of obsolete transportation vehicles discussed earlier in the meeting, including donations of several vans to a local fleet and nominal sales of buses described in the backup materials. After votes on the audit and contracts, the board moved to adjourn into executive session to discuss minutes and personnel and student-discipline matters.

Votes at a glance - Accept FY2025 audit as presented — approved (unanimous). - Approve board and superintendent appointees as presented — approved (unanimous). - Approve asbestos abatement design ($2,536) and abatement oversight ($25,664) with TRC for planning/oversight — approved (unanimous). - Approve three-year service agreement with Trane ($41,524) — approved (unanimous). - Dispose/donate obsolete transportation vehicles as presented — approved (unanimous). - Adjourn to executive session on minutes, appointment, compensation, discipline, dismissal, employment and student discipline — approved (unanimous).

Board members who cast recorded roll-call votes during the meeting included (as called in roll call): Mr. Coy, Mr. Spivey, Mr. Jeskiewicz, Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Brozovich, Mr. Grzetich and Ms. Horatchko (all recorded as voting in the affirmative on presented motions). The board chair called for and the board approved each motion without recorded opposition.

The meeting packet and auditor comments noted the district will need to implement forthcoming GASB standards and that the capital-asset recommendation from a prior management letter has been completed. School staff said abatement will allow the district to use life-safety funds and avoid additional markup by handling the work outside the main construction contract. The board asked staff to proceed with bidding and to return with contract awards and further budget detail in upcoming meetings.

The meeting adjourned to a closed session to discuss minutes and personnel and student-discipline matters; the public session ended after those votes.