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Votes at a glance: Elmhurst SD 205 board approves consent items, salary adjustments and instructional materials (7–0)
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the Elmhurst Board of Education approved the consent agenda and several action items by unanimous votes, including administrator/nonunion salary adjustments, instructional-material adoptions, appointment of the school treasurer and an HVAC contract award.
The Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board of Education took multiple formal actions at its June 17 meeting. The votes listed below are the formal outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript. All recorded votes below passed unanimously (7 ayes, 0 nays) unless noted.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes and consent agenda (personnel report, financial reports, FOIA responses, policy first reads, consolidated district plan): Motion carried, recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays.
- Approval of 2025–26 administrator and nonunion salary recommendations: Motion to approve salary increases for administrators and nonunion staff (up to 3% for administrators/nonunion managers; $1 hourly increase for nonunion support hourly employees; starting rates for food service and miscellaneous categories provided in memo) carried, recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays.
- Instructional materials (approval for 2025–26): Motion to approve American Government: Stories of a Nation (2nd ed. by Scott Abernathy & Karen Waples), Wonder (R.J. Palacio), and Gandhi (Jane Rolison) carried, recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays.
- Appointment of school treasurer and surety bond resolution: Motion to appoint Joseph Blomquist, assistant superintendent of finance and operations, as school treasurer for 07/01/2025–06/30/2026 carried, recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays.
- IMRF authorized agent designation: Motion designating Joseph Blomquist as the district IMRF authorized agent effective 07/01/2025 carried, recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays.
- Jefferson and Edison Elementary HVAC bids: Motion to award the HVAC contract to the lowest qualified bidder (Hartwig Mechanical LLC, $144,970) carried, recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays.
Each of the above items was moved and seconded during the meeting; where specific mover/second names were not clearly recorded in the transcript excerpt, the official vote tally was recorded by roll call. The board’s roll-call results were read and recorded for each motion (members recorded as voting “Yes”: Mrs. Hosler; Mrs. Asif; Mrs. Trautman; Dr. Henry; Mr. Bresnahan; Mrs. Lewinsky; Mrs. Arvanites).
