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Votes at a glance: key motions the District 211 board approved Dec. 11
Summary
A roundup of formal votes taken at the Dec. 11 District 211 board meeting, including consent agenda approval, interventions at the Property Tax Appeal Board, policy revisions, intergovernmental agreements, bus procurement, grant application and personnel appointments.
At its Dec. 11 meeting, Township High School District 211 recorded the following formal actions and roll-call outcomes.
- Consent agenda approved (with removal of item g regarding Property Tax Appeal Board interventions). Motion carried on roll call.
- Resolutions authorizing intervention in specified Property Tax Appeal Board dockets (properties seeking assessed-valuation reductions over $100,000 for tax year 2023) and authorizing legal representative Francik to file requests: motion passed on roll call with Mr. Dombrowski recorded as No.
- Approval of the 2024 tax levy in the amount of $275,822,000: motion passed on roll call (Mr. Dombrowski No).
- Policy actions: district adopted modified policy GCG (Professional Staff Probation and Tenure) and approved removal of GHQB (custodial maintenance grievance procedures) and GIQB (cafeteria grievance procedures) from active policies; motions carried on roll calls.
- The board acknowledged receipt of the 06/30/2024 ACFR audited by Baker Tilly (unmodified opinion): motion carried on roll call.
- Approved intergovernmental agreement with Community Unit District 220 for course-exchange reciprocity (each district to provide transportation for its own students): motion carried on roll call.
- Approved a memorandum of understanding with the Village of Arlington Heights, Districts 15 and 214, and CBFC Development (Chicago Bears) governing protections and negotiation processes related to Arlington Park redevelopment; motion carried on roll call (Miss Cavill No).
- Awarded the buses-for-transportation contract to Central States Bus Sales in the amount of $1,342,770 for gasoline- and propane-fueled buses; motion carried on roll call.
- Authorized application for the ISBE School Maintenance Program grant (matching grant up to $50,000) and allocated funds across 2024-25 and 2025-26 operations budgets; motion carried on roll call.
- Board calendar for July 2025—6/18/2026 approved and preapproval of expense reimbursement for Steven Rosenblum to attend the Ed-RED legislative dinner (01/27/2025) granted; motions carried on roll call (Mr. Dombrowski voted No on preapproval item).
- Personnel: accepted retirements (Renee Aradia and David Polly effective June 2027; rescinded prior acceptance for Kathy Cass), appointed Michael Slife as interim director of transportation (01/06/2025—6/30/2025) at a gross annual salary of $148,000 and named Dr. Judith Campbell as superintendent effective 07/01/2025 with an initial base salary of $275,000; the superintendent appointment passed on roll call (Mr. Dombrowski No).
These items were recorded in the meeting minutes and roll-call tallies where provided.
