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Flossmoor SD 161 board tables $295,956 Wold fee, approves $135,473 steel contract and moves to executive session
Summary
At its May 11 meeting the Flossmoor SD 161 Board of Education tabled a $295,956 fee letter with Wold Architects for 2027 work, approved a $135,473 contract change for structural steel work for summer 2026, and voted to enter executive session on personnel under 5ILCS-122C1.
The Flossmoor SD 161 Board of Education on May 11 tabled consideration of a $295,956 fee letter with Wold Architects and Engineers for bid-package and construction work at Flossmoor Hills and Western Avenue and approved a separate $135,473 contract change for structural steel work, then voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel.
Member Nelson moved to table the fee-letter item and asked that district administrator Ms. LaBella further negotiate with Wold; Member Rouse seconded. "I'm actually gonna move that we table that item to our next board meeting and give instructions to Ms. LaBella to further negotiate that with Wold," Member Nelson said. The motion to table was approved on roll call, with Members Griggs, Rouse, Childress, Giddens, Nelson, Vlietstra and Linnear voting yes.
Later in the meeting, Member Vlietstra moved to approve a contract change to complete structural steel work at Flossmoor Hills and Western Avenue for the summer of 2026 at a cost of $135,473; Member Nelson seconded. After members were asked if there were any questions, the board voted on the motion by roll call and approved the contract change, with the same members recorded as voting yes.
Near the close of the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript, the board voted to move into executive session to discuss personnel matters under the cited statute. The presiding official asked for a motion "to move to executive session to discuss matters related to personnel, 5ILCS-122C1." Member Giddens moved and Member Childress seconded; the board gave unanimous voice assent and the motion carried.
The actions recorded on the public agenda were procedural: tabling the Wold Architects fee-letter item while directing further negotiation, approving the steel-work contract change, and moving to executive session for personnel. The transcript does not record additional details about the terms of negotiation with Wold, funding sources for the construction work, or what specific personnel matters will be discussed in executive session.
