District 59 board sets fiscal year, appoints treasurer, approves bonds and adopts strategic plan

The Community Consolidated School District 59 Board of Education on June 10 approved a series of fiscal and administrative measures that set the district’s financial and governance calendar for 2026–27 and adopted a refreshed strategic plan.

In a roll‑call vote the board established the fiscal year as July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, and set a public hearing on the district’s tentative budget for Wednesday, Sept. 30, with the budget to be on public display at least 30 days beforehand.

The board appointed Greg Vololan, set to become assistant superintendent for business services on July 1, as the district’s school treasurer and approved a $14,300,000 treasurer bond required for that office. The board also directed the treasurer to transfer 100% of interest earned in the debt‑service fund to the education fund and 100% of interest in the working cash fund to the operations and maintenance fund for fiscal year 2025–26.

Other fiscal and facilities actions approved included awarding Archon Associates and RTM Engineering the 10‑year health/life/safety survey contract for $254,297 and authorizing installation of environmental sensors in junior‑high restrooms for $51,428 with an annual subscription cost of $4,988.

The board voted to adopt the district’s strategic plan refresh, which administrators said was developed internally with teacher, cabinet and union input and will be posted to the district website once formally published. Communications staff said the final plan will be shared with staff, families and the community and that a July website update will include the approved document.

The board also renewed the district’s e‑learning plan, giving the district the option of using planned e‑learning days when sufficient lead time allows rather than counting those days as make‑ups, but reiterated the district will not call an e‑learning day on short notice.

Personnel actions included two adopted resolutions to deliver notices to remedy to licensed employees Mike Kusubab and Jessica Cerna, each describing specific professional‑conduct deficiencies and warning that failure to remedy could lead to dismissal. Those resolutions were adopted by roll call.

All motions noted above passed by recorded vote. The board’s next major budget milestone is the Sept. 30 public hearing on the tentative budget; the fiscal calendar and the treasurer appointment take effect July 1.

Votes at a glance: motions listed in the agenda (fiscal year designation; treasurer appointment; treasurer bond; interest transfers; HLS survey contract; restroom environmental sensors; strategic plan adoption; e‑learning plan renewal; notices to remedy for two licensed employees) were approved by roll call during the June 10 meeting. The district will post formal minutes and the adopted strategic plan on the district website.