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Morton District 201 board approves consent agenda, signs off on $7.4M payroll and $2.24M in bills
Summary
The Board of Education approved a consent agenda on Jan. 8, 2025, authorizing payroll totals (Education $7,427,825.67; Building $959,703.20; Transportation $972.00) and bills for payment (Jan. 9a $48,232.18; Jan. 9b $2,191,607.38). The consent agenda passed 6–0 with three members absent.
The Board of Education of J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 approved its consent agenda at the Jan. 8, 2025 regular meeting, including payroll and bills totaling several million dollars. Member Mark Kraft moved to approve the consent agenda and Member Fernando Godinez seconded; the motion carried with six ayes and three members absent.
The consent agenda recorded payroll totals of $7,427,825.67 for education, $959,703.20 for building and $972.00 for transportation. The board also approved bills for payment listed as Jan. 9, 2025a for $48,232.18 and Jan. 9, 2025b for $2,191,607.38. Those items were part of a bundled vote labeled "Consent Agenda" and were approved without recorded dissent.
The motion to approve the consent agenda was made during the open session after the board reconvened from closed session. The minutes list the ayes as Members Zoe Bustamante, Fernando Godinez, Mark Kraft, Jeffry Pesek, Sandra Tomschin and Abbie Valladares-Stevenson; Members Maria A. Gallegos, Jessica Jaramillo-Flores and Dr. Margaret Kelly were absent. The minutes record no public comment on these action items.
