Minutes - Jersey CUSD No. 100

Board of Education
Regular Meeting
June 21, 2006
The regular meeting of the Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 100
was held Wednesday, June 21 2006 in the office of the Board of Education. The meeting was
called to order at 6:50 P.M. by John Copley, Vice, President. Other members present were
David Beach, Terrie Kallal, Bob Norman, Paul Rogers, and Stu Trask. Also in attendance
were James Whiteside, Superintendent; Ruth Eschbach, Director of Programs; and Ken
Schell, District Administrator.
A motion was made by Norman, seconded by Rogers to adjourn to closed session for the
purpose of personnel evaluation and discussion of property. Motion carried. The Board
along with Mr. Whiteside, Mrs. Eschbach, and Mr. Schell adjourned to closed session at 6:51
P.M.
Sherry Droste arrived at 6:58 P.M.
The Board returned at 7:00 P.M. at which time a motion was made by Copley, seconded by
Norman to reconvene the open session. Motion carried.
Also in attendance for open session were: Tammy Steckel, Director of Business Affairs;
Laura Pranaitis, The Telegraph; Jill Boomer, Jersey County Star; Jill Thurston, Jersey County
Journal; Chris Skinner, Judy Fritz, and Tonda Pegue, district employees; Don Snyders, Sandy
& Darryl Scheffel, Julie Pohlman, Darla Cavans, Ellen Suttles, Mary Shaw, Toscha Gibson,
Tony Layton, Terri Taake, and Lynn Currie.
A motion was made by Beach, seconded by Copley to approve the Agenda as presented plus
an addendum to personnel. Motion carried.
MINUTES
A motion was made by Rogers, seconded by Trask that the minutes of the regular meeting
May 17, and special meeting June 12 be approved as recorded. On roll call, Beach, yes;
Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes; Droste, yes. Motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Whiteside reported all correspondence received on district planning for the 2006-07
school year has been distributed to all Board members.
Julie Pohlman stated she had a letter from someone unable to attend the Board meeting. A
copy of the letter will be distributed to all Board members.

Don Snyders responded to comments made at the public open forum on June 20 regarding his
salary as a Superintendent and his retirement benefits. Mr. Snyders provided correct figures
of his salary and retirement. Mr. Snyders announced he will continue to volunteer as school
treasurer until a replacement is found that all seven board members approve.
Terri Taake spoke highly of Don Snyders stating she worked with him during his years as a
teacher, coach, administrator and superintendent and anytime he is connected with kids and
faculty it’s a good thing. She also stated he always spent extra time in our district without
anything in return and it was unfortunate the comments had been made at the public open
forum.
Mrs. Taake also spoke of her experience with 30 plus students in a classroom. She feels 5 th
grade students would benefit by moving to East Elementary to keep class sizes down.
Mary Shaw, Toscha Gibson, Lynn Currie spoke of concerns of the changes for the 2006-07
school year.
BILLS
Following discussion, a motion was made by Rogers, seconded by Trask that the bills as
presented be approved for payment and orders drawn. On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes;
Kallal, no; Norman, Rogers, yes; Trask, yes, Droste, yes. Motion carried.
DISTRICT PLANNING
A motion was made by Copley, seconded by Norman to reaffirm the action taken at the May
Board meeting of the changes for the 2006-07 school year. The only revision was a 3:00
dismissal instead of 2:50 as previously passed. On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes Kallal,
No; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes, Droste, yes. Motion carried.
BUDGET RESOLUTION
To meet statutory requirements, the Board must pass a resolution to appoint someone to
prepare a 2006-07 budget, file a public notice regarding the display of the budget and conduct
a hearing on said budget. A motion was made by Trask, seconded by Copley to adopt the
following resolution:
“BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 100,
Counties of Jersey and Greene, in the State of Illinois that the Superintendent of Schools,
James Whiteside, is hereby appointed to prepare a tentative budget for said School District for
the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2006 and ends June 30, 2007, which tentative budget shall
be filed with the Secretary of the Board.”
Also, a part of the statutory requirement is that a public notice must be filed regarding display
ad hearing for the budget and to meet that requirement, recommend the following be approved
for publication in the local newspaper on or before August 10, 2006.

“NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Community Unit School District
No. 100, Counties of Jersey and Greene, State of Illinois, that a tentative budget for said
School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 will be on file and conveniently
available to the public for inspection at 100 Lincoln Street, Jerseyville, Illinois in the School
District Office from and after 1:00 P.M. on the 17th day of August, 2006.”
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:30 P.M. on
the 20 th of September, 2006 at the Board of Education Office, School District No. 100,
Counties of Jersey and Greene, State of Illinois.
On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
BOARD POLICY ADOPTIONS
A motion was made by Copley, seconded by Rogers to approve the following policies for the
first reading. These policy changes were recommended by the Illinois Association of School
Board and will be adopted at the next Board meeting.
Policy 5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
Policy 2:30 District Elections
Policy 2:50 Board Member Term of Office
Policy 2:210 Organizational Board of Education Meeting
Policy 4:60 Purchases and Contracts (As rewritten)
Policy 4:150 Facility Management and Building Programs (As rewritten)
Policy 5:100 Staff Development Program
Policy 6:100 Using Animals in the Educational Program
Policy 8:90 Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs
On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
The school wellness policy is a newly required policy. Since districts are required to adopt a
wellness policy by July 1, a motion was made by Copley, seconded by Norman to waive the
first reading and adopt Policy 6:50 School Wellness. On roll call, Beach, Copley, yes; Kallal,
yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes; Droste, yes. Motion carried.
PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS
A motion was made by Rogers, seconded by Trask to approve the following:
• To extend a one year lease for the relocatable classroom at East Elementary and
release the relocatable classroom at West Elementary for the 2006-07 school year.
• To approve the purchase of the following four used busses totaling $127,417.
2001 sixty-five passenger bus purchased from Carrollton - $30,500
2002 sixty-five passenger bus purchased from Ponder $30,000

2005 twenty-three passenger bus purchased from Ponder $38,117
2001 twenty-six passenger bus purchased from Southern $28,800
• To approve the proposal from Design Architect, Inc. to provide technical services for
the resurfacing of the parking lot at the Unit Office.
On roll call Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
Mrs. Steckel reviewed Bid No. 2006-15 for P.E. Equipment and Supplies. A motion was
made by Rogers, seconded by Trask to approve the following based upon low bid as per
specifications.
BSN $413.79
Curt Smith 366.28
Gopher Sports 60.72
GLS 108.52
S & S Worldwide 223.56
Sportime 71.28
Gopher – Direct Order 2,642.55
GLS – Direct Order 146.28
Nasco – Direct Order 24.75
US Games – Direct Order 141.88
Wolverine – Direct Order 139.50
Total $4,339.11
On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, no; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
INVESTMENTS
None
PREVAILING WAGE RESOLUTION
In June each year, the Board of Education is required to investigate and ascertain the
prevailing wage rates as defined in the Prevailing Wage Act. A motion was made by
Norman, seconded by Copley to adopt the following resolution:
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has enacted "An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics
and other workers employed in any public works by the State, county, city or any public body
or any political subdivision or by any one under contract for public works," approved June
26, 1941, codified as amended, 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (1993), formerly Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch.
48, par. 39s-1 et seq. and

WHEREAS, the aforesaid Act requires that Community Unit School District No. 100 of the
Counties of Jersey and Greene investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of wages as
defined in said Act for laborers, mechanics and other workers in the locality of said Counties
of Jersey and Greene employed in performing construction of public works, for said
Community Unit School District No. 100.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 100:
Section l: To the extent and as required by "An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics
and other workers employed in any public works by State, county, city or any public body or
any political subdivision or by any one under contract for public works," approved June 26,
l941, as amended, the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics
and other workers engaged in construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of
Community Unit School District No. 100 is hereby ascertained to be the same as the
prevailing rate of wages for construction work in the Jersey County area as determined by the
Department of Labor of the State of Illinois as of June of the current year a copy of that
determination being attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. As required by said
Act, any and all revisions of the prevailing rate of wages by the Department of Labor of the
State of Illinois shall supersede the Department's June determination and apply to any and all
public works construction undertaken by Community Unit School District No. 100. The
definition of any terms appearing in this Ordinance which are also used in aforesaid Act shall
be the same as in said Act.
Section 2: Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply said general prevailing rate of
wages as herein ascertained to any work or employment except public works construction of
Community Unit School District No. 100 to the extent required by the aforesaid Act.
Section 3: The Community Unit School District No. 100 Clerk shall publicly post or keep
available for inspection by any interested party in the main office of Community Unit School
District No. 100 this determination or any revisions of such prevailing rate of wage. A copy
of this determination or of the current revised determination of prevailing rate of wages then
in effect shall be attached to all contract specifications.
Section 4: The Community Unit School District No. 100 Clerk shall mail a copy of this
determination to any employer, and to any association of employers and to any person or
association of employees who have filed their names and addresses, requesting copies of any
determination stating the particular rates and the particular class of workers whose wages will
be affected by such rates.
Section 5: The Community Unit School District No. 100 Clerk shall promptly file a certified
copy of this Ordinance with both the Secretary of State Index Division and the Department of
Labor of the State of Illinois.

Section 6: The Community Unit School District No. 100 Clerk shall cause to be published in
a newspaper of general circulation within the area copy of this Ordinance, and such
publication shall constitute notice that the determination is effective and that this is the
determination of this public body.
Approved this 21 st day of June, 2006
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Sherry Droste, Board President
On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
FUND RAISER
A motion was made by Copley, seconded by Beach to approve the following requests:
• Request of Illini Middle School to host the annual magazine sale in the fall.
• Request from Ms. Fuchs to participate in St. Jude’s Math-a-Thon.
• Request from West Elementary to participate in the School Mall on-line shopping.
• Request from Dow PTO to participate in the Schwan’s fundraising next fall.
On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
USE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES
A motion was made by Beach, seconded by Kallal to approve the following use of district
facilities requests:
• Request of the Village of Fieldon to use the grounds at Fieldon Elementary for a July
4 th celebration.
• Request of Gina Critchfield, Girl Scout Leader Troop 123 to use the facilities at
Grafton Elementary to hold meetings on Monday evenings 6:00 -7:30.
• Request of Scott Tonsor outlining sponsor requests for use of facilities at Illini Middle
School for use of summer camps and activities.
On roll call, Beach, yes; Copley, yes; Kallal, yes; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.
JCHS CHANGE ORDER NO. 9
A motion was made by Copley, seconded by Norman to approve JCHS Change Order No. 9.
(See attached) On roll call, Beach, yes; Kallal, no; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes;
Droste, yes. Motion carried.

PERSONNEL
Mr. Whiteside reviewed the personnel recommendations. A motion was made by Norman,
seconded by Trask to approve the following teacher transfers for the 2006-07 school year:
• Mary Kay Allen from Challenge (District) to East 5
• Jodi Burney from East 4 to East 5
• Sally Stumpe from Elementary Art to East 1
• Karen Kribs from West 5 to East 5
• Lisa Buettel from West 3 to West REACH
• Kim Spiedel from West REACH to East REACH
• Kim Wackerly from Elementary Music to IMS/Delhi REACH
• Kathy Shalley from IMS 8 th to West 2
Also, approve the assignment of Ben Gracey as JCHS Cross Country Coach for the 2006-07
school year.
Also, approve the resignation of Kenny Kitson effective June 30, 2006 in order to begin
retirement.
On roll call, Beach, yes; Kallal, no; Norman, yes; Rogers, yes; Trask, yes; Droste, yes.
Motion carried.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
Mrs. Steckel reviewed the regular monthly finance reports including Treasurer’s Report,
Revenue and Expenditure Report, Interest Revenue Report, Utility Report, PMA Activity
Report, and Investment Summary. All reports were received, discussed and placed on file.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Mrs. Steckel reported on the following:
• Employee Health & Hospital Insurance Premiums
• Student Accident Insurance
• Summary of Tax Extension Rates
A motion was made by Norman, seconded by Copley to adjourn. The regular meeting of June
21, 2006 adjourned at 8:28 P.M.