Carbondale Reporter

Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 Board met Aug. 15.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

PRESENT                ABSENT

Presiding Officer

Evan Buffington

Annie Imboden

Kass Gregory

Chris Germann

Darrell Hutson

Rich Dyer 7:27

Kate Fakhoury 

Secretary

Kristopher Mason

Superintendent

Lauren Hannick 

Recording

1 Consent Agenda

Motion made by Fakhoury, seconded by Germann to approve the July Activity and Imprest Reports, and the July 2023 Treasurers Report, August 2023 Bills, July 2023 Regular and Special Meeting Minutes, and Facility Use Agreements, Reaffirmation of Serious Safety Hazard, and Tentative FY24 Budget as presented. Yeas- Buffington, Imboden, Gregory, Hutson

2 Illinois Tutoring Initiative

Motion made by Fakhoury, seconded by Gregory to approve the memorandum of understanding with the Illinois Tutoring Initiative Project. Yeas- Hutson, Buffington, Imboden, Germann

3 Boiler

Motion made by Imboden, seconded by Hutson to approve the contract with Trane Building Services for the replacement of our main boiler. Yeas- Fakhoury, Gregory, Buffington, Germann

4 PRESS Policy

Motion made by Gregory, seconded by Hutson to approve the changes to the student handbook. Yeas- Germann, Buffington, Fakhoury, Imboden

5 Softball

Motion made by Hutson, seconded by Fakhoury to allow third graders to fully participate in the softball program during the 2023-2024 school year pending payment of the athetics fee. Yeas- Germann, Imboden, Buffington, Gregory, Dyer

8 Closed Session

Motion made by Imboden, seconded by Dyer to enter closed session at 7:46 PM. Yeas - Hutson, Germann, Buffington, Gregory, Fakhoury

9 Closed Session

Motion made by Fakhoury, seconded by Gregory to adjourn closed session at 8:18 PM. Ayes All.

10 New Hire

Motion made by Fakhoury, seconded by Gregory to retroactively hire Ms. Taylor Hoffman as a Giant City School kindergarten teacher for the 2023-2024 school year. Yeas Imboden, Buffington, Dyer, Germann, Hutson

11 New Contract

Motion made by Hutson, seconded by Germann to approve the contract for Dan Meggs. Yeas- Dyer, Fakhoury, Gregory, Imboden, Buffington

12 Destruction of Closed Minutes

Motion made by Fakhoury, seconded by Imboden to approve the destruction of the closed session audio recorded more than 18 monts prior to the date of this meeting. Yeas- Germann, Gregory, Buffington, Dyer, Hutson

13 Closed Session Minutes

Motion made by Dyer, seconded by Germann to adopt the closed minutes of the meetins held on July 17, 2023. Yeas Hutson, Buffington, Gregory, Fakhoury, Imboden

14 Rehire

Motion made by Germann, seconded by Dyer to rehire Faith Halliday as a Daycare/Kids Klub Worker. Yeas- Buffington, Imboden, Fakhoury, Hutson, Gregory

15 Adjourn

Motion made by Dyer, seconded by Imboden to adjourn at 8:36 PM. Next meeting set for September 19, 2023 with a Public Budget Hearing at 7:00 PM.

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