Peoria Standard

The Limestone Walters Community Consolidated School District 316 Board of Education met Dec. 19 to provide building project updates.

Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the board:

Regular Session Minutes

December 19th, 2016

The regular Limestone Walters Board Meeting was held on Monday, December 19th, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Present were: Ken Herz; Matt Maher; Scott Jackson; Shannen Meyers; Jeff Stear; Barry Campen; Tim Dotson; and Sherry Rose. Absent: Bill Holt.

Visitors were recognized. Guests were: Mr. Dimitri Almasi.

Communications: Matt Maher read a thank you card, which came with a generous donation, from the Limestone Walters Public Water District.

A motion was made by Scott Jackson, and seconded by Shannen Meyers, to approve the regular session minutes of November 28th, and the executive session minutes of October 24th, 2016, as amended. Roll call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, aye; and Ken Herz, aye.

Mr. Dotson gave an overview of the Financial/Treasurer Reports.

A motion was made by Jeff Stear and seconded by Shannen Meyers, to approve the Financial report, Treasurer’s report, and presentation of bills for payment, including the amount of $500.00 to the Law Office of Christpher P. Ryan P.C. Edu. $132,032.96; Bldg. $10,289.23; Trans. $736.16; IMRF & SS. $4,504.46; Tort $1,939.75; Life Safety $0 Total: $149,502.56. Roll call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, aye; and Ken Herz, aye.

Superintendent’s Report:

Mr. Dotson thanked Carrie Subbert for chairing the PTO Santa Breakfast and all the many hands that helped coordinate this event. He also thanked the Board for helping cook the sausage and prepare the pancake batter.

Mr. Dotson thanked Ms. Kunkel for all of her efforts with the Band and K-4 Christmas Concert. Both programs were well attended.

Next month will be the first reading on some Board Policy updates through PRESS.

Mr. Dotson attended a meeting on how we will receive the CFST funds. Each year on September 30th the district will submit its current enrollment at that time. That enrollment figure will then be used for the following calendar year to calculate the amount of funds a district will receive. On September 20th, 2016 our enrollment was 200 students. Passed projections were based on 183 students so we should see an increase in potential funds. We should expect our first amount in October, 2017 and then it will be monthly. However, the amount will fluctuate based upon the number of sales in a given month.

Barry Campen and Shannen Meyers gave an update on the building projects with regards to air conditioning. They will have more information at the next board meeting.

The next Board Meeting is Monday, January 23, 2017 at 6 p.m.

New Business:

A motion was made by Shannen Meyers and seconded by Matt Maher, to approve the Certificate of 2016 Tax Levy as presented. Roll Call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, nay; and Ken Herz, aye.

First reading of SEAPCO Policy 6.121.

A motion was made by Scott Jackson and seconded by Shannen Meyers, to go into executive session at 6:40 p.m. for the purpose of discussing administrative salaries, the appointment, employment, or dismissal of an employee or officer, negotiations, the compensation, discipline, and performance of specific employees, and for the discussion of minutes of closed meetings, Illinois Compiled Statutes 120/2, and safety and security of students. Roll Call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, nay; and Ken Herz, aye.

A motion to come out of executive session at 7:16 p.m. was made by Jeff Stear, and seconded by Scott Jackson. Roll Call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, aye; and Ken Herz, aye.

A motion was made by Jeff Stear and seconded by Shannen Meyers, to hire Jane O’Malley as a paraprofessional at a rate of $18.00 per hour, for the remainder of the 2016/2017 school year. Roll Call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, aye; and Ken Herz, aye

Motion to adjourn at 7:22 p.m. was made by Jeff Stear, and seconded by Shannen Meyers. Roll Call: Scott Jackson, aye; Matt Maher, aye; Shannen Meyers, aye; Jeff Stear, aye; Barry Campen, aye; and Ken Herz, aye.