East Central Reporter

Casey Westfield Community Unit School District 4C Board of Education met Feb. 22.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Roll Call _7:00_PM 

ROLL CALL	Present	Absent
Tracy Gelb	X
Joe Hickox	X
Shawn Huisinga	X
Alan Hutton	On phone
Wendy Navel	X
Casey Overbeck	X
Jeremy Perie	X

2. Recognize visitors: Individual visitors are allowed to bring up topics for Board discussion, information, or consideration at this time and/or indicate agenda items they may be interested in addressing later in the meeting. Complaints or certain situations involving specific employees or students are not to be addressed in open session of the Board meeting. The Board may hear complaints or certain situations involving specific employees or students in closed session. The Board president shall determine whether a situation requires addressing in closed session.

Jason & Jodi Sharp	Kim Evans	Becky Clement
Mike Sloan	Jessica Henderson	Erin Fain
Ashley Spittler

3. Approve Consent Agenda

a. Minutes of the regular meeting on January 25, 2021;

b. Destruction of closed session records 18 months and older as authorized by Board Policy 220 and 220-E1;

c. Current invoices for payment and review of the financial and budgetary reports; 

d. 2021-2022 School Calendar;

e. Course Description Book - tabled;

f. TRS Supplemental Savings Plan Agreement (Deferred Comp) as required by law

MOTION		YEA	NAY
2	Tracy Gelb	X
1	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	Absent on phone
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

3b. Resolution extending Clark County Tax Abatements

MOTION		YEA	NAY
2	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	abstain
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
1	Jeremy Perie	X

4. Board and administrator reports

a. FOIA request from Illinois Retired Teachers Association for names of retiring certified staff. Received 2/2/21 via email and provided response via email the same day.

b. Covid numbers are at an all time low in district.

c. Boiler replacement at grade school is complete.

d. Bond interest is very low at this time and will be looked at for bond consolidation. 

e. Staff members have received their first round of Covid-19 vaccinations. 

f. High school sports are back in progress and Jim reports that the kids are enjoying it and so far the Covid numbers have not seen a spike. Precautions are in place and being observed.

5. Approve adjourning to closed session under c1 (employment), c21 (discussion of closed meeting minutes) of section 5 ILCS 120/1 et seq. of the Illinois Open Meetings Act _7:09__PM

MOTION	All in Favor	YEA	NAY
1	Tracy Gelb	X
2	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

6. Approve reconvening to regular session_7:54_____PM

MOTION	All in Favor	YEA	NAY
	Tracy Gelb	X
1	Joe Hickox	X
2	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

7. Approve consent agenda:

a. January 25, 2021 closed session minutes;

b. Support staff recommendations;

1. K-12 PE resignation – Erin Leichty

c. Certified staff recommendations;

d. Administrative staff recommendations;

e. Co-curricular recommendations

a. JH Track resignation – Jay Bohner

b. JH Track employment – Audrey Glidewell

c. JH Scholastic Bowl resignation – Cassie Ramsey d. JH Scholastic Bowl employment – Mike Sloan

MOTION		YEA	NAY
2	Tracy Gelb
	Joe Hickox	X
1	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

8. Addendum

9. Adjourn _7:56___PM

MOTION	All in Favor	YEA	NAY
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
1	Casey Overbeck	X
2	Jeremy Perie	X

https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1133355/Feb_2021_Secretary_Minutes.pdf