Executive (KACC) Board Meeting

Thursday, January 14, 2010

8:00 a.m.

KACC Board Room

 

Minutes

 

Members Present

 

Grant Park:      Mike Nicholson, Chairperson             Bradley:          Michael Hogan, Vice Chair

Beecher:          Denise Brands                                     Herscher:         Ruth Schneider (8:30)

Kankakee:       Colleen Legge (8:07)                            Manteno:         Dawn Russert            

St. Anne:         John Palan                                           Reg. Office:    Kay Pangle                             

 

The regular meeting of the Kankakee Area Career Center Executive Committee, Kankakee County, State of Illinois was called to order on January 14, 2010.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

In the absence of Mr. Carey, John Palan accepted responsibility for Secretary Pro-tem for this morning’s meeting.  Dr. Nicholson also stated he has limited amount of time today and should the meeting not finished prior to his leaving, Mr. Hogan will lead the remainder of the meeting.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

1-3.            A motion was made by Mr. Hogan, seconded by Ms. Russert at 8:04 a.m. to approve the consent agenda, minutes of the December open and closed meetings, accounts payable and financial reports.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.

 

DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS

  1. State Payment Received: Mr. Fay was delighted to report receipt of CTEI funds in the amount of $173,255, which were deposited on December 31, 2009.

 

FINANCE COMMITTEE REPPORT:

Dr. Nicholson gave an overview of items discussed at the recent Finance Committee Meeting.  Of note were:

a.       Budget Committee:  Dr. Schneider and Dr. Nicholson are willing to serve on the committee, unless another member wants to replace Dr. Nicholson.  Dr. Palan agreed to serve on the committee.  The remainder of the committee will consist of the Director, Assistant Director, Bookkeeper and recording secretary.   A discussion ensued concerning the potential to add an instructor to the committee.  It was determined Mr. Fay will assume responsibility for meeting with Union representatives to keep them informed on the status of the preliminary budgets to keep everyone up to date and aware of our financial expectations for FY2011.

b.      Construction House #18:  Lisa Sanford, Realtor from Speckman, has been engaged to sell the home.  Sales price is $250,000 and realtor compensation was set at 4.5% in a 9-month contract.

c.       Out-of-District Tuition:  The Finance Committee requests the Executive Committee consider increasing out-of-district tuition by $50, for a total of $1,950 per student.  It was the consensus of the group this item will be placed on the February Agenda for the Committee’s consideration.

d.      Revenues:  Finance Committee reviewed preliminary student enrollment numbers.  Ms. Goodale reported she had the reports available in writing and distributed them to the members present.  Ms. Brands stated their school has yet to submit all their applications as they are still finishing up scheduling for next year.  Dr. Legge stated the same holds true for Kankakee.  Ms. Goodale stated she believes the current number, 720 students, will continue to increase over the upcoming weeks and will have a much better number to offer at the next meeting.  Ms. Goodale will also provide information on which districts have students attending KACC who are coming through Bishop McNamara.  Ms. Goodale stated she greatly appreciates the efforts made by school counselors to get these applications submitted as she realizes it is early in the year for them, yet planning at KACC must begin.  In light of all the indications of a flat-lined budget for next year, Mr. Hogan suggested legal requirements for notifying staff of changes due to decreased enrollment/revenues/programs be confirmed.  Mr. Fay stated he and Ms. Goodale will be attending a meeting sponsored by KACC’s legal council in the upcoming weeks and will be sure to get clarification. 

e.       Tax Levy: There are initial steps being taken to determine the feasibility of re-establishing an old law allowing AVC member districts to levy a 2 cent tax.  Ms. Russert questioned if it is inside our outside of the district’s cap.  Dr. Nicholson stated it would be outside of the school’s levy.

f.       New Accounting Firm Sought:  An RFP will be prepared and available for accounting firms to bid on providing KARVES/KACC with the Financial Audit.  Dr. Nicholson requested anyone who has a good firm to refer to please inform Mr. Fay.

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:

  1. 2010-2011 Tentative School Calendar:  Mr. Fay stated this topic will be placed on a future agenda.  In the meantime, he wanted to be sure everyone was aware of the discussions concerning the potential to do a Spring Break the third week of March instead of tying it to the Easter Holiday. Ms. Brands stated she will bring this up in Peotone and Mr. Fay will contact Mr. Carey.
  2. Resolution for Release of Executive Session Minutes:  A motion was made by Ms. Russert, seconded by Mr. Hogan at 8:27 to approve the Resolution for Release of Executive Session Minutes as presented.   Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.
  3. KACC Instructor Tenure/Seniority List:  A motion was made by Dr. Legge, seconded by Mr. Hogan at 8:28 a.m. to accept the Tenure/Seniority list as presented.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.
  4. Resolution for Release of Funds to Pay Regular Monthly Expenditures:  A motion was made by Dr. Palan, seconded by Dr. Pangle to approve the Resolution for Release of Funds to Pay Regular Monthly Expenses as presented. The resolution was designed to save money as several monthly bills arrive too late for presentation at the monthly meeting, yet put us in the position of paying late charges and finance fees if the bookkeeper waits to send the checks until the next Executive Committee Meeting.  All such payments will be presented to the board monthly.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.

 

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:

  1. Principal’s Report: Ms. Goodale stated the attendance rate for the month of December was 93%.  Twenty-seven counselors attended the annual Counselor’s Day at KACC.  Ms. Goodale is still in discussion with Crete-Monee High School.  It appears they may want to send as many as fifty students to KACC in FY 2011.  Ms. Goodale reported on some ongoing issues involving transportation for Health Occ Clinicals and Construction Technology.  At this point, Mrs. Goodale reported, she will need to add more clinical days at the end of the year to meet IDPH guidelines.  Dr. Legge stated this will probably be an ongoing problem unless KACC has its own transportation.  Mr. Hogan suggested the budget committee consider the cost of purchasing a small bus for use in construction.  Dr. Nicholson noted this may put KACC in a position for extra compensation if one of the instructors drives the additional bus.  Dr. Pangle suggested looking into utilizing First Student for those times when an additional bus is needed.  Ms. Goodale was charged with looking into ways to resolving the issue.
  2. Special Populations Report:  Matthew Kelley reported 84% of the students who completed the WorkKeys post-reading test improved their scores by at least one level.  Two applications have been received for the annual Learning Center Reading Scholarship. A decision will be made soon.  Eight Grade Career Awareness Days will be held February 10 and 11, for which Mr. Kelley provided everyone a program booklet.  All are welcome to please stop by the event.  Local Business professionals will have career demonstrations for the 1,300 students scheduled to attend.  There will also be a KACC informational booth.  Mr. Kelley is working with Deb Zurek to engage in Junior Achievement activities between the Career Center and local business to include job shadowing experiences.  Mr. Kelley will keep the committee apprised of his progress. The CTE Instructor Annual Appreciation Dinner co-hosted by Partnerships for College & Career Success (PCCS)who work in connection with KCC and KACC, will be held on April 14th.  The other upcoming event announced by Mr. Kelley is the KARVES Advisory Committee meeting to be held at Brick Stone on January 21st.  Dr. Schneider questioned if this is the same group which met recently at the Quality Inn.  Mr. Fay stated the KARVES Advisory Committee has no voting or operational authority concerning KARVES or KACC and is a committee comprised for communication purposes between schools, local business professionals and CTE instructors throughout the region. The KARVES Administrative Council is the overseeing board of KARVES/KACC and is comprised of all the member-school superintendents, a board member and the Regional Office.   Traditionally, most superintendents assign a different board member to the KARVES Advisory Committee, than they do to the KARVES Administrative Board.  Mr. Kelley encouraged everyone in attendance to join the Advisory Committee meeting and to please feel free to give him suggestions on topics which may be of interest.  Representatives from the Kankakee and the Bradley-Bourbonnais chambers of commerce will be in attendance.   Mr. Kelley informed everyone he will investigate methods of integrating WorkKeys tests and scores within the local business community.  Curriculum binders are still being reviewed and updated on a regular basis.  All graduating seniors at KACC will be required to have a completed portfolio prepared and submitted prior to graduation.

 

 

 

CLOSED SESSION:

A motion was made by Dr. Palan, seconded by Dr. Pangle at 8:46 a.m., to move to closed session to consider information regarding Employment, and Contract negotiating matters between KACC and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees, [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)].

 

Re-Open Session: 

The meeting was called back into session at 9:20 a.m.

 

Adjourn:

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Hogan, seconded by Mrs. Russert at 9:21 a.m.  Motion carried by voice vote.

 

 

 

 

                                                            As Recorded By:_______________________________

                                                                                                John Palan, Secretary Pro-Tem