MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/5D2ABA50/ExecutiveCommitteeMeeting10-14-10.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Executive (KACC) Board Meeting

Executive (= KACC) Board Meeting

Thursday, S= eptember 9, 2010

8:30 a.m.

KACC Board = Room

Minutes

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Members Pre= sent

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Grant Park:      Mike Nichol= son, Chairperson     &n= bsp;       Bradley:          Michael Hogan, Vice Chair

Beecher:          Denise Brands&= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           Ce= ntral        &= nbsp;   :        &= nbsp;  Tonya Evans      &n= bsp;       

Herscher:         = Richard Bukowski      = ;            &n= bsp;           Kankakee:       Colle= en Legge      &n= bsp;     

Manteno:         = Dawn Russert      =                &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Peotone:        &= nbsp; Donald McKinney     

St. Anne:         = John Palan, Secretary            =             &nb= sp; Reg. Office:    Greg Murph= y 

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The regular meeting of the Kankakee Area Career Center Executive Committee, Kankakee County, State of Illinois was cal= led to order on October 14, 2010 at 8:31 a.m.

 

PUBLIC CO= MMENT

Mr. Fay expressed his grati= tude to the KACC/KARVES support staff for pitching in following the resignation of = Michael Kolberg.  Mr. Fay thanked Principal, Bosa Goodale, in particular for her assistance= in ensuring the financial procedures were completed and for her help in traini= ng Dan Gesell.

CONSENT AGENDA

1= -3.      =       A motion was made by Mr. Hogan, seconded by Mr. Pal= an at 8:33 a.m. to approve the consent agenda, minutes of the September open and closed meetings, accounts payable and financial reports.  Motion carried with unanimous roll-= call vote.

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

  1. Director’s Report:  Everyone in atte= ndance received a written report with their agendas.  Mr. Fay took a few minutes to= highlight some meetings this past month. &= nbsp; In particular, the Spring Forum for Excellent presented by ICCB contained useful information regarding Programs of Study (POS) and the development POS’ for schools as well as information on the P20 initiative.  Mr. Fay gave= a brief overview of the new CTE software developed by IBM for ISBE and t= he fact of CTE being the first area to be tested.  This change will eventually be rolled out for all courses K-20.  As chair of the System Director’s Leadership Council (SDL= C), Mr. Fay held his first web-casted monthly meeting.  Mr. Fay reported on many posi= tive comments about the meeting as the sound and picture was good and membe= rs saved time and expense by not traveling to Springfield.  Mr. Fay highlighted contents = of an ICTA – Finance Made Easy= seminar he attended this past month.&= nbsp; The speaker was Calvin Jackson.
  2. KACC/KARVES Audit:  This item was tab= led until the November meeting as the auditing firm will be delivering our annual Audit on Monday, October 18th.  Mr. Fay will formally request= an extension from Dr. Pangle today.  Mr. Hogan expressed disappointment in the firm not having the a= udit completed and delivered on a timely basis.
  3. Welding Project – Globe:  M= r. Fay updated everyone on the placing the globe, crafted by welding students from the past several years, in the front of our building.  Mr. Fay distributed a picture= of the globe and an artist rendering of the completed proposed site. Mr. = Fay mentioned the possibility of having Construction students do the actual landscaping work.  All co= sts associated with the building of the pad, other than cement (approximat= ely $1,000-$1,200), have been donated, includin= g the rebar and labor.

 

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:

  1. Approval to hire Kathleen Ahrens, = RN – Clinical Instructor for Kankakee HS:  A motion was made by Dr. Buko= wski, seconded by Mrs. Legge at 8:45 a.m. to hire Kathleen Ahrens at $18/hour as the Clinical Instructor for Kankakee High School’s Health Occupation CNA program pending the written resignation of Betty Young,= RN.
  2. Accept Resignation of Betty Young:  Mr. Fay reported Ms. Young has not yet mailed her written resignation in, but verbally resigned via telephone.  This item will be tabled until November in hopes the written resignation letter is received.
  3. Policies and Procedures:
    1. Approval of Amendments by Press:  A motion was made by Mr. Hogan, Seconded by Mr. Palan at 9:46 a.m. to approve the following procedures which were presented for the first reading at the September Meeting:

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;           i.   &nb= sp;  Governing Bodies

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         ii.   &n= bsp;  Educational Support Staff

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       iii.   &= nbsp;  Educational Support Personnel

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       iv.   &n= bsp;  Students

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         v.   &nb= sp;  Community Relations

Motion carried by the foll= owing votes:   Beecher, yes; Br= adley, yes; Central, yes; Grant Park, yes; Herscher, abstained; Kankakee, yes; Manteno, yes; Momence, absent; Peotone, yes; St. Anne, yes; and Regional Of= fice of Education, yes.

    1. The following policy amendments proposed by Press were presented for first reading and will be brought back to the November 10, 2010 meeting for final approval.

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;           i.   &nb= sp;  Governing Bodies 2:100

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         ii.   &n= bsp;  Operational Services 4:30

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       iii.   &= nbsp;  Professional Personnel 5:100

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       iv.   &n= bsp;  Educational Support Personnel 5:290

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         v.   &nb= sp;  Students 7:20

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       vi.   &n= bsp;  Students 7:190

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     vii.   &= nbsp;  Students 7:285

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   viii.   =    Community Relations 8:30

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:

  1. Principal’s Report:  Ms. Goodale pres= ented the following information:
    1. Mrs. Goodale distributed copies of Student Attendance Reports.  Average attendance stands at= 95% for September.  Mr. Hogan questioned from which school are the students in the SALT and Homeschooled categories.  Ms. Goodale stated she will obtain this information and report to Mr. Hog= an prior to his leaving.  <= /li>
    2. Staff Development:  Mrs. Gooda= le reported on her meetings with instructors and the work being done to formulate 3 to 5 year goals.  This was also emphasized during Monday’s Teacher’s Institute meetings. 
    3. Clinical Days for Health Occupations:  In light of the trend of utilizing Wednesdays for early dismis= sals throughout the region, Health Occ. Clinical days have been changed fr= om Monday-Wednesdays to Tuesday-Thursdays.  Ms. Goodale stressed the importance of student attendance as there are only so many days avail= able and IDPH mandates the number of clinical hours the students must have prior to sitting for their C.N.A. examination.
    4. National Guard Contest:  A state-= wide contest was held yesterday by the National Guard.  KACC’s Law Enforcement students took 2nd place, only missing first place by 1 min= ute differential in the obstacle course.=   The competition involved not only the obstacle course, but also shooting (paint guns used), search and rescue activities, etc.  Ms. Goodale explained the fa= ct the students volunteered for this competition and worked outside of school hours to be prepared.  T= his was an exceptional opportunity for many to develop leadership skills.=
    5. CERTS Training:  Ms. Goodale reported 30 students have signed up for this Emergency Response Training.  This is speci= al training designed for teenagers interested in being a part of a respo= nse for a local disaster, at which time these students would be asked to respond. Ms. Goodale stated they would not be put in an unsafe positi= on.
  1. Special Populations Report:  Mr. = Kelley was away at a conference.  Ms. Goodale presented the following in his stead:
    1. Workkeys: Student scores were received.  Any student who scored below a 75/4 was identified for tutoring services in the Lea= rning Center. All students’ parents, regardless of score, were given a copy of the test results.  Letters to counselors and principals will also be forthcoming to share results.<= /li>
    2. Sophomore Day:  Mrs. Goodale called everyone’s attention to the printed schedule for this event.  We are anticipating well ove= r 800 students on November 16th.  Ms. Goodale reminded everyone there are no regular KACC classes in attendance on that day.
    3. IASB:  Strategies for improving performance are due to the end of this month. Mr. Kelley, according to Ms. Goodale, is working on this and following up with a couple of reg= ion schools to complete his report.
  2. Internship Report:  Ms. Goodale repo= rted the Health Occupation Internships have been delayed due to new regulat= ions from IDPH and our local hospitals for fingerprint background checks and drug testing.  KACC has contracted with a fingerprint service to come November 1 and November = 4 to fingerprint all the Health Occ students.  They have reduced the fee fro= m $54 to $30 due to the number of students to be fingerprinted.  Student a= re asked to go to Riverside<= /st1:City> to obtain their drug test as this hospital has an Occupational Health department to handle these tests.

FINANCE COMMITTEE:

Dr. Nicholson requested Ms. Russert give a brief overv= iew of the Finance Committee meeting held earlier this morning.  Ms. Russert reviewed cash balances= , the state of receivables from the State of Illinois and the improvements made in reconciliation and internal control processes within the Career Center’s bookkeeping area. 

CLOSED SESSION:

A motion was made by Ms. Russert, seconded b= y Mr. Murphy at 9:02 a.m. to move to closed session for collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or mo= re classes of employees.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).  Motion ca= rried by unanimous roll-call vote.

 

Meeting reopened at 9:30 a.m.

 

REOPEN SESSION:

  1. Dan Gesell, Bookkeeper:  A mo= tion was made by Mr. Hogan, seconded by Ms. Legge at 9:30 a.m. to hire Dan Gesell as KACC/KARVES Bookkeeper at an annual salary of $34,000 plus benefits outlined for Non-certified, full time support staff as outlin= ed in the KACC Board Policy Manual.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.

Adjourn:

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn w= as made by, Ms. Legge, seconded by Ms. Evans at 9:31 a.m. to adjourn.  Motion carried by unanimous voice = vote.

 

 

 

 

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;      As Recorded By:_______________________________

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