Galesburg Reporter

Mercer County School District 404 Board of Education met Dec. 13.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2023 TAX LEVY 

1. Call to Order & Roll Call

2. Public Hearing for 2023 Tax Levy

3. Public Comments

4. Adjourn

REGULAR MEETING 

1. Call to Order & Roll Call

2. Additions/Deletions

3. Public Comment

The Board of Education welcomes public comment during the Public Comment portion of the agenda. Those who wish to address the Board should state their name and limit their statement to five minutes. Comments are not restricted to items on the agenda; however, comments regarding specific student discipline cases are not allowed during Open Session. Generally, these types of comments should come to the Board only after they have been referred to the teacher, principal, or administrator who is closest to the situation. If all other avenues for resolving these items have been exhausted and the issue has not been resolved, you may request to address the Board, usually during Closed Session. In addition, please refrain from using derogatory comments about staff members at this time. 

4. Board Comments

5. Correspondence

6. Approval of Consent Agenda

6.1 Regular Meeting Minutes - November 15, 2023

6.2 Bill List

6.3 Treasurer’s Report

6.4 Financial Report

6.5 BCBS Health Insurance Account Statement

7. Committee Reports

7.1 Finance Committee

7.2 Building and Grounds

7.3 Policy

8. Action Items

8.1 Adopt Resolution for 2023 Tax Levy

8.2 Adopt PRESS Policy Quarterly Updates

8.3 Addition of MCHS FY25 Science Teacher

8.4 Student Athletic Admissions

9. Information/ Discussion Items

9.1 FOIA Requests

9.2 Updates from School Board Convention

10. Administrative Report

11. Closed Session

11.1 Personnel 

The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) 

a. Rehire coaches

b. Hire Apollo Paraprofessional

c. Hire Apollo part-time cook

d. Hire Junior High Custodian

e. Hire Bus Monitor

f. Other Personnel

12. Open Session – Approval of Possible Action Items Resulting from Closed Session

13. Determine Next Committee Meeting Dates

Building and Grounds Meeting – TBD

Finance Meeting – 1/15 @5:00 PM

14. Adjourn

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