BOARD MINUTES

THE 832ND REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD MONDAY MARCH 14, 2022.


A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District was called to order by President Lynette Stokes at the District’s Headquarter, 15500 Dixie Highway, Harvey, Illinois on March 14, 2022 at 4:15 P.M. upon due notice to all members of the time, date, and place of the meeting

ROLL CALL

Trustee Dr. Lynette Stokes....... Present
Trustee Lamar X Miller...............Present
Trustee Dr. Ray Warner.............Present
Trustee Cassandra W Elston.....Absent
Trustee Charles Givines............Absent

Also Present were:

Janet Rogers...........................Operations Superintendent
Nikki Cody...............................Business Manager
Meganne Trela........................Attorney for the Board
Aerielle Charles......................Administrative Assistant
Christopher Brown................General Foreman
Luke Chmielewski..................Chief Mechanic
Diana Cole..............................John Kasperek Auditing Firm
Edgar Wright..........................Wealth and Retirement Planning

 

 

The meeting was opened by the President, whereupon a presentation was given by Diana Cole, John Kasperek Auditing Firm. Diana Cole gave a presentation to the Board regarding the findings and recommendations from the Annual Financial Audit Report of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement for the year ended June 30, 2021.

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller, to wit

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the Audit finding and recommendations from John Kasperek Auditing Firm.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees, Warner, Stokes and Miller and Givines
Nays: None

 

Diana Cole, John Kasperek Auditing Firm, exited the board room following the presentation at 4:39 p.m.

Edgar Wright, Wealth and Retirement Planning, entered the board room at 4:42 p.m. Edgar Wright gave a presentation to the Board of Trustees regarding a Fixed Indexed Annuity for the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement retirement account

Following the presentation, Edgar Wright exited the board room at 4:50 p.m.

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby tables the vote to add board member(s) names to 2nd Annuity until Trustee Charles Givines returns.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Warner, Stokes and Miller
Nays: None

 

At this point in the meeting, the minutes of the 831st meeting of the Board of Trustees were reviewed. The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting February 14, 2022.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the minutes of the Executive Session February 14, 2022.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the minutes of the Special Board Meeting February 24, 2022.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller
Nays: None

 

The monthly report for the Business Manager was presented by SCCMAD employee, Nikki Cody, Business Manager, (please see attached reports). The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the March report of the Business Manager including the March Bills List totaling $267,615.34

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller
Nays: None

 

The monthly report for the Operations Superintendent was presented by SCCMAD employee, Janet Rogers, Operations Superintendent, (please see attached reports). The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the March report of the Operations Superintendent.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the Business Manager and the Operations Superintendent to prepare a Preliminary/Tentative Budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

Following the last motion, Janet Rogers stated that she meets with SCCMAD employee Christopher Brown, General Foreman, to go over the Operation Superintendent’s portion of the Budget.

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the revised policy of Unused Sick Leave for SCCMAD employees pending changes received by Attorney Megan Trela.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the ordinance naming all board members as authorized signatories for the bank accounts of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire Darius Slatton as GIS Manager (Internal Hire) as presented.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire Dion Randle-El as Full-Time Field Operator (External Hire) as presented.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire Jaylen Tyra as Full-Time Field Operator (External Hire) as presented.

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire Kathleen O’Brien as Seasonal Laboratory Assistant as presented.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the retirement letter for Michael Cales, Southern Division Supervisor, effective April 1, 2022.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to accept resignation letter for Dominique Randle-El, Field Operator, effective February 21, 2022.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

President Stokes made a request to exit out of the 832nd Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session at 5:28 p.m. The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to exit the 832nd Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Miller.
Nays: None

 

Janet Rogers, Nikki Cody, Christopher Brown, Luke Chmielewski, and Aerielle Charles exited the Board Room.

At this time, President Stokes made a request to the Board to enter in the Regular Board Meeting at 5:45 p.m.

Janet Rogers, Nikki Cody, Luke Chmielewski, and Aerielle Charles re-entered the Board Room.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

 

The next Board meeting will be held on April 11, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. at the District’s Headquarters

 

Signed:

 

Lynette Stokes, President

Cassandra Elston, Secretary