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BOARD MINUTES

THE 834TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD TUESDAY JUNE 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 June 14, 2022 at 4:08 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.....Present
Trustee Charles Givines............Present

Also Present were:

Janet Rogers...........................Operations Superintendent
Nikki Cody..............................Business Manager
Meganne Trela........................Attorney for the Board
Joseph Miller..........................Attorney for the Board
Aerielle Charles......................Administrative Assistant
Alicia Travis...........................Deloitte Consulting
Christopher Brown..................General Foreman
Luke Chmielewski..................Chief Mechanic
Ana Erkapic..........................Biologist

 

The meeting was opened by the President, whereupon a presentation was given by Alicia Traviss, Deloitte Consulting. Alicia Traviss gave a presentation to the Board regarding the Actuarial Valuation Report 2022 Pension Plan Year January 1 – December 31, 2022 for the SCCMAD.

 

Alicia Travis, Deloitte Consulting, exited the board room following the presentation at 4:25 p.m.

 

The minutes of the 834th 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 May 9, 2022.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees, Miller Warner, Stokes and Givines
Nays: None
Absent: Trustee Elston

 

The minutes of the Executive Session May 9, 2022 have been tabled until the next board meeting.

 

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 June report of the Business Manager.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees, Miller Warner, Stokes and Givines
Nays: None
Absent: Trustee Elston

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the bills list totaling $189,602.23.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees, Miller Warner, Stokes and Givines
Nays: None
Absent: Trustee Elston

 

Trustee Cassandra Elston entered the board room at 4:35 p.m. and was recognized as present during the 835th Meeting of the Board of Trustees.

 

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 Elston, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board herby approves the June report of the Operations Superintendent.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire Angelina Jerantowski as Seasonal Laboratory Assistant.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

At this point in the meeting, Attorney Joseph Miller reminded the Board of Trustees to forward all edits and changes for the Preliminary Budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 to Nikki Cody, Business Manager.

 

President Stokes made a request to exit out of the 835th Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session at 4:47 p.m. The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Elston, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to exit the 835th Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

At this time, President Stokes made a request to the Board to enter in the Regular Board Meeting at 5:17 p.m.

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

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

 

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

 

Signed:

 

Lynette Stokes, President

Cassandra Elston, Secretary