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Pinckneyville School District 50 Board of Education met Sept. 21.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

1. A regular meeting of the Board of Education of School District #50, Perry and Washington Counties, Illinois was held at the Pinckneyville Grade School Building in said district at 6:00 P.M. on September 21, 2023

2. The President called the meeting to order and directed the secretary to take roll. The roll was taken and Kyle Pursell, President and the following members were present: Paul Nehrkorn, Austin Marlow and Justin Martin were present. Gideon Hutchcraft, Michael Porter and Aaron Johnson were absent. Also present were the following people: Brian Pasero, Mark Rohlfing, Shari Kovic.

3. Budget Hearing: Informational

4 Consent agenda - A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the Consent agenda. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

5. Visitors and Committees were welcomed.

5.1 Public comment

6. Old business:

6.1 2023-2024 Budget - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the resolution to adopt the 2023-2024 budget as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No-0. Motion carried.

6.2 2023-2024 School Wide Title I - A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the 2023-2024 School Wide Title I plan as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

7. New Business

7.1 Freedom of information - Librarian license

7.2 2024 Maintenance grant - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Marlow to approve the FY 2024 Maintenance Grant as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No -0. Motion carried.

7.3 Administrative and Teacher Compensation Report - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Martin to approve the FY 2023 Administrative and Teacher Compensation Report as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

7.4 October Regular Meeting - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Martin to schedule the October Regular board Meeting for October 19, 2023 at 7:15 pm. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

8. Superintendent report - Informational

9. Executive Session - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Martin to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing: Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No -0. Motion carried.

9.1 The appointment, compensation, employment, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 93-57)

9.2 Collective negotiating matters between public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2))

9.3 Student Disciplinary Cases (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9)) and Other matters falling under school code 5 ILCS 120/2(c) (10)

Coming out of Executive Session - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Nehrkorn to come out of executive session. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No – 0. Motion carried.

10. Action items

10.1 Bookkeeper - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Marlow to hire Jessy Booker as the District bookkeeper (12-month position) @ $18.00/hour, 8 hours/day not to exceed 40 hours per week, plus retirement benefits for the 2023-2024 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No-0. Motion carried.

11. Announcements, Dates and Events

Oct. 6- No school Teacher Institute

Oct. 9 Columbus Day - No School

Oct. 18-19 P/T conferences

Oct. 19 Regular Board meeting 7:15 pm

12. Adjourn- A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Marlow to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: Yes- Marlow, Martin, Nehrkorn, Pursell. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried. 6:19 pm.

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