BOARD MINUTES

THE 823RD REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD MONDAY JUNE 14, 2021.


A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District was called to order by President Charles Givines, at the District’s Headquarter, 15500 Dixie Highway, Harvey, Illinois on June 14, 2021 at 4:05 P.M. upon due notice to all members of the time, date, and place of the meeting.

ROLL CALL

Trustee Charles Givines............Present
Trustee Dr. Lynette Stokes....... Present
Trustee Dr. Ray Warner.............Present
Trustee Lamar X Miller...............Present

Also Present were:

Janet Rogers..........................Operations Superintendent
Nikki Cody..............................Business Manager
Meganne Trela........................Attorney for the Board
Edgar A. Wright......................EAW Wealth and Retirement Planning
Aerielle Charles.......................Administrative Assistant

 

 

The meeting was opened by the President, whereupon the minutes of the 822nd meeting of the Board of Trustees were reviewed. The following motion was made by President Givines, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting May 10, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Warner, Stokes, Miller and Givines
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 Givines, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the June report of the Business Manager including the June Bills List totaling $249,009.75

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

 

At this point in the meeting, Nikki Cody provided the Board of Trustees an update on the Workers Compensation Audit completed by Illinois Counties Risk Management Trust.

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 Givines, seconded by Trustee Miller, to wit:

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

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

Edgar A. Wright entered the Board Room at 4:18 P.M.

 

A presentation was given by Edgar A. Wright, Financial Advisor, EAW Wealth and Retirement Planning regarding information for a Fixed Indexed Annuity.

 

Edgar A. Wright exited the board room after his presentation.

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the hiring of Seasonal Worker; Jujuan Bowens and Dion Randle-EL.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the hiring Christian Reed as Field Operator.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance for all employee salary increase.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the retirement of Emerson Cousins effective September 30, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to dispose the computers as presented on the agenda.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

At this time, President Givines made a request to the Board to exit out of the 823rd Regular Board Meeting and enter into Executive Session at 4:45 p.m. The following motion was made by President Givines, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to exit the 823rd Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

Nikki Cody and Aerielle Charles exited the Board Room.

 

At this time, President Givines made a request to the Board to enter into the Regular Board Meeting at 5:03 p.m.

 

Nikki Cody and Aerielle Charles re-entered the Board Room.

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the letter of resignation from Cleo Butler.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the leave of absence for Kevin Bond.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to amend the agenda and approve the salary increase for Arnesha Barlow to $33,000 as of July 1, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

 

The next Board meeting will be held on July 12, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. at the District’s Headquarter.

 

Signed:

 

Charles Givines, President

Lamar X Miller, Secretary