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BOARD MINUTES

THE 828TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD MONDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2021.


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 November 8, 2021 at 4:20 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
Aerielle Charles.......................Administrative Assistant
Luke Chmielewski...................Chief Mechanic
Tom Kessler............................Clark Mosquito Management

 

 

The meeting was opened by the President whereupon a presentation was given by Tom Kessler, Clark Mosquito Management. Tom Kessler gave a presentation to the Board of Trustees regarding information about the Biogents BG Counter.

Trustee Charles Givines enters the board room at 4:25 p.m.

Tom Kessler, Clark Mosquito Management, and Luke Chmielewski, Chief Mechanic, exited the board room at 4:37 p.m. following the presentation.

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 October 12, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Elston, Miller and Givines
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 October 12, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the minutes of the Special Board Meeting October 20, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Elston, Warner, Givines, Stokes, 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 the minutes of the Executive Session October 20, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Miller, Warner, Elston, Stokes 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 Stokes, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the November report of the Business Manager including the Bills List as presented totaling $238,425.57.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby tables the adoption of the Tax Levy Ordinance for fiscal year 2021-2022 until the December board meeting,

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines, Miller and Elston
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 Miller, to wit:

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

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to dispose/donate the 7 items listed as presented due to the items being inoperable.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the Board Members and District Staff to attend 88th Annual AMCA Conference in Jacksonville, Florida February 28, 2022 – March 4, 2022 and stipend amount of $2,000.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

At this point of the meeting, President Stokes made a request to the Board to exit out of the 828th Regular Board Meeting and enter into Executive session at 5:17 p.m. The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to exit the 828th Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

Janet Rogers, Nikki Cody and Aerielle Charles exited the Board Room.

President Stokes made a request to the Board to enter into the Regular Board Meeting at 5:38 p.m.

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby denies new retirement date for Michael Slamecka.

Upon roll call vote:

Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Miller and Elston
Nays: Trustees Givines

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

 

The next board meeting will be held on December 13, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. at the District’s Headquarter.

 

Signed:

 

Lynette Stokes, President

Cassandra Elston, Secretary