BOARD MINUTES

THE 884TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD MONDAY, JULY 13, 2026

A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District was called to order by President Ca Sandra Elston at the District’s Headquarter, 15500 Dixie Highway, Harvey, Illinois, on July 13, 2026, at 4:00 P.M., upon due notice to all members of the time, date, and place of the meeting.

ROLL CALL:

Also present were:

The meeting was opened by the President, whereupon a presentation was given by Madeline Trost, Biologist. Madeline presented to the Board a dashboard of testing data from the lab from the 2026 Mosquito Season. The dashboard will be placed on the website for the public to view and stay up to date on current data.

In the interest of time, Madeline also presented her Biologist report to the Board of Trustees during her presentation. In her report, Madeline mentioned that a total of 29,365 mosquitoes were collected. There were 15 positive pools out of 715 tested. Madeline reported that the positive pools were collected from Glenwood, Matteson, Willow Springs, East Hazel Crest, Markham, Alsip, Tinley Park, Blue Island, Chicago, Orland Park, and Oak Lawn. There were zero human cases reported in SCCMAD.

At this time, Julian Kidd gave a presentation to the Board of Trustees. Julian demonstrated a digital architecture that can be used to provide information to the auditors during audit season in a convenient and quick manner.

Following the presentation, Julian Kidd left the board room.

The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting on June 8, 2026, were reviewed by the Board of Trustees. The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

The minutes from the Executive Session on June 8, 2026, were reviewed by the Board of Trustees. The following motion was moved by Trustee Currin and seconded by Trustee Williams, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

The monthly report for the Assistant Director was presented by SCCMAD employee Belinda Mosby, Assistant Director. Please see attached reports. The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

The monthly report for the Interim Executive Director was presented by SCCMAD employee Jeffery Cohn, Interim Executive Director. Please see attached reports. The following motion was moved by Trustee Currin and seconded by Trustee Williams, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

President Elston made a request to the Board to exit the 884th Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session. The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

Christopher Brown, Luke Chmielewski, Madeline Trost, Christian Reed, and Aerielle Charles exited the board room.

At this time, President Elston made a request to the Board to enter in the Regular Board Meeting.

Christopher Brown, Luke Chmielewski, Christian Reed, and Aerielle Charles re-entered the board room.

The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

The following motion was moved by Trustee Williams and seconded by Trustee Currin, to wit:

Upon roll-call vote:

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:30 P.M.

The next Board meeting will be held on Monday, August 10, 2026, at 4:00 P.M. at the District’s Headquarter.