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BOARD MINUTES

THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 2021


A Special 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 October 20, 2021 at 4:07 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.............Absent
Trustee Lamar X Miller...............Present
Trustee Cassandra W Elston.....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
Julian Kidd..............................Krimson Technology Group
Tasha Williams........................Citizen

 

 

The meeting was opened by the President, whereupon the minutes of the 826th 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 September 13, 2021.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

At this point in the meeting, nominations for the Elections of Officers of the Board of Trustees for 2021-2022 were taken

Before the nomination of officers were taken, Joseph Miller, Attorney for the Board, read a section of the Statute from the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement Act regarding Election of Officers within the Board of Trustees.

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that Trustee Miller serves as Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the year 2021-2022.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that Trustee Elston serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the year 2021-2022.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that Trustee Warner serves as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees for the year 2021-2022.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

Following the nomination of officers, Trustee Givines stated the reason he voted no on all the Election of Officers of the Board of Trustees for the year 2021-2022. Trustee Givines stated his reason being because of his disagreement of the interpretation of the verbiage stated in the Statue from the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement Act.

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the First Reading of SCCMAD Information Technology Acceptable Use Policy.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the ordinance naming the authorized signatories for the bank accounts of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District with changes adding the signatories as the president, the treasurer, and the business manager.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

At this point of the meeting, President Stokes made a request to the Board to exit out of the Special Board Meeting and enter into Executive Session at 4:32 p.m. The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to exit the Special Board Meeting and enter into executive session.

Upon roll call vote:

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

 

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

President Stokes made a request to the Board to enter into the Regular Board Meeting at 5:03 p.m.

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

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

 

Signed:

 

Lynette Stokes, President

Cassandra Elston, Secretary