BOARD MINUTES
THE 833RD REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY
MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
HELD MONDAY APRIL 11, 2022.
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 April 11, 2022 at 4:07 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.....Absent
Trustee Charles Givines............Present
Also Present were:
Janet Rogers...........................Operations Superintendent
Meganne Trela........................Attorney for the Board
Aerielle Charles......................Administrative Assistant
Christopher Brown................General Foreman
Luke Chmielewski..................Chief Mechanic
Roland Moore..........................Citizen
The meeting was opened by the President, whereupon the minutes of the 832nd meeting of the Board of Trustees were reviewed. 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 Regular Board Meeting March 14, 2022.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees, Miller Warner, Stokes 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 March 14, 2022.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Miller, Warner, Stokes and Givines
Nays: None
Due to the absence of Nikki Cody, Business Manager, the monthly report for the Business Manager was presented by SCCMAD employee, Janet Rogers, Operations Superintendent, (please see attached reports). The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the April report of the Business Manager including the bills list totaling $578,045.24.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines and Miller
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 Warner, to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves the April report of the Operations Superintendent.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines 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 addition of Charles Givines as an authorized signatory for the bank accounts of the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District.
The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller, to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire the following seasonal workers as presented; Quinn Pillow, Winston Hutson, Nehemiah Owens, Dominic Lattanzi, Julijana Erkapic, Michael Wills, Daniel Smith, Curtis Betts, Roland Moore, and Shaun Patterson.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines and Miller
Nays: None
Roland Moore left the board room following the motion.
The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Warner, to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to hire Mark Mokry as Southern Division Supervisor.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines and Miller
Nays: None
The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Givines to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to rescind offer to hire Kathleen O’Brien as Seasonal Laboratory Assistant.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines and Miller.
Nays: None
The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to allow Anastazia Erkapic, Biologist, to go to the 24th Annual Washington Conference May 17th – May 18th, 2022.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines 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 to table the Preliminary/Tentative Budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 until the next board meeting.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines and Miller.
Nays: None
The following motion was made by President Stokes, seconded by Trustee Miller to wit:
BE IT RESOLVED, the Board hereby approves to add Trustee Charles Givines to the 2nd Annuity.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner and Givines.
Nays: None
Abstain: Miller
President Stokes made a request to exit out of the 833rd Regular Meeting of the Board Trustees and enter into Executive Session at 4:49 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 833rd Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees and enter into Executive Session.
Upon roll call vote:
Yeas: Trustees Stokes, Warner, Givines and Miller.
Nays: None
Janet Rogers, Aerielle Charles, Christopher Brown, and Luke Chmielewski exited the Board Room.
At this time, President Stokes made a request to the Board to enter in the Regular Board Meeting at 5:15 p.m.
Janet Rogers, Aerielle Charles, and Luke Chmielewski re-entered the Board Room.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
The next Board meeting will be held on May 9, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. at the District’s Headquarter.
Signed:
Lynette Stokes, President
Cassandra Elston, Secretary
