Tuesday, September 18, 2007
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
(Aurora)-Mr. Russell Pietrowiak, a member of the Board of Education for East Aurora School District 131 and the Chairperson of the Board’s Finance Committee, has announced his resignation from the Board of Education effective Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Mr. Pietrowiak has served on the Board of Education since 2005.
State law allows the board 45 days to appoint a new member to fill Pietrowiak’s vacancy, according to Carol Farnum, President of the Board of Education. The newly appointed Board member would serve until the next Board of Education election in April 2009.
Anyone interested in applying for appointment to the Board of Education should write a letter of interest and submit it to:
East Aurora School District 131 Administration Office
c/o Lisa Morales
Executive Assistant/Secretary to the Board
417 Fifth Street
Aurora, IL 60505
The deadline for submissions is 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2007.
The Board of Education will conduct interviews with candidates from Tuesday, October 2- Sunday, October 14, 2007. The new member will be sworn in at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, November 5, 2007.
In order to serve on the Board of Education, an individual must: (1) be a registered voter (2) be at least 18 years of age, (3) be a resident of the State of Illinois and in the boundaries of District 131 for at least one year preceding the appointment.
For additional information, please contact:
Lisa Morales
Secretary to the Board of Education
630.299.5554 or lmorales@d131.org
I hope if anyone sends it through the mail that it is sent in the form that it has to be signed for and to get the acknowledgement back of you signed for it. This keeps things above board, or else hand carry it to the service center.
ReplyDeleteGood call, School Board!
ReplyDeleteI don't know Mr. Maurice personally, but my friends & family members who have worked with him all say that he is a reasonable man who sincerely cares about the kids in this district. And the list of organizations he's been involved with --wow!
A big "thumbs up" to you!
I think you guys violated the open meetings act.
ReplyDelete(c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to consider the following subjects:
(1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.
(2) Collective negotiating matters between the
public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.
(3) The selection of a person to fill a public
office, as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public office, when the public body is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public body is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance.
(4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing,
or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, to a quasi‑adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided that the body prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning.
(5) The purchase or lease of real property for the
use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.
(6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
property owned by the public body.
(7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments,
or investment contracts.
(8) Security procedures and the use of personnel and
equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property.
(9) Student disciplinary cases.
(10) The placement of individual students in special
education programs and other matters relating to individual students.
(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting
or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.
(12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
claims as provided in the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the public body or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the public body is a member.
(13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair housing practices and creating a commission or administrative agency for their enforcement.
(14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
(15) Professional ethics or performance when
considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the advisory body's field of competence.
(16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member.
(17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or
formal peer review of physicians or other health care professionals for a hospital, or other institution providing medical care, that is operated by the public body.
(18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
Review Board.
(19) Review or discussion of applications received
under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures Act.
(20) The classification and discussion of matters
classified as confidential or continued confidential by the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully
closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi‑annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.
(22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
(23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or conclusions of load forecast studies.
(24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
resident sexual assault and death review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team Act.
(d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
"Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose relationship with the public body constitutes an employer‑employee relationship under the usual common law rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
"Public office" means a position created by or under the Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign power of this State. The term "public office" shall include members of the public body, but it shall not include organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to assist the body in the conduct of its business.
"Quasi‑adjudicative body" means an administrative body charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make determinations based thereon, but does not include local electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition challenges.
(e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of the nature of the matter being considered and other information that will inform the public of the business being conducted.
(Source: P.A. 94‑931, eff. 6‑26‑06; 95‑185, eff. 1‑1‑08.)
Read this last paragraph.
I thought they had violated closed meetings rules, too.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like # 3 allows the exception to fill the vacancy of the posiiton of board member.
What do you think?
From what I've read they can hold closed meetings to find a new member but it looks like they have to do the vote before a public body which they didn't.
ReplyDelete(e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of the nature of the matter being considered and other information that will inform the public of the business being conducted.
(Source: P.A. 94‑931, eff. 6‑26‑06; 95‑185, eff. 1‑1‑08.)
Also did they post about the meeting? It looks like they where suppose to do that does anyone know if anything was posted at the service center?