The Pekin Community High School Board of Education met on Monday, 08 November 2010, in the Superintendent’s Office located in The Holman Career and Technical Education Building of Pekin Community High School, City of Pekin, County of Tazewell.

Call to Order

President Alesandrini called the special meeting of the Board of Education to order at 5:30 p.m. Present were members Joe Alesandrini, Ed Harr, Eric Hill, Karen Hohimer, Larry Howard, Carl Johnson, and Paul O’Neal. Also present were Superintendent Paula Davis, Assistant Superintendent Tim Ruwe, Business Manager Carla Schaefer, Principal Mike Davis, Dean Seth Mingus, and Recording Secretary Rick White. Dean Amy Hubner joined the meeting for the second expulsion hearing at approximately 5:45 p.m.

New Business

President Alesandrini made the request for closed session regarding student disciplinary cases.

Motion by O’Neal, Second by Hill to Adjourn to Closed Session.

Motion Passed by Voice Vote.

The Board adjourned to closed session at 5:31 p.m. and returned to open session at 6:03 p.m.

Student Discipline

Motion by Howard, Second by Hohimer to Expel Student Number 10-07-11 for the 2010-2011 School Year, Eligible to Return to Pekin High for the 2011-2012 School Year in August 2011, for Reasons of Gross Misconduct.

Motion Passed by Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Howard, Hohimer, Harr, Hill, Johnson, O’Neal, and Alesandrini. Nays – None.

Motion by Howard, Second by O’Neal to Expel Student Number 10-08-11 for the 2010-2011 School Year, Eligible to Return to Pekin High for Summer School 2011 and the 2011-2012 School Year, for Reasons of Gross Misconduct.

Motion Passed by Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Howard, O’Neal, Harr, Hill, Hohimer, Johnson, and Alesandrini. Nays – None.

Architects’ Proposal for a Facility Assessment
Minutes – PCHS Board of Education
Special Meeting
08 November 2010
Page Two

Superintendent Davis informed the Board of two proposals received from District architects at BLDD for facilities audits. The first, in the amount of $57,500, is for a full assessment of all systems, including boilers, chillers, the Stadium, etc. That amount includes a health/life safety audit as well and will provide life expectancy estimates for all systems. The second, in the amount of $40,000, is for a health/life safety audit only. The O & M Committee met before this meeting, she continued, and thinks the full assessment should be done to provide the information needed to move forward with better planning for the future.

Vice President Howard noted that the price of repairing the chiller last year, approximately $9,000, shows how easy it is to spend an amount of money equal to the difference between the quotes above. He reported on the sample audit of Blackhawk College’s facilities completed by BLDD and supplied to the O & M Committee that shows the potential of a full assessment to be of value to the District by identifying needs requiring immediate attention and establishing a timetable for future projects.

During Board discussion of this issue, it was pointed out that competitive bidding for this work is not necessary. Mrs. Davis said the last health/life safety audit, completed by the architectural firm of Healy, Bender some nine years ago, cost approximately $40,000. The District will share documents and information from that audit with BLDD to help expedite their work. In-house engineers at BLDD will complete the assessment unless issues arise that require specific expertise. A full assessment will take about four months to complete and on-site inspections will be confined to Winter Break when students are not present.

Motion by Howard to Approve the Signing of a Letter of Intent with BLDD Architects to Complete a Full Facility Assessment in the Amount of $57,500 as Presented. No second necessary since the motion was made from committee.

Motion Passed by Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Howard, Harr, Hill, Hohimer, Johnson, O’Neal, and Alesandrini. Nays – None.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:11 P.M.

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President Joe Alesandrini Secretary Karen Hohimer