Public Notice of Meeting and Meeting Agenda of Pace, Illinois Board of Directors - Open Session Wednesday, June 16, 2021

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., June 11, 2021 (Newswire.com) - Pace Headquarters will be open to the public to attend this regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

All visitors will be screened for access to the board meeting. Your temperature will be taken, you must complete a questionnaire, and you must wear a mask at all times while you are in the building.

The public is invited to watch the board meeting remotely by clicking on this link: www.pacebus.com/streaming.

If you wish to offer public comment on an agenda item, please submit your name, the agenda item(s) on which you wish to offer public comment, and your comment(s) to: [email protected] no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting. Rules for public comment can be found here: www.pacebus.com/rules-public-comment-virtual-meetings.

Pledge of Allegiance

            1.         Roll Call

            2.         Approval of Minutes

                        Approval of the May 19, 2021 Open Session minutes.

            3.         Public Comment

            4.         Chairman's Report

                        Chairman Kwasneski's report on Pace-related activities during the past month.

            5.         Directors' Reports

                        The Directors' reports on Pace-related activities during the past month.

            6.         Executive Director's Report

                        The Executive Director's report on Pace-related activities during the past month.

            7.         Approval of Consent Agenda

                        *A.   Ordinance authorizing the disbanding of the standing Audit Committee.

                        *B.   Resolution honoring Richard Bascomb on his retirement from the Boards of Pace Advisory Committees after twelve years of dedicated service.

                        *C.   Resolution honoring Diana Brzuchowski on her retirement from Pace after sixteen years of dedicated service.

                        *D.   Resolution honoring Dominick Cuomo on his retirement from Pace after thirty-five years of dedicated service.

                        *E.    Resolution honoring Renaldo Dixon on his retirement from Pace after forty-two years of dedicated service.

                        *F.    Resolution honoring Nancy Grove on her retirement from Pace after twenty-six years of dedicated service.

                        *G.   Resolution honoring Domenic Marzullo on his retirement from Pace after thirty-nine years of dedicated service.

                        *H.   Resolution honoring Lawrence Sitkiewicz on his retirement from Pace after forty-one years of dedicated service.

                        *I.     Ordinance authorizing the award of a sole source contract for a roofing retrofit for the North Shore Division.

                       *J.     Ordinance authorizing a change order to Contract No. 228373 for the Taxi Access Program and Mobility Direct Program (TAP) services on City of Chicago taxi cabs.

                       *K.   Ordinance authorizing a change order to Contract No. 231656 for e-Builder support services. 

           *Denotes Consent Agenda Items.

            8.         Items Removed from Consent Agenda

            9.         Action Items

                        A.     Ordinance authorizing acceptance of the Annual Year End Financial Audit Reports for the year ended December 31, 2020.

                        B.     Ordinance authorizing various change orders to Contract Nos. 224298, 224299, 224301, 224849, 229400, 229401, and 231240 for state and local legislative services. 

            10.       Issues/Discussions/Reports

                        A.     Suburban Service and Regional ADA Budget Results - April 2021

                        B.     Financial Statement for the Month Ending April 2021

                        C.     Performance-Based Capital Allocations

            11.       Closed Session

                        A.     Closed Session Minutes (Section 2-C-21)

                        B.     Pending Litigation (Section 2-C-11)

                        C.     Employment Matters (Section 2-C-1)

            12.       Reconvene

                        A.     Approval of March 17, 2021 Closed Session Minutes.

                        B.     Ordinance approving the public availability of Closed Session Minutes.

                        C.     Ordinance approving the destruction of verbatim records of Closed Sessions.

                        D.     Approval of action in Devona Perkins v. Pace; Cook County Case No. 18 L 5784.

                        E.      Approval of action in RTA v. Dean A. Johnson et al.; Kane County Case No. 19 ED 000004.

            13.       Adjournment

Source: Pace Suburban Bus Service