Park District Committee of the Whole Summary

Park District Committee of the Whole agenda highlights for November 2, 2026

West Chicago Park District Committee of the Whole Agenda Review — November 2, 2026

This table summarizes each West Chicago Park District Committee of the Whole agenda action, the money involved, and whether the action appears non-discretionary under the review rubric.

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Item	Short description	Money involved	Non-discretionary evaluation
IV — President’s Comments	Receive the President’s comments; no written report or specific proposal is supplied.	No amount or expenditure identified.	Informational/administrative; no defined policy action is listed.
V — Approve Meeting Agenda	Consider approval of the meeting agenda.	No direct Park District expenditure identified.	Likely non-discretionary/administrative; procedural meeting management, not approval of the underlying policies or levy.
VI — Proposed 2026 Levy; Finance & Human Resources reports	Hear the listed proposed-levy presentation and Finance/HR reports; the packet supplies no presentation or report attachments.	No proposed levy dollar amount, rate, change, household effect, or fiscal estimate supplied.	Informational with a discretionary future decision; the levy entails a future taxing-policy choice, but this agenda lists a presentation, not an adoption motion. Routine Finance/HR reporting is informational/administrative.
VI — FTEM 3.5 Bereavement Leave	Review a redlined bereavement policy adding an introduction and family-member definition, changing notification to Human Resources and using gender-neutral wording.	Retains up to 3 paid working days per calendar year, or up to 5 when travel exceeds 300 miles one way with approval; no incremental dollar estimate supplied.	Discretionary policy review with administrative components; eligibility definitions and employee benefits involve policy judgment, but the packet does not request a distinct adoption motion.
VI — FTEM 3.6 Jury Duty	Review revised jury-service introduction and procedures; full-time employees retain full pay during jury service, while other employees receive unpaid leave.	Paid leave for full-time employees; no dollar cost or compensation change quantified.	Mixed, administrative-leaning policy review; civic/legal obligations and documentation are routine, while employee-policy wording remains a choice. No expansion of paid eligibility is shown.
VI — FTEM 4.4 Deferred Compensation Plan	Review the voluntary Section 457(b) retirement-plan language and change the contact to Human Resources.	Employee payroll deductions; no contribution cap, new employer match, or Park District payment amount stated.	Likely non-discretionary/administrative policy clarification; the attached language describes an established voluntary plan rather than proposing a new funded benefit.
VI — FTEM 4.5 Social Security & Medicare	Review explanatory coverage and employee/employer contribution language, plus earnings-record guidance.	Required employee deductions and employer portion described without rates or dollar amounts.	Likely non-discretionary/administrative; describes legally required participation and informational wording, not a new discretionary contribution. The heading includes Medicare but supplies no separate Medicare rate or analysis.
VI — FTEM 4.6 Unemployment Compensation	Review expanded IDES guidance, stating that the state determines benefit eligibility, amount and duration, not the Park District.	Coverage is described as at no cost to employees; no employer-cost amount or benefit award is supplied.	Likely non-discretionary/administrative; clarifies statutory coverage and state eligibility administration, not a Park District benefit award.

Detailed analysis of substantive topics

VI — Proposed 2026 levy and Finance/HR reports

The agenda expressly lists “Presentation: Proposed 2026 Levy, Finance & Human Resources reports” on PDF page 1. The remaining eight pages are policy redlines, not a levy schedule or report. Residents can attend to hear the presentation, but the public packet does not establish a proposed dollar amount, rate, increase, decrease, funding allocation or property-specific tax effect.

Decision point: receive and discuss the presentation; a later taxing decision remains discretionary. No levy adoption, levy ordinance, public-hearing motion or final vote is expressly listed here.
Authority: Park District, not City Council. No approval or recorded outcome is established by this packet.
Missing information: proposed levy calculations and Finance/HR report details must be obtained from the presentation or a later public record. Do not estimate household impacts from this packet.

VI — Bereavement leave, FTEM 3.5

PDF pages 2–3 add a purpose statement and define family members to include spouse, civil union partner, child, stepchild, foster child, parent, grandparent, sibling, grandchild, parents- and children-in-law, siblings-in-law, and relatives in the employee’s household. Existing wording allows full-time and Classification I/II part-time employees up to three paid working days per calendar year, or up to five if travel exceeds 300 miles one way, with supervisor/department-head approval. Those limits are not shown as a newly increased allowance.

Pay is based on regularly scheduled hours. Days must be consecutive within a reasonable time of death or funeral and cannot be split or postponed. The supervisor/department head notifies Human Resources rather than the struck Finance-department wording.
The draft retains one paid day for funerals of other relatives and permits use of other accumulated leave for travel/arrangements. Proof of death and relationship may be required.
Page 3 retains wording referring to FMLA-eligible employees and the Illinois Child Bereavement Leave Act, describing up to two weeks/ten workdays unpaid leave for a child’s funeral, arrangements or grieving, with accrued paid leave substitution. The draft contains awkward wording and a spelling error; this report does not certify that its statutory terminology is up to date or that it exhausts applicable legal leave rights.
Decision point: discuss policy wording and scope, including any needed legal/editorial corrections, before a later final action. No adoption date or incremental payroll cost is given.

VI — Jury duty, FTEM 3.6

PDF pages 4–5 replace the short introductory sentence with a fuller statement of civic responsibility, protected employment status, notification and documentation expectations. Full-time employees retain time off with full pay for the duration of jury service; other employees receive unpaid leave. The policy calls for prompt written notice and supporting summons, updates about expected duration and documentation of completed service. Employees may retain jury compensation for incidental costs. These provisions are policy-review material, not a newly announced increase in pay or eligibility.

VI — Retirement, Social Security and unemployment policy clarifications

FTEM 4.4 on PDF page 6 describes the established voluntary Section 457(b) tax-deferred payroll-deduction plan and directs employees to Human Resources. It does not identify a new match or employer funding commitment.

FTEM 4.5 on page 7 explains required Social Security participation, employee covered-earnings deductions and the required employer portion, replacing struck wording about an “equal amount.” It encourages review of earnings records. The title includes Medicare, but this page does not supply a separate Medicare rate or benefit calculation.

FTEM 4.6 on pages 8–9 expands unemployment-coverage and IDES guidance. It states that coverage has no cost to employees and that the state agency decides eligibility, amount and duration. This is not a promise that every separated employee qualifies or that the Park District incurs no cost. Repeated phrases and source typos remain visible in the draft; no dollar estimate is provided.

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