The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees and the Mahomet-Seymour School District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on September 4 at the Cornbelt Fire Protection District Training Center at 506 E. Main Street. [pdf-embedder url=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Village-of-Mahomet-and-Mahomet-Seymour-School-Board-Joint-meeting.pdf” title=”Village of Mahomet and Mahomet-Seymour School Board Joint meeting”]
Tag: Ken Keefe
Looking back and stepping forward in wake of PTO discovery
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Things were looking up going into the fundraising season for Mahomet-Seymour’s Parent Teacher Organization. But Friday’s discovery that Ken Keefe’s, a five-year M-S PTO board member and Corresponding Executive, was the owner of Fund For Us, LLC, a company that handled credit card and Paypal donations […]
Keefe resigns from M-S PTO board, M-S district releases statement
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Ken Keefe announced his resignation from the M-S PTO board after allegations that he did not disclose that he owned and profited from a company that processed Dawg Walk donations in 2018. In Keefe’s Facebook statement, he took time to explain the situation from his perspective. […]
Keefe profited from Dawg Walk donations, M-S PTO asks for his resignation
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The M-S PTO announced Monday morning that it has asked its Corresponding Executive Ken Keefe to resign his post after the group learned on Aug. 23 that he was the owner of Fund for Us LLC., the organization that handled online donations during the 2018-19 school […]
Mahomet-Seymour school board makes statements about OMA complaint
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Ken Keefe, who was elected to the Mahomet-Seymour School board filed an Open Meetings Act complaint with the State of Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General earlier this summer. The report came to light on August 19, 2019 when Mahomet-Seymour School Board President Max McComb read […]
Mahomet-Seymour school board hears from constituents on PTO issue
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Sunny McMurray and Lisa Frerichs asked the Mahomet-Seymour School board to investigate M-S PTO’s Corresponding Executive Ken Keefe’s use of credit cards to pay for Dawg Walk prizes during the fall of 2018. McMurray began the discussion by citing her professional experience, that she has children […]
M-S PTO answers questions about finances
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour PTO opened up its board meeting Thursday night to community members after Mahomet residents Sunny McMurry and Lisa Frerichs took to social media questioning the organization’s financial practices. McMurry contacted the PTO earlier this summer with questions about the percentage of money that goes […]
Village of Mahomet Special Meeting and Study Session 8.13.2019
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. on August 13 in the Village Administration Building. [pdf-embedder url=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Village-of-Mahomet-Special-Board-Meeting-8.12.2019.pdf” title=”Village of Mahomet Special Board Meeting 8.12.2019″] [pdf-embedder url=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Village-of-Mahomet-Board-Study-Session-8.12.2019.pdf” title=”Village of Mahomet Board Study Session 8.12.2019″]
Mahomet-Seymour School Board discusses decision making
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Members of the Mahomet-Seymour School board gathered on Aug. 5 for a closed session to complete a self-evaluation and to discuss litigation. Prior to going into the private meeting, board members discussed how the board should move forward in talks between open […]
Mahomet-Seymour School Board Policy Committee Agenda 8.12.2019
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board Policy Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. on August 12, 2019 in the Middletown Prairie Elementary Board Room. [pdf id=315954]