001All right. I'd like to call our August 20th, 2025 meeting to order. Uh, would you please call the role, Madam Treasure? >> Mrs. Seuin, >> here. >> Miss Garcin, >> here. >> Mr. Gart, >> here. >> Mr. Hower, >> here. >> Mr. Parker, >> here. >> Okay. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Um I will quickly introduce our board. We have Mr. Brent Parker to my far right, Mr. um Mike Deart, myself, Elaine Seuin. To my left is Annie Karstarin, Mr. Len Hower. And then we have Superintendent Anash and Treasurer Colle. >> Okay, we do have a board of education items.
002Um, so let me read this. Do we need a motion for this to approve the 100% real property tax? I'm sorry. Let me start over. to approve the 100% real property tax exemption for up to 30 years to be authorized by Ayria City Council to be passed pursuant to revenue code 570940 authorizing a real property tax exemption for the property identified herein and on exhibit A hereto with respect to the real property improvements to be made as part of the development on the development parcels contingent upon entering into a compensation agreement with the city DBR and Lorraine Joint Vocational School under terms providing compensation to Ayria City Schools and the form attached to this resolution as exhibit 1. Do I have a motion to approve a real property tax exemption under revised code 570940 in
003connection with the development of certain property in the city of Ayria compensation agreement and related matters? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. Madam Treasurer, please call the role. >> Oh, could we ask have a question? >> Questions? Yeah. Discussion. Um, it says Lorraine JVS. Shouldn't be Lorraine County. I don't know if that makes a difference. >> No, I don't think it >> Okay. >> Yeah, I don't think it makes a difference. >> But duly noted. >> That's it. >> Okay. All right. Miss Carsin >> abstain. >> Mr. Gabart. >> I. >> Mr. Hower. >> I. >> Mr. Parker >> I. >> Mrs. Seuin abstain. Motion does carry. Whoops. Why' I do that? >> Because that's what we needed for this one. >> She's on a power trip. >> Okay. I
004don't know why I did that. The meeting's still going on, folks. But motion did carry. >> Okay. All right. All right. Moving along. >> You can dismiss me. >> Yeah. Everything's good. Brian can >> No visitors. Yeah. >> No. Yeah. Okay. All right. No. Uh no visitors comments. No presentation. Uh meeting minutes. The meeting minutes from August 6th have been posted. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Madam Treasurer, please call the role. >> Mr. Surfin. >> I. >> Mr. Gart. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hower. I >> and on the record, Mr. Parker had to leave at 5:34 p.m. Uh, Mrs. Seuin >> I. Motion carries and I will not hit the gavvel again. >> Okay. Uh, moving along. Treasurer action items. Looks like
005we have a few. >> Oh, yes, that's me. Thank you. To accept the financial report for the month of July 2025, which includes all the bank statements, reconciliation, investment reports, and expenditures as detailed below. And that's the only one for that. Okay. Do we have a motion to approve the treasurer action items? >> So moved. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Any questions? >> If no questions, Madam Treasurer, please call the role. >> Mr. Hower, >> I. >> Mr. Garfin, >> I. >> Mr. Gart, >> I. >> Mr. Mrs. Siguin, >> I. Motion carries. Do we have treasurer other? >> We have no treasurer other. And the only report I was going to report on is that my five-year forecast, which is usually due in November, is now due in October per
006the new uh governor's bill. >> Yeah. So, it's really exciting. October. Please all come for my presentation. That was it. >> Okay. Superintendent action items. >> Yes. I'm sorry. To approve the uh contract for the Cleveland Site Center for this school year. also to approve the agreement with Wickgard as they do our um crossing guards to approve the agreement with the SC Northeast Ohio on behalf of achievement centers to approve the amended budsman contract for the 2526 school year to approve the ESCF Lorraine County contract provided for visually impaired services. And that concludes my action items. >> Okay. Do we have a motion to approve the >> So move. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Madam Treasure, please call the role. >> Mr. Gart, >> I. >> Mr. Chrisfin, >> I. >>
007Mr. Hower, >> I. >> Mr. Siguin, >> I. Motion carries. Um, do we have Are we have personal action items? >> Yes, we do. Uh, as you know, we're still in hiring season. Uh, to approve the appointment of the following classified staff members as listed below. Also to appoint to uh to approve the appointment of the following certified staff as listed below. To approve the following certified intern for the 2526 school year. Just so you know, this is an intern that gets paid, but we don't pay. It's a grant. >> Which one's that? um the school psychologist intern number three. Thank you. >> So, it's a pretty cool program and they get to learn from some of the best here in Ayarium. So, uh grant funded also to approve the additional two hours per week
008for planning outside the school day for the following employees. Um to approve the following athletic supplemental contracts for district certified or classified staff or dis non-district coaches as listed below. To approve the resignation of the following athletic supplemental contract for 2526. To approve the unpaid leave of absence of classified staff as described below. to approve the unpaid leave of absence for a certified staff member is listed below. To approve the resignation of the following classified staff member and that concludes my personnel action items. >> Thank you. Do we have a motion to approve the personnel action items? >> So move. >> Second. >> Please call the role. >> Mr. Chrisarfin. >> I. >> Mr. Gabart. >> I. >> Mr. Hower. >> I. >> Mrs. Siguin. >> I. I do have a question. It's >> a
009little late. Um the police officers around here, don't we usually list them all? Is that >> um we list um whenever they each have to sign an individual cont contract. So some of them, you know, turn them in >> one day, some wait. Um but all throughout the year as new ones come and they turn them in, we just approve them. >> Okay. >> Officer Weber is is really good about getting those to us. Okay. >> Uh do you have a report? >> Yeah, just uh a small one, but uh a lot going on. First of all, just want to thank everyone. Um I truly do believe we had a phenomenal opening. Uh on the 14th, we had a great day of uh Jimmy Casses and uh culturizing as we found out. It's not a
010word, but he said it. Um a great morning. And then the teachers all got to and staff got to go back to their buildings and finish getting ready. And then on Friday was a PD day within your building. A lot of great feedback. Um the last few days um many of us were walking around going in and out of rooms and I said I hit my step goals all the days. Um but just very upbeat, very positive and and it's exciting um to see a lot of new faces which is exciting. you know, you see uh being a more seasoned um employee, it's fun to see the young the youth and how excited they are embarking on their new careers. But just want to thank everyone um that has helped to get this school year
011um ready uh from the operations department all the way to the individual building employees. It's just just been a great opening. Also, this Friday is um I know tonight there might be a volleyball game, but we're in full fall sports mode. Um really exciting um volleyball. They had I think I heard the most try out than they've had in years. And football uh plays Mayfield at home on Friday. And uh the band, the marching band is ready, the cheerleaders are ready. And exciting. And it's it's always fun to to start the school year. I I know at the pregame starts at 6:30, the game at 7:00, but even before that, we have the wonderful flag ceremony um out at the what we call I call it the restroom building, the softball building um right there.
012If you'd like to come, it's at 5:30 and there'll be some uh really cool things going on there. And uh um just a lot of a lot of great things going on. I know the family's excited about it. They've called us that they're dedicating um the flag pole, too. And and the veterans association is is coming and there's going to be I want to say a Marine Corps doing the flags and everything. So, really exciting um ceremony to go to and then um I think that's it. Uh but please do look um at what's going on. a lot of great things and uh I'm sure you're going to start to get those calls to uh read in classes. I will tell you we have some uh you may hear about it, but we have some
013some larger class sizes right now that we're we're kind of waiting to let everything kind of get to Labor Day weekend because we're still withdrawing students. Um many of the districts don't start till next week and that's when the withdrawals happen. So, we don't want to jump the gun and and hire when we may not really need another employee, but um we also want to do our due diligence and and make sure the class sizes are appropriate. So, we're working through all of that. This happens every year, but excited and I I think we have a lot of really eager young ones that are excited about being in school. >> Good. >> That is it. >> Good. Good report. Okay, moving along. Uh, board of education. Uh, this next item will be to approve the
014first reading and wave the second reading and adopt the following board policy which is personnel electronic devices and school which um, you know that was in the paper. So, I don't know Ann if you want to talk about it for a second. >> So, we updated um the policy to make sure we we followed all the new parts of the law and everything. I will tell you that um met with all the principles and and they have uh protocol in place and um there's a lot of uh uh reminding going on the first week or two but we are following it. Um our cell phone policy sits under the electronic devices um because you know you have your smartwatch, you have your smartphone and I hear there's new smart glasses coming out. So, um, we
015wanted to kind of have a broad title, but everything's in place and and, uh, getting ready to, um, hopefully not have too many issues with it. >> Good. So, we just need a motion for that, correct? >> Yeah. Motion to approve. >> So, motion to approve the uh, policy to wave the second reading for the personal electronic devices. Do we have a motion? >> Yeah. Motion here. Oh, >> second. >> Madam treasurer, please call the role. >> Mr. Hower, >> I. >> Miss Chris Garfin, >> I. >> Mr. Gart, >> I. >> Mrs. Seuin, >> I. Motion carries. We do not have executive session. Um, so motion to adjourn. So move. >> Second. >> Mr. Garfin. >> I. >> Mr. Gart. >> Almost. >> I. >> Mr. Hower. >> I. >> Mr. Sein. >> I.
016Uh. Motion or motion carries. Meeting adjourned at 5:44.