001All right. Good evening and welcome to the regular meeting of the Rebellion Local Schools Board of Education, Monday, July 14th, 2025. Call the role. >> Mrs. Inis >> here. >> Mr. Benson >> here. >> Mr. Habermill >> here. >> Mrs. Steppp >> here. >> Mrs. Russell >> here. >> Miss Dodge >> here. >> All members present. >> Okay. Please rise and join us for the pledge of >> 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. >> All right, legislative report, Chris. >> All right, so fairly short report. Um there were several items in the uh state budget that were vetoed by the governor and the house is going to go back into session next
002Monday to um consider overriding those vetos and um and passing the the items that were vetoed. So, some of the highlights are um item 55, which is giving the county authority over um adjusting property taxes at their discretion. Um and then item 65, which is the 20 mil floor calculation, which would allow um additional types of monies to be included in the 20 mil floor. So, levies, emergency levies. And then item 66, um, school district property tax levy restrictions. Basically just, uh, limits the types of levies you can go back on the ballot for. So, it would kind of force you to go back for operating levies every time. So, we'll see what happens with those, but that's it for today. >> Thank you. Yeah, not not a good thing, but we'll see how it
003turns out. Uh, item five, public participation. We have nobody. Nope. Item six, superintendent report. Dr. >> Yes. Uh, I recommend a resolution to the board to approve Summer Burus as the uh, VHS assistant principal to a three-year contract beginning August 1st, 2025 through July 31st, 2028 at step 9. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Summer, you want to introduce yourself? >> Um, first of all, thank you so much. I'm so excited for this opportunity. My name is Summer Reser and I live in Strongsville, but I've worked with Andrew at Brunswick and I have been a teacher for 23 years, a math high school math teacher. So, it was very exciting time to be there with all the kids and things like that. So, I'm looking forward to joining Vermillion. I just drove past my
004daughter, brought her last week and showed her around and Sandy was amazing and you know, and so we drove through the town. She's like, "This every this is how these kids grow up in this beautiful house in the lake." She's like, "Mom, there's a beach." And so on the way home, she calls her boyfriend and she's like, "Braden, you're never going to believe this. They have a beach. We need to come up here and just look." And I'm like, "Yeah, so if this works out, maybe in this relationship, maybe they'll like move up here >> and then I can keep kids, you know, posted." I'm all about recruiting. So my daughter, both of them go to Ohio State and I know like others are Ohio State people too. So I'll do whatever I can do
005to get them I know two hours isn't far, you know. >> Cleveland area is where I'm trying to get my girls back to. So I have two daughters, junior and a senior, both at Ohio State. And um yeah, one's premed and the other one is finance. So they will be, you know, they're very excited. >> Good. very very excited and I'm so excited and I'm very appreciative. So if there's anything ever, please reach out to me anytime. >> Very good. >> Welcome. Thanks. >> Congratulations. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any questions? Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. also recommend that uh the board approve
006the revisions of the following district policies as recommended for first read and uh those are the evaluations for the superintendent and the treasurer. >> I'll move I'll second. >> Any questions? >> Okay, call the roll, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Haba, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. Miss Dodge. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. >> And C. I recommend the board approve the uh annual review of the following uh district policies that are in attachment B and as listed there. >> I'll move. I'll second >> questions. >> These policies there there are certain policies that have to be reviewed and every year annually and I this is just some of those that um that come up every year for review. So
007>> Okay. >> No no no changes. >> Yeah. Yeah, I didn't see any. So, I was wondering they're not new. >> No, the law just says you have to >> every so often you have to rename. Okay. Okay. >> All right. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Stepp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. >> And finally, uh D. I approve or I recommend the board approve the special project rate of $34 per hour for um new teacher orientation August 11th to the 14th 2025 for Jessica Benson. >> I'll move I'll second >> call the RO please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> abstain. >> Mr. Habermill,
008>> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. Motion approved 40 and one abstension. >> All right. Thank you. On to item seven, treasures report andor recommendations. >> Thank you. uh recommend a resolution determining to proceed with submitting the question of the issuance of school improvement bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $47 million to the electors of the school district pursuant to section 13318 of the Ohio Revised Code at an election to be held November 4th, 2025. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> We'll go with Russell on that one. >> Any questions? Just the step we need to take. >> This is the last step that we need to take. The first step was the um showing necessity that we pass that at the special
009uh election or the special board meeting. Uh this is the final one. After this um voting, if it's approved, I'll take this to the um Erie County Board of Elections. Uh drop everything off with them. They'll get everything certified and they'll give us an issuance and a date. >> Okay. Okay. >> Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell. >> Yes. >> Miss Dodge. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. Uh B. Recommend a resolution to the board to approve the financial report for June 2025. And that's attachment D. >> I'll move it. I'll second. All right. So, looking at our general fund revenue by month, uh, through the end of the fiscal year, the district received
010$27.8 million in general fund revenue compared to 25.6 at this time last year and 25.1 in fiscal year 23. Uh, the district collected more tax revenue this year compared to previous years because of property tax reappraisal in Ohio law and also because we sold back an Apple lease and we also sold that building too, which which bumped us up by almost half a million dollars. Moving on to food service. Through the month of June, the district received uh 861,000 in food service compared to 885,000 uh last year and 882,000 in fiscal year 23. Uh food service collected its historical average revenue. And then moving on to all funds through the month of June, the district received 37.8 million in all funds compared to 28.8 million last year and 28.3 million in fiscal year 23. Uh,
011one thing to note if you're looking at the chart there, if you look at May, we have a large uh, amount of money there that we spend where we historically have not. Uh, the district transferred 7.6 million out of the general fund and into a capital projects fund. And this transfer is what's inflating our revenues. And again, we'll later on in this report uh, inflate our expenditures as well. Uh looking on the expenditure side, looking at our general fund through the month of June, we expended uh $35 million from the general fund compared to 26.7 last year and 26.7 in fiscal year 23. Uh below is a breakdown of the individual general fund costs year-over-year. And then just as a side note, without that transfer, the district spent 27.4 million. You can see our salaries
012right in line with where they have been historically. insurance and retirement roughly right in line with where they have been. Purchase services have declined slightly. Supplies have gone up slightly. Our capital outlay uh we will be taking possession of the two buses that we bought this year uh next hopefully next week. I just spoke to the rep today. Um so some of those are encumbered. We'll have about 290,000 added to that capital outlay once those bus purchases go through. Other objects and transfers and advances, but there's the breakdown of the $35 million. Uh looking at food service expenditures through the month of June, we expended $1 million uh compared to $900,000 last year and $838,000 in fiscal year 23. Our spending this year was slightly higher than our historical averages and this was driven primarily
013by the cost of food and also the equipment we replaced last summer. Looking at all fund expenditures through the month of June, we expended 37.7 million compared to 31 million last year and 30.9 million in fiscal year 23. And again, the increase in spending was from the transfer. And then when we look at cash, uh, general fund through the month of June, the district has a total of 8.9 million in cash compared to 16.2 last year and 17.3 in fiscal year 23. And again, this is where we took the $7.6 million from. That's why that cash balance looks lower than it has been historically. Looking at our food service cash through the month of June, we have a total of 224,000 compared to 403,000 last year and 416,000 in fiscal year 23. And then all
014cash through the month of June, we have a total of 19.6 million compared to 19.6 million in fiscal year 24 and 21.7 million in fiscal year 23. Uh the next page gives a breakdown of that 19.6 million for all of the funds that we have. And then lastly, we take a look at the investments. Through the month of June, the district earned a total of $731,960.82 in interest compared to $649,637.91 last year at this time. Uh it's a difference of $82,000 or 12.7% more. >> Any questions for call the role, please? >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Habermill. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stepp. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Russell. >> Yes. >> Miss Dodge. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. Uh C. Recommend a resolution of the board to approve
015the fiscal year 2025 final appropriations and transfers. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> All right. Um so this first page on the final certified of uh certificate of resources for fiscal year 25. This is exactly how much revenue we brought in. So what it's doing is it's taking our beginning cash balance uh from June uh from July 1st 2024. And then it's showing you the exact amount of taxes and other sources we collected in general fund, special revenue, debt service, capital projects, so on and so forth. Um, if you take all of our beginning cash balance plus all of our revenue that we collected through taxes and other sources of revenue, we have a total of 57.7 million available to us to appropriate. The next page shows how much I am asking the board
016to appropriate. Um, we did one in June and this is the final appropriation. Basically, all we've really done is just finalized everything. We ended up reducing our June appropriations by $2.1 million. And then the the last page there shows you the difference of what we have available to us versus how much we appropriated. And as you can see, each each one of those uh columns that under the difference shows us how much revenue we have left over. Uh down below on the transfers and advances, uh this year we did have to transfer $48,32.36 from the general fund to the athletic fund. Um I did a little bit of research into that. Historically it hasn't been that high. um what had happened this year and we spoke to Andy we really weren't able to pinpoint that
017but our our gates were a lot lower this year than they have historically >> so uh the spending was not aligned the the purchasing that we have done in athletics was not aligned it's just we didn't have as much gates come through as we historically have >> what's the typical average value because I thought it was actually around 50 >> I thought so too >> it's around 30 what is yeah we try to keep it right around that 30,000 >> we had >> so much rain for those football like parents night was rained out. >> Is that what it was? >> We had two or three games where I was in the concession stands and thankful because it was a downpour >> and it's a shame cuz it's the best season we've had ever. >>
018The weather was horrible. >> Yeah. We talked about the rainy the rainy Friday nights. >> Yeah. >> It was I couldn't see why it would be low. >> Yeah. But that was it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any questions? Call the RO, please. Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved 50-0. Uh D, recommend a resolution to the board to approve the Ritter Public Library 2026 initial tax budget. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Any questions? >> All right, call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Habermill. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Steppp. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Russell. >> Yes. >> Miss Dodge.
019>> Yes. >> Motion approve 5-0. >> Uh E. Recommend a resolution to the board to approve the student activity program purpose and goals and budgets for the 2025 2026 school year. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Uh we have every single one of these purpose and goals whether it's athletics or a 200 student managed activity group. Um of state's office requires us to do this. It basically says, "What fundraisers are you going to do? How are you going to generate money? How much money do you think you're going to generate? And why are you generating money?" Uh they fill out that form and and once they fill out that form and the board approves it, they can then spend money. As of right now, they can't spend any money. >> Okay. Any questions? Call
020the role, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. Motion approved. 5-0 F. Recommend a resolution to formally recognize district support organizations per board policy 9211. Um, which one of them is the Vermillion Coral Boosters Attachment H. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> So, what I want to do is just have a discussion here, but but first I want to read off to you um some portions of what our district policy is. 9211. So the district support organizations are defined as any nonprofit entity, group or other organization formed and operated for the purpose of supporting district programs. Each support organization must maintain and provide proof of general liability insurance coverage. Uh
021moving on here, but because of the connection between support organizations and the school district programs and students and because the common use of school district's name in connection with the organization's activities, the public perception may be that the organization and their activities are school sponsored and approved by the board. Notwithstanding the fact that such organizations are independent entities, are not agents of the board, and are not under the control or authority of the board. In order to prevent disruption to the district's educational programs and injury to the district's reputation by conduct and activities of a support organization which are inconsistent with the district's mission, only organizations formally recognized by the board will be permitted to use the school district's name as well as any logos or insignas or emblems associated with and used to identify
022the district and/or the school sponsored programs and activities. The board may revoke formal recognition of any support organization that falls or that fails to comply with these rules. Um, they do list a couple other things here, but section E, the organization shall permit the board to review all financial books and documents upon request and conduct a financial audit upon request of the board. In addition, organizations must produce the following documents to the superintendent and or treasurer upon request. So, we have requested 1 through eight. We have requested a determination letter from the IRS or um from the IRS that verifies the organization is taxexempt. We have requested a copy of the articles of incorporation or any amended articles of incorporation. We have asked for a copy of any filing with the Ohio Attorney General. We
023have asked for a copy of any support organizations bylaws and any amendments. We have asked for a current list of names, addresses, and titles of each officer of the organization. Uh we have asked for a description of the projects or activities the organization intends to undertake during the ensuing school year. Uh we have asked for the organization's balance sheet together with an accounting of the organization's income and expenses for the preceding calendar year. And then lastly, copies of state and federal tax reports for the most recent year. Um as well as copies of any audits that they have done. Um, I have sent an email out on April 30th to um, principles, athletic directors, just uh, staff that oversee these organizations. Uh, just sending them this board policy and saying, "Can you please forward this
024information for our July board meeting?" And then I sent out another reminder on May 29th of the exact same email. um from those two emails and then all of this again that we that we completed last year. The only one that we received is in your attachments that is the Vermillion Coral boosters. So, um I don't know if we want to uh reach out or have us reach out to the organization to remind them of the importance of providing these documents. Again, we just want to know who's running these organizations, what they're planning on doing, how they're planning on doing it. This is our second year doing this, right? We did it last year. >> Correct. >> And last year we got everything, but this year, >> right? Last year pretty much all of them.
025>> You had to fight for it a little bit, but yeah, you had to fight for it. Got them. >> Last year took a little effort, but we got everything. Uh this year we just got the one. >> It's a liability issue, too. Correct. >> It is a liability issue. >> That's why it's important that we get this information. Maybe not. >> Yeah. So, Vermillion Coral Boosters, I did ask um if they if they had insurance and they said they did not carry insurance. And so, again, one of the biggest risks and why we're asking them to cover or have insurance. If you're doing a fundraiser and and you're doing it at Germans Villa and and something were to happen, I mean, you know, the district is not liable for any of this. That organization
026is >> and so they want to make sure that they have proper coverage. >> But the Coral Boo, they're the only ones that got us everything. Coral Boosters is the only one to respond to any one of my emails. >> Wow. >> How many different organizations are we talking? >> So, we would be speaking about band boosters, athletic boosters, >> band boosters, coral boosters, uh, Prom to Dawn would be one of them, and then any other uh PTO group that we have. >> So, middle school PTO, >> middle school, high school, elementary. >> You sent this to the principles. >> Correct. >> And so, they then >> and and toy the athletic director. Mhm. >> Yeah. >> And to your knowledge, they then forwarded the email to >> to the correct people. Correct. Yes. >>
027Okay. >> Mhm. >> I'm a little surprised that you only got just that one because I know of people on the other groups, they would have gotten back to you. >> Yeah. >> Oh, perfect. >> So, yeah, I guess need to continue to pursue it, right? >> Yeah. >> Is there like a dead like if they don't get it in by this point, then they're not functioning this year or is it like I mean, we told them initially by July, right? Initially, we'd like to do it by July so that they're formally recognized now. So, starting the school year, they can they can run their fundraisers. As of right now, they're not authorized by the board of ed by the board of education to conduct any fundraisers. >> So, this when you vote tonight, you're
028approving the coral boosters to go forward with >> fundraising, but nobody else is on the list. >> And we don't even have all the information from the coral boosters, right? >> They just don't have it insurance. >> They just don't have insurance. >> They're not planning on doing any fundraisers. Yeah, >> at this point. But >> yeah, >> so essentially if they get it to us by August, we get approve them by August, but they can't do anything prior to getting that to us. They can't fund raise. They can't >> Correct. >> Okay. >> So, um I just wanted to bring this to your attention that that this is a board policy and there's a reason for it. Uh we want to make sure that that again what makes these difficult is that they're being
029passed on and it's never the same person. It's always a group of parents, a group of parents, a group of parents. >> And and this is this board policy is made >> so that those group of parents stay organized, >> that they they file the right stuff. They know what they're supposed to do. We actually know who their officers are. I mean, it's just those it's just communication back and forth. >> And so, right now, we we don't have any communication with those other ones that I've mentioned, but we do have communication with uh coral boosters. >> And so, um I just wanted to bring you up to speed and make you aware of all of this. I didn't necessarily want to do this here, but I don't know any other way to do this
030other than to say >> Coral Boosters is the only one that has submitted anything >> and uh >> we would hope that the other organizations can follow suit here uh for our next board meeting. >> Sounds good. >> Kudosers. >> Thank you. Yeah. >> All right. Any questions? Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stepp? Yes, >> Mrs. Russell. >> Yes, >> Miss Dodge. >> Yes. >> Motion to approve. 5-0 and G. Recommend a resolution to approve the settlement agreement. >> I'll move. >> I'll second questions on that told us about that. Okay. All right. Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs.
031Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion to approve 50. And I do need to add one more here. Um, I I need to make a recommendation uh for a resolution to approve a then and now for transportation services with Amherst exempted village schools in the amount of $9,976. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Go ahead. I'll second >> Chris. Yeah, >> thank you. Um, I had closed out the purchase order that we had when I closed the fiscal year and then I just received a bill today at 3:00 >> and and I it's it's in that 9,000. I can only approve up to 3,000 so I don't have a purchase order in. >> My mistake. >> All right. Um, call the roll, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson,
032>> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Inennis, I'm sorry, Mrs. Stepp. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. Miss Dodge. >> Yes. >> Motion approved 5-0. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Justin. Item eight, consent agenda. Superintendent and Treasurer recommend that the board of education approve the consent agenda items. Action by the board of education in adoption of the consent agenda means that all items are adopted by one vote unless a member of the board, the treasur, or the superintendent requests that any such item be removed from the consent agenda and voted on separately. A. Approve the minutes of the June 6th, 2025 regular meeting. B. Approve the 202526 student handbooks for preschool, Vermillion Elementary School, Sailor Way Middle School, and Vermillion High School, and the coach's handbook. C. Approve the 2025-26
033school fees for VES, SMS, and VHS. D. Approve the 2025-26 independent contractor agreement between Vermillion Local School District Board of Education and the Ohio Schools Council. E. Approved the 202526 project search memorandum of understanding with Mercy Health Lraine Hospital, a transition program for students with developmental disabilities. F. Approve the 202526 Ohio developmental supports transportation contract for transportation to PEP apprentice at $237 per trip plus van aid at $47 per trip. G approve the hourly rate increase of the following classified substitute positions. Uh bus driver $17 per hour. Uh bus aid $11 per hour. Food service $12 per hour. And playground cafeteria monitor $11 per hour. H approve the employment action retirement uh Carol McCaulay effective August 31st 2025 resignation Lauren Cely intervention specialist effective July 9th 2025 I approve the 2-year classified limited contract for
034the 202526 school year to the following Jules Bartle educational aid uh to SMS food service and Brienne Lash educational aid to general administrative assistant J. Approve the summer student contract for Andrew Perry bus garage $15 per hour. K. Approve the one-year classified substitute contract for the summer of 2025 and the 202526 school year to John West, maintenance custodian, $18 per hour. L approve the special rate special project rate contract for the summer of 2025 at $34 per hour for Laura Moyer, Shelley Wentworth, and Kristen Shonne. M approve the PDM rate contract for the summer of 2025 to Brooks Baffford and Claire Velagi. N approve the one-year certified teachers salary increase due to education level to master's degree to Cassopia Bruno. O approve the change in the supplemental level from level 8 to level 9 to
035summer sylvius percussion instructure instructor for 202425. P. Approve the one-year additional duties contract for the 202526 school year to the following as listed. That's a lot. Q. Approve the one-year non-eing supplemental contracts for 202526 to the following as listed. R. Approve the one-year classified limited contract for the 202526 school year to Zalia Walenstein. Is that is that right? Yeah. Okay. educational aid and Nicole West educational aid. S approve five additional hours of training for the two above. T app approve the special project rate of $34 per hour for new teacher orientation August 11th to August 14th 2025 to the following um Cassopia Bruno Ashley Caroff Sarah Moore Brook Meyer Cesaly >> Cecilia >> is it Reich >> Rich and Emily Rich Angela Sandenbacher and Sawyer Schaer anything to be removed from the consent agenda >>
036just question is. So, Cara, my sister-in-law's on here several times. Is that okay or >> Y? Just want to make sure. >> Okay. Um, a motion. >> I'll move. >> Second. >> Thank you. And call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Havermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. Item nine, dates and location of upcoming board uh meetings. Meetings will be held in Vermillion High School Commons, 1250 Sanford Street at 6 PM, unless otherwise noted. Regular meeting of Monday, August 11th, 2025. Regular meeting of Monday, September 8th, 2025. Regular meeting of Monday, October 13, 2025. Item 10, public participation. Again, none. And on to 11, adjournment to executive session pursuant to Ohio
037Revised Code section 121.22 uh GI. I hereby move that the uh board adjourn to executive session to consider the employment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee. I'll move. >> I'll second it. >> Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved, 5 and the time is 6:33 p.m. >> Time out of executive session is 7:53 p.m. >> Okay. Item 12, uh, adjournment. Motion to adjurnn. >> I'll move. I'll second. >> Okay. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Habermill. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Steppp. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Russell. >> Yes. >> Motion approved.
0385-0. Time is 7:53 p.m.