001Welcome to the Vermillion Local School District Board of Education regular meeting of Monday, June 9th, 2025. This is a meeting of the Vermillion Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There is a time for public participation during the meeting as indicated on the agenda. Vermillion board bylaw 0165.1. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Benson >> here. >> Mr. Abrammill >> here. >> Mrs. Steppp >> here. >> Mr. Freeman >> here. >> Four members present. >> On to item number three, pledge of allegiance and our April citizens of the month. Trustworthy. Thank you for showing up tonight. And Mr. Benson's going to help you out. >> Oh, I was doing pledge of allegiance.
002>> Summertime. >> We're on our way. I'll ask him. >> All right. So, >> my name is Lillian and I am in first grade and I want to be an >> Right over here, sweetheart. Over here. >> All the way to the end of this. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Thank you. Perfect. Right there. >> Be a teacher. >> Oh, >> I'll bring you over here, sweetheart. My name's Anthony and I'm in se I'm in second grade and I want to be a firefighter when I grow up. >> That's awesome. >> My name is Sophia Wilson and I'm in third grade and I'm about to be in fourth grade and I want to be a chemist when I grow up. >> All right. Very good. Hey, Miss Titus. That's great. >> Keeping it real. [Applause] Turn around.
003Put your hand on your heart. Right hand on your heart. 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. >> Perfect. >> Item number four, legislative report. >> Okay. Um few things going on at the state. Uh most importantly, the Senate is still kicking around their version of the of the budget bill, the their version of uh the substitute version of House Bill 96. So, um there's a lot in there and I won't go through all the details of it. It's I think Justin, you even sent us a note. There's just >> again even even compared to the House version, there's just a lot of things that would not be great for school districts if if
004we're passed as is. Um I found it interesting that you know how politics work, right? People put things in into that they don't you know they want to get past, right? So there is a a statement in there that uh uh for release time for religious instruction that uh if if passed, school districts must allow uh children to bring back third party information into the school. >> So which I have no idea what it has to do with the budget, but >> that's how it works. Yeah, >> I know that's how things get in there and they don't have to debate them. It >> just gets passed. >> So there's a few other things going on. House Bill 187 is being read and it would uh provide a moment of silence each school day um
005for either reflection or meditation or prayer. Um and then there's a House Bill 117 being kicked around that would require the pledge of allegiance in schools. So that's it for now. >> Okay. >> Um nothing. Right. >> Right. >> Okay. Uh, item five is public participation on agenda items, but we don't have anybody signed up, so moving right along. Item number six, superintendent report. Dr. Hy. >> Yeah. So, I want to start with recommending a resolution for the board to approve Andrew Perry as the VHS principal to a three-year contract beginning 202526 school year at step 10. And um before if can we get a motion on that, please? >> All right. Second. >> And before we vote, we would like to introduce Andrew. Andrew, would you want to come up to the I don't
006you don't necessarily have to go to the podium, but we'd like you to introduce yourself and tell the board all about yourself and introduce your family. >> Okay. Hello. I'm Andrew Perry. Uh this is my wife, Jane. Uh my son, John, and my other son, Michael. >> Hello. >> Um I live in Rocky River. Um really excited to be part of joining the Vermillion community. Been in education for 27 years. Um, and I've just been uh I'm really grateful for this opportunity. I've already had some people reaching out to me, sent me some really uh nice congratulatory emails. Um, and it it's it's fantastic. So, I'm really looking forward to it. Um, and I see this as a great opportunity to do some great things here at Vermillion. >> Welcome to Vermillion. Glad to have
007you. Appreciate it. >> Thank you, Andrew. >> And to your family as well. Welcome. Yeah. Thank you. >> Ready to call the roll. >> Good. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Steppp. >> Yes. >> Mr. Freeman. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. 40. >> I recommend a resolution to the board to suspend the administrative contract of Heather Lamers for the 2526 school year. >> I'll move. I'll second. >> Any questions? >> Oh, sorry. Color roll. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved 40. >> And C is approve the one-year certified contract for the 2526 school year for Jessica Benson, SMS science and social studies
008teacher at level one, step zero. >> I'll move. I'll second. >> Call the RO. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved, three yays and one abstension. And finally, D. recommend a resolution to the board to approve the tenative agreement for the July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 uh between the Ohio Association of Public School Employees uh OPC Local 332 and the Vermillion Local School District Board of Education, which was ratified by the association on June 9, 2025. The board further authorizes the superintendent, treasurer, board president, and any other necessary persons to sign the final agreement and any other required certifications. >> I'll move. A second. >> Any questions? Call roll, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >>
009yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 40. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. On to item seven, treasures report. Adjustment. >> Thank you. Uh, recommend a resolution to the board to approve the financial report for May 2025. And that's attachment A. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. [Applause] >> All right. So, starting with general fund, um through the month of May, the district received 27.1 million in general fund revenue compared to 25 million at this time last year and 25.4 million in fiscal year 23. Uh the district will collect more tax revenue this year compared to previous years because of property tax reappraisal and and the way Ohio law works. Moving on to food service revenue
010by month through the month of May, the district received $794,000 in food service revenue uh compared to $85,000 at this time last year and $85,000 in fiscal year 23. Uh food service should continue to collect its historical average revenue. And then looking at all revenue through the month of May, the district received 37.5 million in all funds compared to 28 million at this time last year and 27.2 million in fiscal year 23. Uh the reason you're seeing that large increase, especially on the bar graph there in May, uh the district transferred $7.64 million out of the general fund and into a capital projects fund. And this transfer is what's inflating our revenue. And later on in this report, it's also going to inflate our expenditures as well. Okay. Uh looking at the expenditures, looking at
011the general fund specifically through the month of May, we've expended 32.5 million from the general fund compared to 24.4 at this time last year and 24.4 in fiscal year 23. Uh below as a breakdown of the individual general fund costs year-over-year. And just a side note, without that transfer, we're at $24.6 million compared to the 24.4 and 24.4. Um so down below the historical costs, you can see our salaries are up slightly uh compared to last year. Uh our insurance and revenue are right in line with what they were last year. Purchase services are right in line. Uh supplies are right in line. Capital outlay is right in line. Uh debt and interest again 1.1 to 1.1 to 1.1. Um other objects uh again is is right in line. And again that that transfer in
012advance as you can see that 7.6 6 million transferred this year and the two previous historical years or fiscal years we did not transfer anything at this time. Again, that is why you're seeing the difference between 32 million2 compared to the 244 and again the 244. Okay. Uh moving on to food service expenditures through the month of May. We've expended 994,000 compared to 847,000 at this time last year and 807,000 in fiscal year 23. Our spending this year should should be slightly higher than our historical averages. Uh driven primarily by the cost of food and also because we had equipment replacements over last summer. And all funds expenditures through the month of May, we've expended 35.2 million compared to 28.5 at this time last year and 27.9 in fiscal year 23. And again, the increase
013in spending was from the transfer. And then lastly, we'll take a look at cash. uh in the general fund through the month of May, the district had a total of 11.1 million in cash uh compared to 17.9 at this time last year and 19 million in fiscal year 23. Again, accounting for that $7.6 million transfer out. Uh looking at food service through the month of May, we have a total of $22,000 in cash compared to 374,000 at this time last year and 369,000 in fiscal year 23. And then when you take a look at all of our funds and combined them, uh, all of our cash through the month of May, we have a total of 21.8 million, uh, compared to 21.2 million at this time last year and 23.6 million in fiscal year 23.
014Uh, the next page over is a breakdown of that 21.8 million broken down by general fund all the way down to our title two funds. And then lastly is our investments. Uh through the month of May, we've earned a total of $669,19.17 in interest compared to $592,83.36 last year. Uh which is a difference of $77,000 or 13%. >> Any questions? Please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. Motion to approve 40 B. Recommend a resolution to the board to approve the following donations. $18210 from Hawaiian Ice Ltd to the athletic fund. $1,826 from Grace Community Kitchen to the class of 2025 for outstanding fees and lunch account balances and also preschool scholarships. Um, and then $1,000 from
015the Don GBA to the GBA scholarship. I'll >> move. I'll second. Okay. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 40. >> C. Recommend a resolution to the board to approve the fiscal year 2026 uh appropriations. Attachment B. >> I'll move. I'll second. >> It is. So what these are um find them here again without having an appropriation measure passed uh we do not have the authority to spend money starting July 1. So this is what is giving us the authority to spend money. Uh historically I would do some temporary appropriations which would just be 20% of our budget just to get us through July until I would do final appropriations
016later on in August. Um this year I gave us a little bit higher. So we can use these as permanence until I update them again in um in uh August or September. But again, it's setting the uh general fund at $25 million. And that is giving us the spending authority up to that amount for each one of those line items. Okay. >> Questions? Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman. >> Yes. >> Motion approved 40. Uh D. Recommend a resolution to the board to approve the June 2025 appropriations and that's attachment C. >> I'll move. >> Second. >> So these are a little bit different. These I have um so on the first page is
017our certificate of estimated resources. What I've done is I've taken exactly every single uh revenue that we've received plus our beginning cash balance starting July 1, 2024. I take our beginning cash balance plus any taxes that we receive plus every other source of revenue that we receive gives us a total amount of money that we have um for all of our funds. So $50.2 million is what we have as a beginning cash balance plus all the revenue we've collected this year. That's our certificate of estimated resources. The next page over is our appropriations. Um our appropriations match exactly what our books show as far as budgets go in our state software. Um again we had to bump those up from February uh in the general fund to because of again that transfer. Uh you can
018see the differences on the far right column there. But again each one of those columns uh when you add them all up on the last page here shows you the difference between how much revenue we have and how much we are appropriating. Uh we are not appropriating any more than the cash that we do have at hand. Okay. Any questions? >> No. >> Okay. >> Call the roll, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Uh, Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 40. >> E. Recommend a resolution to the board to approve the request to Erie County for an advancement of taxes. >> I'll second. In order for us to receive advances on our taxes, Erie County makes it makes
019us do it twice a year. Lorraine County makes us pass a resolution just once a year. So, this is just authorizing us to reach out to Erie County to uh send us our tax money sooner rather than later. Okay. >> Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved 40. Uh F. recommend a resolution to the board to approve the treasurer to make all necessary advances and transfers and any appropriation modifications for closing fiscal year 2025, which is June 30th, 2025, uh for the district to be compliant with the Ohio Revised Code and the order of state's office requirements and reporting to the board at the end of July 2025 regular board
020meeting any and all actions that I take. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Call the roll. >> Mrs. Mr. Zinnus. >> Yes. >> Mr. Benson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Habermill. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Steppp. >> Yes. >> Mr. Freeman. >> Yes. >> Motion approved 40. NG. Approve the renewal of the property and casualty insurance proposal from Fitz Gibbons and Arnold and Company effective July 1, 2025 to July 1st, 2026 at a cost of 1500 $1,5180. Gez, looking at different numbers here. $151,881. >> I'll move. A second. Call the roll, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mr. Freeman, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 40. >> Thank you. >> Item 13, consent agenda. The superintendent and treasurer recommend that the
021board 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 regular meeting of May 12th, 2025. B. Approve the primary service agreement for 202526 with the Lorraine County Educational Service Center for Services. C. Approve the independent contractor agreement for Jennifer Goal. speech language pathology services at VES and BHS. D. Approve the inter agency agreement with LCBD, LC local education agencies, Early Intervention Services of LC and Head Start at no cost to the Vermillion Local School District. E. Approve the employment action retirement. Beth Lambert, Sailor Way
0224th grade, effective May 29th, 2026. Resignation Madison Oconor, VHS intervention specialist. Jules Bartle, VES educational aid. Kimberly Miller, Sailor Food Service Assistant, and Valerie Orlandi, Sailor teacher. F. Non-renewal for 202526. Crystal Nichols, VES monitor, Christopher Wood, maintenance, and Emma Beer. G. Approve the 202425 summer school contract at the pdium rate and up to 55 hours to Michael Djio. H approve the 2-year classified limited contract for 202526 school year to the following as listed. I approve the one-year classified substitute contract for the 202526 school year 2 as listed. J approve the following updates to the additional duties and supplemental contract for 202425 as listed. K. Approve the 2024-25 classified contracts missed from the board agenda to William Stywalt, bus monitor, and Zoe Facenes monitor. L approve the one-year certified contract for the 202526 school year to
023Emily Rich, Sailor Way Intervention Specialist. Cassopia Bruno, VHS intervention specialist. Angela Sazenbacher, VES vocal music. M approve up to 10 hours for professional development at the special project rate of $34 per hour to Cassiopia Bruno. >> Any items to be removed from the consent agenda? >> Okay. I need a motion to approve. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Chris, any questions on any items? Right. Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp. >> Yes. >> Mr. Freeman. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. 40. >> Item nine, dates and location of upcoming board meetings. Meetings will be held in the Vermillion High School Commons. Uh 1250 Sanford Street, Vermillion. Uh regular meeting of Monday, July 14th, 2025. Regular meeting of Monday, August
02411th, 2025. And regular meeting of Monday, September 8th, 2025. Item 10, public participation. We don't have anybody signed up. On to item 11, adjournment to executive session. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 121.22, I hereby move that the board uh be adjourned to executive session to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee. So, I'll move and I need a second. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. >> Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis. Yes, >> Mr. Benson. >> Yes, >> Mr. Habermill. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Steppp. >> Yes, >> Mr. Freeman. >> Yes. >> Motion approved 40 and the time is 6:23 p.m. >> Motion to adjourn. >> We don't know. >> We'll say the >> Yeah, just come out time to come out. >> Yep. 8:08 p.m.
025out of executive session. >> Okay. And Item 12. Motion to adjurnn. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. Okay. Call the role. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 40. Time is 8:08