Geneva Area City Schools Board Meeting - 6/25/25

001Are you ready? >> Are you all ready? >> All right. We're calling to order the June 25th, 2025 meeting of the Geneva Area City Board of Education. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Syalski, >> here. >> Mrs. Craig, >> here. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon, >> here. >> Mrs. Ortiz, >> present. >> And Mr. Pearson, >> here. >> Uh, are we in compliance with meeting requirements? >> We are. This meeting is a meeting of the 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 in the agenda. If you're able, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

002and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Do we have any correspondents this evening? >> I do not have any. >> I'll have a lot when it gets to me, >> but nothing yet. Okay. All right. We're going to wave the reading and approval of the minutes. I need a motion, please. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Uh, Mrs. Syosski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. Yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon. Yes. Mrs. Ortiz. Yes. And Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> Motion. >> Okay. >> Motion carries. >> Uh, report of the interim superintendent, please. >> Thank you. The director of food service will be giving a summary of our 2024 2025 food service operation along with a look at the plans for

003the 2025 2026 school year. So Michelle Papic, please come on up. >> Hello. Good evening. >> Hi, I'm Michelle Papic. I'm the food service director um here for Geneva. Usually food service gives their um like end of year report in July, but um I will be leaving the district um as of Friday. So um I'm doing my report here end of June. So um just keep in mind that since we haven't closed out June yet, we still have summer school. Um some of the numbers we review won't have June numbers in them yet. Um but we will have that updated hopefully for you next month. And um before I get started, I do just want to say thank you to the board, to Dave, to Shelley um for the opportunity to work here for Geneva.

004It's been a pleasure. Um loved getting to know the community and all the food service staff, all of you. So, thank you and thank you for all the support. Okay, so I'll start with the um year in review and then get into um a look ahead for next year. So this year, um, we implemented the community eligibility provision, which I'll refer to as the C program, uh, which is allowing all students to have free meals for breakfast and lunch at each building. Um, implementing the C program did have its pluses and minuses, which we'll we'll talk about. Um, for its benefits, um, we had about a 20% increase in participation for lunch, which is good. um and about a 40% increase in participation for breakfast. So, we're feeding a lot more kiddos this year, which

005is awesome. Um another perk to the program this year, um which we will get into a little bit more when we talk um financials on page two, but um the program uh since we were on C this year, um the government gave the district an increase in DIPA funding. um that's not food service related, but it's because we are all free. Um so we got a big bump in DIPA funding this year because of it as well. Um some of the cons of the program is our food service 06 account lost more money than we had expected and anticipated. So um again, we'll talk about that on page two. Um for um our next item, it's that we had our first full year of our afterchool snack. Um last year we implemented it um kind

006of mid year. So this was our full first full year um running after school snack during extended learning. Um we served about 2600 snacks to kids after school. We purchased um new equipment and installed um at Geneva High School the dishwasher. It cost um $37,000. Uh the previous dishwasher that was here was about 20 years old and um it took a dump at the beginning of the year. So they they ran a few months without it um handwashing and using styrofoam to get by. So um we were very happy when that was installed in December. And um for student engagement this year we um participated in National School Lunch Program um or the National School Lunch Week, National School Breakfast Week um by doing promotions with the kiddos. Um we did a Thanksgiving lunch. Um

007we had lucky tray giveaways for multiple weeks at the elementary level. Uh we did our usual Christmas giveaway. Um shout out and thank you to our local Santa and Mrs. Claus. I know you. >> Um we also um celebrated school lunch hero day. Um that was exciting. All the kids made fun little like art pieces and hung them up in the cafeteria for all of our school lunch heroes. Um we did uh and lastly we did a taste testing here at the high school. Um for wellness um we are continually working on menu enhancements looking for um you know kind of trending menu items that sort of thing. Um and then this was our first full year offering two self-s served fruit and vegetable stations at the high school. Um again we implement we started

008it last year and then this was our first full year of it. for um our support for education. We collaborate um with elementary buildings on book machine coins for giveaways during McLeucky tray and that sort of thing. Um we also last summer applied for um the Ohio Grow grant. Um we didn't get it unfortunately, but it was a lot of work, so I thought I would note it. Um that was um a collaboration between um John Barau. He's a um science teacher here and um Mr. King and myself and a couple of other teachers. Um so what we were applying for was um a grant to bring some um hydroponic towers in for the STEM classes and um that could be used for food service and in the culinary um the culinary course. So maybe

009maybe for future years we'll get the grant. Um and then we um began implementing our new menu software system. Um we had our usual food service staff trainings um to meet all the requirements. Um and then we in addition to the usual trainings, we had three new food service staff members become Serafe certified. Um so that's a um two-day course at the local health departments and um all three of them passed. So it's a two day course and then at the end of it there's a test. Um they passed and so that's um mo at this point most of our staff are serve safe certified so that's great. Um we also submitted data for the um summer EBT. So um for families that qualify um just a note those funds are being starting to be

010distributed. So they'll be distributed between June and August. Um we uh did cycle menus again this year which helps us control our cost inventory. Um it helps with menu consistency um recipe consistency and then meeting compliance. Um this year we joined the commodity co-op um called Swepsy Southwest East purchasing company. Um and we uh because of that we had a lot simpler processing with ordering and receiving our commodities. Um it also significantly helped reduce um a lot of the commodities that we had on hand um from previous years. Um and then we also had um just to note uh a reduction in federal fund distribution this year. So this is the first year since like the co years 2020 um with without the increased um meal reimbursement rates and without the supply chain assistance funding.

011So it looks like going forward we won't be getting that help for that we had for the these couple years to get us through COVID and the um increase in food costs from the supply chain disruption. So this is our first year without that. Um we updated our wellness policy and completed our trienal wellness policy assessment um which is a required component of the food service program. Um so we we did the trienal wellness policy assessment kind of as a collaborative effort with the um wellness committee. So um we discussed that and reviewed that. Um, and lastly, we um worked this year on updating all the job descriptions for all cafeteria staff because there were some old ones. We had some positions that were still all day all shift making pizza, which doesn't happen. Um,

012and then for a little look ahead, um, I will introduce our new fruit service director, Mariah Wilson. She's sitting over here. Um, so she'll be officially starting um as of July 1st, but won't she's got July off, so she'll be in as of August 1st. Um, and then um under the community eligibility provision, C, the free meals. Um, we have the possibility to um do that for an additional three school years, so the coming up school year and then two more. Um, based on what we're going to talk about with financials, um, I would just like to that um my recommendation would be to you know if if we do go ahead with a second year of C that um we review numbers around like March or April of 26 again um to you know

013make that decision for year three if we want to stick with it um a little earlier than you know what we would normally do at the um June or July board meeting um just just so that you know handbooks can be adjusted and all of that if um the board decides that we shouldn't go ahead the C for year three. Um, and then next year we are looking to update cafeteria signage in collaboration with the media and graphics class. We kind of already started that ball rolling a little bit this year um but didn't didn't roll the ball far enough. So, we'll we'll um have that as a goal for next year. Um, and then at the middle school, they will be doing the self-s served fruit and vegetable bars just like the high school

014is. Um, as usual, we'll work to increase participation for both breakfast and lunch. especially with the free meals. Um and then again, um the USDA did publish the um child nutrition program, um dietary guidelines for 2020 to 25, um which I touched on a little bit last year, but this year is a school year where um some of those are required to be implemented like the established added sugar limit, which which is great. Um and then the maintaining whole grain requirements that all grains have to be whole grain or enriched grain. And then um there will be a requirement to reduce sodium even further by 2027. So just thought I'd put that on your radar. Okay. Then page two um is our financial summary. So um I'll just quickly go through some of these numbers.

015I know you have them all in front of you. Um so we uh for the 2425 school year in cash receipts um uh in our income there was about 74,700. Um for our reimbursement total it was um 798,800. Um and then we do have a little bit of um income that hasn't hit the bank yet from May. Um that'll in transit amount of 105. Um so for our total receipts, our total income were um we were at 873,566. So um you can see if you compare the previous year. So normally this report would show you current year and then two two previous years. Um I added this third previous year of 2122 just so you could have some some comparison to because that was the year that from co we had free meals. Um comparing

016it to the previous two school years wouldn't have give you given you much to compare. So um so you can see if you look at you know your total cash receipts and your government reimbursement um how you know total cash receipts back in 2122 was pretty low um similar to our our 2425 in uh income and receipts. But the big kicker is that government reimbursement. So you can see back in 22 when all the meals were free, how much more we were getting in reimbursement versus now. So that's that's that piece that I spoke to you about earlier that they are no longer um trying to give those extra funds to help out. Um and then so then our receipts, our total expenses for the year was 1,120,000. Um leaving our total B ending balance

017at that 44,000. So um it's a as you can see a pretty hit for our O6 account this year. Um mo if you you know compare the numbers year to year, you're going to see most of that loss in that um government reimbursement. So I do um looking ahead and in chatting with Shelley and Dave about this um plans for next year um I do still and Shelley does still recommend going C for a second year. see if we can increase those um those participation numbers um which will help. But either way, I do predict a you know a loss of that amount again for next year if we do C um this year because we had money in O6 in food service. Um it didn't quite put us into the negative yet. We're we're

018still in the positive. Um but by very early next year, the food service account on C will go into the negative. The plus is that um the increase in funding that we have received from DIPA which Shelley can answer any questions on that because I certainly can't um can cover all of our losses and then some. So um overall the district and as a whole still has benefited greatly from the C program just not the food service account. Um, >> so is the 105 in the 798? >> Is it part of it >> in the 798? No, it's not. >> It's not in there yet. >> No. So you'll see because right now um we will not receive that money until July. Um I am going to advance it because I know that it is

019coming. Um so when we go to the transfers and advances, so basically we're going to advance it. So the account is not in the negative as of June 30th. And then when we get that money, that money will go back to the general fund. Um but again um you know state funding as compared to >> but that reimbursement amount is 798 plus 105. >> Um yes and this does not also include any of June numbers again. So um so yeah that that would be >> so total receipts could potentially be a million. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. with that 105 it was like at 978 like 978,000 >> plus June >> plus minimal there's only there's only there's only four days of of school in June >> yeah but that'll show on our

020July report so that technically I don't think would end up in our >> June end of year right yeah so that'll just be four day four school days and then our uh what 14 days of summer school >> I was going to ask summer school would be in that too right yes >> okay >> thank you >> Sure I just want touch base real quick on the DPIA funds. So, um the difference in the DPIA funds was $1.1 million >> increase in our DPA. >> So, correct. Now, those are restricted funds for the state. So, I know you know we currently have two reading specialists right now posted um you know and so we'll go through and have a breakdown of what we can do with that funding um for next year and how you

021know obviously we have to get we have to before it gets um returned and so we don't want to do that. So um you know but again that is a start trying to get some of that expended. So >> thank you general um treasurer maybe question. So when um when our food service has a positive and June 30th is the cut off, right? It carries over >> Oh yes. >> to the next year, right? Correct. >> So we're going to start off the year with around about $45,000. Now again, we started out the year with $291,000. >> So we did go about down about $250,000. >> Um and that is with the advanced in it with the ending balance would be um with us advancing that 105 from the general fund. So again, so it

022is in there or it isn't in there? >> Well, I think in the in the ending balance, it is. >> So then it would be in the >> um No, it's not in the ending balance. With it in the ending balance, um I believe it was about 150 something like that. It's not in that ending balance on here. >> Yes. Yes, it is. Because right now you're 55,000. on my books. >> Okay. I guess I'll reook that. I didn't think that we included it in that, but I'll double check. >> We have 45,000. >> we will. Yes. >> With the dip money. >> No. Was that separate? Yeah. So, so with the transfer in of the money that we did not get for May, normally in for May um submission, we get that in June.

023So, They close OD closes as of June 10th. So if it's not submitted by then, then we have to wait till July. So again, >> due >> the due, sorry. Yes, >> I'll double check that. And if that's not right on here, I'll have Shelley email it out, but um I thought that was what we said as our ending balance, but I will double check. >> But I think with the advance in there, >> it is. But it is um that will be the balance, >> correct? >> Just not today. >> It will be on June 30. when we close. You'll see it when the ending balances when we close. >> You know, it'll be around there. Again, there's going to be some more income in there because she does have the receipts. I don't

024know how much the receipts were in June. >> Um, we have not submitted for June yet. >> Right. But I mean your normal receipts that you just gave me all the >> Oh, my deposit. Yeah. Not >> minimal like a few but still. >> Okay. And then um just quickly participation. Um, uh, we serve 225,000 lunches this year and, um, 93,000 breakfast. Um, I didn't include in here our summer school counts, obviously, um, still have a few more days of summer school. So, when we update this with all of June information, um, you'll see that those summer school numbers added in there. >> Okay. So, grant um the Grow Ohio grant. Did they did the grant committee tell us what we did wrong, what we needed? >> They did not. >> Okay. So, but the

025plan is then to reapply this year >> if it's available. >> Yes. >> And how much was it? >> Um it was about 18,000 that we applied for. We applied for three um hydroponic grow towers. It's an initiative to you know kind of bring that farm to school >> in house. >> Okay. >> Um and my last thing so the certification that some of our staff got um serve safe is that I don't know how to ask this question. I'm not sure what I mean. Um, when a teacher or a certified staff gets a bump in education, >> oh, are you saying a bump in pay? >> Is there a bump in pay? >> No. >> I wish there were for them, but >> I mean there's an advantage to having this. >> Um, so

026when the health department comes in to do inspections, um, it it is required through the health department that there's somebody on site at each kitchen who is serve safe certified or listed as like a person in charge. Um the serve safe certification is nationally recognized. So that's usually what they want and look for. Um so all of our managers are required to have that. Our head cooks, we prefer have it um in case, you know, our managers are out and the head cooks step up into manager positions. And then we even offer it to some of our shorter hour staff because they don't offer it, but usually like once or twice a year. This year it was offered twice a year and some of our staff even went to Lake County for it. Um when

027our shorter hour staff are, you know, have that drive, they, you know, want to study for it and learn all of the um safety and sanitation information. I mean, it goes into detail. It's like two days of training. Um so we encourage all of our staff to be certified. Um and so, you know, as long as they want to and have the willingness to like study for it and all of that, um we encourage it and you know, they always move up into head co manager positions, too, even as shorter hour staff. >> Thank you. You're welcome. and thank you for everything. >> You're welcome. Thank you for having me. >> You've been an outstanding administrator and we I appreciate it. >> Thank you so much. >> And have you told Mariah that I play

028Santa and Mrs. Claus? >> I didn't, but she knows now. >> She's your goto. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Have a great evening. >> It's me. >> Okay, moving ahead. Thanks, Michelle. The interim superintendent recommends approval of the enclosed agreement and service contract between the Geneva City School District Board of Education and the Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve Governing Board for the 2025 2026 school year. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Craig, >> yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz, yes. >> Mr. Pearson, yes. >> And Mrs. Syolski, >> yes. The interim superintendent recommends approval of the enclosed agreement and service contract between the Geneva Area City School District Board of Education and Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors. >> Motion please. >> Second

029discussion question. >> So just just so you know, um so Baker Tilly is the municipal adviser that was helping with the um the levy rates. So normally they do not until the levy issuance, the bond issuance. Um, so this is just an agreement with them. So obviously they can fill us for some hours in case you know >> it doesn't go through, doesn't pass. So >> Mrs. Milik Dixon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz, yes. >> Mr. Pearson, yes. >> Mrs. Syolski, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Craig, >> yes. The interim superintendent recommends approval of the enclosed independent contractor agreement between the Geneva Area City School District Board of Education and Pentabona Construction LLC. >> For the auditorium >> so moved. >> Sorry. Second >> discussion. >> Is that for the auditorium? >> This is to

030allow Mr. Pabona is here to allow his his organization to serve as the uh kind of intermediary so that we can have um come up and take a look at the trusses in the attic of the building. >> Oh, okay. >> Um to make sure that there are no dings, dents, or issues that would cause the same type of a situation that occurred over in Ashula during the winter months. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Pinapon, would you like to come up please and kind of at le explain it better detail than what I did since you know what it looks like and you've gone through it. Um the neighboring district. My name is Ben Pentabona and it's kind of like coming home. I built this school in 2009. I was the CM. Uh it was

031the sixth school I've built. Ashta right now where I'm the owner's rep is number 19. So I like building schools. U the issue that we're concerned with here is what damage if any that might have been caused by that five five foot of snow that hit Sabbrook Township as well as some of the other surrounding areas. So, I have already been up in the attic spaces of most of this building. Um, and I've got some some photographs which led Mr. Roley to ask, could we do something formal in terms of uh documenting what happened and engaging an engineering firm that is familiar with light gauge steel trusses and then getting uh if there are any repairs that have to be made, getting a mitigation plan from that engineer and then getting estimates from contractors and

032awarding the work and getting it done. So that's basically what what it is and I would be I would be acting as the owner's representative. I would not be doing any of the actual work. That would be a conflict. I would be purely this board of education's representative for that very discreet piece of uh piece of work that has to be done here and I'd be happy to answer any questions. >> If you've been up in this building, are you seeing things that you're concerned about? >> Uh yeah, there are some dings and some dents and Um there's there are several different kinds of damage that a a light gauge metal truss can can uh be subjected to. Some is kind of incidental. It's the carpenter with his hammer smacking it over. That's not what

033we're looking for. Or a choker uh which is a sling that the crane would use to lift the truss up out of the roof. That's not what we're concerned with here. What we're concerned with here is buckling or twisting or kinking of either the top or bottom cord of the truss or the webs that go from the top to the bottom. And there is there is some of that. None of it is serious. Nothing at all like what happened in what we have found at Ashtabula. Nothing nothing even remotely close. But the rule in the industry is that if you can see the damage then you should do something. You should you have to be concerned for about it. you should do something to mitigate that. As soon as it loses its shape, it loses

034its strength. So, and you cannot put it back. You can bend it back in place, but that doesn't that doesn't guarantee that it retains its strength. You've got to reinforce it. Some of it you don't have to do anything, but that's the engineers call. We just we just say, "Here's what we have found. Here's where it's at. Here are pictures." Uh, and then they've actually got to get up there and do an engineering assessment. >> And then this building being flat, our other buildings really aren't flat. Do you see an issue with any of our other buildings or do you not know yet? >> I have not seen anything at I'd be willing to go look, but I have not been in any of the other buildings, just this one here. And the these areas

035you have flat roof what we would call low slope or flat roof areas like this auditorium for instance or the cafeteria or parts of the uh space between the auditorium and the cafeteria. And then you have uh the trust which is a sloped roof that is formed by light gauge steel trusses. Those are the areas that we're concerned about. >> So the damage you're seeing is that from the snowfall or is that just t wear and tear. >> Yeah, there is no typical wear and tear that I'm aware of. Okay, there this is usually one of three things. A defect that occurs at the manufacturing plant. Somebody drops something, something uh is damaged in shipping, essentially a crane lifts these off the truck, sets them down in the parking lot, for instance. Uh if there's

036something in the parking lot and you lean those trusses over, it might get dented or dinged. Or that sling that's that holds that truss in two areas. The truss might be heavy and it bends one of those webs. That's the kind of or or the carpenter swinging a hammer to move the truss over where they need need it to be. That's incidental damage. That's something the engineers look at, but that's really not the concern. The concern here is is if you have such an increase in the load on the roof that it causes damage to the truss underneath. That's what happened up the street >> and that's what you're seeing in this building. >> Nothing like what happened up the street. So, but >> um on the way there. >> Yeah. Yes. There's in my

037in my mind, and I'm not an engineer, but I've seen enough in my mind, you've got uh the the beginnings of damages to the webs on the trusses that appear to be because of overloading. Nothing anybody has done. you know, five foot of snow. Just to finalize it, the code in Ohio, including today, for this entire part of the state, is to design light gauge trusses to withstand what they call a 30 pound per square foot ground load. Enough snow that amounts to 30 pounds per square foot. 63 inches of snow, which is what happened here this past winter, translates into over 90 pounds per square foot. >> Nobody designs for that. Not in northeast Ohio. Maybe 500 miles north of here, but not here. So, the only thing we can do is get up

038there. All right, what happened? If anything, get somebody who really understands like H steel trusses and find out what the uh what the repair protocol is and then get it enacted. Thank you very much. >> One quick last question. >> This preventative maintenance and fixing this now. Um I one of my favorite stories which is a lot more dramatic than this one is the is it the city bank building >> where they ended up having to find the load trusses where later on they needed to basically re-engineer the entire building. But if we do these repairs now as we hear the trusses heat up and cool down that stops a lot of collateral damage that could potentially open a long period of time. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. >> And it's best to do it as close

039to the event as possible. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. None of it's ever going to get better on its own. Yeah. It'll never go back. >> So >> I just want to explain to the taxpayer when they say, "Well, you know, I haven't adjusted my house in so many years. I want them to know that these loadbearing trusses are a lot different of a >> This is nothing like what you see in a house. If these were wood trusses, we would be having this conversation, which is what you see in residential homes. They get and you will never get the kind of spams you need with a wood truss. You it would be as thick as a tree trunk. And that has its own challenges. So, you really you're really limited. But what you're saying is

040exactly right. Get it as quickly as you can because once that member changes shape, >> it gets weakened. It's so you don't that's going to happen next year. So, what what you're doing is what you should do, right? >> I appreciate you. Thank you. >> Oh, absolutely. >> Thank you. >> Mrs. Ortiz, >> yes. >> Mr. Pearson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Craig, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Milik, >> yes. I have one more question, though. Do we have a price tag on it yet? >> Okay. And close for review is the following revised policy for board adoption policy 5512 tobacco use prevention. >> So move >> second. >> Is it just for discussion? >> I don't think it's a vote. Is it? >> Just for just for review was so essentially we were notified

041districts notified back in maybe March or so from the Ohio Tobacco Coalition down in Ohio more or less that they gave they gave us a uh a rubric I guess they use evaluate these type of policies. And Geneva received a D+. >> Yikes. >> Uh and the only reason it received a D+ was because of, as it says in there, we needed to add in that announcements will be made during home athletic events, both before the event and during intermission as well as at all school functions were deemed appropriate. We put that language in. We're in an A. >> So, it just makes sense to just because I don't like D pluses to just make it an A and put that language in there. So, is the box checked then? >> Um, it will. Yeah,

042it'll be checked when we sent it over. Yep. We we consulted Niola and Neiola read our policy up and down compared with the rubric and their recommendation was the only thing they could think of was this one line and they said you should be good to go. >> So, do we need to wait so we can vote on it next? >> Vote on it next time because we're adding that language in there. But that's why it's there. The interim superintendent recommends that the board approve the enclosed revised middle school handbook for the 2025 2026 school year. >> So moved. >> Second discussion. >> Any changes? >> The changes u were um very similar to the uh what was noted at the last board meeting regarding the high school handbook in terms of the medication distribution

043to make sure that it aligned with board policy um that is there. So I did meet with uh Mrs. Carnett from the middle school, Mr. from the high school and we went through it um and made sure that word for word it aligned with the policy and procedures that that we needed to be in place. So it was it was overlooked when the board at the last meeting voted for the middle school one picked it up on the high school one. So it's just revising of the middle school one but the next one will be an actual first voting for the high school. >> So we're good with the medicine forms and all of that. We're all set. >> Yep. We gone through those. >> Okay. Thank you. Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >>

044Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Milik Dixon. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. >> The interum superintendent recommends that the board approve the enclosed high school handbook for the 2025 2026 school year. >> Motion please. Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. Yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> The interim superintendent recommends approval of the enclosed resolution. A resolution to determine that a reduction in force of a teaching position may be necessary and authorizing notification of a potential reduction in force. >> Second. So this is because of the grade level changes. >> This is this is the this is the French position that has been at the high school and it's this was that this past year was a two10

045position. Um it is no longer going to be um offered at the high school. So there's a potential that we will have to and the and the language in the contract says it's a riff. So, we would riff the position and then the board if it's approved tonight that the board would vote in a in August um to actually riff the position following the contract guidelines. Um we are trying to put in as as Shelley pointed out posted a couple positions for um reading specialist at the elementary level. So we can get a position back in GHA once student they didn't really care they cared but they wanted to make sure it was either at some level a position that would help out the district and based on conversations we felt that the elementary level

046was the was the target. >> Do we have interest in that? >> Um that would be something that Mr. King would address and I know they always advertise like they advertise American Sign Language and you know could get a could get an individual. So >> So there is no current teacher. >> Correct. >> Yep. >> So does that mean we just have Spanish? >> Yes. >> Correct. And I think we're at a point where we need to talk with our class. We need to ask our kids what they want. >> Yeah. We need to figure this out. >> We have to have more than just >> a But we need to we need to figure out what what's enticing to our kids right now and see what we and kind of meet in the middle

047and figure out what what they might be interested in and go from there because I think I mean I know that as the adults we have to navigate those waters and make those decisions but I I would like to know what kids are interested in. >> Well, from my understanding we we tried to find a French teacher for a long years. Right. >> Right. >> So, I do know that Mr. King and the guidance counselors, school counselors did ask students and staff and the staff came up with a few different courses that they've added into the high school handbook in an effort to kind of draw interest into those particular areas. And I believe that was based on some student feedback that they had gotten. But it it is always good to get student feedback,

048especially at the high school level. Times change, things are much different every year. So I would encourage that to continue. >> So for this coming school year, we only have Spanish. >> Correct. >> To be honest though, I mean with with how fast we have generative AI and and this is not me advocating for this an explanation. I speak French and I don't understand a lot of idioms in traditional French because I speak a version called and it's very easy for me to speak to AI in both French and English and have it the language for me and I can understand extremely complex like idiom topics in seconds. Um even now if you use a lot of text you can translate whole books nearly immediately and so the need for some of that one of

049the benefits earlier was to understand concepts that maybe you couldn't present in your own language in English that you could in French or or Spanish or god I took Latin with Mr. and I'm glad I did. It was awesome. But but now no longer is it necessarily a prerequisite to understanding the concepts in those language because that wall has basically been Rosetta stoned by just the fact that we can have in real time translations. I'm not saying that's a replacement for for language. I think it's essential but I think that's why we see not as much interest in it as maybe we used to. >> Is a foreign language a requirement or purely elective? It's it's required for graduation but you can you can exceed the number of credit hours that you have to take

050and then it becomes additional elective and the fine arts it goes towards your fine arts graduation >> Mrs. Craig >> yes >> Mrs. Milican Dixon >> yes >> Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Silski. >> Yes. >> The interim superintendent recommends the following personnel actions for the 2024 2025 school year. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Mrs. Milix, Mrs. Ortiz, Mr. Pearson. This is just for NL. >> Then yes, >> Mrs. Solowski. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. C. >> The interim superintendent recommends the hiring of the following personnel for the 2025 summer school session to be paid according to the adopted wage guidelines. >> So moved. >> Second. We had a couple of teachers step forward to help out with summer recovery um after the last board meeting and

051the cafeteria and the bus drivers were listed because when we did prior to the last we didn't know the number of students going into summer school. So we didn't know how many students were going to feed what the transportation was going to look like. So that's why they're on they're currently right now. >> How many students do we have school? Um, I do not have that information. I believe there's a dozen or so at the high school level and I last I thought there was 20 25 at the middle and elementary they lean in about that same number to 2025. Don't where they finally landed. I I don't have that information from >> Mrs. Ortiz. Yes, Mr. Pearson. >> I'm sorry. I'm having a hard time following this and I know that's frustrating. Is this

052for all of these? >> Just for summer school? >> Okay then. Yeah. >> Mrs. Syolski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Milix? >> Yes. >> The interim superintendent recommends the following personnel actions for the 2025 2026 school year. >> Second. I have a question. Why do we have a resume? We don't typically get resumes from candidates. >> We started that last year to try to try to inform the board of the quality of the type of individuals that we were bringing into this district. >> Oh, teachers or >> first year teachers or new new employees into the district. >> I didn't remember that. Okay. Thank you. >> Just trying to communicate to the board. >> I appreciate that. I don't like the retirement section. Just saying. >> Me neither. >> No

053comment. >> But thank you. >> Okay. No comment. Thank you is a comment. >> Personally, I I like it. Thank you. I was good either way, but thank you. >> And Jocelyn said, "Mr. Poland's not allowed to retire yet." >> Any other questions or discussion? Are you good? >> Uh, I'm gonna have to line item to >> because of this really troublesome Lisa Cozy person. I know >> I'm not voting for her. I wouldn't >> I wouldn't if I were you. >> You probably have to. >> I'm not explaining. >> It's not separated. >> I think it's not separated. Right. >> Okay. >> So, >> we can do that, can't we? Isn't that a way to pull it out? >> Yeah. I can just specifically abstain to her, which is what my intention is doing.

054>> So, we are going to And where I'm sorry, where is she? >> Lisa Kzor. You guys somehow have been misled to allow her to potentially be head teacher, which for that I send you my prayers and wishes. >> Well, at this point, her roots are so deep it's impossible to get. So, we're gonna remove >> Okay. So, yes. So, we'll have a separate one for her. Okay. So, let's go ahead and We can vote on >> correct. >> Do we need to propose a motion to >> amend or can you >> Okay. >> Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Milin Dixon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. >> Okay. So now that would actually become 12. for the first part. Yes. So, so now

055we're on this cozy. >> We're doing her first. Yeah, she's becoming. >> So, we're in the big list, right? We're in the small list. >> Did we do discussion for the big list yet? >> Yes, because that's when you said she said she didn't like it. >> The big list. >> Yes. >> So, I need a second. Mrs. Cozy. >> No, I had a move. >> I had a question. >> Um, number three, Sammy Lightner. Is that for a specific student? Yeah. Okay, that was my question. Thank you. Genie, you were the first for the new 12 and you were the second for the new 12. >> Okay. Yep. I'm just making sure >> voting on 11. >> We're voting on the new >> Mr. Pearson >> abstain. >> Thank you. Mrs. >> Yes. Mrs.

056Craig. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. >> Lucky 13. >> Okay. >> I think my retirement was approved. Yes. >> You're good. You were on the >> I just want to make sure. >> Just want to make sure. that one out too. >> Mrs. Ortiz was trying to slip something in there somehow. I just didn't know what she was doing. >> Remember effective August, >> effective July 31. >> Okay. >> Are we good? >> Yes. Now we're at the new 13. >> Sure. The interim superintendent recommends the following administrator be hired on a three-year contract to be paid according to the adopted administrator's contract guidelines and subject to meeting certification requirements of the state of Ohio. >> Second >> discussion. >> Just so that the board is

057aware, this recommendation is coming from Dr. Lombardo, new superintendent that is incoming. I was not part of any interviewing or vetting process whatsoever. discussion. >> Mrs. Mrs. Craig, >> Mrs. Milik Dixon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz, yes. >> Mr. Pearson, >> yes. >> And Jennifer is here. Jennifer, you want to wave to the crowd and stand up? And >> there you go. Welcome aboard. >> Welcome to Geneva. >> When does she start? >> So, she will be joining us, I believe. June 26 tomorrow. >> No, not tomorrow. I'm ahead of myself. Probably will she come the 10 days prior to like August one? >> July 20. Okay. >> Um, so I have a little bit of an introduction I can read about her. Um, so Jennifer Chavei is Did I pronounce it right? >> Okay.

058As the next assistant superintendent of Geneva Area City Schools, Jennifer brings over 28 years of educational experience with a deep and demonstrated commitment to instructional excellence, curriculum development, and student centered leadership. Her experience includes extensive time in central office roles where she has led major district initiatives around curriculum audits, assessment, strategic planning, professional development, and program compliance aligned to uh department of education and workforce and Ohio revised code standards. In her current role as an associate principal and lead member of the district curriculum department at South High School, Jennifer has coordinated district-wide instructional initiatives, implemented professional learning communities, and served as both a college credit plus liazison and rise up program coordinator. Previously as curriculum coordinator for the Willoughby Eastlake Board of Education from 2016 through 2024, she oversaw testing, data analysis, and districtwide instructional

059alignment, building a reputation for collaborative leadership, transparency, and resultsdriven decisionmaking. College Credit Plus is a dual enrollment program in the state of Ohio that allows eligible students in grades 7 through 12 to earn college and high school credit simultaneously by taking courses from participating Ohio colleges and universities. As the CCP liaison, Jennifer collaborated with institutions of higher education to identify and develop opportunities for students to access college level coursework both on our district campus and at partner institutions. Jennifer ensured that all necessary memorandums of understanding orus of you as you've heard us refer to were in place and that budgetary requirements were met to support program implementation. In her role as the RiseUp coordinator, Jennifer oversaw the implementation of the RiseUp industry recognized credentiing program, which provides alternative graduation pathways for students who do not

060meet the state's required competency score of 684 on end of course exams and or are unable to demonstrate college or career readiness. Jennifer was responsible for training tutors and proctors on the RiseUp system, managing the program budget, and securing courseware and credentiing exam materials. Additionally, she monitored student progress toward credential attainment, and provided ongoing support to tutors and proctors to ensure student success. Jennifer is an accomplished educator and former science teacher with extensive experience teaching nth grade science, chemistry, physics, and AP physics. She was recognized as the Lake County Science Teacher of the Year in 2005, a testament to her excellence in science instruction and student engagement. In addition to her classroom success, she has served in multiple leadership roles, including principal and assistant principal where she led school improvement initiatives, mentored instructional staff, and

061cultivated strong partnerships between the school and community. She has consistently demonstrated a proven ability to support, develop, and empower administrators, contributing to sustained growth in leadership, capacity across the schools she has served. Above all, she leads with integrity, a strong moral compass, and unwavering student advocacy. Her deep understanding of systems work, curriculum, and instruction will complement our strategic goals, and help drive consistency and excellence across all levels of the district. I am confident that Jennifer will be a tremendous asset to our leadership team and a strong partner in our mission to ensure high quality learning experiences for every student here at Geneva Area City School District. Welcome, Jennifer. >> Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you, Madame President, Madame Vice President, members of the board, Mr. Riley, Dr. Lombardo. Thank you so much for

062entrusting me the opportunity to serve as your assistant superintendent. I am so um excited to be um working in a district where there's such a strong commitment to academic excellence and um community engagement and just the the the love of the legacy of being a Geneva Eagle. I think it's awesome. Um I would like to also thank my husband who's here tonight. Um, Friday marks our 33rd wedding anniversary and he has stuck with me through thick and thin and I appreciate that. Um, my three boys could not be here tonight. Um, they missed their mom a lot throughout my career, but they always were supportive and loving and caring and giving me encouragement along the way. I look forward to formulating relationships with all of you, the community, the students, the parents, uh the dedicated

063staff in um propelling the legacy that Geneva local schools has and also ensuring that we over we see through our our shared vision of what we want Geneva to be. Um together I know that we will ensure that Geneva Local Schools is continues to be one of the top schools in Northeast Ohio and we will ensure that we provide exceptional educational experience for every student and that every student leaves here with the skills that they need to be successful in whatever future plans that they have. Thank you so much. I'm so happy to be here. >> Thank you. Welcome. >> Thanks very much. [Applause] The interim superintendent recommends the following substitute rates for the 2025 2020 school 26 school year effective 7125. [Music] >> So moved. >> Second. Um, so discussion we, uh, Shel and

064I had met earlier in the month. The substitute teacher pay will be up to $140 a day, which will put us in line with Ashtabula. Um, and then do you want to talk a little bit about? >> Sure. So, on the Oopsy side, um, I don't think those rates have been updated in a while. The only place I saw them listed within the collective bargaining agreement which is not part of the collective bing agreement um the substitute rates um I know a substitute bus driver was at 15 something. So what we did is we tied it to experience zero or step zero on the scale. So every year those will increase you know as you know if there's a 3% increase which this does reflect um for the new school year um you know the

065rates will increase um with that. So every year we will board approve the new substitute rates because again it is not part of an agreement um but again this way it is in line with you know what someone walking through the door would make and a little bit more competitive. So we can get substitutes. Um, right now I think the highest substitutes we do have probably is cafeteria. Um, I know we have a very large problem getting um, educational assistance. So, I think increasing this rate and and especially the substitute bus drivers um, will help us. You know, it's almost a four and a half dollar increase for substitute bus drivers. So, >> where's the rest of the county for substitute teachers? You said we're now in line with Bula. Who else? Where's everybody else?

066>> Let me go to >> I can tell you um so we had called around. My question is where's >> we were at 125, right? You need to send it to me. I'm just um a tech was 110, Ashtabula 140, PV 110, Con 125, ESC 125, Buckeye 140. >> Okay, thank you. Yep. Let's go. >> Mrs. Craig, yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz, >> yes. >> Mr. Pearson, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Syki, >> yes. >> The interim superintendent recommends the following volunteer coaches for the 2025 2026 school year. So move >> second >> discussion. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Milican Dixon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz. Yes. >> Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Syolski. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> There we go. >> Okay. So,

067let's just start real quick. Um, you do have the financials for the month of May. I don't want to spend a lot of time on there because I have a lot this month. Um, but again, we are kind of right in line. Um, again, this was devised after we had in the May forecast. So, at the current time, we have a favorable impact of uh 553,000 based upon the revenue and expenditures. Um, so that's where we're at today. And I always talk before we take the motion. So, a motion. >> You're out of order. >> Second. >> Yeah, I second. That's fine. >> Are there any questions? >> Mrs. Ortiz? >> Mr. Pearson? Yes, Mrs. Syolski. >> Yes, Mrs. Craig. >> Yes, Mrs. Milikin Dixon. >> Yes. >> And I would just like to express

068our gratitude. So, we did receive two $1,000 donations to go towards the Mark Grace here I am scholarship from Mr. Shimsky and also from a Charles charitable donation. Just have you uh notice that um the treasurer recommends the approval of the closed resolution, a resolution direct the payment or reimbursement of penalties and interests assessed by the city of Geneva against affected employees of the Geneva Area City School District and to adopt a grievance settlement agreement. >> Second. >> So sh this is and I guess um >> so this should absolutely fix this. So my question though is going forward do we have it fixed? >> Correct. >> Again correct. So when this was brought to our attention so I think the also did an audit and they, you know, came across three individuals in the

069district who worked in city schools but did not have city tax withheld. Um, so >> because they lived in other >> this is actually just workplace tax. So this is if uh you know we had an employee who used to work at Austinberg where there is no city tax. So that is not taken out but then that individual moved over to either the high school or GPS or the middle school and city tax should be withheld and was not. So, the city is requesting um back payment for those for that tax. >> What year was that? >> Um we had two individuals that went back to 2012. Um and this person probably went back to 2018. Um, it's kind of funny that when we had the beginning of the year spiel, um, you know, when

070I came up here to introduce myself, I always stress you are, you know, please review your paycheck because you see one paycheck, our payroll department sees 400. >> Um, so this kind of is, you know, kind of a good thing. Um so we also found though as we did this audit is that there are also individuals who are paying city tax who don't either reside in the city which would be more of a residence tax or work in things. So um we did stop their withholdings and then I will work with them to get their refund from the city. So what this is stating though we had to make sure that paying the penalties and interest only is a proper purpose of dollars. So, we went through um legal, we went through the auditor of

071state to make sure that this is a proper purpose. It will cover this this um resolution will cover if anything would come up against us that we could use this um for this individual. Um it was about $1,000 of penalties and interest. Now, he did make payments. he has paid um his amount to the city and the other two are working with the city to get their amounts that are owed and then they can work out a payment plan with the city to repay the amount that they do owe for that. >> We're just paying the penalty. >> The penalty is in >> they're still going to pay their own tax. >> Correct. >> Yes. Any other questions discussion? >> Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Solowski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. Yes. >> Mrs.

072Milikin Dixon. Yes. And Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. The treasurer recommends the approval of the closed resolution establishing a capital project fund uh USS070 for the purpose of accumulating resources for the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed assets and authorizing special cost center wherein author also authorizing a termination benefits fund US 035 for the purpose of paying termination benefits or paying salaries when the number of pay periods exceed the usual and customary for a year and authorizing transfers for both of you. I need a motion in a second. >> Second. >> Okay. So, let's kind of >> words that I can understand >> touch base on this. >> So, um as you know with the budget bills, they are talking about a carryover amount that we can have in our general fund. So, what this does

073is kind of protects some of our money. Um so, we will create two funs. 070 which is a capital projects fund. Um and >> seems like a stadium. >> Correct. So I did you do have this resolution in your packet because it was missed. So kind of want to just touch base with um we do have the stadium project, right? So if we if the board decides to put money towards the stadium, it would come out of this fund, right? If we decide to do that. Also, I had um Mr. Bard and Mr. Olaf do a and I made it a six-year capital plan on on what we would take out of these funds. So, even though we're moving um a dollar amount in which we will discuss what we want to move um you

074know things that we will take out of the general fund that we won't pay for anymore would be like the school buses would come out of this 070 account. So, you know, that would come off the five-year forecast. Um you know, you can see on here there's paving if we did the roof repairs on here that would come out of this 070 account. out of the general fund. Um the replacement of Chromebooks. So you can see kind of, you know, the plan that they have of things that we need. Um a wish list, urgent, somewhat urgent. Um so, you know, we were kind of talking and I had talked to Mrs. Craig about this on on how much money we wanted to move out of the general fund um to get us within the guidelines.

075Now, um what was just passed by the budget bill this afternoon is they are kind of talking and I did you guys all have a copy of this right now. Um as a 40% carryover with the um ability to set aside funding for permanent improvements by October 15th. That's actually what we're doing today. Um so we're going to move some of that money to cover these permanent improvements. um it is determined at if this money is not used within 10 years that some of it can be moved back over to the general fund. Also in this is um creating a termin termination benefits account. This is a 035. So what is paid out of there mostly is severance. So when someone does retire um they do get a quarter of their sick days paid out

076to them at their current daily rate. Um >> that's in the CBA. Correct. >> That is in the CBA also. which I have not seen in a CBA um that we do have in our CBA. If someone would leave here today who has been here for 15 years, they can also get that same 25% of their sick days paid out to them. They would lose them all. They wouldn't transfer to their new, you know, position. But normally, um, you know, if someone would leave here today with 15 years, we would just send their sick days with them. But again, in our um CBA, we do have the option where they can get paid out on those on those sick days if they have been employed with the district for 15 years. So, I know we

077have a few people who um are resigning that we board approved today that actually have been here for 15 years and both of them are leading the teaching world. >> So, they both >> 320 here, correct? >> Yes. 25% >> 25% of those and again you know I'm not saying that they're all that 320 days but >> but still so instead of coming out of the general fund this does um put aside that money as a startup um and again we can decide on an amount so what I think we had talked about was um I just make sure yeah 500,000 into that um 035 account and seven and a half million correct >> into the 070 account. >> So we're talking about separating money out of the general fund, >> correct? >> So that

078it avoids this 40% car carryover >> because if we are above the 40% carryover, they can reduce the amount that the tax correct. So that's Okay. I mean, obviously it's okay. >> I mean, we're using Yes. Correct. I mean, it's still being used for >> this what other districts are doing. >> It's used for the same thing. It's just coming out of a different pot of money. Correct. >> Right. So, >> so that it doesn't apply to the 40%. >> Correct. >> Yes. Everyone is doing this. >> Okay. >> This is money that's already been paid. Yes. that's going to permanent improvements that taxpayers have invested their hard-earned time and money into for the past however long. In fact, if you remember, as much as I criticized this building board office, that money was probably

07916 years old. We had held on to it fiduciary duty. People paid their taxes in 2006 to 2008 and we used it in 2021. So, that's really really what we're doing. This doesn't go forward and cap money and keep you know increase or decrease or unvoted change to taxes. But what Shelley and President Craig have done here is a really good idea with the language that we have because we have until that October date to use that money that we have now. If not, it gets thrown back into the state and it can become everyone else's. That's money that we collected here. So that's this is a really intelligent way to do this. >> Okay, good. Thank you. >> Remember that this 070 or permanent improvement, these are things that would last longer than five

080years in the district. So you know use it for salaries or things of that nature. So, it's pretty specific as to what you can spend those funds on >> and it stays in that fund until it's used for that purpose or after 10 years. >> Correct. Correct. >> And and we can if it gets low. Yes. And I can I can apply the interest and and I know even in the resolution it states so we can give both of those a portion of the interest from the general fund. Um and then also we can make additional deposits transfers into those accounts if they you know start to get low as we're using them. >> So what amounts are you recommending? >> So we had talked about what 7 and a half million on the capital

081improvements >> and uh 500,000 on the termination benefits account. >> So termination benefits reach up that high. I mean that number would be $500,000. 320 days. >> Okay, Jamie. >> Right. So, if you have a teacher, right, who has been here, um, so let's just make a quick calculation. >> I don't know. I can't do it. >> So, if we have a teacher question because they're questions people will >> Yeah. If you have a teacher here making 80,000, right? >> And you divide that by 183 days. So, that's $437 a day. >> A day. >> That's their per, right? So, if you take 320, divide it by four, it's 80 days, right? >> Right. go around the world. >> So that's almost $35,000 for one person. >> Oh, >> right. >> That's a nice check

082to get from Geneva school, >> right? Well, it does go into a 403b. >> It's Yeah, >> it is going Yeah. For for certified Yes, for certified employees, it does go. >> Okay. So, that >> like I said, and because the fact that we have the caveat of the 15 years >> um >> those people also, >> they're also entitled to, you know, funds So we >> number you did how many years? >> So it's either you retire. So like >> you did how many calculations? >> How many years did you start? >> I just did a salary. $8,000 teacher. >> And at what level is that teacher? How many is that? >> That's pretty high. That's >> probably about That's probably about 26 27 years. >> Yeah. >> Okay. That's okay. >> Right. So

083when they retire, >> so someone half that experienced, >> right? Yes. Their daily rate would be lower. Correct. >> Correct. >> I mean, it depends on how many sick days they have. >> Yeah. There's a lot that goes into that. Like the CD8, you've got steps and columns and it depends on what that teacher's like all those things. So I mean it could it could be a little bit higher than that even if they have less years just depending on what they've done for you. But >> said that was just a rough estimate of >> of that and like you know again because we do have that that 15 years um because every school is different sometimes you know you have to be at a district so long >> to retire to get se you

084know right now this is what you know I'm trying to cover what our CBA currently has. >> Okay. >> So if you move this$8 million where does that put us at the 40%. >> So that's a good question. I have that answer somewhere in my >> Okay. So, and so a few things, right? So, when they take this, so we had gotten an email early this morning on what line of the forecast they're going to look at to take the 40%. >> So, this year, you know, it would be a higher number because when I put these transfers in of you know the seven and a half million and actually I think I did think I so um with the transfers and with the advance that we're going to do for the um the lunchroom

085that I you know didn't think we had to do until now and my advance that I thought we were going to transfer for athletics and band was 118,000 it is going to be more than that you'll see um So we are currently with the transfer I'm at about 32% carryover. >> We are carrying 32. So we're under >> Oh no no no we were at that that's with the transfer. >> That's with these two funds. >> Correct. We were currently at 69%. >> We're at 69%. Is that what you said? >> 271. Let's just say 13,000US that we already accounted for. So that's 14. We're going to be at 10 or sorry 14. We're going to let me go back to the 35. So that's our expenditures, right? So my beginning balance here. Give me

086a second. Let's go back. But >> so where did you come up with the third? I'm sorry. Keep going. Let's do this. Let me do this. Let me do this. So, right now on the forecast, our ending balance is going to be 18 million 827 518US 8 millionUS. And then I said our transfers are So our ending balance is going to be about $10.7 million. So we are at 10.7 but our expenditures let's go back 27 274. So our expenditures are 35 million times.4. So we could have a carrier balance of 14 million or so. We are taking that that would be 40%. We're taking that today. >> That's my question. At what point in our fiscal year >> do we have to be measured for the 40%. >> At the end of the fiscal

087year on June 30th, right? So that's why I kind of took the forecast. So, um, again, now that's higher this year. Now, next year we're not going to have as high of expenditures because what it's going to do is going to lift your expenditures per year because we're not going to have that transfer of 8 million. So, even though we might be lower this year, you know, if we take our balance down a little bit lower. Now, again, if you don't feel comfortable, we could take to 7 million, you know. >> Right. I'm just sitting here because we had that. Yes. Because we did a 50% carryover, >> correct? >> Right. >> Originally, We did this >> and then we found out at 602 it was >> yes >> 602 tonight it was a 40%

088area not knowing where they were going to land >> correct that's when we when we were jamming this out we didn't know like literally we found out at 602 tonight it was a 40% >> but it's probably going to be 40%. So, you know, we can if you know we can obvious >> I think so too, >> you know. So, this way >> I agree. Right. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Again, we're not losing it. It's just putting it aside. Um >> Well, we're going to need buses every year. >> Correct. >> Right. So, >> it's going to go to Yeah. >> And I'm sure once this budget bill is finalized with everything, we will have a revised forecast. Not wait. November and they've changed the forecast dates anyways. Um so we will have a

089revise and it will show the uh the transfers because again you know I didn't want to account for this in May when I presented the forecast if we didn't you know hadn't passed this resolution to show that what if >> um we transfer this $8 million out and then again we didn't have I had the did not have the known of the additional,000 for service. So the resolution again there's a few highlighted items there would be 7.5 million to the capital project funds um and then again there's interest in there and then we'll do the 500,000 um to the termination benefits. Okay, thank you for explaining that to me. Are we good? >> We are good. >> How are we? Does anybody have any other questions? Any other clarification? >> No, but I love this

090list. >> I know. >> I'm all about the color coding in the grass. >> It's lovely. appeals to my you know how I love a good chart. >> That was actually the the guys who you know have worked on that. So >> Mr. Mr. So any other discussion on this? >> I think we're good. >> Okay. >> Mrs. Cyolski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig. Yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz. Yes. >> And Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> Okay. Now, now what did I do? Look at me. Um, the treasur recommends the approval of the advances and transfers between funds and the authorization of such transfers needed within funds to clear all deficit balances and to establish final June 30th appropriation amounts to comply with the requirements of the high revised code.

091>> Second. >> Okay. So this is what we are going to just well so those those are separate those are already part of the transfer. So we will need the 1053010 01 for the lunchroom. So that's in advance because again once that money is received I will transfer it back to the general fund. What we do have is the the um the normal say not usual um negative fund balances in the band account and in the athletic account. So we have finished uh with all the expenditures for the fiscal year in those two accounts. So the band amount transfer is $5,814.13. the athletics um was $124,31563. So um that will put both of those accounts in the positive. Yes, those will zero those two accounts. So the 300 does have um additional uh special cost

092centers for fundraising athletic accounts and but again we have to look at the um actual supported >> athletic fund. >> Mrs. Craig, yes. >> Mrs. Milican Dixon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz, Mr. Pearson, yes. Mrs. Syki, >> yes. >> Okay. Number five. The treasurer recommends the adoption of the appropriations as presented for fiscal year 2425 to be considered permanent appropriations upon receipt of the certificate of the auditor. That the Appropriations from each fund do not exceed the official estimated the official estimate of resources. General fund appropriations are considered to be approved at the second digit of function and the first digit of object and all other appropriations are approved by fund. So you will see second now discussion. >> Um on my permanent appropriations I have not broken it down. That'll get sent over uh

093when I update the permanent appropriations. You do have a onepage adjustment sheet um that is in your packet that I gave you. Um so in um January, we did two adjustments already. Uh we increased the appropriations to our permanent improvement account and also uh the network connectivity account because it was not accounted for uh in the permanent appropriations in the fall. And then you know the ones that we're talking about today is um the appropriations I'm sorry adjustment for the general fund of seven and a half million dollars. Um we did have enough of the 500,000 to cover that of the appropriations um from the original. So we are good there. Um and then we have two adjustments in this O7 account that not enough was appropriated in that account and it's just based on

094spending. So those are the only other two adjustments that I am requesting and then the revised amount it will be the amount of the permanent appropriations for the fiscal year. Are there any other questions? Just a bunch of numbers there for you. But >> um basically the certificate of estimated resources will come. So that is basically certifying all of our revenues. That's kind of what we approved with the budget. So that was approved, you know, last February. I think we received that for this fiscal year. Um and then If we get any extra monies, we would adjust that. The only thing that I did send to the county auditor was uh this 451 account, this network connectivity. Uh when Mr. Lily had made the budget last year for this fiscal year, he did not include

095that uh that grant money that we do get. And so the expenditure was also not allocated. So we are increasing the u estimated resources by the 10,000. And then obviously I need the authority to spend that 10,000. Just so you know, that's where that came from. Question. >> Mrs. Milick Dixon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz. Yes. Mr. Pearson. Yes. >> Mrs. Syolski. Yes. And Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> Okay. Next one. The treasurer recommends the 2025 2026 fiscal year temporary appropriations effective July 1, 2025. So you do have a handout on that also. Um >> thank you. >> Second. >> Thank you for putting >> I know. Okay. So two things. Um so I do have a summary page and I also do have it on how uh with the one digit let's just say

096how is it is the second digit function, first digit object um for the general fund. So, normally there's two ways you can do temporary appropriations. Uh you can do just a percentage of what you think your appropriations will be, which I think sometimes Mr. Lily did, he did like maybe 50%. Um with the new software, I can actually take like if you look at general fund, the $30 million, that is actually um the amount that is on the forecast. So what that does is it kind of breaks it down and puts it um based upon where the expenditures were this year. It does break it down for next year. Um I updated the bond retirement number. That is actually the amount um that we will pay this year. And then everything else right now is

097a estimate of what we think um our expenditures will be in each of the other accounts. This will be updated. So once um when we do close the fiscal year, we will send our ending balances to the county. They will give us a new estimated uh certificate of estimated resources. So in case you know we say um you know um we're getting more in title one this year. So right now in February I thought we would get 800,000 in title one. I think we just got our title one allowance which we're going to approve and it's 818,000. Um so I will probably increase the estimated resources so that way we can increase the expenditures um of what we uh are paying. So there will be more with these temporary appropriations that will come in September.

098>> The 10,000 on our miscellaneous state grants. Is that the 10 you were just talking about? >> No, actually the 451 that's the data communications that was missed last year. >> Okay. >> Um so that's that 10,000. miscellaneous state grants might be um trying to think of what grants are in there and I apologize but yes so again these numbers will be updated when we you know especially after we get all of our federal funds you'll see in number seven we only did receive one allocation so far so this gives us authority to start spending as of July one >> any other questions Okay. Mrs. Ortiz, yes. Mr. Pearson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Craig, yes. >> And Mrs. Milix, >> yes. >> Um, the treasur recommends the following fund to be appropriated according to

099the adopted budget. >> So, second. >> Okay. So, right now, um, as of I think Friday, we only have received our allocation for title one funding. Um, they have not sent us out. They are switching the systems over. Um we used to have a module called CCIP. Uh it is now going to a what is that called? One >> one plan. So even putting the budget in uh for this one count is a little bit different. So I know Mr. Riley and Mrs. Bzenko um who we're working on our federal fundings. We are in the process of submitting that. Technically all your grant funds are supposed to be submitted by June 30th for a um I can't think of the word so that we can start spending it as of 71. Again, I don't know

100if the state is going to allocate the rest of the funds to us before June 30th in the first place. So, obviously as those go. So, next month we will have the additional um title funds um funds, early childhood fund Any other questions? >> Mr. Pearson? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Syolski? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig? Yes. >> Mrs. Milan Dixon? Yes. >> And Mrs. Ortiz? >> Yes. Okay. Number eight. The treasurer recommends the board sus suspend the director's administrators supervisor central officers office staff contract guidelines for the 2526 contract year and only approve a 3% increase on base for the 2526 year including the new administrative salary schedule before the application of factors for the administrative director's supervisor central office staff effective July 1 second. >> Okay. So, this 3% does align with both of

101what the both CBAs did receive a 3% increase this year. Um, I will be working with Mr. Lombardo when he comes on updating the administrative salary guideline booklet um so that it is not nearly as confusing um with formulas that Mr. uh Lily had put into place with the percentage of revenues with I mean so um again we have based this off of just again the 3% increase of what the administrators were non bargaining was receiving today >> correct yes it matches what the CBA's >> shel how are we on cleaning up that administrative um >> that's what we're saying right so this is I mean yeah this is so we do yes so like you know going forward we do have um for new people coming in you know the guidelines but I think

102you know in looking at it with Mr. to you know there's no breakdown of it's just a daily rate for the first actually there's nothing for the first five years right so six to 10 and then 10 you know so there's no additional rate for if you have a mast's it's kind of built in so everyone's getting the same rate you know if you have a doctorate it's no different than if you had a masters if you had a bachelor's so you know I think you know looking forward you know that daily rate would be reduced to a point because we'll just have a salary and then probably have some additives with it based upon you know >> we're gonna try to make this priority >> yes >> thanks for everyone for spearheading this because

103it's it was no simple matter we have existing contracts in place existing in place or the equivalent thereof for administrators we have a new superintendent coming on board is converting a lot of paper to digital this was an extremely complicated task and it was very quickly. So, thank you all. >> Yeah. So, we will, you know, continue working on this um going forward, but again, because it was not totally completed to where I was satisfactory with it, at least everyone would get that same 3% increase. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig, >> yes. >> Mrs. Milikin Dixon, yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz, yes. >> And Mr. Pearson, >> yes. >> Okay. Number nine, the treasur recommends the board approve the disposal of the attached list of assets

104as they are of no longer use to the district. Some items will be traded in or sold at a public auction using public ser. >> I think the list was in the board packet. >> Yes. >> Correct. >> Are there any questions on that? >> Okay, Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> M. Dixon. Yes. >> Mrs. Ortiz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pearson. Yes. And Mrs. >> Yes. All right. Athletic facility discussion. Big sign. >> Are we ready? So, at this point, we need to, as we talked about moving funds earlier, we need to So, I'm going to give my little spiel as to what I feel like this whole process should look like. Um, the kindergarten teacher and me always I have to have a visual of what I think things should appear like because I

105think we all move ahead and a similar idea, but I see it definitely as like a triangle. And I know we've heard we've spoken to community members. Um, and we we have a lot of interest from businesses and individuals in the community that want to contribute to this facility. Um, a little history. We currently are using Spire for those of you that you know, I know most of you are here every month, but um, our agreement with them expires in 2027. Um, if we are to continue using that facility, we will have to enter into another agreement with them to use those facilities, which I suspect will not probably be very amicable. Um, it'll it'll probably be a tough cell for both of us. Um, but we're so we're moving forward with a plan of

106building our own facility right here on property for our athletes. And it's a long time coming, but we know that we have businesses and community members and alumni who are very interested in being um financially uh present in that process. So what I envision this looking like is our district's contribution establishing a foundation of sorts where we can have contributions made from the community perhaps businesses um those that you know alumni boosters supporters um and then we're going to have to have a portion of that from the community. So last month our meeting so late in June that I feel like it's been a longer time than that. But last month >> um we had Russell here from GPD and he presented what our facility would what the vision was that we've come up with.

107We have met as um our athletic facility planning committee. We've thrown all kinds of ideas out there what we wanted, what we didn't like, what we thought we had to have, what we um couldn't live without. You know, we we basically threw it all together. And so at point we came up with lots of in between. I won't bore everybody with the details, but we've come up with four options that offer um some different pieces and parts and then the price tag that goes with them. So, I will I will lean that over to you and then I can jump in. >> So, um option one and you know just do a quick recap, right? So, action one um option consisted of a disc golf course with new water and electric utilities for the baseball

108and softball. So that would include restrooms. Um some additional parking. Uh four practice fields for um soccer pickle ball courts for the community. Um new public restrooms, locker rooms, weight room, concession stands, and storage. It's a 8,000 foot building. It includes a storage building. It includes a new football stadium with 4,500 seating, an eight lane track, artificial field striped for football and soccer. It includes a band pavilion, a new press box, um a band shell, and a new lighting and sound system. So, that is the option that we have started off with, right? Um, we just have a quick conversation with maybe adding in in option one resurfacing of uh the middle school tennis courts just so we are covering all the additional um all the sports that you know that we utilize. Uh the

109cost to resurface the tennis courts was only $148,000. Um shouldn't say only but it is only that. So option one, right, the the bare minimum that the district would start off with had a price tag of uh 15,957,66. Again, we would add the $150,000 in. So we're talking probably 16,50,000. So what that means to the taxpayers is um we would put a a levy on uh for 1.87 mills and it would cost the taxpayer $65 per $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value. So if you go on the auditor's website, you bring up your house, you could look at what it is, what again, we made sure we put in the word the appraised value so you could find out what number we're talking about. So um if it is a $300,000 house and it's

110$65 per 000, you know, it's three times that $65. So, we kind of talked about those different options. We also in there talked about being able to reduce the mill of the current bond issuance that we have. Now, again, that would be reflected on the ballot language. That would be something that I would work with the county auditor to reduce it almost by a full mill. Um, because we have collected we have I think this is paid off in 2030. Um, So we can reduce that mill until it falls off by one. Right now this is at collecting on the um on the building on the building for these new buildings. We could reduce that to increase it by the 1.87s. So again would not have as much of an impact that 1.87 would only

111actually technically you would feel it as only 87. Um so that's something we talked about. Let's just talk about option two. Option two would go up to 20.5 million. Um, let me just see that. I think the only thing that increased there was the uh the public rest I'm sorry, the public restroom, locker room, wait room, concessions, and storage was going from 8,000 square feet to 16,500, right? So, it's going to double the size of that building. Um, option three went up to 22.8 million. Um, actually did make a soccer venue with um artificial turf, right? Seating. Yes. So, included seating, a press box, and artificial turf on one of the soccer fields or one of the four practice fields. So, that way they could have their own um games there at the same time

112if there was something that else that needed to use the stadium. >> Yep. That's a large If you look at the breakdown of um the original cost on how much that concrete building is crazy. >> So option building >> option four increased >> administrative building >> well and you know that was built two years ago as compared to two years ago. >> So um option four increased about 800,000 and I think we added some extra parking. I the additional >> Yeah, it's the parking right there in the corner. >> Yeah. >> So again, you know, we're talking about um at the lowest option of going to taxpayers for 1.87 mills, which is about again $65 per $100,000. At the larger end, um, at all the bells and whistles, there's a 2.76 mil levy, which will

113cost the taxpayer $97 per $100,000 a year. So, if you have a $300,000 um home, it's going to cost you about $300. But again, if we reduce it, it would only cost you $200. All the bells and whistles >> A year. A year. Again, for 30 years. And again, we can tweak that a little bit. So um you know to take off five years the taxpayer is paying $8 per more $100,000 but we're taking off five years of it. So I guess you know we have to kind of decide on that also if we decide to put a portion towards you know um the facility. So if it's taking option one and we're putting you know some money towards it a few million or whatever the board decides or is it we're going to go

114with option one and the board's going to cover you know some of the the things in option two with with their contribution. So that's kind of you know what we kind of have to decide tonight because we get to the point we're on a time constraint. So if we do want to put this on the ballot in November there's two things. So, I did get it from our legal. So, if the district wants to issue more than $13.5 million in bonds, we have to do a a request of state consent and submit part one state consent application by July 7th, which would include a resolution of necessity and a resolution authorizing state consent >> to go on the November ballot. If the amount is less than the 135, then we just have the normal two

115resolution deadlines by August 6th. So, um, so most likely we'll have a special meeting, you know, if we decide to go forward and put this on the ballot >> just to get these two resolutions because again, there are two resolutions needed by August 6th to um, submit to the board of elections. We have to do one resolution. They send it to the county auditor. We get back certific. >> So what happens to these numbers if we use the $8 million that we just decided to put in a fund for this >> for $7 million, >> right? So you know I would not put all the money, you know, I would not Right. Of course not all. >> Right. But you know we did you know >> even two >> we even talked about >> I

116mean we have a question I think we have a responsibility to spend some of the money we already have. >> Oh sure I agree. So >> so like you know we had talked to >> if we did option two and the board paid the difference between option one and option two and went to the levy or went to the taxpayers and asked for option one pricing. >> Buy option two but only ask the option. >> So let's see. Actually, it's 4.5 million. >> The difference is 4.5 million >> between option one and option two. And even if we do say option two, then we're still talking about continuing to improve it and add on to it as the years go on, right? We're not going to settle for option two. We're going to start thinking

117most fiscally responsible option. while also providing services to the taxpayers that had paid this money already. >> Yeah. >> If this was like you're saying give us this money now or we were like you've just given this this money, we'll move it over. >> But I think at least what I've heard and share you know your guys's thoughts too. >> I hear an overwhelming testament of what services do I get for for my money, which is a fair question from >> Yeah. And I think that putting a place here where people can go walk and play and enjoy after school that isn't necessarily, you know, one of the various bars or a seasonal, you know, vacation area. I love I love what we have in this area, don't get me wrong, but I've walked the

118lodge trail like five trillion times and it can't be the only other place that we have for that. >> As well as give our students a place to train. I mean, I'm pretty sure when our athletes were training for track. Spire had events that barred them from using those facilities that are the equivalent of where they were going to compete. And so we had to find alternatives that included paying for for transportation. And sure, I get it's not a lot, but when you look at we're going to fund this over 15, 30 years and you take that amount times by 30 years, it becomes a very significant. Plus, our kids don't deserve that. Kids need services. You guys have held out I think you guys >> we all agree that we're done with fire. >>

119Yeah. And and I think Oh, yeah. No, for sure. But I'm saying like I think that going with option two and then offsetting it for the taxpayer is it's a good idea. >> Yeah, I agree. >> Shelley, when did you say our current >> So that one uh our last payment on that bond is in 2030. So um again so this year is we're collecting three mills on the missions right. So we would be able to reduce it to two mills for one two three four five years before it falls off. So if that was the case and we did you know the 1.87 mills the only effect that the taxpayer would feel for five years >> for five years and then so um so basically today let's just say this right today the PI

120um levy fell off last year so when that fell off we are currently between the bond issuance and with the bond issuance we have an 034 maintenance account that is.33 mills that we're collecting that goes along with OFC project. Um so right now the the taxpayer on these issuance is 3.33 mills right so what we are proposing right reduce it by one add >> so then what's the net >> so it's gonna go from the taxpayers >> correct right and I I you know I can get that number I don't have that quite yet >> so So there's still an increase but not as drastic of >> I mean together the two I want to know the number for what the household is going to pay >> but the difference but the difference between option

121two and option three is literally at that rate going to be about nine bucks a year >> I know I I'm not saying that I just want >> I know my my concern is going back and asking again that's what I'm afraid But with the foundation money, do you think you could get Yeah, I know. I'm just >> to cover option three, you know, as we >> I just don't want to make a mistake. >> Remind us. >> Option three added >> added added the one soccer field would become more of a stadium. Correct. >> Yeah. >> So here's option. So option Yeah. So, yeah, you brought that up. >> Well, we could keep growing that foundation fund. >> I know. >> Until we have the money for option three. That's what I mean. I

122know. I know. I hear what you're saying. I'm not discounting that. I'm just so >> I think if we have >> the voters will help us build the stadium. >> I think they will. >> They know we need it. They know we want it. It's what's best for our students. And that's the bottom line. >> Well, doesn't it make sense to start with option one because that to double that building. I mean, if you do it after the fact, it's going to be twice as much or three times as much. >> But I think >> it's definitely between the two and three. I just >> I like option two for now because we can build it out and our soccer players are still going to have an expansive increase to >> even though it sucks

123that they're not getting >> well they can play on the >> correct the stadium will be >> that would just be a separate avenue. The reason I like option two is it provides facilities for the band. It provides better athletic facilities that it is not just an intramural piece of athletic wear. It's arts. It's graduation. It is events. It is community events. It is the band. It is so much better to be practicing on turf under lights in a controlled environment than the mosquito infested side that we have now. It's horrible. I see nodding their Thursday nights are despicable in the summer in that aspect. And like I know it seems stupid and menial, but >> No, it doesn't. I'm not I don't mean it. I hope it's not. >> No, I'm saying for me

124when I'm talking about millions of your dollars, like it freaks I think it freaks all of us. >> No, it does. I get it. I'm not. >> We were over there at one point and then it's like, "Hey, we're gonna move$7 million into a fund today and you're like, is that the right is that the right thing to do?" And I hear you. And so it's stressful. So I'm just This is a disclaimer for me. you guys. I'm kind of stupid. I don't mess this up. >> I just I think it it starts with the most services at the best fiscal position. And >> yeah, I agree with that. >> Yeah. >> And let us know, you know, our emails. We'll see you on my phone number. Let me know what you think. >> But

125yeah, that's that's where I want to go. >> We haven't got any mean emails in a while. So if you guys want to follow there's a few things, right? So I We need to figure out first of all as a board are we putting this on the November ballot, >> right? That's the most important. >> Yeah, I think that it's in our best interest. >> Yeah. >> Well, no, I don't think I just I don't think we can vote on anything quite yet. I just want to so we know I know where we're moving forward. >> We should be in a position to if we need to have the special sessions to meet that earlier deadline to make it easier on you and to have the community conversation. I think that would be I don't

126know what my colleagues think, but I think it would be best for administrators working on this to at least be ready and if we don't have to do that. >> Yes. November. >> Okay. >> You sure we don't have a vote on there? >> So, well, let's just I just want to get all this written down and then if you want to vote on everything, right? >> Feel like we need a motion. >> Yes. >> So, so I guess we want to So, first of all, I guess what option Are we going to the taxpayers with like I guess >> we have to know how right okay so let's so let's start with option right >> what's the board going to contribute because that that needs to be decided first before we >> decide that

127what option >> doesn't that change all those numbers >> it will change yes >> will change yes >> yes yes >> because you know if we go with option two if that's $20 million and we say the board's going to give you know three and a half million or whatever they want you know towards it. >> The fund we just allocated >> covers I wrote it down >> but that has to you know cover some of these capital improvements. >> So what if we did >> because we don't have our correct >> so would we be proposing an option tonight? I'm writing out a motion. Like I'm doing hooked on here >> told you I listen to you. >> Motion to propose option two with an offset of $4.5 million >> taking into consideration a

128potential reduction of 1 mil. >> Would that be >> Well, I don't want to put that 1 mil in the writing. >> Perfect. >> Because it will not be included on the ballot lang. >> I was just gonna say we we can't interact. >> I told you I'm stupid. talk >> we all know different things. >> So option two contributing the difference between option one and option. Does that make sense? >> I see what you're saying. I see what she's saying. The diff we're contributing the difference between >> option one and option two. >> That's what I'm trying to do. That's perfect is trying to make it so it's a potential or movable amount. >> Yeah. >> So first of all I want to make Or do we want to add in the resurfacing of

129the tennis courts of 147 >> last? >> Um I want to say >> it's been five years. >> I want to say 26 27 years. >> They do it every year every couple years. >> This is a full on >> this is completely this is like taking everything. I still think we should move it by the way. >> No, I >> that surface is never going to be good as long as that's where the test >> the only I came up with I talked to I asked Jen Crosley. That's how I know and she said the last time it had been done like where they removed everything and did it from the ground up. It's been that long. But yes, but that just being sealed over and repainted. Yes, multiple times, I'm sure. >> Why

130can't we include it in this neighborhood >> with our with our facility? That's where >> that's where it's built right now. >> I know it's terrible. But again, that's why it's there. >> Terrible. Um, >> I get that, but that's something we could also add on if you're wanting to add on pieces of through foundation funds. That's one of those things. And I think that's something we need to work with our >> boosters and alumni and those types of we could use that to push out for donations and things of that nature as well. My point is we're going to do the complete resurfacing which is how much more is it just move it >> to a better location that won't be so wet and won't be so >> And I don't know if this

131necessarily is I mean I didn't say I >> oh now you're wondering what they gave you the cost for if this is just I >> can we have all that separate does that have to be part of this >> we want to roll it into option or is it part of >> right? >> We could do that as a permanent improvement. That's a great minimal needs to be separated. >> So we could keep we could just keep this separate for now and discuss this >> and then we can dig a little deeper and see what we Okay. So let's go back. So let's look at let me get this exact dollar amount between the two. Okay. So, the difference between the two is 4 million 585,624. >> Look at me. I was so close. So

132Shel, if we happen to get a large, let's say we get a large donation market facility. Um, we can't pay down with that, right? Probably not right away. Correct. So that's where you would make the found, you know, like and that's where you could use that money to to start on options >> and four, you know, and put those improvements to that. >> We might be able and we can sit next to each other. I know, right? We'll need to have a chair named after us. >> No, I was just thinking >> if we went out and tried to secure some additional funding that either that rolls into >> I like I like calling it phases better than options. >> Yeah. >> I don't feel like choosing option two eliminates options three and four. And

133that's maybe just semantics to me, but we don't have to choose. We choose where we start and we go from there. >> This is just which option we're choosing >> to the starting point >> to go tax, right? >> Okay. So, what do we want to do then if the difference is essentially 4.6 between one and two? >> Thoughts? So, >> so the 1.8,000. >> So, here's the thing, too, right? So, we have I mean, do we want to push this out 30 years? Do we want to push it out 29? So, you know, it's $2 more a year for 29 years. So if you have, you know, $100,000 home, right? So it's, let's just say it's $67 a year. 67 times 29, right? This is 1493. 1943. And then if we did $65 at

134$30 a year, it's 1950. So it's going to save the going to save the tax payer $7 >> overall year. >> No, total >> total >> for the year if they have a $100,000 home, right? Let's just say so if you have a $300 home, it's going to save you $21 >> over 29 years. >> 29 years. >> That's fervation. >> And then just 1825. What's the lipan of the stadium? >> Well, everything's different than >> some of it. >> There's things need >> we'll do better with those plans. We've been doing better with our maintenance for our new buildings that we already have. We're on that we're on that right track with that >> because a new stadium is going to requ >> maintenance costs because we're not going to be sharing the 10

13512 different activities. >> It's going to alleviate some of that stress more. >> So that would be a more fiscally responsible option in that sense as well. >> So let's do it. The board is choosing to proceed with option or whatever >> number two with the board contribution of the difference between option one and option two of 4,585,624,000. >> No sense. >> Makes no sense. with >> right with 30 years repayment. >> That repayment >> always did. >> Yes. Yes, he did. >> Shel could attest to that. >> Correct. Me too. >> $500. $499 >> with a 30-year repayment, right? Um so it will kind of look then what option one looks like to the taxpayer. So we will go to the taxpayers with option number the cost for option number >> right >> one

136>> right picture >> all right we're ready let's go >> to call your mom tell you >> make sure you put the uh the minimum years repayment on 30 resolution. >> So motion to propose option two. >> That's where I'm at. >> Motion to propose >> original motion to propose option two with 4.5 million offset. >> So motion to propose option two with offset >> with a board contribution >> board contributions >> 4,585,624 So yes, >> that full number again 4,585,000585624 >> and0 >> correct >> and to go to the taxpayers in the amount of in the amount of >> 15 million >> 957 >> no sense >> for 30 years. >> And that's a period after that, right? >> I think so. >> Perfect. >> And you're going to send me a snapshot. >>

137So, we have a motion to propose option two with a board contribution of 4,585,624. to go to the taxpayers in the amount of 15,957,000 for 30 years. >> Do we put estimated before any of those numbers? >> That's not going to be the exact number, is it? I think for right now you don't have to motion the motion. >> I'll second I'll make the motion Any other discussion? Are we good? Roll call. Mrs. Craig. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Milik Dixon. Yes. Mrs. Ortiz. >> Mr. Pearson. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. >> Yes. >> So, just so you know, I will contact legal tomorrow and find out when again we'll have that resolution that will be needed um prior to the 7th. The fourth is a holiday. So hopefully you guys have time for a quick

138meeting Monday through Thursday of next week. >> I'm out of town. >> Yeah. Monday or Tuesday or Thursday >> for next week. >> July Tuesday after 6:00. You can't make it Wednesday, >> not at night. Wednesday I could do first thing in the morning. >> What time in the morning? >> I could do seven. >> I can do seven. You're killing me. >> 45 minute drive. Come on. >> Are we talking about Tuesday the first? >> No. Wednesday the second. >> Wednesday the second 7 a.m. >> Santa's coming. >> All right. >> 7 a.m. >> So I will I will give that date and time to um Catherine. make sure she gets us that resolution. So I will email them both both Mr. Ghart at GPD and Catherine tomorrow morning first thing and let them

139know how we are proceeding and I will also let >> so July >> Y >> and I'll make sure that's feasible for her. We discussed >> okay >> legislative report. >> I'm going to keep it short. Well, I'm just going to talk about local people today. So, uh we're monitoring 131 active bills. >> I'm going to summarize them all. >> Um we're going to start with monitoring. Uh I'm looking at uh it looks like uh we have uh House Bill 43 is going to try to wave the required minimum instructional hours for Ashville Lakeside High School. Um and that is because of the unfortunate situation that occurred. We saw this introduced a few months ago, so you probably have heard about it. Obviously, we're looking at it becoming a proposed vote soon. Um I'm actually

140really happy with how our local elected officials have moved on that. It's good to see it and I we're wishing everyone at Lakeside well. Um next HB129. This falls back in line with you're going to hear me talk about a few bills with funding. Um I think 335 is what everyone's talking about. This kind of ties into that. Um this is by David Thomas. It's going to limit the ability of school districts to reallocate unvoted property tax millage and to include certain property and school district income taxes in the calculation of their uh right now we call it a 20 mil floor. Um they've chose the language here the school district's effective millage floor. Um, we also have House Bill 154. Uh, this requires school district approval of residential community reinvestment property tax exemptions. This

141is actually kind of great for us because we've gotten really burned by this in the past where maybe a large company moves in that would typically allocate a lot of school district taxes in and they get an exemption through a host of issues. Um, we've seen this even with non-payment with certain local entities that have cost us millions of dollars. Um, Next, moving on. Sorry guys, it's 36 pages. No joke. Um, we have House Bill 248. This is various changes regarding auditor estate. Uh, this is House Bill 248 was proposed by David Thomas. Um, I'm going to post this, I'm going to send this over and hopefully post it on the website. I've linked all of the language for each one for the people who actually want to look through these. House Bill 309 is

142going to modify law governing county budget commissions, property taxations, alternative aortment uh aortionment formulas for local governments. Uh and then our our star of the uh the moment, House Bill 335 modifies laws governing uh property taxation, county budget commission's county sales taxation, and alternate aortionment formulas for local government and public libraries. House Bill 369. Um this is uh Sarah Arthur, sorry, Sarah Fowler Arthur bill. Um changes diagnostic assessments for grades kindergarten through two uh to end of year nationally norm reference diagnostic assessments and for the third grade to beginning of year nationally norm reference diagnostic assessments. Um House Bill 375 will establish a small district magnet community school pilot program and Senate Bill 44 will allow concurrent scholarships and allow receive educational choice scholarships or pilot project scholarships and either an autism or John Peterson

143special needs scholarship that can make the the appropriation for each appropriate school district. Senate bill 66 for tax uh tax levies. This is uh Senator O'Brien. Uh introduced 2425. This talks about emergency levies, substitute levies, all inside mill and school district income tax levies and how the calculation of a school district's effective mill is calculated based on those appropriations. And that I believe is it for me. >> Thanks. >> Thank you guys. >> The Aspire GED graduation is happening will happen this evening at 6 p.m. So congratulations to all those Um construction is wrapping up in July and the equipment that is coming from the 486,000 equipment grant has been arriving. The grit program has been happening this summer so far and we have our next meeting tomorrow morning. Excellent. Thank you. Uh do we

144have anybody for public comments? It's been a long night. Come on up. I remember I have to do my name and my address, right? >> Name and address, please. And you have five minutes. >> Name is Audrey P. Address is 1976 Behringer Place, Geneva. I have two things. The first thing is a long overdue thank you for your hiring of full-time nurses in all of the school buildings. Um, yeah, long overdue thank you. So, thank you so so much. It makes a huge difference to me personally and it has been amazing. Um, and the one here at the high school is phenomenal and at Austin and at the middle school because I've dealt with all of them. Um, my second thing is the band director position. I am coming to you and asking, begging, pleading,

145urging to look outside of our school district. We need an experienced, capable, strong band director to keep these kids moving in a forward positive direction. There are several of us parents that work so hard um to just keep it afloat and keep it organized and keep it going. And I just would really like to see someone come in that is going to continue that for them in in the education and furthering our shows. And just please look outside of our district. Um, I have several reasons why I felt the need to come and say that. You will get an email from me with the nitty-gritty reasons that I don't want to share like this. I I feel like it's probably not the best thing to do, but you will get an email from me with

146my detailed version of why I think this is so necessary. So, just please and thank you and try hard. Oh, Lord. I could have smiled or something if you told me. >> Um anyway, um thank you for your time. >> Anyone else? >> So, um board member reports. I have a few So, I was blessed enough to be able to attend graduation. Um, very very humbling to stand up there and and shake hands and hand out diplomas. It was a real honor and just a real pleasure. I really really enjoyed it. So, super proud of all of our graduates. They It was a beautiful ceremony. Um, of course went off like a welloiled machine as it always does. The choir was sounded beautiful. The band did amazing. The kids that were ushers, the young ladies

147and gentle, they just did a beautiful job. Um, it was just fantastic. Mrs. Mark John does a great job getting everybody organized. And like I said, it just goes off like they've practiced it for 100 days in a row. And I know they've only done it for a little bit, but it it always looks beautiful and it goes off seamlessly. Um, so a few things that I'm aware of that have happened that just because I know families that have had students that attended um Buckeye Boys and Girls State. Um so we had it's kind of near and dear to me because our son, our oldest, was accepted to go to Buckeye Boy State, but he was the co year and they canceled everything. So he didn't get to have that experience and it was at

148Miami University, which in an odd twist of fate, he ended up going to Miami University for college and he just graduated in May. So it was kind of a weird thing, but so he did get to experience the whole Miami thing. But Um, so we had two young men that attended um the boy state which was Jovon Sanchez and Zachary Dunn. And we had two young ladies that attended uh girls state at Bowling Green University and that was Sophia Ell and Bella Baker. Um I'm going to reach out to each of them to see if I this meeting was crazy long. So I I and they had just been getting back so I thought maybe if if everybody's up for it, maybe they could come and say a little bit and tell us about their

149experience. But it's an amazing program and it is it's sponsored by the American Legion. Um the George Compost here locally always um sponsors our students to go. It's just a phenomenal program and we're lucky to have that kind of community involvement to get our students there. Um I know personally my daughter and then I know Hannah Dunn and I think um Joseph Peor and I feel like there was one other student from Geneva, but I'm not I'm losing the name. Maybe not. um attended Hobie this past weekend which is the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference at John Carroll University. Again, phenomenal program. Um you can get um a nomination from someone at school, Mrs. Debacer nominated my daughter. Um but it was an excellent program. She had the best time. Slept for about 18 hours

150when she came home. Um long long days, but she came back and I had to laugh because this morning she got up and she was doing things for organizing for she's a varsity cheerleader for football and they were trying to come up with a plan for camp and she's like I'm just putting my Hobie skills to use today and she's organizing all the things and I said hey that's way to go that's what you have to do. So but another great program that is offered to our our kids and they also all of these programs offer scholarships which is the beautiful thing about it. So even if there's a financial um hardship we usually can find a way there. So, if if you know a student that would would like to attend and there's a

151a financial piece, you know, let us know because we might be able to still make that happen for them. Um myself, um and a few other individuals here from Geneva High School, u Mr. King, Mrs. Unsinger, Mrs. Blevens, Miss Ball, Miss Debacher, Mrs. Miss Long, Mr. Hunt, and myself. Um we headed down to Paris Island this past month to the Marine Corps's Educator Workshop. Not going to lie to you, there were days I did not think I was going to survive. Um, it was an absolutely amazing experience. Like crazy emotional. Never like Miss Backer went as well. She did repelling. She was awesome. We did all the things. Um, I it was just amazing. They bring you on to base. Um, you get the DIS are with you. They yell at you. You get off

152the bus, you get on the footprints, they run you in, they're screaming at you as if you are a recruit. Um, you eat in the mess hall. You do all of the things as if you are coming on to Paris Island as a new recruit. Um, when we got there, we ate with new recruits. And the first day that I think it was the first day that we were there, um, the one young man that I ate with had only been there for eight days and sat there and cried the whole meal. and he was so homesick and then I found out that he he was the age of my oldest. So I did really really well and then I got up and I turned around and there's Kim's crying, Brenda Unseer's crying. We all

153turned around and we're like slammed our sunglasses on and walked up. They're all like, "You have to stop crying now like we're trying. We just can't help it. We're not Marines. We shouldn't be here." Um but it was just an amazing experience. So they let us all of the pieces and parts of being a recruit all the way through to graduation. So, you get to see the whole um the trans whole transformation. We got to enjoy a social at the brigadier uh general's home. Like he and his wife brought us in, let us look at their home, provided refreshments, talked to us. Um I mean, it was just phenomenal. The whole experience was phenomenal. Um I never never dreamed it would be quite as emotional and impactful as it was, but And I there was

154days there I'm like I would never do this again. But I think now looking back on it I think I would probably do it again. So that was to totally awesome. Um I wanted to thank Mr. Chennowith and Mr. McCoy for getting everything set up. I know everything came back from Spire and it was a hollow from graduation and everybody's on vacation and it's so difficult to get stuff set up to record our meetings. So thank you guys for doing all the extra stuff. We appreciate you so much. Um I also wanted to retirees that are leaving us. Mr. Riley is retiring um at the end of July and then Mr. Poland, our middle school principal, is also retiring. Um I believe I think today was today was his last day, I believe. Um and

155then my last piece was I had reached out to um Dr. Patterson who was part of the Patterson Cup fair school funding plan. Um we've known him for quite a while. We've went to church with him for years, but he has been busy in Columbus. We were hoping to have him present tonight, but he has been in Columbus working um trying to do all the things and I said, "You stay where you are and keep doing all the things. We can connect with you another month and have a presentation here." So, he was on the agenda, but he has just not been in town. So, hopefully we'll get to have him come in July or at another meeting and get to hear from him. He's absolutely amazing as well. So, that's what I have. >>

156I don't know if anybody else has anything. I have I have something. We received a correspondence from a parent in band and I want to preface this really quickly and it said essentially what is up with us always losing band directors every years and I want to talk about this specifically not a negative connotation and a really positive one because there are people in this room and it's the same four people that do absolutely everything and I mean period after that for the bank there are no exceptions We have King, we have P, we have here tonight. They do everything. They are the only parents that don't just show up and say, "Well, when I did this in 1992, we were the best." And then tilt their shoulders and walk off. And the only other

157person that took that mentality with our band the entirety of this period that we've had in the past five years has been our current band director who we are losing to her hometown, which is the the best way to lose a van director because you'd be crazy not to go back into your hometown. That's like the ultimate honor. And in that email, it said, "What do you, the board, think is is appropriate for solving this problem?" And as someone who's been both not on the board and on the board and in band and put tons of volunteering hours in, not as much as the people I just mentioned, we have to stop being parents and former alumni and consultants that only offer criticism and aren't there helping people learn how to march and aren't explaining

158why ambiture is important in holding a instrument parallel and helping someone understand the difference in reads or or stick stroke length or reading 302 notes or what does a dotted 16th note mean? Because it's really cool to go out there all dressed up and play an instrument, but if no one teaches anyone how to read it, and we currently have four people who are the only people being supportive, we're going to lose a lot more people. We've already done that. We have to stop. So, my advice to those people that say, "Well, what do we do?" Be stern against people that come in and offer nothing but problems and no solutions. They're not there to help you. I promise you. And you guys have done remarkably at that by the way which is why you

159are where you are but we need more of you. We need we need to take the load off. Second I want to thank Mrs. Miss Anna Brown and her fiance Tristan Aker who are amazing musicians. Um I have played guitar with them. I have played drums with them. I have seen them sing while while I may not be the best very accurately and I can tell you that they are some of the best musicians and the first that have picked up the gauntlet and embraced all of our traditions. So much so that when I first met Anna Brown I had went and looked for an original copy of We Got the Beat. I could not find it. I went to her and I explained it's been in this drawer for the past 20 years at

160least 16 and I couldn't find it. She had it on her desk. She said, "Do you have the older copy? I can't find the and I want to incorporate it into a composition. We're going to write it out in a program and we're going to distribute it in everyone's first day folder. It's the first song that they learn. No other instructor had done in a format that they could put on their liar. I don't know if many people know what that means, but to a musician that's a make or break when you're a freshman and you don't know how to play. And that shows a lot of credibility. >> Right. Right. It shows a lot of credibility. >> These kids need to be treated as students and musicians. And she has done that. anytime there

161has been an exemption that comes into the curriculum where it states, "Hey, this is going to interfere with learning the art of reading and performing music," she stepped up and said, "No, we are a graded class." And I know how frustrating that is. Trust me, I had to do it with Mrs. Carol and miss other things. But at the same time, it is a graded class. Those are our rules by default and she's following them. Um, the last thing is I don't know what comes next, but I can Thank you very much to Miss Brown and to Mr. Aker and I can say whoever follows in their footsteps has to be someone that is absolutely embraced by the alumni, embraced by people in Gamba and most importantly embraced by the students of which they will

162instruct. And I want to make a promise while you guys are in this room so you can hit me in the head with it anytime you need that I will volunteer on every Thursday night practice that I can possibly go to with drum clinics. I will pass out what I need to do to volunteer through legal and let me know what other coverage you need. But I wanted to end this with Miss Brown is not leaving on a bad note. She did not leave us high and dry. She did not let anyone down. She's not leaving because we were mad at her. She's mad at us. She's leaving because she's done so well. She's going to represent her hometown. And thank you all and thank her and thank Tristan for all you you've done. That's

163all I have. >> I just want to say ditto. Um I am working very hard. We are working very hard to find us a new band director who is outstanding and who we will support. children who join the band. Sometimes that's all they have. Sometimes the band of crying. Sometimes the band is the only reason a child goes to school because it's the one thing that they can do that not everybody can. And it is so important to build this program back up to where it was. And yes, Anna Brown has done outanding job of that. She brought stability when there was none. She brought compassion when there was very little. And she brought talent and dedication to that position. I am so proud of her uh for getting a position in her hometown. And

164I get it. Look where I am. But not but and so we need to find someone who will be equally as skilled and amazing as she is. And I I want you to know that I'm putting hours a day into into this just myself. And I know the district is too. I'm talking to I'm talking to former classmates from when I graduated from from college. You know what I mean? Like I'm looking for someone to fill those shoes and to be who we need them to be. So, um, what I'd like to ask the community is to do the same thing. If you hear somebody, oh, my son's in music school, really, you know, bring them here and let's let's, uh, let's interview them or whatever. And so, uh, I just want to say that.

165I don't want to keep us any later, but, um, we're on it. I want to assure the band parents and gamba parents that we're on it. And, uh, I have So, we'll find somebody out standing and we'll get this ball roll. Excellent. Anybody else? All right. The board will hold an executive session for the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee or official move. >> Second roll call. >> Mrs. Milik Dixon, yes. Mrs. Ortiz, >> Mr. Pearson, yes. Mrs. Syolski, yes. Mrs. Craig, yes. Are we doing business? >> We will have no new business after we come out of executive session. Thank you and have a great evening.