001Good evening. The November 11th, 2025 regular meeting of the mentor exempted village board of education is called to order. This meeting is being held in accordance with section 33 point 3313.15 of the Ohio Revised Code. Please place your mobile phones on silent mode for this meeting. Mr. Wade, please call the role. >> Miss Ayapoolo >> here. >> Miss Jessling, >> present. >> Miss Marchazza, >> present. >> Miss Payne, >> here. >> Miss Cook >> here. >> Thank you. And please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat] On this Veterans Day, we honor the brave men and women who have served in our
002nation's armed forces, including the veterans in our community and from men schools. We are deeply grateful for their service and sacrifice, and we salute them today and every day. I would like to welcome everyone to the November 11th, 2025 regular meeting of the mentor exempted village board of education. Prior to this evening, each board member has received for their review and consideration the agenda and materials associated with each agenda item for the board's approval via the district's paperless board of education agenda system board docs. The public can access to can access the agenda through the school district's website. The agenda is available through the district's website for public viewing the Sunday prior to the board meeting. Board members have the opportunity to call the superintendent and chief financial officer for information concerning agenda items and
003to request, if needed, additional information. There are two places on the agenda where when the board entertains comments from the community. The first hearing of the public is dedicated to those who wish to address the board on agenda items only. The second hearing of the public is dedicated to those who wish to address the board on any subject, whether it be an item on the agenda or another topic. To participate in the hearing of the public section, interested speakers must sign up prior to the start of the meeting. Signups are available online through the school district's website or on site prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called to the microphone when it is your turn to speak and at that time we ask that you please state your name and address
004questions to the board president. Each person may speak only once per segment and comments are limited to three minutes. The purpose of the hearing of the public is for our community members to address the board. The board continues to welcome feedback from the community as an important component to conducting business. This is an information gathering opportunity for the board and administration so we can work to best serve our community. If at the end of the public participation we do not make a statement, please know this does not demonstrate a lack of care for comments shared by our community. Rather, we want to be thoughtful in our approach and we will provide a response in a timely manner when appropriate. In an effort to maintain an orderly meeting based on Ohio Revised Code 2917.12 and board
005policy 0169.1, any person doing any act which obstructs or interferes with the conduct or orderly progress of the board meeting will be warned and/or removed from the meeting. This meeting is being shown live and can be viewed on demand on on our YouTube channel, Cardinal TV Menor Ohio. Thank you. Because we do not have any district highlights and recognitions on the agenda this evening, we will move on to the [clears throat] approval of minutes. Do I have a motion? So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Mr. Wade, please call the role. >> Miss Payne? >> Yes. >> Miss Jessling? >> Yes. >> Miss Appo? >> Yes. >> Miss Matraza? Yes, >> Miss Cook. >> Yes. >> Motions carry 5-0. >> Next, we have the hearing of the public on agenda items only. >> Our
006first speaker is Susan Sednik. Good evening. Um, I just wanted to address uh something that was on the agenda for tonight. Um, it it's concerning this Miss Jennifer Royo. She's the bus assistant and I found on the agenda there's this last chance agreement and it looks like she has done some serious mis looks like she's been found guilty of some misconduct, lack of professionalism, and inappropriate interactions with students. And I'm just wondering when is the when is the community going to know what's going on here? Because when I when I look at what was posted online for the agenda, it says that the board concluded that she engaged in misconduct of a serious nature and was suspended uh for 10 days. And when I look at, you know, it it says, you know, if she
007fails to maintain appropriate boundaries with students and fails to avoid the appearance of impropriy and has relationships with students or things like that, it it makes it sound like she's inappropriate with kids or I don't know if she's sleeping with them or snorting coke or whatever it is, but I think it's good for the community to know what's going on. To me, this looks really suspicious, and I think you should let people know what's going on because I think if you want people to trust you, I think you should be more transparent. And I'm hoping maybe tonight you'll explain to the community what's going on and why you decided to have somebody like this stay on the job. It seems like we've had a lot of teachers and other staff in the past that have
008been inappropriate with students and I just cannot understand why you would keep somebody like this on. Um, and then finally, I just I I did want to say thank you about the release time for religious instruction. I just I want you to know that the people in the community are aware of the fact that, you know, it's something that so many people on the board pushed against and then when they finally said, "Okay, we'll have it." it was punish the children, don't let them take anything from that religious instruction back with them. I mean, if they made a coloring page or a bookmark, they weren't allowed to have it. And now we have the state that came in and said, "Yeah, not only can you have the instruction, but you can take the materials." And
009again, I just wanted to say, I think it's embarrassing to have the state come in to advocate the common sense kind of thing. It's the same thing we did with guys in the girls bathroom. you guys just push against common sense and then the state steps in. So anyway, I I just want you to know people are paying attention. And also, I wanted to say thank you to Annie and Rose for always doing the right thing. And I know things did not work out as I had hoped um for this election season. But I just wanted to say thank you. You guys did a really good job. And I just I feel like maybe things have to get really dark before they get better. But I support you, Rose, and we'll be we'll be here
010for you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our next speaker, excuse me, is Zoe Behringer. >> Good evening of the Good evening, members of the board, families, and fellow mentor students. Tonight, I'm here to address the proposed 8462 board policy that would simply keep the provisions requiring that programs designed to prevent sexual assault and promote suicide awareness remain evidence-based. Simply keeping this requirement is not enough anymore. Since the last schoolboard meeting, I have witnessed some of the most alarming displays of political gamesmanship and irresponsibility. During that same time, a mentor student was charged with multiple felony counts of child pornography as well as other serious offenses related to sexual harassment and assault. That student entered this building two years ago, which is when I started speaking about this issue. Instead of addressing this issue responsibly,
011the high school brought in an unprofessional podcaster and a non-evidence-based speaker to discuss online safety. She asked students to call her big mama, used unsupported statistics, claimed she recognized some students from their Instagrams, which she had apparently been viewing, and then proceeded to show random images of pedophiles and proceeded to use an ineffective form of communication known as victim blaming, which is a main perpetuator of rape culture. What was this presentation meant to accomplish if its goal was to prevent incidents like the one we recently experienced? It failed. Rather than taking meaningful action, the district chose damage control. That was last week. However, as the schoolboard elections approach, we witnessed Miss Ayppo publicly attack two of her colleagues. She even had her father allegedly used political influence to prompt Bernie Moreno to write a letter
012questioning why the student was still in the building despite knowing he was not. She exploited this incident to advance her political career because she knew that if three progressive candidates were elected, she would be less likely to get her ideas through. Miss Ayopo, that was pathetic, appalling, and embarrassing. You made children afraid for your own self-interests. These are students lives we are talking about. Why are victims and their families being manipulated and misled simply to inspire fear in the community? Because you don't like who you work with. I have remained calm at every board meeting. I have done everything right, telling you all about the problems we are facing. But when the district had the chance to move forward, not with damage control, but with real progress, it chose regression. That is what is being
013decided tonight. That presentation violated the board's own policies as it stands. And that's why we need that policy and why we need it to be even stricter. I am not claiming that every incident could have been prevented, but earlier intervention was possible if students had known how to report concerns, which I told you they did not, or if they had known what warning signs to look for, which I also told you they did not. This was not a coincidence. It was the direct result of inaction and irresponsibility. You have an opportunity to do better, and after recent incidents, I suggest you do. Students deserve better. We deserve safety, integrity, and evidence-based action. not optics and definitely not politics. Thank you and good evening. >> Thank you. >> I received a um public participation form and
014um the person's name uh Joe Mackey. I I they signed up for session one topics on the board meeting agenda, but um it says why students should play. Um I think it's from other schools for us, but that because it's not an an agenda item, you you can speak, but it needs to be in the second public session. Is that okay? All right. That concludes uh the first public session then. >> Okay. Next we have our superintendent report and recommendations. >> Good evening, Madame President, members of the board and Mr. Wade. I have the following recommendations listed under the consent agenda and recommend approval of items 6A1 through 6A4. >> So move second. Any discussion? Mr. Wade, please call the role. >> Miss Chesley, >> yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Miss Hayappo, >>
015yes. >> Miss Martaza, >> yes. >> Miss Cook, >> yes. >> Motions carry 5-0. >> Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Mr. Way, I'm recommending approval of the property damage release. >> Do we have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Please call the role. >> Miss Marchazza? >> Yes. >> Miss Appo? >> Yes. >> Miss Jessling? >> Yes. >> Miss Payne? >> Yes. >> Miss Cook? >> Yes. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Wade, I'm recommending approval of the agreement with Smart Ride Global Services. >> So moved. >> Second. Is there any discussion? >> Please call the role. >> Miss Jessling? >> Yes. >> Miss Payne? >> Yes. >> Miss Appo? >> Yes. >> Miss Marchazza? >> Yes. >> Miss Cook? >> Yes. >>
016Motion carries 5-0. Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Wade, I'm recommending approval of the agreement with University Hospitals on-site health clinic. >> Some moved. Second. Is there any discussion? Please call the role. >> Miss Jessing? >> Yes. >> Miss Marcha? >> Yes. >> Miss Apple? >> Yes. Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Miss Cook, >> yes. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Wade, I'm recommending approval of agenda item C1 related to certified personnel and C2 through C5, all related to human resource matters. >> So moved. >> Second. >> This is this um you're saying through C5. >> Yes. So that's the suspension, the last chance agreement. >> Yes. >> Can we pull that because I had some questions on that one? >> We can have discussion on it. Go
017ahead. >> Well, the last time we talked about this, it was tabled postponed indefinitely. So what's Can you talk about what's bringing this back on and what? Rose, can you pull your microphone closer because I don't know that. Sorry, it's hard for me to hear you. Can you say that again? >> I'm just surprised to see this back on here. So, can you talk about what how it landed back on here after it was postponed indefinitely? >> Yeah, we we brought that back up um as a last chance agreement for this employee. Uh a couple of things just to kind of clarify that situation. um in in speaking with legal counsel uh going through the situation. Uh some of the following things are are items that we can share. Uh number one, this was not
018a ro romantic or a sexual touching in any way type of situation. This was a situation that occurred on a special needs bus in which a student was tapping an employee with his or her hands. The tapping did not occur in any area of the body that would be considered an erogynous zone. The employee did not initiate contact with the student at any time in this situation. Um we have explained and the employee understands that even such an innocuous physical contact that was not acceptable is unprofessional and could be perceived as inappropriate. We have provided clear instructions to that employee for how to handle a situation uh in the future should something similar arise. After the suspension, we reassign that employee to another route. Uh for those reasons, we determined that the employee could continue
019with employment here with notice as to certain parameters and those are the ones spelled out in the agreement. The last chance agreement covers a wide range of potential issues. even those that were not present in this case. It serves not only to address current conduct but ensure that there is notice of particular rules and regulations for the future. It essentially puts that employee on fair notice that anything in the future would result in a termination. >> Okay. um when I'm confused as to what we're allowed, you know, I want to be careful what we're allowed to talk about, but that doesn't really, you know, we left that last meeting kind of with a different understanding. So, some of those options that we discussed, what happened to those? that this is the best option for us
020moving forward >> based on >> is I have I have a couple questions too. I I don't know if some of this can be discussed in public. I'm I'm agreeing with Rose that there were some board updates that we received but um some of the questions that we had asked were not in those board updates. So I still do have some questions before um you know I I'd make a decision. And I wonder if we can just go real quickly into executive session to protect I know it's one of the reasons we can go into executive session to kind of just close those those ends and get the answers that that we need because I have those same questions. We did talk about different things and I don't know the status of where that went
021other than this is the best option. >> So I guess motion to go quickly into executive session if that would be supported. I second that. >> Please call the RO. >> Is this a motion for go into executive session? Okay, >> that was Miss Apple seconded. >> Yes, >> Miss Payne. >> Yes, >> Miss Apple. >> Yes, >> Miss Jessling. >> Yes, >> Miss Marchazza. >> Yes, >> Miss Cook. >> Yes. Motion 50 to go into executive session to discuss disciplinary matters of an employee. Approved. Uh we'll head into executive session at 6:18 p.m. from executive session at 6:42 p.m. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to approve C1 through C3? >> So moved. >> Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. >> Miss Jessling? >> Yes. >> Miss Marchazza? >> Yes. >> Missappo?
022>> Yes. >> Miss Payne? >> Yes. >> Miss Cook? >> Yes. >> Motions carry 5. >> Can I have a mot? >> Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Wade, I'm recommending approval of agenda item C4. >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion? >> Please call the role. >> Miss Cook, >> yes. >> Miss Jes, >> yes. Miss Alo, >> yes. >> Miss Marchazza, >> yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Wade, I'm recommending approval of agenda item C5. >> So move second. >> This is my any discussion. >> I'll just explain my my vote for this um since we've received some questions on it, too. I would have liked to see a different um opportunity for this person, a different outcome. Um however,
023understanding the legal guidance that was provided to us, um I feel like we're kind of in a hard spot. So, for that, I I will my vote would be a yes. But I wanted to just explain that it's not a clear and easy yes for me. Um I would have chosen a different outcome. Yeah, I agree. I second that sentiment. >> Can we do a quick explainer? Would you mind, Mr. Heath, just explaining what a last chance agreement is? Um, just so I It sounds like there might be confusion out there. >> Yeah. So this is an agreement with the uh with the employee um that any uh future issues that would arise um because of past incidents would prompt uh more than likely a termination uh proceeding with that individual. >> So functionally it
024it it is truly what it what it says it is. It's a last chance. Um, and the board by voting on this, we we don't have the power, in other words, to terminate anyone. We only have the power to vote for uh the implementation of this agreement or to do nothing. Those are our options. >> Yeah. Or the the last a chance agreement would be completely removed. >> Thank you. And doing nothing would would not would actually provide the employee with more protection then. >> Correct. All right, please call the roll. >> Miss Jess, >> yes. >> Miss Marchazza, >> yes. >> Misso, >> yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Miss Cook, >> yes. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> This concludes my portion of tonight's agenda. Thank you. >> Next, we have the board
025of education report and recommendations. And we have one item under board business this evening, the second reading and approval of the board of education nola policies. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Please call the role. >> Oops. Sorry. I just wanted to call out and say thank you for adding um evidence base back into the policy. I'm glad to see it back. Um appreciate the addition. >> Thanks. >> Please call the role. >> Uh Miss Chesling, >> yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Miss Apple, yes. >> Miss Marchazza, >> yes. >> Miss Cook, >> yes. Motion carries 5-0. >> Next, we have the legislative report. Miss Marchazza, >> thank you. All right. Moves rather quickly. Let me get to my screen. All right. Um, so we have
026got uh I think I'm going to focus actually on um the same the same legislation uh that had to do with property tax bills uh that we talked about in our in my last report in October. Um but before we get there, just an update. The ODW uh student transportation work group uh that was created in the state budget met for the first time. This group is supposed to work together to uh create recommendations for the legislature to amend our transportation system, particularly around the feasibility of a school district transporting students enrolled in a community school or non-public school. So, we'll wait to see um what they come up with. So, as for the property tax bills, the four that we're looking at are House Bill 129, 309, 186, and 335. These are moving pretty
027quickly still. There have been some changes. Um but briefly, um House Bill 129, uh this one held its third hearing in the Senate Local Government Committee. It would include certain property tax levies in the calculation of a school district's effective millillage floor, the 20 mil floor that you always hear about. Uh they heard interested party testimony and particularly from um OSBA and its partner groups. They recommended a few changes including allowing existing substitute le levies to be renewed as fixed sum similar to the emergency levies um to they also recommended removing the one-time renewal limit on existing fixed sum le levies which would give the power to the voters to decide whether to approve those renewals. Uh and then they also talked about the timing. They're concerned about the timing of the implementation of this
028bill. Um it would count existing emergency and substitute levies into the 20 mil floor upon their expiration and voter approved renewal as a fixed sum levy. Um so that was a concern of theirs as well. House Bill 309 is still moving forward. This one is um the one that allows county budget commissions to reduce millage on certain voter approved tax levies um if they so uh if they find it necessary. uh the property tax work group did ask that there be definitions for those two things necessary and excessive were the terms. So they did provide definitions for that. More on this issue from Mr. Wade later because there was a um a vote in our county commissioner meeting recently that is sort of related to this um House Bill 186. This had its second hearing
029in the Senate Local Government Committee. Um, this one would cap tax growth for districts on the 20 mil floor to inflation through a retroactive tax credit. Um, and it would provide funds to reimburse schools for some of those losses in the years 26 and 27 using um about $400 million from funds, if you're familiar with the sales tax holiday. Um, that that amount of funding that wasn't really used as much as the legislature expected it would be. Um, people aren't taking advantage of that tax holiday apparently. and uh so they have some money and can put it towards the losses that some of the districts might see as a result of House Bill 186 going into effect. Um so to provide a little bit of relief to the losses they will see. Uh it in
030a recent call with um OSBA the the legislative folks there the liaison there were talking about how they're not sure how 186 and 129 are going to interact together. So they're kind of working through that. Um the other bill, House Bill 335, this one is uh it's on its second hearing as well. This one would cap the inflationary growth on all inside millage beginning uh tax year 26. So again, these four bills are all separate, but again, they're not sure how they're going to react with one another. So I'll keep um I'll keep in touch with OSBA and keep attending their liaison meetings to hear more about what they um expect to happen. They did they did say, however, that these bills will likely move um and and make a lot of progress before Thanksgiving.
031So, we'll see lots of motion in the next couple of weeks. Um just a few other bills to mention that are um that have moved since we met last. Senate Bill 144 passed the Senate. Um this was unanimously passed. This one is the one that reverts the um lensure ban. So, they were seeing some some problems when they changed these last year. Um, so we're reverting back to what we used to have. So what we used to have will be um the standard. So that's grades preK through five as one band, grades four through eight in another band, and grades 7 through 12 in another band. Senate Bill one, excuse me, Senate Bill 19 is um it had its sixth hearing. So this one's seeing a lot of progress in conversation. This one um is
032it's it's meant to mirror the process that we have for reading in our curriculum, but but for math. Um, so it's really been interesting to watch this one move along and in in the changes that have been made. Um, OSBA also provided interested party testimony on the bill and encouraged um, you said, you know, this is a really interesting and thoughtfully written bill, but they asked for a couple changes around it as well, most notably around allowing districts to maintain local control of their own curricula. And then finally, House Bill 404 455. Um, this one is in the House Education Committee. had its third hearing. This one would make changes to the operation of public schools and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to eliminate a lot of obsolete mandates and provisions in education
033law. Um so um I believe it was the superintendent organization they they testified and said look there are a lot of these um required trainings and state reporting requirements and other mandates that are no longer needed and it would be great if if legislators could refine this a little bit for us so that we can focus on u our day-to-day jobs of educating kids. So that's the end of my report. >> Thank you. At this time, we'll have um the student achievement report. Miss Dustling, thank you. Welcome to the second quarter at Menor Public Schools. Mener High's model UN team hosted its 9inth annual crisis conference on October 10th and 11th. They welcomed some 90 students from nine area high schools. Keynote speaker Marty Flax, head of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, challenged delegates
034to focus on global variables, shaping an unpredictable world. Mentors team organized and hosted the successful learning event, serving as leaders, monitors, and runners. There's nothing quite like a Menor High School clapout. The drum line offered the wakeup rhythm as peers celebrated peers heading to state level contests. Such special moments recognize the wide array of talents and accomplishments across the student body. The Fighting Cardinal Marching Band earned a superior rating at Ohio State University. Our math league took their skills to rigorous state competition. It was a great day for men across country at the OSAA state meet. There were many strong individual events among our athletes with the men or boys placing sixth overall in the state. 10 notches higher than last year's finish. Our undefeated varsity football team is immersed in postseason play. Fox 8
035Friday night touchdown player of the year is Cardinal running back Jackson Farley. The team plays Kenton McKinley this Friday. For the first time since 2007, the Menor High volleyball team advanced to state competition. Though they couldn't unseat the reigning champions at the finals on Sunday, our community is so proud of them for their great season and the accolades they received um for their character and performance. Our eighth grade students are developing more soft skills alongside their academics, things like communication, eye contact, and professionalism. Our new life elective at Shore and Memorial builds those very skills needed to land that first job. Our culinary arts students teamed up with our Cardinal Works crew to whip up lemonated lemon cupcakes, complete with edible flowers that they grew through hydroponics. Selected Shore and Memorial Orchestra students represented our
036district in offering a challenging concert program at Beachwood High School. Our musicians played alongside students from many other Northeast Ohio schools. The guest conductor for the event was contemporary youth orchestra director Chris Moran from Case Western Reserve University. Our secondary students are hearing grade level talks by Jesse Weinberger, a nationally recognized speaker specializing in internet and social media safety. She covers such topics as digital reputation, managing screen time, and recognizing risky online behavior. A free parent version will be offered here at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 20th. The annual kindness rally is a student-led activity designed to excite and inspire our fourth and fifth graders to make a difference in their schools. We work hard every day to build a culture of kindness and compassion. Giving our elementary kids the chance to learn about leadership
037and positivity from older students is a powerful tool. Some of the varsity football players teamed up with friends from our Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School, also called CARES, for an unforgettable day at our stadium. The players gave a tour of the facilities, ran football drills, and wrapped it all up with a flag football game full of smiles and teamwork. It was a beautiful morning for a ribbon cutting at the new Menor Public Schools Family Resource Center. Our construction management students participated in the renovation of a small older building on the south side of the high school campus. Cardinal works students will have skill building opportunities through both Cardinal Closet and the food pantry. Mr. Heath and Mrs. Trisha Zedrich spent many hours bringing this project to life. Great for kids and great for our
038community. The Menor Schools Foundation's annual Fresh Air Challenge began on November 3rd and wraps up on November 17th. This special fundraiser to support mentor classroom grants and scholarships has the additional benefit of getting our preK through grade 5 kids outdoors for some screenfree fun and maybe even building a snowman. And thank you so much. Happy Thanksgiving. >> Thank you. At this time, we have our chief financial officer's report and recommendations. >> Thank you, Madam President, members of the board. Mr. Heath, uh give the financial update for uh November, which is to conclude our October uh month. Right now, um year to date, our revenue collections indicate that we're going to be about $95,000 below what we were projecting uh in our October forecast. and our current expenditures are tracking about $100,000 above. So, a net
039negative impact on the cash balance compared to what we were forecasting of about $1.1 million. So, when we look at our revenue, uh October revenue collection compared to the prior year, we're about pretty close. Uh only off by about $93,000. Uh we're down a little bit. Um and again, we're about 2.9 million higher than last year. uh with the majority of that about 1.7 million coming in the form of an advance that we had from the prior fiscal year uh which we've talked about. Uh what we see here is like I said we're down about a million dollars on our revenue year to date. Um as Miss Marcha referenced there was something that happened uh since the last board meeting after our forecast uh where the county made a decision. So, um, kind of get
040into that and kind of explain that and kind of go through, uh, revenue because there's been a lot of talk and I think it's important to educate the board and the community on a lot of the things that we're hearing with regardsing, uh, property taxes. So, just as a reminder, uh, your property tax is determined by taking 35% of your home market value to kind of get your assessed value. And I'm on the wrong slide on my screen, but not here. So, here we go. So, here's the graphic. Thank you Miss Marcha. I was reading the room and I saw you know that's the teacher instinct in me uh to make sure that people are flowing with the discussion here. So then you multiply that by our effective rate of taxes which is ours is
041about 27 mills uh which gives you your initial tax bill and then any levy before 2013 receives a credit from the state of about 12 a.5% uh because of owner occupancy and then the roll back. Um, and then that gives you your current tax bill. So, with that, there are some of those credits that I referred to. You have the non-b businessiness tax credit, which is the 10%, you get your owner occupancy 2 and a.5% um that the state reimbures, and then uh there are certain people who qualify for the homestead exemption. Uh, House Bill 96 had what was known as the piggyback relief, uh, which is not reimbursed by the state and is new, uh, this fiscal year, which gave some authority to the Lake County commissioners and the commissioners across the state of
042Ohio. Uh, we've also seen a reduction uh, of many different things that have been going on from a policy standpoint. Uh, one of the biggest ones that's impacted schools was the reduction of the TPP uh, utility reimbursement. They're phasing that out. And then if you're in a more rural area, you see the CAV uh arch uh arch, not architecture, but uh agricultural, excuse me, credit that you receive. But what we're talking about today, more importantly, is the county commissioner's piggyback provision. Um, per House Bill 96, the commissioners were given the authority to have what's known as a piggyback, uh, which is doubling of the owner occupancy 2 and a.5% credit as well as anybody who qualifies for homestead exemptions. Um, the state reduces, as I said earlier, those property taxes by those amounts and the
043piggyback is basically doubling that, but the state is not funding that reimbursement. that reimbursement is being funded by all the organizations that pay property tax from the revenue that we collect. So, as a result, we're going to lose $2.2 million annually with that to start in the first half collection of tax year 26, which is collecting on taxes from 25 if we all remember, which means that's our second half collection. So, we will see a net impact this fiscal year of $1.1 million. uh and will lose $2.2 million every year that they continue this on going into the future. So what does that do to us? It changes our trajectory on our forecast where we were looking at the black line last month of where we were going to land uh at the end of
044the five years. Uh we're now looking at the red line. So it's a negative value that we're seeing there. So, we're going to lose over the next five years about $10 million in revenue that we were projected um due to the piggyback provision for the commissioners. So, let's do some math. So, I I went through uh and tried to figure out what's what's going to be the average impact to the typical homeowner and mentor uh with this piggyback provision. So, everybody qualifies who owns a home and you live in that home for the owner occupancy. So, everybody gets a 2 and 12% credit in this situation. The average home value according to Zillow, so I'll I'll credit my sources here. So, I I did a a cursory uh research here, uh was $271,000. The effective
045millage rate for mentor is 27.54. The rest is on the screen. So if we use the equation that I showed at the beginning and we take our average value of a home and mentor so the average citizen and you multiply that by the 35% because that's the assessed value and then you multiply that by the effective millage rate which is the 27.5 and because a mill is 1/ 1,000th of a dollar you have to divide by a,000 that means the average person pays for schools in mentor 2600 $113.61. Well, your credit then is 2.5% of that or math lesson 025 which equates to $65.34 annually in tax savings that the commissioners just gave back to the the average taxpayer. >> So that's less than $6 a month. >> Wow. >> It's going to cost us
046$2.2 $2 million and one mill if we were to put on a levy generates about 2.7 mills or $2.7 million, excuse me. So to recoup that lost revenue, we would have to pass an additional levy if we did nothing else and we were just going to recoup the revenue which we know that's not what we do. We always make reductions and to try to reduce the impact on that. But again just for the sake of comparison so that people can understand this it comes out to be 0815 ms. If you do the same calculation that we did above you take the $271,000 home and you multiply it by 35% and then you multiply it by.815 divide by a,000 you get that you will increase your tax bill by $77.33. Your net loss then is $11.99
047because you don't get homestead and roll back and um owner occupancy on levies past 2013. The state doesn't reimburse them anymore because it costs them money. So they no longer do it. So the, you know, and of the $14 million that the county is going to save or save taxpayers across the the this county, over 9 million of it's coming from local schools because we're the largest contributor to property tax. So why are we all feeling this pressure of property tax? Because we all are, right? It is an issue. It's not something we can ignore, right? We've seen some really extreme increases in property assessed values over the last six years. Um, so it's not something that we aren't recognizing and doing, but I think it's worthwhile to understand why it's happening because it is
048a partnership in the state of Ohio between the state government and the local taxpayers to fund their schools constitutionally. Um, so the state money comes out of the the budget. So that's why every two years we're hearing about the banium budget and we're hearing about the fact that we are changing the fair school funding plan or all those things that we've been talking about over the last few months that I've shared with the community and the board. The local community money comes from property tax. That's how we fund schools in Ohio. The more wealthy the community, so the higher the median income, the higher the property value, the more you have to rely on the local tax base and the less funding that you get from the state. So the goal of the partnership is
049to ensure that the students have access to high-quality education regardless of their zip code. Right? So again, that's that balance between what the community can afford and what the state can afford. What has happened though since 1999 and by the end of this bienium the state share of how much they're funding schools has dropped and it's actually going to be at one of its lowest points in history lower than when the Dough case happened in 99. So by the end of the bianium we're going to see the state share is going to drop to just over 32%. And that's be basically because of the way they're doing the fair school funding model. They're updating part of the funding model, but they're not updating the cost associated with it. So that again, you've heard me say
050this a number of times, that pushes the burden on the local taxpayer because it makes us look wealthier than we are. Because when you raise how wealthy a district is, but you don't raise the cost that it costs to educate kids at the same time, it creates an imbalance. And that's what we're seeing here. What else is going on? We've seen rapidly raised escalating property values and they're still going up at double digits. We've seen Ohio incomes fall below 12% the national average. So your your taxes are going up, but your income is not going up at the same rate. You can see where that disconnect can create concern and frustration. We've seen two decades of state tax cuts reducing the state share. So, the state has made a number of decisions where they've reduced
051their income tax rates, so they're having less money. Uh they've created other policies that have resulted in less funding for schools than they did previously. And then we have this levy system that we have to fund schools that's forcing a lot of districts to get on the ballot repeatedly to keep asking for more monies from the communities because they're seeing less money. Now you fast forward to postcoid those high escalating prices. A lot of the districts not ours 400 districts are at the floor. So that what happens when you see those escalating prices, there's no protection from House Bill 920, your tax bill goes through the roof and you're making, you know, you had high inflation during that time. You're again, your income's not necessarily keeping up on average with across the state. You can
052see where this creates this kind of like this recipe for disaster, right? Like this is this is why we're hearing the things that we're hearing. So home prices are up nearly 46% since 2020. Again, we're only making about 80% of the national average in Ohio. Those two decades of tax cuts have shifted the burden from 46% in 1991 to 67 a.5% now across the state. And because House Bill 920 is becoming obsolete because of the 20 mil floor and certain levies not counting and so on and so forth, you have 400 districts at the floor and we're seeing more levies. The most interesting thing that I think is is interesting to point out again here is that you're seeing and this is the graphic or the visual representations here that The local property tax has
053shifted from almost a 50/50 share between businesses and residential property tax owners to a twothirds property tax owner as the residential person and the business is getting tax breaks where they're paying a third of that. You've seen that shift there as well. And you can see how the, you know, right there how it's shifted from a visual representation. Why this matters? Because it matters for our families, especially our seniors in our communities and our veterans who need relief. Matters to schools because we need a stable funding model. We need to be able to predict. And you know, Mr. Wilson used to say this all the time, just leave us alone, right? Don't give me any more, don't give me any less. Just leave us alone and let us manage kind of where we're at because
054we need to have stability to be able to to run this district. And the unfortunate consequence is if there's an appeal or repeal, excuse me, it would create ne chaos, but reform provides balance. So why it matters or because we have options. The state can do a funded homestead expansion themselves, which they fund, providing tax relief where it matters to our seniors, to our veterans, to those with disabilities, like the homestead exemption does now. If you expand that and give that credit to those people, they would see savings automatically. You could do a circuit breaker like they have in Michigan and other states where if your income is only so much, you get a reduction in your property tax value or uh property tax that you have to pay, not actually value, but how much
055you're paying again funded through the state. Or there's other local tools that we could do because we could look at voter approved homesteads or we could look at a study of moratorium on abatements because we've seen abatements increase by over20 billion dollars during the same time period. So what is our story? Our story is that we get about 68% of our funding from our local tax base. We receive about 22% of our funding from the state. Of that 22% 7% comes in the form of reimbursements as we've already talked about and we receive only 10% which is the state minimum in funding. So in mentor that's what this slide represents. We get the state minimum in state funding which is 10%. Which went up two bianiums ago. So, we're thankful for that, but it's still
056the minimum that we're getting. What is our property tax look like? Our total vote voted millage rate is 79.07 mills. Our effective rate is 27.55 where our emergency levy of 5.47 and our permanent improvement levy of.3 don't count towards that floor. So we're about a little over 21 mills. Um so we're approaching the flow ourselves. Uh but with certain legislation that's going on, if the emergency levy would then be included, you know, we'd be in a similar situation which would provide relief for our taxpayers in the form of House Bill 920 because we would see the reduction correspondingly with a continued drop rather than the complete 25% that we would have saw two years ago. And our districts only asked the taxpayers and got approved, not asked. We've had one new levy approved. We had
057the PI levy that failed a couple years back, but mentor schools have only had one new levy since 2004 and 2016. I publish this every year, so I just share it here as a kind of a reference. Our district is made up of four communities. Concord Township, Kirtland Hills, Menor on the Lake in the city of Menor. And this is how the tax breakout for the general public is. And you can see that the biggest portion in all those in the red area is for the schools. And it varies as high as 62% in the city of Menor and is as low as 44.6% in Kirtland Hills. And that's because again it's that local partnership between the state and the way that the the state funds schools in Ohio. We are the third lowest effective
058millage rate for when it comes to what taxpayers pay for schools in the county. Uh just above Madison and Perry. And I do like to point out over the last six years the county has seen a 26.6% growth in revenue. Their total revenue has gone up by 62% since 2019. The city of Menor uh which has their primary local taxes income tax has seen a 39.6% increase. Menor on the Lake has seen a 40% increase and Menor schools has seen 6%. And the big portion of that 6% is because of the levy that we passed in which was voter approved. So as we look at revenue and inflation our average annual growth prior to this year the previous five years was about 1.9% when inflation was 4.3%. So we don't exceed inflation here at Meta
059Schools and we're projecting our annual growth to be about 1% when it's going to be projected for inflation area about 2.64 and that's actually changed. It's probably closer to 3% now. So there definitely needs to be something that happens with regards to reform for property tax in the state of Ohio. How we go about doing that I think needs to be very thoughtful because there's temporary solutions that are occurring now that you know necessarily our organization at Wasbo is not against. >> Um you know it does not seem unreasonable to have inflationary caps uh particularly for those schools that are on the floor. um you know it doesn't you know you shouldn't see a 30% increase in your property taxes because of an anomaly in price prices going up you know 40ome percent since 2020.
060That's what House Bill 920 was originally set up for. However, with the number of districts on the floor, obviously there needs to be things that are done. Um there's other forms of relief that could be done um without creating chaos or directly impacting how schools are funded as well. Um, but again, I would argue that the state needs to continue to find ways to support funding public schools so that they don't continue to push the burden on the local taxpayer, particularly in the dynamics that we're in because that's how we kind of got into this situation that we're at. And we do have legislators that are working hard to to to explore this and make those decisions. Um, it's just frustrating as you sit in the seat that I have when you're trying to reduce
061expenses and trying to keep revenue where it's at and trying to hold off going to ask our community again for another levy and then you show up to a commissioner's meeting and you lose $10 million in a matter of 20 minutes and it's like great just you know another opportunity that we have we're trying to like resolve things. So, uh, I think it's important that the community understands where our revenue comes from. Um, I think it's important that our community understands where we spend our revenue. Uh, and I think it's important that our community understands our forecast as well. Um, so we're going to continue to do a couple more videos, uh, expand on this discussion in a video standpoint, send it out to the community, uh, kind of go over our expenses in a
062little more detail, uh, send that out as well, then kind of show that from a forecast standpoint. So, our community knows where we're spending our money and how it's being spent. Uh because it has to be a partnership in that and we do take that very seriously and we have to be fiscally responsible because we're aware of the issues with property tax. Um and again, we've been trying to hold off that levy as we talked about last month during the forecast. um we're coming up pretty close to where we're going to have to make that decision because I've always said by the end of calendar year 2026 which is in two months. We're into 2026. Um we need to consider that. So whether that's in the form of a property tax, whether that's form of
063income tax or it's a combination of both, uh we need to continue to make reductions from an expenditure standpoint which we've committed to to the board and to the community in past presentations and I know Mr. Heath and his team are constantly working on that. Um it's not just a solely an increase in in revenue uh that we have to uh so happy to answer any questions on that piece before we get into the expense part of uh the update. Um but I felt it worthwhile to have a discussion on revenue and property tax uh with the current climate that we're experiencing. >> Mr. way did the commissioners address the impact on the other eight districts as well? I mean I obviously the their decision applies to all. Maybe the better question is have you
064heard from the other treasurers and what kind of ramifications that choice made on their budgets? Uh yeah, I mean I think again and I think a commissioner made the comment if we can't cut less than 1% from our budgets then we don't know how to budget and I don't think it's really a matter of being able to cut 1% but when you're trying to run as lean as you can. Um this isn't necessarily an expense issue. It's it's it's also a revenue issue as Mr. Wilson used to always say, right? Um so I think when you look at Willby Eastlake, they're slated to lose almost $2.8 8 million. So they're obviously they're going to lose more than we are. Uh and then you know it's all relative, right? So it the amount of a cut
065particularly when you're deficit spending like us that has a has a has a dual impact and we don't have the ability to have additional revenue to to make up for that. Um you know libraries, townships, they're kind of feeling the same crunch when it comes to this piggyback. Um so again, we'll adjust. we'll make some further cuts uh to try to stay as far away from the classroom and the things that we are committed to doing. Um but at the same time, you know, it does cause us to have to consider more revenue than we were projecting even before. >> So, Mr. Wade, obviously this is grim grim forecast, but we need to react the be the best that we can to to make sure that our students needs are met in the classroom. I
066I know that you you know, Mr. Heath, you're you're already looking at, you know, what how we can be lean, how how we can make additional cuts now with this additional loss revenue. And I know that you're working with Mr. Wade with that. Um perhaps we could have a a work session in December where we could sit and talk about what cuts you're recommending and then what additional cuts would need to happen based on levy scenarios and and we can have a discussion on, you know, are we proposing a levy? Are we looking at income tax? Are we looking at um property tax? you know, just looking at all of our options because, you know, like you said, you we we can only cut so much without really impacting the education, the classroom. So, I'd
067like to see what recommendations you'd make, you know, at that time and and have a discussion with that and and I know that we have some, you know, new board members that will be coming on within the next month and if they could be part of that discussion, too. I know we have one that we're not sure who it's going to be yet, but um you know, if we could invite everyone, it might be a possibility to have a have a discussion because we we might need to react very quickly here. >> Yeah. So, um what I'll do in my Friday update is suggest some dates and times for the week of uh the 15th. The week before that is our board meeting, and then I'm having surgery the week before that. So, um, and
068then we have like the holidays right after. [laughter] So, um, I know it'll be tight, but if we could get something to at least start having that discussion again >> we've been having it, yeah, constantly, but I think it's we have to if the board is considering even remotely uh, any sort of consideration for a levy in May, you know, we have to make decisions by the end of January at the latest. um which we all know remember is a two vote process getting that certified um and if we're considering an income tax um to avoid property tax uh to not add to that or a duplicity of income and property uh we would want to make sure that we have those ducks in a row as well. So, if we were to do that,
069the timeline would be January. We would need to be making a decision at first. >> Yeah. Early to mid January. Uh you'd have to the board would need to make the first resolution. Um I guess we got to get that certified by the county or the department of taxation depending upon which way we go. And then um we have to by the end of January, beginning of February, I don't have it right in front of me. we have to have that second resolution because we have a timeline that has to be done uh to consider that. >> So, I I just want to add when I hear a commissioner, our county commissioner say, "Oh, you can cut 1% of your budget, no problem." What it tells me is that we need better partnerships, you know,
070with our local officials, whether it's city council or county commissioners, that they didn't already know that we're cutting two million a year annually. I mean, they have they if they didn't did they know that they knew that. So >> that's even worse [laughter] in a lot of ways. But what it also tells me is >> we need to we need better partnerships. If if funding our schools is truly a partnership um not just between state and school districts, but our local officials, something is a miss here. So, you know, I know at one point we were having, you know, work sessions with city council. Do we need to invite folks in for for school building tours, for conversations, for work sessions? Should we invite them to that December meeting? I I what's missing for me
071is why don't they have a window into what truly happens with our budget? Why don't they already know, and it sounds like they might, that Mr. Wade has done his due diligence and does every single month to ensure that we are staying on top of our expenses and reducing them whenever possible. Making cuts. I mean these cuts $10 million over this many years. We're talking about I assume teachers. We're talking about extracurriculars. We're talking about programs. We're talking about intervention specialists. This is going to hit us hard and parents, caregivers, community members need to know that, need to understand the impact these cuts are going to have. And it's got to be a community conversation. So, everything we can do to bring those county commissioners in, our city council members in to that conversation is
072something I'd like to explore. So, however, however we can because I know we do that with our senators, our our house reps, too. Bring them in for meetings. Hopefully, we can come up with a way to extend that to others in the community. >> Mr. Wade, do you know how many of the 88 county counties had their commissioners vote this way? >> It's uh I don't know an exact number. I know it's becoming more common place. I know Madina, I think, just passed one and there's a few counties as well. Um, one of the commissioners made the comment that they were told from the representatives down at the state that if they didn't utilize every tool in their toolkit uh to reduce property tax that they would lose out on capital improvement funds. >> So,
073they were urged in the strongest terms to do this. >> Correct. >> They were given an ultimatum. In other words, >> I can't speak to the nature of the the discussion. I could just share what we were told. Wow. Okay. Thank you. >> I had a couple questions. Um I know we had said we are the third lowest in the county, but when I pull up the Lake County um rate from the auditor's page, it we are actually the fourth highest in gross mill rate before House Bill 920. >> So why does that affect us more? Like n why does House Bill 920 affect us more than some of the other schools? Can you kind of speak to that? uh because the number of there could be le timing of levies. So if you think
074about it, for example, we've only passed one since 2020 or 2004 2004, excuse me. >> Mhm. >> So every time that there's inflationary increases in the values of homes, we see that decrease down from House Bill 920 reducing the effective village rate. So depending, you know, if you had a district, for example, that had only 40 gross mills and then they passed another levy at 44 and they were only at 30, they'd go up to 34 and so on and so forth. >> So it's timing of when levies are done and passed u because remember 1976, I think it was when House Bill 920 was passed, everything that was approved prior to that >> was aggregated into one millage amount. >> So then you would only see the millages that have passed since then. Okay.
075>> But what you're taxed on is your effective rate. So that's why when we show that chart, we only show the effective rate. >> Yeah. I've I've received questions on that. So I just want to make sure. >> It's it's confusing. >> Yeah. >> And tax law in Ohio in general. >> Yeah. >> Is it >> is extremely And that's and that's the issue, >> right? >> When you try to unravel something that has so many connected parts like even you saw that today when Miss Martz was giving her update, right? They're not sure how 129 and 186 are going to work together >> because they they say different things. or the veto that was passed after the override. They overrode the veto that said fix some levies >> couldn't exist anymore. And now they're
076talking about bringing that back a little bit. And you know that saves the state money. Let's not forget getting rid of fixed sum levies or getting rid of any levy that was prior to 2013 saves the state 12.5%. So, it's a cost savings to the state and it costs the taxpayer because now any levy that's passed to make up for that levy that can't be renewed >> is going to be taxed at 100% instead of, you know, the 88.5 >> or 87.5, excuse me. >> And Bill, I just had one more question to you. the um chart that you showed about base cost. Can you just discuss kind of what goes into the the chart with the >> Yeah. >> Because on the the cup report it has that we pay you know our expenditures
077per student is over 17,000. >> Yep. >> But that's not in that chart. So what's out of that chart? Like what's not included in that? >> So that chart the base cost is it's a state average. Um try to find the actual chart here. You're referring to this one. >> No, the um the pie >> Oh, the pie chart. >> I was just trying to match what you had on here with the cup um report and I >> Yeah. So, what the state does, it's not really relevant to the chart, but um this one. >> Yep. So they determine what it costs to educate this child on for the bare minimum. So like even the state which it doesn't even cost I think the state average is just under 17,000 like high 16s for example
078>> right >> so um what they do is they calculate you know based on enrollment the average number of teachers you should have guidance counselors administrators >> uh there's a there's a formula for everything right and then it determines your administrative costs your instructional costs your support costs um so on and so forth >> so the The local share per pupil is actually higher than what we even see here. That's just what the state says out of this whole calculation, we're only paying for this little slice here. Correct. >> Which is why that doesn't match up with the 17,000. Correct. Thank you. That makes sense. >> Yep. So you see that you know that what happens is the local share ends up being even beyond that because no nobody in the state is the state
079average is like 16 I think eight or nine if you look at the cup report >> which which is a metric I use because I always want to make sure that we're getting closer to the average rather than further away. >> So um one of the benchmarks that we look at as well. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Any other questions? Did they offer to give us some of the income tax money that they had set us aside >> to offset the disappointing choice? >> They can't. They they did discuss that to their credit. They they they're not allowed to by law to to like re help us recoup the funding. Um but they did say that they would be strategic and help us find ways to save money. Um, but they did admit as well,
080they were surprised to hear that a lot of us do shared services to reduce costs already. Um, so we'll continue to educate. So when we look at our expenditures, um, our actual expenses for the month, we're up about $282,000 and again on $115 million. That's not really a drastic difference. And compared to the same period, total expenditures are about a million dollars higher than last year. Most of that coming in the form of salaries and benefits, which would make sense based on our negotiated agreement. And when we look at our forecast, we're expenditures are coming in about $106,000 higher than we were forecasting in October. Again, that's not a material difference, something we'll keep an eye on. A lot of that's because this time of year we're spending the majority of our money when our
081spending will slow down as we kind of get to the second half of the year. So, um, we've seen some bills come in sooner than they have previously. So, again, we'll continue to keep an eye on it, but it's not something we're largely concerned with because we're I mean, again, $15 million to be off by $100,000 either way isn't really something to brag about. Um, it's pretty close. Um, so that concludes where we're at financially for the month through October. Happy to answer any questions specifically on where the budget stands in comparison to our forecast. >> Not hearing any. Uh, Madame President, members of the board, Mr. Heath, I ask that the board um consider items B through F and addendums that could be acted on one motion. So move. >> Second. Is there any
082discussion? Please call the role. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Miss Jessine, yes. >> Miss Ayaflo, >> yes. >> Miss Marchazza, >> yes. >> Miss Cook, >> yes. >> Motion carries 5-0. >> All right. We do not have any items under unfinished or new business this evening. So, we will move on to the hearing of the public on any topic. Mr. Wade. >> Our first speaker is Lin Mazika. She's going to pass, I believe, is what the handwave means. Thank you. Uh, our next speaker is Mr. Shoots. Yes, my name is Don Shoots and I've been attending board meetings for quite a number of years now. This is the first time I've actually gotten up to speak um because actually quite frankly enough is enough with what's happening in this city and with this school.
083I ran for school board because I want to unite my community and my school. What I witnessed at this at these meetings is embarrassing. The constant attack and divisive rhetoric has to stop. Our community is much better than this. And I just don't understand where the split happened. It's about time for us to put our school children above partyline politics. Common sense decisions for our students has been lost and that should concern every person in this community. To my Republican friends, please stop the verbal attacks. Our children are watching. They deserve to see how adults can come to common agreement on divisive issues. We need to be role models for our children. To my Democratic friends, please stop hiding behind your keyboard and actually talk with the people that you might disagree with. You'd be
084surprised at all the things we have in common for the success of our students. During my campaign, I met many wonderful people that want their voice to be heard. Now that the election is over, I promise to be your voice at these meetings so common sense decisions for our children can be made. Parents, teachers, staff members, and students. I ask you to bring your concerns to me, both positive and negative. My goal is to present these to the board and always to try to provide positive solutions to these concerns. Let's work to make men schools best in the state. Mr. Wade, the most prevalent concern from the community that I witnessed is the transparency of staffing issues. As we know, the staff salaries account for much of the annual budget. What I would like to
085do is have you can you please provide me with the total number of staff members at the board office and their total wages. People are concerned about that number. also at meetings and I'll be speaking. I I want to give shoutouts because on my campaign. The first on my list of shoutouts goes to Miss Stacy Carroll, the NHS adviser at the high school. I want her to know how highly regarded she is by her students. I was fortunate to have many of these NHS NHS students work at the concession stand for our flag football league. And these students spoke openly and honestly for their respect and love for Miss Carol. Second is what I heard from so many men on the lake residents. The praise for their principal at Lake Elementary was heard loud and
086clear. Congrats to Miss Lorie Ho for your consistent discipline, student-driven approach and your strong administrative practices. You certainly are respected by so many in your building and your community. Third, a hidden gem right here at all these meetings. >> I'm sorry, we're your time is up. I just want to I want to talk I want to give a shout out to Kristen because she's so positive everything she does. So I 10 seconds. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> She goes above and beyond to showcase her positive experiences that our students are having. Kristen, your communication and positivity are being noticed. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. [applause] Uh, our next speaker is Mr. Mackey left. Our last speaker is Alex Fish. >> Thank you, Alex. That concludes the public participation. Mr. Shoots, I will
087work on getting that list for you. Um, we do not have executive session this evening. So, do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So, move. >> Second. Please call the RO. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Miss Jessling? >> Yes. >> Miss Ayppo? >> Yes. >> Miss Marchazza? >> Yes. >> Miss Cook? >> Yes. >> Motion carries 5-0. Meetings adjourn at 7:39 p.m.