001I call the Tuscarus Valley Local Board of Education regular meeting to order. June 8th, 2026. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Fisher, >> present. >> Mr. >> President, >> present. We're going to stand for the pledge of allegiance followed by the invocation by Ben. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Dear God, we just thank you for just a great school year we've had here at Tusky Valley. And we just pray as we enter into our summer season, Lord, that you would just watch over our families and our our teachers and our staff, Lord. Just uh let them all have fantastic vacations and restful time and uh just help us to
002do the business tonight that we can uh prepare for next year in Jesus name. Amen. >> I see Christine, but I don't know what the other two were. You look that up live. Okay. Uh, additions and corrections. We do have a few additions and corrections. So, I the first change in the agenda is item number four that was publicized. The executive session will be held at the end. It will be item number 11 and no action will be taken at this time. We have made three other additions that are in the current agenda. The first one being the acceptance of resignation of Christine Smith. Number 12 and number 13. >> And then number 12 and 13 are additions as well. Uh approving a member service agreement with Omarisa for FY27. That's years 26 27 FY
003means fiscal year at the approximate cost of four $45,000 as a standard agreement. and then the approved the purchase of final forms through Omaresa for fiscal year 27 at the approximate cost of $10,000 which is again a standard um yearly thing that we do at that time we'll go ahead and go back to uh declarations I just want to remind everyone who's watching today at Tuscoris Valley Local School District will focus on high achievement for all students by providing a challenging curriculum in a positive learning environment and then we have Boulder Golds which is on the agenda agenda and we do not have any public participation for number three. So we're going to move on to number four and number four now is new business agenda and G because of the new state rules I
004will read the following consent agenda and number A. The following recommendations are made by the superintendent. Approve amendments from the May 11th 2026 regular meeting the May 21st 26 special meeting. May 26 financial reports and the May 26 investments and then now certificates as follows. Company is Horizon of Tusk and Carol County at $4,28.50. Number two, accept donations, grants, and express appreciation to the following individuals, businesses, organizations, and foundations for their following contributions. Lockport Brewing Company gave $100 to Hope Squad. Melody and Rick Niblck $500 to speech. Giant Eagle Dover gave $49.50 to pay it forward. And Beaver Excavating gave $500 to the Trojan CR crush, sorry. Number three, approve the fisc year 27 temporary appropriations as followed. Um, I'm not going to read all the amounts. They are on the agenda. resend the employment
005of Silus Miller, TV elementary intervention specialist, previously approved at the February 9th, 20126 board meeting. Number five, grant supplemental contracts for um 2627 school year as follows. Printing verifications of all credentials. Um, these are all people that are currently employed but have moved up or they're doing um, uh, extracurricular activities. Amy Cox will be the English department head. Sandy Dau will be head cross country coach. Brian Finley will be social cities department head. John Fletcher will be assistant boys golf. Brenton Franks will be head coach volleyball. Kelly Gillig will be LD LPDC member and Jamie Herger will be that as well. Mike Herger will be technical technology department head. Chris House will be the LPDC member as well. Corey Jansen will be sixth grade class advisor with camp. Jaylen Marx will be middle school volleyball.
006Sean Paisley will be LPDC member. Moving on, we will have Terry Cy is the head basketball coach. Kate Spinel is co- varsity cheerleading. Corey Street will be LPDC administrator. Charlene Tedric is the science head department. Susan Troyer is the math head department. Kim Kimberly Van Aoster is the fine arts head department. Matt Ward is the head girls basketball. Jordan Witter is the assistant athletic director. Kate Adams is the head football coach. Noah Al Noah Allen assistant football. Kayn Archer assistant volleyball. Andrew Corden is the middle school football. Braden Davis is assistant boys soccer. Austin Dedric is assistant football. Patrick Eddie is head girls soccer. Sarah Farnsworth is co- varsity cheerleading. Jay Erin Hawkins is assistant girls golf. Dutch Cotcher is football. John Cuth is football. Daryl Mc John is head boys golf. Zack Morzelli is
007head boys soccer. Alexis Okconor is assistant cheerleading. Anna Roy is middle school volleyball. Tiffany Sinnel is assistant volleyball. Nick Stzer is assistant football. Seth Teter is assistant girls soccer. Jess Willis is assistant cross country. Rean Waniski is JB volleyball. Number six, approve purposes, statements, and budgets for the 2526 submitted by adviserss as follow. The class of 2029 is Christian Wartz. The class of 2028 is John Bile. Yearbook is Mike Herger. High school student council and hope squad is Tiffany Shaw. approved transition agreements between Harkcus, Tri County, CAO, Incorporated, Head Start to provide transition activities to children who will transition to CA kindergarten at the end of the 2627 school year. Approved the school year of 26 27 meal prices as followed. K through 12 will be no cost. Third year C, community eligible provision. That
008means we get free money for uh food uh reimbursement from the government. Adults will be 250 for breakfast and milk will be 55 cents for breakfast. For lunch, adults will be $5 and milk will be 55 cents for lunch as well. Approve the district parent student handbook subject to modifications. Approve the employment of Lexi Kelly as the uh elementary intervention specialist one-year limited contract BA1 150 step 10 effective August 14th 26 accept the resignation of the following employees Carmen Heeler elementary school counselor Tanya Gallagher executive administrative assistant and Christina Smith assistant treasurer budgetary approved the member number 12 is approved the member service agreement of Omaresa Fiscal year 27 at the approximate cost of $45,000. Approve the number 13 is approved the purchase of the final forms through Omara fiscal year 27 at the approximate
009cost of $10,000. That is the reading of the consent agenda. Any questions or comments? First, we have to have a motion. >> I'll make a motion. >> Ben makes the motion and the second is I'll >> second. >> Thank you. So, we have a first and second. Is there any discussion? Any questions on any of uh the things? Basically, these are all all stand. They're getting ready for the f, you know, for next year. Um I think the mail prices have gone up just a little bit. Um but they're very in line with local numbers for adults. That's really all that that that affects. All right, let's call the RO then. >> Mr. Overton, >> yes. >> Mr. Fischer, >> yes. Mr. Green, >> yes. Okay. Number five is approve the 10-year and two-month lease
010agreement with the Tuscaras Valley YMCA for rental of the wellness center in room 130 in the administrative building effective November 1st, 2026 through December 31, 2036. Is there a motion? >> I make the motion. >> Adam has made the motion. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Do we have uh a lease agreement already >> drafted or talked about or is that still in the works of are they making any modifications? Are we making modifications? >> They are going to make modifications uh get it gotten back to us. >> Okay. >> Like no substantial changes. They were just going to get it to I think an attorney. I I don't it was an individual she mentioned by name just to clean up some language and
011things that they want on their end but not substantial changes to what we agreed upon >> which I think is I think is standard and probably appropriate. Okay. >> And if there's any just a question then if there's any questions on that change of agreement with you or Derek you would come back to us if we need to resend it or not approve it. Yeah, they come back with a substantial change, but we'll have to >> redo it. >> Yeah. >> Send this red. >> Okay. >> Is that good enough, guys? >> All right. Let's call for a vote. >> Mr. Fischer. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Number seven. Set a date, time, and location for June special fiscal end of the year meeting. All right, let's have a discussion. I
012have June here and let me just check and see if um I'm sorry my phone's acting up and I need somebody technical to fix it and I don't know who >> what's acting what's it acting up >> what's it doing >> it won't I have can you meeting on June 29th which is Tuesday oh that's me I said that to her she has not answered me so I don't know about Morgan we really only need three people for the meeting. So the meeting that just to clarify and remind everyone the end of the you you tell them what it is. You're better at it. >> The end of the year we just sort of need to clean up appropriations, estimated revenues, approved transfers of funds, etc. Just to sort of close the books for the
013end of the year. Keeps us in budgetary compliance basically the state. >> Um Amy's on her way, but let's set that meeting for do you think seven or 7:30? Adam, >> I I always appreciate if I appreciate a 7 o'clock meeting so we don't have to feel rushed as long as that's okay with everybody else. Um because sometimes I think there's always questions, but I am completely open to a 7:30 if we need to do that or later. >> I know Amy has to get to work. I don't know. Do you know what time she has to be at work? >> She's probably 8:00 or >> I would say. Yeah. >> Okay. So, let's do seven. And if we need to change it, we can. But we're going to say 7:00 on the 30th, Tuesday
014the 30th. Okay. And we'll get that information out to the newspapers um to know that this is um only for that. >> Does that work for you, Mark? >> Yeah. Um I >> He's the one that suggested it. >> Okay. I just I is a 7:00 meeting. I mean, >> okay. >> This time that you're >> Okay. >> He was in the office at Yes. I I said, "Are you awake yet?" See, I'm in the office. Okay. All right. Next, >> we need to >> Oh, yeah. >> We don't really need to vote on that. We just Okay. >> We just talk about >> So, I need to tell them not to do that. >> Okay. >> All right. Number seven is approve the resolution for the award of the construction contract. This is the
015legacy wall project. Whereas the Tuscaris Valley local school district board of education identified as the board will identify the need for the construction of Tuscaros Valley legacy wall at the elementary elementary school and whereas the project was publicly advertised in accordance with the Ohio law and a pre-bid meeting was subsequently held at the project site on May 21st, 2026. And whereas on June 4th, 2026, the board received only one competitive bid for the work. And whereas the board architect Corgan Lor Leco tabulated and evaluated the bids, interviewed and the lower bid, and checked references to ensure the compliance with all specifications and statutory requirements. And whereas Corgan Clark Blesco has recommended that the board accept the base bid provided by CCI Construction LLC determining them to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidder with a
016total base bid of 2696,000 and 330. Let me try that again. Sorry. 296330 which aligns with the estimated cost of the work. Whereas the superintendent recommends the board accept the architect's recommendations and awards the contract to expediate the project schedule. Now therefore, let it be so that the board of education of the Tuscaras Valley local school district in Tuscaros County, Ohio, that section one, the board hereby accepts the recommendation of Corgan Lusco and determines that the LLC construction LLC at the is the lowest responsible responsive and responsible bidder for the Tuscross Valley Legacy Wall project. Section two, the board hereby awards the contract for the base bid of CCI Construction LLC in the total amounts of 296330. Section three, the board president, superintendent, and treasurer are authorized and directed to execute an agreement and any
017other necessary contractual documents with CCI Construction LLC on behalf of the board subject to approval by legal counsel to formalize this award and to ensure expediency with the project schedule. Section four. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this board concerning and relating to the adoption of this resolution were adopted at an open meeting of this board and that all deliberations of this board or any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements, including section 121.22 of the Ohio Review Code. Do we have a motion at this time? I'll make a motion. >> Been made the motion. >> Second. >> And Adam seconded. It has been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? >> I just think it
018should be noted that when we were originally discussing this project, um I I think the the number of 300,000 was floated around there. I also uh think it should be noted that this money has already been accounted for, right? Where this isn't something that's new money. This is stuff that we've already >> uh talked about. So, not only are we at that $300,000 mark that we've already talked about, I think that um it's the money is already um essentially been accounted for for this project. So, it's not that we were spending any new money >> and we're not spending out the general fund. Is that correct? >> Well, it's in the general fund, but remember it was already left over from the construction >> that we had to use. So, any other discussion? All right.
019At this time, we'll take a vote, please. >> Mr. Overton? >> Yep. >> Mr. Fisher? >> Yes. >> Mr. Green? >> Yes. We do not see anybody public participation of anybody. All right. All right. Then we are going to move on to item number nine, which is announcements. The next regular board of education meeting will be held August 10th at 2026. other than our end of the year meeting which we have set earlier in our meeting has stated the back to school blast will be August 14th. Keep that on your calendar at 5 to 7:00 p.m. in front of the district administrative buildings and we need to discuss a date for the work session for June or July. So at this time that's what we will do. I'm going to pull this calendar over. Um
020I contacted four people and I stopped at that point because we have no Saturdays in June or July that we can do. So usually we do work session at the end of the year and usually sometime in August. Um and we need to we have some discussions that we need to do. Um and it usually a work session takes anywhere between four to six hours and we'll try to fit it into what we need. Um the suggestion from Amy was um since Saturdays are a problem and a lot of people don't like to give up their summer Saturdays um what about a weekday? So, the following things that are on the agenda so far for the work session would be um reassessing and re-evaluating um our general fund and what projects we um need to
021complete like broken items or anything like that and just get a handle on what else expenditures are coming down the pike so that we know and keep in mind what we've got going with our general fund. Number two is we've had a lot of change of positions and so I asked Derek to go over all those different people and their roles and responsibilities. So if a board member or not a board member but a community member comes to you and say hey I was at the football field and it looks like trash. That is not true by the way but if they came to you then you could say okay here's who you need to call. So, it used to be the super the principles of the buildings did it, but now we've got a
022whole infrastructure that that we have to it can't be that anymore. So, he's going to go over that with us. We're going to go over some of the ideas that we had at Cosbom BL that we said we really wanted to have a work session, go over with Derek and Mark about that. some talk about changing the agenda into a different format that might be more conducive to this new reading of the agenda out loud. Um and um allowing um Mark to take more of a a increased role in the financial part of the district and sharing that stuff with us as he explains what we're we're voting on. Um and then uh doing some just some board orientation that we need to finalize and update um with that. And now she did ask you
023guys if you had any suggestions to make sure you give it to Amy, but those are the ones that I suggested which pretty much were what she suggested. So, um I do want I there's three learning sessions I really think we need to go over and I even if it's just quickly go over it and assign maybe okay we'll do it this year or we'll we'll re-evaluate that in August you know that's not something we need to do right this minute um one is branding I think we need can up our branding um which is the least number three on my list number two is um exploitation of students uh Adam I think attended that session with me and we found it very Good. I do want to say that there is a learning session.
024He is coming, his whole team is coming to speak again at our capital conference. So, that'll be a good time for our administrative to to see that at the a learning session. Um, but I really think our students and our teachers maybe in different groups, not together, um have have that opportunity as well. And then third is um I can't remember what the third one is off the top of my head. I didn't write it down. Um, there was one more. Um, oh, it was when that superintendent said the 12 great strategies that helped turn her district around. I think we have a great district, but I thought she had some great ideas about um, we talked about happy birthdays and those kind of things if you remember. So, I think just getting some of
025that stuff on the schedule. We we finding it very hard to just get a picture together. So, um, maybe that'll be the time to do that. So, that's kind of some of the things that are currently um in process that we will go through. Um but does anyone have a special We're going to try to do it in four hours since it's an evening. Maybe start at 5, have a meal with it, and then be done by 9. Does that sound fair for everybody? I know Amy five is hard for her, but maybe she can get out a half hour early one night. Um is that okay with you? What? Tuesdays are out for me. I'll just say it. And I I don't think we should have it before the 23rd so that Derek has
026time to um get his stuff in order when he comes back. So, we could do it the week of the 22nd through the 26th. What is I think the longer you go into July, the more people are busy, but that's just my thought. I don't know what people's vacation times are. I don't have any except July 26th through the 29th. I cannot do and I can't do Tuesdays. I sorry if you're talking evenings. I am I should be good that entire week June 22nd through the 23rd um to put something on the books. >> How about you, Mark? Do you have any, you know, trustee meetings or any of those other meetings? >> June 1st and 15th. >> Oh, you probably want us to avoid June. >> Will you be here? Is there one night
027that you're here versus in Fearless or you'll just work around it? >> Okay. >> I'm fine. Whatever. Just tell me. >> All right. So, let's just put a marker on June 22nd through the 26th. Okay, for now we're going to say 5 to 9. And when Amy gets here, you look at your calendar. We're we're trying to find a special meeting for our work session. Right now, we've decided to go to an evening meeting because Saturdays are um hard for everyone in se in the summer months. We're looking at June 21st through the 26th in the evening. 5 to 9, >> not Tuesday, the 23rd. So, we 22nd, 24th, 25th, or 26th. >> Yeah, that should any of those nights work for me. >> Okay. So, what we're going to do is right now we're
028going to state that we're going to have a work session. We will clarify that more later on. Um, but it will be the 22nd through the 26th, one of those dates from 5 to 9. Once Derek um we make contact with Derek and Morgan, we will set the exact date and get that posting out in the news. Okay. And I believe that is the last thing on our agenda other than board remarks. Any board remarks? Let's start with Ben. >> No, >> Adam. >> Uh, no, I don't think I have anything. >> I >> Okay, I do. You know me. I do. So, I just want to say and I have to find my phone. I apologize. There's been a call to action and I talked to um Mark today and um I just have
029to pull it up here. Um they're trying to do another property tax reform. It's House Bill 504. House Bill 504. Okay. Um and could you just share with what you told me basically? >> Well, again, my understanding is that anytime a reappraisal exceeds 15%, they want to spread it across multiple years. So, I told Sally like I I don't know how the legislation that's already been passed is going to truly affect this district because it's going to affect every district differently. So, until the Department of Taxation provides guidance to the county auditors and they pass it on to us, I don't know how the currently passed legislation is going to impact us. So, to blend this into it, I I really don't know. But big picture, if you just step back and look at it
030big picture, any of this legislation that's being passed slows down revenue growth for the district or eliminates revenue growth for the district from property taxes. This is just another stepping stone in that way, another layer in this case that they're they're going to slow down revenue growth. And the bottom line is we can't keeping they have 300 bills in the House and Senate right now on property taxes. 300 bills. So we can't have all these bills being passed because they are they're all going to just >> pile on top of each other and contradict each other and everything else. Yes. >> So I do want to also mention so I will be um I'll probably write a letter versus a peer on that one but um I just wanted you to make you aware of
031that. The other thing is that if you didn't know, um the property tax referendum did not meet the signature requirements. So that will not be on the bill in November. Um that doesn't mean they can't do it next year. It'll be a lot harder for them because it'll be very they'll use old signatures that people have moved and then it becomes ineffective and that or that. So, right now anyway, it's not right this year that that we're going to be having to face that in January, but um we need to constantly be pushing to our community that property tax needs reform, but it's not by getting rid of property tax. It's by making legislature cough up the money rather than making it to the the people, >> making the people pay the money. Yes. and
032businesses have decreased dramatically in the last 10 years, 15 years. So we always need to keep that in mind. With that I will do we have to call in we call into the executive session. >> Okay. So number, we're going back to number 11, which is now the executive session. And for the purpose of concerning the employment and compensation of a public employee official concerning their compensation and other terms and conditions of their employment, we will be going into executive session at this time. Call the Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. >> Can you call the role? >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fisher. Yes, >> Mr. I was like, I caught it. Don't worry, >> Mrs. >> Yes, >> I was confused on
033what order to go. >> I know cuz I just jumped in. I didn't even know if I was part of the roll call. >> Mrs. Bur. >> Yes. And can you just make note that Amy did appear during the meeting? She did appear. >> She's in the meeting. >> And there will be no action taken after this. >> Yeah, I told him. So, >> thank you. Now you get to go now