OREGON BOARD OF EDUCATION
5721 SEAMAN ROAD
OREGON, OHIO  43616
SPECIAL MEETING
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL
August 19, 2009
6:00 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER—PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG

II. MOMENT OF SILENCE

III. ROLL CALL OF THE BOARD
 PRESENT ABSENT
Betty Carstensen
Richard Gabel
Eric Heintschel
Diane Karoly
Jeffrey Ziviski

IV. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Board will enter into Executive Session for the purpose:
to consider the employment of public employee or official.
to prepare for negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment.

V. CERTIFICATED STAFF CHANGES

A. The following resignations are recommended for approval:
1. Kristina Kidd, fall cheerleader advisor, Fassett Middle School, effective August 5, 2009
2. Kristina Kidd, winter cheerleader advisor, Fassett Middle School, effective August 5, 2009.
3. Bethann Reiter, 7th grade team leader, Eisenhower Middle School, effective August 1, 2009.

B. The following individual is recommended for employment:
1. Nancy Pevets, 7th grade team leader, Eisenhower Middle School, no experience, salary $1,255.00.
2. Lindsay Bernard, interpreter, Eisenhower Middle School, salary $177.00 per day for 185 days.

C. The following substitutes are recommended for employment for the 2009-10 school year:
1. Raquel Cardenas
2. Jennifer Cote
3. Cheryl Horvath
4. Nancy Jacob
5. Ashlee Kwiatkowski
6. Melissa Owens
7. Tricia Pfund
8. Kathryn Printki
9. Cheryl Shurtz
10. Eugene Shurtz
11. Lauren Spoerl
12. Paul Vilela
13. Frederick Walegembe
14. Sharon Winslow
 

VI. RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO PROCEED WITH ELECTION OF THE QUESTION OF AN EMERGENCY TAX LEVY (R.C. Section 5705.194 - 5705.197)

 WHEREAS, on August 13, 2009, the Board passed a resolution declaring the necessity, in order to provide for the emergency requirements of the School District, to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation, to raise the amount of _____$3,606,063______________ dollars ($3,606,063), for each year that said levy is in effect; and

 WHEREAS, the Lucas County Auditor has certified to the Board that an estimated annual levy of _five and ninety-five one hundredths_____ (_5.95_) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which is fifty-nine and five tenths cents ($ 0.595_) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, will be required to produce the annual amount set forth in the resolution of August 13, 2009.

 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the Oregon City School District, Lucas County, Ohio, a majority of the members of the Board concurring, that:

 Section 1. The Board desires to proceed with the submission of the question to the electors of the School District.
 Section 2. The question of the emergency tax levy shall be submitted to the electors of the School District at the election currently scheduled for November 3, 2009 (the "Election Date").
 Section 3. The Treasurer of the Board is hereby directed and shall simultaneously certify to the Lucas County Board of Elections, that the number of years the levy is to run will be ten (10), and that the levy will include a levy on the 2009 tax list (2010 collection year) if approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
 Section 4. The form of the ballot to be used at said election shall be substantially as follows:
Shall a levy be imposed by the Oregon City School District, Lucas County, Ohio for the purpose of providing for the emergency requirements of the School District, in the sum of three million six hundred six thousand sixty-three dollars ($ 3,606,063_) and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average five and ninety-five one hundredths (5.95) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to fifty-nine and five tenths cents($0.595) cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of ten (10) years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010?

 FOR THE TAX LEVY
 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY

Section 5. The Treasurer of the Board is hereby directed and shall certify, not later than August 20, 2009 (which date is not less than 75 days prior to the Election Date), to the Lucas County Board of Elections a copy of the resolution of August 13, 2009 and a copy of this resolution together with the amount of the average tax levy, expressed in dollars and cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation, as well as in mills for each one dollar of valuation, as estimated by the Lucas County Auditor.
 Section 6. The Treasurer of the Board is hereby directed and shall simultaneously certify to the Lucas County Board of Elections, that the tax be for: ten years and that such levy will include a levy on the 2009 tax list (2010 collection year) if approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. 
 Section 7. It is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of this Board concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Board, and that all deliberations of this Board and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.

VII. RESOLUTION APPROVING SCHOOL BUS STOPS FOR THE 2009-10 SCHOOL YEAR

WHEREAS, Ohio Administrative Code 3301-83-13 states that the Superintendent and/or his designee must determine annually the location of all school bus stops; and

WHEREAS, the school bus stop locations have been established by the Superintendent’s designee for the 2009-10 school year;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education approval of the list of established school bus stop locations for the Oregon City School District; and

BE IT FURTER RESOLVED, that a copy of the approved list of school bus stop locations be retained on file in the Oregon City Schools’ Board Office and the Oregon City Schools’ Transportation Department.

VIII. BUILDING REPAIRS IN EXCESS OF $10,000
A. It is recommended that the Board approve the following building repairs from our Permanent Improvement Fund:
1. Eisenhower Skylight Removal, Nordmann Roofing in the amount of $14,922
2. Clay High School Tunnel Piping (Emergency Repair), work will be awarded to the lowest bidder
a. Dimech Services, Inc. in the amount of $15,584
b. Dunbar Mechanical, pending
c. Air Force One, pending

IX. POLICY
Sections A-K of the district’s policy manual were presented for their first reading at the August 5, 2009, board meeting and are now being recommended for adoption.

X. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL AND REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS

XI. CLOSING