Galion BOE makes annual authorizations and appointments

By Sarah Einselen

Inquirer Reporter

The Galion Board of Edu­ca­tion orga­nized its year at the meet­ing held Thurs­day, Jan. 5. New board mem­ber Brian Owens and re-elected mem­bers Den­nis Long and Robert Zeisler were sworn in. The board voted that Den­nis Long con­tinue as board pres­i­dent and that Jen­nifer Kuns also con­tinue as vice-president.

The board will con­tinue hold­ing its reg­u­lar meet­ings on the sec­ond Thurs­day of each month in the mid­dle school com­puter lab, except in July when the board will meet on the third Thurs­day. Addi­tional work ses­sions will be held on Feb. 16, April 19, June 21, Aug. 23 and Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m.

The board approved a series of stand­ing autho­riza­tions for the year as well.

The trea­surer was autho­rized to secure advance pay­ment on cur­rent col­lec­tion of taxes, to invest all funds, to pay all bills per lim­its in appro­pri­a­tion res­o­lu­tions, to com­pen­sate board mem­bers for up to 12 meet­ings per year and to attend pub­lic records train­ing on behalf of the board members.

The super­in­ten­dent was autho­rized to employ per­son­nel as needed for emer­gency sit­u­a­tions and then to ask the board for approval at the next reg­u­lar meet­ing. The board also autho­rized the super­in­ten­dent to pay $150 a day for sub­sti­tute teach­ers when­ever she deter­mines that extra­or­di­nary cir­cum­stances require a higher pay rate.

The super­in­ten­dent was also autho­rized to serve as the pur­chas­ing agent for the dis­trict, to find unique ways to show employ­ees the board appre­ci­ates them, and to apply on the district’s behalf with­out fur­ther board action to par­tic­i­pate in any fed­eral or state pro­grams for which board approval is required.

The board also approved sev­eral board mem­ber appoint­ments as follows:

• Leg­isla­tive liaison—Dennis Long
• Del­e­gate to the Ohio School Boards Asso­ci­a­tion Annual Conference—George McEl­lig­ott (Jen­nifer Kuns is alternate)
• Stu­dent achieve­ment liaison—Jennifer Kuns
• Galion Area Bet­ter­ment Commission—Jennifer Kuns
• Pio­neer Career and Tech­nol­ogy Cen­ter school board—Dennis Long
• Galion Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion labor rela­tions committee—George McEl­lig­ott and Robert Zeisler
• OAPSE Labor Rela­tions committee—Dennis Long and Brian Owens
• Galion Advi­sory Group for Education—Robert Zeisler
• Audit committee—George McEl­lig­ott and Brian Owens

The board also des­ig­nated the Galion Inquirer and the News­pa­per Net­work of Cen­tral Ohio as its news­pa­pers and approved a pre­lim­i­nary cal­en­dar for the 2012–2013 school year. The cal­en­dar estab­lished the start and end dates of school and the dates of school breaks.

The board will hold its first reg­u­lar meet­ing of the year at 6:30 p.m. Thurs­day, Jan. 13, in the mid­dle school com­puter lab. The pub­lic is encour­aged to attend.

Posted by Sarah Einselen on Jan 10 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.