MINUTES OF THE MARGARETTA BOARD OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONAL AND REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 2, 2025.

The Margaretta Board of Education met for an organizational and regular session at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday January 2, 2025 at the Administrative Offices.

Mrs. Tucker called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. and asked Mrs. Keegan for a roll call:

Mr. Hula: Mr. Lippert:
Mr. Schoenegge: Mr. Sutorius: Mrs. Tucker:

Present Present Present Present Present

Election of Officers for the Calendar Year 2025:

Motions were made to nominate Mrs. Tucker for President and the nomination of Mr. Sutorius for Vice President again. Mr. Lippert motioned to close nominations and Mr. Hula seconded the motion; Roll call: Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Mr. Hula motioned to elect Mrs. Tucker as President and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge; Roll Call: Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: abstained.

Motion by Mr. Schoenegge to elect Mr. Sutorius as Vice President, seconded by Mr. Hula; Roll Call: Mr. Sutorius: abstained, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Hula to elect Mr. Sutorius as OSBA Legislative Liaison, seconded by Mr. Schoenegge; Roll Call: Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: abstained, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Sutorius, seconded by Mr. Hula, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-42, to set the Regular Board Meeting Dates for the 2025 Calendar Year to be held at 6:30 p.m.,

on the following dates: January 27, 2025
February 17, 2025 March 17, 2025 April 21, 2025 May 19, 2025 June 30, 2025

July 21, 2025 August 11, 2025 September 15, 2025 October 20, 2025 November 17, 2025 December 15, 2025

Roll Call: Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

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Treasurer’s Report: New Business:
Motion by Mr. Sutorius and seconded by Mr. Lippert, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-43, to authorize the Treasurer to pay bills as they are presented, provided funds are available, and reported monthly to the Board of Education for the 2025 Calendar Year; Roll Call: Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Lippert, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-44, to authorize the Board President and Treasurer to borrow funds, if necessary for the 2025 Calendar Year; Roll Call: Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Hula, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-45, to authorize the Treasurer to invest surplus funds for the 2025 Calendar Year; Roll Call: Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Hula, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-46 to request advances on local tax collections from the Erie and Sandusky County Auditors as needed; Roll Call: Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-47, to authorize the Superintendent to approve Staff attendance at workshops and meetings within the State of Ohio for the 2025 Calendar Year; Roll Call: Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Lippert, and seconded by Mr. Sutorius, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-48, to authorize the Superintendent to approve special transportation trip requests within the State of Ohio for students and staff for the 2025 Calendar Year; Roll Call: Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-49 to participate in all current Federal and State grant programs and solicit public input regarding the use of funds and services provided for the 2024-2025 school year; Roll Call: Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Budget Hearing for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025–2026

Mrs. Keegan presented the FY 2025-2026 Tax Budget for Board consideration. There was a motion by Mr. Hula, seconded by Mr. Sutorius, to adopt Board Resolution number 24-25-50 to approve FY 2025-2026 Tax Budget and provide for public input and inspection; Roll Call: Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.
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Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to adjourn the 2025 Organizational Meeting at 3:30 p.m.; Roll Call: Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

REGULAR BOARD MEETING CONVENING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE 2025 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to call the regular meeting to order; Roll Call: Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Hula, to approve the minutes from the Regular BOE Meeting held on December 16, 2024; Roll Call: Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Public Participation: None

Treasurer’s Report: None

Superintendent’s Report Old Business
Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded Mr. Schoenegge, to approve second reading and approval of Policy 2265 Protections of Individuals Beliefs, Affiliations, Ideals or Principles of Political Movements of Ideology; Roll Call: Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Personnel Actions: Classified Staff:
Motion by Mr. Hula, and seconded by Mr. Schoenegge, to hire Kristi Lewis, Substitute Van Driver for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year; Roll Call: Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr.Lippert, to hire Troy Laird, Bus Driver, for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year; Roll Call: Mr. Sutorius: aye, Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Mr. Kurt stated that January is Board Recognition Month and as such, he passed out a certificate of appreciation to each of the board members from Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA).

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Motion by Mr. Sutorius, and seconded by Mr. Hula to adjourn the meeting having no further business to come before the board; Roll Call: Mr. Hula: aye, Mr. Lippert: aye, Mr. Schoenegge: aye, Mr. Sutorius: aye, and Mrs. Tucker: aye.

Meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted

__________________________ Angie Tucker
Board President

__________________________ Diane Keegan
Treasurer

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