The Twinsburg Board of Education, meeting in organizational session Jan. 12, 2025, elected Rhonda Crawford president and Tina Davis vice president, appointed Maria Hamilton treasurer pro tem and approved a set of routine organizational resolutions covering meeting dates, committee assignments, fiscal authorities and legal representation for the 2025 calendar year.

Rhonda Crawford, a member of the Twinsburg Board of Education, was elected president after a roll-call vote that recorded four votes in favor and one abstention (Crawford). Tina Davis, a board member, was elected vice president by the same tally (Davis abstained). Maria Hamilton, a board member, was appointed to serve as treasurer pro tem for the organizational meeting in the absence of the district treasurer.

The board approved a package of numbered resolutions and appointments (motions and roll-call votes are summarized below). Key items adopted included: dispensing with the oral reading of board minutes when minutes are delivered to members at least two days before a meeting; authorization for the superintendent and treasurer to make internal appropriation modifications under the district's purchasing and financial policies and Ohio law; appropriation of a $10,000 service fund account for 2025; authorization for the superintendent or her designee to file grant applications; authorization for signatures on checks and warrants by the treasurer or designee; designation of the superintendent or designee as the district purchasing agent; authority for the treasurer to invest funds as permitted by law and to present investment reports to the board; authorization for the treasurer to make payroll and vendor payments within appropriations (with a check register presented to the board); designation of the legal level of appropriations at the fund level; and a board-member compensation schedule of $100 per meeting up to a maximum of 45 meetings for calendar year 2025.

The board set its regular meeting schedule for 2025 (typically first and third Wednesdays, with listed exceptions for June, July, September, October and December); designated the Twinsburg Government Center and, when unavailable, the Twinsburg High School Auditorium or LGI Room as meeting locations; authorized acceptance of federal and state grant monies and staff participation in grant programs for the 2025–26 school year; authorized routine personnel hires and acceptance of resignations by the superintendent with review at the next regular meeting; and authorized the treasurer to pursue real property valuation complaints and appeals before the Summit County Board of Revision and the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals, with updates to the board beginning 01/01/2025.

The board also approved appointment lists for committee representation (finance; building and grounds; curriculum and technology; policy; athletic and student activities; business advisory council; legislative liaison; student achievement liaison), a slate of outside legal firms for 2025, petty cash and change-fund limits (building principal/designate or athletic director up to $300; central office budgetary officer up to $200; food service director up to $200 plus a $360 change fund; petty-cash expenditures up to $25), and recognized the administrative assistant to the superintendent as the district records officer under Twinsburg City School administrative guidelines cited in the meeting.

Most organizational resolutions and appointments passed unanimously by roll call; the officer elections each carried 4–1 with a single abstention. The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:20 a.m. and the board proceeded to its work session.

Votes at a glance

- Appointment: Maria Hamilton to serve as treasurer pro tem for the organizational meeting (motion made and seconded). Vote: unanimous by roll call on the motion to appoint Hamilton to preside for the organizational meeting (recorded as present/acting). Outcome: approved.

- Election: President — Rhonda Crawford (nominated by Tina Davis; motion by Tina Davis; seconded by Maria Hamilton). Roll-call votes: Rhonda Crawford — abstain; Tina Davis — yes; Beth Egan — yes; Maria Hamilton — yes; Leah Travis — yes. Tally: 4 yes, 1 abstention. Outcome: elected president.

- Election: Vice President — Tina Davis (nominated; motion by Maria Hamilton; second by Beth Egan). Roll-call votes: Rhonda Crawford — yes; Tina Davis — abstain; Beth Egan — yes; Maria Hamilton — yes; Leah Travis — yes. Tally: 4 yes, 1 abstention. Outcome: elected vice president.

- Resolution: Use of Robert's Rules of Order for board procedure; order of speaking on motions as described in the motion. Vote: 5–0. Outcome: approved.

- Resolution package (numbered items including minutes procedure; superintendent/treasurer authority for internal appropriation modifications under district financial policies and Ohio law; $10,000 service fund appropriation; authorization to file grant applications; check-signature authorization; designation of purchasing agent; treasurer investment authority; payroll and vendor payment authority with check register; treasurer's name on accounts; legal level of appropriations at fund level; board compensation schedule; meeting schedule/locations): adopted by roll-call 5–0.

- Resolution: Acceptance and authorization to pursue grants and staff participation for 2025–26: approved 5–0.

- Resolution: Treasurer authorized to pursue property valuation appeals and related tax litigation steps before the Summit County Board of Revision and Ohio Board of Tax Appeals, with regular updates to the board starting 01/01/2025: approved 5–0.

- Appointments: Committee assignments, delegates to the Ohio School Boards Association conference, appointment of outside legal counsel firms for 2025, designation of petty-cash/change-fund limits, appointment of administrative/harassment/homeless/504/civil-rights liaisons and hearing officers, and designation of the administrative assistant to the superintendent as the district records officer: approved by roll-call votes, generally 5–0 as recorded in the meeting.

What the meeting did not decide

- No policy changes beyond the routine organizational authorizations were proposed or adopted; no substantive curriculum, bond, capital project or personnel-policy changes were debated at length during this session.

Context and next steps

The organizational meeting fulfilled standard annual business to establish officers, committee representation and administrative authorities for the Twinsburg City School District for calendar year 2025. The board scheduled regular meetings and approved procedural and fiscal authorizations intended to permit routine operations; several items direct staff to report back to the board (for example, investment reports and updates on tax appeal activity). The board moved from the organizational meeting into its scheduled work session after adjourning.