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Votes at a glance: Centerville City Board of Education, Feb. 24 meeting
Summary
The board approved routine financial reports, multiple transfers, personnel actions, a farm lease, athletic turf procurement and other administrative items. This roundup summarizes motions recorded during the meeting and vote tallies where provided.
This “Votes at a glance” roundup lists motions and formal actions taken by the Centerville City Board of Education at its regular meeting on Feb. 24. Where roll‑call results were recorded in the transcript, vote tallies reflect the board’s recorded “yes” votes. No votes on joining the Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit were recorded at this meeting.
Summary of recorded actions and outcomes
1) Approve agenda as presented — APPROVED (roll call: all board members present voted yes).
2) Approve January 25 financial statements, monthly reports, and certified purchase orders totaling $8,765 — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
3) Approve minutes of Jan. 27 and Feb. 18 (regular and work session) — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
4) Approve transfers to the general fund to clear inactive funds (amounts and source funds listed in the agenda) — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes). The motion transferred several inactive/activity funds into the general fund in preparation for a financial software migration scheduled for July 1, 2025.
5) Approve transfers from the general fund to specified improvement and activity funds (amounts listed in the agenda) — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
6) Accept resignations and approve certificated and support personnel employment/contract changes and supplemental assignments as listed on personnel schedules A–E — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
7) Resolution authorizing Centerville City Schools to administer the State of Ohio third‑grade English language arts assessment in paper format for the 2025–26 school year — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
8) Approve farm lease between Centerville City Schools and Lucas Brothers Farms for Social Row and Franklin Street properties — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
9) Approve procurement and installation of athletic turf at Legacy Field through The Motes Group not to exceed $678,557 — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes). Discussion clarified the board was not approving the optional shock pad (approximately $105,000) as part of that procurement; the award amount was described in the meeting as the not‑to‑exceed ceiling and the final purchase price will be less if the optional component is omitted.
10) Approve settlement agreement, release and waiver in Ohio Department of Education case SE240424 (case number as listed in the agenda) and authorize execution by superintendent and treasurer — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
11) Authorize continued membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) for the 2025–26 school year — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
12) Approve a set of revised board policies as listed in the meeting packet — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes).
13) Move into executive session under Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22(G)(1) to consider the compensation and employment of a public employee — APPROVED (roll call: all present voted yes); the board recessed to executive session for that purpose.
Other administrative notes recorded in the meeting
• Technology procurement resolution for student Chromebooks was withdrawn from the agenda after vendors notified staff of a recent price increase (staff reported approximately a 10–15% price increase, roughly $40,000 on a $400,000 purchase estimate) due to tariffs; staff will re‑solicit quotes and return with a resolution at a future meeting.
• Staff provided reports on the district’s federal funding (approximately $3.3 million currently for Title I and other programs), state budget proposals (House Bill 96) and potential implications for district guarantees; these were informational and not votes.
Vote records and board membership
The roll‑call votes recorded in the transcript list the following board members as voting: Mister Dahl (yes), Missus Durnbaugh (yes), Dr. Graff (yes), Megan Sparks (yes), Dr. Roark (yes). The transcript consistently recorded unanimous yes votes for the motions shown above.
