Mentor Exempted Village board approves Crossroads Health agreement, routine personnel items, auditor engagement and 1.5% superintendent stipend

At a special meeting on Aug. 2, the Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education approved several routine business items by roll call, including an annual agreement with Crossroads Health, personnel recommendations and financial items. After an executive session on the employment of a public official, the board approved a 1.5% performance stipend for the superintendent.

Votes at a glance

- Agreement with Crossroads Health (annual agreement for elementary-school services): Approved by roll call (yes: 5, no: 0). Motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded votes of Mrs. Ioppolo, Mrs. Marchesa, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Cook and the presiding board member as "yes." No recorded "no" votes.

- Certified personnel (agenda item C-1) and classified personnel (C-2): Approved by roll call (yes: 5, no: 0). The board moved and seconded both items together.

- Administrative staff recommendations (agenda item D): Approved by roll call (yes: 5, no: 0).

- Engagement for local government services with the Auditor of State and supplemental appropriations (chief financial officer recommendation): Approved by roll call (yes: 5, no: 0).

- Executive session convened to discuss the employment of a public official; after executive session the board approved a 1.5% performance stipend for the superintendent (motion moved and seconded; roll call: yes: 5, no: 0).

What the minutes show

The Crossroads Health agreement was described as the district's annual contract to provide counseling services in elementary schools while the district switches middle-school services to Signature Health. Personnel and administrative recommendations were presented by the superintendent and were approved without recorded debate. The CFO (presented by administrative staff on behalf of the absent CFO) recommended engagement for local government services with the Auditor of State and supplemental appropriations; the board approved both items by roll call.

The board voted unanimously on the listed items as recorded in the meeting roll calls. The transcript records roll-call responses naming individual board members for each approval. The meeting opened under Ohio Revised Code section 3313.15 and then moved through the agenda to executive session and final action on the superintendent stipend.

Ending

The meeting adjourned at 11:14 a.m. following approval of the stipend and routine adjournment motions.